Huaigui

Chapter 24

It is still Lanxiuxuan, the most scenic place in Shoushan week.In April in the world, it would be great to enjoy the spring here, but today there is no bright spring, the sky is yellow, and the rain is about to come.

Lan Xiuxuan was facing Fengchi, and when Gao Jing arrived with Aman, Gao Yu was feeding the fish.

He picked up some fish food and threw it into the pool, the clear blue waves rippled suddenly, and the pool was full of koi wrestling and fighting, the scene was very beautiful.It's just that Yu'er was bleeding head and blood in order to compete for food. After thinking about it for a while, he felt that this golden-red cluster of flowers was a bit cruel.Gao Jing didn't know why he was suddenly sentimental, so he sat down with a wry smile.

Helan Mingyue didn't follow, Gao Jing told him to stay in the dark, and acted together for Murong Yun—he came out of Prince Yu's mansion, but he didn't say anything, Gao Jing was actually still scrupulous.

When mentioning this arrangement, He Lanmingyue half-playfully half-seriously said that His Highness still doesn't trust me, Gao Jing has no way to refute.He grew up in the deep palace since he was a child. In the early years, Concubine Ling's special favor was not as good as it is today. The concubines competed for some royal blood, just like the koi in this pond.Gao Jing couldn't show his sincerity to others because he was so influenced by his ears and eyes.

When he was young, King Yu always said when he saw him that emperors are heartless people, and if they have hearts, they will have weaknesses. If they are manipulated by others, they will not be a qualified emperor.

Gao Jingshen took it for granted, because his father was like this.

Pulling the courtiers to fight against each other, wooing the prince but not giving them any real power, fighting against the outside world, making peace with the inside, governing the country and martial arts, has not yet abdicated, and has achieved brilliant achievements that will last forever.

He will inherit that position in the future, and he cannot be inferior to his father.

Others say that he is moody, capricious, or praise him for having both ability and political integrity, and making good friends. Gao Jing is already used to it—it’s all for others to see. He doesn’t know what his true heart is like.

Gao Jing sat down calmly, and picked up the green teacup.

"Brother is here." Gao Yu threw all the remaining fish food into the pool, took the handkerchief handed over by the guard to wipe his hands, and then sat opposite him.

Gao Jing ignored it, looked at the koi in the ripples for a while, and said: "These idiots don't know how to restrain themselves. If they eat too much fish food, they will be stuffed to death. If you put so much bait, tomorrow there will be dead bodies swallowed by other fish .”

Gao Yu laughed and said, "Why bother to say it so cruelly? This tea is cloud and mist pekoe from Lushan Mountain. Brother, try it?"

After he nodded, Gao Yu's accompanying maid served tea graciously.With slender hands and fluttering clothes, the picture is pleasing to the eye, but the two sitting upright have their own ghosts, and no one has the heart to appreciate it.

"Mother and concubine used to love going to Lanxiuxuan the most." Gao Yu surrounded the surroundings, "What do you think of the scenery?"

"The mountain is a rockery, and the water is forced. What's there to see?" Gao Jing took a sip of his tea, his little finger on the rim of the cup trembled slightly, and he lowered his eyelashes, seeing that the medicinal powder quickly dissolved in the tea.

Gao Yu said: "Brother, why do you have to be hostile to me? The news about the establishment of a reserve has been spreading all over the world recently, but you still go out with me to enjoy the spring, I thought you didn't care about it."

Gao Jing said with a smile: "Perhaps such times are getting rarer and rarer, it's only once if you can come here once, and it's rare for the imperial concubine to allow you."

"What does this mean?" Hearing the thorn in his words, Gao Yu said displeasedly, "I really want to play with big brother, you can't get out of the palace, Qixi Festival, birthday, Lantern Festival... can be together Time is very short, but you are still wary of me... What does the matter between the concubine mother and the empress have to do with us?"

"You're not Sheng'er, you say you don't understand it..." At this point, Gao Jing stopped.

The medicine took effect as quickly as the doctor said, and at this moment he felt a faint cramping pain in his abdomen, and it seemed that a quick fix was needed.Thinking of this, Gao Jing simply picked up the teacup: "Brother said something wrong, replaced wine with tea, and fined me a cup."

He drank it down, Gao Yu suddenly said dullly: "I never thought of arguing with you."

Gao Jing smiled, thinking only in his mind: You don't fight with me, some people want to borrow your hand.You have been called a child prodigy and a genius since you were a child, so why can't you figure out the joints?It's nothing more than a statement, but I won't soften my heart.

"If you want me to believe you, then Brother Yu doesn't need to mention this matter again." Gao Jing finally said.

After talking like this for a while, Yunwu Baikoe went down cup by cup, but the sky became darker and darker.Without losing the opportunity, Aman stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, I'm afraid it will rain soon..."

Gao Jing looked at the person opposite: "Are you satisfied today?"

"...Brother, you go back first." Gao Yu smiled appropriately, but the youthful look on his brows was gone, "You have your own ideas about what I say, and I will do what you want..."

"I said, to believe in you is to believe in you."

Gao Yu was slightly stunned: "Okay, with your words, I will feel better...Brother, you and I both know that I have lived in Ziwei City for a long time, and I can't help myself."

No one would listen to the words with deep meaning, Gao Jing even had the illusion that he had already seen through him for a moment.He bid farewell to Gao Yu, seeing him leading a few servants and maidservants towards Chaofeng Hall, he did not get up for a long time.

The sound of footsteps gradually faded away, the surface of the pool rippled slightly, and the rain hit the plantains.

Seeing that something was wrong, Aman stepped forward to help Gao Jing, when his fingers just touched his clothes——

His back was drenched with cold sweat.

Amang couldn't say it right now, she hurriedly wanted to help him up, but Gao Jing supported the table and just got up straight, but unexpectedly his knees gave way and he fell straight down.The maid exclaimed in shock: "Your Highness?!"

Helan Mingyue stayed nearby and waited for Gao Jing, but now seeing the sudden incident, she quickly appeared and half hugged Gao Jing.As soon as he probed the other person's forehead, it was very hot, and he knew in his heart that the work was half done, so he hurriedly said to A-mang, "Sister, go to the imperial doctor quickly...no, to your majesty!"

Amang said urgently: "You gave the medicine to His Highness, will something happen if you don't call the imperial doctor?"

Hooking Gao Jing's knees with one hand, He Lan Mingyue leaned over and picked him up. When she walked out, she only left a firm word to Aman: "Don't worry, I'm here for everything!"

At that moment, Amang took a reassurance and went to Mingtang as he said.

Lan Xiuxuan was not too far from the North Hall, he carried Gao Jing all the way without touching the ground.When he arrived at the North Hall, He Lanmingyue's forehead broke out in a thin layer of hot sweat. He carried Gao Jing into the Yaoguang Pavilion, and immediately sent someone to report it to Queen Dugu.

After removing Gao Jing's rain-soaked coat, He Lan Mingyue raised his wrist, felt his weak pulse, and finally returned to its original position—Gao Jing made the bait himself, and he had to step by step The rest is done.

Helan Mingyue knew in her heart that if this happened, King Yu would know his choice, and he might be killed at that time, so he could only take a gamble by revealing Helan's identity by himself.If it was true what Murong Yun and Xu Xin said, King Yu would not hesitate to keep him back then, of course it would be useful to keep him, and he would not kill him easily.

But these can only be guessed now.

Before the clothes could be changed in time, the sound of communication sounded, and the carved door was suddenly pushed open.The plainly dressed woman walked in without showing any prestige, without her usual grace and demeanor: "Jing'er!"

Helan Mingyue knelt down to salute, and Empress Dugu couldn't wait to interrupt him in the middle of her sentence: "Stop gossip! What's going on?"

"Today is His Highness the Third Highness inviting His Highness to enjoy the spring." He Lan Mingyue said, feeling that the woman's sharp eyes almost pierced him, and continued, "The tea belongs to the Third Highness, and there are some snacks... The subordinates are not here Next, the details may have to wait for Miss Amon to come back—"

"Where did Amon go?!"

"Your Majesty arrived—"

Everyone present was shocked, the emperor had already entered the room.

He was also wearing casual clothes with black embroidered gold trim, and the hem of the clothes was decorated with dragon patterns to show his noble status. The workmanship was exquisite, and the materials seemed to be tributes from Southern Chu.

But right now, no one had time to care about the emperor's clothes, so he asked anxiously, "How is Jing Er?"

Seeing He Lan kneeling on the ground, Amang gently blocked him, and asked the imperial doctor: "I also ask you to make a diagnosis for Your Highness."

The emperor sat down and asked the same words as the empress with frowning.When the incident happened, Amang was very close. Now, speaking in detail, what kind of tea is the tea, how much is the snack, and how many people who followed Gao Yu, and finally knelt down on the ground: " Your Majesty, this servant dares to ask you for forgiveness!"

"What are you doing? Say something straight." The emperor frowned.

A-Mang raised his head again, tears were streaming down his face: "Slave... This servant is serving the left and right. It's not intentional to eavesdrop on the master's words, but the Third Highness said something that really makes this servant tremble..."

The emperor thought for a while: "Speak up, I forgive you for your innocence."

Aman bowed down: "Before the third Highness left, he said to His Highness, 'In Ziwei City, I can't help myself'... The Third Highness really said so, if there is even a little bit of falsehood, I will be struck by lightning!"

Whoa-!

The teacup in the emperor's hand fell to the ground with a loud bang, and the courtiers in the Yaoguang Pavilion immediately knelt down on the ground, and everyone fell silent.Aman's whole body fell on the ground, his shoulders trembling uncontrollably.

There was deathly silence, and Helan Mingyue knelt at the end with her eyes downcast, her eyes were frosty.

After an unknown amount of time, the imperial physician who made the diagnosis finally finished administering the acupuncture, and knelt down tremblingly: "Report to Your Majesty, Your Highness is poisoned, but the old minister is so ignorant that he can't tell what it is. Stay on His Highness’s meridians to prevent the spread, and soon prescribe a dose of medicine to induce vomiting, supplemented by other tonics—”

The emperor breathed a sigh of relief: "Is Jing'er all right?"

The imperial doctor glanced at Gao Jing, hesitated to speak: "This..."

The emperor said: "You can say nothing."

The imperial doctor paid homage again: "The toxin may penetrate deep into the skin, and whether it will cause any damage to the body will depend on His Highness waking up before making a separate diagnosis. However, the old minister can basically conclude that His Highness is not in danger of life."

Although Gao Jing walked through the ghost gate, it is unknown whether he can still be alive and kicking.

He is the eldest son, and the only son of Empress Dugu with complete mind and healthy body, how can there be another accident?The emperor looked deeply at Empress Dugu. The always strong mother of a country had tears in her eyes and tried her best to bear it. His heart hurt even more.

The emperor said: "Jing'er will be handed over to you for diagnosis and treatment first, and be safe in everything - Lin Shang?"

The slender guard outside the door shook the long knife in his hand: "Yes."

"Go to the Chaofeng Pavilion quickly, and detain Gao Yutong, all the palace servants who appeared this afternoon, and bring them to the North Hall for interrogation in person!"

"Yes." Lin Shangyan left immediately.

The emperor sighed again, and Dugu proposed to wait in the main hall, so he got up and left the Yaoguang Pavilion.The rest of the people then withdrew, leaving only the familiar palace servants. He Lan Mingyue rubbed her knees and got up from the ground.

A Mang wiped away his tears and asked him, "Did you fix it over there?"

He Lan Mingyue said: "No."

"Then you still—?!"

"Your Majesty will not be able to fix it until His Majesty discovers those things." He Lan Mingyue said, seeing that Aman was still puzzled, he walked to Gao Jing's couch and sat down first, and covered his pulse-diagnosing wrist into brocade Blind, and tucked the corner of the quilt again, "This time, I helped His Highness get rid of not only the threat from the Chaofeng Pavilion, but also the Murong Mansion that was targeting him everywhere in the court. Every step of the way, if you go wrong, there may be no room for recovery. Your Highness wants us To be on the safe side, we have to leave some room.”

Amonche said: "You mean that His Majesty can't find out at all..."

He Lan Mingyue calmly said, "It's possible."

Amon almost threw the medicine in his hand to him: "Nonsense! I risk my head—"

"Sister, don't worry about what I do." He Lan Mingyue looked at her calmly.

Although their purpose is different from that of Prince Yu's Mansion, they can't tolerate Gao Yu and the Murong family in the middle.

Amang stared at him suspiciously for a moment, and suddenly felt that the person in front of him was only less than two years old, and he had completely faded away from the youthfulness and nervousness of the day when he first arrived and was beaten half to death, like a calm young man.

And in the blink of an eye, Helan Mingyue was already twenty.

In the evening, the Chaofeng Pavilion undergoes major changes, and the emperor's personal guards led by Lin Shang take over the task of guarding Concubine Ling's palace.Gao Yu and his confidants were forcibly invited to the North Hall to guard them, but the emperor did not execute them, and only let them wait for Gao Jing to wake up—the implication is that if Gao Jing can't wake up, they will be punished.

Immediately, in order to find out what kind of poison Gao Jing was poisoned by, Lin Shang ordered a search of the palace, not letting go of every wing.After searching a study room, the imperial concubine swore to the death that she would not let the guards in.

Lin Shang didn't dare to act rashly, so he had to ask the emperor's order.The emperor called Cha, but Concubine Ling screamed on the spot and passed out.This room is too tricky, Lin Shang asked the guards of the Dugu family in the North Hall to come and search carefully, and unexpectedly found a secret room behind the bookcase, the entrance space was cramped, and the shadow of the candle was shaking.

In the secret room, there is a desk and a portrait hanging on the wall, resembling a young man.There is a poem inscribed on the portrait, but because it is too old, it was deliberately covered up with ink, so that the content cannot be seen.

Lin Shang wanted to bring the portrait back, but found a camera obscura in the corner of the secret room.After opening it, Lin Shang was horrified, and brought the object and the portrait to the North Hall, waiting for the emperor to have a look.

Unexpectedly, after seeing the portrait, the emperor became dizzy and fell ill almost immediately.

This incident quickly alarmed Gao Qian, who had already rested in Hanzhang Hall, and he came here wearing a coat and carrying a lamp. As soon as he stepped into the main hall of the North Hall, he opened the camera obscura first.When the candlelight shines, even Gao Qian can't help feeling chills down his back——

I saw in the camera obscura that there was a little man made of paper, filled with cotton and straw, rough in workmanship and without a face.Turning the little figure over, there are seven iron nails nailed to the front, each of which almost pierces the paper figurine, and a precarious strip of cloth hangs outside the iron nails.The color of cinnabar, if you look closely, it is exactly...

The emperor's birthday horoscope.

Gao Qian slammed the paper figurine and shouted sharply: "Bring up both Ling Shi and Gao Yu for this king! Lin Shang, you lead a team of people to closely monitor Yu Wang's mansion!"

The Ming Hall was crowded and noisy, and in the Yaoguang Pavilion across the courtyard, Gao Jing woke up groggy at this moment.The imperial doctor went to the rescue and the emperor suddenly felt unwell. He Lanmingyue stood by the window, and a faint cry suddenly sounded in his ears.

"Mingyue...brother?"

He sat down and held Gao Jing's hand: "I'm here."

Spring dreams and autumn clouds, red candles feel sorry for themselves.It was clear that the turmoil had not passed, but they couldn't help but temporarily abandoned their identities as master and servant, and snuggled together.

Gao Jing leaned in his arms, let Helan Mingyue kiss him lightly, and was fed water again, before saying: "I'm fine, I'm just a little dizzy."

"Your Highness has been dizzy for a long time." He Lan Mingyue squeezed his palm.

Gao Jing remained silent, and suddenly said after a long while: "This is in the Yaoguang Pavilion, are there other people around?"

Helan Mingyue frowned when she heard the words, thinking that the candles in the pavilion were brightly lit, and in order to take care of Gao Jing's dizziness at night, she also avoided the angle that directly reflected him, but the hall was more than bright, Gao Jing would never ask such a question on weekdays.

An ominous premonition came to mind, and sure enough, the next moment Gao Jing tentatively said:

"...I can't seem to see it at all."

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Don't worry about Fang, whether you are blind or lame, you will be fine in the end =. =

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