Chapter 222 Doubt
Song Yu's hand paused, and then continued to pat her on the back, "It's okay."
"But there is only one snow toad." Holding Song Yu's skirt tightly, An Ruoyu felt extremely uneasy.
"...Xue Toad, I have already brought it back."
One sentence surprised An Ruoyu instantly, she pushed the person away and looked up at him with wide eyes, "You!"
Curling the corners of her mouth, Song Yu put a small wooden box in front of her. Looking at the wooden box exuding the icy breath, An Ruoyu held it in her hand in surprise.
Glancing at Song Yu, she opened the lid with anticipation. Looking at the small white jade snow toad in front of her, An Ruoyu blinked her eyes, stretched out her fingers and touched it cautiously.
"Heh! It's really Snow Toad! How did you do it?"
What a surprise, what a surprise!She worried about how to get Xuechan back every day, but she never expected that Song Yu would get the things back without any warning. How did he do it?
"Qiao Yuxin's side is not easy to get close to, but the people around the fifth prince's concubine are easy to bribe. Just now, when the hall was in chaos, the servant girl next to the fifth prince's concubine got it."
Originally, she had already bought off the servant girl next to Aunt Chen, but unexpectedly, she encountered Gongbian in the end, and by accident, it was the person next to the Fifth Prince Concubine who succeeded.
"Hmm..." Pursing her lips, An Ruoyu suddenly felt that she was so stupid compared to Song Yu. She was buying others to do things for her, but she had to appear in person.
But getting the Snow Toad is also a good thing, I regretted that such a good opportunity didn't succeed today.
But now that the snow toad is in her hands, she still can't be happy. The emperor has been poisoned by Annihilation, but there is only one snow toad that can be cured of the poison. She doesn't know if this snow toad can save two people.
"Brother Yu, do you want to...give the prescription developed by Xue Chan and the genius doctor to the emperor?" This sentence was finally asked, she lowered her head and did not dare to look into Song Yu's eyes, she was afraid that she would be disappointed.
"Fool, what are you thinking?"
Looking at the little woman who buried her head like an ostrich and dared not look at herself, a smile flashed in Song Yu's eyes, he stretched out his hand and slowly raised her head, met those big wet eyes, full of love and affection, "If I want to Hand over these things, then I won't bring this snow toad back in the first place."
He is loyal to the emperor and patriotic, but this does not mean that he will sacrifice Yuer to fulfill his loyalty. Could it be that he is such a selfless person in this girl's heart.
"The emperor is poisoned. The imperial doctor in the Liberty Palace is trying to find a way. There is an antidote suppressed by the seventh prince. The emperor still has time to find the antidote, but you are different. This snow toad is your life and mine, Yuer You can't do anything."
When seeing the Seventh Prince put the sword around her neck today, only he knew how much he regretted and blamed himself. He regretted not placing them first, regretting not being by their side to protect them. In this world, there can be another Emperor, but he can't change a lady.
"Are you not afraid that something will happen to the emperor, and the Great Zhou will be in turmoil?"
Hearing his brightly eccentric words, An Ruoyu smiled sweetly, her heart softened, isn't this man the ultimate emperor, and now he didn't hand over the life-saving snow toad to the emperor because of her.
"I'm afraid! But you are also very important!" Holding her face, I pressed a kiss on her forehead, "So, next, I will go to the snow mountain to find Xuechan myself, and bring back the genius doctor Bai Yin and Dr. Bai .”
"Also, maybe this snow toad can not only save you, but also the emperor."
Fool, how could he give this life-saving medicine to others.
Just like the seventh prince asked them to make a choice in the hall today, he is a human being, even if he is loyal to the emperor, he is not selfish.
But the emperor can't have an accident, if the emperor has an accident, the whole week will be in turmoil, he can keep Xue Chan for selfishness, and he will do his best to save the emperor for the sake of loyalty and for the people of the world.
"I understand, you can go at ease, I will wait for you at home."
She understands Song Yu's choice. They live in different environments and receive different education. In her eyes, imperial power is not something to be respected, but in Song Yu's eyes, it is different. That is very important. , Very important thing, loyalty is something engraved in the bone.
For her sake, Song Yu didn't even give the emperor the snow toad that could detoxify. She knew that this was the man's greatest love for her.
"Remember to come back safely."
Holding his hands and looking into his eyes with a smile, "Brother Yu, marrying you is the luckiest thing in my life."
Slick tongue!
May I ask what kind of experience it is to have a glib, sweet-talking little wife?
So now Song Yu can tell everyone that it is a feeling of being trapped in soft and sweet cotton candy, which makes people feel so smoky that they can float to the sky.
but……
"No matter how nice I say, I will punish you. Do you know how dangerous it is today? You dared to snatch the sword with bare hands. If you make a mistake in judgment and fail to restrain the Seventh Prince, with his madness at that time, do you know? How dangerous it will be! Do you know how worried I am!"
Staring at this girl, Song Yuli put on a very serious face and taught her a lesson, she is too bold!
In the past, I only thought that Yu'er's character was bold and distinctive, which was different from those ordinary ladies. Her strength didn't feel bad at all. When he couldn't protect her, Yu'er was capable of protecting herself.
But... this girl is too daring. In today's situation, he would rather this girl be quiet and weak like other female family members, waiting for him to save her, rather than acting on her own initiative. The girl is too bold!
Looking at Song Yu's ugly face, although An Ruoyu didn't feel that she had done anything wrong, she still obediently admitted her mistake.
"Then... isn't that the Seventh Prince is too scary, am I afraid?" Song Yu looked really angry, as if she had really frightened him.
But she knew that she would still do it again, and she dared not put her life in the hands of such a lunatic.
Sneaking a glance at him, Brother Yu looks so angry, if she said that, he would be mad at him.
Cough... I have to say something, he doesn't want to be taught a lesson, but she has seen Song Yuanyao being taught a lesson by him, it is miserable.
So she raised her head and brought her slender and fair neck to his eyes, "Look at my neck, it hurts so badly, if he strikes harder, I will die, and I will be splashed!" The blood all over my face scares me to death, even if you don't feel sorry for me, you still kill me..."
Looking at him with aggrieved lips, he was indeed acting at the beginning, but after the acting, he was really wronged. The more he talked, the more he felt wronged, and the more he talked, the more he felt that the man in front of him was too much, and the tears burst into tears fall down.
The tears came as soon as they were said, and Song Yu's angry face could not be maintained in an instant, and he wiped away the tears for her in panic and distress.
"Don't cry! Aren't I worried about you? You hurt me more than anyone else."
Wiping the tears she shed, looking at the hideous wound on her neck where the medicine had been applied, it was obviously not a big and deep wound, but in Song Yu's eyes, it was extremely distressing.
"Tomorrow, I'll go to the imperial doctor's to find some good ointments for you. I promise that even a little bit of application will not leave any scars." The snow lotus ointment is gone, but there are many other good medicines.
"Well! As you said, if there is a scar, I will find you! If you dare to dislike me, I will also draw a scar on your neck!"
Puckering her lips, An Ruoyu acted capriciously, but sighed in relief in her heart, she was finally able to fool her.
"Okay, I promise." Holding Jiaojiao'er in her arms, Song Yu nodded and coaxed in a good-tempered manner.
"By the way, today you asked something like that in the hall, are you doubting something?"
Lying in the warm quilt, looking at the little brat who was sleeping soundly on the inside, the little brat with a flushed face squeezed the quilt for him and then fell into Song Yu's arms.
"Concubine Zhao is imprisoned in the cold palace, and the seventh prince is imprisoned in the Seventh Prince's mansion. Using their remaining power, maybe they can really do something, but they can't organize a palace change of this scale. As far as I know, the deputy commander of the Imperial Forest Army is The emperor single-handedly selected him as the successor to the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, and it stands to reason that the emperor has treated him with great kindness, and his future can be expected, so why would he betray the emperor."
"Hmm..." Is there such a thing? That's really strange. He raised his head and started thinking, "Unless...he was the Seventh Prince's man from the beginning!" This is the only explanation.
"No! Although the former seventh prince was deeply loved by the emperor, and he had a large number of followers from the He family, since the accident, only those who were unable to disembark remained around him. The deputy commander of the Imperial Forest Army is not stupid. Since He hadn't been exposed before, so it was very easy to disassociate himself from the Seventh Prince. Even if he was loyal to the Seventh Prince, he wouldn't be so stupid as to involve his whole family in it, and the Seventh Prince didn't have the ability to place such a pawn beside the Emperor. He is definitely not the Seventh Prince's man."
"Also, for those rebels who attacked the palace, although the He family had some forces left behind, it is absolutely impossible to keep such an army. There must be hidden secrets that we don't know about."
"It's really strange according to what you said." Hearing Song Yu's analysis, he suddenly felt that everything was wrong. This... it seems that this palace change is not as simple as imagined!
"By the way! There is one thing that I find very strange. Concubine Zhao's suicide is really too strange. Obviously because of the annihilation, the emperor couldn't do anything to them, but she committed suicide suddenly. Everyone guessed that she was afraid. The emperor used her to threaten the seventh prince, but I don't think so, this reason is too forced."
"It is true that a mother will go all out to protect her son, but the Seventh Prince holds the antidote to suppress Annihilation, which can completely protect Concubine Zhao. She doesn't have to do that."
"I didn't understand it before, but after hearing what you said now, I have doubts. I suspect that Concubine Zhao committed suicide to protect her son, but it was not because she was worried that the emperor would use her to threaten the seventh prince. Wanting to bring a secret that the Seventh Prince doesn't know to the grave, this secret is likely to be the person who helped them plan the palace change."
"You mean..." Song Yu frowned, but he didn't think of this.
"She knows too much, so she committed suicide to protect the Seventh Prince. If she is gone, the people behind her will not be afraid of her identity being exposed and hurt the Seventh Prince. After all, it is better to be close to Concubine Zhao in the cold palace than to be grounded." It's much easier for the Seventh Prince."
"What's the truth, you can ask the Seventh Prince!" Song Yu stroked her hair thoughtfully.
With Xue Chan in hand, An Ruoyu's heart finally fell to the ground. Although he hadn't detoxified yet, but the detoxification medicine Yin was in his hand, so he didn't panic anymore. Even though he was really frightened today, he still couldn't She fell asleep deeply, and the bear child Song Yuanyao had a nightmare in the middle of the night and didn't wake her up. The two hugged each other and curled up in Song Yu's arms and slept soundly.
An Ruoyu slept comfortably, but there were countless people in the capital who couldn't sleep tonight, and the number one among them was the current Holy Majesty.
The poison of annihilation is like thunder, and it has only disappeared in the palace for decades. Even many palace people have heard of the great achievements of annihilation in the palace.
After the palace change, countless palace residents were killed and injured, and it was very empty for a while, but the emperor's bedroom was very lively. Those who were still outside the palace were passed into the emperor's bedroom to be diagnosed and treated by the emperor.
How could the emperor not care about the poison of annihilation in his body, if he found out in private, he would not be as mobilizing as he is today, but he was poisoned in front of everyone in the hall.
Thinking of the consequences that would result from this, the emperor became angry.
What annoyed him even more was that the poison he took was not only annihilation, but another kind of poison. The body, thus causing great pain, will frequently vomit blood also because of this poison.
The detoxification elixir given by Song Yu only suppressed the medicinal properties of this poison, which saved the emperor from suffering. After the imperial doctor in the palace made a diagnosis and treatment, he applied the medicine to the emperor to detoxify the poison, but there was no way to annihilate it. .
To ask is to kowtow collectively and shout: The minister is guilty!
With the poison of annihilation in the emperor's body, the situation in the court changed instantly. Several princes and their followers were not visible on the surface, but their thoughts were churning in their hearts. This night, the study rooms of countless people were lit until late at night.
At the same time, after returning to the boudoir, Qiao Yuxin couldn't hold back any more, and smashed the table in the room with her palm, and the breath of rage filled every place in the room.
"Miss!" Xiang Tan exclaimed and hurried to check her own lady's hand, "Miss, why are you so angry, what can you do if you hurt yourself!"
"I'm fine." With an irritable face, she withdrew her hand, Qiao Yuxin was in a bad mood, "How can I not be angry!"
(End of this chapter)
Song Yu's hand paused, and then continued to pat her on the back, "It's okay."
"But there is only one snow toad." Holding Song Yu's skirt tightly, An Ruoyu felt extremely uneasy.
"...Xue Toad, I have already brought it back."
One sentence surprised An Ruoyu instantly, she pushed the person away and looked up at him with wide eyes, "You!"
Curling the corners of her mouth, Song Yu put a small wooden box in front of her. Looking at the wooden box exuding the icy breath, An Ruoyu held it in her hand in surprise.
Glancing at Song Yu, she opened the lid with anticipation. Looking at the small white jade snow toad in front of her, An Ruoyu blinked her eyes, stretched out her fingers and touched it cautiously.
"Heh! It's really Snow Toad! How did you do it?"
What a surprise, what a surprise!She worried about how to get Xuechan back every day, but she never expected that Song Yu would get the things back without any warning. How did he do it?
"Qiao Yuxin's side is not easy to get close to, but the people around the fifth prince's concubine are easy to bribe. Just now, when the hall was in chaos, the servant girl next to the fifth prince's concubine got it."
Originally, she had already bought off the servant girl next to Aunt Chen, but unexpectedly, she encountered Gongbian in the end, and by accident, it was the person next to the Fifth Prince Concubine who succeeded.
"Hmm..." Pursing her lips, An Ruoyu suddenly felt that she was so stupid compared to Song Yu. She was buying others to do things for her, but she had to appear in person.
But getting the Snow Toad is also a good thing, I regretted that such a good opportunity didn't succeed today.
But now that the snow toad is in her hands, she still can't be happy. The emperor has been poisoned by Annihilation, but there is only one snow toad that can be cured of the poison. She doesn't know if this snow toad can save two people.
"Brother Yu, do you want to...give the prescription developed by Xue Chan and the genius doctor to the emperor?" This sentence was finally asked, she lowered her head and did not dare to look into Song Yu's eyes, she was afraid that she would be disappointed.
"Fool, what are you thinking?"
Looking at the little woman who buried her head like an ostrich and dared not look at herself, a smile flashed in Song Yu's eyes, he stretched out his hand and slowly raised her head, met those big wet eyes, full of love and affection, "If I want to Hand over these things, then I won't bring this snow toad back in the first place."
He is loyal to the emperor and patriotic, but this does not mean that he will sacrifice Yuer to fulfill his loyalty. Could it be that he is such a selfless person in this girl's heart.
"The emperor is poisoned. The imperial doctor in the Liberty Palace is trying to find a way. There is an antidote suppressed by the seventh prince. The emperor still has time to find the antidote, but you are different. This snow toad is your life and mine, Yuer You can't do anything."
When seeing the Seventh Prince put the sword around her neck today, only he knew how much he regretted and blamed himself. He regretted not placing them first, regretting not being by their side to protect them. In this world, there can be another Emperor, but he can't change a lady.
"Are you not afraid that something will happen to the emperor, and the Great Zhou will be in turmoil?"
Hearing his brightly eccentric words, An Ruoyu smiled sweetly, her heart softened, isn't this man the ultimate emperor, and now he didn't hand over the life-saving snow toad to the emperor because of her.
"I'm afraid! But you are also very important!" Holding her face, I pressed a kiss on her forehead, "So, next, I will go to the snow mountain to find Xuechan myself, and bring back the genius doctor Bai Yin and Dr. Bai .”
"Also, maybe this snow toad can not only save you, but also the emperor."
Fool, how could he give this life-saving medicine to others.
Just like the seventh prince asked them to make a choice in the hall today, he is a human being, even if he is loyal to the emperor, he is not selfish.
But the emperor can't have an accident, if the emperor has an accident, the whole week will be in turmoil, he can keep Xue Chan for selfishness, and he will do his best to save the emperor for the sake of loyalty and for the people of the world.
"I understand, you can go at ease, I will wait for you at home."
She understands Song Yu's choice. They live in different environments and receive different education. In her eyes, imperial power is not something to be respected, but in Song Yu's eyes, it is different. That is very important. , Very important thing, loyalty is something engraved in the bone.
For her sake, Song Yu didn't even give the emperor the snow toad that could detoxify. She knew that this was the man's greatest love for her.
"Remember to come back safely."
Holding his hands and looking into his eyes with a smile, "Brother Yu, marrying you is the luckiest thing in my life."
Slick tongue!
May I ask what kind of experience it is to have a glib, sweet-talking little wife?
So now Song Yu can tell everyone that it is a feeling of being trapped in soft and sweet cotton candy, which makes people feel so smoky that they can float to the sky.
but……
"No matter how nice I say, I will punish you. Do you know how dangerous it is today? You dared to snatch the sword with bare hands. If you make a mistake in judgment and fail to restrain the Seventh Prince, with his madness at that time, do you know? How dangerous it will be! Do you know how worried I am!"
Staring at this girl, Song Yuli put on a very serious face and taught her a lesson, she is too bold!
In the past, I only thought that Yu'er's character was bold and distinctive, which was different from those ordinary ladies. Her strength didn't feel bad at all. When he couldn't protect her, Yu'er was capable of protecting herself.
But... this girl is too daring. In today's situation, he would rather this girl be quiet and weak like other female family members, waiting for him to save her, rather than acting on her own initiative. The girl is too bold!
Looking at Song Yu's ugly face, although An Ruoyu didn't feel that she had done anything wrong, she still obediently admitted her mistake.
"Then... isn't that the Seventh Prince is too scary, am I afraid?" Song Yu looked really angry, as if she had really frightened him.
But she knew that she would still do it again, and she dared not put her life in the hands of such a lunatic.
Sneaking a glance at him, Brother Yu looks so angry, if she said that, he would be mad at him.
Cough... I have to say something, he doesn't want to be taught a lesson, but she has seen Song Yuanyao being taught a lesson by him, it is miserable.
So she raised her head and brought her slender and fair neck to his eyes, "Look at my neck, it hurts so badly, if he strikes harder, I will die, and I will be splashed!" The blood all over my face scares me to death, even if you don't feel sorry for me, you still kill me..."
Looking at him with aggrieved lips, he was indeed acting at the beginning, but after the acting, he was really wronged. The more he talked, the more he felt wronged, and the more he talked, the more he felt that the man in front of him was too much, and the tears burst into tears fall down.
The tears came as soon as they were said, and Song Yu's angry face could not be maintained in an instant, and he wiped away the tears for her in panic and distress.
"Don't cry! Aren't I worried about you? You hurt me more than anyone else."
Wiping the tears she shed, looking at the hideous wound on her neck where the medicine had been applied, it was obviously not a big and deep wound, but in Song Yu's eyes, it was extremely distressing.
"Tomorrow, I'll go to the imperial doctor's to find some good ointments for you. I promise that even a little bit of application will not leave any scars." The snow lotus ointment is gone, but there are many other good medicines.
"Well! As you said, if there is a scar, I will find you! If you dare to dislike me, I will also draw a scar on your neck!"
Puckering her lips, An Ruoyu acted capriciously, but sighed in relief in her heart, she was finally able to fool her.
"Okay, I promise." Holding Jiaojiao'er in her arms, Song Yu nodded and coaxed in a good-tempered manner.
"By the way, today you asked something like that in the hall, are you doubting something?"
Lying in the warm quilt, looking at the little brat who was sleeping soundly on the inside, the little brat with a flushed face squeezed the quilt for him and then fell into Song Yu's arms.
"Concubine Zhao is imprisoned in the cold palace, and the seventh prince is imprisoned in the Seventh Prince's mansion. Using their remaining power, maybe they can really do something, but they can't organize a palace change of this scale. As far as I know, the deputy commander of the Imperial Forest Army is The emperor single-handedly selected him as the successor to the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, and it stands to reason that the emperor has treated him with great kindness, and his future can be expected, so why would he betray the emperor."
"Hmm..." Is there such a thing? That's really strange. He raised his head and started thinking, "Unless...he was the Seventh Prince's man from the beginning!" This is the only explanation.
"No! Although the former seventh prince was deeply loved by the emperor, and he had a large number of followers from the He family, since the accident, only those who were unable to disembark remained around him. The deputy commander of the Imperial Forest Army is not stupid. Since He hadn't been exposed before, so it was very easy to disassociate himself from the Seventh Prince. Even if he was loyal to the Seventh Prince, he wouldn't be so stupid as to involve his whole family in it, and the Seventh Prince didn't have the ability to place such a pawn beside the Emperor. He is definitely not the Seventh Prince's man."
"Also, for those rebels who attacked the palace, although the He family had some forces left behind, it is absolutely impossible to keep such an army. There must be hidden secrets that we don't know about."
"It's really strange according to what you said." Hearing Song Yu's analysis, he suddenly felt that everything was wrong. This... it seems that this palace change is not as simple as imagined!
"By the way! There is one thing that I find very strange. Concubine Zhao's suicide is really too strange. Obviously because of the annihilation, the emperor couldn't do anything to them, but she committed suicide suddenly. Everyone guessed that she was afraid. The emperor used her to threaten the seventh prince, but I don't think so, this reason is too forced."
"It is true that a mother will go all out to protect her son, but the Seventh Prince holds the antidote to suppress Annihilation, which can completely protect Concubine Zhao. She doesn't have to do that."
"I didn't understand it before, but after hearing what you said now, I have doubts. I suspect that Concubine Zhao committed suicide to protect her son, but it was not because she was worried that the emperor would use her to threaten the seventh prince. Wanting to bring a secret that the Seventh Prince doesn't know to the grave, this secret is likely to be the person who helped them plan the palace change."
"You mean..." Song Yu frowned, but he didn't think of this.
"She knows too much, so she committed suicide to protect the Seventh Prince. If she is gone, the people behind her will not be afraid of her identity being exposed and hurt the Seventh Prince. After all, it is better to be close to Concubine Zhao in the cold palace than to be grounded." It's much easier for the Seventh Prince."
"What's the truth, you can ask the Seventh Prince!" Song Yu stroked her hair thoughtfully.
With Xue Chan in hand, An Ruoyu's heart finally fell to the ground. Although he hadn't detoxified yet, but the detoxification medicine Yin was in his hand, so he didn't panic anymore. Even though he was really frightened today, he still couldn't She fell asleep deeply, and the bear child Song Yuanyao had a nightmare in the middle of the night and didn't wake her up. The two hugged each other and curled up in Song Yu's arms and slept soundly.
An Ruoyu slept comfortably, but there were countless people in the capital who couldn't sleep tonight, and the number one among them was the current Holy Majesty.
The poison of annihilation is like thunder, and it has only disappeared in the palace for decades. Even many palace people have heard of the great achievements of annihilation in the palace.
After the palace change, countless palace residents were killed and injured, and it was very empty for a while, but the emperor's bedroom was very lively. Those who were still outside the palace were passed into the emperor's bedroom to be diagnosed and treated by the emperor.
How could the emperor not care about the poison of annihilation in his body, if he found out in private, he would not be as mobilizing as he is today, but he was poisoned in front of everyone in the hall.
Thinking of the consequences that would result from this, the emperor became angry.
What annoyed him even more was that the poison he took was not only annihilation, but another kind of poison. The body, thus causing great pain, will frequently vomit blood also because of this poison.
The detoxification elixir given by Song Yu only suppressed the medicinal properties of this poison, which saved the emperor from suffering. After the imperial doctor in the palace made a diagnosis and treatment, he applied the medicine to the emperor to detoxify the poison, but there was no way to annihilate it. .
To ask is to kowtow collectively and shout: The minister is guilty!
With the poison of annihilation in the emperor's body, the situation in the court changed instantly. Several princes and their followers were not visible on the surface, but their thoughts were churning in their hearts. This night, the study rooms of countless people were lit until late at night.
At the same time, after returning to the boudoir, Qiao Yuxin couldn't hold back any more, and smashed the table in the room with her palm, and the breath of rage filled every place in the room.
"Miss!" Xiang Tan exclaimed and hurried to check her own lady's hand, "Miss, why are you so angry, what can you do if you hurt yourself!"
"I'm fine." With an irritable face, she withdrew her hand, Qiao Yuxin was in a bad mood, "How can I not be angry!"
(End of this chapter)
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