I am a ruler in troubled times

After saying this, Song Peiyu clenched her teeth tightly.

It turned out that Chong Yi would also be shocked, sad, and stunned by the sudden news.

From kneeling in the afternoon to the climax of the moon, Magistrate Mu, who was about to die, only realized after Song Peiyu spoke. The person who just entered the door said something, and his spirit, which was about to be completely sluggish, suddenly lifted up.

He didn't even have time to stand up, and walked directly in front of the twelve guards, holding the shoulders of the twelve guards with both hands, and asked, "What are you talking about, what's wrong with your majesty?!"

The voice of County Magistrate Mu passed through the night and came back again. Against the backdrop of the night outside the door, it was like the howling of ghosts.

As long as he is not a fool, anyone can see that the most emotional magistrate Mu doesn't care about the safety of Emperor Yonghe at all, or he doesn't hide it, he wants to hear Emperor Yonghe's thoughts more.

Song Peiyu took two steps forward, raised his arm and wanted to hit County Magistrate Mu in the face.

When flying down from a high place, the notebook is faster than Song Peiyu.

When Song Peiyu walked to Mu County Magistrate's side, Mu County Magistrate had already closed his eyes and fell to the ground. After Chong Yi flipped through it all afternoon, the notebook was neatly broken into two pieces from the middle.

Song Peiyu resisted the thought of kicking Magistrate Mu a few times, he had no time to waste time with this idiot.

After Chong Yi threw the notebook, he came down from the high platform. In the blink of an eye, he had already walked to Song Peiyu's side. Song Peiyu held Chong Yi's arm tightly, and was dragged for half a step before Chong Yi could barely stop.

"Your Highness, wait a moment. I'll ask this person a few questions, and I'll go back to Xianyang with you." Song Peiyu raised her head halfway, with distress and pleading in her eyes.

Chong Yi closed his eyes and nodded silently.

Song Peiyu immediately looked at the twelve guards, even though the time was tight, he did not delay him casually setting a verbal trap for the twelve guards.

If the twelve guards lie, their brains will turn a little slower, and they will step into his trap and say contradictory words.

Even if the Twelve Guards had been prepared, he still couldn't escape Chong Yi who could see through lies.

However, the more she asked, the more Song Peiyu's heart sank.

The Twelve Guards knew very little information. They only knew that Emperor Yonghe was originally suffering from a cold, but after drinking a few doses of medicine, his health became worse and worse, and even the old injuries recurred, and his condition became more and more serious day by day.

The eldest princess and Su Wang personally sit in the Qinzheng Hall, and they don't allow others to approach easily.

At this juncture, the eldest princess accidentally ate a poisonous mushroom and fell ill, so she had to go back to the eldest princess' mansion to recuperate.

It happened that the eldest princess went out for an outing and brought the mushroom back in person, and told the kitchen to cook it carefully and then brought it to the eldest princess herself.

Even though the eldest princess and King Su were angry, they were reluctant to vent their anger on the eldest princess, but ordered the eldest princess to ground her feet in the eldest princess's mansion to take care of the eldest princess' condition.

I thought it was the most difficult situation for the Emperor Yonghe and the eldest princess to fall one after another, but I didn't expect that the house leaked and it rained all night, and King Su couldn't hold it anymore.

Ever since Emperor Yonghe and the eldest princess fell one after another, King Su paid special attention to his health. Not only did he eat without caring whether he liked it or not, he strictly followed the advice of the imperial physician, and he also went out to boxing and took a nap at a fixed time every day.

He was afraid that if he collapsed before Chongyi returned to Xianyang, the court would be completely chaotic.

It's a pity that people are not as good as heaven. King Su's body is very good, but his heart is not good.

Suddenly news broke out that Chongzong's wife was actually pregnant with Liujia when she returned home.

It was the most difficult time for Emperor Yonghe at that time, Chongzong's wife's family didn't believe that Emperor Yonghe could survive, so they encouraged Chongzong's wife to hide this matter, and wrapped her abdomen in fine cloth all day long to avoid showing her pregnancy.

Three months after Chongzong's death, King Su and Princess Su asked Chongzong's wife if she wanted to return home, and Chongzong's wife resolutely chose to go home.

After returning home, she secretly aborted the fetus in her womb, which was said to be a formed male fetus.

As we all know, King Su's only heart disease is his eldest son who died early. When he first heard the rumor, King Su was still able to hold his own. bone.

He believed that this was a conspiracy carefully planned by someone who saw his elder brother and eldest sister fell ill, and his nephew, who had finally made a fortune, was not in Xianyang.

The purpose is to make him fall too, so that Xianyang can stir up wind and rain.

However, with the deepening of the investigation, one piece of evidence after another was found, and one piece of the past was uncovered... Even if King Su didn't want to face it, he had to admit it.

He used to have a grandson, but he lost it because of his own negligence.

The news that Zhongzong's wife hanged herself was like the last straw.

King Su, who had been hit one after another and supported himself entirely by the anger in his heart, also fell down.

"Who is taking care of His Majesty now?" Song Peiyu immediately asked.

The twelve guards had gotten used to Song Peiyu's faster and faster questioning speed, and said without thinking, "It's Concubine Zhuo and Concubine Sheng."

Song Peiyu stared closely at the eyes of the twelve guards, "Why did Xianyang never mention these things in the letter to His Highness?"

Even if it is inconvenient to disclose Emperor Yonghe's condition in the letter, the matter of the eldest princess eating poisonous mushrooms by mistake should not be deliberately concealed.

Moreover, Song Peiyu didn't believe that King Su had already noticed something was wrong, and he just kept urging him in the correspondence, and never gave Chong Yi any hints.

After being interrogated by Song Peiyu for so long, Twelve Guards' face was blank for the first time, and then his face changed suddenly. His face, which was already slightly pale due to exhaustion, lost all blood, and suddenly he stretched out his hand and grabbed it. .

Standing by Song Peiyu's side all the time, the more he listened to the conversation between Song Peiyu and the twelve guards, the colder his face became, Chong Yi immediately stretched out his hand, but he didn't attack the twelve guards, but was caught by the twelve guards instead of Song Peiyu's hand.

Chong Yi bent down, staring directly at the eyes of the twelve guards who seemed to be lost, and his voice was calm but gave reliable strength, "What's wrong?"

The eyes of the twelve guards refocused, and in addition to impatience, there was also deep fear and fear.

He said with trembling lips, "Your Majesty has been sending an urgent letter of [-] miles to His Majesty every day since seven days ago, when His Majesty's condition just got worse."

Chong Yi's Adam's apple trembled, and his tone became more gentle than usual, "Apart from the urgent letter from eight hundred miles, are there any other letters?"

"No." After the twelve guards shook their heads, they sat down on the ground weakly, and let go of the hand holding Chong Yi's arm, and changed their words full of unconfidence, "No, I don't know."

Indeed, he is just the Twelve Guards that both Chongyi and Song Peiyu feel unfamiliar with, and he is not a close friend of Emperor Yonghe and King Su. He will send the letter with King Su's private seal. I am afraid there is something else hidden. .

Song Peiyu took another deep breath, dragged Chong Yi to a hidden place outside, and asked impatiently, "Did he lie?"

"No," Chong Yi replied without hesitation.

Song Peiyu covered Chongyi's cold hands, tried his best to restrain all emotional factors, and rationally analyzed the reply of the twelve guards just now.

If there is a possibility of coincidence that Emperor Yonghe and the eldest princess fell one after another, the fact that Chongzong's wife deliberately concealed and aborted the posthumous child was suddenly revealed was definitely a conspiracy against King Su.

In addition, King Su ordered people to send Chongyi an urgent letter of [-] miles every day seven days ago, but Chongyi didn't receive one.

Great changes must have taken place in Xianyang.

Otherwise, even if Chong Yi did not receive King Su's [-]-mile rush, Song Peiyu would still receive a letter from Song Jinyu asking him to persuade Chong Yi to return to Xianyang as soon as possible.

Song Peiyu and Chong Yi left Qing County overnight, and brought the magistrate Mu who was knocked unconscious.

After reuniting with the army, Chong Yi led 5000 cavalrymen and rushed back to Xianyang day and night. The remaining 5000 princes led ten troops, and [-] people hurriedly marched behind the cavalry, and the other [-] people were taken by Hao Shi to Qing County. , Blocking the Twelve Guards and publicly shouting the news that His Majesty is critically ill.

Song Peiyu also rushed all the way, gritted her teeth and insisted on rushing back to Xianyang with Chong Yi.

When it was two days away from Xianyang, Chong Yi stopped letting the cavalry rush day and night. Although the march was still eager, it would leave time for the cavalry and horses to recharge their batteries.

At this time, Chong Yi would quietly find a place to sit on his back, stare at the distance and fall into deep thought. If Song Peiyu came to accompany him in silence, Chong Yi would hold Song Peiyu in his arms, and give Song Peiyu carefully. Song Peiyu massaged the places that were so sore and even stiff after riding a horse for several days.

Even if two people don't speak, just leaning against each other quietly, they can understand each other's mind.

Song Peiyu knew that the cavalry no longer cared about traveling as before, not because Chong Yi was not worried about Xianyang's situation and Emperor Yonghe's condition, but because Chong Yi's consideration was careful enough.

According to the analysis of the twelve guards who carried the letter with King Su's private seal, they were likely to be ambushed when they were approaching Xianyang.

Otherwise, Chong Yi would not go looking for these cavalry specifically. If Chong Yi rode more alone, the time on the road could be shortened by at least two-thirds.

However, until the group of them arrived at the main gate of Xianyang at noon two days later, verified their identities and entered the city without hindrance, they did not encounter any obstacles.

Song Peiyu not only did not let go of the worries in her heart, but felt even more wrong.

The atmosphere in Xianyang seems to be normal, but there are differences everywhere. The guards of the city gate can't fake their expressions as if they saw the backbone after seeing Chong Yi.

There were also fewer people on the road than usual.

After Chong Yi entered the city, he galloped quickly, but Song Peiyu didn't have the courage, not because he was afraid of being impeached, but because he was afraid that he would accidentally hurt the people by not responding in time.

Therefore, Chong Yi left some distance behind.

After receiving the news of Chong Yi's sudden return to Xianyang, Eunuch An, who hurried from the East Palace to the palace gate to greet him, did not meet Chong Yi, but happened to meet Song Peiyu, who was a little slower than Chong Yi.

Although the atmosphere inside the palace gate was more serious than inside the city, it was orderly and only dull but not sad.

This is a good sign.

Song Peiyu handed over the limp horse to the guard, and rushed to Qinzheng Hall with Eunuch An.

After Chong Yi entered Xianyang, he rushed back to Qinzheng Hall without stopping.

Neither the guards guarding the palace gate nor the guards guarding the Qinzheng Palace dared to let Chongyi dismount and walk according to the rules of the Palace Shougong, and even let Chongyi ride his horse directly to the apse of the Qinzheng Palace.

In Emperor Yonghe's bedroom, Concubine Zhuo and Concubine Sheng, who were visibly emaciated, were sitting quietly on the kang table, staring at different places in a daze.

Eunuch Meng stood in the corner with the other palace people, not daring to take a breath.

The whole room was terribly dull.

Suddenly hearing the noisy sound outside, which was getting louder and louder, Concubine Zhuo looked at Eunuch Meng, "Go out and see what's going on. Your Majesty hasn't had any trouble yet, they just..."

Before Concubine Zhuo had finished speaking, the door of the room was pushed open, and Chong Yi came in from the door covered in dust, without looking at the people in the room, and walked straight to Emperor Yonghe on the bed.

The people in the room reacted in various ways because of Chong Yi's sudden appearance.

It has only been a year and a half since Chongyi left Xianyang, yet Emperor Yonghe, who was lying quietly on the bed, seems to be five or six years older, which makes people feel sad.

Eunuch Meng strode out from the corner and knelt at Chong Yi's feet, "Your Highness...you are back."

Chong Yi withdrew his hand that was reaching for Emperor Yonghe's neck, looked at Emperor Yonghe for a while, and then turned his head to the crowd who had unconsciously surrounded him.

Concubine Zhuo and Concubine Sheng stood there without makeup.

Relying on her youth, Concubine Sheng can still be energetic even with severe dark circles under her eyes.

Concubine Zhuo, however, lost her former sophistication, and became much older with the naked eye. She looked at Chong Yi with peace of mind after seeing the backbone, and she was quietly wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes.

"How is the father, what does the imperial doctor say?" Chong Yi asked.

After a while, Concubine Zhuo couldn't help breaking the silence with a choked voice, "It was just a cold at first, but who knows that it won't get better after several doses of medicine. The condition is getting worse day by day, and it also involves old injuries. I didn’t wake up from the sky, and I was hanging on with good medicine.”

Having said that, Concubine Mu Gui couldn't hold back her sadness any longer, she turned her back to Chong Yi and sobbed softly.

Concubine Sheng kept wiping away her tears when Concubine Mu was halfway through her words, crying even more sadly than Concubine Mu.

On the contrary, Eunuch Meng was the calmest. Although there were tears in his eyes, he could at least speak a complete sentence, "The imperial doctor said that your majesty will have to delay it like this sooner or later... Now we can only use the medicine of tigers and wolves. If it succeeds, your majesty At most, it will hurt some vitality, and it will recover in three to five years. If it fails..."

There is no need to say more about the rest, Chong Yi will naturally understand.

Chong Yi grabbed Emperor Yonghe's cold hand under the quilt, leaned against the end of the bed with half-closed eyes, as if falling asleep, and did not respond to Eunuch Meng.

After Eunuch Meng paused the meeting, his voice trembled more and more when he spoke again, "The adults in the court have different opinions on this matter, and they couldn't bear to use this matter to disturb the eldest princess and King Su who were still recovering from illness, so they delayed. Come down. His Majesty's waking hours are getting shorter and shorter every day, and now he has not woken up all day, please make a decision."

Eunuch Meng slammed his head on the ground fiercely, maintaining the posture of kowtowing all the time.

Chong Yi felt the weak pulse of his subordinates, without any hesitation, "Let the imperial doctor decoct the medicine."

Concubine Zhuo immediately turned around when she heard the words, and looked at Chong Yi who seemed to be asleep if she hadn't just said something, "Suzaku...you think about it, your father's Fate is in your mind."

Concubine Sheng covered her mouth with a handkerchief, and subconsciously called Concubine Zhuo to stop, "Young Concubine!"

Although the words of the imperial physician and Eunuch Meng are very euphemistic, everyone knows that with the current situation of Emperor Yonghe, if he uses the medicine of tiger and wolf, there is still hope. If it continues like this, it is likely that he will never wake up again .

Concubine Zhuo said that "Emperor Yonghe's life depends on the prince's thought", if Emperor Yonghe still does not improve after taking the medicine of tiger and wolf, or even worsens, wouldn't the prince be charged with patricide?

After hearing Concubine Sheng's shout, Concubine Zhuo also realized that what she said was wrong, and suddenly raised her hand and slapped herself loudly on the face.

Concubine Sheng, who didn't know whether to continue reminding her, and Eunuch Meng, who was already staring at Concubine Zhuo with an unfriendly expression, were shocked by Concubine Zhuo's actions, and immediately forgot what they wanted to say.

Concubine Sheng had a red slap on her face, but acted like nothing happened, she took a few steps forward, took the initiative to hold Chong Yi's hand on her lap, and said in a low voice, "It's the mother concubine who was too anxious and said the wrong thing. , Mother Concubine is also afraid that you will regret it in the future."

Chong Yi turned his head, raised his eyelids to look at the woman holding his right hand, and suddenly felt that this person was very strange.

He always knew that this woman hated him.

From the time he was born until last year when he left Xianyang, their relationship broke the ice.

This woman hated him for 20 years and never changed.

The ridiculous thing is that in the whole palace, only he knows that this woman hates her, not even the woman herself.

They are so close now, but he can no longer feel the burning and entangled hatred.

Concubine Zhuo regarded Chong Yi's focused attention on her behavior as Chong Yi's response to her, and immediately laughed through tears, and said hoarsely, "Good boy, even if you don't care about the courtiers' opinions, you still have to listen to the eldest princess and King Su. According to my opinion, your father is not only your father, but also the brother of the eldest princess and Su Wang."

Chong Yi turned his head to look at Eunuch Meng, and said in a cold but firm tone, "Go to the imperial doctor to make medicine."

Eunuch Meng lowered his head and said yes, he immediately left the bedroom and went to the imperial physician himself.

The obvious disappointment flashed across Concubine Zhuo's face, but she didn't persuade her anymore, and she didn't let go of Chong Yi's hand, she looked at Chong Yi's tired face with distressed and loving eyes.

After a while, Chong Yi spoke again, "How are Aunt and Uncle Huang?"

Concubine Zhuo immediately said, "The eldest princess eats too many poisonous mushrooms. Although I found out in time, and the imperial doctor in the house happened to be able to detoxify it, it hurt the foundation. The imperial doctor said that if the eldest princess does not want to lose her lifespan, she must rest three During the month, you must not be angry or sad. King Su has ordered people to seal off the eldest princess's mansion, and it is strictly forbidden for anyone to talk to the eldest princess about the outside world."

If Emperor Yonghe passed away, but there was no way to stop ringing the mourning bell for the eldest princess and prevent the people of Xianyang from mourning, then the eldest princess' condition would inevitably deteriorate again.

After giving Chong Yi some time to digest the situation of the eldest princess, Concubine Zhuo finally mentioned Su Wang, "Su Wang vomited blood in the front hall the day before yesterday, and his condition is not very good. He has been sent back to Su Wang's mansion for treatment. Su Wang asked someone to report, Said that there is no serious problem for the time being, but did not go into too much detail."

Chong Yi immediately looked at the familiar eunuch in the corner of the room, "Go and see if the raccoon slave has entered the palace, let the raccoon slave bring my aunt and uncle into the palace for me, and trouble my uncle and aunt."

The little eunuch was stunned for a moment before realizing that Chong Yi was talking to him, and quickly knelt on the ground. After Chong Yi finished speaking, he repeated Chong Yi's words quickly and softly. After seeing Chong Yi nodding, he immediately ran away. Get out of the bedroom.

Concubine Zhuo stared blankly at Chong Yi, she had imagined countless times what Chong Yi would be like after receiving the news and rushing back to Xianyang.

She thought that with her serious and cool temper and her ignorance in the past.

Didn't he suddenly realize that the sky above his head will collapse, and after panicking, he can only reach out to his only mother clan who can ask for help.

He just doesn't care about the life and death of Yonghe Emperor's siblings at all, and doesn't care whether his crown prince will be affected. After seeing these people separately, he goes back to the East Palace to live his own life.

Perhaps Chong Yi's reaction will not be as bad as she imagined, after all Chong Yi is surrounded by Song Peiyu, Lu Ji and two difficult little foxes.

But Noble Concubine Zhuo never imagined that Chong Yi, who in her impression could do nothing without Emperor Yonghe, could sit alone beside Emperor Yonghe's bed, calmly and firmly uttering orders one after another.

Whether these orders are right or wrong, Chong Yi is not the same as before.

While this discovery made Concubine Zhuo feel at a loss, she suddenly felt unspeakable panic.

Song Peiyu and Eunuch An hurried to Qinzheng Hall, but were stopped in the courtyard.

It was Mu Shizhong whose majesty and harshness were almost indistinguishable from each other.

Song Peiyu bowed first and saluted, "Mu Shizhong."

Mu Shizhong nodded, turned his eyes to Song Peiyu and Eunuch An's faces, and then looked behind Song Peiyu, "Since you are back, why don't you see the prince?"

Song Peiyu lowered her head and said honestly, "The crown prince is worried about His Majesty's condition, and the first minister has already entered the palace. Is there something wrong with your servant?"

The corner of Mu Shizhong's mouth turned down slightly. He likes to question others, but he doesn't like being asked by others.

And he hurried from the front hall to the back, originally wanting to have a few words with Chong Yi, but knowing that Chong Yi had already seen the Empress Yonghe, he had nothing to say.

Mu Shizhong didn't speak, and he refused to take the initiative to get out of the way of Song Peiyu's body, as if he suddenly thought of something and was fascinated by it. The focus of his eyes was always on one place, and he began to be in a daze visible to the naked eye.

Song Peiyu's heart couldn't stop sinking.

After receiving the news from the Twelve Guards that Emperor Yonghe was critically ill, everything seemed to be unreasonable.

Every day, a [-]-mile urgent letter sent from Xianyang disappeared, and it was never delivered to Chongyi.

I don't know if it was sent by King Su, but the letter urging Chongyi to return to Xianyang has never been broken.

Song Peiyu has read those letters, and from the tone and handwriting, they are no different from King Su's actions in the past, and he never mentioned the change in Xianyang. Go back to Xianyang some time.

When they rushed back to Xianyang, they thought they would be ambushed outside Xianyang, but they didn't.

They returned to Xianyang unimpeded and entered the palace unimpeded.

Obviously everything is going smoothly, but Song Peiyu can always feel a strong sense of disobedience.

Just now, when he asked Mu Shizhong if there was something wrong, Song Peiyu suddenly understood where the sense of disobedience was.

It is the garrison and people guarding the gate of Xianyang.

Emperor Yonghe was critically ill, and even the situation of Princess Chang and King Su was at least not a secret among the people of Xianyang.

This is something that shouldn't have happened, even if the eldest princess and King Su have no spare power to block the news.

The important ministers in the court should also understand the importance of the matter, and they will never let the people know that Emperor Yonghe is critically ill before Chong Yi returns to Xianyang.

Unless someone deliberately spreads the news, blocking the news does not work at all.

It seems that there are two invisible big hands, wantonly disturbing the peace of Xianyang.

Song Peiyu couldn't see what the owner of these hands wanted to do.

The emperor is in danger, the people are in panic, the prince, the heavy soldiers...

Song Peiyu raised his eyelids fiercely, and after saluting Mu Shizhong again, he bypassed Mu Shizhong and continued to stride towards Emperor Yonghe's bedroom.

If he had known that Xianyang was in such a stormy state, he should not have let Murong Jing go back to Mo County.

Mu Shizhong didn't expect Soong Peiyu to react so impulsively, subconsciously followed Song Peiyu's figure, turned around and raised his hand, trying to call Song Peiyu to stop.

In the end, he didn't make any sound, and after quietly putting down his hands, his eyes looking at Song Peiyu's back became more and more ferocious, and then suddenly turned calm at a certain moment.

Hearing the little eunuch telling Chong Yi to pick up Su Wang and the eldest princess into the palace, Song Peiyu hesitated for a while, and finally stopped at the door of the back hall of the Palace of Qinzheng, and the little eunuch who was about to deliver the news to him also It was taken.

From the mouth of the eunuch since he was a child, Song Peiyu had a general understanding of Chongyi's situation after entering the Yonghe Emperor's palace, and also knew more about the changes in Xianyang these days.

It's a pity that the eldest princess and King Su are both very weak, and the eldest princess didn't even see Song Peiyu.

Soong Peiyu only told them that Chong Yi had returned to Xianyang, and brought back ten thousand cavalrymen, who were guarding Yonghe Emperor, and did not ask any news from them.

Putting Princess Chang and King Su in different palaces, Song Peiyu used the order of the East Palace to bring the [-] cavalry who had been waiting at the gate of the palace into the palace.

Although the crown prince brought a heavy army back when the emperor was critically ill, it would be easy to attract people's attention, but judging from the current situation, safety is still more important.

Song Peiyu divided the [-] cavalry into two and asked them to station outside the residence of the eldest princess and outside the residence of King Su, and specially met the eldest princess and Princess Huiyang alone.

Thinking of the matter of the elder princess being poisoned, the eldest princess still had pain and guilt on her face, and she didn't say anything more. She only told Song Peiyu that she would go out for an outing because of her friend's birthday. She didn't want to go, but King Su and Chang The princess said to let her go out to relax, so she decided to go temporarily.

Those poisonous mushrooms were indeed picked by her and brought back, because she heard from another friend that the mushrooms are very nourishing for the body, and they are especially suitable for many symptoms.

All the symptoms this person listed can match the eldest princess.

After the eldest princess was poisoned, no matter whether it was the birthday person who held the banquet or the noble daughter who attended the banquet, they were investigated again, but no one was willing to tell the eldest princess the result.

The eldest princess only knew that she had been fooled, but she couldn't tell who was fooled.

When talking about this with Song Peiyu, she also tactfully expressed that she wanted to know the truth of the matter.

Song Peiyu had just returned to Xianyang, so she didn't know much information, and it was all patchwork, so there was really no way for the princess to get what she wanted.

The more the eldest princess didn't know, the more it meant that this matter was very involved. Even if Song Peiyu knew some inside information, she would not reveal it to the eldest princess.

Fortunately, after going through many ups and downs, the eldest princess has long since recognized many things, and she was not too disappointed when she found that she could not get an answer from Song Peiyu, nor did she make things difficult for Song Peiyu.

Song Peiyu mainly wanted to have a private talk with Huiyang county magistrate.

He felt that the head of Huiyang County might know more about the inside story.

The reality made Song Peiyu very disappointed.

The head of Huiyang county knows less than the eldest princess.

Song Peiyu found that the mental state of Huiyang county magistrate was not very good, as if she had fallen into self-doubt, she should have spoken in an affirmative tone, but she always spoke in a questioning tone.

Even when Song Peiyu asked her what she had for dinner this morning, the county magistrate of Huiyang had to think about it before answering. After answering, she would quietly look at the expressions of her confidantes, as if she was afraid that she might remember wrongly.

Song Peiyu speculated that because there was a big gap between what the Huiyang County Lord thought would happen and what actually happened, the Huiyang County Lord might have a cognitive bias, with a tendency to be a little anxious and depressed.

Because she found that the head of Huiyang County was mentally unstable, Song Peiyu did not dare to provoke the head of Huiyang County too much, and patiently guided the head of Huiyang County not to think too much about letting nature take its course, and then left from the residence of the eldest princess and went to Qin again. Government Palace.

On the other side, before the imperial physician finished the medicine for tiger and wolf, Mu Shizhong was already kneeling outside the Hall of Qinzheng, begging Chongyi to think twice before acting, so as not to harm Emperor Yonghe instead.

Eunuch Meng wanted to tear Mu Shizhong's face off, but he didn't dare to take any real action. He tried to persuade Mu Shizhong to get up repeatedly but it didn't work, so he had to go back to the bedroom and tell Chong Yi what was going on outside.

After Mu Shizhong knelt outside, many court officials wearing court uniforms came one after another. They all knelt silently behind Mu Shizhong. pressure.

Concubine Sheng and Concubine Zhuo in the sleeping hall have already left.

They wanted to leave time for Chongyi and Emperor Yonghe to be alone, and also wanted to do their best, so they went to the small kitchen at the back to watch the imperial doctor decoct medicine.

Chong Yi has changed from sitting beside Emperor Yonghe's bed to sitting on a reclining chair in the middle of the room, "Where is Monk Yunyang Shuling? Let them persuade Mu Shizhong to go back, if they can't persuade, let Zhuo Guifei go."

Eunuch Meng said in a low voice, "A few days ago, Yan State sent another letter of war. There were frequent changes on the Zhao-Yan border. Uncle Yunyang was busy dealing with domestic political affairs, and Shang Shuling was busy preparing more military supplies and sending them to the Zhao-Yan border. , has been in the Palace of Qinzheng for a whole ten days and has not returned home."

"At dawn this morning, the two adults left the palace at the same time. One went to the outskirts of Beijing to personally inspect the situation of the granary, and the other was in the Mansion of the Commander-in-Chief of the Five Armies. I'm afraid they are already rushing back after hearing the news of His Highness's return, but it still takes some time. "

"Then you don't need to go to them again, let Concubine Zhuo go directly to persuade you." Chong Yi glanced at Eunuch Meng, and changed his words in a polite manner.

Eunuch Meng lowered his head deeply, looked worriedly at Emperor Yonghe's bed, and then turned to look for Concubine Zhuo.

Although Concubine Zhuo agreed very happily and immediately came to persuade Mu Shizhong to go back, but Mu Shizhong's attitude did not soften at all because of seeing his daughter.

Mu Shizhong insisted that if Emperor Yonghe lived, Zhao would be at peace, and if something happened to Emperor Yonghe, Zhao would inevitably fall into turmoil.

The crown prince should put the safety of Emperor Yonghe as the first priority, instead of making a decision on the spur of the moment as soon as he returned to Xianyang.

During the period, some other courtiers came to persuade Mu Shizhong and the courtiers kneeling behind Mu Shizhong not to fall into the crown prince's injustice.Their treatment is not as good as that of concubine Zhuo.

When Mu Shizhong scolded Concubine Zhuo, he could at most scold her for being a loving mother and a failure.

The courtiers who came to persuade them by scolding these things were hard to hear, and they even said, "Seeing that His Majesty is dying, I will please His Highness the Crown Prince regardless of the consequences."

Uncle Yunyang and Shang Shuling were not around, no one could hold back Mu Shizhong, the old people who were scolded by Mu Shizhong blushed one after another, but they were hesitant even to refute.

No matter how bad Mu Shizhong was, he couldn't figure out what he wanted to do, and he was still fighting against His Highness the Crown Prince. He was His Royal Highness's grandfather.

As long as Concubine Zhuo is involved, they are a family.

Who knows when Emperor Yonghe really passed away and His Highness the Crown Prince ascended the throne, whether Mu Shizhong and His Highness the Crown Prince would suddenly shake hands and make peace.

At that time, wouldn't it be a joke to offend Mu Shizhong to death for the sake of His Royal Highness?

No one wants to make a joke, so no one dares to stand out.

For a moment, the entire courtyard of Qinzheng Palace could only hear Mu Shizhong's impassioned roar.

In the end, Chong Yi directly ordered the twelve guards to throw everyone in the yard out. Mu Shizhong was bumped on the head in a panic and was carried out.

When Song Peiyu came to Qinzheng Hall, apart from the messy yard, Qinzheng Hall had returned to its former appearance.

Song Peiyu followed Eunuch Meng into Emperor Yonghe's bedroom, and a scorching heat with an unpleasant smell of medicine rushed over his face.

The little eunuchs in the room were kicked out long ago when Chong Yi was completely annoyed by Mu Shizhong.

Apart from Emperor Yonghe, Chongyi is the only one in the house price now.

After Eunuch Meng brought Song Peiyu in, he didn't dare to stay for long, and immediately left and closed the door.

Only he and Chong Yi were sober people, and Song Peiyu no longer paid attention to those vain etiquettes. He strode towards Chong Yi and was about to speak... Suddenly he saw Chong Yi put his finger on his mouth, this is a silence gesture.

Song Peiyu immediately shut up, and looked around alertly.

The situation has become so serious that no one in Yonghe Emperor's bedroom can speak freely?

Chong Yi was amused by Song Peiyu's wide-eyed look around.

Song Peiyu's eyes were already very big, and when frightened, they would stare even wider, looking really like a vigilant kitten with fried fur.

He took Song Peiyu's hand, let Song Peiyu sit beside him, and wrote in Song Peiyu's palm stroke by stroke.

Song Peiyu felt a little itchy in his hands, but he didn't dare to disturb Chong Yi at this moment, so he could only hold his breath, trying to identify what Chong Yi wrote on his palm.

'without'

'thing'

Song Peiyu frowned.

fine?

Is Emperor Yonghe all right, or is Xianyang all right?

Or including Emperor Yonghe, Princess Chang, and King Su, everyone is fine, but they just wanted Chong Yi to come back soon, so they acted in so many dramas together?

Before Song Peiyu could figure it out, Chong Yi had already started to write the second sentence on his hand.

'he'

'Pack'

'sick'

Song Peiyu clenched Chongyi's fingers violently, and turned to look at Emperor Yonghe.

The Emperor Yonghe on the bed was so angry that the naked eye could see, he had lost a lot of weight, and he looked no different from someone who had been lingering on the bed for many years.

If this is pretending to be sick, it is too professional.

Chong Yi's body is dull and tense on the way back to Xianyang, but the opposite is relaxed but unpretentious.

If Emperor Yonghe is pretending to be sick...

Song Peiyu started with the details of when he went to invite the eldest princess and Su Wang into the palace. He didn't see the eldest princess, but he saw Su Wang.

According to the Eldest Princess and the head of Huiyang County, the news that reached the Eldest Princess was all good news and not bad news.

The eldest princess didn't know that the situation of Emperor Yonghe and King Su was getting worse and worse. Today, she received the news that Chongyi had returned to Xianyang. She was in a good mood and her spirit was much better than before.

King Su... Song Peiyu sighed silently.

After seeing Queen Su, Song Peiyu no longer doubted the rumors that Chongzong's wife deliberately concealed the posthumous child and killed it immediately after returning home.

But King Su was depressed and depressed, but his fighting spirit was not wiped out at all. Instead, he became more and more sharp. He pulled Song Peiyu's wrist and asked a lot of questions about Chongyi.

Most of them are concerned about whether Chong Yi has been injured outside, whether he has lost weight...it can barely be regarded as a radiant appearance.

At that time, Song Peiyu was still thinking that maybe Chongyi's return gave him hope.

Now it seems that there is still the ruthlessness to settle accounts after autumn.

Emperor Yonghe was willing to put in so much effort to pretend to be sick, and he really lost so much weight, it was definitely not just to coax Chong Yi to come back sooner.

Otherwise, with Chong Yi's temper, he would have let go and returned to the East Palace long ago.

"Imperial concubine empress" Eunuch Meng's deep voice came from outside.

Song Peiyu immediately broke away from Chong Yi's hand, got up and stood beside Chong Yi.

It was not Concubine Zhuo who came in, but Concubine Sheng.

Eunuch Meng was still the same as before, after seeing Concubine Sheng enter the door, he withdrew and closed the door again.

Concubine Sheng took the initiative to lower her head to Chong Yi, and said softly, "Your Majesty's medicine is ready, do you want to feed His Majesty the medicine yourself?"

Concubine Sheng's maid quickly put the food box in her hand on the table, then carefully took out the medicine inside, bent down and delivered the medicine to Chong Yi's eyes.

After Chong Yi looked over, there was obviously no special action, but Song Peiyu instantly felt Chong Yi's monstrous anger.

Song Peiyu froze for a moment, her eyes shifted from the medicine to Concubine Sheng's trembling eyelids.

Problem with medicine?

Chong Yi picked up the medicine from the tray with one hand, and strode towards Emperor Yonghe's bed, not intending to make trouble immediately.

The others did not expect Chong Yi to be so decisive.

Concubine Sheng and the maid immediately wanted to catch up with Chong Yi.

"Slow down, Your Highness, don't choke Your Majesty."

"The spoon is still here, slave!"

……

Song Peiyu also went to stop