Resourceful beauty

Chapter 152

In the early morning of the second day, the news that King Qi was unable to stay due to an emergency spread spread among the court and the public, and everyone speculated about how the Holy Majesty would make decisions about the Northwest Camp.

Someone who always respected King Qi sneered and mocked those who were waiting to see the show: Naturally, the deputy general will temporarily take over the post in the battalion, and return to everyone after King Qi recovers.

As for the other part, they were silent when they thought about the affairs of King Qi's Mansion in Jiangbei that year, but they looked at each other with a tacit understanding.

In the early morning, Emperor Rui'an's expression was as usual. Seeing that the imperial retreat was imminent, everyone had their own guesses, but the next decree surprised and delighted everyone in the imperial court.

Promoted Wu Lingbo to be a loyal and brave general, who took over the affairs of the Northwest Camp and started his post immediately.

There is no mention of any arrangements for King Qi.

Someone raised an objection in court, saying that King Qi was loyal to the country and devoted himself to the country, how could he take away his affairs at such a critical juncture, which really chilled the heart of a good general.

Emperor Rui'an was noncommittal, and glanced at Eunuch Xu.

The voice of "retreating from the imperial court" hovered in Zhaoyang Hall, everyone whispered to each other, and then raised their eyes, the first place on the Golden Luan Hall, Emperor Rui'an had disappeared.

The two camps that were mocking and silent just now suddenly lost their balance.

At noon, Fang Zhengjun returned to Prince Qi's mansion and went straight to the Nuanxiang Hall, "I personally presented Father's memorial to the Holy Majesty, but the Holy Majesty didn't read it immediately. Eunuch Xu gave me a wink, and I came out. Later, Eunuch Xu said that the Holy Majesty is diligent, and the memorials of that day will not be delayed until the next day, so let me come back and wait for the news."

King Qi was silent for a while, then nodded and said: "Do your best and obey the destiny."

Throughout the day, there was a lot of traffic in front of King Qi's mansion, and countless people came to visit King Qi, but Fang Zhengjun stopped them all with sincerity.

In Nuanxiang Hall, King Qi leaned on the soft pillow and looked at the book in his hand, but after a while, he didn't even turn the page in front of him.

Concubine Shen came over to take the book and handed over the medicine bowl in her hand, "Jiang Daochang said, this is the last medicine, the prince should drink it while it's hot."

He drank it all in one gulp, took the tea and rinsed his mouth again, King Qi pointed to the book, but Concubine Shen asked back with a smile, "My lord doesn't care about reading, so I'm going to invite the prince or princess to come over and talk to the lord. good?"

His thoughts were seen through, and King Qi felt a little embarrassed, but immediately shook his head, "You can talk to me."

It's about what happened when Su Xin was here.

Concubine Shen knew that King Qi had already begun to suspect Su Yuan in his heart, but he was unwilling, or could not believe that Su Xin was killed by Su Yuan.

Concubine Shen couldn't help thinking of Fang Ruxuan's overtures to her when Prince Qi's mansion had just moved back to the capital from the capital.

At that time, she was only 12 years old. Where did she find something wrong?
There were countless questions in her heart, but Concubine Shen knew that it was more important to speak out at this time, otherwise, the more chaotic the situation, the greater the troubles that would arise in the future.

Whatever King Qi asked, Concubine Shen would answer whatever. In the inner hall, the voices of the two were clear and shallow, as if they were chatting about family matters.

Until the evening, there was no decree from the palace, King Qi's heart gradually became cold.

After dinner, Fang Zhengjun and Fang Ruxuan went to Nuanxiang Hall together in a tacit understanding.

The words of reassurance went back and forth thousands of times in my stomach, and when it was time to say it, I felt that it was bitter to open my mouth. The brothers and sisters looked at me and I looked at you, and it was a bit difficult to speak.

King Qi smiled freely, "It's a blessing, not a disaster. It's a disaster that can't be avoided. I can't see through it for my father who eats more than you and walks for decades. You guys, put your heart on it." In my belly, I'm not as fragile as you think."

Fang Zhengjun smiled, scratched his head and sat down, Fang Ruxuan shrank his neck, and smiled playfully at King Qi, but there was no shortage of worry in his heart.

It's one thing to say it's one thing, but it's another thing to do it or not. Since King Qi was a teenager, he has opened up territories for the late emperor. For so many years, no matter what the late emperor and Rui'an emperor thought, he should be loyal to him all the time. Even so, the military power that should be let go is not sentimental at all. Even so, Emperor Rui'an still has to fear him. Whoever it is, I'm afraid I will feel bad.

After talking for a while, King Qi ordered Fang Zhengjun to send his sister back earlier on the excuse that the road was slippery at night. After the two left, King Qi held a book in his hand, but looked up from time to time, and even a pair of ears. It also seems to be paying attention to the movement outside.

Until Haishi.

Haishi is the time when the city is forbidden, and similarly, it is also the time when the palace is banned. After this point, if you want to leave the palace and enter the palace again, unless there is a will from the Holy One, the Queen, or the Queen Mother.

It seems that after all, it is still empty.

King Qi felt a little disappointed.

At the second watch, an uninvited guest came to Prince Qi's mansion.

The person who came was wearing a big cloak, under the dim light, he couldn't see his face clearly, but behind him was Eunuch Xu from Zhaoyang Palace, the head steward had followed King Qi for many years, the chief eunuchs in the palace, Most of them have seen it before, although they dare not speculate on the identity of the person in front, they still lead him to the Nuanxiang Hall full of fear.

When the butler turned to leave, Eunuch Xu specially instructed to pretend that no one had come to Prince Qi's mansion at night.

Fortunately, there has been a lot of movement in the Nuanxiang Palace these days. Fang Zhengjun and Fang Ruxuan have already ordered them to come down, and people who believe in them have been arranged everywhere.

When Eunuch Xu followed that person into the palace, King Qi was still sitting behind the desk writing hard. The thick stack of papers next to the case was full of his experience in the art of war over the years and the defense strategies used by several countries on the border. There is a posture of leaving Tuogu.

"Uncle Qi is planning to retire to the mountains after recovering from his illness, so that he will no longer be loyal to my country?"

The man took off his cloak and handed it to Eunuch Xu, walked to the desk and said.

He was so concentrated that King Qi didn't even notice that someone was approaching him. He heard the voice at this moment, and when he looked up and saw that it was Emperor Rui'an, he didn't recover for a long time.

When he was about to salute when he put down his pen, he was grabbed by Emperor Rui'an as soon as he walked around to the desk.

"Time is running out. I can only stay here for an hour, so all these formalities will be avoided. It would be better for Uncle Qi to explain the memorial to me in detail."

Emperor Rui'an pointed to the table, and the two went to sit facing each other. Concubine Shen personally served tea and brought out the only few people in the hall.

The door of the hall was closed tightly, and the sound inside could not be heard at all. Concubine Shen looked at the Yixin Hall where the lights were gradually extinguished in the distance, and sighed deeply in her heart.

Who came to Prince Qi's mansion at night, except for the housekeeper and concubine Shen, and Fang Zhengjun and Fang Ruxuan who woke up early the next day, no one knew.

In the early days of the dynasty, Emperor Ruian decreed that the weather in the capital was extremely cold, and King Qi was suffering from an acute illness, which was also implicated in chronic illnesses. He authorized King Qi to move to the palace outside the city to recuperate. Wang recovered.

In the afternoon, the winding convoy drove out of the palace, went to Prince Qi's mansion to pick up Queen Qi who was still unconscious, and drove straight out of the city gate.

Among the crowd seeing off in front of King Qi's mansion, Su Yuan and Concubine Yun were crying especially heartbroken. Those who didn't know who were inside saw it and almost thought that King Qi had gone west.

Only Fang Ruxuan and Concubine Shen looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.

King Qi was in the mansion, not to mention the hard work of everyone hiding it, and worrying about the eyes of those ghosts hiding in the dark. Now, with the blessing of the Holy One, the palace is absolutely safe.

On the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, at the banquet in the palace, King Lu formally proposed to bid farewell. Unexpectedly, he was stopped by the queen mother with a smile, "Since you are back, let's stay longer. Those who come this year will be late, so hurry up." I just arrived on New Year's Eve, and I was in a hurry to leave just after the [-]th day, I didn't know, I thought the royal family was weak, and I was in a hurry to drive you back after accepting the generous gift you gave me."

King Lu was startled, his eyes looked unnaturally at Emperor Rui'an at the first place.

Emperor Rui'an nodded with a smile, "Uncle Lu, please stay for a while longer. The Spring Festival will start on the ninth day of February. At that time, if the selected young heroes, Uncle Lu, are suitable, I can send them to various places in Ningbei." , can be regarded as reciprocating peaches."

What he wanted to say in his throat was blocked like this. King Lu felt a little strange in his heart, but he couldn't say anything. In the end, he decided to wait and see what happened, got up and sat back in his seat, but one night, he was quite absent-minded. .

After the [-]th, the caravans from all over the country began to leave the city on a large scale. In the direction of Ningbei, there were one or two more caravans, and they were not noticeable at all.

In Qingfengzhai, Fang Ruxuan lazily lay side by side with Chen Mei on the heated kang, and let out a sigh of relief.

Chen Mei pursed her lips and smiled, and asked casually, "Has that man been caught yet?"

Fang Ruxuan rolled her eyes, "Probably in the next few days, Daoist Jiang said that he would use a long line to catch big fish, just to see if there are any of his accomplices in the capital, and then we can catch them all in one go, lest they use these methods to harm people."

Although the people in Miaojiang are good at playing Gu, they don't want to kill anyone they see. For them, playing Gu is like martial arts of a warrior, it is a means to save their lives and save themselves in special situations.

And this person who appeared in the capital was obviously a scum among them, and he didn't know how much money he had been promised by King Lu to do such an outrageous thing.

Whether Daoist Jiang or Fang Ruxuan, they all despise such people, so as soon as Daoist Jiang made his proposal, Fang Ruxuan strongly endorsed and supported him.

Fang Zhengjun and Fang Ruxuan felt relieved when King Qi was out of danger. In the past few days, Chen Mei even had an appetite, not like she couldn't eat a few days ago.

At noon, Fang Zhengjun didn't come back, and Fang Ruxuan was still with Chen Mei, but it was a quarter of an hour later than usual, and the meal still hadn't been delivered. After a while, Mama Cui entered the main room with a gagged little maid.

Seeing the little girl, Chen Mei's eyes were a little unclear. Cui's mother pinched the little girl's waist anxiously, and waited until the girl's eyes were filled with tears and her face turned red, then she took out the handkerchief and asked ruthlessly. Said: "Say, who told you to put medicine in Shizifei's soup?"

As soon as Mama Cui's words came out, Fang Ruxuan couldn't sit still and walked out from the inner room.

(End of this chapter)