sick man

At the beginning of the founding of Yunze, there was a strange fog in the territory. The woman felt dizzy and weak after receiving it, and gradually became bedridden, and finally died of exhaustion.Emperor Jing Li Yan recruited famous doctors all over the world, but no one could cure the poison of fog barrier.All of a sudden, the population of Yunze dropped sharply, the hearts of the people were in turmoil, and domestic rumors spread everywhere. It was rumored that Emperor Jing married a man as the queen, which touched the wrath of the sky and got this evil reward.The later general Xue Yu climbed up the sacred mountain Fengqi on foot to appease the wrath of the gods.Feeling so sincere, he authorized Xue Yu to give birth to twins as men. One son was no different from ordinary babies, and the other had a little cinnabar red mole on the center of his eyebrows, which was a descendant of a god.

From then on, all the twins of the royal blood must follow this example, and there is no such example among the common people.

"Back then, we all believed that Brother Su would not treason the country and cooperate with the enemy, but the father of the child in his womb made people have to doubt..."

24 years ago, with the help of the Su family, Li Chengyan had established a solid foundation, and the general of Zhenyuan, Su Hongrui, contributed a lot.It is no exaggeration to say that since Li Chengyan succeeded to the throne, the territory expanded by Yunze was obtained through bloody battles led by Su Hongrui.It was precisely because Yunze had reached another heyday under Li Chengyan's rule, the neighboring Xiyi Kingdom was very afraid, and when Su Hongrui led the army to expand eastward, it crossed the border desert and occupied several small border towns.

Su Hongrui led 10 troops to rush to help, and after a hard fight, the enemy was finally defeated.However, Su Hongrui was accidentally plotted by the Prince of Xiyi, and several arrows fell into the enemy's siege and was unfortunately captured.

The Prince of Xiyi knew that Su Hongrui had a special status. He was not only the famous Zhenyuan General, but also the honorable Queen of Yunze.As soon as Su Hongrui was captured, he immediately made a condition. If the queen wanted to return safely, Yunze must cut off ten cities, offer tens of millions of gold and silver, and enter into a marriage alliance with Xiyi.

Faced with Xiyi's greedy demands, Li Chengyan remained silent.

Should Su Hongrui save or not?

There were constant disputes between the government and the opposition, and those who were grateful for Su Hongrui's great achievements strongly advocated that even if they backed down temporarily, the queen should return without danger.The officials who have been suppressed by the power of the Su family blindly wrote letters to persuade the emperor to consider it for the sake of the country and the country, and must not act emotionally.

At that time, Shen Chenbi was still worshiping under Su Jian's tent, just a humble Hanlin scholar.He watched the fierce verbal battle, worrying about Su Hongrui's safety, and resenting Xi Yi's overreaching.

They want a huge sum of money, cut off the city, and want to marry. Once they agree to their conditions, Yunze, who is in its heyday, will suffer a lot.

Whether or not to rescue Su Hongrui has not been decided in the end.Yunze's army stationed on the border confronted Xiyi across the desert.

Three days later, the envoys who went to Xiyi for peace talks returned, but they did not bring any comforting news.

Because he was dissatisfied with Yunze's revised treaty, Prince Xiyi had placed Su Hongrui under house arrest. If Li Chengyan could not give them a satisfactory answer after three months, he would send Su Hongrui's head back.

"At that time, everyone was surprised that the Xiyi people, who are always impatient, were willing to wait for three months."

Shen Chenbi recalled that period of the past, and the anger in her heart did not diminish at all.He saw that Su Jian, whom he respected and loved like a father, was worried and getting older day by day, but there was nothing he could do.Although Yunze did not agree to Xiyi's request, he still sent a lot of money to appease him.Someone also proposed to send agents to infiltrate the Xiyi Palace and secretly rescue Su Hongrui.

Seeing that the three-month period was gradually expiring, none of the people sent back came back, but Su Hongrui was hidden deeper and deeper.

Having lost the news of Su Hongrui, Li Chengyan was furious. On the day the spies reported back, they severely scolded the ministers who had advocated continuing to fight against Xiyi, and several of them were even beaten.

On the second day, he personally went to meet the Xiyi prince who came to the peace talks, and had several hours of secret talks with him.

No one knew what they talked about, but Su Hongrui was released as soon as the three-month deadline came.

Yunze did not cede the city, nor did he agree to the marriage request, but he gave Xiyi an even larger amount of compensation.

This result has been unexpected.Although the national treasury has suffered heavy losses, it is better than cutting the city and marrying, which not only makes the people slaves, but also damages the dignity of the royal family.

More importantly, Su Hongrui returned safely.

"At that time, we were all only interested in being happy, but we never thought that since Prince Xiyi was willing to release Big Brother Su just because of the compensation, until that..."

Shen Chenbi still remembers it fresh.Less than half a month after Su Hongrui came back, Li Chengyan found a letter written by Prince Xiyi in Su Hongrui's bedroom.

The letter eloquently described his admiration for Su Hongrui and his nostalgia for the time they spent together when Su Hongrui was in Xiyi.

And this letter was found in Su Hongrui's underwear.

As the queen of Yunze, she secretly kept the love letter of the prince of the enemy country.

As soon as this incident happened, the ruling and opposition parties were shocked.

Although Su Hongrui tried his best to argue, he did not listen to his explanation.

And because of this letter, there was a reasonable explanation for Prince Xiyi's abnormal behavior before.

He had an affair with Su Hongrui, so of course he didn't want to take his life.But when the three-month deadline came, Yunze still refused to agree to Xiyi's conditions, and instead fell into a passive position.Simply accept Li Chengyan's proposal when negotiating with Li Chengyan, and release Su Hongrui after accepting a huge sum of money.It's not in vain to go to war this time.Su Hongrui, who had returned to Yunze, was lurking beside the emperor, waiting for another chance to counterattack at any time.

"No! I don't believe it!"

Although the evidence is conclusive, Li Chengyan is still unwilling to believe that Su Hongrui will secretly/collaborate with the prince of the enemy country.

"Hong Rui already has my own flesh and blood, how could he have an affair with the crown prince of the enemy country!"

Excited, Li Chengyan revealed another surprising news.

Su Hongrui is pregnant!

The empress was pregnant with an heir, such an important matter, before Li Chengyan announced it, no one knew about it.

"My humble servant dares to ask how the emperor found out that the empress is pregnant?"

After the ministers discussed for a while, some people raised doubts.

"Of course Hong Rui told me personally."

After Li Chengyan finished speaking, he slowly sat back on the dragon chair.Then, he raised his hand and said sharply,

"Proclaim the Imperial Physician! Immediately announce the Imperial Physician!"

The imperial physician soon came with a medical box. Under Li Chengyan's instruction, he hung a silk thread and carefully took Su Hongrui's pulse.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, General Su is happy!"

There was no joy on Li Chengyan's face, he asked with a sullen face,

"How many months is General Su pregnant?"

"Back to the emperor, two months... More than two months." As soon as the word "two months" was uttered, the smile on the imperial physician's face disappeared.He knelt on the ground suddenly, his voice trembling.

Now not only Li Chengyan, but also Su Hongrui's face became extremely ugly.

The queen, who was released under house arrest by Xiyi for three months, was pregnant for more than two months.

Whose this child belonged to was of course self-evident.

Afterwards, Su Hongrui was sent to prison by the furious emperor. No one dared to say anything more for Su Hongrui until the evidence was firmly established.

"When Brother Su was ordered by Li Chengyan to be imprisoned in the sky prison, we didn't believe that he really had an affair with the Crown Prince of Yi. Maybe that letter was framed by someone with a heart, or maybe it was the Crown Prince of Yi. He has made countless military exploits, and the name of General Zhenyuan has long been known by the Xiyi. If the Yi Kingdom releases him, it is tantamount to letting the tiger go back to the mountain. They did it to frame Brother Su, and it definitely makes sense."

At that time, Shen Chenbi was not the only one who thought this way?

But before anyone brought it up, Li Chengyan announced that Su Hongrui was pregnant.

That letter could be said to have been fabricated, but Su Hongrui's two-month pregnancy cannot be faked.

Recalling this, Shen Chenbi showed shame,

"Since ancient times, most of the royal families who have been taken away by other countries have been lightly insulted. What's more, Brother Su is such a noble and majestic general. At that time, I thought... the child in his belly belonged to the Prince of Xiyi."

Although he absolutely believed in Su Hongrui's character, he was placed under house arrest in another country, and the Xiyi people were known for their barbarism. No one could predict what they would do to Su Hongrui after many failed negotiations.Even General Su Jian believed in the imperial physician's diagnosis.That's why he used his military power to ask Li Chengyan to agree to "remove the son and keep the mother".

Li Chengyan agreed, but instead of executing Su Hongrui immediately, he imprisoned him in the cold palace. Except for him and the eunuch Yuanxi, no one else could get in touch with Su Hongrui.

It wasn't until the news that Su Hongrui was ordered to die after giving birth to the child that Su Jian knew that she had been cheated.

He handed over his power, but he still didn't get Su Hongrui's life back.

Walking with Su Hongrui was the child who was spurned and cursed by Wanmin.

"I don't know what method Yuanxi used to separate the twins, making us all think that Su Hongrui only gave birth to one child. A child, even if there is a cinnabar mole between his eyebrows, it can only mean that he is a descendant of a god, not a child. Prove his identity. Only twins, one with clean eyebrows and one with a cinnabar mole on his forehead, can prove that they have royal blood."

"Brother Su's innocence can be proved as long as the pair of children are taken out... Why did Yuanxi take the two children away separately?" Duan Mingyou was also confused. There is a dangerous road where you will be smashed to pieces if you are not careful.

"Since the emperor issued an order to rehabilitate the Su family, I already felt that there was a lot of hidden truth about what happened back then. He also said that Brother Su was killed by a traitor, and that letter read very suspicious. But...he never mentioned the child Later, I sent someone to investigate the whereabouts of the imperial physician who was taking Brother Su's pulse, but found that he had already passed away."

"You mean, no evidence of death?"

Shen Chenbi nodded and said,

"Brother Su is dead, the child is dead, and the only imperial doctor who could know the truth is also dead. Even if Li Chengyan repents and wants to restore Brother Su's innocence, he will not be able to find any evidence."

"That's why he issued a vague rehabilitative order. But the master is determined not to return to the sad place of Zhuoyang City again, and Li Chengyan's dream of finding Brother Su's memorial tablet has also come to nothing. No wonder he came from General Zhenyuan's mansion. I fell ill when I came back..."

"This is called self-inflicted evil."

Duan Mingyou patted the table and cursed that he deserved it.

"It's just a pity for Brother Su. Such an unborn general was destroyed by Li Chengyan's hands. What happened between them that made Li Chengyan take out almost half of the national treasury and let Brother Su die in his hands? "

"I think there is only one thing that can make Li Chengyan hold grudges for so long."

Shen Chenbi frowned and thought for a moment before saying.

"which one?"

"I don't know Mingyou, have you ever heard the name Xue Xiaoyun?"