Married Thrice to Salted Fish

The Palace of Qinzheng is the place where the emperor handles government affairs and meets civil and military officials.Every word spoken in the Hall of Qinzheng may determine the national economy and the people's livelihood, and the rise and fall of Dayu.

Once, Lin Qingyu stood in the Hall of Qinzheng, taking the pulse of the late emperor as an imperial physician.Today, he is still standing here as an imperial physician.The person he faced was the prime minister, the eunuch, and the emperor.

These people were wearing the official uniforms they were supposed to wear, python robes and dragon robes, while Lin Qingyu only had a white robe and a fox fur coat. There was no sign of a powerful official on his body, as if he was just a handsome young man from a scholarly family.

However, it is this powerful minister who is not like a powerful minister, who does whatever he wants in front of the emperor without any scruples.In front of the emperor, he bluntly said that he wanted to take the life of the person whom the emperor trusted and was closest to.

Lin Qingyu gave orders again: "Take Xi Rong down."

The two guards looked at each other, seeing their embarrassment in each other's eyes.They are members of General Gu and have always been loyal to the Gu family.But that is the Son of Heaven after all, no matter how powerful he is, he is also the Emperor of the Ninth Five-Year Plan.Even Imperial Physician Lin was considerate to the emperor before, why did he completely disregard the etiquette of the emperor and ministers today.This is a big one, but it is a rebellion.

Before the two could move, Xiao Jie who stood in front of Xi Rong said loudly: "How dare you?!"

Lin Qingyu said: "I dare."

The Marquis of Nan'an also felt that Lin Qingyu was going too far, and reminded him aloud: "Doctor Lin, no one wants to see the matter of food and grass. Even if the emperor miscalculated, it was an unintentional mistake. If you are so disrespectful to the emperor, you are not afraid that the emperor will rule you. sin?"

"Yes...yes, I am the emperor! You can't talk to me like that, you can't harm my people!" Xiao Jie was already hysterical, "I want to punish you! Someone, take Lin Qingyu down, Staff—Stand kill!"

When the last two words were spoken, Xiao Jie's voice became weeping.He never thought of killing Lin Qingyu, but Lin Qingyu wanted Ah Rong to die.Ah Rong can't die, that can only make Lin Qingyu die.

He didn't want to do this, but he really couldn't help it.As long as Ah Rong is fine, he doesn't want to care about anything.

"Your Majesty." Li Chan knelt down resolutely, "Eunuch Xi is indeed suspected of collaborating with the enemy, and Imperial Physician Lin also wanted to listen to the sage, and Qing Jun only spoke out in a moment of urgency..."

Cui Lian sneered and said, "It's not his turn to be a fifth-rank imperial doctor on the Qing side, let alone who the king's courtiers are."

Lin Qingyu looked at Xiao Jie quietly, and the last trace of compassion and kindness in his eyes suddenly disappeared when the word "stick dead" was said.

A thought suddenly popped into Xi Rong's mind - Lin Qingyu was murderous towards Xiao Jie.

Xi Rong had no doubt that Lin Qingyu wanted his own life, but before that, Lin Qingyu probably never thought of killing Xiao Jie.He is dead, Xiao Jie is alive, Lin Qingyu and the Queen Mother can completely control Xiao Jie, and then control the entire Dayu Jiangshan.

Once Xiao Jie died, only Xiao Li remained in the blood of the late Emperor.Civil and military officials, and frontier soldiers would not think of a fool as their emperor.If they insisted on supporting Xiao Li, not to mention the brothers of the first emperor would have ideas, even the northern border might be ready to move.Therefore, in the plan of Lin Qingyu and the Queen Mother, Xiao Jie must be alive.

But at this moment, Lin Qingyu really wanted Xiao Jie to die.

This was not Lin Qingyu's normal reaction—Lin Qingyu was about to lose control.

Lin Qingyu's loss of control was exactly what he wanted to see.

Standing behind Xiao Jie, Xi Rong bent down and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, what you just said is serious?"

Xiao Jie was in a trance, not daring to look into Lin Qingyu's eyes.He bit his lip until it turned red: "Lin Qingyu despised the emperor and committed rebellion. His crime is unforgivable, and he deserves to be executed."

Xi Rong curled his lips, stroked his palm and said, "Thank you, sir."

"The minister is here."

Except for Lin Qingyu, everyone followed the prestige at the same time, only to see a solemn man striding in.This person was dressed in a black tunic with a sword on his waist. He was the leader of the Tianji Battalion, Xie Min.

Xie Min knelt down on one knee in front of Xiao Jie: "I see the Emperor."

Xi Rong said: "Did you hear the emperor's order clearly?"

Xie Min nodded slightly, stood up and drew his sword, holding the sword in his right hand, the sword light reflected the words "Diligent Government Affairs Book" on the plaque hanging high in the hall, and approached Lin Qingyu step by step.

"No!" Li Chan raised his hand and blocked Xie Min's way, "Doctor Lin has a token from the late Emperor himself, he is your master!"

Xie Min was expressionless: "The Tianji Battalion only serves the emperor alone. Master Li, please step aside."

Li Chan turned his head to look at Lin Qingyu, only to see him staring at the sword, his eyes hidden under the long eyelashes like butterfly wings, no one knew what he was thinking.Li Chan was very quick-witted, and shouted to the two imperial guards: "Go and invite the queen!"

A greasy voice sounded: "When will it be the turn of people with foreign surnames to ask about our old Xiao family's affairs?"

Xiao Jie's Nine Emperor Uncle, Prince Heng appeared at the gate of the Qinzheng Hall, followed by the elites he secretly transferred from the fiefdom to the capital: "From now on, unless the emperor gives orders, no one can step out of the Qinzheng Hall."

Xiao Jie said in a daze: "Uncle Nine Emperors? Why do you..."

Prince Heng glanced at Lin Qingyu, snorted coldly, and said: "The escort came late, the emperor was frightened."

In desperation, Li Chan knelt down again: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty, please think about it for the soldiers of the Northwest, and the people of Dayu Zi. Just as the doctor Lin said just now, the fact that Gui Shuai was able to find Xi Rong to 'negotiate peace' shows that this person is very serious about Beijing. The situation in the palace is well known. If there is a change in the palace at this time, it will be even more of his plan. Using the power of the ghost commander to play with people's hearts is bound to take advantage of the vacancy and disturb our army. The north and west ahead are not yet determined, and the capital can no longer be chaotic! "

"What are you talking about, Mr. Assistant Minister?" Xi Rong said with a smile, "Executing a fifth-rank imperial doctor, how can there be changes in the capital?"

Li Chan said: "Princess Lin is the wife of General Gu. If the general finds out that Doctor Lin died in the palace..."

Xi Rong said "Oh" and wrote lightly: "Don't worry, Mr. Minister, the emperor will not let General Gu know before General Gu regains Yongliang."

Li Chan was sweating profusely, he had nothing to do.Could it be that Lin Qingyu really wants to splash blood on Qinzheng Hall today?

Xi Rong's pupils shrank suddenly: "Master Xie, what are you waiting for?"

From the corner of Li Chan's eyes, Xie Min's hand holding the sword hilt was tightened, but Lin Qingyu still didn't respond.He couldn't help shouting: "Lin Qingyu!"

As soon as the words fell, Lin Qingyu raised his eyelashes, looked at the man holding the sword in front of him, and said slowly: "Your Excellency, you just said that you only serve the emperor?"

Xie Min said: "Not bad."

"If the son of heaven behind you is not recognized by the late emperor, and it is determined by the destiny, do you still have to follow his orders?"

Xie Min paused: "What do you mean?"

"Before, I was the same as Li Chan. I thought that only if there were no accidents in the capital and Xixia had no chance to take advantage of it, could the soldiers in the Northwest have no worries. Now, I understand." Lin Qingyu looked coldly at the two brothers Xi Rong and Xiao Jie, "Only The people in the way will disappear completely, and the capital will be truly stable."

Xi Rong's face suddenly changed color: "Lin Qingyu is insidious and cunning, don't give him time to confuse people - Xie Min, do it."

Lin Qingyu said: "Eunuch Xi, why are you so anxious? The late emperor gave me the token of the Tianji Camp, even if it wasn't enough for Master Xie to serve me, at least it would give me time to finish my speech—what do you think, Master Xie. "

Xie Min hesitated for a moment: "What exactly are you going to say?"

"Just now Eunuch Xi clapped his hands a few times, and Master Xie appeared in response." Lin Qingyu mocked, "I won't follow suit."

Then, a rough and loud voice came from the door: "Rang Rang, Rang Rang... What are you doing blocking the door."

Prince Heng was squeezed, turned around and said angrily, "Who is it!"

The visitor apologized and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, Ninth Prince. You brought a bit too many people, and they took up all the seats. I can only let the brothers from the Imperial Forest Army and the Cavalry Battalion surround you."

Prince Heng was so angry that he was cold, and he no longer spoke in that slippery tone: "Wu Zhan! You brought so many soldiers into the palace, are you trying to rebel!"

Wu Zhan asked: "Then why did the prince bring so many soldiers here?"

"Of course this king is here to escort you!"

Wu Zhan laughed loudly and said, "The general is also here to protect him. But the one I want to protect is not the unjustly named Emperor Chu Xi, but the late Emperor."

"Nonsense! Your Majesty is the emperor of the real dragon appointed by the late emperor, and his name is correct and well-spoken. I think you are colluding with Lin Qingyu and intending to rebel!"

Prince Heng said firmly, but he didn't see Xiao Jie and Xi Rong's reaction.Xiao Jie knew how he came to the throne, he was already in a panic: "A Rong..."

Xi Rong tried to calm down: "Don't be afraid, it's fine."

Wu Zhan stopped laughing and said seriously, "Bring him up!"

A royal guard pressed a gray-haired man onto the temple.The man knelt in front of Lin Qingyu, lowered his head: "...Doctor Lin."

This voice was not deep like an ordinary man's, it was sharp and thin, and Xi Rong guessed his identity as soon as he heard it: "Could it be...?"

The man raised his head slowly, Xiao Jie saw his face clearly, and said in astonishment: "Eunuch Xue?"

Xue Ying, the eunuch who was in charge of the late emperor during his reign, served the late emperor for many years.When the first emperor was seriously ill, Xue Ying suddenly retired and returned home, and there has been no news since then.

Wu Zhan said to Xue Ying: "Don't be afraid, Eunuch Xue, tell me everything you know, and this general will protect you well."

Xue Ying glanced at Xie Min: "When the late emperor was seriously ill, he wrote a will and handed it over to the servants, and asked the servants to keep it safe, and when the emperor passed away, he would announce it to the world."

Cui Lian said: "It's a bunch of nonsense! The late emperor's edict is what I saw with my own eyes. It is true that the emperor was established as the heir to inherit the great line. If you have any edict, why didn't you show it at that time? You have to wait until today to pretend to be here!"

Xue Ying said generally in endorsement: "On that day, King Ning was in charge of the country, and his power was poured into the government and the public, forcing the first emperor to write down the imperial edict to establish a crown prince. When the first emperor was sober, he regretted his mistake, so he issued a second edict. After the first emperor passed away, King Ning ascended the throne. If you take out the will at this time, wouldn't you be asking for your own death."

The color on Li Chan's face recovered, and he asked, "Where is that edict now?"

"The servant escaped from the palace and hid the edict behind the plaque in the Palace of Qinzheng."

Xie Min raised his hand towards the plaque, and under the palm wind, the plaque shook, and a sealed imperial edict fell down, which Xie Min held firmly in his hand.After looking at it, Xie Min said solemnly: "This is indeed the handwriting and seal of the late emperor."

Cui Lian suddenly turned to Xi Rong: "How is this possible!"

"Heh..." Xi Rong laughed ferociously, "Doctor Lin has long anticipated today, so he forged a copy of the late emperor's will?"

"Fart you!" Wu Zhan scolded bitterly, "Even Lord Xie said that this edict was written by the late emperor himself, what else do you have to say!"

Xiao Jie's legs went limp and he almost fell down.Xi Rong held him up. "Could it be that your so-called late emperor's edict was to appoint the sixth prince as heir?" Xi Rong seemed to have heard some big joke, "The late emperor was so wise and powerful, how could he hand over the kingdom of Dayu to a prince who is mentally incompetent?"

Xie Min shook his head: "It is stated in the edict that the former Crown Prince Xiao Teng is the only candidate to inherit the Great Reign, and it cannot be abolished."

Li Chan immediately said: "The mother and concubine of the late prince, the Chen family, once committed a great crime of disrupting the palace and deceiving the emperor, but the late emperor just abolished her into the cold palace, and did not implicate the late prince. It can be seen that the late emperor had high hopes for the late prince. The late emperor He has never expressed his intention to abolish the prince in front of anyone, how could he suddenly abolish the prince, there must be something hidden in it."

A chill came to his heart, Xi Rong took a few steps back and said in a low voice, "It's not over yet."

Xiao Jie cried and held him back: "A Rong..."

Xi Rong shook off Xiao Jie's hand abruptly, pointed at Lin Qingyu and said, "Prince Heng, Xie Min, what are you still doing? Did you believe his words? When the first emperor was seriously ill, the Queen Mother and Lin Qingyu stayed by his side for some time. How many times more than the emperor, they are the ones who forced the late emperor to write a will!"

"Do you want to do it? Hurry up, stop talking nonsense." Wu Zhan rubbed his fists, "If you don't let me go to the northwest to fight the Xixia barbarians, I will almost suffocate to death. Ninth Prince, where did your soldiers come from?" , can't stand the fight."

Prince Heng looked back.The crowed cavalry battalion and imperial forest army had already surrounded them, the number of them was at least three times that of them, and they were waiting for work at leisure, so they had no chance of winning.

At this point, the truth of the matter is no longer important, and life-saving is the most important thing.

Prince Heng cleared his throat and said, "This king is the late emperor's brother, so of course the late emperor's last wish must come first——Xi Rong, Xiao Jie, you two persecuted the crown prince first, and then conspired to usurp the throne. It is a crime that cannot be punished!"

Xi Rong's hands were slowly lowered, his eyes were empty, and his face was deathly silent.

Wu Zhan shook his head, "This face has changed faster than the sky."

Xiao Jie grabbed Xi Rong's arm, choked up and said: "Arong, Arong, please say something..."

"What else can we say?" Xi Rong said numbly, "The winner is the king, and the loser is the bandit—Ah Jie, we lost."

"Ah? Don't fight?" Wu Zhan said regretfully, "I'm so excited."

Xiao Jie said in a daze, "lose? What will happen if you lose... Will you die? I don't want..." He rushed to Lin Qingyu, wanting to grab Lin Qingyu's clothes, but he couldn't see Lin Qingyu's eyes, and his hands couldn't move. Not daring to reach out: "Doctor Lin, don't kill Arong, please...don't..."

Lin Qingyu slowly opened his lips: "You beg me?"

Xiao Jie nodded like garlic and said, "I beg you! I beg you..."

"If the military plane is missed because this batch of food and grass cannot be delivered, our army will defeat Xixia." Lin Qingyu's voice trembled slightly, "Do you think Xixia will spare the lives of those defeated soldiers?"

Xiao Jie froze suddenly.Wu Zhan sighed: "Food, oh, food, no matter how powerful a general is, he can't fight without food."

"I won't kill him now." Lin Qingyu said, "I want to save his life, and when the Northwest Army triumphs, behead him to sacrifice to heaven."

Xiao Jie's eyes widened, and he kept shaking his head: "No, no..."

Lin Qingyu walked to Xi Rong's side, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "I gave you a choice. I also said that if you are not obedient, I will let someone else take your place. I'm not joking."

Xi Rong looked straight ahead: "If I don't do anything, Gu Fuzhou will still lose his life when he comes back. I don't regret it."

Lin Qingyu said lightly: "Not necessarily."

Xi Rong snorted lightly, obviously not believing what Lin Qingyu said.He finally looked at Xiao Jie with tears streaming down his face, and said softly: "Leave him alive, he doesn't understand anything."

Lin Qingyu was noncommittal, raised his hand, and two imperial guards stepped forward and took Xi Rong down.

Xiao Jie was heartbroken, and desperately chased after him: "A Rong!"

Wu Zhan blocked his way and asked Lin Qingyu, "Doctor Lin, Huang... what should he do?"

Lin Qingyu said: "The emperor is tired, help him back to the palace to rest."

Xie Min frowned: "Although the late emperor's edict was to protect the first crown prince's position, the late crown prince has already died of illness."

"Master Xie is right." Prince Heng said in a fair and just tone, "There is no one in the lineage of the late emperor who can inherit the throne, and Xiao Jie, who conspired to usurp the throne, cannot continue to sit on the throne. According to Dayu's ancestral rules , it can only be adopted from the clan."

Lin Qingyu said: "Did the Ninth Prince forget about Prince Huai?"

"Are you kidding me! Duke Huai is mentally incomplete, like a three-year-old child, how can he be the king of a country?"

"At least, Duke Huai won't pretend to be smart. Moreover, he may not be without the possibility of being cured." Lin Qingyu changed the subject and said, "The Northwest is at a critical juncture, and today's matter should not be publicized. You are all pillars of the court, and your interests should be compared. The next officer is clear."

After this day, Emperor Chuxi said that he was ill and would not be in power, and changed the emperor Zhu Pi to the cabinet blue batch, and the cabinet took charge of the government.In addition, Prime Minister Cui Lian made it clear that he wanted to be an official, and after the emperor promised to play, he took his family and left the capital far away.Prince Heng was also condemned to return to his fief, and he was not allowed to enter Beijing unless he was ordered.

The batch of food and grass in the south of the Yangtze River was raised by Lin Qingyu and Li Chan exhaustedly. It could have supported the Northwest Army for a long time, but now only [-]% is left.Li Chan was in a hurry to transfer grain from the north, but the road was blocked by heavy snow. The original journey of seven or eight days would take half a month, and he wondered if he would be able to make it in time.

After eradicating dissidents, it was supposed to be a time when he could relax a bit, but Lin Qingyu's heart was always haunted by an indescribable fear, and he had nightmares late at night for several days.

In the dream, he returned to Nan'an Marquis Mansion, standing in the courtyard of Blue Wind Pavilion, holding a crimson umbrella, with a vast expanse of snow under his feet.He saw the familiar wheelchair, and Lu Wancheng, who was dressed in red in the wheelchair, was sleeping peacefully with his head down.

He stepped on the snow with bare feet, dragging the skirt of his wedding dress, and walked towards Lu Wancheng step by step, using an umbrella to block the falling snowflakes.

At this time, Lu Wancheng suddenly turned into Gu Fuzhou's face.He desperately stretched out his hand, and the umbrella fell into the snow, but he couldn't reach the person in front of him no matter what.

Lin Qingyu sat up in shock.Huan Tong, who was on guard at night, heard the movement, and hurriedly held the lamp and came over: "Master?"

Lin Qingyu was in a trance for a while, and raised his hand to touch the corners of his eyes, feeling a little moist. "It's... snowing outside?"

"Yeah, it's almost the whole night." Huantong said worriedly, "Master, are you alright?"

Lin Qingyu lowered his eyes slowly: "It's okay."

It has been half a month and he has not received Gu Fuzhou's family letter.

After a year of separation, no matter how much love is left, there is only a lonely shadow lingering, and meeting is only in the dream soul.

But now, he didn't even dare to dream.

After the twelfth lunar month, the wind and snow in the northwest were worse than the capital, and the food and grass consumption increased day by day. The [-]% of the food and grass that Shen Huaishi desperately protected was only a drop in the bucket.

In order to stabilize the morale of the army, Gu Fuzhou concealed the fact that the grain and grass were robbed.Apart from him and Shen Huaizhi, only Wu Youyuan and Shi Pei knew about the shortage of food and grass in the army.That day, Shen Huaizhi escaped with one enemy against a hundred, and brought [-]% of the food and grass. When he returned to the army, he was seriously injured. Fortunately, Hu Ji's wonderful hand rejuvenated, and he recovered his life.Gu Fuzhou originally wanted to send Shen Huaishi to a safe place to recuperate, but Shen Huaishi ruthlessly refused.

"Physician Lin asked me to follow the general around and protect the general well."

Gu Fuzhou smiled and said: "Why do you listen to my wife so much? Do you like him?"

Shen Huaizhi hurriedly said: "I'm not, I don't! The general is the pillar of the country, and I have admired him for a long time. Even if there is no doctor Lin's order, I would still serve the general."

Seeing that Shen Huaizhi was so flustered that he wanted to jump up to prove his innocence, Gu Fuzhou pushed him back on the bed: "Just kidding, relax. But even if you like him, I don't mind. There are many people who like him, but he ..."

Only like me.

Gu Fuzhou chuckled lightly, and said: "I appreciate your kindness. Why don't you go to a safe place to take care of your health first, and then come back soon."

Shen Huaizhi shook his head: "I want to stay in the northwest to recuperate."

"What's so good about the Northwest? The wind blows like a knife, and it can make your face look ten years old in one day."

Shen Huaizhi was silent for a long time, and said: "I have been to many places, my body is like duckweed, and my life is like a piece of grass. Only in the northwest, I feel that I am really alive. Seeing brothers who died in battle, innocent people died in vain. Only then did I realize that everything in the past—be it Jingchun or Xiao Teng—was nothing but a fleeting moment, a fleeting dream.”

The sudden moment of truth-telling made Gu Fuzhou raise his eyebrows.Shen Huaizhi stayed in the Northwest for a year, and never mentioned the past, nor did he ask about it.What surprised him the most was that Shen Huaizhi could mention Xiao Teng's name so calmly, even if his beautiful wife was present, he might be surprised too.

"Since you have mentioned Xiao Teng, I have a question that I would like to ask you."

Shen Huaizhi said: "Excuse me, General."

Gu Fuzhou asked: "The fake death medicine that my wife gave you that day, have you used it?"

Shen Huaizhi smiled slightly, but said nothing.

Gu Fuzhou didn't ask any further questions, but just sighed: "You can't persuade those who go, but you can chase after those who come. If you want to stay, you can stay. I'll call Youyuan Shi Pei, and let's think about what to do next." As he said, he patted With Shen Huaizhi's shoulders, he opened the camp tent and walked into the wind and snow.

Shen Huaizhi looked down at his shoulder that Gu Fuzhou had patted.

Talking to Gu Fuzhou is an extremely comfortable thing.He seems to have a magical ability to pull people who are stuck in the mud back to the present world with a smile.Just like that day, when he came back with a serious injury, Wu Youyuan and Shi Pei learned that the grain and grass had been robbed. One was furious and threatened to break into the enemy camp single-handedly to snatch the grain and grass back. The other was disappointed and depressed.Only Gu Fuzhou said in his usual lazy tone after a long silence: "It's almost done, things have happened, so there's no use getting angry. Anger will only make us lose our minds. Don't make a fool of yourself. Like this , I’ll play Xiqin for you, and we’ll talk about business when you calm down.”

In this world, only people like Gu Fuzhou can get to know each other and spend a lifetime with Imperial Physician Lin.