The promise of slow wear for the rest of your life

On the fourth day after Situ Yan left, An Yi showed up on his own initiative and handed Arnold a brocade box.

According to An Yi, this brocade box was a gift from its owner, Situ Yan.

Situ Yan originally planned to deliver it to Arnold himself, but unfortunately he has already left, and the return date is uncertain, so he can only be offered by the dark generation.

Inside the brocade box was a phoenix-headed seal made of high-quality white jade, with the four characters "Dongyue Phoenix Seal" engraved in lacquered gold seal script on the top, and the four large characters "Queen's Seal" engraved on the bottom.

Just when Arnold was staring at the Dongyue Phoenix Seal in a daze, he secretly told him about the sudden war at the northern border of Dongyue Kingdom. Today, the emperor is furious, and the news that the emperor will personally conquest in a few days.

Hearing this, the reason for Situ Yan's departure in the middle of the night was already clear.

From this, A Nuoer suddenly realized that Situ Yan's identity was not what he thought, just the son of a vassal prince.

Suspicion arose, and the clues of Situ Yan's unintentional exposure in the past were clearly revealed.

Especially when the two talked for the first time, Situ Yan's words were not smooth, and he frequently changed his name.

In addition, he has more than one subordinate who is as powerful as An Yi.

All of the above can show that Situ Yan was definitely not what Arnold thought, isolated and imprisoned by the Empress Dowager.

If this is not the case, and quite the opposite.

Then, the real identity of Situ Yan who was able to send the Dongyue Phoenix Seal is ready to be revealed.

Thinking about it carefully, Situ Yan never admitted that he was the son of the vassal prince.

This misunderstanding was entirely inferred by Arnold himself.

Thinking of this, Arnold suddenly realized, dumbfounded.

At the same time, Situ Yan, who was rushing back to the capital day and night, had expected that his true identity would be revealed today.

However, he couldn't care less about it at this moment.

After returning to the palace, Situ Yan, who had already recovered his true appearance due to the failure of the color-preserving potion, did not rest for a moment after changing his clothes, and directly ordered someone to summon the important officials of the court late at night to discuss matters in the palace.

After issuing a series of orders, Situ Yan personally dispatched troops and dispatched generals, intending to lead the troops to the northern border early the next morning.

Before departure, Situ Yan went to Ci'an Palace to bid farewell to the Queen Mother.

"Your Majesty is brave and will surely return in triumph."

The Queen Mother presented a bowl of wine with red eyes.

Situ Yan comforted: "The queen mother can rest assured, the lonely king now has internal strength to protect his body, even if he goes to the battlefield, he still has the power to protect himself."

After the words fell, Situ Yan took the bowl of wine and drank it down in one gulp.

The Queen Mother wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and smiled forcedly.

Situ Yan pursed his thin lips tightly, endured and endured, and finally couldn't hold back, and said, "The lonely king has something unclear, and Empress Wangmu will give me some pointers."

The Empress Dowager raised her hand and screened her left and right sides, Fang said: "What's the matter?"

Situ Yan stared at her, and said softly: "Mother, do you still remember the former Chief Physician Gu Zhonggu of the Imperial Hospital?"

The Empress Dowager's face changed slightly: "Emperor Gu was dismissed by your father and driven away from the capital because of his poor medical skills. How did the king know about this person?"

Situ Yan's heart was full of turmoil, but his face did not show any emotion: "This time when the lonely king left the palace, he once met a man with a beautiful face. His eyebrows and eyes were eighty percent similar to that of the queen mother, and his lips, nose and face resembled the king's father."

"This man has excellent medical skills. He claims to be the successor of Gu Zhong, the chief physician of the former imperial hospital in Dongyue. However, the lonely king has lived in the palace for more than ten years, but he has never heard of Gu imperial physician's name. He became suspicious, so he ordered someone to investigate. Explored."

When the Queen Mother heard this, her face turned pale as paper.

Situ Yan continued: "Mother, you know, what did the lonely king find out?"

The Empress Dowager looked dazed, and asked in a low voice, "What did you find?"

Situyan said: "The Gu Wang found out that the day the Imperial Physician Gu left the palace was the day the Gu Wang was born. It was found out that the reason for the Imperial Physician Gu's leaving the palace was not because he was old and returned to his hometown, but because he took his father. Wang Mi ordered him to leave.

"It was found out that the descendants of Imperial Physician Gu were born in the same year, the same month and the same day as Gu Wang, and the birthday was only a quarter of an hour later than Gu Wang. Besides, Gu Wang also found out..."

Hearing this, the Queen Mother shook her head suddenly, and said sharply: "Enough! Your Majesty, stop talking!"

Situ Yan didn't change his face, and said in a deep voice: "Empress Mother also knows that the lonely king has a brother who is a compatriot and lives among the people?"

"Your Majesty..." The Queen Mother moved her lips, but she couldn't speak a complete sentence.

Situ Yan took a deep breath, forcibly suppressed the turbulent emotions, and said: "The lonely king wants to take the king's brother back to the palace. I don't know what the queen mother wants?"

The Empress Dowager turned pale in shock, and shook her head again and again: "It is absolutely impossible. Twins are an ominous sign. Once this matter is revealed to the public, it will definitely shake the foundation of the country."

Situ Yan still didn't give up and said: "My younger brother and the lonely king don't look alike."

"That won't work!" The Queen Mother said decisively: "East Vietnam has been established as a country for less than 30 years. There are powerful enemies outside and vassal kings ready to make troubles. No mistakes are absolutely allowed!"

"The queen mother's meaning, the lonely king... I understand." Situ Yan clasped his hands calmly, and said goodbye for the next week: "I hope the queen mother will take care of your body and wait for the lonely king to return in triumph."

The Empress Dowager turned her face down, and said earnestly: "Your Majesty, remember, don't chase after the poor!"

"The Queen Mother's teachings, the lonely king must always keep them in mind." Situ Yan nodded in response, turned around and strode away from the place.

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Gu Zhong, courtesy name Mengping, was the head of Dongyue Guotai Hospital for nearly ten years.

Twelve years ago, on the day of the birth of Crown Prince Yan of Dongyue, he left the palace with the secret decree of the current emperor, declaring to the outside world that he was expelled from Beijing because of his poor medical skills.

Only three days later, Gu Zhong picked up an orphan on his way back home, and took care of him with care.

This son is 12 years old, born in the same year, the same month and the same day as Prince Yan. His facial features resemble those of the current emperor. He is suspected of having a twin son with Prince Yan. He should be punished.

These remarks were written in a secret letter that Situ Yan inexplicably received when he was 12 years old.

Back then, Situ Yan thought it was nonsense. .

In addition, he didn't intend to be the king, so he didn't get to the bottom of it, whether what was said in the letter was true or not.

Later, before his death, the late king told him that the letter was actually written by him with his left hand, and then sent someone to secretly deliver it to him, just to test his tolerance.

Before his death, the former king praised him, he did a good job, the kindness of the Sacred Heart is the blessing of the people.

After this incident, Situ Yan completely dispelled the illusion that a younger brother would suddenly appear one day to compete with him for the throne, so he honestly ascended the throne and sat on the throne of Dongyue Kingdom.

When he first met Anol, Situ Yan should have been suspicious, but in the end he didn't think much of it because of the similarities between them.

Even if he later met a genius doctor named Lan who looked more like the Queen Mother, Situ Yan still had no doubts.

It wasn't until that day that he suddenly heard Gu Langzhong's name, and then saw Anol's face similar to that of the former king and the future, that Situ Yan suddenly realized that what was said in the secret letter didn't seem to be what the former king just said. Nonsense.

His heart was shaken, and his liver and gallbladder were about to split, neither of which was enough to describe Situ Yan's mood at that time.

That night, he planned to make it to the end with Arnold, so that he and he would have no room for regret.

But he still had scruples in his heart, so he stopped at the last step and closed his hand.

He doesn't worry about regretting it, because he already knows what he wants.

But he was afraid that Arnold, who didn't know about his life experience, would regret it and hate him for it.

If he had known earlier, they would have been separated that night, and they had been separated for such a long time, then he would not have stopped at the last step, even if Arnold would hate him after his life was revealed.

A year later, Situ Yan thought so when he was hit by arrows on the battlefield and his life was dying.

Seeing that the coach was seriously injured, the East Vietnamese Army immediately beat the drums and retreated.

Li Guo's iron cavalry took advantage of the victory to pursue, and the attack became more and more fierce.

If the reinforcements hadn't come in time, the enemy would have almost broken into the king's tent.

Before the enemy army was completely repelled, several imperial physicians who came with the army were urgently called into the king's tent to treat the commander.

After seeing Situ Yan's injury, several imperial physicians all knelt down and said, "The sage's injury is too serious, and there's nothing I can do."

Deputy Commander Lu Beizhan was full of evil spirits, and said sharply: "Get up, and save the Holy One at all costs! If the Holy Majesty cannot be cured, you will all die!"

One of the imperial physicians said with a mournful face: "I also ask Deputy Marshal Lu to make a clear lesson. It's not that the lower official died, it's because the sage is seriously injured. The lower official really has no way to do anything, and there is nothing he can do!"

Another imperial doctor said urgently, "A doctor named Si has recently arrived in the camp, and he is very good at treating traumatic injuries. Vice-General Lu would send him to treat the Holy Majesty! He may have a way to treat the Holy Majesty!"

Lu Beizhan asked, "Have you ever found out your identity?"

The imperial doctor said: "Ju has been identified, and he is indeed a native of Dongyue, from Baichuan County, Qianling Prefecture. For the past six years, he has been traveling around Dongyue, practicing medicine and consulting."

"A year and a half ago, he also gave a free clinic for the victims outside Neiping City in Xiping County, which was hit by drought. Even the identities and origins of the two disciples who followed him have been ascertained, and there is nothing wrong with it." place."

"Since that's the case..." Lu Beizhan immediately pointed to a lieutenant general to pass the order: "You, pass on the order of this commander, quickly go to the medical tent and urgently summon Si Langzhong to the king's tent to treat the Holy Majesty."

The deputy general responded in a hurry.

Just when the officer turned around and was about to leave the tent, there was a loud shout from outside the tent.

"Stop! This is an important place for the military camp, and you are not allowed to enter without a call."

As soon as these words fell, a clear and gentle voice came into Wang's tent.

I just heard the voice say: "I am a military doctor who has been invited to join the army recently, Si Nuo. These two are my disciples, Cong Yan and He Ming. I have something urgent to see Deputy Marshal Lu! Please let me know."

When Lu Beizhan heard this, he raised his voice and ordered, "Wang Meng and Zhao Er let them enter the tent without waiting for the guards outside the tent to respond."

"I obey." The guard put away his spear in response, opened the curtain, and said, "All three, please come in."

"Thank you."

Anol quietly put away the Dongyue Phoenix Seal that was about to be handed out, and thanked the guard with a nod before quickly entering the tent.

Cong Yan and He Ming followed closely behind.