Great Zhou Empress

It is a big deal for the supreme ruler Yuan Hanzhang to be ill, let alone a contagious plague.

Enough to make the entire court panic.

It stands to reason that since the epidemic of the plague began to appear in Bianjing, the palace has become the most guarded place. The access control is stricter than usual, and cleaning and disinfection are carried out in various places every day. To report your physical condition.In addition, the ministers were not allowed to enter without reason. If someone in the family was sick, they could not enter the palace within three months. Under such an arrangement, it was impossible for Yuan Hanzhang to be infected with the plague.

Therefore, the entire court and the people had to wonder whether Xue Zhijing deliberately infected Yuan Hanzhang with the disease so that she could monopolize power.

After all, some time ago, she was the one who was persuaded twice.

If Yuan Hanzhang fell ill and the little emperor was young, if he tried to persuade him again, wouldn't it be logical for Xue Zhijing to ascend to the throne of God?

Yuan Jin, who had been in the northwest border, also rushed back. She seemed to be wondering whether Xue Zhijing was really the culprit for Yuan Hanzhang's illness. After all, Xue Zhijing was her friend, and Yuan Hanzhang was her aunt.

After Yuan Hanzhang fell ill, Xue Zhijing asked the entire imperial medical team to treat Yuan Hanzhang with all his strength.Some prescriptions have been shown to be effective for this plague before, so Yuan Hanzhang is given such prescriptions regularly.

At the same time, Xue Zhijing urgently found some old courtiers, including Yuan Jin's retired father Yuan Jiegang, and formed an investigation team to investigate this matter. In order to avoid suspicion, she even became a house girl. Between places, I lived a life of two points and one line.

The entire palace was also completely closed for a closed investigation.

Xue Zhijing made two-handed preparations, while cooperating hard with the investigation. She herself is clear, but this kind of thing is really troublesome. If she can't handle it, her reputation will be lost. If friends like Yuan Jin, Li Jing, and Chen Tang are right If I don't trust myself, I will really be alone.

At the same time, just in case, she has arranged the soldiers and horses in her hand again, and imposed martial law on the entire Bianjing city in the name of the spread of the plague. If something happens later, she will not sit still.

Female.

Soon, the investigation team formed by the old courtiers caught a suspected petty official from the palace. She had already shown the symptoms of the plague, which was why she was quickly caught out.

The little maid confessed that because her elder brother was fond of gambling and her parents were forced to borrow usury, she had no choice but to accept a task given to her by an outsider.Ask her to quietly put a box at the military plane and open it, but she doesn't know exactly what is in the box, nor who is the person who gave her something.

That day, she secretly went to the underside of a somewhat crumbling palace wall and took the box from a dog hole below. After talking in a few words, she was so scared that she dropped the wooden box on the ground. There were some dirty clothes in the wooden box. She quickly picked it up, not daring to go to the military plane again, and at the same time took the wooden box with her. Back to his bedroom.

Because there is very little open space in Yuan Hanzhang's palace, and there are very few people serving in the palace, her usual job is to go to Yuan Hanzhang's daily dormitory to do cleaning work inside and outside the dormitory.

If what she said is true, then it is basically certain that this is an incident of deliberately spreading the plague, and at the same time, the people who were targeted at the beginning were still a group of people from the Military Aircraft Department.

And the dirty clothes were also taken out, probably the clothes of people who were infected inside and outside the city, and that was the source of infection.

With the discovery of this little maid, more patients in the palace began to be discovered, and the plague spread completely in the palace.

Along with Yuan Jin came back the little doctor Sun Miaoer, who was arranged to be Yuan Hanzhang's personal doctor because of her gender.

The appearance of Sun Miao'er made the whole court stabilized in the treatment of diseases.

She herself has some supernatural powers, probably being able to sense the patient's corresponding disease and pain, and also "see" the flow of meridians in the human body.

This time the plague dominates the lungs, so she took a little effort to isolate all the people in the palace with blocked lung meridians and weak lung qi, and many people soon developed symptoms of the disease.The rest are all healthy.

However, this special function of hers consumes her own vitality, so it cannot be used frequently, otherwise it will be a walking plague detector.

When the matter was investigated to this point, Xue Zhijing's suspicions were not cleared. While letting the investigation team continue to investigate, she no longer tried to avoid suspicion. Instead, she went to Yuan Hanzhang's bedroom to communicate and explain to the other party in person.

Yuan Hanzhang didn't cough very much recently, but his whole body was limp, and sometimes he couldn't breathe, so he was supported by Ayila and sat on the head of the bed.

In order to avoid infection, the whole room was scented with mugwort leaves. Yuan Hanzhang wore a silk scarf around his mouth and nose, while Ayila wore a thicker cloth scarf and wrapped his hair up.

Yuan Hanzhang originally didn't want Ayila to take care of her, and didn't want to infect her, but how could Ayila be willing to do it, she consulted the imperial doctor's opinion, changed into plain clothes, covered her mouth and nose, and wrapped it up Hair, after taking care of Yuan Hanzhang every day, change clothes and bathe thoroughly, at least for now, it has not been infected.

Outside the bedroom curtain, Xue Zhijing told Yuan Hanzhang about the progress of the investigation and the plague situation in the palace.

"Your Majesty, please believe me. I, Xue Zhijing, am a person of love and righteousness. You have been kind to me. I can have the status I am today because of your trust and support. I will never hurt you. Taking a step back, if I want more power, I just need to agree to your request. Isn't it easier and more beneficial to be a foster mother for the little emperor?

After a long time, I heard Yuan Hanzhang's weak voice from the curtain, "Got it, I believe you."

After walking out of Yuan Hanzhang's bedroom, Xue Zhijing suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

I feel that the mutual trust relationship between myself and Yuan Hanzhang before seems to never exist again.

When talking about it with Xiao Liege, Xiao Liege even disliked her, "She is the royal empress dowager, who are you? When you really encounter such a principled matter, you really expect people to know As much as you value love and righteousness? Anyway, I think you are in danger now. You'd better be prepared and be careful when entering the palace. If you enter the palace one day, she will find someone to tie you up, and then withdraw directly You have nothing to do with all your titles and positions. Don’t expect me to rescue you at that time. I brought a few attendants with me in your Bianjing. When I enter your palace, the day lily will probably be cold .”

Xue Zhijing's eyebrows twitched.

How can Xiao Liege make it look like Xue Zhijing was one of the ten permanent attendants in the Han Dynasty, and Oboi in the Qing Dynasty, and she was tied up in the palace, and the day lily was cold.

"Don't talk nonsense!"

But really, people's hearts can't gamble, so what should I do?

But what Xue Zhijing didn't expect was that she didn't find the person behind the scenes, but the person behind them jumped out.

Yangzhou came to report that the clan headed by Wu Guogong Liu Shuang, who was sealed in the Jiangnan area, raised troops.

Their proclamation came, and it said that Zhou Guogong Xue Zhijing was insidious and cunning. Many years ago, he had forcibly seized the property in the hands of Wu Guogong - Lichun Courtyard, and then killed their Liu family clan one by one step by step. The fundamental purpose is to wipe out their Liu family's clan.She exchanged the civet cat for the prince, exchanging the son of the first emperor Liu Yan with her own son, and now she deliberately made the empress dowager Yuan Hanzhang infected with the plague. She just wanted to make the Liu family disappear completely so that she could be safe. Became an empress locally.

Seeing the call to action, Xue Zhijing smiled.

For the things mentioned in this article, at most she would admit the matter of Lichunyuan. It is true that she deliberately suppressed Wu Guogong Liu Shuang and asked him to give Lichunyuan to her.But this happened so many years ago, it will really turn over old scores.

As for other things, as long as they are beneficial to them, they should be included in the call-to-action, right? Don’t you want evidence?

And why are you raising troops? Now that the plague is not over yet, isn’t the gathering of the army a hotbed for the spread of the plague?

Xue Zhijing was so angry that his brain ached.

I reported to Yuan Hanzhang that although she was ill, she personally issued an edict to reprimand Wu Guogong Liu Shuang for his rebellious behavior.Her edict gave Wu Guogong a rebellious position in terms of jurisprudence.

After Yuan Hanzhang's edict was issued, Xue Zhijing hurriedly mobilized some troops and went to the Jiangnan area to suppress the rebellion.

This time it was really troublesome, Xue Zhijing had to arrange a large number of doctors there, and the most important part of the military supplies was medicine, which may not guarantee that the plague will not spread.

At the same time, at the same time as the troops were mobilized, the printing factory under the Lichun Academy began a comprehensive work of guiding public opinion. Not only did various tabloids explain in detail why the clans that were cleared before were cleared, but they also wanted to refute The so-called false news that the current little emperor is her Xue Zhijing's son must also disclose part of the recent investigation of Yuan Hanzhang's illness. and land disclosure part.

Xue Zhijing couldn't believe it. In terms of printing speed and writing quality, who could compare to the Lichunyuan printing factory under her hands that has been tempered for many years.

While fighting against the clan in the Jiangnan area, the investigation team in the capital is also continuing to investigate.

They took the wooden box and the clothes inside to find out the source of the wooden box. They also visited Anji Fang, where patients were placed everywhere, and finally pinned the suspicion on Liu Ming, a member of the clan in Bianjing.

Liu Ming's title is very low, but he has a very close relationship with the current royal family. His great-grandfather and the great-grandfather of the little emperor are blood brothers. Generation after generation, the title was lowered, and in his generation, the title was extremely low.

But because of his close relationship with the royal family, he was quite happy when Wu Guogong sent someone to contact him, because if Xue Zhijing went down, the little emperor's false identity was exposed, and he or his son would be the most likely to be killed. The person who pushes the throne.

In this way, he became the person in the middle of the specific operation, trying to spread the plague to the military aircraft.

As soon as this matter came out, Xue Zhijing naturally asked the people under his command to write eloquent articles and spread the word.

Anyway, the members of the Liu family's clan have done various things, and the whole world has seen a lot of people in the past few years. It's not too much to add him.

The Liu family has lost their reputation and face.

This is the first time Yuan Hanzhang has been so seriously ill. It is probably related to the mental shock of the past year. Her whole spirit has weakened. Her body and spirit are one, so this time she encountered an infectious disease. , it becomes weaker.

In the middle of the night, she couldn't fall asleep, so she got up and sat on the head of the bed.

Ayila fell asleep on a couch under the bed, and Ayila woke up when she heard the movement. Since Yuan Hanzhang fell ill, Yuan Hanzhang stopped letting Ayila sleep in her bed, so Ayila had to move. A couch, sleeping on the side, if you need anything, you can help.

Yuan Hanzhang followed her.

Ma'am, can't you sleep? Do you need some water?" Ayla got up and asked.

Yuan Hanzhang waved his hand at her, "No, it's just that I feel a little dizzy and my chest feels tight, I'll be fine after just sitting down for a while.

"Then I'll sit with you for a while." Ayila said, then got up and sat at the end of Yuan Hanzhang's bed, just in time to look at her.

At night, only a few lights were left in the dormitory, just enough to see people's faces clearly.

Yuan Hanzhang was a little tired and lazy. After all, when he was sick, his physical function declined, and he really didn't have much energy. At this time, he couldn't sleep in the middle of the night, which made him even more uncomfortable.

'You go to sleep, I'm fine.

Ayla smiled, "I'm not sleepy, I'll talk to you."

Yuan Hanzhang smiled, and let her go. After a long time, she said slowly, "Recently, I've been ill, and occasionally I have some weird dreams."

"What have you been dreaming about?"

"I was standing on the edge of a cliff, and I was about to fall the next moment, or I was in a house shrouded in darkness, and the surrounding walls suddenly collapsed piece by piece.

"Maybe it's just because I don't feel well, so I have such a nightmare."

"Yeah, maybe it is." Yuan Hanzhang said.

Suddenly, Yuan Hanzhang looked at Ayila, there was some light in her eyes, as if she was a little excited, "Ayila, let's get out of here."

"Leave here?" Ayila didn't understand what Yuan Hanzhang meant for a while, she was sick now, where would she go when she left here?

Once a person's body has a condition, his mind often changes.

For example, what you were after was something, but the pain in your body will make you reflect on whether that thing is what you really need, and what is its significance?

At the same time, people tend to impulsively want to do something at a certain moment.

At this time, Yuan Hanzhang probably had this kind of impulse.

Because of illness, Yuan Hanzhang's excitement didn't last long, her chest was heaving, as if she had difficulty breathing, Ayila quickly sat beside her, hugged her, and helped her to breathe.

Yuan Hanzhang panted for a while, pressed Ayila's hand softly, and said softly, "I always feel that I am going to die in the next moment."

"Don't talk nonsense!" Ayila's voice was a little trembling, but she was very sad when she heard Yuan Hanzhang say dead words, "Don't say that, I don't want you to say that."

Yuan Hanzhang smiled and comforted, "Okay, let's not talk about it."

After a while, Yuan Hanzhang said, "Ayila, didn't you say that if I am tired, I will let go of the responsibilities of this country and leave with you? I think this is a good idea now."

"Ma'am."

"I have never been on a sea boat, and I have never seen the sea. I just died like this, and I seemed very unwilling. When I went back to the ground, I saw my parents. They asked me, what have I done in this life? I told them that I worked hard for the royal family for 20 years, promoted from imperial concubine to empress, then from empress to empress dowager, finally killed my husband and son, and was promoted to empress dowager. I don’t know, they will praise me , I still can’t laugh or cry.” After Yuan Hanzhang finished such a long conversation slowly, his breath was a little weak.

"The empress will be famous in history."

"Famous in history? It seems that there is no attraction. I have worked hard for a lifetime, and I just left a short paragraph in the history books, huh.

Yuan Hanzhang patted Ayila's hand, "Don't worry, I won't die, but I'm serious, when this illness is cured, let's sneak out of here."

This time Ayla was really shocked.

"Anyway, there is still Xiaojing in this country. She is young and can bear it. It doesn't matter whether she wants to be an empress or a adoptive mother for the little emperor. I believe she can do well. Anyway, I am doing it for the Liu family. I did my best, and I left an incense stick for the Liu family, even though it was a fake. I won't be able to control the future."

"But, how are we going to leave?" Ayla was still a little dazed, unable to keep up with Yuan Hanzhang's speed at all.

Yuan Hanzhang smiled, "Let our smartest Ayila think about it, okay?"

"But if we just leave like this, Xiao Jing, won't it be very troublesome?

"It will be very troublesome. If one fails, the whole world will think that she murdered me."

"this?"

Yuan Hanzhang smiled, and said slowly, "The throne, how can it be so good."

Ayla:

This time fighting Wu Guogong was considered the easiest battle. Wu Guogong was located in a wealthy area in the south of the Yangtze River, and most of the clans he gathered were rich and did not have enough military strength.

This trip, if not for worrying about the spread of the plague, should have quelled Duke Wu's rebellion within a month, but it dragged on for a month and a half.

It was not until the winter that the plague dissipated that they began to advance. Wu Guogong and others took a sea boat to escape to Ryukyu, but they were caught up by the marines at sea and they were all escorted back to Bianjing.

It is said that the money and property they took away amounted to as much as half a sea ship.

Since then, there are very few clans that can be ranked in the entire Dacheng Dynasty.

Recently Xiao Liege is living very comfortably, as if after working for several years and finally taking a vacation, she doesn't need to shoulder any important responsibilities, and doesn't need her to think about any important tasks.

She was born in the royal family, and she got what she wanted since she was a child. She was born with wealth, glory, status and authority. Compared with those, galloping on horseback and living a wanton life is what she wants.

At the age of 16, her eldest brother passed away, and her nephew was young. She had to take responsibility, armed herself in a dignified appearance, trapped on the desk, and worked hard every day to maintain the operation of a huge dynasty and ensure the success of her family. inheritance.Now that the transfer of power has been stabilized, she can enjoy her princess life in style.

Xue Zhijing looked at her, feeling envious and happy at the same time.

I really envy her that she doesn't have to work so hard, but when it falls on her, Xue Zhijing knows that she can't do what Xiao Liege is like, she is a person who can't stop, she doesn't think about things, she doesn't work Son, I feel uncomfortable all over, and I have worked hard all my life.

Feeling happy is naturally because, seeing Xiao Liege living life wantonly, her lover will naturally have a kind of pampering happiness.

Xiao Liege ran down several laps, Xue Zhijing brought her a towel, and after wiping her sweat twice, Xiao Liege took the towel and wiped it off by himself.

Xue Zhijing looked at her pitifully, Xiao Liege hid twice strangely.

"What kind of eyes do you have?"

How could Xue Zhijing have the nerve to say that he really wanted to wipe her sweat and take care of her like a child.

But Xiao Liege didn't really want to hear her answer, she said, "Winter is coming soon, I think the autumn harvest outside the city is over, I want to go hunting in the mountains and forests to the west tomorrow, do you have time to go together?

In the mountains and forests in the west, it takes a day to get there for horse racing. You stay in a tent for one night, hunt the next day, stay another night, and return on the third day.

Hey, with the current job, I don't have time to give her three days to go out.

Xue Zhijing pursed his lips and shook his head helplessly.

Xiao Liege threw the towel to the attendants at the side, approached Xue Zhijing, and said provocatively, "Then I'll go and play by myself, then I'll roast a rabbit or something, wow, don't be too comfortable.

Xue Zhijing looked at her bitterly, and suddenly, he grabbed her waist and moved close to him.

"Honey, are you tempting me on purpose?"

Xiao Liege habitually played with Xue Zhijing's hair, curling it around his fingers, "How can it be? Tempting Zhou Guogong, this is a serious crime, I just briefly describe what I want to do."

Xue Zhijing grabbed her hand playing with her hair, and pecked lightly with his lips, "But why do I hear it, it seems like someone is showing off on purpose." What he thinks in his heart sounds like it, it seems that our Zhou Guogong thinks Envious, that's why I think I'm showing off on purpose. "

"Yes, I'm so envious." Xue Zhijing kissed Xiao Liege's fingers one by one, and said, "But, I really can't accompany you, baby, will you be sad?"

"Don't worry, no," Xiao Liege breathed a little unsteadily after being kissed, "I know you are busy now. When I was in power, I was always busy all the time. I could only accompany you at night. Feng Shui turns, now I don't have to accompany you when it's my turn, understand.

Yuan Hanzhang's health was basically recovered, and she personally attended the completion ceremony of Xue Zhijing's comprehensive university.

On that day, from the west gate of Bianjing City to the main entrance of the comprehensive university, a straight road that could accommodate four carriages passing side by side was cleaned cleanly, and loess was finely sprinkled on it, welcoming Yuan Han. Zhang's master.

This was Yuan Hanzhang's first time walking out of the palace after returning to Bianjing, which really gave Xue Zhijing enough face.

On that day, many ministers who were invited, as well as some civilians who watched the excitement, also gathered at the comprehensive university.

Except for the great hall where the ceremony will be held, the rest of the places are open for everyone to visit, after all, the enrollment will be recruited from all the people.

It was also the first time for Yuan Hanzhang to see such a school style, and she thought it was very fresh. After listening to Xue Zhijing carefully explaining the functions of each building and each classroom, she felt that it was indeed practical.

He also boasted a few words, "You are the most pragmatic person I have ever met."

Yuan Hanzhang knew that Xue Zhijing hadn't named the university yet. After teasing her, he personally mentioned a name for her. Xue Zhijing sent someone to send a large brush and white paper. Yuan Hanzhang swiped it himself and wrote " The six big characters "Royal Comprehensive University" are just waiting to be engraved with a plaque, which can be hung at the gate.

After the completion ceremony of the Royal Comprehensive University, Yuan Hanzhang suddenly promoted Xue Zhijing to the position of Commander-in-Chief of the Forbidden Army, who can be in charge of all the Forbidden Army in the entire dynasty.The entire position did not exist before. In the past, a group of officials of the Privy Council collectively managed the Forbidden Army. The Forbidden Army was divided into different teams, each with its own commander, and they often rotated.

So this promotion really has some unusual meanings.

Even Xue Zhijing himself couldn't understand it, Yuan Hanzhang simply gave her the sharpest sword and armor in his hands.

Really want to retire?

At the same time, Ding Shan, who had persuaded her twice, wanted to come to the third round of persuasion. Xue Zhijing kept letting people watch his movements. After finding out about this, he quickly held him down. He was really afraid of this kind of situation. I don't know if it's a smart or a stupid person.

However, what Xue Zhijing didn't expect was that when she felt that her life was finally peaceful, Yuan Hanzhang suddenly disappeared.