The medical concubine is too difficult to tease

Chapter 23

The holy driver slowly entered the city, accompanied by the ministers and officials behind him, Xiao Huan's eyes inadvertently fell on a man in green clothes, his black eyes were full of surprise.

"Sir, please stay."

Gao Yi turned around and saw Prince Huan in clear clothes dismounting and walking towards him, he bowed his hands and bowed, "Chen Gao Yi has seen Prince Huan."

"Doctor Gao's medical skills are superb. It's better to be famous than to meet him. I am convinced from the bottom of my heart." Looking closer, Xiao Huan raised his hand to support him, and said with a smile.

"My lord, thank you." Gao Yi saw that the always lonely and arrogant Prince Huan smiled at him like a spring breeze, nodded slightly, got on his horse and left.

"Physician Gao is well-known in Beijing, with superb medical skills. He has been firmly seated as an imperial physician in middle age. He has outstanding looks. The scenes of going out on the street when you were young are no less than yours. I have only seen a few times from a distance. Now that I have seen it up close, I can see it." I found out that she looks so similar to Xiao Ruhua, so she is from the Gao family, no wonder she has such superb medical skills."

Yan Mo was amazed, looked at Xiao Huan who was obviously in a very good mood, suppressed the sourness in his heart, and asked Yixing, "Didn't you check the Gao family?"

Yi Xing scratched his head and said doubtfully, "The Gao family is a top medical family in Beijing. The subordinates have checked it out. There are only two young ladies in the Gao family. The subordinates have seen both of them. They are not girls."

"Or a concubine?"

"Emperor Gao and his younger brother Gao Zhusi don't have concubines, and their population is simple." Yi Xing shook his head.

"That's weird." Yan Mo murmured while rubbing his chin.

"Let Yi Feng pay attention to checking all relatives of the Gao family, but be careful not to disturb or expose them." Xiao Huan watched the team not far away have entered the palace gate, and ordered to ride his horse to catch up.

"Eh? I forgot one thing, then Miss Li is Gao Yi's niece! Isn't it possible that Xiao Ruhua and Xiao Ruhua are cousins?" Yan Mo slapped his head, remembering this relationship, and murmured .

Palace of Chengguang

Xiao Rui put down the medicine bowl, sent the inner eunuch out, rubbed his swollen forehead and half-lyed on the chief seat, looking at Xiao Huan who was standing safely.

"Sit down, are you still used to living in Xinfu?"

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Xiao Huan took his seat, looked up at Xiao Rui who had a few strands of white hair in his hair, and replied calmly, "Your Majesty is kind, my brother lives very well."

"Defeat Mo Cang and protect the peace of the northern border, you have worked hard and done a lot."

"Returning to Your Majesty, this is the duty of ministers and the people. The soldiers of Daqing fought bravely and made meritorious deeds. The ministers dare not take the lead."

Xiao Rui nodded, propped his heavy eyelids, and looked vaguely at the white figure.

"Tomorrow there will be rewards coming to your house, and the affairs of rewarding the soldiers should be handed over to the household department."

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Your Majesty is tired from driving, so I won't disturb you."

"Yeah." Xiao Rui waved his hand drowsily.

"The younger brother will leave."

"Ah Huan." A low, barely audible dream came, Xiao Huan stopped in his footsteps, and turned around for a moment to look at the king who was already sleeping on the back of the chair, with a trace of complexity in his black eyes.

Lee House Study
Sitting behind the desk, Li Yuan saw a plain-clothed woman stepping through the threshold without haste, with an unmistakable complexion and a cool demeanor.

"Daughter greets father."

Li Ru'an performed the Jishou ceremony slowly, without flaws in every move.

"Get up." Li Yuan knew what happened when the eldest daughter returned to the mansion from the mouth of the entourage. He was deeply suspicious of the stunning person that the entourage said. Now that he saw it with his own eyes, it was really different from the past. Can not help but be surprised.

Facing the face that looked like Gao Yi, Li Yuan couldn't help but think of how Gao Yi ignored him in the Nanshan other courtyard, and a natural sense of shame surged in his heart.

"Sit down and talk to Weifu."

Li Ru'an looked at Li Yuan's averted gaze, with a bit of embarrassment in her expression, she snorted secretly, sat down and picked up the tea bowl, watching the white plums blooming in the bowl, her heart was as calm as a mirror.

"..." The air was silent, and Li Yuan looked at the calm and calm eldest daughter, which gave him an urge to sit upright.

"Hey, Ru'an has grown a lot taller these years."

"Yes, the food in the countryside is very good." Li Ru'an replied indifferently.

Li Yuan twitched the corners of his mouth, regretting asking this question. He cut his collar and returned to the topic, "The reason for picking you up is for your marriage. Do you still remember Prince Huan?"

In Yuanshen's memory, she was sitting next to the Queen Mother, only seeing King Huan's sleeves, not even his face, Li Ru'an shook his head, "I don't remember."

"The current King Huan is not the little prince he used to be. He has been stationed in the northern border for many years, and he has won many small victories. But this time, he won a big victory over Mo Cang, gaining a great reputation and great military achievements, which is not what it used to be!" Speaking of this, Li Yuan Excitement appeared on the face with a refined beard, and greed for power was in his eyes.

"Daughter, after you came back, did the Empress Dowager summon you into the palace? You have to seize the opportunity and behave properly in front of the Empress Dowager. No one in Beijing can ask for such a marriage!"

Li Yuan had the idea of ​​using Li Ruyue to replace her before, but now that he saw the eldest daughter, although he didn't like the face that made him feel uncomfortable, he had to admit that the eldest daughter's appearance was far superior to Li Ruyue's by more than a few layers. Why bother talking about the replacement at the risk of offending the Queen Mother?

Li Ru'an put down the tea bowl, didn't bother to look at Li Yuan's greedy and hypocritical face, and said lightly, "Could it be that father forgot the anniversary of mother's death?"

Li Yuan was taken aback, he really forgot, "That's right, I was exhausted for my father, and for a while I forgot that you were still in service."

"It doesn't matter, you will be able to get rid of clothes in a few days. I heard that the Anran Pavilion you live in? This is not good, it is very old, I will choose another big yard for you for my father, repair it, and then move in." Li Yuan looked at it. For the eldest daughter with a graceful posture, thinking of her future wealth, even that face is much more pleasing to the eye.

"Master, the Second Young Lady is outside, so I'll say hello to you." The voice of the attendant came from outside the door.

"Father is worried, but there's no need. I'll live in the Anran Pavilion." Li Ru'an got up and knelt towards Li Yuanwei, "If father has nothing else to do, my daughter will go back first."

Li Yuan stroked his short beard and nodded, looking at the eldest daughter who walked out calmly, her posture was elegant, her manners were impeccable, she was not at all exposed to the vulgarity of the countryside, she was very satisfied, thinking about whether she should go to Huan in person in a few days The palace paid a visit.

"Yue'er greets Daddy."

When Li Ruyue heard that Li Yuan had returned to the mansion, she told Li Ruan to come over. She hurried over and saw Li Ruan walking past her with a calm expression. With a joyful and satisfied smile on Yuan's face, his heart trembled.

"Well, the moon is here."

"Father, I haven't seen you for a few days, why do you look thinner? It must be that Daddy is not used to living in that other courtyard. Yue'er personally cooked plum soup for you. Daddy use some." Li Ruyue put the soup in the snack box Take it out, Jiaorou said.

"Okay, Yue'er is really caring." Li Yuan smiled and sat down. This is the attitude a daughter should have towards her father, not like the eldest daughter who makes him feel like meeting His Majesty. But looking at Li Ruyue's exquisitely dressed Looking back at the eldest daughter's plain clothes and plain face, no matter how he compares it, Li Yuan now feels that the eldest daughter has the grace and demeanor of a princess.

Leaving the study room, Li Ruyue walked towards Qiyue Pavilion anxiously, and when she entered the room, she dropped a teacup. Cuizhu hurriedly squatted down to clean it up, but she kicked it over, the back of her hand pressed against the sharp shards, and the blood flowed instantly. .

"Yue'er!" Lin Qing walked out from the room, frowned and looked at the angry daughter, and gave a low shout.

Cui's mother winked at Cuizhu, who was crying tightly with her mouth shut, and asked her to go out, called the maid from outside to come in and clean up the debris, and they left the house together.

"Your temper is getting worse now. If you spread such a small amount of rumors, the good image you have worked so hard to build will be gone!" Lin Qing pulled her to sit down, frowned, and saw her daughter suddenly stunned. Tears, but also distressed.

"Why are you crying?"

"Just now I've been testing my father's tone, mother, he won't help me anymore! What should I do?" Li Ruyue clenched her veil tightly and cried.

"What? Did your father say it clearly?"

Lin Qing was also impatient. What she was most worried about happened. She had always known that Li Yuan had a knot in her eldest daughter's appearance. She also seized on this knot and successfully sent Li Ru'an to the countryside. Li Ru'an, who is like two different people, has never settled her mind. If Li Ru'an is as she expected, becoming vulgar and unworthy of the stage, Li Yuan will of course push Yue'er up, but now, Li Yuan has seen someone with extraordinary temperament. The eldest daughter will never bother the Queen Mother just for the sake of Yue'er, after all, she might offend the Queen Mother by mentioning a replacement.

"What should I do? Mother, you have to help me. If I can't marry King Huan, I will die!" Li Ruyue clutched her chest and wept bitterly.

On the day when King Huan entered the capital, she also saw it in the Yunhai Tower. Under the lingering sunset, that handsome man with thousands of rays of light entered her eyes and also entered her heart. Prosperity and wealth, as long as she thinks of being able to get married with that exile-like person, she is like flying through the clouds and riding the fog, feeling like she is floating.

"Don't cry, don't cry, mother will talk to your father again, don't cry, Yueer." Lin Qing patted his daughter's back distressedly and persuaded.

"It's useless! Find uncle, yes, mother, quickly find uncle, no matter what method you use, you will kill Li Ru'an! As long as she is dead, she won't take away my things!" Li Ruyue raised her head fiercely, crying The wet face was stern and gloomy, and he gritted his teeth and said.

"But, but at the feet of the emperor, your uncle may not be willing to do such a big thing as killing the prime minister's daughter..." Lin Qing was startled by his daughter's face, and said hesitantly. She just asked Lin Gang for 5000 taels of silver and agreed to him. He still has a headache, and now if he is asked to do such a crime of beheading, Lin Gang will definitely not do it.

"Tell uncle that as long as Li Ru'an is killed, I will be Princess Huan, and I will give him whatever he wants in the future!" Li Ruyue wiped away her tears and said firmly.

At nightfall, the gates of the city are closed, passers-by are in a hurry to go home before the curfew, and the main streets from east to west, north, south, and south gradually become quiet.

The North Street is a bustling flower alley. At this moment, a few beautiful girls in front of each building and courtyard are stretching their waists and yawning. Seeing that there are no pedestrians on the street, they twist their bodies and go back to the building, closing the door and locking it.

Compared with the silence outside, the Lichun Building is very lively, surrounded by bright red, purple and green, the smell of wine, rouge, and powder, the literati, poets, guests, and beauties who stayed overnight are by the side, drunk and dreaming, Xiao Er carried a tray to the private room on the second floor, Push open a door.

"I've been waiting for a long time, guest officer, your wine is here!"

In the room, Lin Ganghua's clothes were messy, he hugged the two flower girls, drank the wine that was fed to him in one gulp, his brows and eyes were angry, and his big hands ruthlessly strangled the flower girl's slender waist, so hard that the flower girl cried out in pain.

"Brother, are you in a bad mood?" The two men next to him blushed from drinking, each hugged a flower girl, and asked with their big tongues rolling.

In the evening, Li Yuan told Lin Gang to enter the mansion, because of some things about private salt, he scolded him head and face, and he could only bear it with a face. Whenever he thought of Li Yuan's arrogant and arrogant appearance, Lin Gang hated him so much. .

"Mr. Ge! When you are in trouble, treat me as a cow, and when you are prosperous, you don't treat me as a human being at all!" With a bang, Lin Gang put down his wine glass heavily and said through gritted teeth.

"Brother, didn't you get the position?" A man put down his wine glass and leaned forward to ask.

"What a position! I have no chance to mention it! I have been working for him for so many years, he is a great prime minister, and he refuses to give me even a half-official job!" Lin Gang pushed the man away, furious burn.

"Hey, big brother, don't be angry, pour some wine for my big brother!" Seeing that Lin Gang was getting more and more excited, the other man quickly persuaded him, and pushed Hua Niang into Lin Gang's arms.

In the middle of the night, snoring sounded like a cow in the room. A flower girl opened the door, pulled off her slippery clothes, frowned and walked out holding her belly, leaned against the pillar in the corridor, exhaled deeply, her expression was numb.

　happy New Year

　　
　
(End of this chapter)