The Queen Mother of the Red Chamber

The loyal and obedient beauty seemed to be stuck in her throat, her eyes were wide open, and she just swallowed the scolding words that she was about to blurt out.The beauty's lips were bent very generously, revealing a bewitching smile that overwhelmed the country and the city, and the fox's eyes were full of smiles, shining like stars. "The queen mother is right. The young master has red lips, white teeth, and a delicate face. He really deserves the word 'beauty'." There was a bit of gnashing of teeth.

Chen Moyang was not affected, and still ignored the Zhongshun beauty's counterattack, but the muscles on his face moved twice, "My lord, I don't know what you plan to do, I'm afraid this Yangzhou is not suitable for visiting."

Zhongshun raised his eyebrows, and there was a trace of disdain in the fox's eyes, "It's business, keep it secret."

After speaking, he turned around and went to play with his sister.

Zhongshun really didn't lie, he acted extremely confidentially this time.According to what Qin Lang said, the riots and plagues were all caused by human beings, so his emperor brother who was quiet on the surface is very suspicious, and the man in the dark before could kill Lian Xun in front of so many people It is enough to show that there are spies inside.Now that none of his subordinates can believe it, Zhongshun decided to investigate the matter himself, and by the way, wipe out the remaining forces on the Jiangnan side.In addition, the old bastard surnamed Li is about to lead the Qingcheng Brigade to Yangzhou, so if he doesn't meet him on the way, wouldn't it be a bad thing?

In order to control the situation in Yangzhou City, Chen Moyang led a group of confidantes into the city to station himself, and according to Xiao Rong's method, the people in the city were resettled separately, and an isolation area was established.All the belongings of the infected people were burned, and lime water was sprinkled on the streets and houses of the entire town.The accompanying doctors distributed some health-enhancing medicines to the victims to provide them with the ability to defend against the plague.They posted a list in the city to look for the people who served Daiyu before, and some of the surviving people returned safely, but the other part disappeared, including Ziyan and Xiao Ming, the commander of the guards.

Those who disappear from such a chaotic situation will be in danger.When Daiyu thought that something unexpected happened to Ziyan, her heart ached.Thinking that if he hadn't come here with him back then, he would still be staying in the palace well now.The tears were also dripping down.

Zhongshun hurriedly tried to comfort her, "Anping, don't worry, that girl Ziyan is a thief, she is the only one who can bully others, no one can bully her, besides, Xiao Ming is very skilled in martial arts, if the two of them are together, That is simply invincible in the world, and there will be absolutely no accidents."

Daiyu wiped away her tears, choked with sobs and said, "Is it true?"

Seeing that Zhongshun finally had a reaction, he nodded vigorously, "Well, really."

"Then, where did they go?"

"This... In fact, Xiao Ming has been in love with Ziyan for a long time, and has never had a chance, maybe..." Zhongshun winked at Daiyu, meaning 'you understand'.

Daiyu opened her mouth wide in shock, could it be that she was too dull, why didn't she see that there was an affair between Sister Ziyan and Commander Xiao.Thinking of this, his face also blushed.

Seeing his younger sister blushing, Zhongshun murmured silently in his heart: "Ziyan, Xiao Ming, whether you are dead or alive, don't blame me for slandering you..."

Everything in the city was under control, after Zhongshun settled Daiyu, he left Yangzhou, and no one knew where he went.

Chen Moyang looked at the victims in the isolation area who were suffering from illnesses, his face was very heavy.

"Alang, are you sure you can cure it?"

"No," Qin Lang shook his head, "What I said before was just to let Lian Xun temporarily stop clearing the city. This plague is raging, if the antidote can't be prepared in time, I'm afraid those people..."

There was anger in Chen Moyang's eyes, "Those people are really vicious, and they harmed the people for their own selfishness. How can such people be qualified to be in that position?!"

Qin Lang's face is indifferent, he never likes to pay attention to these court battles.

"Alang, how long will it take you to prepare the antidote?"

"I don't know, I can only do my best."

It is easy to talk about the plague. Since ancient times, many famous doctors have been defeated by this plague, and even the ancestors died of it.

The medical hall in the dark night is quiet, only one light flickers on and off.

This is a temporary hospital for studying the antidote to the plague. Those veterans have already fallen asleep, leaving only Qin Lang still writing the prescription under the lamp.The soft lights sprinkled around, adding some warm light,

That Zhang Ruyu's face had become even paler due to fatigue.

Suddenly, a colic in my heart hit me, causing pain in my internal organs.Qin Lang couldn't reach it for a while, and fell to his knees on the ground in pain, stroking the table tightly with one hand, and covering his heart with the other, feeling like his whole body was roasting in a raging fire.A trace of blood overflowed from the corner of his mouth.

The pain in my body was getting worse and worse, even my head was swollen and aching, and the consciousness of my whole body was slowly disappearing.The lights in the room seemed to be getting dimmer and dimmed slowly.

When Qin Lang woke up again, he was already lying in his room.

An old man stood next to him, who was the accompanying imperial doctor.Seeing that Qin Lang woke up, the old man sighed, "Hey, Mr. Qin, your illness..."

Qin Lang sat up, his lips and face were pale, only those clear eyes were still bright, he shook his head lightly, "I know."

The old man said: "This kind of illness has never been heard of by this old man who has practiced medicine for so many years. Does Mr. Qin have a cure?" Then he thought that it is difficult for a doctor to heal himself. This Mr. Qin is like this, I am afraid that he has not found a cure. prescription.

Qin Lang lowered his head, this kind of illness can't be blamed on himself, even the master who was famous all over the world was helpless, he could only sigh the destiny.Although I have never believed that this is the destiny, but I have not been able to find a way to crack it for so many years, maybe it is really the destiny.Now that it looks like this, it has become more and more serious, and even the chance of getting sick is much higher than before. In this situation, maybe...

When Chen Moyang walked in, he saw that Qin Lang and the imperial doctor all looked gloomy.He also knew about Qin Lang's illness, but he didn't know that it had reached such a serious point. If he hadn't gone to discuss the plague yesterday, he happened to see him lying on the ground convulsively. I'm afraid this person is now A cold corpse, I feel a little scared when I think of it.With his brother for so many years, this person has always been cold and indifferent, and he has never seen the same appearance as yesterday.Even the imperial doctor was helpless, or he couldn't do it himself. He looked through his medicine box and saw the pills he had prepared before.It's just that there are not many pills left.

"Alang, you need to go back, your body can no longer toss."

Qin Lang lowered his eyelids and leaned against the back wall. "You know better in your heart that the people here can't wait any longer."

Chen Moyang was speechless. The people in the plague area really didn't have time. In the past few days, hundreds of people's corpses were lifted out of it. Seeing their corpses burnt clean in the large cargo, there was no bones left. I only feel that I am really useless, and I deeply hate those thieves who are so kind and defy the laws of nature.

"You must know what the consequences will be if your illness continues to suffer like this."

Qin Lang suddenly chuckled, but no fear of death appeared on his face. He gently pursed his lips with a bit of sneer, "I know better that my disease is not like this, and the consequences are still not good. Ayang, No one in life will die, if you can save tens of thousands of lives with your own body, why should you be afraid of death?"

"..." Chen Moyang lowered his head, feeling deeply powerless. Qin Lang was right, if he were himself, he would choose to do this.

Suddenly, the door was pushed open, and a palace attendant came in, who stayed behind to take care of Daiyu when Zhongshun left.

The palace man bowed his waist, "Master Hou, the princess asked the servants to come in and take a look. Did the genius doctor wake up? How is the situation?"

Hearing this, Qin Lang subconsciously looked in the direction of the door.

There was a trace of sadness in Chen Moyang's eyes, and he said to Qin Lang: "She was waiting outside the door as soon as she heard about you this morning."

Qin Lang withdrew his gaze, his eyes were not disturbed, and he couldn't see his emotions clearly. "Really? Thank you Princess for your kindness."

The palace man hurriedly said: "The slave will go out and report to the princess." Then he backed out.

"You must know, that's not what she wants." From this first meeting, it can be seen that the way the man looked at A-Lang was different from when he looked at other people. She had A-Lang in her heart... …

Qin Lang leaned against the back wall and closed his eyes.

"Hey……"

Someone sighed, and then the door of the room was pushed open and closed again.Calm was restored in the room.

At this time, the imperial palace far away in Kyoto was also not peaceful.

Concubine Wu Gui of Fengyu Palace is seriously ill on the couch.

After hearing the news, Xiao Rong personally sat in the main hall of Fengyu Palace, angrily reprimanded everyone in Fengyu Palace for not serving properly, for failing to truthfully report the real condition of his master's illness, and blaming these imperial physicians for not doing their best.

All the people in the harem, which one is not arrogant.It is no secret that Concubine Wu Guifei will be childless for life in the future, and since she gave birth, she has been in poor health, and the emperor has never visited here because of the Jiangnan incident, so these servants and imperial doctors thought that Concubine Wu Guifei had already Lost power, and although her family is a famous family, it is not the same as it was before, and it will decline without the support of the prince in the future.He was even more dissatisfied with Concubine Wu Gui.

Standing on the steps, Xiao Rong looked condescendingly at the shivering palace people kneeling on the ground, and thought of the haggard Concubine Wu Gui on the sick bed, her heart ached.At the beginning, Concubine Wu Gui was one of the most beauties in the harem, but she had never looked like this before, which shows the suffering she has suffered physically and mentally.In the end, it was the royal family who could not forgive her.

"You are all old people serving Concubine Wu Gui, and the Ai family has always looked up to you, but I didn't expect to do such a deceitful thing now. It really seems that the Ai family is old and can't take care of things, right?!"

"Slaves don't dare, the Empress Dowager knows." Everyone kowtowed vigorously.

Xiao Rongfeng's eyes turned cold, "Nurse Li."

An old nanny came out in response, "The servant is here."

"You are Concubine Wu's nanny. If you don't report this kind of thing early, it will be hard to hold the blame until today. But thinking of your loyalty and loyalty, you come to tell the truth to the Ai family. Your merits and demerits On the contrary, the Ai family has temporarily recorded this sum for you. Now the slaves in Fengyu Palace, whoever you see is not dedicated or has some crooked thoughts, will be dealt with. If you don't deal with it well, sorry The family will punish you for the same crime."

"The slave obeys the order."

"Okay, let's go with Nanny Li."

"No, no." Everyone stood up tremblingly and retreated.

Xiao Rong sighed, walked slowly to the inner hall, looked at Concubine Wu on the couch, feeling a little uncomfortable, the daughter-in-law she loves the most is the Queen, and Concubine Wu is the most pitiful.

At that time, in order for the queen to give birth to a son-in-law, the emperor hadn't conceived for so many years, and now she finally conceived, but suffered such a blow, how could she not be pitiful?

Sitting on the edge of the bed, holding Wu Guifei's protruding hand, her heart ached, "Nuan'er, Ai's family is here to see you."

Concubine Wu Guifei opened her eyes, tilted her head to look at Xiao Rong, a tear fell from her eyes, she choked up and said: "Mother, the concubine is dying."

"Nonsense, the imperial doctor said you will be fine." Rong held back his tears.

"The concubine can't give birth to an heir for the emperor, and she has no intention of living. The only thing that feels wrong is that the child was not kept. The queen mother, the son and the minister can often feel her in the stomach, so why did they leave? Well, woo woo..." He was already sobbing.

Xiao Rong sighed deeply in his heart, not to mention that he regarded offspring as the ancient harem to rely on for the rest of his life, even in the 21st century, if any woman could not have children, she would be in great pain.She couldn't find words to comfort her for a while.

Concubine Wu Gui cried more and more sadly, and in the end she fainted. Xiao Rong was so frightened that she quickly called the imperial physician to come over for consultation. After confirming that she was only weak and fainted, she breathed a sigh of relief.

On the contrary, the imperial physicians all breathed a sigh of relief.It was extremely difficult for the emperor's heirs to come, and it was extremely dangerous for the ladies in the harem to give birth. If something happened to Concubine Wu Gui, the entire imperial hospital would have to bear the wrath of the royal family.

When Xiao Rong returned to Changle Palace, he felt unhappy all the time, feeling that the royal family seemed to be cursed, could it be because of his appearance?Why is there no peace in this palace for a moment? There are always so many disasters, the internal troubles of the previous dynasty and the plague, and the harem is either difficult for the empress or the prince is gone.

"Hey..." Xiao Rong rubbed his temples.

Seeing Nanny Cui standing quietly by the side without speaking, Xiao Rong panicked and couldn't help but said: "Xinxin, why don't you say that the ancestors didn't bless these descendants?"

Nanny Cui raised her head, then remained silent.

"Wow..." There was a cry of a child from the side hall.

"Why is Qi'er crying?" Xiao Rong's heart softened when he heard his grandson's crying, and he immediately stood up and greeted her.I saw a nanny carrying the eldest prince Yuan Qi who had already been coaxed to the main hall.

Xiao Rong reached out to take it, and saw that the child's tears were still wet, and said distressedly: "Who messed with our Qi'er? Don't cry, don't cry."

The nanny thought that Xiao Rong was blaming him, so she knelt down and knelt down, "Queen Mother, I have been wronged. The eldest prince is crying because he woke up and missed you. The servant immediately hugged you."

Xiao Rong smiled and said: "What are you afraid of, Aijia is coaxing him, you go down first, and I will pass it on to you later."

"Thank you, Queen Mother, thank you, Queen Mother." Xie En, who was so busy with the nanny, stood up and bowed her waist and retreated.

Seeing Xiao Rong, the child in his arms was all smiles, and there was water in his pure eyes, which made people even more pitiful.

This child is also a hard-fated child, he lost his mother when he was born, and his own father doesn't want to see him, hey...

correct!

With an idea, Xiao Rong turned around and said to Nanny Cui: "Wishin, you said that if the Ai family adopts Qi'er to Nuan'er, will she have something to rely on and recover from her illness?"

Cui Momo raised her head and said softly: "The queen mother, since ancient times, it is common for the princes of the harem to be raised by other high-class concubines, but there is no precedent for Concubine Wu and Concubine Jia who are of the same level."

"What's the rank? Nuan'er has been with the emperor for so many years, and because of this disaster, it will be a great achievement to raise the prince in the future. She is worthy of the title of imperial concubine."

"This..." Nanny Cui didn't dare to speak for a moment.

The imperial concubine is the concubine who is second only to the queen, and has the right to assist the six palaces. In the previous dynasty, the position was almost always vacant.Even the noble concubine Zhen of the previous dynasty did not receive such an honor, just because her moral character was not enough, and the honor and favor of the emperor alone was not enough.

Xiao Rong looked at Yuan Qi in his arms, and sighed: "The Ai family knows what you want to say, but Nuan'er's behavior in the palace is exemplary. Her family is also a veteran of several dynasties, and she is loyal to the court." Two. The emperor is also affectionate and righteous to her. I believe that the emperor will not object to giving her this title. The only one who has been wronged is the empress..." If Nuan'er is promoted to imperial concubine this time, it will be Yuan Qi was placed under her knees to be raised, and the position of the prince of the first son will not be so secure in the future. "

But now that I have stayed in this deep palace for a long time, I have to consider some things.The emperor and the empress love each other deeply, and they also dote on the son-in-law. In the future, it is difficult to guarantee that the prince will grow up to be an emperor.Now, as the empress dowager, I have to think about the future affairs of the country and the country.

"The Ai family has made up their minds, and will discuss this matter with the emperor today."

Concubine Wu's promotion to imperial concubine was not hindered by anything, the emperor himself had feelings for her, and Concubine Wu had outstanding virtues, and she was an old man in the mansion back then, so after listening to Xiao Rong's proposal, the emperor nodded in approval .

The emperor's eldest son Yuan Qi also arrived at Fengyu Palace along with the canonization decree.

Seeing the infant child, Concubine Wu Gui burst into tears on the spot, struggling to get out of bed to receive an order to thank her.After a lot of persuasion by Nanny Li, she was finally relieved.

After the father-in-law who announced the decree had left, Nanny Li wiped away her tears with Concubine Wu Gui, and comforted her: "Your Majesty, this is a happy thing, why are you crying?"

Concubine Wu Guifei smiled with tears in her eyes: "This palace is crying with joy, mother, I never thought that today will still be here, I thought that there would be no hope in the future."

"The empress dowager is kind and has always loved you. You, please take care of yourself and take care of the eldest prince in the future."

"Yeah," Concubine Wu Gui nodded repeatedly, looking at the child in the hands of the nanny, her heart felt a burst of joy and a burst of sourness.

Thinking of my own sickness, I was afraid that the child would get sick, so I hurriedly ordered: "Hurry up, run the child to the side hall, don't be smothered by the smell of medicine here, you are very good at serving, if there is anything missing, just go and get it, don't worry about it." wronged him."

"No." The palace people hurriedly took orders and came out.

Concubine Wu Gui watched helplessly as the child was taken away, feeling reluctance in her heart again.Until the child went out, he was still looking at it obsessively.

Nanny Li took a handkerchief and wiped Concubine Wu Gui's cheeks, "Sure enough, people are in good spirits on happy occasions. Seeing your empress looks a lot better, your empress should get better soon, and you have to participate in the canonization ceremony."

"Now that I have a child, those ignorant beggars don't care about it anymore. I just hope that I can raise him well in the future so that I can live up to the great kindness of the Queen Mother and the Emperor."

"Don't worry, this servant has decades of experience. You will definitely take good care of the First Prince."

"En." Concubine Wu Gui nodded happily.