dressed as a scholar

"Your Majesty, taking good care of your body is the most important thing. This old problem has all rebounded. How can you sleep well at night?"

After Gu Qianshou administered the injection for the emperor, he prescribed some medicines for the imperial hospital to take away.Seeing the old man, the emperor felt relieved, and Gu Qianshou understood his illness again. After a few injections, he became much more relaxed. After drinking the medicine, he finally felt the drowsiness that he hadn't had after many days of worrying.

When Fang Yu came over, the emperor was still asleep, and finally got to sleep, and Fang Yu was inconvenient to disturb him. When he was about to leave, Gu Qianshou called him: "The old man will not go out of the palace with you, your majesty needs to be healthy. For recuperation, the old man promised to stay in the palace to take care of his body, and make plans when His Majesty is healthy. The food will be cheaper for you, but I still have to make up for it when the old man leaves the palace."

"Mr. Gu has deceived the younger generation around, but now he is ashamed to think about the stack of half a bowl of vegetables in the humble house. This palace can't be without Mr.'s delicacies from mountains and seas."

Gu Qianshou was not annoyed, and stroked his beard with a smile: "When you came to seek medical treatment in the past, I didn't blame you for concealing your identity, but now you say the opposite."

Fang Yu snorted, remembering about General Xiao, he couldn't help but said again: "General Xiao seeks medical treatment for his leg..."

"Don't worry about this matter. Since I came to seek medical treatment in private, I won't go around talking nonsense with my tongue. Besides, I have seen his father from Congfan. I also had two drinks with his father during the Southern Expedition in the past. A glass of wine, it's a pity that the old general's fate will not last forever." Speaking of the past, Gu Qianshou sighed slightly, but fortunately Xiao Congfan did not have any worries about his life, otherwise the Xiao family would be really regrettable.

Then he turned to look at Fang Yu: "But His Majesty will definitely ask, how did the old man and your lord know each other, there must be a reason for this, right?"

Fang Yu looked at Gu Qianshou suspiciously: "So?"

"The old man can only say that the lord is sick." Gu Qian put his hands behind his back with a smile on his face: "Master Fang is His Majesty's beloved and important minister. When I heard that I invited a doctor to see a doctor, I must be very concerned. The old man always Don't talk nonsense, let's say that Mr. Fang is seriously ill, after all, Mr. Fang looks very healthy. The most important thing is that if there is a serious illness, His Majesty will be worried."

Fang Yu secretly felt something was wrong, but he still kept smiling: "So?"

"Then we have to use the fact that Lord Fang has a hidden illness as a cover. After all, it is a matter that cannot be brought to the fore. Your Majesty is not good enough to ask Lord Fang to ask more questions, is it?"

Gu Qianshou recalled the emperor's dignified expression when he heard the news, sighed, and said with great compassion: "He really only has one younger brother, and he declared to the outside world that the ancestors precepted not to take concubines, and for this he offended some courtiers. Good job A strong young man is really pitiful, you should take care of him more, you have to worry about the affairs of the court every day, and you have to take good care of your body, how relieved you are."

"Your Majesty is very strict. Don't worry about Mr. Fang. This matter will never be leaked. Wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?"

Fang Yu squeezed out a smile, turned around and left without looking back, Xiao Congfan, Xiao Congfan, I have resisted too much for you.

"Master Fang, please stay, Master Fang!"

Fang Yu hadn't left the gate outside Funing Hall when he saw Father Ru coming quickly: "Since your lord is here, this old slave will hide for a while."

If the father-in-law made a move, the little apprentice behind him held a large brocade box in his arms and gave it to Fang Yu: "This is all rewarded by His Majesty, and it was brought from the Imperial Hospital."

Fang Yu opened the box and took a look, good guy, all life is full of deer antler, goji berry and mulberry... just like raising... a big gift bag: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Ru Gonggong looked at Fang Yu with a regretful expression, but after thinking about it, it was impossible and good.Thinking of this, I couldn't help but sigh again, feeling sorry for myself.

Fang Yu was holding a big gift box, and he met some officials on the road, even if he wanted to ignore such a big box, it was difficult, and as a courtesy, he was also curious, and they all came forward to ask, he said with a smile, "Your Majesty rewarded him."

I wanted to ask what a good thing it was, but due to the etiquette of being an official, I still endured it.

Fang Yu walked quickly to his carriage and stuffed the box into it.

"Your Majesty really loves Fang Yu deeply. Even though I am sick, I don't forget Fang Yu's kindness."

"That's someone who enters and exits His Majesty's Palace of Funing, how can ordinary people compare with it?"

Fortunately, Fang Yu didn't hear other people talking when he got on the carriage, otherwise he would have to say: Do you want this blessing for you?

Fang Yu returned to the mansion, and briefly explained to Qiao Hezhi what happened in the palace. The two were warming up with ginger tea in the warming room, when Xue Zhu came to report that Cheng Xian had come.

"Cheng Xian used to come to the mansion often, but it's been a long time since he came here. Hurry up and invite in." Qiao Hezhi put down the teacup, Fang Yu said: "Did the palace say when will you take a bath this year?"

The emperor is ill, and there are important events in the court. The summary that should be done at the end of the year has been completed, and the government affairs of all departments have been calculated, so they can take a rest.But the emperor didn't speak, and it was not easy to follow the regulations of previous years. Today's court can be regarded as overtime.

"Perhaps it will be soon, and I will still go to the palace before the Chinese New Year. I can't cook too badly the court food during the Chinese New Year. The palace will be very frugal and will not let the courtiers take advantage of it for nothing."

Qiao Hezhi laughed, and Cheng Xian rushed in and saluted the two of them.Qiao Hezhi quickly waved at the child: "Xiao Xian, come over and drink some ginger tea to warm yourself up. Did you come from home? Your face is turning red from the cold."

"I see how you have lost a lot of weight, kid. Now that the year is coming to an end, you should gain some weight."

"Thank you, sir, for your concern."

Cheng Xian's eyes lit up, and his mind was not on his own fat or thin at all. He wanted to talk to Fang Yu, but because of Qiao Hezhi's face, he calmed down and thanked the tea first, and took a sip of tea before looking at Fang Yu. Fang Yu.

"But something?"

Cheng Xian couldn't wait to say: "My lord, it's done!"

Fang Yu also had a meal when he heard the words, and immediately put the teacup on the table: "Really?"

"The villain has tried several times, and now he has successfully succeeded. He will come to inform the adults sooner, but the adults will disturb you in the future after going to court."

"Great!" Fang Yu couldn't hide his joy and stood up. He originally had the mentality of giving it a try, but he didn't expect Cheng Xian to be so powerful and develop it so quickly: "Let's go and have a look .”

"it is good!"

Qiao Hezhi didn't know what the two of them were up to, and now he was playing riddles and asked, "What is it?"

Fang Yu stepped forward and took Qiao Hezhi's hand: "You also go and have a look with me."

Without delay, the three of them got into the carriage together and went to Cheng Xian's small private workshop. Because the family members knew that Cheng Xianbai had worked under Fang Yu's subordinates, the family members didn't ask him about running in the workshop anymore. Yu also provided a lot of materials for developing shells. Cheng Xian is busy in his workshop these days.

The carriage drove to the workshop in the corner of the inner city, and it was already on the outskirts of the inner city.

Cheng Xian couldn't wait, so he entered the workshop and took out a wooden box, opened it and took out a round shell, and held it to Fang Yu lightly: "It's wrapped in iron sheets, and the inside is explosives. Just ignite the shell along the line of fire to detonate it." .”

"Can my lord try the power?"

Fang Yu held the cannonball upside down, but it was much lighter than a stone of this size, and it was easy to transport. Cheng Xian did a good job, and it was already very similar to the cannonball on the blueprint he drew.

Qiao Hezhi had never seen such a thing before, but he couldn't figure out the reason after knocking and beating it.

"Try it."

Cheng Xian excitedly led Fang Yu and Qiao Hezhi to a piece of wasteland behind the workshop. There were many pits of different sizes on this piece of land, and the surrounding winter grass also showed signs of scorching. If it was not covered by heavy snow, it must be even worse Tragic, obviously Cheng Xian has been experimenting here for a long time.

My adults came to review, and Cheng Xian was much more excited than seeing the results himself. He impatiently ignited the tadpole tail-like fire wire behind the cannonball. With a chirping sound, the fire wire was lit, and the fire point quickly ignited towards the tadpole's body. Go, seeing this, Cheng Xian quickly threw the cannonball out. Perhaps it was not strong enough, the cannonball was not thrown too far, but only a distance of ten feet.

Fang Yu's back felt cold, and he quickly picked up Qiao Hezhi, who was watching the fun, and ran in the opposite direction. Qiao Hezhi didn't know why, and in a moment, he heard a loud bang, and felt the ground tremble, and suddenly a big flying flower spun out , Snow and mud splashed everywhere.

Qiao Hezhi hid in front of Fang Yu's chest belatedly, barely avoiding a catastrophe, but Fang Yu's back was shot by meteors, and the back was covered with snow and mud. .

"Are you OK?"

Qiao Hezhi was a little stunned. He thought it was just a simple firecracker, but he never thought it was such a powerful thing. It took him a long time to poke his head out of Fang Yu: "It's okay."

Only then did Fang Yu gently put the person on the bottom, and patted his soiled clothes. Cheng Xian, that little bastard, ran fast, and got out from behind the haystack, together with Fang Yu and Qiao Hezhi, apologized: "The strength is a little weaker. , didn’t throw it far away, are your lord and husband all right?”

"If you throw it with a catapult, you won't hurt yourself. There is no catapult at the workshop, so you have to do it yourself."

"What on earth is this? It's so powerful?" Qiao Hezhi still had weak legs, so he had to be supported by Fang Yu, and he saw the big crater blown out in the distance, which was more than ten inches deep.

"It's going to be developed and sent to the northwest."

Fang Yu pinched Qiao Hezhi's hand, comforted him, and went to check the crater made by the shell. There were some small episodes in the experiment just now, but I have to say that the power of the shell is really great, sending people away within one meter. Flying is no problem at all, and it will be affected within three meters.

Qiao Hezhi carefully followed Fang Yu: "Won't such a loud voice attract the attention of the surrounding people?"

"At first, but I didn't pay much attention to this end when I knew it was a workshop. The villain used to develop fireworks and firecrackers here that would explode. Someone came to bother you."

Qiao Hezhi nodded, and turned his head to look at Fang Yu: This guy actually did such dangerous things behind his back.

Although the shells are not comparable to the power and effect of when they are mature, they are already much more advanced than current weapons.

"Cheng Xian, I'm sure I didn't misread you. With this thing, not to mention invincible, it's an extra layer of protection."

Cheng Xian couldn't hide the smile on his face when he was praised: "There are still many firearms that have not been developed in the drawings drawn by the adults. After the villain has made this shell, he is also quite confident in the rest. The villain will definitely join in the development as soon as possible. I think it won’t take long before it can be effective.”

"Don't worry about the rest. I will assign a group of people to you first, and develop a batch of shells first. Then you will slowly work on it yourself, and go directly to the workshop of the imperial court."

Cheng Xian's eyes lit up when he heard the words: "Adult, do you mean that the villain is the leader of the team? Let, let the villain lead the people?"

"It's natural. Cannonballs are unusual things that can be messed with at will. If it doesn't hurt you, it's not a joke. Of course, it must be led by someone who specializes in it."

Cheng Xian immediately said: "The villain has recorded the steps of the development in the book, and he will definitely live up to the entrustment of the adults."

……

Sure enough, since Gu Qianshou entered the palace to accompany him, the court did not work overtime for too long, and after two days the courtiers took a rest and went back to celebrate the New Year.

Fang Yu still had to go to the palace to see the emperor every now and then, and first reported that he was going to make firearms. The emperor knew that he was good at the job, so it was a good thing for the sake of the military, and he was busy with other things at the moment. He answered without asking too much.

Fang Yu spent most of his time on the production of shells with peace of mind.

In the blink of an eye, at the end of the first month of the new year, the emperor's health improved, and he returned to the early court, and also announced a major event that had been pending in the court for a month or two.

"The current crown prince's moral conduct is deficient, and his conduct is unrighteous. He abolishes the crown prince and becomes King Chongde."

The eunuch's sharp voice resounded inside and outside the hall, the crown prince kowtowed in the hall, Fang Yu was in the line of courtiers, looking at the deposed prince did not seem to be too distressed, on the contrary, he seemed to be light-hearted after unloading a heavy burden.

In fact, Fang Yu can also understand that the crown prince is cowardly and doesn't have much talent, so maybe he doesn't want to be emperor much.But the Empress and Emperor Chongming have only one son, and the princesses and brothers behind him. As the eldest son, the crown prince can only take the position of being on the cusp of the storm even if he doesn't want to. From then on, he will live more cautiously.

The emperor's abolishment of the crown prince was also heartbroken. Emperor Chongming and the empress were young couples, they were well-matched, and they had a deep affection. For this reason, they knew this son was cowardly and protected him for many years.If such a major event hadn't happened, the emperor would actually be reluctant to abandon the prince.

Today's result may also have the emperor's perfection in it.It fulfilled the prince's heart that he didn't want to be an emperor, but it also broke the queen's heart.

"My son bows down to thank the emperor." The crown prince kowtowed heavily, and there was silence in the court.

The rain, dew, and thunder are all the grace of the emperor. Fang Yu was a little emotional. He was reprimanded for losing face to the entire court and had to kneel down to thank him. The children of the royal family are rich and invincible, but they also have too much helplessness.

The crown prince was abolished on the eve of the emperor's birthday. For a while, several families were happy and others were sad.

It is inevitable to talk about it, but the abolition of the prince has happened in all dynasties, and it is not an earth-shattering event. Although the princelings have been hit and very depressed, they are optimistic that they can be abolished, and the old emperor is in power. One day it is possible to restore the crown prince, so he tried his best to advise the emperor that it is advisable to recuperate from illness and not to work too hard, that is, not to rush to establish a new crown prince.

It is true that Emperor Chongming did not plan to establish a new crown prince immediately, and it was not for the purpose of giving the crown prince a chance, but he did not want to choose one of the princes as an arrow target too early, unless he was really out of breath. Coming up, he needs someone to sit on that chair, and he has to consider which prince is more suitable to sit on the reserve seat.

In short, this matter has come to an end. Although the emperor's body has been warmed up and improved, he is still not as energetic as before the illness. Or just set up a few big tables in the palace.

I wanted to be lively and lively, but in the end it turned into a big excitement. The emperor was really not in the mood to hold a birthday banquet, and no minister dared to persuade this matter any more.

Many ministers also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but luckily they didn't show up to receive the birthday banquet at the beginning, otherwise they would really be stealing chickens and losing money.

In the middle of the court, after the crown prince was abolished, the second and fourth masters had more and more opportunities to show their faces, and they went around in front of the emperor every day, doing things diligently and filially. After all, the crown prince was deposed. Naturally, they are all earning performance.

Fang Yu was free, there were people running in front of the left and right emperors, and he went to push the others away to offend others. If he couldn't squeeze in, he would be embarrassed, so he might as well just do something superficial, but it would be better to concentrate on supervising the work and proceed from the facts.

At the beginning of March, a batch of well-developed artillery shells and escorted military food convoys were sent to the northwest.

Fang Yu discussed with the emperor, in view of the fact that there were rebels in the army earlier and Xiao Congfan was seriously injured, even if the power of sending military weapons this time was significant, it was not publicized in the court, and everything was done in a low-key manner.

He followed the team to Pianyan Pass by going to inspect the official road to build a horse. Watching the horses and horses go away, he couldn't help but pray that he could help Chu Jingfei. This battle has been fought for too long.

"Don't worry, my lord. The one who escorted the army rations this time is General Zuo Yong of the Ministry of War." Ji Jin's legs were sandwiched between the horse's belly, and the teenage child already had a pair of long legs. Overrun the horse.

Yuan Jijin planned to go to the border to help Chu Jingfei by himself, but Fang Yu wrote to his father in advance to block his thoughts.

Emperor Chongming went out with the army when he was 12 years old, and Ji Jin is now [-] or [-] years old. In fact, he is more powerful than many soldiers when he fights with knives and guns, but he has the ability to go to the border.Chu Jingfei will go to the border gate for a year or two, life and death are uncertain, Ji Jin will inevitably worry in the palace alone, so he wants to go to the border gate to do his best, but if he can't, he can see his father anyway.

Fang Yu also understands the boy's mind, but he always has some deep-rooted modern thoughts. The child is still too young to go to such a dangerous place.

Chu Jingfei is just such a son, and he hasn't remarried since the death of his princess. The man of the palace is Ding Kanyou. If something happens to the son, it will be difficult for this line.

Presumably Chu Jingfei also loved her only son, so she readily accepted Fang Yu's advice and refused to let Ji Jin go to the border.

The prince is not allowed to disobey, so he can only accompany Fang Yu to Pianyan Pass with the chariots and horses escorting the grain and grass.

The current construction of the official road is only here. It will take some time to build to Qinghuang City in the northwest, and only one-fifth of the distance has been built so far.However, when the weather warms up, the progress will be much faster. If it is rushed, it may be completed by the end of the year.

"I don't worry if I belong to the prince, so don't worry about your son. If you have nothing to do when you go back, your son can go to the mansion to walk around more. The learned husband is very good at cooking. When the time comes, I will cook for you."

Ji Jin wanted to give the pedant a friendly smile back, he knew that Fang Yu had put in a lot of effort for the palace, but it was really embarrassing for him.

If Fang Yu wants to go back, he has to ask Gu Qianshou to show the child. I don't know if the facial paralysis can be cured, otherwise it will be difficult to communicate, and the child will not be able to see emotions when he grows up.

After a while, Ji Jin replied yes.

……

"Little Daddy, little Daddy."

Qiao Hezhi cleaned his hands, and when he came back from Sheng's mansion, he saw Qing Yan, who was picking flowers and weeds with his servants in the garden, ran towards him with his arms outstretched.

Xiao Qingyan is growing up fast, now he is almost one and a half years old, he can walk and run, from the beginning he only uttered the word "Daddy", as long as he and Fang Yu stretched out their hands to call him Daddy, now they can tell the difference clearly Daddy and little daddy.

"what happened?"

Qiao Hezhi squatted down and picked up the child. Although Xiao Qingyan looked like him, but fortunately, his body did not follow his frailty and was very healthy.The chubby Qingyan hugged Qiao Hezhi's neck: "Big Daddy, Big Daddy."

"Your eldest daddy has gone out, and it will take two days to come back."

The little guy didn't fully understand what the little dad said, but he probably knew that the old father hadn't come back.He rubbed Qiao Hezhi's neck back and forth, hoping that the old father would never come back, so that he could sleep with the little dad tonight.

Qiao Hezhi was a little tickled by his trouble, so he carried him into the house to have some snacks.

At night, Qingyan saw that his old father, who always kissed his face with stubble and pricked him, hadn't come back, so he clung to his father's arms and refused to get up.

"You child, Daddy will just take you to sleep in the main room later. Wash your feet first. Only when your feet are warmed can you sleep with Daddy."

Qingyan looked at the steaming water basin, stretched out her arms to be hugged by the nanny to sit on the small stool, and then she was about to pull off her trousers: "Foot feet, feet, wash your feet!"

The trousers couldn't be pulled up well, and they kept sliding down, so the little guy moved his white feet angrily.

"Daddy hold you, don't move around, you will fall down later."

On weekdays, when Fang Yu was at home, Qingyan would wash his feet in his arms. The little guy learned very well, because Qiao Hezhi had never held him to wash his feet, so he felt that holding and washing his feet should be the old father's task.

Over time, even if Fang Yu wasn't at home, he didn't want Qiao Hezhi to wash his feet in his arms.

Seeing his father's slender and flexible fingers holding his trousers tightly, and not slipping off no matter how much he moved, he happily stepped on Qiao Hezhi's instep with his smooth and flawless feet, which looked like big white radishes, so that they would not burn Standing on his feet, he can play in the water mischievously.

After a while, the white feet turned red, Qingyan pointed to the feet and said: "It's cooked, it's cooked!"

Qiao Hezhi couldn't help laughing and said: "It's cooked, and Daddy is eating pig's trotters for supper tonight."

"Since seeing the green prawns turning red in the water, the young master has always said that his feet are cooked every time he washes his feet."

"You little fool." Qiao Hezhi took the handkerchief: "Pick up your feet, wipe them off and go to sleep."

The little guy stretched out his feet in front of his little father, and after being held and wiped dry, he was hugged by the nanny, and returned to the main room with Qiao Hezhi.

Qingyan likes to sleep in the main room, the bed in the main room is much bigger than that in the wing room.He jumped up and down on the bed with his bare feet, pulling the big fluffy quilt together into a small mountain bag to ride on as a pony.

Qiao Hezhi saw that the little brother was having fun, and he was still very energetic when it was time to sleep, so he let him go.

"Daddy, give me a hug."

Qiao Hezhi flipped through the book for a while, and the little guy lay down on the bed tired after playing for a while, blinking his big eyes and beckoning him to go over.

"I really can't do anything about you."

Qiao Hezhi untied his coat and hung it on the rack. The weather has slowly started to warm up since the beginning of spring, and the house is still comfortable even without a charcoal fire.But tonight, there was a tall body missing, and it seemed that the room was a little colder.

"Cover the quilt."

Seeing his father coming, the little guy crawled up to the crook of Qiao Hezhi's arms with his butt pouted, and nestled in his arms, with his little face pressed against his chest. After a while, his big eyes flickered, and he didn't take two shots. The little guy fell asleep on his back.

Qiao Hezhi kissed the little baby's face sideways, it was as warm as dough.

"Daddy didn't come back, so Daddy had to sleep with Xiao Qingyan in his arms."

Qiao Hezhi exhaled, tucked the quilt for the child, folded himself and blew on the lamp, and closed his eyes.

I don't know when he fell asleep, Qiao Hezhi felt as if someone had adjusted the quilt for himself, he muttered for a while, and opened his eyes tiredly, and saw a familiar figure in a trance.

He suddenly woke up and saw that it was Fang Yu: "When did you come back? Didn't you say you were going out for a day or two?"

"Wake you up?"

Fang Yu saw the sleepy-eyed Qiao Hezhi, and stepped forward to get under the quilt. Seeing the ripe chubby Yan lying on the bed, he squeezed it, and then took Qiao Hezhi into his arms: "You don't want me to come back early?"

Qiao Hezhi leaned against Fang Yu: "Of course I want you to come back sooner, but you told me why it took so long for a day or two, and you want to ask for more time to fool around outside?"

"My Mr. Qiao, how dare I."

Seeing the people approaching, Qiao Hezhi pushed, "Don't make a fuss, it's time to make a fuss if you wake up the child."

"it is good."

Fang Yu tightened his arms to hold him tighter. He was tired from rushing back, so he slept soundly with Qiao Hezhi in his arms.