III Jiangshan

Ever since Wei Zhen fell ill with a high fever last time, and Wei Zhen stole the silk handkerchief left by Gu Heng in a daze, Yuan Youqi's wariness towards Wei Zhen has only increased.Especially after Wei Zhen entered the palace, she had to guard against such a person in the same forbidden palace.

Recently, the rectification of the harem and the streamlining of the people in the palace have achieved initial results. Those who are talkative, lazy, and unreliable are mostly dismissed from the palace, and even bickering and fighting in the palace are rarely heard.Yuan Youqi was quite satisfied with this result.But this does not mean that she is completely at ease with the people in the palace, especially Wei Zhen.

She had expected that once Wei Zhen heard that she was ill, she would definitely perform something, so she quietly told Tang Xi to pay more attention to the movement of Xianfu Palace.

Tang Xijiu, who was serving in the palace, had a bright mind, and after listening to the order, he understood Yuan Youqi's deep meaning.

The emperor is ill, there is no reason not to allow concubines to visit.Yuan Youqi ordered Concubine An to come in.

After she ordered, she sat up from the couch.Wei Zhen is difficult to deal with, she doesn't want to continue lying on the couch, making Wei Zhen feel that she is weak and easy to bully.

Wei Zhen quickly entered the bedroom.As soon as her figure appeared, Yuan Youqi saw with sharp eyes that the food box was carried in the hand of the maid who was following her, and her eyes narrowed slightly.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you! Why did you get sick when you were so good! The concubine is so worried! But the imperial doctor has been sent to see you? Why is your face so bad?" Wei Zhen couldn't catch up, and kept being courteous.

Yuan Youqi frowned slightly, dodged her rush without a trace, raised his hand and pointed to the seat next to him, telling her to sit down and talk.

Wei Zhen blushed, realizing that he had behaved too much, and even forgot the proper etiquette, so he hurriedly saluted Yuan Youqi before thanking him for his seat.

"I just feel cold occasionally, and it will be fine after taking a few medicines. You don't have to worry." Yuan Youqi said calmly.

She really didn't want to seriously argue with Wei Zhen, adding to the confusion.

It was rare for Wei Zhen to see her being kind to him, and he was so flustered by her ordinary words, he suddenly felt that he wanted to talk to her, but he didn't dare to say more to upset her, so he opened the door. The maid brought the food box and flattered her: "The concubine heard that His Majesty was ill, and was so worried that she wished she could bear the pain for His Majesty. The concubine is stupid and incompetent, and has no other advantages. The only thing I can do is guard the small stove for two hours. , boiled this bowl of ginseng soup to nourish your majesty's body."

As he said, he offered the ginseng soup in the food box to Yuan Youqi.

Yuan Youqi couldn't like her eagerly showing how much she cared and how hard she worked. Even before Wei Zhen finished speaking, her strong disgust could not be restrained.

Glancing at the light brown ginseng soup in the mutton jade bowl brought over by Wei Zhen, Yuan Youqi's first reaction was to push it away with a wave.When she lowered her eyes and raised them again, she already had a countermeasure.

"You have a heart," Yuan Youqi paused, "However, my illness and the medicinal soup I'm taking are compatible with this ginseng soup."

Wei Zhen was stunned, it was true that the emperor never took the ginseng soup in her hand, but she did not expect, let alone know that the taboo of taking ginseng soup was also true.She couldn't help being a little annoyed, regretting why she didn't delve into medical theory a little bit?Or it would be okay to know some heresy, and at that time, she could also be like Yuan Ling who entered the palace when the emperor was seriously ill and her crippled nephew, shouting what?

That crippled, dumb and ugly aunt even touched the emperor's face!

Wei Zhen bit her lips until they turned white: not to mention touching her face, even the emperor's hand, she almost never had a chance to touch it.

Such a beautiful and handsome person, why should he be touched by that dirty aunt!

Wei Zhen felt extremely unbalanced in his heart.

Yuan Youqi kept staring at Wei Zhen's face calmly.Wei Zhen is not good at pretending, her thoughts are written on her face.

In Wei Zhen's heart, there is resentment towards someone, and it can even be said that the resentment is deep.Yuan Youqi quickly grasped her inner thoughts, and her heart became even more guarded, so she asked at the right time, "Concubine An?"

Hearing this sound, Wei Zhen came back to his senses in shock. Fang realized that he had lost his composure, and hurriedly apologized. He put down the ginseng soup bowl in his hand, and said, "Then, do you want to ask Lord Lian, how can your majesty's dragon body be?" Is it suitable for drinking ginseng soup?"

Yuan Youqi stared at her, as if he wanted to see her heart clearly through her face.

Wei Zhen was not used to being stared at by her like this, her cheeks were slightly hot, and she hung her head uncomfortably.

Yuan Youqi sneered secretly, his face was as calm as before, his chin was raised slightly, and he told Tang Xi: "Go and invite Sir Lian to come."

Tang Xi stood aside, heard the conversation between the two emperors and concubines, and sensed the emperor's intentions, so he went to receive the order.

He quickly turned back: "Master Lian is not in the Imperial Hospital for the time being, why don't you invite other adults here?"

Yuan Youqi raised his eyebrows secretly, thinking that Tang Xi was really clever, but he shook his head and said, "I only trust Lianqing. It's okay, I won't be in a hurry when he comes."

When she said "only believe", her eyes still fell on Wei Zhen, but she didn't find anything unusual about Wei Zhen, she couldn't help being weird, she didn't believe that Wei Zhen would have such a deep city.

Wei Zhen was completely unaware of the emperor's thoughts, she was focused on achieving her own goals, and since Lian Xiang didn't come, she felt that nothing had happened, so she was here waiting for Lian Xiang and being able to accompany the emperor, wouldn't it be a good thing to kill two birds with one stone?

The maid served tea, Yuan Youqi took two sips, and ordered someone to "bring tea to Concubine An".

Wei Zhen suddenly felt that his bones were so light, and his heart was about to move again.

While drinking tea with his head down, Yuan Youqi frowned vigorously to suppress the resentment in his heart.

She put down the teacup and said to Wei Zhen: "My mother hasn't been feeling well for the past two days, and I'm sick again. I'm afraid that I will infect my mother with my sickness again, so I dare not go to Shoukang Palace to pay my respects..."

As he spoke, there was a hint of regret in his tone.

Speaking of it, Yuan Youqi has a good grasp of Wei Zhen's temperament.Sure enough, when Wei Zhen heard this, he suddenly thought of "sharing the worries for the king", and said: "The concubine has not yet gone to the queen mother to greet her today. If your majesty does not dislike the stupid concubine, the concubine is willing to invite the queen mother for your majesty." install!"

This is to patronize making ginseng soup, and there is no time to go to Shoukang Palace!Yuan Youqi understood what she meant, but her words were not vague——

"You have a heart! This is a matter of filial piety for me, how could I not want to?"

She said, looking at the time, wondering: "It's just that the mother is used to taking a nap at Sishi, this time..."

Wei Zhen was not a pure fool, and immediately understood that she meant to delay a little longer, fearing that the Queen Mother was about to take a nap.So, he didn't care about waiting for Lian Xiang to confirm whether Shen Tang was guilty, got up and said: "Then this concubine will go to greet the queen mother at this moment!"

Yuan Youqi nodded with a smile and said, "I'm sorry to trouble you!"

Fascinated by her smiling face, Wei Zhen straightened her eyes a little, then lowered her head and said "dare not" with a blushing face.

Guessing that Wei Zhen and his party had already left the bedroom, Yuan Youqi stared at the bowl of ginseng soup with deep and inexplicable eyes, and asked Tang Xi, "Where is Lian Qing?"

"My lord Lian is waiting in the hall of the mate right now!" Tang Xi hurriedly replied.

"pass!"

After Lian Xiang carefully inspected the jade bowl and the ginseng soup in it, he replied: "Your Majesty, this is just an ordinary ginseng soup, nothing unusual..."

Seeing that he had something to say, Yuan Youqi said slowly, "If you have anything to say, it's okay to say it!"

"Yes!" Lian Xiang agreed, and continued, "This ginseng soup has indeed been boiled for at least two hours, and it is of great benefit to Your Majesty's dragon body."

There are all kinds of precious medicinal materials in the palace, but no matter how rare the medicinal materials are, it is even more rare to be able to endure the temper and watch the stove to cook enough.

Yuan Youqi's face changed twice after hearing his words.She hesitated for a while, but still told Tang Xi decisively: "Drain it! Don't say anything!"

Tang Xi was naturally ordered to do it, but Lian Xiang sighed silently in her heart.

He could more or less guess the origin of this bowl of ginseng soup.For the person who cooks the soup and keeps the stove, he can never talk about sympathy or other thoughts, he just feels very emotional: Even if he is the Son of Heaven, he will inevitably arouse the compassion of ordinary people occasionally!

Based on his understanding of Yuan Youqi following Yuan Youqi for many years, he knows even more that the emperor is only acting occasionally.After all, people's hearts are fleshy, and no one can be absolutely cold-blooded.

This little incident died down just like that.

Wei Zhen didn't dare to ask the emperor blatantly if he drank that bowl of ginseng soup.After that, she had almost no chance to serve the sick in front of the imperial court, because Yuan Youqi arranged her to serve the sick in the Shoukang Palace of Empress Wei on the grounds that "filial piety is the most important".

In this way, Yuan Youqi's ears became quite clean.

Isn't the queen mother very happy for Wei Zhen to enter the palace?Then let their aunt and nephew get together!Yuan Youqi thought secretly.

With the intelligence of a queen mother, as long as her eyes are not blinded by strange thoughts, the more opportunities for a person like Wei Zhen to show his face in front of her, the more she will see clearly how wrong it is to welcome her into the palace.

Yuan Youqi is not in a hurry.

The following rare day without going to court, Yuan Youqi summoned Yuan Junshu into the palace.

Yuan Junshu has already put on the fresh clothes of the county king, and Yuan Youqi has specially ordered her to go to court every day.In the Great Wei Dynasty, there were no rules for the princes of the county to go to court, but because of the emperor's kindness, there were exceptions.

However, the waves she set off in court were more turbulent than any previous county king's court, just because of her female status.

When the figure of a woman appeared in the court hall of the Great Wei Dynasty, all the officials and clans suddenly realized that there was really a queen beside them.

Although the Luanting Division has been established for more than ten years, and the women's department has been held three times, most of the selected women are officials at the grassroots level, or worshiped in front of the imperial court, and there have never been women in the court class. past.

If it is said that the previous imperial decree mixed the matter of Feng Yuanjun Shu as the county king into several major cases to attract everyone's attention, it was to protect her; then now, Yuan Youqi is completely exposing her to the public. In front of everyone's eyes, how to act, how to relieve pressure, and how to make great progress all depend on her own ability and realm.

Apparently, Yuan Junshu was under a lot of pressure, she seemed to have lost weight, and the brand-new robe of the king of the county was a little loose on her body.However, Yuan Youqi was unmoved: If you can't even bear the pressure of this idea, how will you be able to bear the whole world in the future?

What's more, in the future, she will entrust Yuan Junshu with a heavier burden, and let her survive and grow amidst everyone's attention, envy, jealousy, and even disgust and hatred.

The author has something to say: Jade cannot be crafted without being polished.Wasn't Xiao Yuan also drawn out like this back then?She is much more relaxed towards Yuan Junshu now than Gu Heng was towards her back then.