After becoming the king of the subjugated country

Probably because Ji Han's figure is too round, and there are no railings near the Lianyi Pavilion, so he rolled smoothly all the way. After falling into the water and due to his own weight, Gululu took two bubbles and began to sink to the bottom.

Huge ripples rippled on the water surface, spreading out in all directions.

Ji Chen put down the pipa, and didn't destroy everyone's sanity anymore.

He remained in line with the others, and also looked at the lake in disbelief, as if he didn't understand why the prince rolled down like this.

The steward ran over frantically, took off his clothes and rushed into the water before he had time to kowtow.

Ji Chen looked sympathetic.

If he came to Lianyi Pavilion again, he would definitely suggest stewardship.

Floor tiles should be paved with non-slip.

"Quick!" The old emperor took a deep breath, swayed his body and tried to stand up, and then fell back to his seat.

The old eunuch beside him quickly stroked the old emperor's back, giving him comfort.

The guards were already stationed nearby, so they arrived just in time, and jumped into the lake under the emperor's call of "a lot of rewards".

The eunuchs who were good at playing in the water also jumped down one after another, rushing towards Prince Ji Han.

The queen glared at Ji Chen fiercely, her eyes were red.

Ji Chen looked anxiously at the lake, as if he was also worried about Ji Han, completely ignoring the Queen's eyes.

What's the use of staring at him?

It's not that he let Ji Han fall in.

Xiao Lizi noticed this look, so he boldly stepped forward to block the Queen's sight.

Ji Han was dragged ashore in a hurry, and the white-bearded imperial physician quickly stepped forward to diagnose and treat Ji Han.

"Han'er, Han'er," the queen wiped her tears with a handkerchief, threw herself on Ji Han, and kept shaking his shoulders.

Ji Chen kindly reminded, "Empress, His Royal Highness is still angry."

Not dead yet.

But if it shakes a few more times, it's hard to say.

The imperial physician picked up the silver needle and urged, "Madam, please step aside first, I haven't given the needle yet."

Lianyi Pavilion is close to the lake, but fortunately it is only in the edge area, and it is not too deep, but Ji Han swallowed a lot of water in a panic, coupled with leg cramps and drenched, which made him look particularly embarrassed.

Seeing that Ji Han was getting better and better, the old emperor finally thought of Ji Chen, "Go back first."

The attitude is extremely cold.

Even though he knew that Ji Han fell down by himself, the old emperor couldn't help being angry.

After all, Ji Han is his beloved son.

"Yes, Your Majesty, take care of your health." Ji Chen finally said a word of concern.

The old emperor's face softened a little, and he let the eunuch support him, and went to visit Ji Han.

He came in a hurry, and when he left, he and Ji Chen were the only ones with him.

Little Lizi was indignant, and muttered in a low voice, "Your Majesty is too partial."

The eldest son wore gold and jade and lived in the East Palace, while the second son lived in poverty and loneliness in the Leng Palace.

Now that the eldest son fell into the water, he sent the second son away without calling a palace servant to see him off.

"Partiality is inevitable, but it depends on the future, and the key depends on yourself," Ji Chen comforted casually.

Xiao Lizi was filled with emotion, "It's just that your luck is bad. Now that you are crowned king, you will get better gradually in the future."

Ji Chen just smiled, "Yes, it will be fine in the future."

Bad luck?

If you say that the last emperor is unlucky, it is indeed very unlucky.

But it would be unrealistic to say that he had no luck.

In the novel, the last emperor was indeed designed by the prince to drive him out of the palace, and he could only live in a slum, and he was really poor for a while.

Seven days later, the old emperor would be seriously ill and die.

After another six months, his brother also died, and his brother didn't have any heirs.

Therefore, as the prince of Emperor Ling, plus the younger brother of Emperor Huan, even if the last emperor was kicked out of the palace, he was invited back from outside the palace, making a comeback.

To be honest, the future looks bright.

Ji Chen doesn't ask for anything else, he just thinks that the light will come sooner, so that he doesn't want to suffer in the middle.

After returning home, Ji Chen immediately went to tease the pigeons.

Impatient with being touched, the pigeon flapped its wings and rested on a high place.

Bai Qi sat on the side and rummaged through the herbal medicines, and handed him the latest results, "This is a spice that makes people fall asleep. The effect is not bad, and it is not toxic."

In other words, the imperial physician could not find out.

Ji Chen couldn't help asking one more question, showing curiosity, "How do you know this?"

Bai Qi was silent for a moment, "Family study."

"Then before your house?"

"Specialized in making spices, my aunt entered the palace as a concubine, and then failed in the palace battle."

Not only did he fail, but he died of illness within three months of entering the palace.

Bai Qi said lightly, "Then the whole family lost it."

"First, it was the suppression in the officialdom, then the emperor's dislike, and suddenly the house was ransacked, and several letters of collaborating with the enemy were found."

There was only one him left, and he was lucky enough to be carried out by a loyal servant.It's just that after the death of his loyal servant, he went around in circles, and then fell into the position of Jiaofang Secretary and entered the palace.

Originally, he only thought about lingering on his last breath and surviving first.

It's just that her identity was discovered, so the queen wanted to silence her, fearing that her slander of courtiers and collusion with the enemy would be exposed.

After all, it was nothing more than a normal palace fight, but if the courtiers were involved in such a crime, it could only show that the queen was too ruthless.

"Then you?" Ji Chen suddenly had nothing to say.

Bai Qi sighed helplessly, "Don't worry, Second Prince, I will not reveal my identity."

Now when it comes to old things, it is only because Ji Chen asked.

"Do you care about your family?" Ji Chen said, "Speaking of which, I don't know about my mother's past."

Bai Qi shook his head.

He used to be sad, but now he sees it.

It's not easy to live well, even he himself is now relying on Ji Chen's protection.

"Her surname is Liu, she is also dead," a hoarse female voice suddenly interjected.

Ji Chen didn't even hear how this man walked in.

Meeting Ji Chen's gaze, Ji Shao introduced, "She is also from the Leng Palace, she used to be a queen."

It's just that because of her status, she used to hide in the past, and few people knew about her.

The female voice was a little indifferent, "Now I am a waste queen."

Ji Chen looked over in disbelief.

So there is such a secret palace?

Thinking about it carefully, the old emperor was over fifty, and the empress was 35-30, so the empress entered the palace at fourteen.

The middle-aged woman's long hair was neatly combed, and she held a wooden stick to tie it in place. A lot of soot was smeared on her face, covering her original face, her back was also slightly curved, and there were many red and swollen marks on her fingers.

It's like an old maid in the shrine who has never been able to get ahead, even more miserable than them.After all, the old maid also has some savings, so she doesn't even have a silver hairpin.

"What's the name?" Ji Chen moved a chair and asked her to sit down.

"My surname is Qiao," Mrs. Qiao didn't say specifically, but was a little emotional.

Fast forward to many years, and few people in the current palace even know of her existence.

"When I was deposed, Concubine Liu seized the opportunity and became seriously ill overnight. She begged His Majesty to send you to the cold palace, so she saved you, but Concubine Liu passed away the next day." Madam Qiao closed her eyes. Closing his eyes, he seemed to recall the pain at that time, "The remaining princes and princesses are almost all dead."

Even her son failed to survive.

Ji Shao smiled awkwardly, "Brother, I didn't mean to hide it from you, it's just that Madam Qiao's status is quite special. I used to avoid you on purpose, but now thinking of her status, maybe I can help us."

Although Mrs. Qiao has been abolished, she is also the original partner of all officials who bowed down and told heaven and earth.

Ji Chen's eyes were subtle.

In the novel, it is often said that when Ji Shao grows up, he has a magnificent appearance, dignified and standard etiquette, and he thought it was a golden finger given by the author.

There is also a former queen behind the co-author who is secretly pointing out.

"Then what do you want?" Ji Chen asked softly.

"I want the queen to die." Mrs. Qiao paused every word, "I know some people outside the palace, and I can help you when you leave the palace and open the palace."

In fact, Ji Chen didn't care much about her promise, after all, they are indeed in the same group now and have a common enemy.

It's just that his biological mother, whom he had never met, died young, which really made him very regretful.

He heard himself say, "Okay."

So the deal is done.

After resting for a day, Ji Chen made another excuse to go for a walk, and went out with the pigeon coop.

He sent Ji Chen out with a smile, and after confirming that he was gone, Ji Shao's face suddenly turned cold, and he looked at Xiao Lizi, "The emperor really said that?"

These years, they are not bitter enough?

If the emperor wants to show his love for the empress and prince, why make a fuss about them!If you have the ability, don't give birth to them in the first place!

Bai Qi's expression was not good, especially when he heard the emperor's words of reprimanding Ji Chen.

Your Majesty is so unfair to the Second Prince.

He ordered some of his herbs, looked at Ji Shao, "You watch the door, I'll go out for a while."

Ji Shao reluctantly nodded, "Be careful."

Bai Qi found a new eunuch uniform, put it on, and blended into the crowd.

Then with the help of Eunuch Xin, he quietly left the cold palace.

Now the emperor is seriously ill and is declining little by little, and needs some palliative medicine.

And what he held in his arms was a particularly hot and fragrant pill.

The aroma is not too strong, and you can't even smell it if you don't get close to it, but the effect is very obvious.In order to maximize the stimulating effect, this incense pill will be useless after five days, even if the imperial doctor comes to check, the article inside cannot be found.

The conflict between the two will definitely make the emperor uncomfortable to the extreme, but it will not hurt the body, it will just make him feel uncomfortable.

He didn't need to take the risk of sending the incense pills to the emperor, he just needed to pay a little attention and stuff them quietly into the pocket of the eunuch who served the emperor personally.

Having already chosen a target, Bai Qi pretended to be a little eunuch who came to get food, and hurriedly collided with another person.

"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry." Bai Qi quickly apologized.

The little eunuch originally wanted to scold someone, but when he saw the sachet on Bai Qi's waist and the exquisite jade hanging on the string, he suddenly turned around, "Then you will pay me for this sachet."

"This?" Bai Qi clutched the sachet and couldn't help taking a step back.

"What is this! I am serving His Majesty in the imperial study." The little eunuch pushed him, and couldn't wait to grab the sachet, put it in his pocket, and walked away.

The person next to him couldn't help gloating, "Oh, if you're not careful, such a precious jade would dare to fall on the sachet..."

In a blink of an eye, the person who was bullied just now has disappeared.

Carrying the pigeon coop, Ji Chen turned around and went to Eunuch Xin to ask for a precious item, then he handled it by himself, and then walked to the imperial study.

Eunuch Xu looked at him in surprise, he probably didn't expect him to come, so he said softly, "Second Prince, Your Majesty has been unwell for the past few days and needs to rest."

Is it true rest, or do you not want to see him?

Being turned away, Ji Chen was not in a hurry, he was in a good mood, he just smiled and stuffed a red coral ornament, and gave him a jug, "I also know that I don't have enough status, so I want to plead with Your Majesty, I also hope that my father-in-law will help me a little bit."

Putting the red coral ornament into his sleeve, Eunuch Xu fixed his eyes on the flagon.

"I dedicated this jug to Your Majesty," Ji Chen said, "I don't dare to bother Eunuch too much, as long as Eunuch takes out this jug for His Majesty to use, and mention my name when His Majesty asks." .It’s okay not to drink wine, but some drinking water is also good.”

It's not difficult.

Eunuch Xu said emphatically: "The second prince has filial piety, which is naturally good."

That is agreed.

Ji Chen didn't stay too long, bowed to the door of the imperial study room, and then left.

After Ji Chen left, Eunuch Xu checked a little, then walked in with the jug in his hand.

Sure enough, the old emperor looked sick, "Going away?"

Eunuch Xu smiled and said: "Your Majesty said that this pot was offered by the second prince, and said it was dedicated to His Majesty. The old slave checked it and it is indeed usable."

This style of peony wrapped branches is indeed the old emperor's favorite type, and it is not bad.

The old emperor's expression softened slightly, "Forget it, then use it."

He could almost guess the old emperor's reaction, Ji Chen was in a good mood, this was a wine jug he had picked out specially with a layer of lead inside.

He even did it himself to make sure that the lead would quickly seep into the wine in the jug.

Thanks to the news he saw in the past, he knew how frequent lead poisoning was in ancient times.

Examples of Taoist alchemy and lead in cosmetics gave him a lot of inspiration. In order to speed up the efficiency, Ji Chen felt that the poisoning effect would be better if he took it orally.

Ji Chen said to the pigeon, his voice raised two degrees, "The sky will change in a few days."

With lead poisoning and chronic illness, the old emperor was really not far from death.

The pigeon tilted its head, "Coo coo coo."

As if responding to Ji Chen's words.

Just did something bad, Ji Chen is very excited now, decided to blow the cold wind to calm down, and return to the cold palace after a while.

There were not many people around Lianyi Pavilion.

Who told the prince to accidentally fall into the water, and the steward was beaten half to death by the emperor and empress, and a group of young eunuchs were also beaten, leaving only a few people on duty.

Ji Chen didn't forget to open the pigeon cage while the evening breeze was blowing.

The pigeon poked its head out, paused for a while on Ji Chen's arm, then flapped its wings and flew into the sky.

Hanging the empty cage on the side at will, Ji Chen sat inside the lake pavilion, admiring the beautiful scenery of the lake.

The setting sun casts its last rays, and it will soon be dark.

Ji Chen leaned against the stone pillar, which happened to block his figure.

The scenery of the lake was unobstructed, and not far away, Ji Chen saw a familiar figure.

Taking a closer look, that person was Bai Qi, and he changed into the eunuch uniform again.

With a calm face, he walked to the lake, intending to wipe out all traces of spices in the lake.

Bai Qi didn't think he could hide it from Ji Chen when he went out, but the old emperor was the biological father of the second prince. He was worried that Ji Chen would be soft-hearted and unwilling to take revenge, so he decided to make his own decision.

He has already found a reason for himself and intends to blur the point.

Just say that he went to Lianyi Pavilion, intending to throw away the remaining spices.

After all, there are many powerful imperial physicians in the court, if there is one who can touch the cold palace based on the smell, it will not be a heavy loss for themselves.

Thinking of Ji Chen, Bai Qi couldn't help but smile a little more on his face, knelt down and tied all the sachets and spices in his sleeves, then added some stones to it, and threw them all into the lake with all his might.

"What are you doing?" Ji Chen walked over quietly, stood behind him, and asked curiously.

The familiar voice, the guilty conscience of being caught, and the strange feelings all of a sudden came to my heart.

Bai Qi swayed and fell straight forward into the water.

"Wait!" Ji Chen stretched out his hand suddenly and grabbed it hard.

But he only held on to his belt.

call out.

The belt was pulled out directly by him with a burst of force.

puff.

Bai Qi accidentally fell into the water. He choked on a few sips of water, recovered quickly, wiped his face, turned around, and quietly looked at the people on the shore.

The belt was gone, and his clothes were baggy and soaked.

Feeling embarrassed and bewildered.

The pigeon flew to a high place, not understanding what the two people below were doing.

"What are you doing over there?" Hearing the huge movement, the eunuch on the side shouted angrily, "Who doesn't have eyes—"

The prince just fell into the water from here, and there must be no more accidents in the Lianyi Pavilion.

Halfway through the conversation, the eunuch noticed that this person was the second prince, and the original roar stopped abruptly.

Here comes the question, who is the second prince on the shore, but who is in the water?

The second prince is holding a belt, right?

The eunuch's doubts popped up one after another, but he didn't dare to ask any more questions, so he could only smile awkwardly.

A group of young eunuchs followed with their probes, their gazes shifted cautiously.

There is a Bai Qi underwater.

Holding someone's belt in his hand.

A group of young eunuchs on the shore watched him silently.

Ji Chen thought, this is probably the feeling of death.