Who Xu Jiangshan

Chapter 41
"It seems that Mu Lianzhi has instilled a lot of things in you," Xie Ziyu continued, squinting his eyes, "and it's quite effective."

Chu Ning smiled lightly: "If it is quite effective, I should be with him at this moment, and together lead the Xiling cavalry, conquer Dayu, and ask you to get back my status."

At that time, Mu Lianzhi had this idea, he wanted her to turn against Xie Ziyu, wanted to arouse her ambition, and wanted her to help him rule the world.

But his wishful thinking was in vain after all, she had never been an ambitious person, her identity and status were vain things, to her it was just a bondage, not to mention, she and Xie Ziyu were never like Mu Lianzhi. As she thought, even though he kept a lot of secrets from her, she also believed that with his character, he would not easily put his feelings away just because of his face.

Xie Ziyu just looked at Chu Ning with deep eyes, and after a while, stroked her cheek: "My Aning, who has always been ice-snow and smart, how could she not know the answer? In fact, you know very well that I am in love with you When I was young, I didn’t know that I was Xie Ziyu, and I didn’t even know that you were Chuning, nor did I know that you had such a face.”

A hint of cunning flashed in Chuning's eyes, and he retorted: "The emperor has always been thoughtful, and he never leaks out. I'm not the roundworm in your stomach. If you don't tell me, how would I know?"

"Now that I've said it, do you know?" Xie Ziyu asked patiently with a doting smile on his face.

Chu Ning did not expect him to be so easy to talk, and was slightly taken aback.

His lips were covered, and his lips and teeth intertwined, almost patiently.

Xie Ziyu stayed in Qucheng for half a month, traveling with Chuning every day, as if leaving the world and court aside.

On this day, just as Chu Ning and Xie Ziyu finished their dinner, Xie Ziyu was mysteriously dragged away by Su Ye, saying that the emperor had an urgent report and Xie Ziyu needed to deal with it.

Chu Ning didn't intend to inquire. In fact, she probably guessed something. It was nothing more than urging Xie Ziyu to return to the imperial capital as soon as possible. In the imperial city.

Chuning returned to the room, sat in front of the window, raised his hand to rest his chin, thinking about something.

Suddenly, the door of the room was kicked open, and Su Ye rushed in anxiously. As soon as he came in, he rummaged through Xie Ziyu's bag, and didn't notice the existence of Chuning at all.

He turned and muttered: "Where is the medicine? Where is the medicine? Where is it?"

He searched for a long time before he found a porcelain bottle. As soon as he got the porcelain bottle, he rushed out with the speed of the wind.

Chu Ning narrowed his eyes and followed behind him unobtrusively.

Su Ye hurried into another room in the restaurant, the door was not closed tightly, Chuning looked in through the crack of the door, her complexion instantly turned pale.

"Master, the medicine is here, hold on!" Su Ye hurriedly took out a pill from the porcelain bottle and fed it to Xie Ziyu.

But Xie Ziyu vomited blood from his hands at this moment, his face was as pale as paper, and he kept coughing, every time he coughed, it seemed as if he wanted to cough up his heart, which made people tremble with fear.

Looking at him, Chu Ning felt that at this moment, her heart ached. She knew that something must have happened to him, but he hid it so well. He was obviously so weak, but he didn't show any flaws on weekdays.

"Master, Miss Wei said that this medicine can only temporarily suppress your condition, and it is not good for your body. After a long time, she will definitely find out." Su Ye looked at Xie Ziyu slowly returning to normal, a little worried.

"It's okay." Xie Ziyu waved his hand, the pain on his face dissipated, and his complexion returned to its previous appearance.

"Miss Wei said that your body can't stand the toss, you have to go back to the imperial capital quickly, and her acupuncture can help you relax for a while."

"Don't mention this matter again, I know it well."

Early the next morning, when Xie Ziyu opened his eyes, he saw Chu Ning packing up his things. His face darkened, and he asked, "A-Ning wants to run away again?"

Chu Ning smiled "puchi", turned around and said, "I've thought about it, I can't let you ignore the court affairs all the time, I will go back to the imperial capital with you today, I don't know if there are any beauties in the harem? If I go back, I'm afraid there will be no more seats for beauties."

Xie Ziyu's complexion improved in an instant, and there was even a hint of surprise in his eyes, and he smiled: "You are the only beauty in this harem."

Chuning packed her luggage, sat back on the bed, put her arms around Xie Ziyu's neck, and looked at him with tender affection in her eyes: "Ziyu, let's have a child."

Xie Ziyu's eyes dimmed, he held her face, and pressed a deep kiss on her lips, after a long time, he let her go, his eyes fell on her belly, he chuckled lightly, and leaned into her ear Said: "Maybe already have."

The temperature on Chuning's face suddenly rose.

Xie Ziyu smiled, turned to look outside the door, and said: "Su Ye, prepare the carriage, we will set off back to the imperial capital."

In the 26th year of Changhe, in April, the capital of Dayu Emperor.

After half a year, Chuning returned to the imperial capital again. The imperial capital was prosperous and prosperous as before. Hearing that Xie Zicong was conferred the title of prince and sent to a remote place, he probably would never come back for the rest of his life.

The mansion of Prince Jin was seized, the title of King Jin was taken away, and he was demoted to a commoner. Xie Lingran was nowhere to be found.

As soon as Chu Ning sat down in the bedroom, someone slammed the door open, and Mu Jian barged in expressionlessly, it was much rarer to wipe out anger in his usually calm eyes.

"I was wrong, I was wrong, I was wrong..." Chu Ning was the first to admit his mistake. Seeing that Mu Jian's face turned pale, he changed the topic and asked, "But should you confess your background to me?"

Mu Jian's expression froze, and he turned to leave, but Chu Ning had already stopped him like a gust of wind, leaning on the door, crossing his arms, and asked, "Why did my mother find such a piece of wood for me? "

Mu Jian's face changed, and he stammered, "You know?"

Chuning looked at him with a half-smile.

Mu Jian pursed his lips, and did not hide anymore. Like Su Ye, he both learned from the same person—Concubine Lian. They felt that she was as weak as a willow, and could fall when the wind blows, but only they knew that Concubine Lian had martial arts. She was in poor health since she was a child, so her parents invited hermits to teach her martial arts.

It is precisely because of this that the emperor wants to use the poison of rejuvenation to control Concubine Lian, because she can leave the palace at any time as long as she wants.

After the death of Concubine Lian, they followed her last order and left the palace to protect Chuning.

"So you and Su Ye have known each other for a long time?" Chuning raised his eyebrows.

Just as Mu Jian was about to nod, Su Ye's voice sounded from the roof: "I don't know him! Who knows him?"

"Why don't you come down, let's have a good talk." Chuning said leisurely.

"I'm going to find my master..." Su Ye ran away like a wind.

"Before you met the emperor, I never appeared in front of them, and I never contacted Su Ye. Su Ye always thought I was missing." Mu Jian explained.

After Mu Jian finished speaking, he left. Just now, he wanted to ask the teacher for a crime, but he turned around all of a sudden, and he was a little depressed.

As soon as Mu Jian left, another person who was inquiring about the crime came.

Looking at Wei Linglong's aggressive look, Chu Ning didn't want to admit her mistake at all. She was still leaning against the door, with a half-smile: "Linglong, you came just in time. You are hiding something from me. When are you going to tell me?"

Wei Linglong's footsteps stopped, and the anger on her face suddenly turned into a guilty conscience. She turned around and was about to go back, but Chu Ning had already run in front of her a few steps, and dragged her into the room.

Wei Linglong lowered her head, her expression calmed down, and she didn't say a word.

Sitting in front of her, Chu Ning sighed after a long time: "Linglong, do you still want to hide it from me? How long are you going to hide it from me? Are you going to wait until he is terminally ill and exhausted before telling me the truth?"

Wei Linglong raised her head abruptly, her eyes filled with tears at some point, and she couldn't hide the shocked expression on her face, "Ah, Ah Ning... You, you know?"

Chuning's heart sank slightly, but his face showed a solemn look: "I need you to tell me everything."

Wei Linglong's tears slowly fell, she held Chu Ning's hand: "I'm sorry, I couldn't develop an antidote...I can't save you, and I can't save the emperor..."

After hearing Wei Linglong tell the whole story, Chu Ning's face faded. In fact, she didn't know what happened to Xie Ziyu. She just vaguely guessed that there was something wrong with his body, maybe because of his injury, but she didn't. Thinking of it, the matter was much more serious than she had imagined, even—it had reached the point of no return.

Her heart became colder by inch, she covered her face with her hands, and she didn't speak for a long time. After a while, she took her hands away, looked directly at Wei Linglong, and asked, "How much time does he have?"

She obviously didn't cry, but her eyes, which were as beautiful as autumn water, seemed to dry up in an instant.

Wei Linglong was silent for a moment, her voice was a little unsteady: "At most, no more than three months..."

"Three...three months..." Chu Ning murmured, she stood up, and wanted to pour herself a glass of water, but her hand kept shaking, she pressed her left wrist with her right hand, trying to stop it from shaking, But it was unsuccessful after all. With a "bang", the kettle fell on the table and the tea was spilled all over the table.

"A Ning..." Wei Linglong looked at her, feeling extremely sad. As her best friend, not only could she not save Xie Ziyu's life, she could not even comfort her.

One day, Xie Ziyu was reviewing the memorial when he suddenly smelled a scent. He raised his head and saw Chu Ning walking towards him holding a bowl, but saw her eyes flashing with a smile on her face: "Chu's noodles , only this one, there is no other branch, the emperor wants to try it?"

Seeing the bowl of noodles, Xie Ziyu couldn't help but think of the bite he ate in Qucheng, and his stomach twitched.He was silent for a moment, then nodded and smiled slightly: "The Queen made it herself, of course I want to taste it."

There was joy in Chuning's eyes, but she quickly thought of something, ran out in a panic, and exclaimed, "My soup is still in the pot..."

"Su Ye!" As soon as Chu Ning went out, Xie Ziyu called Su Ye in.

As soon as Su Ye saw the bowl of noodles before his case, he suddenly felt his stomach tumbling, and his face was a little ugly, "Master... this, this noodles was made for you by the empress herself..."

Xie Ziyu glanced at Su Ye and remained silent.

Su Ye had no choice but to step forward resignedly, forget it, it's not like she hasn't eaten it anyway!

"and many more."

Su Ye picked up the chopsticks and was about to speak when Xie Ziyu suddenly spoke.

Seeing Su Ye's overjoyed expression, he sighed: "Go out."

"Master, you said this yourself!" Su Ye quickly put the chopsticks back where they were, and took a big step back, for fear that Xie Ziyu would go back on his word.

Xie Ziyu waved his hand, and Su Ye flew out as if he had been pardoned.

Xie Ziyu looked at the bowl of noodles with a trace of tenderness in his eyes. This was her wish, how could he live up to it?
He picked up the chopsticks and began to eat slowly. He was slightly taken aback when the noodles were in his mouth. The taste was completely different from the ones he had eaten before.

What he didn't know was that when a woman was willing to wash her hands and make soup for her beloved, she would definitely be able to cook delicious dishes.

When Chu Ning came back with the soup, the bowl of noodles had already bottomed out. Chu Ning put the soup in front of him and smiled softly: "If your majesty doesn't dislike it, then you can drink this bowl of soup too."

Xie Ziyu naturally didn't dislike it, and while drinking, he asked with a smile: "What's wrong with the queen? She even started cooking for me."

Chu Ning sat next to Xie Ziyu, stretched out his hand to take the memorial on the desk, and answered while looking at it: "I heard that if you want to capture a man's heart, you must first grasp his stomach. I am afraid that the beauties offered by ministers from all walks of life Too virtuous, that's why I want to act first, so that the emperor can't do without me."

Seeing Chuning's serious appearance, Xie Ziyu couldn't help but chuckle.

Chuning also laughed, but she still lowered her head and helped Xie Ziyu to review the memorial.After they returned to the imperial capital, Xie Ziyu often asked her to review the memorials together. She knew his physical condition, so she never refused, and even offered to help.

Xie Ziyu didn't bother her, just watched quietly, with occasional traces of regret and relief in his eyes, but soon disappeared, leaving only tenderness.

In the dead of night, in the quiet palace, a black figure walked out of the bedroom, looked at Mu Jian who was waiting in a remote corner, and asked, "How is it? Any news?"

"I can't find it." Mu Jian shook his head.

Chu Ning was silent for a while, took out an envelope, and handed it to Mu Jian: "Give this letter to Mu Lianzhi for me, remember, hurry up!"

Mu Jian was startled and nodded.

Chuning returned to the room, Xie Ziyu hadn't returned yet, she patted her face tiredly, sat at the table, drinking tea cup after cup.

On the other side, Mu Jian turned around and saw Su Ye who was already waiting behind him. Su Ye shrugged and stretched out his hand towards him.

Mu Jian stood still.

"The ghost doctor is dead, you should know." Su Ye said slowly.

Mu Jian closed his eyes and handed the envelope to Su Ye.

In the imperial study room, Xie Ziyu looked at the letter presented by Su Ye and was speechless for a long time.

In the letter, she asked Mu Lianzhi to help her find a ghost doctor, and she was willing to repay him at all costs after it was done.

During this period of time, Chuning has been sending people to look for the ghost doctor. He knows that she wants to win hope for him, but what she doesn't know is that the ghost doctor has already fallen into his hands. How could he tolerate the torture of the two women he loved the most in his life?

What's more, although the ghost doctor produced the strange poison of rejuvenation, he couldn't cure the poison of death.

"Master, since the Empress already knows about your situation, why don't you be honest with her?" Su Ye was silent for a long time, and couldn't help but suggested.

Xie Ziyu didn't speak, just put the letter on the candle and watched it slowly burn to ashes.

In the 26th year of Changhe, in June, the Imperial Palace.

It has been half a year since Xie Ziyu ascended the throne, and the first palace banquet was held in the palace, and all civil and military officials attended one after another.

Ye Qingyan took his seat early, and not long after, he saw Xie Ziyu and Chuning walking in hand in hand, his eyes fell on Chuning, she was dressed in palace attire, her face was covered with a veil, and her eyes were swaying like autumn water posture.

They hadn't seen each other since the farewell in Huacheng. At that time, he thought she was dead. The most despairing moment in his life was that moment. When he found out that she was still alive, he thought that as long as she was alive, everything would be fine.

It was the first time for Chuning to participate in a palace banquet as a queen. Well, it feels so good not to have to tense up for fear that the emperor will suddenly get angry!

Halfway through the palace banquet, a stele suddenly fell from the top of the hall and hit the ground heavily. The hall fell silent immediately, and everyone looked at the stele with lingering fear.

Seeing this, everyone's face turned pale, just because the stele was written in red letters - it was not my Xie family, who was enthroned as emperor, bloodlines were confused, and the great danger was in danger.

That clearly means that Xie Ziyu is not of the Xie family lineage.

Xie Ziyu looked at the stele with indifference on his face.

Chuning's eyes flickered, and he saw the faces of all the ministers in his eyes.

"Xie Ziyu is not of the blood of the former emperor, but the evil seed born of Concubine Lian's affair with General Chu!" A strange guard suddenly broke in and shouted, "I have the last emperor's suicide note here as proof!"

"Bold!" shouted the eunuch beside Xie Ziyu.

The guard was not afraid at all, took out a small piece of bone from his bosom, and said: "I have the keel of the former emperor here, you can tell if the emperor is the son of the former emperor or not!"

The so-called keel refers to the phalanx left by the emperor after his death. If the emperor's own child, the blood will seep into the keel immediately, otherwise it will spread along the bone.

That is the unique method of identifying heirs of the Dayu royal family, but it will not be used unless it is absolutely necessary.

"You are a little guard, even if what you hold in your hand is really the keel of the former emperor, I don't have to admit it, and the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty will not believe you." Xie Ziyu sneered, and said slowly, "If you reveal your true identity , I will try to show you, how about it?"

When the guard heard this, his eyes narrowed, and he reached out to tear off the mask on his face. It was Xie Lingran.

The whole hall was in an uproar.

"The late emperor knew that King Rong was not his own son, so he joined forces with the Prince Jin's palace to support the Ninth Prince's succession, but he didn't know that King Rong was so cruel that he cut off the Ninth Prince's path. The late Emperor was so angry that he couldn't afford to get sick! Fortunately, the late emperor was wise and left the evidence long ago, I, the Xie family, will never allow outsiders to get their hands on it!" Xie Lingran said bitterly with a glint of sternness in his eyes.

There was silence in the hall, and all civil and military officials looked at Xie Ziyu, not knowing how to react for a while.

(End of this chapter)