Queen's Physician

Days of torrential rain put the palace in the imperial city in jeopardy. Many low-lying places had been flooded. As a last resort, many concubines who were close on the surface lived together, and the harem looked harmonious at this time.The emperor still walks between the palaces every day, the so-called rain and dew are all covered, but in fact it is cheating, cheating, cheating and cheating in disguise.

The queen who has seen through the emperor lived a prosperous life for a period of time after the emperor took another path.One is that the emperor sometimes takes the queen to other palaces for so-called caring; two, the emperor probably feels that the queen has nothing to do with it, so it is better to go to other palaces, one is to balance the harem, so as not to say that the emperor only favors the queen Second, when the emperor came, any concubine would bring out the best things to entertain the emperor, so why bother to die on the queen's tree without oil and water.

It's just that there have been heavy rains recently, and the emperor has to eat and drink his own food in his own palace. Seeing that the food and drink in his own palace are getting scarcer, and when the rainstorm turns sunny again, the emperor must go to the palaces to have a look.

Concubine De's Deyi Palace has the highest terrain in the entire imperial palace. Not to mention the torrential rain for the past few days, even if it rains for a few more days, it will definitely not flood her palace. No, it has been taken away one after another recently Several concubines.When the news of the emperor's appointment came, Concubine De was mixed with joy and sorrow.The joy is that the emperor who seldom sets foot in his palace has come, but the worry is that the delicious food and drink in his palace will be cheated by the emperor.Because the emperor cheated food and drink one after another in the harem, even though his Deyi Palace is located in a remote place, it is just that good things do not go out and bad things spread for thousands of miles. The emperor's cheating behavior has already spread throughout the palace. , Concubine De naturally heard about it.

"Your Majesty, the empress is here." While Concubine De was still thinking wildly, the eunuch's sharp cry resounded inside and outside Deyi Palace.Concubine De hurriedly brought a group of concubines to greet her in the courtyard.

"Excuse me, please excuse me!" The emperor was in high spirits today, and he rarely showed a smile on his usually gloomy face. The queen who watched him couldn't help but slander in his heart. It really was a cannibalism and a short hand, in order to cheat for a meal at Concubine De's place. Everyone actually laughed, the emperor laughed...

"Thank you, Your Majesty," seven or eight low-ranking concubines thanked them, twisted their bodies and followed behind the emperor, empress and concubine De, and entered the room together.The originally huge room felt a bit cramped when so many people entered at once, and even the emperor felt suddenly depressed.

"There are so many people living here, Concubine De?" The Emperor knowingly asked, and Concubine De also pretended not to know, and replied delicately, "Yes, Your Majesty, the courtyards of these younger sisters are low-lying, but within two or three days, they were all flooded. The concubines can't watch them come and go in the water every day, and I happen to have a few vacant rooms here, and the younger sisters don't mind it, so let them make do here first."

"Concubine De has done a very good job. All the people in the palace are sisters. In the face of difficulties, let's put aside the status for the time being and overcome the difficulties together." The emperor's words had a double meaning, Concubine De obviously didn't understand what the emperor said The meaning in the story, but the queen heard it, and glanced at the smug Concubine De, secretly thinking it was funny.

The emperor planned to leave after talking. Concubine De was looking forward to the emperor's visit with great difficulty, and in front of so many sisters, how could she let the emperor go so easily, so naturally she wanted to leave a meal.Concubine De's opening was in response to the emperor's thoughts, and she shouted that the emperor must not let the empress go, and the empress stayed so grandiosely.

Concubine De is one of the four great concubines. Although she is not as favored by the other concubines, after all, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and her own palace is considered rich. At this time, she insisted on making a table for twenty people. Dishes for lunch.Not to mention those concubines drooling, even the emperor and empress are about to lose their composure.The emperor kept screaming in his heart, what a loss, if he had known, he would have come to Concubine De's place to eat and drink earlier.

The emperor started, and everyone moved their chopsticks. Concubine De originally wanted to say a few words, but she never thought that the emperor would eat and drink. After eating this way, she had no intention of talking at all. Seeing that the emperor did not speak, everyone lowered their heads, hurry up Take advantage of this situation of not talking, which one is delicious and which one to eat.At what time, only the sound of bowls and chopsticks hitting and the sound of food chewing were heard in the entire hall.

Concubine De gave up her delicious food and didn't get a word from the emperor. After half an hour, only some soup and water were left on the table that was originally full.Concubine De was angry with herself, and was finally full of anger.

The emperor burped, straightened his neck and said: "Concubine De, you are a good cook in the back kitchen. This dish is better than my imperial chef."

The queen smiled, and lowered her head to wipe away the tears that were about to flow. The emperor's acting skills are so good, it's been a long time since he ate so many meat dishes before he said such a thing.

Satisfied with wine and food, the emperor expressed his gratitude slightly, and led the queen out of Concubine De's place in a grand manner.Concubine De was very grateful, and served delicious food and drink. In the end, the emperor said that the chef in the small kitchen was very skilled.Concubine De almost didn't come up out of breath, because of this she just fell ill.

"The empress seems to be very special today. Why, don't you say anything?" The emperor left the Deyi Palace, surrounded by only a few attendants of his own, and the empress only followed his personal girl, so the emperor talked unavoidably. some.

"Oh, what does the emperor want the concubine to say?" The queen lowered her eyebrows, keeping her expression as calm as ever.

"I never forget to bring the queen with me when I have delicious food and drink. Can't the queen say something sweet?" The moment the emperor spoke, the queen was a little stunned, and even stopped in her footsteps, a little unbelievable, looking straight at The emperor seemed to have lost his memory.

"What's wrong with the empress?" The emperor had never seen an empress lose her composure before, so he wanted to say something, but he heard the empress say: "Concubine De is probably depressed."

"Depressed?" The queen's answer was obviously beyond the emperor's expectations. The emperor didn't say anything, but walked at the end of the road with the queen, one left and one right.The emperor went to the royal study, and the queen returned to her bedroom.

There was an extra book on the desk in the imperial study. The book was a book the emperor had read recently, but it was not placed in the right place.The emperor's sharp eyes had already seen it, and he dismissed a group of eunuchs before entering the door, not even letting Yechen in.

Yichen was suspicious, but the emperor was always uncertain, and Yichen didn't think about other things, especially just drinking with the queen, it seemed that the queen's words made the emperor uncomfortable, and the emperor's current behavior was very normal.Yichen helped the emperor close the door, and waited at the door for dispatch.

The emperor walked quickly to the desk, picked up the book on the table, and opened a few pages. A small piece of paper slipped down. The emperor picked it up and read it, but there were only a few tiny words. After reading it, the emperor wanted to burn it with a candle. Tucked into the waist.

"Yichen" the emperor just took a casual mouthful, and Yichen quickly opened the closed door, walked in from the outside, looked at it quietly with lowered eyebrows, and responded: "What orders does the emperor have?"

"It seems that there are not many spices in the incense burner, why does it feel that the smell is much weaker?"

"The slave will add some," Yichen replied, the emperor turned the book in his hand without looking at him.

Soon the spices were added to the censer, and white smoke came out from the copper censer. The emperor glanced at it and said, "Okay, you can go down if you have nothing to do!"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Yichen retreated to the door again, listened for a long time with his ears upright, and then resumed his standing posture when he saw that there was no movement inside.

The crumpled paper was taken out from his waist. The emperor stood up and stuffed the paper into the carved part of the incense burner. When the paper encountered a dark fire, it was quickly ignited, and the fragrance was dyed with a trace of burnt smell. , but soon the burnt smell was diluted by the aroma and gradually melted into the aroma.

There was a soft look in the emperor's eyes, staring blankly at the book, he seemed to remember something after a while, went to a piece of paper on the desk, wrote a few words with a few strokes, folded it, and put it away in his in the sleeve.

A carrier pigeon landed in front of King Zhongshan's tent, and the guards outside the tent caught it and sent it into the army tent.

King Zhongshan took out the note on the pigeon's foot, looked at it, and burned it on the candle.

"Come here!" King Zhongshan shouted, and immediately someone came in from outside the tent, "My lord, what are your orders?"

"Go, pass on my order to get the troops ready to attack the city in three days."

"Three, three days?" The soldier was puzzled, and was glared at by King Zhongshan, "You are the prince or I am the prince, I will be whatever I say."

"Small, I know." Looking at the soldiers who were scared away by him, King Zhongshan let out a smug smile, which made the soldiers standing guard outside the tent feel hairy.

Sure enough, three days later, the Zhongshan Dynasty's palace launched an attack from the front.Only less than an hour later, the attack stopped, and the army didn't understand what it meant.

The news of King Zhongshan's attack on the palace quickly spread throughout the country, and naturally this news also fell into the ears of Li Hanyong.At this moment, Li Hanyong had just arrived at the outskirts of Yecheng County, upon receiving this news, Li Hanyong was like an ant on a hot pot, fidgeting for a while.

"My lord, maybe it's a rumor." Chen Sanmu looked at Li Hanyong like this, but there was no way out, and Li Hanyong refuted it when he tried to persuade him, "How could it be a rumor? This is Yecheng County, away from the imperial city. It’s so close, you will get the news immediately, how could it be a rumor.”

"However, this is too strange. The king of Zhongshan has been guarding outside the palace for so long, so how can he attack as soon as he says attack?"

Li Hanyong was so anxious at the moment, he would calm down and think about it, and replied impatiently: "It would be inappropriate for you to be the emperor, who would not want the throne that is so close at hand?"

Chen Sanmu didn't answer, but just stood there quietly, looking at Li Hanyong who was a little embarrassed, a trace of worry surged in his heart.