Heaven and earth return to one

Li Yunke left as soon as he said, without giving others a chance to persuade him.

Fortunately, Kang Hui, who came to the courtyard after dealing with Liu Jingwen and others, saw his leaving back, asked Xu Mingxi a few words, and followed him.

It's not that Kang Hui didn't want to do it for him, but he knew that Li Yunke couldn't be persuaded at this time. This trip was related to the lives of Nangongxuan and his unborn baby, and he had to make sure everything was safe.

The Resurrection Grass was a tribute from the Qiujue in the past, but King Qiujue turned against the heavens just after offering the medicinal materials. This precious treasure became a forbidden item because of exhaustion. It was not kept in the Imperial Hospital. In the palace, there are special guards.

With Kang Hui's ability, it is not impossible to get in and out of the palace wall to steal treasures without being discovered, but it is a deep palace forbidden area, and no one can tell what accidents will happen, but the most feared thing now is accidents .

Li Yunke was different. With his status as a prince, if something really happened, many people in the palace would give him face.And as the voices of the courtiers supporting the Twelve Princes who followed Zhang Lixin and made military achievements became more and more louder, more and more people in the palace were willing to give Li Yunke, the backer of the Twelve Princes, a lot of convenience. door.

Regardless of the trouble of the three-step kill, Li Yunke arrived in Yingzhong in just over half a month.

As soon as he entered the city, he heard about three major events.

First, Zhang Lixin led the southern border garrison into Cangxun in an all-round way, strangled Yin Baizhu's rebels, pushed the border to the extreme south sea, and took over the entire Cangxun.

Second, in the middle of the battle, Li Yunshen claimed that Zhang Lixin had made extraordinary achievements and wanted to make him king. During the three times he ordered him to return to Yingzhong to receive the reward, all of which he regarded as the emergency of the war. Yu refused.

Third, three days ago, more than half of the officials in the court jointly signed a letter, requesting Emperor Rong Hong to make the twelve princes who had made outstanding military achievements in the battle to recover Cang Xun as the crown prince.Li Yunshen asked if someone secretly instructed them to do this, and before anyone could answer, he was so angry that he passed out in the hall.

Ever since he learned that Nangongxin had been snatched by Liu Jingwen, Li Yunke had no interest in paying attention to the war. He was in the northern border, and he knew something about it, but he hadn't asked about the news in the southern border for a long time.Knowing that everything went smoothly with Zhang Lixin, his heart, which had been heavy for several days, really eased a lot.

Hearing this meaning, Li Yunshen realized that Zhang Lixin no longer listened to him, and wanted to trick him back and detain him; and Zhang Lixin's open rebellion was tantamount to rebellion, but he would be in danger if he didn't come back, so Li Yunke didn't worry .

After telling Kang Hui to wait outside the palace, Li Yunke entered the palace alone.

Recovering Cang Xun, such a major event that should be celebrated by the whole world, only caused a small disturbance in Yingzhong City. The common people did not dare to discuss it loudly, and no one dared to mention it in the palace.

The entire palace seemed lifeless.

The jewels sent by King Qiujue that day had already filled the national treasury, but the box of good medicinal materials was left out in the cold.It was heard that after Ben Lang and Ben Hongsheng's father and son escaped, the imperial physicians checked the herb and confirmed that there was nothing wrong with it, but the emperor still threw the box into the "cold palace" where forbidden things were piled up, and did not plan to use that thing to save lives one day.

Li Yunke went into the room where the things were kept, and searched carefully twice among a large pile of miscellaneous things, but he couldn't find the box containing the rejuvenation grass.

Could it be that his imperial brother fainted in public this time, and finally remembered to use the rejuvenation grass to save his life?

That doesn't work.

Li Yunke suddenly remembered that when he came this way, he had met with two young eunuchs. At that time, one of them seemed to be holding something in his hand. The box I was looking for.

Fearing that it would be a little too late, the imperial physician took the rejuvenation grass and gave it to Li Yunshen to swallow, so Li Yunke hurried after the two young eunuchs.

Perhaps the searching process took too much time, and when Li Yunke caught up with the two, they had already arrived outside Li Yunshen's bedroom.

Director Bai told them to open the box, and he checked it correctly, then motioned for the two of them to close the lid and follow him.

Apart from the two young eunuchs, four other maids followed behind. The group left Li Yunshen's bedroom, walked west for a while, and then turned north.

After following secretly for a while, Li Yunke guessed that they were going to Yihua Palace where the Empress Dowager lived.

Sure enough, Director Bai led the people outside Yihua Palace, begging to see the Queen Mother.

At this time, Li Yunke had already arrived one step ahead, and was quietly lying on the roof, waiting to hear Director Bai come in and speak.

Director Bai only brought the two young eunuchs who had gone to get the Resurrection Grass before, and walked in. When he saw the Queen Mother, he knelt down and said: "My servant pays my respects to the Queen Mother."

"Eunuch Bai, don't be too polite." The Empress Dowager leaned on the soft couch, washed off the luxurious makeup of the day, and showed a tired look, "It's so late, why did the emperor ask you to come to Ai's house?"

Manager Bai stood up, but he was used to bending his waist.He took the box from the little eunuch behind him, handed it out slightly, and said: "If you go back to the queen mother, the emperor woke up from a nap today, and heard the maid who served the food mention that the queen mother has been tired for the past two days because she is worried about the emperor's illness. It's so bad, the spirit is not as good as it used to be. The emperor loves the empress dowager, but he can't do what he wants to visit, and he knows that the empress dowager has everything, so he can't think of how to show his filial piety. The palace people have been discussing until now, and finally came up with such a way."

The Empress Dowager's close maid, Chief Chaobai, gave her a blessing, politely took the box, held it in front of the Empress Dowager, and opened it carefully.

"What is this?" The Queen Mother asked, looking at the two slightly yellowed but not shriveled grasses lying inside.

"This is one of the tributes sent by King Qiujue back then. It's called 'Resurrection Grass'." Mr. Bai said, "The emperor said that the thing sent by this thief should not be used to honor the Queen Mother, but it is said that this thing can not only be used as a gift, Nourishes the face, nourishes the blood, nourishes the Qi, and has the miraculous effect of prolonging life. All the imperial physicians in the imperial hospital have seen it before. Although Ben Lang is very courageous, he did not dare to tamper with this divine herb. The emperor hoped that this herb would be effective. Let the queen mother nourish one or two, so that your body will be healthy and your appearance will remain forever."

"Why did such a rare medicinal herb be given to Aijia? Aijia is not a girl of the sixteenth or seventeenth year, so why is she so beautiful?" The Empress Dowager smiled both embarrassedly and gratifiedly.

She didn't want to use it herself, but it was rare for the emperor to still think about his filial piety when he was sick, so she nodded and accepted it because it was inconvenient to explain this and it would damage the relationship between mother and child.Then the maid next to him rewarded Director Bai heavily and told him to go back and let Li Yunshen rest more and stop worrying about these trivial matters.

When Director Bai took the people back, the queen mother was in a daze for a long while holding the box on the soft couch, and for some reason, tears began to flow down one drop after another.

"Queen Mother, it's getting late, should this servant take a break from serving you?" The maid stepped forward to wipe her tears with a silk handkerchief, and said softly.

The queen mother hummed, and she stood up with her support, and said: "Remember to put your things away."

The maid always understood her thoughts and nodded in response.

Li Yunke heard the empress dowager's choking voice from above, and heard the heartache in her words, and it was really uncomfortable.

What the court lady understood, he naturally would not fail to understand, knowing that the Queen Mother did not intend to use this herb, he still wanted to leave it to Li Yunshen.

It was supposed to take the two herbs away together, but Li Yunke couldn't bear the Queen Mother's behavior today, fearing that the day Li Yunshen really needed the Resurrection Herb, the Queen Mother would not be able to bear the blow when she found out that she couldn't find it.

He could ignore Li Yunshen's life or death, but he couldn't make his mother sad.

Li Yunke shook his head helplessly, and followed the maid to the place where the resurgence grass was hidden. After she left, he took out the box again, carefully picked up a herb, put it in the brocade handkerchief, and stuck it to his chest to keep it away.After that, he closed the box and put it back in place, and retreated without making a sound.

After all the lights in Yihua Palace were extinguished, and everyone else except the night watchmen fell asleep, Li Yunke turned into the Queen Mother's bedroom again like a ghost.

He stood beside the empress dowager's bed, staring at the haggard face of the old man for a long time, seeing soreness in his eyes, then pulled the quilt for the empress dowager, and left reluctantly.

After leaving the palace, Li Yunke and Kang Hui met, and without waiting for an overnight stay, they climbed over the wall and left the city that night.

The two of them ran for half a night with light kung fu, and they happened to meet a caravan that had to drive overnight before the city gate was closed and went to the city. They bought two good horses from them and continued to run north.

After running like this for six or seven days, when Li Yunke took a rest, he accidentally took out the rejuvenation grass to see, and couldn't help being surprised.

The herb that was still good when it was taken out of the palace, now it is so wilted, not to mention half of the grass leaves are withered and yellow, and the rhizomes are so shriveled that they almost lose their shape, and they seem to be broken with a little force.

After thinking about it for a while, he understood that the box must be specially made, and it must have been mixed with other medicines that can keep the herb from withering easily, so the rejuvenation grass has been stored in the box for several years without any problems, so he took it out by himself It will die in a few days.If it hadn't been for the medicine in the box for a long time, it would have been useless on this grass.

Li Yunke didn't dare to waste another moment, and the shopkeeper didn't even have time to take a sip of the tea just made, so he jumped on the horse and started to run wildly again.

Because of his desperate way of running, the return journey took three days less than the time of departure.

Before entering the hospital, Li Yunke sent Kang Hui to call Xu Mingxi first.

When Xu Mingxi heard that they had brought back the Resurrection Herb, he immediately came out joyfully, but when he saw the appearance of the herb, he couldn't help laughing again, so he hurriedly took the fragile grass in his palm and took it in for disposal.

"Master, will this subordinate send you back to your room to rest?" Kang Hui said.

Li Yunke relied on his will to survive until now, so he nodded, but he did not forget to tell him: "Go and tell Xiaoxi again, don't tell Xuan'er that I am back."