Nativity

Chapter 144 Borrowing the Jade Seal

The rescue plan has been decided and everyone prepares separately. After Jiang Hui returned to the Hanshe Palace, she ordered Ding Xiang to pack her luggage first, and then went to the imperial concubine's bedroom to borrow the jade seal.

When Jiang Hui came to the imperial concubine's bedroom, she heard coughing. It seemed that the empress dowager was seriously ill this time.

Because she was busy with stabilizing the court and planning the rescue of Nan Guozhen, Jiang Hui had not been able to spare time to visit the Empress Dowager. Jiang Hui was surprised to see that the Empress Dowager had lost weight and aged a lot.
"Hurry up and bring the basin, the imperial concubine is coughing up blood again!"

Zixia, the imperial concubine's guard maid, nervously called out to the two maidservants who were standing there, and the two maidservants tiptoed to bring the basin. of blood.

The imperial concubine passed out on the spot when she learned that her only grandson (Nan Guozhen) was captured and couldn't bear it, and woke up depressed and anxious.

Concubine Jiang Hui's illness will be so serious that she may cough into tuberculosis.Jiang Hui rushed forward and asked, "Grandma Huang, what's the matter with you? Why are you two still standing there, go and call the imperial physician."

Seeing Jiang Hui's slightly panicked look, the imperial concubine smiled reluctantly in order not to worry Jiang Hui, and stopped her: "Grandma Huang is fine, so you don't need to bother the imperial doctor. Grandma Huang is old and knows that this body won't last long. I only hope that I can last until..." Empress Dowager became emotional and coughed again!
Jiang Hui understood that the imperial concubine hadn't finished speaking, and comforted her: "Grandma, don't worry, you will live a long life, and Zhen'er will return safely."

... In such a sensational scene, Zixia's guard and the two maids were sobbing!

After coughing, the imperial concubine looked at Jiang Hui with loving eyes. Jiang Hui's clear and charming eyes stretched out her slender and somewhat sad and dry hands from the tightly wrapped quilt, and put them on Jiang Hui's white and shiny hands. In fact, Jiang Hui was a little flattered and shocked by such kindness.

The Zixia guard who was watching from the side also felt a little puzzled, knowing that the imperial concubine had always had a grudge against Jiang Hui, and now she is so gentle and amiable, like a mother and daughter talking about love.

"Grandma Huang, we have figured out a way to rescue brother Zhen'er." Jiang Hui told the imperial concubine the rescue plan that was agreed, and the exchange of Nan Guozhen with the jade seal here.

Before Jiang Hui told her, the imperial concubine coughed and ordered everyone to retreat, even Zixia's guards.

The imperial concubine did not respond to Jiang Hui's borrowing of the jade seal, and asked Jiang Hui to help her up with a weak voice.

Jiang Hui paused for a moment, and asked with some worry: "Grandma Huang, do you really want to get up?"

"I've slept for too long, I'm afraid I won't be able to get up again if I don't get up to loosen my muscles and bones." The imperial concubine coughed a few more times when she said that.

"Grandma Huang, don't think about it, your body will definitely get better." Jiang Hui carefully lifted the imperial concubine up, sat on the edge of the bed, and rubbed her hands and feet gently to help speed up the blood flow. Cycle, because the Empress Dowager Xu Ri didn't get out of bed, her hands and feet were a little numb.

The imperial concubine closed her eyes slightly and looked very relieved. After stroking, the imperial concubine still did not respond to Jiang Hui's borrowing of the jade seal, but asked Jiang Hui to help her sit on the dressing table and dress her up.

Of course, Jiang Hui complied, and helped the imperial concubine to sit on the dressing table to dress the empress dowager...

After some grooming, the emaciated face of the empress dowager became radiant, she smiled at the mirror in satisfaction, and asked Jiang Hui to help her to the bedside.

Jiang Hui complied and helped the imperial concubine to the bedside.

The imperial concubine ordered Jiang Hui to lift the quilt at the head of the bed, and Jiang Hui followed suit.To Jiang Hui's surprise, there was a dark cabinet under the quilt at the head of the bed.

The imperial concubine took out a key from her pocket and asked Jiang Hui to use the key to open the secret cabinet.Jiang Hui stared at the dark cabinet in surprise for a while, then took the key handed to her by the empress dowager, and opened the dark cabinet.The moment the dark cabinet was opened, Jiang Hui was also shocked. It contained the jade seal that she had entrusted to the imperial concubine ten years ago.

Ten years later, the jade seal is still crystal clear and dazzling, and even the color of the treasure box containing the jade seal has not faded in the slightest.

Jiang Hui took a closer look at the jade seal and the treasure box, found the bottom of the treasure box, and carved a word 'false' with her nails. Although the scratches on the 'false' character were not deep, they could be seen clearly.

Jiang Hui looked at the word 'false' in bewilderment, as if someone had slapped her in the face.

When was this 'false' character left? Why didn't I notice it ten years ago? It was because I was too young to notice it at that time, or the empress dowager carved it on purpose later, so I can always remind myself.

"Take it! Take it to save Zhen'er." The imperial concubine said without a trace of reluctance.

"Grandma Huang, do you really want to give the jade seal to Hui'er?" Jiang Hui asked.

The imperial concubine glanced at the jade seal, and sighed: "The Ai family kept the jade seal carefully, and looked forward to using it on the day of the recovery of the Great Southern Kingdom, but..." At this point, the imperial concubine froze, her eyes turned red , she turned her face to the other side so that Jiang Hui wouldn't see it.

The imperial concubine quickly subdued the sadness in her heart, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with silk, and told: "The most important thing now is to rescue Zhen'er. Huier, quickly hide the jade seal in your bosom so that no one can see it. This time Don’t go to Jiangcheng by land, the mountains and mountains are not easy to travel by land, and it’s too dangerous to have the eyeliner of the emperor in every station. Take the water, the water is quiet and avoids all suspicious people.”

After the imperial concubine gave her instructions, she still worriedly put on a slightly darker turban on Jiang Hui. The turban covered Jiang Hui's entire face, only revealing her clear eyes.

"Emperor Dowager, do you really trust Huier that much?" Jiang Hui asked the nervous but cautious Empress Dowager.

Jiang Hui changed the name of "Grandma Huang" to "Emperor Dowager Concubine", which immediately made the Empress Dowager pause.

Jiang Hui immediately asked again: "Didn't the imperial concubine know that Huier was not the daughter of Prime Minister Jiang, wasn't she the real Jiang Hui? Why did she still trust the jade seal to Huier?" There was a stern light in Jiang Hui's eyes , waiting for the Queen Dowager's answer.

The imperial concubine did not hide anything and said frankly: "Yes, the Ai family has long suspected that you are not Prime Minister Jiang's daughter."

"Then, why didn't you kill me?" Jiang Hui asked in confusion.

"I once had the idea of ​​killing you, but I finally gave up on this idea."

"Why is that?" Jiang Hui asked in bewilderment.

"Since Prime Minister Jiang recognizes you as his daughter, how can the Ai family kill the orphan of a loyal minister?"

Jiang Hui took a step back in shock, "Is the imperial concubine saying that Prime Minister Jiang already knew that I was not his daughter?"

"Well, in fact, there is a word 'false' on the bottom of the box. At first, Aijia didn't know what it meant. After checking your life experience, I realized that it should be a hint from Prime Minister Jiang to Aijia!"

"But, why didn't Prime Minister Jiang expose me and ordered you to kill me, and why did he trust me to entrust the jade seal to me, knowing that I was the person sent by the Emperor Jiang to defraud him of the jade seal? The jade seal that was exchanged for a hundred lives, the symbol of the supreme power representative of the Southern Kingdom?"

"Because you are a kind child!"

Jiang Hui repeated the words of the imperial concubine "because you are a kind child" in a daze, and suddenly seemed to understand something, she threw herself at the imperial concubine and knelt down.

"Grandma Huang, don't worry, Hui'er will definitely bring Brother Zhen'er back, even if Hui'er's life is sacrificed..." After making the oath, Jiang Hui got up and left in a hurry before the imperial concubine could reply.

The imperial concubine looked at Jiang Hui's back in a hurry...

(End of this chapter)