Great Zhou Empress

It was already dark when we returned to the palace.

Xue Zhijing was the noble concubine whom the prince met in the east palace.The imperial concubine settled the prince back to the East Palace, and asked the imperial doctors of the Imperial Hospital to consult with the prince, and has been taking care of him until now.

When Xue Zhijing straightened his back and walked in with steady steps, the noble concubine called everyone to close the door of the prince's bedroom, and talked with Xue Zhijing in the hall.

While speaking, his eyes fell on Xue Zhijing's injured left arm.

"Bleeding again?"

Xue Zhijing also turned his head to look, and sure enough, the wound burst open, and the blood seeped out and soaked the coat.

Because it was in pain all the time, Xue Zhijing didn't pay attention to whether the wound burst open again.

The noble concubine frowned, and a worried look appeared on her haggard face after taking care of the prince for a day. She called to the surrounding maids, "Go, get the hot water cloth strips and gold sore medicine."

"Yes."

"Take off your coat, and I'll show you."

Xue Zhijing didn't refuse, after all, he had the experience of being drugged by a noble concubine before, but it hurt even more when he pulled his clothes off.The maid next to her came forward to help, and she let go of her hand to let her undress.

He took off so that only the innermost tube top was left, and his arms were finally exposed.

The wrapped cloth had turned completely red, looking extremely hideous, the noble concubine stepped forward to help her remove the bloody cloth with some distress, her fingers were stained red.

Xue Zhijing felt a little embarrassed, "Ma'am, I'll do it myself."

"Be obedient!" The imperial concubine's voice was undeniably firm. Although her voice was as soft as a woman's, it always conveyed a sense of power beyond gender, making people want to listen to her unconsciously. Maybe this is the legendary aura.

"You were injured because of me. If it wasn't for the safety of the prince, I should have dealt with the follow-up at the racecourse instead of leaving you there by yourself."

"Niang Niang~" It has been a long time since Xue Zhijing has been so tolerant and taken care of as a human being in two lifetimes.

Because her parents died early, she sold her family property and went away to study in another country by herself. Because she was so strong, she never let others know about her family situation, and never let anyone take care of her again.Later, she went overseas to continue her studies. It was difficult to make friends in a foreign land. Unexpectedly, when she came to this other world, she became a little girl who would be taken care of.

The imperial concubine had already taken off the bloody cloth strip, looking at her deep and long wound, she frowned even tighter.

Xue Zhijing said with a smile, "Ma'am, do you think I should sew it up with a needle and thread?"

This is just a joke, because Xue Zhijing doesn't like to show his vulnerable side, and he doesn't like the concubine's expression of sympathy and pity for her.

I thought I would get a weird expression from the imperial concubine, but I didn't expect that the imperial concubine seemed to think of something, "Go, the imperial hospital will call the imperial physician Sun over, and bring his unique silk thread."

"???"

"Xiaojing, if you don't tell me, I would have forgotten. There is a doctor Sun in the imperial hospital. He has a hand in stitches from his ancestors, and he uses sheep catgut. When I gave birth to Yan'er, my lower body was cracked. That's it. Physician Sun sewed it up for me, it's very skillful."

"???"

Xue Zhijing said that the ancients should never be underestimated. Their craftsmanship is not only available to modern people. The reason why it has not been passed down to later generations may be because they are all hidden and passed down as ancestral traditions.

Physician Sun looks like he is in his 50s, with a ruddy complexion, and looks like he is in good health. Seeing such a doctor feels very safe.

"Thank you, Doctor Sun." Xue Zhijing said.

"Should be." Imperial Physician Sun took out a needle and thread from the medicine box. The needle was thinner than ordinary ones, like a crochet needle. What made Xue Zhijing feel stable was that Imperial Physician Sun would roast it on the fire to sterilize it, and at the same time Will use another tweezers to hold the needle.

At the same time, a bowl of Mafeisan was brought up for Xue Zhijing to drink.

He was drowsy, and the pain in his arm was much less. Although Sun Taiyi could feel the needle piercing the flesh when he moved the needle, the pain was within Xue Zhijing's tolerable range.

After a few injections, Imperial Physician Sun stopped, wiped off the blood on Xue Zhijing's arm, applied medicine to her, and wrapped her in a clean cloth boiled in hot water.

"Xue Siji, it's already healed, and I'll prescribe another medicine for you to recuperate."

After thanking Imperial Physician Sun, Imperial Physician Sun left.

Only then did I have time to reply to the concubine about the news I got from today's investigation.

In this era, when investigating a matter, sometimes there is no need for much evidence, especially when it comes to court struggles.

The noble concubine also replied to her once in a while, saying, "The empress has always regarded me as a thorn in the flesh. After all, the crown prince is my son. She is being suppressed by me now. When my son becomes the emperor, she will be crushed by me as well. If If she can get rid of me, as the aunt, she will be the empress dowager who can be regent in an upright manner. So over the years, she has dealt with me many times, both openly and secretly."

Xue Zhijing just listened and didn't speak.

The imperial concubine continued, "It's just that she went too far this time, and actually hurt Yan'er. The Ministry of Industry is experimenting with gunpowder? Heh! It's just trying to create chaos, can't I see it? I let her go before, And let her sit in the queen's position, now I think she thinks this position is too tight."

Xue Zhijing and the noble concubine are one, the queen even hurt her horse and wanted to throw her to death, this is a proper enemy.

It seems that the imperial concubine is going to deal with the queen.

However, after a few days, Xue Zhijing, who was recuperating in the palace, saw the imperial concubine come back from the hot spring garden with a cold face.

After calling someone to serve hot tea to the concubine, and taking care of the concubine to change her clothes, the concubine said calmly, "The emperor thinks that the existing evidence cannot prove that the queen did it. The queen made an excuse and said it was her fault." The clan brother has been in contact with people in the palace a few times, and the emperor reprimanded her for this reason."

Speaking of this, the imperial concubine's face turned frosty, "Sooner or later, all her reliance must be cut off, otherwise my Yan'er will be in danger sooner or later."

At such a time, Xue Zhijing just listened and decided not to speak out, not to push the imperial concubine to do anything else.

It's just that she has forgotten that this era is not the social environment in modern society where most people lose their jobs, but an era where people are killed at every turn.If you don't do something, others will do something against you.

After resting for several days, she was finally able to ride a horse, so she rode out to Yuan Mansion to find Yuan Jin. Yuan Jin told her about the recent situation. Plow through and find all potential risks before you're done.

It would be good to leave this kind of matter to Yuan Jin and his father and daughter, she doesn't need to ask more.

Yuan Jin asked her to drink with her. She drank too much water and wine with extremely low alcohol content, and she was a little dizzy when she got on the horse.

But I am in a good mood, and I have a feeling that I can have good friends together when I am sick.

It may be because of drinking too much and going the wrong way.She was supposed to walk along the main road, turn a few turns and go directly to the south gate of the imperial city, but she took a wrong turn and entered an alley, and lost her direction after a few turns.

It was very late and a little dark. Although I had been in ancient society for a long time and my night vision had improved, I couldn't see the details clearly.

Someone arranged a long rope in front of him, and the horse under him was tripped instantly as he ran past, and Xue Zhijing immediately flew out due to inertia, and fell heavily to the ground. Fortunately, she still had some body The muscle memory on the body, knowing that at such a time, you should curl yourself up and roll on the ground twice to relieve the force.

But before she realized what was going on, someone rushed over and took a big sack to put on her.

All the cells in Xue Zhijing's body became alert.

Even if the body is sore and the left arm is still injured at this time, it will not delay the adrenaline to stimulate the body's functions.

It is a posture that is completely unable to exert force, which makes people feel very insecure. When Wang Zheng did this last time, it forced her to use her prehistoric strength, and finally broke into the imperial concubine's command.

"Yeah~ you bastard~ steal someone~ put me down~"

The quilt was wrapped in the sack and he couldn't use his strength, so Xue Zhijing could only shout loudly, hoping to wake up the people in the nearby houses.

However, the people in the residence were not woken up, but a foreign aid came.

Xue Zhijing couldn't see, only heard the sound of hunting wind and the sound of punching to the flesh, and then she was taken down, and the sack was opened.

"Aunt Xue, are you okay?"

A slightly deep voice came, and a hand stretched out, and Xue Zhijing grabbed it subconsciously.

The sack was completely opened, only for Xue Zhijing to fully see the face of the person who rescued her.

It seemed very familiar, she should have seen it in the imperial concubine's palace, but her appearance was so ordinary that it was impossible to remember exactly what she was doing.

The other party said calmly, "I am Haitang, the secret guard of the imperial concubine, and the empress asked me to protect you."

Xue Zhijing suddenly remembered that when the bandits broke into the palace that night, the imperial concubine was very calm, only some eunuchs and maids were blocking her, but the imperial concubine was more concerned about applying medicine to her fingers injured by drawing the bow.At that time, I heard some footsteps outside, and now that I think about it, it should be the hidden guard of the imperial concubine.

Sure enough, Niangniang still had some trump cards that she didn't know about.

"Thank you, Miss Haitang~" Xue Zhijing bowed to Haitang from the bottom of his heart.

"If Aunt Xue is fine, let's hurry back to the palace."

"Then what about these people?" Xue Zhijing saw two ordinary-dressed men around him, who had already been knocked to the ground by Haitang, and his life and death were unknown.

"Someone else will clean up."

Haitang spoke with a chill down to the bone, which made people feel inexplicably mysterious.