wise man

He vaguely remembered that in the deep alley of Xin'anfang, that young man looked at him with such clear and affectionate eyes many years ago.It was the clear spring flowing into his heart, washing away all the turmoil and filth of the world.

He actually felt that the softest part of his heart had quietly collapsed.Actually, is there any soft place?He thought he had already forged a heart of stone.But, what's the matter with this damn Yourou who pops up occasionally?

He threw away the cane in his hand dejectedly, raised his teacup, and took a sip, as if trying to extinguish the flame in his heart.

Then he waved at Chen Shoushi with a hoarse voice: "Take Yang Zhen back and reflect on your mistakes."

Chen Shoushi raised his head, why did he feel that the emperor suddenly became a little lonely and desolate?He had almost never seen such a look on the emperor's face.

When the emperor was strong, Chen Shoushi couldn't help but confront him, but now he felt a little distressed.The emperor seemed to have something to hide.

"Father, please rest and rest. My son will leave." He stood up and added, "My son is not filial." This sentence was sincere.

Ji Tai faced him sideways, his body shook slightly when he heard this, and he moved his lips, wanting to say something, but he didn't say it after all.

Chen Shoushi hugged Yang Zhen, this time, he had no choice but to be hugged by the princess.

After returning to the palace, he immediately invited Imperial Physician Hu to treat Yang Zhen's injuries.Fearing that the two court ladies would be an obstacle, the curtains on the bed were drawn down.

Ji Ye originally wanted to eat with the two of them, and waited anxiously for them to come back, but when he heard that the two had been beaten, his face tightened and he was furious.He didn't dare to go in and look around, and he walked around outside by himself, cursing his grandfather.

When Yang Zhen saw Imperial Physician Hu, who was as kind as saving his life, she was very kind. Enduring the severe pain behind her, she told him about Qiu Lin, the abbot of Yonglian Temple, about the Golden Crow Ointment and the "Duan Duan Sutra".

Imperial Physician Hu checked his hands and feet, felt his pulse again, and said gratifiedly: "It is unexpected that a monk in the countryside has such good medicine and such inner strength and mentality. He is really a strange person. Mr. Yang not only recovered, but also greatly increased his inner strength. Congratulations. It's just that I get hurt at every turn..."

Yang Zhen smiled: "It's just a flesh injury, it's okay."

Chen Shoushi said uncomfortably: "Zhen'er, I am incompetent and always hurt you."

Yang Zhen stretched out a hand from the tent, and held Chen Shoushi's palm: "It's obvious that the subordinate caused His Highness to be beaten, but His Highness blamed himself instead, how can I make this subordinate feel so bad?"

Doctor Hu coughed dryly: "Do you have to do this every time...?" At least he swallowed the disgusting word.

Rui Zhu and Lu Zhu were waiting at the door, and seeing this, they both covered their mouths and sniggered.

Chen Shoushi thought, when did these maids become so unruly?Turning to stare at them, the two blushed, but they laughed even more happily.

Yang Zhen said sadly: "You two girls, you are really gloating."

Rui Zhu quickly waved her hand: "No, no, just watching His Highness and the Young Master love each other, the servants are very happy."

Doctor Hu's mouth twitched.

After being beaten so badly, why did it turn into a comedy?Yang Zhen suddenly felt that as long as he was with Chen Shoushi, no matter how much suffering he suffered, he could enjoy it.

But pain is unavoidable. Cleaning the wound and applying medicine is another torture.The two maids undertook the task of pouring out the bloody water and changing the clean water, and they used three basins of water.After the wound was treated, Yang Zhen's body was soaked in cold sweat.

"Your Highness, it's your turn." Imperial Physician Hu ordered, and ordered the maid, "Bring another basin of warm water."

Chen Shoushi's back was also bloodstained by the rattan, with crisscross scars, redness, swelling and purple.Imperial Physician Hu sighed: "Your Majesty is very angry."

"I think the father is also very angry. Doctor Hu, you should go and see him later."

Imperial Physician Hu snorted, and said: "The old minister only looks at external injuries, not internal injuries."

Seeing him like that, Yang Zhen seemed to disdain to treat the emperor, so she couldn't help laughing: "Doctor Hu, you are so cute."

Imperial Physician Hu touched his nose, was he called cute at a very old age?

"Okay." After the treatment, Imperial Physician Hu threw down the plaster and said, "Young Master Yang, lie on your stomach. Your Highness may sit or lie on your stomach. Don't lie down, it will press on the wound."

Chen Shoushi didn't respond, he always felt that the old man deliberately made fun of them, did he mean to treat them as children?

At noon, Ji Ye insisted on eating with the two of them, and Chen Shoushi fed it to Yang Zhen. When the two of them bumped into wounds occasionally, they both gasped with pale faces.Yang Zhen's face was as pale as paper, and she was covered in cold sweat when she moved.

Ji Ye was so distressed that he kept asking, "Is uncle in pain? Is Uncle Hazel in pain?"

Chen Shoushi felt warm in his heart, stroked his cheek and said, "Uncle is fine, Ye'er needn't worry."

Yang Zhen looked at them and smiled, why did she feel that they were like father and son.

The story of Chen Shoushi and Yang Zhen being beaten quickly spread throughout the palace. Empress Liu was delighted to hear that, and summoned Liu Guojiu into the palace, saying: "This kid from the Chen family is really obsessed, and he only likes that little servant Yang Zhen. Everywhere in Changzhou County it was publicized that Yang Zhen was his husband and wife. Today, His Majesty beat Yang Zhen to pieces in a fit of rage, and even whipped the Chen family boy with a cane. Both of them are recuperating in Xinhe Palace."

Uncle Liu Guo's eyes flickered, he stroked his chin and said, "It seems that we don't need to do anything. If he goes all the way to the dark, he will naturally lose His Majesty's favor, and he will never be able to threaten the crown prince again. If I had known this, I didn't have to do it last time." If you do it, the prince is too impatient."

Empress Liu cast a reproachful glance at her brother: "You men, you know how to use common means. I have already told the crown prince that we only need to create a war of foreign invasion and send Chen Shoushi to the frontier... ..”

"That can't be done, if he has the military power, the threat to the prince will be even greater!"

Empress Liu sneered: "Since wars can be created, why can't they cause his death? To die in battle, to sacrifice one's life for the country, is it an honor to die?"

Uncle Liu Guo glanced at her, quite startled.

In the morning of the next day, Chen Qifeng came into the palace to meet the queen and Princess Fengyu, and then came to Xinhe Palace.

"Brother, my younger brother heard that you and sister-in-law were injured, so I came here to visit you."

Chen Shoushi said: "You are well informed."

Chen Qifeng said: "Little brother just went to see Cousin Feng Yu, she told me."

Chen Shoushi said: "The imperial doctor has seen it, there is nothing serious, don't tell your parents when you go back."

Chen Qifeng responded obediently, went into the bedroom to look at Yang Zhen, and called him sister-in-law.Yang Zhen was so frightened that she hurriedly waved her hands: "Second Young Master, please don't call him that, Yang Zhen can't afford it."

Chen Qifeng showed a gentle smile: "Sister-in-law deserves it." He bowed and left.

No one saw that when he left the palace, he secretly clenched his fists in his sleeves.

On that day, the emperor ordered Xu Zhi to pass on an oral order, telling Chen Shoushi to stay for a few more days, and return to Changzhou County after the two men recovered from their injuries, and sent two high-quality ginseng over.

This attitude made the people in the palace puzzled again, and various rumors spread one after another.

Chen Shoushi stayed with Yang Zhen for a total of three days, and the wounds on Yang Zhen's buttocks and legs began to scab, so he begged Chen Shoushi to go back earlier, fearing that the business would be delayed.

Chen Shoushi had no choice but to agree, and went to bid farewell to the emperor. The emperor sent them a luxurious cart covered with fox fur to take them back to Changzhou County.Bo Ling and Xiao Ba took turns driving, slowed down their horses, and walked slowly.

Back in Changzhou County, Chen Shoushi announced that Bo Ling and Xiao Ba would follow him from now on. Butler Qin, Fat Cook, and Zhu Zi were all very happy, feeling that the house was getting more and more lively.

Chen Shoushi orders Xiao Ba to be a guard instead, so Xiao Ba no longer has to stay in the dark.

The two of them lived in the courtyard where Yang Zhen used to live, and no one disturbed them, and they were free and loving.

At the end of May, the pomegranates start to set seeds.

A fast horse came from the capital city and rushed straight to the Changzhou county government office. The person on the horse was Tong Yan, the emperor's bodyguard: "His Majesty's order, His Royal Highness is dead, please return to the capital quickly!"

The county government office exploded with a "boom", and Chen Shoushi was stunned: "What's going on?"

Tong Yan bowed and said, "Back to Second Highness, His Highness the Crown Prince suffered a sudden heart attack during the summer vacation at Dingxiang Mountain Villa, and died due to insufficient treatment."

Another version was quietly circulated in the palace: During the summer vacation at the Clove Mountain Villa, His Royal Highness summoned the four great courtesans of the capital to accompany him, indulged in excessive lust, and got the wind.There is also a more secret theory: His Royal Highness took aphrodisiacs to cheer him up, and the medicine was too strong, which caused him to die immediately.

In a restaurant called "Chunwang" in the capital, Chen Qifeng was drinking with Miao Yunhua, the son of Prime Minister Miao Yongpei, and Qin Xiangyu, the son of Prince Taifu Qin Bonian.

Miao Yunhua and Qin Xiangyu drank together, their expressions were not very good-looking.

Chen Qifeng comforted the two of them and said: "Although you two went to Dingxiang Villa together with His Royal Highness, both of you had already rested when the accident happened, and this matter has nothing to do with you. Besides, it is too embarrassing for the royal family to die from a wind on a horse. Now Your Majesty It is declared to the outside world that the prince committed a heart attack and died, so it is impossible to hold the two of you accountable. Don't worry."

Miao Yunhua said: "It's just that my father usually doesn't like the crown prince, especially last time when your elder brother, oh no, after Yang Zhen, the concubine of His Highness the Second Highness, had his tendons and tendons broken, my father participated in the performance of the crown prince. -In the eyes of the party, he has become a public enemy. When the prince had an accident, I was with him, just in case..."

"No." Chen Qifeng said, "If the crown prince doesn't like you because of your father, how can he still bring you by his side? Since you still have a good relationship with him, how can you be suspected of harming him?"

Miao Yunhua listened reasonably and nodded.

Qin Xiangyu smiled wryly and said: "My father still expects the crown prince to ascend the throne. He is a teacher who will be valued. Now the bamboo basket is empty." After a pause, he continued, "But to be honest, my father taught such a Student, it was indeed his mistake."

The three of them stopped talking.

In the afternoon, Chen Qifeng Shi Shiran entered the largest brothel in the capital - "Daiyuefang".Seeing him coming, the old bustard quietly pulled him into the room, and closed the door tightly: "I said, my young master, His Royal Highness the crown prince passed away suddenly, and my lady, Biluo, who is the oiran, was brought back to the palace, and she hasn't returned yet. What's going on? ? Could it be..." She lowered her voice extremely low, "Could it be that he died because of taking our aphrodisiac?"

Chen Qifeng said: "There are so many aphrodisiacs sold in your building, did any of your customers die after taking them?"

"No."

"So His Royal Highness died of heart disease, you don't need to be suspicious. When he came to the building, didn't he have a good meal?"

The old bustard felt relieved and said: "You are the future son-in-law, the prince's brother-in-law. If you say no, I will feel at ease."

Chen Qifeng said: "Even so, don't reveal the fact that you sold aphrodisiacs to the prince. As for the oiran lady in your building, and three other girls in other buildings, I'm afraid they will be secretly executed by the palace. Poor girl..."

The old bustard was a little embarrassed, Chen Qifeng took out a bag of silver and stuffed it into her hand: "It's not easy for you, these silver, take it as a little bit of my heart."

The old bustard hurriedly thanked him and said, "Young master, you are truly a bodhisattva. You can stay and play today, I won't charge you money."

Chen Qifeng shook his head: "The prince's new funeral, how can I enjoy myself? I'm leaving."

Seeing him leave, the old bustard murmured to herself, "You are so handsome and have such a kind heart. The princess is really lucky."

night, deep.Chen Qifeng lingered in his study.There was only a crescent moon in the sky, and the faint moonlight shone on his face, making that handsome face softer.

"Brother, younger brother has cleared the obstacles for you. In the future, you will definitely become the most wise monarch in Xuan Kingdom. I will wait and see."

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Tomorrow I will go out for a day of interviews. I don’t think I have time to write articles. I will work overtime tonight~