Phoenix Fight: The First Concubine

Chapter 129 Punishing the Heart
The emperor's face was not very good-looking. It seemed that if he couldn't cure the person, he would leave the imperial physicians in a hurry.

"Are the others all right? Is Ming Rui all right?"

Qi Wang and others who were going to enter the palace and the officials naturally couldn't enter the palace without knowing whether they were infected or not. At this time, they had already returned to their homes.

It is foreseeable that within a period of time, some medicinal herbs in the capital will be sold out.

"His Royal Highness returned home after hearing the news and there was still nothing unusual. The concubine and her nanny fell ill together. The prince came into contact with them, but he was in good health and did not contract the disease."

Only then did Emperor Jianwu feel relieved.

The daughter-in-law is just an outsider to him, and of course the most important thing to his son.

When Emperor Jianwu sent the imperial physician to the Luo Palace, Xiao Mingrui stayed by Murong Wei's side all the time.

Lu'er and the others wanted to change the handkerchief to cool down Murong Wei's fever, so Xiao Mingrui simply changed it for her himself, not pretending to be human.

Although Murong Wei fell asleep, she didn't sleep soundly. Instead, she twisted her body in pain, feeling very uncomfortable with a headache.

Xiao Mingrui kept wringing his heart, looking at her in pain, his heart was burning with torment.

At this point, he had no choice but to watch his wife suffer. This feeling of powerlessness was killing him!

The sky has gradually turned to dusk.

The afterglow of the setting sun shines on the windows, and the closed doors and windows are stuffy and suffocating. According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the windows cannot be opened for ventilation, which is to prevent the invasion of evil winds.

It's just that when encountering such a patient, this disease is completely inappropriate for such rules.

Without ventilation, germs can breed, and without disinfection, it is impossible to treat diseases.

At that time, it will only cause death.

Xiao Mingrui naturally doesn't know western medicine, so staying in this room at this time, he is also paying attention to his wife, praying to the gods and Buddhas in his heart, begging for their kindness.

Xiangtao fetched a basin of water at the side, and cried as soon as she saw it, "Wangfei should really open her eyes and see. If she is like this... then she should call herself stupid."

If you meet such a man in this life, what more do you ask for?
It wouldn't be such a pity if he left like this.

"Wangfei will definitely be lucky."

Dong Yu said.

"Yes, I will. Greatly Merciful and Greatly Compassionate Guanyin Bodhisattva, please bless the concubine to turn evil into good fortune, bring good luck in death, and tide over difficulties..."

Several servant girls were praying for Buddha not far away, but Murong Wei was still sleeping at this time.

When the Palace Hospital sent someone over, they were shocked to know that Xiao Mingrui was guarding inside.

"How did you do it? Don't persuade the prince. If something happens to the prince, we will have no life to explain to the emperor!" The doctor Qian who was sent here was unlucky enough to catch up with this matter and was sent here. Willing to do this errand?

If one is not careful, even oneself may get involved.

It's okay if the person is cured, but if the person is not cured, it will be terrible.

Imperial Physician Qian was feeling unhappy, who knew that when he got here, he heard that the prince was actually inside.

Doctor Liu had an ugly look on his face, "What's the use of our persuasion, King Qin has personally persuaded him, but the prince insisted on going his own way."

When Imperial Physician Qian heard this, he shook his head and said: "No, I have to report this matter to the emperor. If the prince doesn't listen to persuasion and something happens, we can't afford it."

Liu Yizheng said that it was just right, and the emperor must be able to stop the prince.

At six or seven o'clock in the evening, Emperor Jianwu also received the note from Xiao Mingchen and the letter sent by Imperial Physician Liu. ?"

Gao Wugong was so frightened that he quickly fell to his knees. No one in the room, eunuchs and maids, dared to make a sound, they were all trembling.

Gao Wugong said cautiously: "It must be that His Highness doesn't know the severity of the epidemic, so he wants to stay with the princess and help her recover as soon as possible. The emperor calms down and can let the imperial doctor explain the seriousness of the matter to the prince, and the prince will surely understand."

Emperor Jianwu's face was ugly, and he sneered and said, "Can he not know? I think he has lost his head! I thought he just respected his wife, but it seems that he is still a seed of infatuation!"

He sat on the dragon chair and didn't speak for a long time.

Emperor Jianwu thought of his father, and some unpleasant events in his father's later years that he never wanted to mention.

Those taboo things, those topics that have become taboo in the palace, but the fact that a topic is taboo does not mean that some people have forgotten it.

At this moment, his heart was violently fluctuating, under the slightly drooping eyelids, the eyes were shimmering and flickering, and murderous intent flashed for a moment, his expression was extremely complicated.

Gao Wugong waved the others away, at this moment he knew he had better not say anything.

To be honest, it was difficult for him to understand, and he did not agree with King Luo's stupid approach.

"Trouble water!" Emperor Jianwu murmured, to be honest he was a little disappointed, his son shouldn't have such a virtue, he would even ignore himself for the sake of a woman.

Love beauty but not country, that is definitely not what the emperor should do.

The overlapping of some memories made him feel strongly against the matter.

He didn't want to see the old things repeat themselves!

Gao Wugong was horrified, he had been with Emperor Jianwu for a long time, and knew all those old things very clearly.

Now hearing the emperor talk about disasters, he was shocked.

"Your Majesty, are you sending someone to let the prince know the severity of this disease? Your Highness probably doesn't know how terrible this disease is."

Gao Wugong interjected, which interrupted Emperor Jianwu's train of thought.

He frowned and thought for a while, then snorted coldly: "Pass down my oral order, so that King Luo is not allowed to enter the sick place, and stay at home to contemplate his mistakes behind closed doors. There is also a lack of imperial physicians in the palace now, call back the imperial physicians sent!"

Gao Wugong quickly responded: "The servant obeys the order."

"You go there yourself." Emperor Jianwu's eyes flickered, "Tell him what I said, and ask him, what is heaven, earth, monarch, relative and teacher!"

Gao Wugong shivered, "Yes, I will deliver the decree right now."

He knew that this time the emperor was coming for real.

If there is something wrong at that time, it will not be as simple as withdrawing the imperial physician.

The doctors in the good doctor's office of the palace are still worse than the imperial physicians in the palace. It is a heavy punishment to withdraw the imperial physicians now.

Gao Wugong didn't dare to think about the emperor's unfathomable thoughts.

Your majesty, after all, I still taboo about that incident back then.

If... I am afraid that it is not impossible for Concubine Luo to die of illness.

Gao Wugong hurried out of the Qianqing Palace to pass the decree.

The key to the palace gate has not been released yet, and there is not much time to come and go.

Emperor Jianwu stared blankly at the memorials placed on the imperial case, his eyes suddenly brightened.

"Mingrui, don't let me down."

By this time, the murderous intent in his eyes was no longer concealed.

When Gao Wugong rushed to Luo Wangfu in a hurry, it was already dusk.

Su De greeted him outside the courtyard, and after hearing him say that there was an oral order from the emperor, Su De finally showed some smiles on his face.

With the emperor's order this time, the prince can't refute it, right?

It's just that Gao Wugong said that he would call back the imperial physician, and Su De's expression changed drastically.

"Eunuch, the imperial physician is indispensable here, the princess..."

Gao Wugong also said in a low voice: "Forget me, let the prince cooperate, the emperor will be furious."

Su De was stunned.

The emperor was angry with his son for doing such a thing, did he deliberately give a warning?
Su De hadn't thought of going to a deeper level, after all, he didn't have contact with the emperor for as long as Gao Wugong.

At this time, there was a burst of joyful voice in the room: "The princess is awake."

Murong Wei's headache was so painful that it was about to burst, and she felt so uncomfortable that she was going to die.

As soon as I woke up, my stomach was overwhelmed, and I felt like vomiting when I got up.

At this time, there was nothing in her stomach, and after vomiting the medicinal soup she drank earlier, she began to vomit yellow saliva.

After she finished vomiting, she completely lost strength and leaned against Xiao Mingrui's arms, until an anxious voice came from her ear: "Wei'er, Wei'er, look at me."

Only then did Murong Wei realize that the person she had been relying on was her husband.

Seeing Xiao Mingrui sitting next to him safe and sound.

"Husband..."

She called him weakly, Xiao Mingrui hugged her distressedly, and murmured: "I'm here, Wei'er, you must persevere, I'll be with you, you will be fine."

At this time, Murong Wei's mind was still in a state of confusion.

Vaguely, she realized that she was sick.

Yes, it's still a plague.

Suddenly her complexion became ugly.

When it comes to epidemics, the ancients certainly turned pale when they talked about it, but modern people know very little about it.

But when it comes to viral influenza, we know it, and it can be regarded as a kind of epidemic.

The flu in the epidemic is even more terrible.

Like the flu known as the Spanish lady in 1918, it killed tens of millions of people around the world.

The same is true for atypical pneumonia and swine flu.

So speaking of it, it is indeed a very terrifying thing that can cause death.

Murong Wei felt that she shouldn't be infected. If she was, she probably got contact with Yue Gu when she was out.

Thinking of this, she then remembered something was wrong, and stared at Xiao Mingrui in shock: "Why are you here, who asked you to come?"

Xiao Mingrui said in a deep voice: "You are sick, of course I want to accompany you."

Murong Wei's heart warmed, this man is really...

He knew how terrible the disease was, but he still stayed by her side so recklessly, which really moved her so much that she couldn't speak for a moment.

However, no matter how moved she was, she couldn't ignore his life.

"No, you're fine, you'll get infected if you're not careful. Ahem...My lord, don't stay with me, I can do it alone."

Saying that, Murong Wei stretched out her hand to push him away.

It's just that she doesn't have any strength in her body now, so how can she push Xiao Mingrui away?

"Don't worry, I've always been in good health and won't get sick. Besides, you and your nanny are both sick. Am I fine?"

Xiao Mingrui grabbed her hand and comforted her softly.

Murong Wei shook her head, "No, you don't understand how contagious this is. Let me tell you, you don't have to stay with me, I..."

Before he finished speaking, Su De shouted at the door: "My lord, the emperor sent Eunuch Gao to deliver the oracle, please come out and listen to the oracle."

Xiao Mingrui was startled, Lu'er had already stepped forward to help Murong Wei lean on the bed, and said softly: "The prince should accept the imperial edict first, otherwise the princess will be in trouble."

Xiao Mingrui turned his head to look, and saw Gao Wugong's old face, and he was thinking why suddenly his father sent an imperial edict?
When he arrived outside the door, Gao Wugong greeted him first, and then said: "The emperor ordered the old slave to pass an oral order to the prince. The emperor said: King Luo is not allowed to enter the ward, and he will shut the door at home and think about his mistakes. The emperor asked, does King Luo know the masters and teachers of heaven and earth?" "

Xiao Mingrui was startled, he didn't expect his father to reprimand him so severely, and actually asked him if he knew about the heaven, earth, master, master and master!
Logically speaking, the father of the emperor is both the emperor and the father. The first thing he should do is to respect the father and be loyal to the father, instead of ignoring the kindness of the emperor and risking his own life for his daughter.

In other words, this life belongs to the emperor, how can he dispose of his own life at will, isn't that unfaithful and unfilial?

Can I still count on you to be loyal to your father in the future?
Hearing this kind of words, such heartbreaking words already made Xiao Mingrui have to kneel in the direction of the Forbidden City to plead guilty: "Your servant is terrified!"

Gao Wugong said again: "The emperor said, 'There is a shortage of imperial physicians in the palace, recall Qian imperial physicians to the palace.'"

Xiao Mingrui was in a hurry, and hurriedly said: "Gao Gonggong, can you leave the imperial doctor behind, the princess is still very sick, can't..."

Gao Wugong shook his head and said: "The servants are also following the emperor's oral order, and dare not disobey, Your Highness, please don't embarrass the servants."

Xiao Mingrui clenched his fists tightly, his eyelids drooped, his eyes were full of repressed anger, helplessness and hatred, his heart was as cold as if soaked in cold water.

He had no choice but to think of his father's deep meaning, now he was warning him, if he did something inappropriate again, I'm afraid...

His heart trembled, and he turned his eyes to look at his wife in the room, wondering if there was any wife who heard this.

He knew how ruthless his father was, if he insisted on going his own way, Wei'er would never be able to keep her.

Now it's just a doctor who has been withdrawn, what's next?
He stood up silently, but said in a deep voice: "The king knows that the father is also doing it for the good of my son. This is my son's recklessness. Because the princess is too sick, I am worried about her for a while, so I want to accompany her." Standing by her side, in fact, this son-in-law has taken the decoction before and confirmed that he is fine, son-in-law is not disloyal or filial, please forgive me."

Gao Wugong hurriedly said: "The servants will save it, the emperor is also worried about the prince's health."

At this time, there was a crackling sound from the low-hanging bead curtain in the room, "Eunuch Gao..."

Murong Wei's somewhat hoarse and weak voice came, and then saw Lu'er and Xiang Tao supporting her to the main hall.

Her face was pale, she was only wearing a coat at the moment, she was out of breath after walking a few steps, and she had to stop.

Xiao Mingrui was startled, strode in to support her, and scolded her anxiously: "Why did you get down, you are still weak now..."

Murong Wei stretched out her hand to push him, she had already heard what Xiangtao said just now, she knew the cruel words said by the emperor, she is not a fool, how could she not understand what it meant!
Regardless of whether Emperor Jianwu was jealous of Xiao Mingrui being too infatuated with her or worried that Xiao Mingrui would get sick because of it, it was enough to make him loathe her!

No father is willing to see his son die or live for a woman.

They would not think that their son was at fault, they would only think that it was a woman who seduced his son and that it was a woman who caused trouble.

Thinking of these possible consequences, Murong Wei couldn't care less about her own body.

She didn't want Xiao Mingrui to be punished because of this and fall out of favor with Emperor Jianwu, nor did she want to be destroyed humanely, so she could only try her best to save herself.

Although she didn't react at all because of the sudden onset of the disease, but now that she just woke up, she was already thinking about how to save herself.

Through disinfection and ventilation, drinking digestible and nutritious food, combined with medicinal soup, it is by no means impossible to cure.

Gao Wugong didn't go in, he was serving the emperor, so of course it was inconvenient to contact Murong Wei.

At this time, he bowed to Murong Wei from a distance.

"My lord, please go out. It is already wrong for my concubine to contract a sudden illness. If my lord is infected again, I will die."

Xiao Mingrui's heart ached when he saw her, seeing her panting after she finished speaking, she was trying to hold on, and hated herself even more.

All this is for him!

"Wei'er, it's not your fault. I want to take care of you because you are my wife. If I avoid seeing you at a time like this, what kind of man am I to be heartless?"

His heart was agitated, and the repressed affection in his eyes was directly conveyed into her heart. Murong Wei smiled slightly, and she suddenly felt that the illness was actually not so unbearable.

Speaking of this, she became ruthless, pushed Xiao Mingrui away with all her strength, and roared: "Is the lord trying to force this concubine to death? Concubine is a girl from elementary school, female virtue, if my husband gets sick because of me, It would be better to die as a concubine! My lord, if you stay here again, I will stop drinking the medicine and just die!"

Gao Wugong was in a daze when he saw that Murong Wei's breath was exhausted and she almost fell, but the maid beside her was the one who supported her and rushed her back to the bed.

At this time, Murong Wei also exhausted her strength, and could not say anything more.

Xiao Mingrui was panicking in his heart, seeing his wife like that really made him feel distressed, he didn't care about anything else at the moment, he just agreed: "Okay, I promise you everything, can't I promise you everything?"

Gao Wugong shook his head and sighed, even the people beside him also lowered their heads and wiped their tears.

Murong Wei just looked at him with eyeballs.

Xiao Mingrui held her hand, and it took him a long time to let go: "Wei'er, you must get better, you know, I'll live next to you."

Murong Wei's eyes flickered. Although she didn't speak, they were connected with each other, and no words were needed.

When Xiao Mingrui let her go and went out, Gao Wugong also said: "Princess Wang is so virtuous, she will definitely turn danger into good luck."

Xiao Mingrui kept his face sullen and didn't say anything.

Su De chimed in and said, "Eunuch Gao, you have returned to the palace, and you have to make it clear to the emperor. Our prince also doesn't know the seriousness of this matter... Fortunately, with the protection of the emperor, His Highness is safe and sound."

Gao Wugong replied: "Our family can save this, His Highness is also a person who values ​​love and righteousness."

At this time, Xiao Mingrui had restrained all the emotions in his heart, and said calmly: "Gao Gonggong, when I go back, please greet my father for me, my son is not filial, and I can't serve my father these days, so I will cultivate my heart at home and wait for me." The concubine recovers from her illness, and the son-in-law enters the palace again to plead guilty to his father."

By this time, he had completely returned to his usual appearance.

After sending Gao Wugong away, Xiao Mingrui closed his eyes and said in a deep voice, "Su De, go and invite a famous doctor from the capital to consult with the king, no matter how high the consultation fee is!"

When Gao Wugong delivered the oral order, others did not dare to approach, at this time Liu Yizheng came over quietly, asking Xiao Mingrui to take a bath and change clothes first.

At this time, Murong Wei also drank the medicine. She frowned and looked at the indoor environment. The windows of the room were closed tightly, and it was completely airtight. In such a situation, how could she cure her illness?
"Xiangtao, listen to me to say a few things... This can cure the disease. Open the windows to ventilate, and the inside of the house... cough, cough, change all my sleeping clothes, quilts, used handkerchiefs, towels, etc., burn these, Do not keep one thing. Wipe all the furnishings in the house with wine, first fumigate the whole house with a pot of vinegar, including the main room where I slept before, and then use atractylodes, angelica, mugwort and other medicines to fumigate the rooms and halls... ..."

While she was talking intermittently, Xiangtao listened in amazement, and Zangdong beside her had already memorized it silently, "Your servant will prepare now."

Lu'er opened the doors and windows as ordered, and the air in the room suddenly became much fresher, not as stuffy as before.

It's just that when Zang Dong asked the imperial physician for herbal medicine, Liu Yizheng also hurriedly stopped them, seeing that they had opened the doors and windows, he shouted: "No, this will let the evil wind invade."

"The princess said that it can cure diseases."

Doctor Liu shook his head and said: "How can this be so, the princess doesn't know medical skills, I don't agree with it."

He refused to do what Murong Wei ordered, instead he had to wait for Xiao Mingrui to come over and let Xiao Mingrui make a decision.

Because in this case, he is not responsible for it.

After hearing this, Xiao Mingrui thought of his wife's different but effective methods, which might work this time.

Now there is no good way, and we can only try.

"Just do as the princess says, and prepare everything you want."

Since Emperor Jianwu said that he was not allowed to enter, it was impossible for him to enter again.

He believed that it would not be difficult for the emperor to know what happened in his mansion.

Now there is no good way to think about it, only to save yourself.

The maids got busy immediately, and changed the handkerchiefs used for quilts and clothes according to the method Murong Wei said, burned all the dirt and buried it, and wiped the house with alcohol. According to boiling water and exposure to the sun, Murong Wei's clothes and quilts also have to do the same every day.

After everything was arranged properly, Murong Wei asked the imperial physician to prepare some mountain arrow mushrooms, capers, gallnuts, and red euphorbia.Grind and stir them evenly, put them in a cloth bag, and hang them around your neck.

After the room is completely fumigated and wiped, and then the clothes are changed, the whole air is much cleaner, which also avoids infecting others.

Xiao Mingrui vaguely felt that this method worked, so he felt a little comforted in his heart.

At this time, Gao Wugong also returned to the palace amidst a sky full of stars.

After he took a bath and changed his clothes, he went into the Qianqing Palace to reply.

After entering the Qianqing Palace, it was true that Emperor Jianwu was still in Xinuang Pavilion and did not rest.

Seeing Gao Wugong come in to answer, His Majesty the Emperor, who seemed to be reading with a copy of "Zizhi Tongjian" in his hand, also paused, and his eyes swept over like lightning.

"Have you seen Mingrui?"

Gao Wugong hurriedly said: "Return to Your Majesty, this servant is about to tell you. When this servant arrives at the Luo Palace, he sees Lord Luo and passes on the emperor's oral order."

Emperor Jianwu raised his eyebrows: "What did he say?"

"His Royal Highness said that he was terrified..."

He relayed what Xiao Mingrui said before, but this old man is usually shrewd, on the surface it seems that he just relayed the words, never adding personal feelings.

But in the end, he added a sentence: "His Highness said that he would close the door at home and contemplate his mistakes, and come to plead guilty to the emperor after the concubine recovers. Speaking of this matter, he said that he is not a heartless person. If he abandons his wife and ignores him, how can he do it?" A good example for the imperial court, the emperor's son?"

Emperor Jianwu snorted and didn't express any opinion on this, but asked: "How is Princess Luo's illness? But can it be cured?"

Gao Wugong repeated Murong Wei's refusal to Xiao Mingrui before, and he didn't know if he had practiced cross talk, but the scene at that time was very vivid. The matter of actively asking to serve her has been said.It seems that Murong Wei is a good master who is loved by his servants, he is always benevolent and virtuous, the matter of King Luo guarding her really has nothing to do with her.

Emperor Jianwu was thoughtful, but his complexion improved a lot.

It has to be said that sometimes eunuchs can never be offended.

Because the emperor spent much more time with eunuchs than with other people most of the time.

Gao Wugong still has a good impression of Murong Wei, especially her performance today is very general and considerate of the overall situation.Besides, he is often by Emperor Jianwu's side, so he can better understand Emperor Jianwu's mind, knowing that Emperor Jianwu actually prefers King Luo.

(End of this chapter)