Imperial City

If it happened again today, he might die here, Wei Qi felt some desire to survive in despair, he turned his head and looked at the Holy One miserably, as if looking up at the god who ruled everything.

His voice was hoarse and slightly cautious: "My lord... my lord... my lord... I beg my lord, forgive me, forgive me... this time, slave, slave... my back... hurts."

The voice became softer and softer, and when it came to the end, it fell silent, as if it was ashamed to mention it.

The emperor wanted to raise the gun to fight again, but he listened to the little servant begging for mercy, and looked at his handsome little face as pale as paper and the tears falling down from peas.

Then look down carefully at the opening-closing swollen-swelling hole-mouth and the faintly exposed bright red meat-flesh and traces of blood.

The emperor thought, he can't enjoy himself once and forget about the next time, if something is satisfactory, he has to enjoy it slowly, the days will be long in the future, and he will have to go to court tomorrow, but tonight is a bit too addicted to meat -want.

"Anxi, come in and carry someone."

Hearing this, Wei Qi was finally able to swallow the breath stuck in his throat, and passed out with confidence.

Anxi shouted outside the hall, and the maids and eunuchs got up and followed them in with wooden trays.

Tuofei and the eunuch still rolled him up with cotton satin, but this time his movements were much gentler, probably because he felt pity for his suffering this time.

An Xi didn't dare to look too much, for fear of provoking the Holy Spirit's anger, he only glanced aside hastily, but he still saw the child's miserable appearance, and sighed inwardly.

The maids and eunuchs perform their duties, those who open the curtains open the curtains, those who burn incense burn incense, those who serve water carry water, and those who change bedding change bedding.

The emperor was waited on by everyone, cleaned his face and wiped his body, and fell asleep peacefully on the dragon bed that even had a new square pillow.

Wei Qi started to have a fever on the way to the inner court supervisor, but he didn't have the strength to speak, and even if he did, he would end up the same.

He is just one of the thousands of slaves in this palace, no matter how serious the illness is, he is not blessed to be invited by the imperial physician, it is the kindness of the sage to be sent to the inner court prison to prescribe medicine.

Wei Qi arrived at the Inner Court Drowsy in a daze, and the eunuch who accompanied him got a signal from An Xi, and he personally watched the ointment on his back before leaving.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the two eunuchs left the gate of the inner court supervisor, this Wei Qi was thrown in the ear room by the inner court supervisor's young eunuch, and only two quilts were used to suffocate him to make him sweat. It was up to him to live or die.

In fact, it's not that the inner court eunuchs are particularly vicious. They dealt with Wei Qiyi in this way because he was just a little eunuch who didn't go out. Although Anxi took care of him, he was carried out from Xianyang Palace in the middle of the night, and he was so injured. To get a word of care from the Holy One, it must not be a big win for the Holy Heart.

The people below have become masters, and they like to figure out the mind of the one above them the most, so even if the emperor just forgets to pay attention to it sometimes, or the words are unintentional, they will be interpreted over and over again by the servants below.

Second, although Eunuch An took care of Wei Qi to some extent, he was the one who sent him to the dragon bed with his own hands.

Furthermore, Wei Qi had never set foot in the inner court before, and had never even met the eunuchs, let alone had any friendship.

So who would ask someone to open the palace gate to the imperial hospital to get medicine for an irrelevant servant at this late night?

Wei Qi lay alone on the icy bed but felt his whole body was burning like a sea of ​​fire. He endured the most unbearable night since he entered the palace in this gloomy and quiet inner court prison, recalling many children in a trance. when things.

His life experience is actually not as simple as it is recorded in the roster.

He is Chen Xiaoyi, the son-in-law of Chen Suyuan, the third-rank official Zhongshu Ling, a loyal minister of the former dynasty, and he takes the name Ju'an.

Zhongshu Ling and his wife have known each other since childhood, and they are childhood sweethearts.

Mr. Chen respects his beloved wife, even though his wife has not yet given birth to a child after several years of marriage, he still insists on not taking concubines.

Originally thinking that the blessings of descendants in this life would be limited, he had intended to adopt a child from the offshoot of the Chen family. Who would have thought that Zhong Shuling's wife would suddenly become pregnant at the age of forty.

Mr. Chen was very pleasantly surprised. He became a vegetarian for ten days, wishing the Bodhisattva to bless both mother and child.

He was nearly half a hundred years old, and he had a young son, he held it in the palm of his hand and put it on his lips, and named him Xiaoyi, which means Xiaoyi and food, and hoped that this son would devote himself to serving the court.

He also gave him the word Ju'an, wishing him to be prepared for danger in times of peace, and to shine on the lintel, and wishing him to be safe at all times.

Wei Qi has never been unruly and self-willed because of his parents' spoiling. He has been smart and cute since he was a child.

At the age of four, he started to recognize characters, at the age of five, he learned "Great Learning" and "The Doctrine of the Mean", at the age of six, he read Confucius and Mencius, at the age of seven, he could compose poetry couplets, and at the age of eight, he could write a decent article.

Everyone said, although this son Huiji was born a little later, God has blessed him with other benefits.

It's pitiful, but the good times didn't last long, and it was also since the age of eight that Wei Qi's family was destroyed.

In October of the tenth year of Yongjia in the previous dynasty, the former emperor Yuanzhen, the father of the current emperor, raised troops to seize the throne, captured Emperor Ming, and established the Great Chu.

Wei Qi's father, Chen Suyuan, was a high-ranking official of the imperial court. When the first emperor had not yet reached the Golden Luan Hall, he wrote abusive words, saying that he was a wolf with ambition, and he vowed not to surrender.

And when the dynasty changed, the first emperor issued a decree saying that all scholar-officials who spread such remarks will be distributed to the frontiers.

Naturally, the Chen family was also involved, and more than [-] members of the main family were escorted to the border.

The side branches are deeply involved in major corruption cases, the beheaded beheaded, the allotted allotment, the prostitute who pretends to be a prostitute, a century-old family, once lonely.

Wei Qi and Chen Xiaoyi were eight years old at the time, if they were exiled with their parents, the bitter cold along the way would be unbearable for young men, let alone such immature children.

Parents and relatives all know that the life of the most precious young son in the family is at stake.

At a critical juncture, Wei Qizhi's uncle, Chen Yanyan, recalled that he had some old feelings with the late emperor's mother, who is the current grandmother, and now the Empress Dowager Xiaokang.

The Empress Dowager Xiaokang was the direct daughter of the Taibao, a high-ranking member of the former dynasty. When she was not married, she handed handkerchiefs with Aunt Wei Qi as a close relative.

Uncle Wei Qi, his father begged the Empress Dowager Xiaokang, please let this son live.

The empress dowager is the most soft-hearted person. Seeing the Chen family collapsed overnight, the family was destroyed, and she thought of the old love of her best friends and sisters, so she agreed to inherit it.

However, she was afraid that this son would be left behind, and his heart would be bad in the future, causing harm to the descendants of the Xiao family. In order to avoid future troubles, she put forward a condition: Wei Qijing must be purified, sent to the palace, and placed under her eyelids. Next to be a little eunuch.

An eight-year-old child who cleans himself and becomes a eunuch must not cause any trouble.

Although Wei Qi's parents felt uncomfortable and felt sorry for the child, they couldn't bear it, but they weighed it up and down, at least they could survive this road, and with the protection of nobles, they could guarantee food and clothing, so they didn't dare to ask for extravagance.

In this way, Wei Qi pushed a seriously ill child of similar age into the palace. The child's surname was Wei, and the seventh in the family was called Wei Qi.

Originally, he wanted to enter the palace, but now he is not doing well.

The two changed identities, and the child was dispatched to the border with his parents, and soon died in a small town less than ten miles away from Beijing.

With the secret help of the Empress Dowager, Wei Qi withdrew his real name and entered the palace cleanly.

He thought of his father's earnest advice before he left, and kept saying that he was sorry for him, telling him that although he had entrusted himself to a wealthy family, he had only enjoyed worry-free life for just eight years, and he was about to suffer this disaster.

He also said that if he hadn't been foolish and loyal, my son should be sitting in the school now, so why would he want to be a slave in the forbidden palace that eats people!

Wei Qi's cheeks were already wet, although he was afraid in his heart, he was still able to hold himself.He saw his father's face covered with wind and frost, and his temples were gray, even if he had resentment in his heart, now he couldn't help it.

Mrs. Chen couldn't help crying even more, she tossed and turned and told him to live a good life, no matter what suffering he suffered, he had to bear it, if. .If God favors, maybe someday there will be a reunion.

When we meet again, when we meet again.

Dad, mother.

The baby hurts so much.

Wei Qi couldn't stop murmuring in the heat, but he couldn't shed a single tear, probably because he had already shed it all before.

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At dawn on the second day, the little eunuch came to check on Wei Qi's situation, and reached out to test the temperature on his forehead, ouch!It's better!

This one looks like a tough-skinned and tender-skinned man, and his life is quite tough.The little eunuch was kind enough to feed him a cup of hot tea. In the afternoon, he left two sips of rice, mixed some hot water, and poured it for him.

After eating these few mouthfuls, Wei Qi gradually got better, but the injury on his back was still not healed, and he didn't have much energy, he woke up and fell asleep sometimes.

After dinner this day, Anxi brought out the green card as usual and asked the saint to turn over the card.

He didn't dare to do anything this time, but the emperor still said calmly: "Go."

An Xi paused for a moment, and responded with a groan, and was about to salute and leave.

Unexpectedly, the emperor suddenly said: "Wait a minute, bring that servant here."

Anxi was so frightened this time, Wei Qi just suffered a crime last night, and he is not healed today, how can he do it again?Didn't this kill the child?

He quickly knelt down and bowed his head to report: "My lord, Wei Qi's slave got hurt last night, and he also had a little fever. He is currently being raised in the inner court."

The emperor frowned slightly when he heard this, a little disappointed: "Why did you get hurt, didn't you feel fine yesterday?"

Anxi lowered her head, she didn't see anything on her face, but she was thinking in her heart that it wasn't you who made fun of it?

All the servants in the outer hall heard the loud commotion last night.There was blood on the back of the person, but in the end, you were always busy with everything and forgot about it, and today you still think about humiliating others.

"Hui Sheng, it is indeed injured, the back is a little torn, I guess it will take a few days to recuperate."

Hearing what he said, the emperor seemed a little uncomfortable, cleared his throat and said: "Then let's have a good life, and ask the inner court supervisor to teach him more, so that he can be more docile and obedient."

"Hey. The servant will pass the order to the inner court supervisor immediately." An Xi smiled wryly in his heart, and wanted to teach him to be docile and obedient, but he thought he was dull and stubborn, and he didn't like the concubine on the dragon bed who could make fun of it.

But judging by your attitude towards people, you don't seem to be showing much affection, and it seems that there is a war between the beds.Wei Qi is a child, no matter how interesting he is, he might not be able to pretend.

He sighed in his heart, only doing evil.

The emperor beckoned, An Xi got up and walked forward, seeing that the Holy Majesty picked up Concubine Ning's jade plaque and flipped it over.He was relieved, and hurriedly ordered his subordinates to prepare.

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Due to the injury in his back, Wei Qi spent a few days in the inner court prison, which was considered safe.

He deliberately inquired about the recent incidents in the emperor's bed, and he was relieved to hear that the emperor favored Concubine Ning and Concubine Shu, but he didn't see any other eunuchs or guards.

Xu Shishang felt fresh for a while, and reckoned that it was nothing more than walking on the dry road now, and it is better to go by water after all.

Wei Qi planned to go to Shoukang Palace to pay his respects to the Empress Dowager after the Inner Court Prison recovers from his injuries, and asked her to transfer him back to his old place to work as an errand.

He thought a lot like this, and hope gradually grew in his heart, and the resentment dissipated a little.

However, the emperor's heart has always been as deep as the sea, saying things in his mouth and pointing things in his heart, sometimes he seems to be indifferent on the surface, but in fact he cherishes it.

How could Wei Qi, a mere slave, guess and know the deep thoughts of the emperor?

He would never have imagined that he would have such a entanglement with the tooth plate in the future with this emperor who sits aloft and controls the world.