The emperor was seriously injured and is still unconscious. This gave the tenth prince Xiahou Xiuji and his mother and concubine another ray of light.

Because Emperor Xuan of the Ming Dynasty was injured suddenly, the handling of the Tenth Prince and Concubine Zhao has not yet been said. Although the same prince, Xia Houlan has no right to dispose of them, he can only confine them in the palace. At that time, he directly ordered to lift the ban on those two people.

The emperor is in a coma, and the most powerful person in the entire harem is the empress dowager. Although the harem is not allowed to engage in politics, the empress dowager has a reputation among the people and gathers veterans around her. In political affairs, those old princes are the ones who come forward, and the courtiers can't find any mistakes. .

Nowadays, the important affairs of the imperial court are discussed by Zuo Xiang, Fang Tingzhi and other high-ranking and respected ministers. Fortunately, good news came from the northeast border. The country formed a coalition army, and after going around to the east, the army was ready to sneak attack. Fang Rui held his temper and waited for the opportunity. Even if Xia Qi's second city was broken, he remained calm and did not leak any news. Finally, he has been waiting for the best When the time came, he cooperated with Yan Zheng inside and outside, flanked back and forth, and caught the Donglin army by surprise. Yan Zheng took advantage of the victory and pursued, and took back the lost second city in one go.

Although Donglin was flanked by front and back attacks, and many soldiers were killed and injured, but they quickly adjusted and stabilized the morale of the army. The two sides became a stalemate again. Today's fire attack, tomorrow's poisonous attack, true and false, real attack and feigned attack, the soldiers in the east can't sleep well every night, their minds are exhausted, and their stable military spirit seems to be a little scattered again.In short, the overall situation on the border is good for Xia Qi.

In the Taiqing Palace, Yao Qing came out with his small medicine box on his back. Xiahou Lingyuan and Xia Houlan looked at him, and Xiahou Lingyuan asked, "How is it?"

Yao Qing shook his head, looking at Xia Houlan, Xiahou Lingyuan signaled him to speak directly, no need to avoid people, Yao Qing sat on the stool, took a sip of tea and took out a small porcelain bottle from the medicine box and put it on the table. Said: "Donglin's secret medicine has already exhausted his body and mental energy, and he didn't have much time to live. Now he was seriously injured and couldn't be saved."

Yao Qing was sure, but Xia Hou Lingyuan and Xia Houlan didn't speak, they looked at the porcelain bottle and waited for his next words.

"This bottle contains Tianxiang Pill," Yao Qing said, "it has some similarities with Donglin's secret medicine, that is, it gathers people's spiritual energy and overdraws it like a flash of light. There are seven pills in it. If a person takes one pill, his remaining vitality will be overdrawn, if he does this, the emperor has a great chance of waking up, but likewise, with seven heavenly fragrance pills, he can only live for seven days."

"What if you don't accept Tianxiang Pill?" Xia Houlan frowned slightly.

"If he refuses to accept it, there is a [-]% chance that the emperor will wake up, and a [-]% chance that he will die in a coma. Of course, if he is in a coma, he can be in a coma for a few months, but this is still alive."

Xiahou Lingyuan clenched his hands slightly in his sleeves: "If you have Donglin's secret medicine in your hand, you might develop an antidote?"

Yao Qing paused, then shook his head for a while, "Yes, but the time will not be short, at least three to five years, at most ten or twenty years."

His second uncle entered Donglin Tai Hospital incognito for five years for Donglin's secret medicine, and finally got some news about the secret medicine. Relying on his second uncle's sharp nose, he guessed several ingredients in the secret medicine, But every part of the medicinal materials is extremely rare, and some medicinal materials cannot be found even in the huge palace for a while, so if you want to develop an antidote to save Emperor Ming Xuan, it is impossible, even for the elders of his Qing family. They were born, and it would be impossible to develop them in a year or a half.

Indecisiveness leads to disaster!

Xiahou Lingyuan looked up at Xiahoulan: "What do you think?"

Xia Houlan frowned and didn't know how to answer. Although he didn't have the slightest father-son affection for the person on the bed, he was the baby's father after all. Leaving aside other things for the time being, he just said that Emperor Xuan's love for the baby was true. Without any calculations, he is considered a qualified father for the baby.So if you choose Tianxiang Pill, in the future when the baby grows up and knows, there will definitely be some barriers between him and the baby, no matter how big or small the gap is, as long as you think that the baby will no longer rely on him wholeheartedly and believe in him wholeheartedly, When he started to alienate him, his heart felt tight, as if a huge hand was holding his heart tightly. He couldn't accept it, and he couldn't accept it, he would go crazy!

Xia Houlan shook her head: "No need."

"Why?"

He half-closed his eyes, lowered his head and said nothing, and finally couldn't resist the sharp gaze on him, he said in a low voice: "Baby...maybe...will be unhappy in the future."

The room was very quiet, neither of them spoke until Chang An's sentence "The Empress Dowager is here!" broke the silence.

The Empress Dowager and Concubine De both came in, Xiahou Lingyuan and Xia Houlan saluted, the Empress Dowager waved to make people stand up with a heartbroken look, and then waved again, two old men entered the palace gate.

"This is a miraculous doctor invited by the Ai family from Hanshui Temple." The Empress Dowager strode into the inner hall and said to the two people, "Hurry up and come in for a diagnosis and treatment. If the emperor is cured, the Ai family and the emperor will definitely reward you a lot." After finishing a sentence, the topic changed, and the voice was a little cold: "If you don't care about the diagnosis and treatment, and the emperor has an accident, you can be buried together!"

The two shook their bodies, nodded hurriedly and were about to enter the inner hall, but were blocked by Xiahou Lingyuan.

"Where did the country doctor come from? Did you just touch the father's dragon body?" The ending accentuated, Xiahou Lingyuan half-closed his eyes, and the two men's legs softened and they almost knelt down because of the cold breath all over their bodies. on the ground.

"King Xianshuo!" The queen mother was furious, "What do you want to do?"

Xiahou Lingyuan never gives face to anyone, even the queen dowager in front of him. He turned around, stared at the queen mother, and said indifferently: "The envoy of the Taiyuan Hospital and Yuanzheng are urgently developing a healing medicine. One hand, maybe there will be an accident, besides," he snorted coldly: "two wild doctors, why should I trust them?"

The Empress Dowager felt chills from that cold gaze, and after hearing Xiahou Lingyuan's last words, her heart trembled. When Xiahou Lingyuan said that she didn't believe it, they were actually telling her that he didn't believe in herself.

"Presumptuous!" She forced herself to remain calm, "These two were invited back from Hanshui Temple by the Ai family, and the Ai family believed them."

"I don't believe it!" Xiahou Lingyuan sat back at the table and said in a deep voice.

"You..." The Queen Mother frowned, and was about to be tough, when another voice rang out again.

"I don't believe it either," Xia Houlan said coldly, "Come here, drag these two people down and keep them under strict supervision. Without my order, don't step out of the room."

"Yes!"

After the two were dragged out, the room fell into a ghostly silence. The Empress Dowager stepped forward and glanced at Emperor Mingxuan. Knowing that he would not wake up for a while, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief, then turned around and left. Sadness and grief are long gone.

After the Queen Mother left, Xiahou Lingyuan suddenly said, "What do you think?"

Xia Houlan knew what he was asking, this time he didn't frown but remained silent, Xiahou Lingyuan was not in a hurry, he looked at the person on the dragon bed inside through the tulle, sipping tea.

"Use it." Xia Houlan slipped out the small porcelain bottle that was on the table just now from his sleeve. He poured out a pill in his palm, and wanted to enter the inner hall, but was stopped by Xiahou Lingyuan. He took the pill from his palm, faintly Said: "Go down."

Xia Houlan frowned and looked up at him. Xiahou Lingyuan ignored his gaze and took the porcelain bottle from his hand again, "Go to the Palace of Compassion and Ning to see Yuanyuan."

After Xia Houlan left, Xiahou Lingyuan walked to Emperor Mingxuan's bed, squatted down and looked at the person on the bed for a while, and then whispered: "Father, instead of dying for half a life, I want to worry a lot and die in a coma. You should be more willing to end your plan at the banquet, kill your enemies, and say goodbye to your family, after all, you are such an upright man."

Xiahou Lingyuan recalled in his mind that when he personally led an army of 20 to take back his Emperor Mingxuan in front of the two armies, he smiled softly. In his eyes, Emperor Mingxuan was the most majestic and most powerful man in the world. The man who stood up to the sky, now he is as thin as a stick, lying here with no time left. Back then, he and Emperor Ming Xuan had a deep relationship with his father and son, but now there is a deep estrangement between them. The two are full of calculations and precautions, which is also ridiculous.

He shook off the burly figure in his mind, stretched out his hand and put the elixir into Emperor Mingxuan's mouth, the elixir melted in the mouth, and after an hour, Emperor Mingxuan's face became rosy visible to the naked eye, and his breathing became more and more steady.

The loud and crisp voice echoed in the silent hall, the queen tilted her head, her bun was slightly loose, and half of her cheek was red and swollen.

The queen mother sternly said, "At that time you were by the emperor's side, why was it that thief and not you who supported the emperor?" She sneered, "Now the emperor is injured, unconscious, life and death are uncertain, the thirteenth prince is the son of the royal family, You have the best chance to be in that position, Aijia knows all about your wolfish ambitions, I never thought you would..."

"I don't have any." The queen interrupted her, straightened her head, and tucked the loose strands of hair behind her ears.

Seeing that the empress who had always been humble and respectful in front of her interrupted her, the empress dowager's anger that had been suppressed in the Taiqing Palace suddenly burst out. The mother's family behind the empress had no power, even though the thirteenth prince was the emperor's favorite The son, but also a baby under two years old, now that the emperor is in a coma, the mother and son can no longer rely on her, she can do whatever she wants.

She raised her hand to hit her again, but suddenly there was a pain in her leg. The little fat cub bit her leg, and his two little hands clenched into fists and patted her leg one after another. Although the little fist was not painful, but the little fat boy But the look in the cub's eyes made her bored. Looking at this little thing, she thought of her son who was imprisoned by Ming Xuan Emperor and died of illness.

She raised her leg and kicked violently!

The queen screamed: "Yuanyuan!" She wanted to go forward to hug someone and protect her behind her, but Concubine De blocked her. She took a step back and watched helplessly as her baby was kicked away.

"Ah!" The queen struggled to drive away Concubine De, and wanted to go forward to catch her, but she saw that her Yuanyuan had already been bent down and hugged her before landing.

"Wow!" Hearing the familiar breath, the little fat cub who hadn't cried all this time finally howled loudly.

The panic and tension on Xia Houlan's face hadn't subsided yet. He hugged her and comforted him repeatedly: "Baby doesn't cry, brother is here, baby doesn't cry—"

"Wow!!" The little chubby cub grabbed the man's neck and pushed himself into his arms, his small body trembling, and Xia Houlan's hand holding him trembled too.

As soon as he came in, he saw the baby being kicked into the air, his brain didn't have time to think, he flew up to catch the person, he couldn't imagine what would happen if the baby in his arms fell to the ground or hit the pillars in the hall if he didn't catch it such consequences.

"She bullied the queen, beat the queen," the little fat cub cried while trembling, "she also kicked Yuanyuan, woooo—"

Seeing that Xia Houlan came here and comforted the little thing like that, the queen mother frowned, as if things were not what she thought.

When she saw Xia Houlan's gaze, everyone could see the murderous intent inside. She calmed down and said calmly, "What? Is the prince still addicted to the play of mother's kindness and filial piety? Now the emperor is in a coma. If a mother and son want power but no power, and power but no influence, it is useless. On the contrary, if you keep the mother and son, it will still be a disaster. Your mother and concubine are from a lowly background. Half of the position will be taken away by this little thing, if you cooperate with Aijia, Aijia... bang!"

Xia Houlan saw the cry of the baby in his arms became quieter, and saw the trembling queen beside him. He walked over, handed the baby in his arms to the queen, hugged the queen lightly, then turned around suddenly, and flew up With one kick, the chattering old woman was kicked out and knocked over the small tea table next to the soft table, and the tea drenched her whole body.

He didn't listen to what the old witch said, he only knew that he wanted to get that kick back for his baby.

The queen pressed the little fat cub's head in her arms, put her arms around his ears, carried him into the inner hall, walked a few steps, stopped again, and said to Xia Houlan shallowly: "Little Shishi, don't do anything!" Too ruthless, not good for you."

Xiahou Lingyuan nodded respectfully: "I understand."

The corner of the Empress Dowager's mouth overflowed with blood, and Concubine De walked over to help her up. Seeing her dazed appearance, the Empress Dowager wanted to slap her, but she also thought of Zuo Zongqi who abandoned the high official salary for her, so she endured it. Her last step plan It still depends on Zuo Zongqi to realize it.

Coughing twice, the blood at the corner of her mouth was even worse. She turned her head to look at Xia Houlan, her old face was hideous and terrifying. She wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and said with a sneer, "You kicked well!"

Xia Qi Guoxun ruled the world with filial piety, so even though he knew that the Queen Mother was impure and keeping her would only add to the disaster, Emperor Ming Xuan still kept her. If the ministers knew about it, half of the throne would have been lost, not to mention that the queen mother thought that Xia Qi's name of praying for blessings had stayed in Hanshui Temple for so many years and had a good reputation among the people. The corner of the empress dowager's mouth was bleeding and she couldn't stand up, but it also went to the empress dowager's heart.

No matter what you say about this kick, Xia Houlan was at a disadvantage, but he didn't care, and his face was even more cold. He walked up to the queen mother and said coldly: "Old witch, your leg, I have reserved it first." , after today, if you dare to step into the Compassionate Ning Palace one more step, I will break one of your bones, and two steps, I will break two of your bones, just figure it out!"

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