Bastard's Counterattack [Rebirth]

"Father fainted?" Shocked, King Qing turned around abruptly.

"Yes!"

"The low-ranking people are guarding outside the main hall of Kunhe Palace, and they don't know what happened. In short, His Majesty suddenly fell into a coma! Eunuch Li has no right, so he can only act in a hurry, and send the low-ranking staff to invite you over quickly!" The guards were panicked, their lips trembling. Bai, he explained everything in a few words, wishing he could take King Qing away directly.

What on earth happened?sounds very bad...

"You guys take Concubine Hui back to the bedroom immediately, so that you can take care of her. You must not cry after Haishi. This is the imperial edict requested by the king, and no one should disobey it!" King Qing ordered sternly, and he had no time to comfort the mourning Absolute concubine Hui.

"Yes." The maids nodded and bowed their heads, hurriedly helping Concubine Hui away.

King Qing remained calm, thought for a while, and said decisively, "Commander Cao?"

"The end is here."

"Immediately send more people to watch over the pots and furnaces burning incense and candles in the Mitai Hall to prevent accidents; in addition, immediately block all entrances, and prohibit anyone from offering sacrifices except for His Majesty's visit, until the king orders the opening of the mourning hall." Make arrangements quickly.

"Follow the order!" Cao Liqun was full of thoughts, his scalp was numb, and he didn't dare to delay at all, he turned around and gave orders to his subordinates.

After King Qing settled the Mitai Hall, he quickly urged the guards who reported the news: "Lead the way!"

"Yes. His Majesty was still in Kunhe Palace when the humble officials left, please come here." The imperial guards finally had a backbone and hurriedly led the way.

"It's late at night, when will His Majesty go to Kunhe Palace?" King Qing asked suspiciously, taking the opportunity to find out the situation on the way.

The imperial guards trotted along, pondered for a while, and answered cautiously: "Around Xu time, His Majesty has not yet slept, and walked for about two quarters of an hour in the back garden of Qianming Palace, and then drove to Kunhe Palace. About half an hour later, Eunuch Li suddenly became anxious. It is said that the humble officials rushed in and found that His Majesty was unconscious, and then they were ordered to come and inform you."

"Only the Empress and Eunuch Li are present?" King Qing asked again, with the wind blowing under his feet, he was uncertain.

"I beg Your Highness to forgive me, the humble staff and others are waiting in the corridor outside, and they really don't know the specific situation inside." The guard explained vaguely.

King Qing nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

A group of people rushed and ran, and hurried to Kunhe Palace.As soon as they approached the gate of the palace, they saw bright lights inside, and the sound of footsteps was hurried and chaotic. Everyone looked terrified. When the servants saw that it was King Qing, they wanted to stop him but dared not. They looked at each other, hesitated for a while, and then paid respects.

"Where's Your Majesty?" Prince Qing asked.

"Return to Your Highness: Your Majesty is, is in the hall." The old eunuch in charge trembled, his fingertips trembling, and pointed at the main hall.

King Qing's face was stern, and he led more than a dozen guards with knives to rush to the main hall. He heard the sound of fierce disputes, but saw that the door was closed. Emperor? My son has something urgent to see you."

The dispute inside stopped abruptly, and after a few breaths, there was a "creak", and Li Deying opened the door. In desperation, he ignored etiquette, and quickly whispered to inform: "Your Majesty is furious, comatose and awake again, and urgently needs to return to the palace to rest. !"

King Qing nodded slightly, and without stopping, a gust of wind blew into the main hall of the Queen's bedroom. Although it was soaked in the scent of incense and fireworks from the Mitai Palace, it was cold and strong, but it did not weaken at all.He raised his eyes and saw: Emperor Chengtian sat on his head crookedly, his face was livid, his lips were gray, and his face was full of anger. On the left stood three imperial physicians, and Concubine Han stood on the right. Ze's bright wrist gently caressed the emperor's chest to comfort him, his eyes flickered back and forth.The queen was wearing a uniform with golden embroidered birds and a phoenix, and she had applied a thin layer of makeup, her face was blackened with anger, makeup floating on her face, her willow eyebrows stood erect, trembling slightly, and glared angrily at the eldest prince who held his head high—they Seeing King Qing enter, they all kept silent.

"I kowtow to my father." Prince Qing remained calm, saluted and greeted him as usual.

Emperor Chengtian felt a lot more relieved, too tired to wave his hands, and said weakly: "Pingshen."

"Thank you, father." After King Qing got up, he said again: "I have seen the queen, the imperial concubine, and the eldest brother is there?"

The queen nodded perfunctorily, and ordered casually: "Come here, serve tea to King Qing." Her confidant mother bowed to accept the order, and quietly retreated to serve tea.

Concubine Han showed great demeanor, and said cordially, "Prince Qing is here too? Well, it's really hard for you to supervise the funeral day and night."

"What's the trouble? It's for my sister, it's a matter of course, it's purely a matter of duty." King Qing answered with a straight face.

The eldest prince was greeted by his younger brother. He was gentle and kind, and said kindly: "The Mitai Palace cannot be separated from the supervisor. The third younger brother must have something important to do when he comes to see his father."

"En." King Qing nodded, noncommittal, and strode towards his father. Seeing this, Concubine Han had to avoid it and give up her position.King Qing knelt in front of his father's knees and asked in a low voice, "How does your father feel about you? It's cold and cold at night, and my son will escort you back to the palace to rest?"

Emperor Chengtian shook his head: "Just a moment." He raised his hand and patted his son's shoulder, saying, "I'm fine, get up."

King Qing got up as he said, and took advantage of the situation to guard one side. He was tall and straight, majestic, and gave his elderly and frail father a great sense of comfort and stability.

Without any warning, the queen fell to her knees with a "plop", her eyes were red and swollen with tears, she walked five feet away from her husband on her knees, choked up and said sadly, "I beg Your Majesty to be merciful!"

"Xiang'er behaved badly. You disciplined him carefully and strictly. The concubine agreed very much and never pleaded for mercy. I only hope that he learns the lesson and will still be filial to you and share your worries in the future; the concubine is in charge of the phoenix seal. In the year, no one is perfect, so naturally I dare not say it is perfect, but I am absolutely conscientious and always bear in mind the responsibility of the mother of the country. I will do my best to arrange everything during the festivals, sacrificial ceremonies for the four seasons, the basic necessities of the sisters, and the children's homework. Live up to His Majesty’s trust and expectations. Please be careful!” She was choked up, sobbing slowly, and said, “Your Majesty, my concubine has really tried everything I can to deal with Wang Zhaoyi! At the beginning, she was ill. The disease is not serious, I live in Ningcui Pavilion, and my concubine often arranges for the imperial doctor to go to see and treat her, hoping that she will recover as soon as possible and raise her children; later, she became seriously ill, lost her mind, and behaved abnormally, so I can only report to you, and then I will be sent to you by order. He was sent to the cold palace, but the imperial physician and decoctions remained the same, and he never withdrew or neglected. Just go and check this point, the ministers and concubines will act upright and have a clear conscience."

"Since that's the case, why does Wang Zhaoyi frequently get sick at night and cry miserably?" Emperor Chengtian asked slowly.

You are really old and confused!

Then there is no need to ask?Wang Cuizhi is crazy, she may get sick anytime and anywhere, who can control it?

The queen was dumbfounded and almost vomited blood. She swallowed her saliva and swallowed the blood rushing to her throat. She swallowed and explained: "Your Majesty, calm down. Think about it, although Wang Zhaoyi is insane, she was not thrown into the prison because of a mistake." Leng Gong, you also ordered Haosheng to take care of her. Therefore, how could the concubine order her to gag and tie her up day and night? That would only aggravate her condition. The concubine has tried her best to arrange for her servants to take good care of her, but it’s okay for her sister to fall ill in the middle of the night. voice, please forgive me."

Emperor Chengtian raised his eyebrows and felt a headache. He was extremely disgusted with the intrigue and trivial matters in the harem, but he didn't say anything.

After the queen finished answering, the eldest prince mistakenly thought that his father was disgusted with the queen, so he sighed and said sadly: "Miss Zhaoyi made a lot of noise in the harem, and she even climbed the ladder to the roof, which caused the third brother and eighth brother who went to rescue them to come to the rescue." The younger brother was injured, the hand of the third brother was burnt to pieces, and the eighth brother choked on the smoke and lay in bed to rest. Tonight was even more extraordinary, Wang Zhaoyi actually disturbed the holy driver! She yelled, what was she talking about? , It is too inappropriate to pass it into the ears of the emperor."

Disturb the holy driver?Could it be that Wang Zhaoyi fell ill again when his father visited Lenggong?

King Qing thought for a while, and suddenly realized: It's strange that the guards were vague when they replied just now, it seems that they have concealed something.

"Your Highness, you have become more and more imposing over the years." The queen stood on her knees, speaking coldly, her slender neck proudly straightened.

Concubine Han secretly scolded her son for being impatient, and hurriedly admonished: "Emperor! Pay attention to your wording, this is the empress empress, don't be rude." She immediately apologized all over her face, and said softly: "Sister, don't blame me, that child is just too young. I am worried about His Majesty, and have no other intentions."

"My sister is serious, how dare I blame you?"

The queen shed a few tears, but regained her composure, she sighed faintly: "I'm just pretending to be my aunt, Zefu was brought up by you, no matter how rude he is, I can't say anything about it." , lest my sister be overwhelmed and misunderstand something."

Emperor Chengtian's face changed slightly, and he turned to his eldest son dissatisfied, but still didn't say anything.

Concubine Han Gui blushed from being stabbed, she gritted her teeth and knelt down, saying: "My sister is incapable of teaching my son, I hope my sister will be generous and forgive me." She then ordered: "Emperor, why don't you hurry up and apologize to your mother?"

The First Prince was actually very remorseful.He acted as an agent for the government for more than half a month, and he felt that it was difficult to control himself, especially when facing the Queen's faction, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.He knelt down as he said, and said cryptically: "Because I was too worried about the body of the emperor's dragon, I was in a hurry and was rude. Please forgive me. Alas, it's all because of Wang Zhaoyi's sensational words. I don't know if what she said is true or not. .”

"After being diagnosed by many imperial doctors, it was confirmed that Wang Zhaoyi has lost her mind. To put it bluntly, she is insane. Since she is insane, she will naturally speak nonsense when she is ill. If His Royal Highness is curious, you can take notes word by word and think carefully. , Maybe there will be accidental discoveries, and I didn't restrain myself. For example, Sister Wang claimed more than once that Sister Han poisoned the Eighth Prince with medicine. Fortunately, she was vigilant and fell suspicious food several times, so Xiaoba survived by chance."

"It's just nonsense!"

Concubine Han opened her almond-shaped eyes, denied it, and explained righteously: "Wang Zhaoyi's family was poor, and she was sold into the Han family by her parents when she was young. Could it be that my family was wrong to take her in with good intentions? Could it be that it was wrong for me to bring her into the palace?"

Emperor Chengtian didn't say a word, his face sank like water, and he squinted his eyes and sat crookedly.Li Deying was cautious by nature, he didn't dare to serve any tea, he just took out the lotus ginseng elixir that he carried with him, and waited for the emperor to take a pill.

"The madman's crazy talk is just crazy, why is my sister so nervous? When Wang Zhaoyi fell ill, he almost involved all the concubines in the harem, and even the deceased was not spared. Is it necessary to investigate one by one? If this matter gets out, what is the dignity of the royal family?" Saving? Your Majesty, I beg you to give me your advice, and my concubines are good at following orders." The queen's heart was beating like a drum, and she bowed herself nervously.

"The deceased? Which deceased did Wang Zhaoyi involve?" Emperor Chengtian asked knowingly.

The eldest prince took the opportunity to inform: "Father, she mentioned some past events about Concubine Shu."

King Qing remained motionless, as if he had never heard of it.

"Oh."

Emperor Chengtian's tone was flat, without even moving his eyebrows, and he gave orders on his own: "Yilin was killed, Concubine Hui lost her mind in grief, and repeatedly cried in the mourning hall, embarrassing Yong'er. The funeral is complicated and trivial. The queen is very busy and has no skills She didn't even know that Yiqi was seriously ill, but fortunately Concubine Zhuang begged the imperial physician overnight to take care of her in her clothes, and the danger was saved."

I don't have three heads and six arms!

Concubine Zhuang raised Yiqi on her behalf, so Concubine Zhuang was supposed to take care of her.That girl is introverted by nature, submissive, she doesn't tell when she's sick, she hides it, she hides her illness until she faints, can you blame me?

The queen was in a state of distress, she couldn't explain it, and her heart kept sinking. She clenched her fist, and the exquisite and luxurious armor pierced into her palm, causing sharp pain.

Emperor Chengtian was imposing and did not allow disobedience. He said: "Tonight, I will issue an oral order: the third princess, Yiqi, is benevolent, filial and pure, and you must not neglect her. She has reached the age of Ji, and she should choose a son-in-law after a while, so as not to delay her life's important events. Seeing that the empress is in a state of desperation and is in a hurry, it is better for Concubine Han Gui to help manage the harem and try to share as much as possible, so as not to make any mistakes. Otherwise, I will never forgive you."

Why?Is Han Peiyao worthy to stand shoulder to shoulder with me?

The queen's eyes widened and she suddenly raised her head. Although she was prepared, she still couldn't believe it.

Concubine Han's mother and son were overjoyed!Her Xingren eyes lit up, she bowed her head submissively, and replied in fear: "I will obey His Majesty's imperial edict. It's a pity that this concubine is born clumsy, I guess I can only help my sister."

"Do your best. It's just a harem, how many things can there be?" Emperor Chengtian didn't care, obviously questioning the queen's ability.He looked down at his wife for a while, feeling melancholy, and asked intently: "Queen, do you have any objections?"

Empress Yang blushed, she almost gritted her teeth, the armor pierced the palm of her hand with force, the sharp pain caused her to regain her senses, she held her breath, opened her mouth with difficulty, and said: "Your Majesty is right, my concubine... …Abiding by the order, I will be more careful and diligent in the future, and will not worry you anymore.”

"Hmm. Get up, all of you. Don't let me forgive you. Use your brains to minimize the possibility of accidents." After Chengtian finished speaking, he supported the armrest and stood up. King Qing couldn't help him, so he could only give his arm. , Emperor Chengtian took advantage of the situation to grab and support, and staggered slowly.

The queen with red and swollen eyes stood up, trying to please her, but her husband waved her away: "No need, please try to appease Concubine Hui and help Concubine Zhuang take care of Yiqi."

"Yes. The courtiers and concubines send your majesty respectfully." Empress Yang was disheartened and numbly knelt.

The eldest prince rushed forward to help him, and said earnestly: "Father, please return to the palace as soon as possible to rest, and don't be tired. The imperial doctor told you to rest and rest. Third brother, it's so late, what's the matter with you? Can you report back tomorrow morning?" "

King Qing shook his head and said solemnly: "Don't worry, big brother, it's just a few words, and it won't delay Father's rest."

Emperor Chengtian didn't look sideways, walked forward slowly, and lightly admonished: "Fu'er, I ordered you to manage the court instead of the harem on your behalf. Why don't you go back to rest? Be careful not to delay the court tomorrow."

It was like drinking from the head, a basin of cold water fell from the sky, making the hair stand on end on the smug person!

"Father, my son, my son..." The eldest prince Zhao Zefu blushed immediately, feeling extremely ashamed.

Emperor Chengtian said indifferently: "Why don't you leave the harem quickly?"

"Yes. My son will retire, and the emperor will go slowly." The eldest prince's neck was flushed, and he retired in embarrassment.

King Qing steadily acted as his father's crutch, pretending that he didn't hear the meaning of the beating.

The father and son were taciturn, and the imperial guards were silent. The emperor walked slowly, trying to support himself, and was almost carried back to the bedroom by his son and Li Deying.

As soon as he stepped into the high threshold of Qianming Palace and walked around the screen wall, Emperor Chengtian couldn't hold on any longer, his clenched teeth loosened, and he fainted back silently!

"Your Majesty, what's the matter with you?" Li Deying was frightened for the second time, and almost lost his wits. The imperial guards and the imperial physician rushed to help, and looked at King Qing in unison.

"quiet!"

"Don't yell, don't make any noise, everything will be discussed after His Majesty wakes up." King Qing quickly ordered, with a loud voice, calming down the situation with a thunderous momentum.

"Listen to His Royal Highness King Qing's orders, don't panic. Imperial doctor, you are saving lives!" Li Deying settled down, and decisively chose to trust King Qing.

"Yes."

They carried the emperor back to his bedroom and worked all night.

The four corners of the large and comfortable dragon bed stand with poke lamps, the candles burn quietly, and the rest of the lamps are extinguished, and the candle light is dim.

A quiet room.

Sleeping in the middle of the night, Emperor Chengtian habitually wakes up at dawn, he vaguely feels that his heartbeat is a little disordered, fast and slow, not very comfortable, but still bearable.

Emperor Chengtian slowly opened his eyes, his mind blank. Turning his head to look, the first thing that caught his eyes was King Qing who was sleeping in a recliner with all his clothes on, Li Deying who was resting on his pillow, and a group of trusted guards who were waiting for them——

"Your Majesty, are you awake?"

"feel better now?"

"Your Majesty is awake!"

……

The imperial guards were overjoyed and happy from the bottom of their hearts—they were highly trusted servants. Once the succession of the throne was chaotic and bloody, the favor of the former emperor would definitely be the thorn in the side of the new emperor. How could one not be alarmed?

King Qing "Teng", who was in a light sleep, was awakened suddenly, stretched his long legs, and stood up on the ground, very tired. He wanted to raise his hand to wipe his face, but found that his palm was bandaged, so he could only lift his sleeve and wipe his eyes carelessly.

Ugh……

Emperor Chengtian saw everything in his eyes, and warned disapprovingly: "You don't even look at yourself, you are covered in incense ash and dirty, just wipe your eyes with your sleeve at will."

King Qing was stunned, subconsciously sniffed his sleeves, then took a few steps back, and said in rare embarrassment: "Your servant's appearance is out of order, please forgive me, Father."

"I don't blame you, there have been too many things these days." Emperor Chengtian shook his head slightly, and said in relief: "Be patient, wait for Yilin to be buried and rest for a few days."

Qing Wanghun said indifferently: "Yes."

"Yiqi is ill, do you know why?" Emperor Chengtian asked.Li Deying also woke up, and rushed to inform the imperial physician to diagnose the pulse, and served soup and medicine.

"I know." King Qing nodded, concentrating on the wound. The wound that was healing was very itchy. He instinctively rubbed his hands together, making a "rustling" sound, which caused Emperor Chengtian to frown: "Don't rub the wound! Carefully leave the scar. Ask the imperial physician to prescribe some ointment to relieve the itching."

King Qing had no choice but to stop, lowered his hands restrainedly, and told him solemnly:

"The third younger sister visited the prince several times, and then quietly asked the son, she was very worried about Wang Zhaoyi and the eighth younger brother, and also worried about you. Under the pressure of three layers, how can the girl's family bear it? That's why she fell ill."

Emperor Chengtian stared blankly at the top of the bright yellow tent, and asked, "Did you tell her?"

"How is it possible?" King Qing asked back.

"She guessed it herself?"

Prince Qing reminded lightly: "Father, everything has nothing to do with her."

Emperor Chengtian calmly said: "I know. Yiqi is a filial and kind-hearted child. After Yishan comes out of the cabinet, we will organize her wedding. A woman will get better after she has a husband's family and children."

"My son, on behalf of my sister, thanked my father for his kindness and compassion." King Qing bowed his head seriously.

"Yong'er, you are secretly investigating the queen, aren't you?" Emperor Chengtian asked suddenly, looking majestically at him.

King Qing's expression remained unchanged, and he praised frankly: "Father is wise."

"How many have you found?"

"Not too much, not too little." King Qing replied cautiously, with his heart hanging high - the power of the sky is unpredictable.Even if he is as close as father and son, he often cannot see through his father's thoughts.

"Why don't you take advantage of this opportunity to poke it out?"

King Qing opened his eyes wide in surprise, and blurted out: "How can I do that?!"

"Why not?"

"The imperial palace is the home of my ministers. There have been accidents one after another. How can I take advantage of the chaos? I only hope that you will recover as soon as possible. After the overall situation is stabilized, we will talk about other things." King Qing's eyes were firm, open and aboveboard, and he wisely chose to confess to his father.

"You—" Emperor Chengtian shook his head and smiled, sighed and mourned sadly: "Although Concubine Shu is dead, she left me two good sons."

"What's the matter? My son is secretly collecting evidence that the queen murdered his mother and concubine." King Qing reminded solemnly.

"When the incident happened, you were reckless and irritable, and repeatedly contradicted the elders. I was so angry and had no choice but to send you to the northwest to calmly reflect." Emperor Chengtian talked about old things in front of his son for the first time.At that time, they didn't have a good look at each other, and violent disputes broke out after a few words, and they often broke up unhappy.

King Qing held his head high and said forcefully: "Father, my son has calmly reflected on himself for more than ten years, but he still believes that the death of mother and concubine was not an accident!"

Emperor Chengtian asked: "So, if I don't check it out for you, I will never want to be quiet in my life?"

"My son doesn't dare."

"You have been secretly investigating for a long time, what else is there not to dare?"

King Qing knelt down straight, and persuaded: "Father, please calm down. You can punish your ministers after Da'an. Anyway, I will stay in the capital this year, and I will be here whenever I am called."

"Ah!"

Emperor Chengtian laughed back angrily, and angrily scolded: "You bastard who doesn't like oil and salt!"

"Father, please take care of the dragon body."

"Are you going to investigate to the end no matter what?" Emperor Chengtian gritted his teeth.

"It's about the death of my mother and concubine. How can I sit idly by?" King Qing spoke softly, but his attitude was extremely tough.

"it is good."

Emperor Chengtian nodded, quite annoyed, and ordered with a dark face: "Check it out, let me do a thorough investigation. If you still find nothing, you must apologize to the queen, and you must not mention a word in the future!"

"Yes!" King Qing was shocked and kowtowed heavily.

long silence

Emperor Chengtian spoke again: "Yong'er, convey my will to lift your second brother's restraint and let him go to court to assist in handling government affairs."

Anticipated checks and balances decision.King Qing was not surprised at all, and said calmly, "My minister obeys the order."

The funeral of Princess Huaimin of the Dacheng Kingdom was solemn and grand. After 49 days of cessation, she was buried smoothly.

King Qing was so tired that he lost a lot of weight, and was strictly ordered by his father to rest for a few days.

Inside Prince Qing's Mansion

There were two "knock knocks", Rong Youtang's face was full of joy, he knocked on the door excitedly, and said eagerly and softly: "Your Highness?"

"Come in."

Rong Youtang pushed open the door, walking in a hurry, with high spirits, as he walked into the room, he couldn't wait to tell: "Your Highness, there is good news! We just heard from Zhen Qianbao—ah!" He didn't finish speaking , was suddenly hooked by Zhao Zeyong, who was lying on his back and dozing, and fell on the opponent in a hurry, and then was hugged tightly, unable to move.

"Zhen Qianbao said—um..." Rong Youtang covered his mouth with a wide palm.With his back facing, his whole body was nestled in King Qing's arms, warm, and the back of his neck could clearly feel the warm breath of the other party, crisp and numb.

The burns on Zhao Zeyong's palm were all scabbed, and his right hand, which was less injured, could move freely. He easily hugged the person in his arms, kissed the fair skin in front of him, and whispered: "I'm very tired, I don't want to listen to business for now, You lie down with me for a while."