Shadow Guard stand-in

When Zhao Yao gave birth, He Jue bestowed a lot of things, no matter from tonics and medicinal materials, or rare treasures, all of them should go to Qi's mansion like flowing water.There is also the eldest princess, who waits by Princess Zhao's side almost like moving. There are jokes outside that the eldest princess seems to have grown roots in the Qi mansion, and she guarded Princess Zhao two months before she gave birth and did not go home.

Fortunately, Qi Lezhi came back safely, and Zhao Yao also gave birth to a healthy and fat boy, otherwise Qi Ge might not be able to send this big Buddha away.

This great joyous event, accompanied by the reconciliation of the Yushiguan war, filled the entire city of Xijing with joy.When the whole city was happy, He Jue said solemnly in the Tai Chi Hall: "I have something important to announce."

At this moment, the faces of the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were all relaxed, and some people even thought about slipping home later and going out to eat wine with their wives and children.

After He Jue said this, the audience fell silent, and countless pairs of eyes stared at the young king above him.

Under the curtain of crown beads, a pair of firm and sharp eyes swept over everyone in the audience, and he slightly pulled the corners of his mouth, revealing a little smile.

"Don't be nervous. On such a happy day, it's natural to talk about happy events." He Jue's voice was calm, and the courtiers were all relieved, thinking that His Majesty would stop talking nonsense. The matter of the concubine has also been settled, and the Lord Yingwei has become a noble concubine under one person and above ten thousand, so it is unlikely that he will be promoted to a queen.

Most people are prepared to speak their words in their hearts. If His Majesty raises the issue of being a male empress, they must try their best to stop it.

But who knew, it wasn't a single sentence that broke the silence of the room, but He Jue said in a flat tone: "I'm pregnant."

The four characters are very light, but they are pronounced clearly, and can be heard in every corner of the Tai Chi Hall.But after saying it, the surroundings were silent for a long time, and suddenly Qin Zhen burst into a cry: "Your Majesty!"

Everyone seemed to have reacted suddenly, and began to whisper to each other.

"Your Majesty, jokes are not allowed in the Tai Chi Hall. It is really out of character to say this!" Qin Zhen said righteously.

Immediately afterwards, another civil servant also echoed, his tone was a little better, but he listed a lot of scriptures, which won the echo of many courtiers.

He Jue seemed to be waiting to see their reaction, there was no expression on his face, no anger, no embarrassment.

He watched quietly, and waited for those people to argue for a long time before he opened his mouth: "I brought back from Yushiguan a folk doctor with excellent medical skills. During the pregnancy, I will be in full charge of my body. As for the government, I will take care of you." I will do my best, but luckily the matter of Yushiguan is over, I think I will have a lot of free time."

"Your Majesty, are you joking?" Qin Zhen was furious, "What kind of a baby, what a doctor, it's nonsense, how can a man be pregnant?"

He Jue said softly, "I have a special constitution."

The refutation was powerless, but Qin Zhen's face was livid with anger just like that.

He still took the lead in reprimanding, and even knelt down to beg. Several ministers in the audience knelt down, and He Jue watched the situation quietly, "You are worried about the emperor's heir, don't you have me now, and you are not happy for me? Kneel down What kneeling? Get up."

The ministers couldn't stand it, Qin Zhen said: "I implore Your Majesty to take back the order. If you insist on announcing it to the world, it will be tantamount to letting the people all over the world see Your Majesty's joke. Where will the royal face be? Your Majesty, please think twice!"

He Jue felt that the old man Qin Zhen was a little distracted, repeating those words over and over again, and there were quite a few people who took the lead to agree with him.

He sighed, stood up, and his voice became louder, "I'm just informing you, not discussing with you! Lin Chi, please come into the hall, Mr. Mad Doctor."

After a while, Lin Chi brought a young man to the hall, and the crazy doctor took care of him carefully, and he was considered a good-looking talent.First, after saluting, under the attention of everyone, he slowly said, "A man's pregnancy is the most dangerous. For the safety of His Majesty, you adults should keep your voice down, and don't let Your Majesty get angry."

"Yes!" He Jue stroked his abdomen, pretending to be a loving father, "Don't be so loud, it scares my child."

Qin Zhen's face froze, "Your Majesty!"

Before he could say anything, He Jue interrupted directly: "You don't need to say too much, Mr. Crazy Doctor has great medical skills. He has made great contributions to saving people in Yushi Pass. I am registered as a national doctor. Taifu Temple started to allocate money to build a research institute. Tai Hospital Full support for hand-made classics.”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The crazy doctor bowed his head to thank him.

Before all the ministers could react, He Jue had already ordered the small officials in the Shushe to announce his retirement, and he left the Tai Chi Hall directly.

"This... this this?" The ministers who were kneeling on the ground looked at each other, but finally stood up and discussed in the hall.

Among them, Qin Zhen went to the mad doctor, "You have bewitched His Majesty? You are a monster doctor who has ruined the country and the people!"

The mad doctor is completely indifferent to this kind of abuse and accusations. You must know that the words of ordinary people in the folk are much more violent and vulgar than the literati and Qing officials in the Tai Chi Hall.

Right now, these words sounded like scratching an itch, and they didn't hurt him at all. He saluted respectfully: "My lord, please be careful. Your majesty is wise and powerful. How can I be deceived by the ministers? The matter of pregnancy is beyond the control of the ministers." Believe it or not, as long as you say it from His Majesty, it will be a firm fact. As colleagues in the future, I will remind you all not to annoy Your Majesty."

After finishing speaking, the crazy doctor also left the Tai Chi Hall directly, leaving a group of people waiting.

"Ge Lao, why didn't you say a word just now? Your Majesty's words and deeds, could it be that you are crazy?" Qin Zhen began to ask Qi Ge for help, "What pregnancy, what emperor's heir? Naturally it is a good thing, but it is clear that His Majesty is talking nonsense, let's see if he can be born at that time, alas, isn't this a joke?"

Old Qi Ge made a rough guess in his heart, maybe it has something to do with the post-registration matter, if His Majesty can only accommodate Jin Jiuye in his heart, and if he has no heirs in the future, he must choose a collateral line from the clan.It's just that if you insist on making such a joke, why should your majesty compromise your majesty?

He sighed, "I'm afraid His Majesty has already made up his mind, so it's useless for me to say anything."

"Even if it's useless, it must be said. Just think about how people in the world think of His Majesty?" Qin Zhen said eagerly, "Your Majesty has been on the throne for a few years and has done so many good things to benefit the country and the people. If this incident ruins his reputation, others will only call him a fool."

When it comes to the word "faint monarch", Qin Zhen is really puzzled, "Right now, I feel that Your Majesty has become a foolish monarch. How can you be like this now, who was so wise in the past? The year before last, he was selected as a male concubine, last year he was made a noble concubine, and this year... huh , Very well, I am pregnant! No, I will go to Qinzheng Hall to seek advice from His Majesty! Will Elder Qi Ge go with you?"

Qi Ge rubbed the center of his brows, feeling very tired. Although he was not as angry as Qin Zhen, he did not fully understand He Jue's thoughts.He just wanted to go home to see his newborn grandson, and he finally hoped for his son to come back. If there is one less trouble in the court, there will be one less.

"Lezhi is staying with the princess at home, I'll go back and ask him, let him persuade His Majesty." Elder Qi Ge said so.

Qin Zhen thought about it, um, it makes sense, so he said, "Then I will leave it to Mr. Qige and Mr. Qi."

Some of the other courtiers saw that Qi Ge's reaction was not strong, so they shrank their minds and found excuses to go back. Some claimed that they were busy and went directly to the Yamen to work.In the end, there were only four or five people staying with Qin Zhen. Looking at these four or five colleagues, he suddenly had a bad feeling.Do you just let His Majesty play tricks like this?

Qinzheng Hall.

As soon as He Jue came back, he immediately ordered Zhang Fu to guard the gate of the palace, and he would not see anyone who asked to see him.Zhang Fu was well-informed, and after hearing the rumors from the Tai Chi Hall, he acted more and more tremblingly, and ordered a group of small palace people under his command to keep their heads down and do their work, and if anyone wanted to inquire outside, they all presumed that they didn't know.

He who has always been keen, immediately felt that from today onwards, there might be a storm in the court.

"Master, the Lord Shadow Guard of Yongshou Palace invites you, please go." Zhang Xiaoxi rushed over following Jin Jiuye's order.

Zhang Fu hurriedly asked, "What did you say?"

"It seems that Lord Shadow Guard has something to ask." Zhang Xiaoxi guessed.

Zhang Fu thought about it carefully, "Could it be related to what happened in Tai Chi Hall today?"

Zhang Xiaoxi shook his head. Zhang Fu went to see Jin Jiuye with doubts in his heart. Jin Jiuye's injury was not completely healed, and he was locked up in Yongshou Palace by He Jue and was not allowed to go out. He was strict with his mouth, he was ordered to die by He Jue, and he never leaked it out.

"Slave pays respects to Lord Shadow Guard." Zhang Fu felt apprehensive.

Jin Jiuye was rather casual, "Men Zhang Gong, I invited you here today because I want to ask for advice."

"My lord Yingwei, please, this servant will know everything." Zhang Fu became more respectful, Jin Jiuye was silent for a moment, and said, "Do you know where your majesty gave me a peace talisman a few months ago?"

Zhang Fuben was ready to be questioned today, but it was such a simple question, and he didn't know whether to be lucky or happy.

"Your Majesty asked the eminent monk to pray for it during the Mid-Autumn Festival. You have to kneel in front of the Buddha and recite prayers every day for a month."

"For one month?" Jin Jiuye was dazed by the sudden truth, "You mean, Your Majesty recited scriptures for me for one month?"

"Exactly." Zhang Fu explained in detail, "Your Majesty personally asked for the peace talisman. He set aside three hours every day to kneel in the Baohua Hall, and later invited Master Kong to consecrate it..."

Jin Jiuye couldn't listen to the rest of the words. He suddenly remembered the sunrise mission during the Mid-Autumn Festival. He Jue chased him on horseback in the middle of the night, and finally only gave him a safety talisman, and then rushed back to the palace in the middle of the night.

"Your Majesty was injured in Yushi Pass a few days ago. I also want to ask for a talisman for him. Maybe it will work." Jin Jiuye said his purpose.

Zhang Fuxin said happily: "That would be the best, I will arrange it now, can I not let His Majesty know for the time being?"

"Well, okay, you can arrange it." Jin Jiuye was still thinking about the situation that night, and every word the master said at that time came to mind, making him think about it bit by bit.

"My lord Yingwei, this servant still dares to plead." Zhang Fu hesitated and did not resign. Jin Jiuye came back to his senses and asked, "What's the matter?"

Zhang Fu hesitated and said: "I want to teach Lord Yingwei to know that today in the Tai Chi Hall, His Majesty said shocking words, which may damage the majesty of the King."

"What did you say?" Jin Jiuye felt bad, and sure enough, Zhang Fu said, "Your Majesty said that he is pregnant."

"What?" Jin Jiuye never expected such words. He knew that the rumors were serious, and the master's statement was to bring trouble to the upper body. Even if he wanted to conceive, he should be pregnant. How could he tire the master.

The cold-faced Lord Shadow Guard in black immediately left everyone around him and went straight to the Palace of Qinzheng.