Deep ice

"Xilian--"

Xi Lian bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the servant is here."

"It's Doctor Xu."

Xi Lian responded, took two steps back, turned around and left the palace and sent a young eunuch to pass the message.

After about a cup of tea, Imperial Physician Xu followed the little eunuch and came belatedly. When he saw the emperor, he was about to kneel down three times and prostrate nine times, when Yuan Jing waved his hand, "Excuse me. "

Doctor Xu stood with his head down, waiting for the holy voice.

Yuan Jing was fiddling with the small object inlaid in jade, "Has he improved these days?"

Physician Xu naturally understood who the emperor cared about, so he replied respectfully: "Go back to the emperor, there is no serious problem now, just rest for a few days, and it will recover."

Yuan Jing's face was expressionless, and he couldn't see the slightest bit of joy, "Are you awake?"

Imperial Physician Xu said: "I was drowsy for the past few days, and occasionally woke up and fell asleep again. Before this humble official left Weiyang Palace, it happened to be just in time for the master of Weiyang Palace to wake up. He seemed to be in good spirits, and... I deliberately went down to send the humble staff out of the palace."

Yuan Jing was silent for a while.

Then he said: "The previous medicine, add a few more flavors to nourish the body."

Imperial Physician Xu was taken aback, and said softly, "I understand."

Yuan Jing lightly raised his hand, and Imperial Physician Xu bowed and retreated knowingly.

Xi Lian watched the old imperial doctor come out of the palace, thinking that these days the emperor can't keep up his energy to do anything, and the number of times he summoned the imperial doctor for questioning was much more than usual.

Outsiders didn't know about it, and thought that the dragon's body was ill. Many empresses in this palace secretly asked themselves.

But who knows, the emperor is not in good health, it is just a heart disease.

Thinking of this, Xi Lian felt pity spontaneously, "Your Majesty, it's been several hours since I approved it, let's take a rest, be careful that you're exhausted."

Yuan Jing looked at the spinning top, apparently in a trance.

Xi Lian coughed lightly, "Your Majesty?"

Yuan Jing turned around to look at Xi Lian, unexpectedly, he let out a soft sigh.

Xi Lian didn't dare to point it out, and just followed along: "The emperor is worried about state affairs?"

Yuan Jing shook his head, but said nothing.

Xi Lian smiled and said: "It's better for the slave to go out with the emperor for a walk, it's also good to relax."

Yuan Jing took the memorial on one side and continued to review, "No need."

After writing a few strokes on it, I suddenly remembered, "Go to Weiyang Palace when you have time, there is something wrong with the medicine."

-

The warm sun enters the house, and the candles are left in the sarong.

Someone knocked on the door of Weiyang Palace early in the morning.

The little eunuch in the courtyard stood there beating the wall in a daze, with his hair covered and his face covered with bruises, as if he hadn't slept all night.

Yingying stepped up to welcome her out, opened the door, and the person who came in was Xilian who was beside the emperor.

Yingying is a smart person, seeing Xilian approaching, she already understood three points in her heart.

Presumably it was because the master was sick and took medicine.

Speaking of which, Xilian came over while the emperor was in the morning, and didn't want to stay longer, so he said directly: "Did the imperial hospital deliver the medicine?"

Yingying and Xi Lianfu blessed each other, "Go back to Eunuch, I sent it over last night."

Xi Lian asked, "Is the medicine fried?"

Yingying hesitated for a while, "The maidservant has just made breakfast, and I think I will cook it later."

Xi Lian put his hands in his sleeves, "Your Majesty is still thinking about this matter in his busy schedule. If you fail to do this, be careful not to lose your life."

Yingying's complexion turned pale, "This servant knows, please don't worry, Eunuch Xi."

Xi Lian said, "It's good to know."

After speaking, he turned and left.

Yingying took a long breath, and went back to the small kitchen to pack the medicinal materials sent by the Tai Hospital one by one, and wrapped them in rough paper.

Thinking that this matter should not be handed over to Chunbao, he has become more and more stupid in the past few days, and it is useless to watch people.

Moreover, the work in Weiyang Palace can be done slowly, but such a terrible job cannot be done in the slightest.

Yingying went into the kitchen and lit a fire, put the medicine in a jar, took water in, boiled it for two hours, let it dry for a long while, filtered out the medicine residue with gauze, the medicine juice was thick enough to drink in a bowl, Neither cold nor hot.

Thinking of Huaihuai's fear of hardship, he served a specially prepared plate of shortbread and shortbread. After finishing everything, Yingying took the food box and headed towards the main hall.

-

Inner Hall of Weiyang Palace,

The sunlight came in and fell into the absent-minded pupils, like black shattered crystals.

The person who hadn't slept all night sat on the bed, staring blankly at the carved window lattice, as if there was a person leaning there, tall and straight with a smile on his face.

"Really?" Huai Huai said, "You will never force me again?"

He Yan stared at Huai Huai for a long time, "I will only help you."

Huai Huai looked at He Yan suspiciously, "Why do you help me?"

He Yan smiled and said, "You want him, and I want to go out. If you get him, you can naturally help me."

Huai Huai shook his head, "Fake."

Then he lowered his head again, "Don't you also like the emperor?"

He Yan leaned against the window sill, his face was covered with illusory gold, "What's the use of liking him? In the end, it's not just for him to play with, but the power is more real."

Huai Huai raised his head sharply, "Do you want to be an official?"

He Yan smiled with ripples in his eyes, "Actually, I don't want to."

Huaihuai looked puzzled, "Then what do you want to do?"

He Yan leaned over slightly and stared at him, "You will know when the time comes."

Huai Huai was about to speak, but he saw He Yan's face darkened, and he looked towards the outer hall, Huai Huai also looked over, the footsteps were steady and slow, it was the maid Yingying.

Putting the food box on the table, Yingying leaned in and said, "Huaihuai, it's time to eat." After seeing the clothes on Huaihuai's body, she couldn't help but frowned slightly, "After all, I still put them on." ..."

Huaihuai got up and went out of the house, but stared at the cyan dish and black jade bowl, but was stunned in one place.

Yingying came over with the bowl of medicine, "Drink it first, it should be cold later."

Huaihuai looked left and right, "Where's Chunbao?"

Yingying didn't think about it, "Maybe she's still asleep, and my servant called you over after drinking."

Huaihuai took the bowl and frowned fiercely, "It's so hot."

Yingying put her face down and said, "Drink."

Huai Huai discussed: "I will drink it later."

Yingying said without hesitation: "There is an order from above that slaves must watch the master finish drinking."

Huai Huai shook his hands, thinking that he couldn't escape, and was about to pour his head up, but someone held down the medicine bowl.

Yingying looked at Huaihuai as if she had changed, and couldn't hide the horror in her eyes.

Just as he was about to retreat, Huaihuai suddenly choked his neck and pressed his backhand on the table.

The kicked and scratched people trembled, unable to yell out, with veins popping up on their faces, staring at the person on top of them.

He Yan was expressionless, as if effortless.

Huai Huai stood there in a daze, watching He Yan pour the medicine for the whole night into Yingying's mouth, and choked most of it out again.

It wasn't until the bowl was bottomed out that He Yan let go and threw the medicine bowl on the table.

Yingying slid on the ground clutching her throat, coughing violently for a long while, the juice from her mouth and nose twisted.

Huaihuai went to see He Yan, "This...I'm afraid it's not very good..."

He Yan ignored Huaihuai, just stared at Yingying, his voice was extremely cold, "It's just a slave, even if it's ordered by others, it's too blatant."

Tears streamed down Yingying's face, "Slave... I know I was wrong..."

He Yan said: "You can go and tell that person what happened today, and then we will see whether you die first or I die first?"

Yingying took a deep breath, looking terrified.

Although the emperor doesn't come to Weiyang Palace very often, he is very clear in his heart about his concern for Weiyang Palace a few days ago. It's just this disrespect of Huaihuai's resistance to the decree. When the time comes, it will be really investigated. The real unlucky ones are the following A slave to work.

Yingying rubbed the sticky neck, "Master, please spare me, slaves don't dare."

He Yan waved his hand, "Get lost!"

Upon hearing this, Yingying didn't bother to tidy up her things, she turned around and ran out.

Huaihuai glanced at He Yan, "Yingying treats me very well, why are you so mean to him?"

He Yan raised his eyelids, "Don't you want to drink?"

Huaihuai pouted, "...It's just that it's a bit bitter..."

Seeing the sugar cake posted on the table again, I blamed myself even more, "Look at it, she even brought me a cake for me."

He Yan snorted coldly, "She forced you to drink the medicine. There is obviously something wrong with the medicine. Are you not afraid of death?"

Huaihuai said: "What are you afraid of... But it's a tonic..."

"Joke, just look at the little eunuch who is beating the wall outside, how stupid he is?" He Yan interrupted Huai Huai impatiently, staring at him, "Right now, I am the only one in this palace will hurt you."

Huaihuai was taken aback, "Chunbao? How do you know? Could it be that you peeked at me talking to Chunbao last morning?"

After a pause, he acted joyfully again, "Chunbao misses you every day after you leave, I will introduce you two this time, it is the time when the spring is warm and the peach blossoms are in full bloom, when the time comes the three of us Find a Taoyuan to marry Jinlan, and it is not in vain for you and me to have a friendship in the palace."

He Yan said angrily: "You are really hopeless!"

Huai Huai stepped forward and took He Yan's hand, and said patiently: "Brother He, I have wanted to talk to you a long time ago, but you should change your temper. You must put peace first in everything, right? .”

He Yan waved his hands out of the hall, "Enough!"

Huaihuai glanced at the meal on the table, hesitated for a moment, and followed out, "Brother He, where are you going?"

He Yan didn't turn his head back, "Yushufang."

Huai Huai's heart tightened, "Where are you going, maybe you are going to make trouble again."

He Yan no longer looked at him, "Don't worry, I won't provoke him again."

Huaihuai was worried after all, and followed He Yan out of the palace.

Mudong and early spring should have been an infinitely good spring, but there was still a gloom in the palace that lingered.

A soft wind blows.

The red plums are withered, and the peach blossoms are in bud.

The back of the man in front was as straight as a pole, completely different from the bowed palace people around him. It was pierced in the deep palace like a thorn, so strong that people couldn't look directly at it.

It wasn't until the bright yellow in the distance came that it completely covered the man.

Accompanied by the cold fragrant white mist, a group of people gathered in the center of the emperor dressed in brocade robes, his brows and eyes blurred.

The smile on Huai Huai's face was like thousands of flowers blooming, and he was thinking about running up, but suddenly remembered, and turned sideways to grab He Yan.

He Yan glanced at him, but said nothing.

Huai Huai said: "Don't be stupid."

Dozens of pairs of eyes looked here, except for the emperor.

Huai Huai stood on one side, and the palace servants passing by knelt down on the ground.

Huai Huai stared at He Yan steadfastly, fearing that something would happen to him.

He Yan stood quietly in one place, eyes lowered, those thick brows like black ink somehow gave people a feeling of being preoccupied.

Huai Huai was relieved, when he raised his head again, the emperor had already gone far.

Thinking of catching up, to see He Yan with a cold face, walking in the opposite direction.

Huai Huai became cruel, stomped her feet and pushed her up,

"Brother He, where are you going?"

At the other end of the drifting away, is the emperor with an angry face.

Yuan Jing clenched his hands, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became.

Why is this person so noble today, pretending not to see himself, it's really hateful.

Thinking of this, he opened his mouth and said, "Xi Lian—"

Xi Lian stepped forward, "The servant is here."

"Turn back."