King's man

Hearing that the emperor was ill, Du Jinghong rushed to Xiuxin Hall with the blue bell, and saw that the queen was already there.The emperor was lying quietly on the bed in a silk yellow dress, with his eyes closed, as if he had fallen asleep.The queen was sitting by the bed, holding a fan with a green smoke screen in her hand, and fanning him gently, the red tassels of the fan swayed back and forth with the queen's hand.That gentle and meticulous speech made Du Jinghong feel that her arrival had become an interruption.Before she could speak, the queen looked up and saw them. "Is the emperor asleep?" Du Jinghong asked softly.Chen Huilan was about to answer when she saw Yang Xian opened her eyes.He glanced at Du Jinghong, struggling to get up.Chen Huilan hurried to help, and Du Jinghong also hurried forward: "Cousin is not feeling well, please lie down!" Yang Xian insisted on getting up "No, I have been lying down for too long, I am tired, and I want to sit for a while. The queen helped him sit up, and put a pillow behind him.

Seeing this, Du Jinghong recalled the conversation in March, she was fine at that time, but after only two months, she became weak like this, thinking about it, she couldn't bear it.She vaguely guessed the emperor's illness.The matter of Concubine Mei is probably another misunderstanding. Although Qingping's behavior in this area is presumptuous, there is still a limit when it comes to right and wrong.But this is just her speculation, and it's hard to say.Du Jinghong was thinking about it in her heart, when she suddenly heard the libretto of the opera sounded outside the window - the words were longer and longer, and the clothes were loosened.Don't hate parting sorrow, become a mess.When the last line was sung, the lingering sound lingered on the tongue, and it took a long time to end.Then there was a sigh, which was very sad to hear.Everyone in the hall had a serious look on their faces, Lan Ling was a bit smarter, she had already stood up and walked towards the door, when she leaned out, she saw a pair of Jin Yunjin in the corridor.At this moment, a red rose petal floated over the wall, hit the cage, and fell again.One of them, Liujin Yunjin, looked at the other, raised its head and sang——the flowers fall into the water and the water flows red, with all kinds of worries, and no words to complain about the east wind.Between the ups and downs, the voice seemed to be clearer and more melodious than before.After singing, he shook his head towards the other one, with a complacent expression.The other one pecked at the wings of its own wing, sighed again, as if the sound it heard just now was unsightly, and then expressed its sorrow and anger at its indisputable tone.

Lan Ling found it interesting.Turning around, I couldn't help but said, "These two golden brocades are so cute, at first I thought Brother Qingping was here!" After finishing speaking, everyone was silent.In the end it was my sister, and she smiled smartly, "It's not Qingping's, you didn't see him teasing these two birds when he has nothing to do, he cares more about people than people!" He said to Lan Ling, After speaking, he looked at Yang Xian with his eyes.Yang Xian stared out the window in a daze, thoughtful.But the queen answered, "Qing Ping is a delicate person, and she treats people and things with care." She also looked at Yang Xian, and saw that he was still in a daze, and there was no change in his expression.Seeing this situation, Du Jinghong knew that it would be useless to talk, so she stood up and said to the queen, "The emperor still has Sister Lao to take care of her, so Lan Ling and I will go back first. If you have anything to do, just tell me." Chen Huilan nodded .Du Jinghong left with Lan Ling again.

However, when the emperor fell ill, all the officials in the court gradually panicked.Some people who had frequent contacts on weekdays went to the East Prince's Mansion together.The Eastern King would not refuse anyone who came, and treated him hospitablely. "Your Majesty has been ill for so long, and the palace is deserted. Several colleagues and I have asked the imperial physicians many times, but to no avail. I don't know what disease the Emperor has?" Nie Xuan, director of the Household Department, spoke.

"The emperor's illness is unknown, and the matter of the concubine's concubine is probably more complicated. One is whether the prince or the princess is still unknown; another is whether the child is the emperor's or not, there are still doubts. There are quite a lot of rumors about Qingping." Fei Yao hit the nail on the head and expressed the doubts in everyone's hearts.After hearing this, everyone shook their heads and sighed.

Gu Yingsui, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, sighed, looked up at the Eastern King and said, "Now the form of the court is not clear, what do you think?"

After hearing this, Yang Hong smiled slightly: "Everyone, don't be impatient. The situation is not clear now, and it will become clear after a while." He said that he looked up at the people present and saw that they were all looking at him intently, and he went on to say "The emperor is ill, you should do your best as a minister. Tomorrow I will take Ouyang Zi into the palace."

Seeing that there was no reply, Fei Yao and several other ministers were still unwilling.Looking at Dong Wang, he hesitated to speak.When Dong Wang saw this, he just pretended not to see it.He calmly drank a cup of tea and asked the maid to continue serving it. "This is the new tea of ​​this year. It was just served as a tribute to the Imperial Palace in the first ten days of this month. How does it compare with last year's tea?" I asked and saw that everyone was bored drinking tea and did not answer.He smiled warmly like the wind again: "It's getting late, and the wives of the various prefectures are still waiting for you to go back! Everyone, please go back."

The next day, Yang Hong took Ouyang Zi, known as the master of rejuvenation, to the palace.After entering the palace gate, he got off the sedan chair and walked.The weather in late spring is sunny and bright, with thick leaf shadows.There are poplar flowers fluttering and catkins flying.Yang Hong walked calmly in the face of catkins flying all over the city.When he was about to reach the Hall of Cultivating Heart, he saw a woman walking towards her, but when he looked closely, it was not the concubine Chu who was the queen of the year.But I saw her wearing a purple silk dress, swaying every step, and her sleeves were sleek.Because of her petite body and light body, she seemed to be floating when a gust of wind passed by.Yang Hong couldn't help but stopped and greeted: "Isn't this Concubine Chu? The empress won the oiran prize with the song "Flying Immortals Beyond the Sky". Such amazing dancing is still unforgettable!"

Chu Xi bowed his head in return, "The Eastern King has won the prize!" He thought to himself, how could he compliment himself today, since he had no contact with him before.Then he raised his head and looked at Yang Hong, but saw that his features were handsome, and his facial contour was somewhat resembling that of the emperor, but his expression was elegant and warm, and he smiled softly, like a spring breeze blowing on his face, and felt indescribably comfortable, and unexpectedly felt that he was the same as Qingping. And somewhat similar.Chu Xi lowered his head and narrowed his eyes again.

Yang Hong was looking at Chu Xi, and saw that she looked up at him first, but that glance made him secretly startled: her eyes were as clear as morning dew, and they were so clean that he could see to the end at a glance.Mingming's eyes are very calm, but he always feels that he is telling something, seems to be begging, seems unwilling, seems to be happy, seems to be resentful.Just looking at you like that, as if it is affectionate, but if it is unintentional.Then I saw her lowering her eyes again with a charming expression. "Concubine Chu's description seems to have reduced a lot, but what's wrong with my body? I happened to bring Ouyang Zi, who is highly skilled in medicine, to present to the emperor. I can let him take a look at it when I'm free."

"Please don't worry about Dong Wang. The emperor is awake now, Dong Wang should go in." Chu Xi didn't look at him again, walked around and left.Yang Hong turned his head to look, and saw her curling away, disappearing around a field of flowers and trees.On the tree, the white flowers are in full bloom, but it is Tumi.People say that when the flowers are in full bloom, there is always a feeling that the prosperity has come to an end.sad.Disappointed.Yang Hong looked at the flower shadow in the courtyard.There is such a woman in the world that people can't help but want to protect it just by looking at it.he thinks.Then he turned around and entered the Hall of Cultivating Mind.

In the Hall of Cultivating Heart, the emperor was indeed awake, and he was staring at the hanging tent in a daze.Following his gaze, Yang Hong saw a dragon embroidered on the top of the golden tent. The dragon's body was flying, its claws were opened, and its eyes were piercing.The person who was lying down had a gloomy and loose eyesight.On the other hand, the queen sat quietly, her eyes fixed on him. "I heard that Your Majesty is ill, has it improved recently?" Yang Hong bowed and saluted.

After hearing this, Yang Xian turned his head to look at him, his eyes flickered.He glanced at Chen Huilan again, Chen Huilan understood, and ordered the maid to sit for the Eastern King.Dong Wang sat down. "Your Majesty really knows how to enjoy it. In order to avoid those ministers, I pretend to be sick and lie here comfortably!" Yang Hong said in a relaxed tone, and Yang Xian smiled after hearing it. "Leave it to the assistant minister, that old fox is happy to deal with it."

"Hahahaha..." Yang Hong laughed loudly. "You can hide from the first day of the junior high school, but you can't hide from the fifteenth day. With so many political affairs, your majesty should get up and deal with them as soon as possible, otherwise you will have to fight at night with the lights on!"

Yang Xian glanced at him gratefully. "Brother Huang said, if this continues, all the bones in my body won't fall apart, but will soften." He wasn't in a hurry to go up, but he was really in a hurry.

Seeing this, Yang Hong summoned Ouyang Zi from outside the hall. "This is Ouyang Zi, who is known as the 'Holy Hand of Rejuvenation'. He has excellent medical skills. Hong dedicates him to His Majesty." He looked at Yang Xian with a smile on his face.Yang Xian took a look at Ouyang Zi first, and saw that his eyebrows were kind and his eyes borrowed light.Ouyang Zi hurriedly saluted him and Yang Xian nodded.He looked at Yang Hong in front of the bed again, and saw that he was smiling gently, handsome, elegant, and elegant.The expression and demeanor are so friendly and comfortable, I actually feel a bit like Qingping, why didn't I notice it before?Thinking of Qingping, Yang Xian closed his eyes with a heavy heart.

Seeing Yang Xian's expression, Yang Hong thought he was tired, so he got up and left.Yang Xian waved his hand.

Ouyang Zi took the emperor's pulse carefully, knowing that what the other imperial physicians said was true, the emperor was suffering from anger and depression, which had a lot to do with his mood, and there was no good medicine to treat it.He didn't know what was on the emperor's mind, so he didn't dare to touch it rashly. On the surface, he only said that the emperor was fine, just take care of it.In private, he found the queen and explained the symptoms in detail, and then asked the queen for details.

Chen Huilan first suspected that it was related to Qingping.During this period of time, she kept watch in the Hall of Cultivating Mind every night, and saw that he would have nightmares every time he fell asleep, and occasionally uttered a few words in his sleep, but he couldn't hear clearly.She thought of the time after she and the emperor got married, before other concubines entered the palace, and the emperor was still quite close to her, so she would sleep every night.At that time, she would often be woken up by the emperor's screams in the middle of the night, and she would hug him to comfort him for a while before he would recover.Later when Concubine Yu entered the palace, he gradually became indifferent to her, and she no longer knew about his condition, but it was said that he was gradually getting better.Thinking about it now, the emperor has often had nightmares since she entered the palace, and it wasn't just after Qingping left.She wondered again.

All the imperial concubines in the harem have visited Yang Xian, except Lin Mei.Lin Mei's belly got bigger day by day, and it became more and more inconvenient to move around.She looked at herself in the mirror, her figure was no longer the same as before, with her belly protruding high and her waist bloated. Recently, she even felt that her legs were a little swollen, and she would feel sore after standing for a long time.Sometimes when she is in a good mood, she still wants to dress herself up as before, but she has to give up halfway through, because she is exhausted and no longer interested.The same goes for the others, every time she wanted to do something, she often couldn't do it.She was a little annoyed at her stubbornness again. At that time, she only wanted to have a child, and she didn't think about other things.Although she sometimes annoys herself, she forgets it afterwards, and she doesn't care about other things too.Qingping was expelled from the palace, and she secretly rejoiced.Rumors and rumors were flying everywhere, and she didn't bother to answer them.Yang Xian was ill, and she knew he had misunderstood her, so she didn't go to visit him.

Lin Mei was flustered day by day in Meixia Garden, and was too lazy to go further away, so she tossed about her own Meixia Garden.She cut off the roses in the rose garden one by one, put them in the sun to dry, and made a flower pillow.She took out the fabrics sent by the Shangyi Bureau and cut them out to make children's clothes. Unexpectedly, although she was very good at dressing herself, she had never done needlework, and the final clothes she cut out were always dissatisfied. The cloth was thrown away piece by piece, making it a pity for the maids to see.She also asked the maids to catch copper coins in small clay pots. She sat on a chair and threw them, and whoever caught them would get them. Of course, most of the time, she either let the copper coins hit the maids' buns or threw them in the middle. Watching a few court ladies collide with each other, and then giggling, I never get tired of it.As a result, all the maids in Meixia Garden said that their mothers became more self-willed and noisy after pregnancy, and they were more difficult to serve than when they first entered the palace.

On this day, after lunch, Lin Mei was waiting on the porch with her eyes closed by the maid, when she suddenly heard the door of Meixia Garden ring.Lin Mei opened her eyes, her winking eyes looked a little longer because of her plumpness.A court lady went to open the door, and saw Lan Ling standing outside the door wearing a smoky blue silk blouse. Lan Ling entered the yard, handed the tonic and food to the maid at the side, and said with a smile: "Our sister asked me to send some Give something to my sister, saying that the emperor is also sick recently, and I have no time to take care of my sister, so let my sister take care of her body!" The voice was sweet and clear, with a pair of smiles on her cheeks, pretty and lovely.Maybe it would be good to have such a daughter in the future, Lin Mei looked at Lan Ling and thought, she was in a good mood, and even chatted and laughed with Lan Ling for a while.When I think of Du Jinghong again, I have to give in.In this imperial palace, Lin Mei still had some respect for Du Jinghong.At first, she was not convinced, especially Du Jinghong's indifferent and arrogant look. After entering the palace for a long time, she saw that she did not compete for favor in front of the emperor. On the night of the welcome banquet, she was dressed in men's clothing in a chic, elegant and elegant manner. Lin Mei found it interesting to see her, and gradually admired her.Lin Mei had heard about Lan Ling and Du Jinghong's affairs, and since then she relaxed her vigilance towards Du Jinghong, and instead found this person quite interesting.

Since Lanling came to Meixia Garden, Lin Mei finally remembered the world outside Meixia Garden.She went to the nearby Yufengyuan with her stomach upright.The door of Yu Fengyuan was not closed, and Concubine Mei went in by herself.Walking into the hall, I saw an imperial physician writing a prescription, and he still had his medicine box by his hand. "Is my sister sick?" Lin Mei asked, sitting on a chair by herself. "No, but weaker. This Mr. Ouyang Zi went to the palace to see a doctor for the emperor. Do you want him to give you a pulse?"

Lin Mei saw that she was not feeling well, so she said, "No need, I'm fine!"

Chu Xi looked at Ouyang Zi: "Mr. is known as the 'Holy Hand of Rejuvenation', can you tell from the pulse that it is a princess or a prince?"

When Lin Mei heard Chu Xi's question, she couldn't help but looked at Ouyang Zi curiously. A calm smile appeared on his face, but he didn't answer.Lin Mei became interested, and said, "Mr. Lao, let me have a look!" Then Ouyang Zi didn't shirk, and put his hand lightly on Lin Mei's wrist, concentrating for a moment, and said with a smile: "Congratulations, you will have a baby in the future!" The little princess must be as beautiful and charming as your mother!" Lin Meichu was very happy when she heard it, but after thinking about it, she felt that since the princess's efforts had failed, she should be sad, so she didn't know whether it was better to be happy or sad.Ask "Sir, are you sure?"

When Ouyang Zi asked, he was not angry, nor did he answer. He still smiled calmly, "Caomin will keep it a secret." Saying goodbye, he left.

Lin Mei went into Meixia Garden, while Yu Wanying walked out from the door of Yueying Garden.She's going to the Hall of Cultivating Mind. The emperor has been ill for so long, and she only visited it once, so she can't justify it.Entering the inner hall, the queen is still waiting on the side.Yang Xian lay down and fell asleep, and Chen Huilan gently fanned him. She did all these things herself, and she didn't feel tired.She imagined that Murong Su was sick and she was waiting on the side like this, and immediately blamed herself for this thought, but her heart was sweet and sour.Yu Wanying sighed in her heart, and said: "My sister has lost weight, it is important to take care of the emperor, and I should also take care of my health!"

"I don't worry about changing to someone else." Chen Huilan didn't look up, she still looked at Yang Xian when she said it, her tone was quite gentle.

Yu Wanying nodded silently. "I heard that a new doctor has arrived, and his medical skills are very good. Is the emperor's illness better?"

"It has indeed improved. Now the emperor can get out of bed and walk around occasionally."

Yu Wanying sat silently for a while, and seeing the setting sun set, she had already gone down the wall, and got up to leave.After she left, Yang Xian opened his eyes: "What is she here for?"

Seeing that he asked strangely, Chen Huilan paused for a moment before answering, "Isn't it normal for the concubines in the harem to come and see His Majesty because they care about His Majesty's safety?"

Yang Xian snorted coldly and closed his eyes again.After a while, a sentence popped up—they all wished that I would never get well again.Chen Huilan suddenly raised her head to look at him when she heard the words, and saw Yang Xian's eyes were tightly closed, his brows were tightly furrowed, and his expression was stern. "Why does Your Majesty think so, who in the whole country does not wish for His Majesty's speedy recovery?" Yang Xian said no more.

The sun had sunk into the horizon, and the room was getting dark.Yang Xian and Chen Huilan faced each other silently in the darkness.For a while, the maid came in quietly and lit a candle.At the moment when the night fell and the lights came on, the piano sounded again outside the window.For a period of time, every ten minutes when the lanterns are held, there will be the sound of a piano coming from Meixue Palace, and only one song will be played every day.Yang Xian and Chen Huilan listened intently, today's song is very unfamiliar.When you listen carefully, the sound is very gentle, like a lullaby hummed softly by a mother when she is putting her baby to sleep.This kind of tenderness made Yang Xian impatient, it was all fake, he thought.He suddenly opened his eyes, stared straight at Chen Huilan and said, "Why are you so nice to me? What else do you want?"

Chen Huilan was stunned for a moment by his question, and then her eyes were covered with tears.Yang Xian looked at it but was even angrier: "You feel wronged too? You hate me too? Go!" He took a pillow and put it on the ground, his voice became angry, "You go too, everyone go, I don't want you guys Serve!"