Rebirth of marriage

Xie Jiu and Zhen Guo Gong each brought two boxes of silver into the palace on the pretext of presenting it to the treasury. Xie Jiu knew very well that even if she came empty-handed, the imperial guards at the palace gate would let her in.

But her two boxes of silver were not for Cao Zhicheng and the emperor, but for the civil and military officials.

In the front, Cao Shoufu donated money, and in the back were Prince Xiao's Mansion and Duke Zhenguo's Mansion. The other officials were embarrassed and remained silent, especially the ancestors of Liaodong Prince's Mansion and Prince Gong's Mansion, who also carried the box to the palace gate.

But this time, they failed to enter the palace as they wished, and were stopped outside the palace gate by the imperial army.

The reason is that an assassin appeared in the palace, and the imperial guards guarded the palace gate to prevent officials from entering and being accidentally injured by the assassin.

"Since there is an assassin in the palace, we, the ministers, should enter the palace to protect him." The ancestor looked at the chief eunuch who came out to deliver the message with burning eyes.

It was an unfamiliar face, not Zhao Debao, who had followed the emperor for decades.

The newly appointed chief eunuch, Wang Weiran, suddenly climbed from a young eunuch to his current position. For a moment, he could not bear the majesty of the old princess. His eyes flashed and he prevaricated, "The commander of the forbidden army has already led the forbidden army to search in the palace. Your Majesty is beside you." There are also many people protecting him.

The old princess and all the gentlemen will wait for a moment. When the imperial army catches the thief, they will let you in. "

As if he was afraid of what the old princess would say, he bowed to everyone in a slight panic and hurriedly turned around and walked back to the palace.

In the imperial study room, the emperor looked at Cao Zhicheng with dissatisfaction, "It's rare for them to be generous and willing to send money to the treasury. No matter what, I want to keep them out of the palace.

Even if they entered the palace, they still dared to run around in the palace without my order. "

"Your Majesty is right." Cao Zhicheng said respectfully, "I was careless. I was only thinking about the war on the front line and wanted to donate some money to do my best. I didn't notice that the people below hid the child of Duke Anle in the box. I Unexpectedly, he was also brought into the palace.

Now everyone is looking for the child outside, and everyone has come into the palace. If someone discovers it, not only will I be able to explain it clearly, but I am worried that it will also implicate Your Majesty. After all, An Le Gong's violent temper is unreasonable.

As for the money they donated, your Majesty can rest assured that once they have brought it here, they will not carry it back again. "

The emperor raised his eyes and looked at him, "I don't remember that An Le Gong has a grudge against you. Why are you arresting his great-grandson?"

Regarding money, the emperor also knew well that if the ministers could not offer it today, they would offer it tomorrow. Once the words were spoken, they did not dare to take them back.

On the other hand, Mr. An Le's temperament was so stubborn that he could really run around in the palace regardless of life and death.

If not, how could he follow Cao Zhicheng's suggestion and let the imperial army guard the palace gate, even to prevent An Le Gong from taking the opportunity to enter the palace, without exposing other children.

Cao Zhicheng's eyes evaded, "I, I just see how cute that child is."

"Tell the truth." The emperor snapped, looking unhappy. He wondered if Cao Zhicheng knew something.

"Your Majesty, calm down, I, I said." Cao Zhicheng knelt down in panic, "Since I was trapped in the snowy mountains last year, my health has not been as good as before. The fourth child of my family traveled abroad and got the secret recipe from an expert.

That's it...it's a medicine made from Datura flowers and musk, supplemented by Zongzi's painstaking efforts, which has a great effect on physical recovery. "

"You mean you've already used this prescription once, and you plan to use An Le Gong's great-grandson for the second time?"

The emperor asked in a deep voice, but looked at Cao Zhicheng carefully. He saw that his energy and blood were indeed much better after entering the palace this time, and his cheeks looked fatter?

Is that prescription really useful?

Cao Zhicheng begged for mercy, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I really don't know why my subordinates captured the child of Mr. Anle. The child I used earlier was bought at a high price from a poor family.

I also know that this is inappropriate, but I am really afraid of death. I will never dare to do it again. Please forgive me this time. I will try my best to send the son of Duke Anle back and never make things worse. "

The emperor half-squinted his eyes and said coldly, "Cao Shoufu is becoming more and more bold now. How can I tell you this secret recipe when your fourth brother is rotting into bones in the ground? If I had told you before, I don't believe you are just remembering it now." use."

"Your Majesty is wise, and I dare not say anything untrue. I did have that intention at the time, but was stopped by the deposed queen. She was worried that if the matter was exposed and people knew about it, she would be harmed."

Cao Zhicheng said angrily, "I even had a big quarrel with her in Fengyi Palace because of this. She only saw her own gains and losses, but she didn't know the pain I suffered when I was in poor health.

Later, without her stopping me, a lot of things happened in Chen's family, so I was delayed. I have been really tired recently, and I sometimes felt that I had already stepped into the gate of hell with one foot, and then..."

The emperor narrowed his eyes and clenched his fists. He was feeling weak due to poor health. He felt deeply these days.

He had heard of the recipe Cao Zhicheng mentioned from eunuch Wang Weiran.

Before Wang Weiran entered the palace, he worked as a Taoist boy in a Taoist temple for several years. The emperor of the Taoist temple also heard that there was indeed a Taoist priest with a very high level of cultivation in it, but he went out to travel more than ten years ago and did not come back.

There are rumors that he transformed into an immortal, and others said that he went to other worlds and came back once. Not only did he not age after not seeing him for several years, but he became even younger.

Others say that he is actually hundreds of years old, but he just doesn't want to be different, so he changes his life every few decades.

These were spread as rumors by the people in the capital at that time. He used to just laugh it off. Now that he is looking forward to a long life, even the rumors must be taken seriously.

What if it was true?

But with the previous pill matter, he needed to be more cautious with this recipe, so he asked the secret guard to find a few children first.

Use the best food in the palace, feed them with good food and drink first, purify the turbid qi in their bodies, and then make medicine. After the medicine is finished, it must be tested by Wang Zhi to make sure it is beneficial to the body before taking it.

Now that Cao Zhicheng said that he had also taken the medicine, he was just a child from a poor family, and the medicine was so effective, the shadow in the emperor's heart became more real, and he was a little ready to take action and couldn't hold it back.

As soon as he opened the box, he saw the children in Anle Gongfu's family. They were like the children under the Guanyin Seat. They were incomparable to those children from small families.

Although this child's status is somewhat special, involving the Anle Palace and the Zhenguo Palace, he is the emperor, how can he not enjoy it?

With this thought in mind, he said, "Don't worry about Mr. Anle's children. I will handle the matter."

The emperor also thought that Cao Zhicheng might have discovered his secret, and even Wang Weiran was his man and deliberately presented this method to him. He also dedicated this child to himself.

But what does it matter?

He did not believe that Cao Zhicheng did not want to live forever, and he was not afraid that Cao Zhicheng would use him as a leverage. He would definitely drag Cao Zhicheng with him, and leave the matter of finding a child to Cao Zhicheng in the future.

The emperor, who felt that he was thoughtful, had the time to ask another question, "Why are you letting Xie Jiu and Zhen Guo Gong come in at this time? They are the elders of the child. Aren't you afraid that they will notice something?"

Cao Zhicheng raised his head and knelt closer to the emperor. He was mysterious and seemed to be in the same trench with the emperor and wanted to share a secret. "I have always felt that Princess Xiao has some extraordinary abilities."

The emperor raised his eyebrows and motioned for him to continue.

"Your Majesty, please trust me. Those few Yunsha people disappeared inexplicably. I have been sending people to look for them, but there is still no trace.

Moreover, Chen's fourth brother once said that Xie Jiu's temperament was completely different from the previous one after she returned from exile in Yuyouguan. The fourth brother once suspected that she had some fate.

The snowstorm in Yuyouguan last year was also due to her predicting in advance and purchasing a large amount of medicinal materials from Dirong, and also because I went to Dirong to look for my son. Even my brothers didn’t know about it, and I didn’t dare to tell you, but thank you for the wine. But it was foreseen.

Therefore, I want to try to see if she had predicted that the child was in the palace this time and followed him into the palace. If she really has that ability, she may not be able to live a long life for His Majesty. "

Cao Zhicheng knew the emperor well, and the emperor was indeed moved, so he said, "I'll go over with you and have a look."

He was worried that if Cao Zhicheng really tried out what Xie Jiu had, he would hide it from him, but he didn't notice the sneer hidden at the corner of Cao Zhicheng's lips as he lowered his head.