Rebirth's Charm

Chapter 81

Yu Shaoheng smiled silently, squeezed her hand a little, and walked slowly back into the room.

When he got to the upstairs by the lotus, Ye Xizhao stood in front of him and asked softly, "Shao Heng, what will happen? I'm worried about you, don't hide it from me."

Yu Shaoheng placed her in his arms, resting his chin on her shoulder, "If you want to scare you, I will almost regret being a member of the officialdom."

"..."

"If I leave the capital for a while, you can wait for me at home." Yu Shaoheng's words were not a question, "Xi Zhao, promise me."

"Where are you going?" When Ye Xizhao heard this, he involuntarily wrapped his arms around him, "Are you going to lead the army to fight, or..." Or will he be forced to commit crimes by the helpless emperor? to place?

"No matter what I do, just stay at home and help me take care of my mother. I will definitely come back safe and sound."

"..." Ye Xizhao was silent for a while, considering his mood at the moment, reluctantly agreed, "I promise you."

That night, Yu Shaoheng went out again after finishing his meal.

Ye Xizhao was lying on the bed alone, thinking about what he said, he became more and more depressed, and couldn't fall asleep no matter what.

The room leak happened to be raining all night——in the middle of the night, Yuanyang hurried over to report that Mrs. Tai was not in a good condition and had a severe headache.

Ye Xizhao hastily ordered someone to invite the imperial physician to come over, then dressed neatly and rushed to the empress dowager's room.When they arrived at the courtyard, they ordered the servants not to inform the second wife and the third wife—the second wife was pregnant, and the third wife was just married, so they should not be alarmed.

Mrs. Tai was lying on the bed, her brows were furrowed, and she was pressing her forehead weakly.

"Madam." Ye Xizhao came to the bed.

"You're here." Mrs. Tai forced herself to sit up, "Tell them not to disturb you, but no one listened. It's just a headache."

"Your complexion is so bad, it must be in severe pain, how can you hold on?" Ye Xizhao was impatient, "I'll press it for you to see if it can be relieved, the imperial doctor will be here in a while."

"Since you have invited the imperial physician, just wait, so don't worry about it."

"No." Ye Xizhao called Yuanyang, and the two persuaded Mrs. Tai to lie on the bed.

The mandarin ducks turned around to bring Xiao Zhuzi, and after Ye Xizhao sat down, he put his hands on Mrs. Tai's head to help Mrs. Tai relieve the pain.

Mrs. Tai smiled and touched Ye Xizhao's hand, "Your child is different from others, you have never worn long armor."

Ye Xizhao smiled and said, "Did you forget? I'm a glutton. I always think about making pastries and dishes. When cooking, my nails grow a lot."

Mrs. Tai was provoked into laughing, "I also said that I am gluttonous. I have been married for so long, but I haven't seen you gain any weight. You have even lost a lot in the past six months."

"It's not up to me to decide." Ye Xizhao turned to ask, "Are you worried about Master Hou's headache?"

"Yes." Mrs. Tai didn't hide it from her, "I understand everything in my heart, but I still can't help but feel angry."

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law talked casually until the imperial physician came to treat them.

The imperial doctor prescribed a prescription to soothe the nerves, and the servants took the medicine according to the prescription and came back, and decocted it for Mrs. Tai, and it took a long time to work back and forth.

Mrs. Tai finished taking the decoction, looked at the sky, and repeatedly called Ye Xizhao back to her room to rest.

However, Ye Xizhao continued to sit on the bed, massaged Mrs. Tai's head, and said with a smile, "I'll go back after you fall asleep, and you'll just be coaxing me—I won't be able to fall asleep even if I go back."

The daughter-in-law here is becoming more and more considerate, and more and more able to make her happy.Mrs. Tai's heart was warm, and she still said: "If you are exhausted again, what should I do?"

Ye Xizhao pursed his lips and laughed, "I'm so young, how can I be so delicate."

Mrs. Tai saw that she insisted, so she had no choice but to give in: "When I fall asleep, you should go back quickly."

"Ah."

Ye Xizhao responded in this way, and after Mrs. Tai fell asleep, she still stayed by the bed to take care of her.

Yu Shaoheng is always not in the mansion, Mrs. Tai is her backbone.Furthermore, in this year, Mrs. Tai and her cared for each other and supported each other. The duty between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has become a true relationship like a mother and daughter. She was really afraid that Mrs. Tai would fall ill from the bottom of her heart.

All night, Ye Xizhao stayed by the bed, looking for a Buddhist scripture that Mrs. Tai read every day.Now, she can only use this method to relieve the extreme anxiety in her heart.

Before I knew it, it was almost dawn.

Ye Xizhao got up lightly, put the Buddhist scriptures back to the original place, went to Mrs. Tai's small kitchen, cooked a few light and delicious side dishes, and made porridge, put them into bowls and plates one by one, and put them on the tray , Bring it to the dining table, and go to the dormitory to see if Mrs. Tai is awake.

Mrs. Tai has sat up and is listening to Yuanyang whispering something.Seeing Ye Xizhao, he sighed with distress: "You child, why did you take care of him all night?"

Ye Xizhao just smiled, and then said to Yuanyang: "You go and set the meal, I will serve Mrs. Tai." After taking the clothes, she said to Mrs. Tai, "Where do you want to eat?"

"Let's go out for dinner, I'm much better." Mrs. Tai smiled and stood up, but then her body shook violently.

Ye Xizhao's heart tensed into a string, and he hurried over to support Mrs. Tai, but what came out of his mouth was an anxious call: "Mother!"

Mrs. Tai stood firm, and slowly turned her head to look at Ye Xizhao. After a while, a smile mixed with emotion and relief appeared. She held Ye Xizhao's hand and murmured: "Good boy, good boy!" child……."

When the Hou Mansion was in turmoil, her eldest daughter-in-law never showed a trace of panic in front of others, and treated her with more filial piety than before. At this time, the word mother that blurted out at this time was the expression of her mood and affection in a hurry.

Tears slowly appeared in Ye Xizhao's eyes.

This mother, she should have followed Yu Shaoheng to call out since the beginning of marriage, but at that time the relationship between the two families was almost tense. As for her and Yu Shaoheng, it was an invisible revenge for each other. Seeing each other's elders was just perfunctory thing.

It was also because of her that the second wife and Song Xinyao also called Mrs. Tai by her title every day.

And Mrs. Tai never cared about these things on the surface, and all she wanted was for her to treat Yu Shaoheng better.

In this way, this matter became the default matter of the whole family as time passed.In front of outsiders, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law always deliberately skip the title.

Previously, Ye Xizhao secretly thought about this matter many times. At first, he was afraid that the change would make Mrs. Tai and Yu Shaoheng suspicious. Later, he couldn't find a chance to change his mind, and felt that it was too deliberate, let alone it is good.

She has been looking for an opportunity like today, only the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, when they changed their minds, they confessed their mistakes to Mrs. Tai.But in the past, when there was no one to serve Mrs. Tai, she always forgot it at the time, and when she thought about it afterwards, it was difficult to find another opportunity.

Even she herself hadn't expected it to happen so naturally.

"Mother." Ye Xizhao looked at Mrs. Tai, with tears in his eyes because of too much guilt, "In the past...."

"Don't talk about that." Mrs. Tai patted her hands and smiled kindly, "Help me dress and eat with me."

"Yeah!" Ye Xizhao nodded vigorously, helping Mrs. Tai to dress and freshen up.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law finished eating together, the third lady came over, and saluted respectfully after entering the door: "My daughter-in-law just learned that mother was not feeling well last night, is she feeling better now?"

This is what the third lady called Mrs. Tai after entering the door.Fortunately, she changed her mind today, otherwise, she would just be restless in the future.

Mrs. Tai smiled and said: "Your sister-in-law is taking good care of me. I'm fine. Don't worry."

The third lady saluted Ye Xizhao again, "Sister-in-law has worked hard, why didn't you call me to serve you?"

Ye Xizhao said softly: "I can handle it well, so no one will disturb you." Then he looked at Mrs. Tai, "Is there any cake you want, mother?"

"No." Mrs. Tai shook her head again and again, "You stayed up all night, it's serious to go back to your room and rest."

Ye Xizhao didn't refuse, and left with a smile. When he returned to the lotus, his head touched the pillow, and he felt very tired. After a while, he felt drowsy.The situation in the court today is only more tense. If you can't do anything while awake, it's better to spend it in your sleep.Before falling asleep, she thought so.

King Jing left the palace after Zhong Liye and the Queen Mother came to invite him personally, and appeared together with the emperor in front of the angry officials.The Empress Dowager stayed in Prince Jing's Mansion, chatting with Concubine Jing.

Facing the crowd of officials, King Jing sighed, "Why are you bothering?" Then he asked Zhong Liye in a respectful voice, "Your Majesty, would you like to go to the Golden Palace with all the ministers to discuss matters?"

Zhong Liye smiled wryly, "I have said this several times, but they refuse."

King Jing then turned around again, trying to persuade the officials, but in the end, after he promised that he would persuade the emperor to give them an explanation, the officials went to the Golden Palace to discuss the matter.

Zhong Liye sat on the dragon chair, even though he had anticipated the situation, he was still full of anger.

Prince Jing has been full of dissatisfaction since the first emperor came to the throne, and everyone in the royal family knows this well.Indeed, he had reasons to be unwilling - he was also the son of the imperial family, he was not inferior to the late emperor in terms of both literary and martial arts, but it was the late emperor who sat on the dragon chair in the end.

During the reign of the late Emperor, the Literary Inquisition was launched several times. In fact, he deliberately took advantage of this opportunity to eradicate King Jing's wings. For this reason, many innocent people were also admitted.

The two brothers fought in secret for more than 20 years. The first emperor failed to fulfill his long-cherished wish to get rid of King Jing, so he passed away. This hot potato fell into the hands of him and the queen mother.

Before and after he ascended the throne, he was assisted by several important ministers left by the late emperor, and Marquis Yongping was one of them.The old Hou Ye devoted all his life to the court, and cultivated Yu Shaoheng for the court who is better than blue.

The old Hou Ye and Yu Shaoheng successively held heavy troops. At that time, King Jing did not dare to make mistakes. He could only launch officials to impeach Yu Shaoheng when Yu Shaoheng became famous all over the world.

Later, in order to divide and control Prince Jing's power in the court, he asked the young Yu Shaoheng to take on the heavy responsibility.The Empress Dowager quickly developed the hidden guards into a huge team, scattered them all over the place, and learned as much as possible the details of important civil and military officials.

This is the real reason why Yu Shaoheng and Xiao Xun have been reused by him all the time, and this is the reason why he had a flat reaction to the marriage of the Xiangfu and Houfu and later agreed with both hands.The Xiangfu and Houfu are both families that are at odds with Prince Jing, and only by marrying the two families can they compete evenly with Prince Jing for a period of time.

It's just that there are too few people in his hands who can take on great responsibilities and convince him deeply. Sometimes he wishes Yu Shaoheng could have the skill of being a clone, helping him to control the military affairs in the court, and at the same time helping him with the military power outside. Deter King Jing.

Unfortunately not.

As for Ye Shuxuan, he was loyal, dedicated, and never ambitious, but he was a half-literate man after all. In times of peace and prosperity, this kind of man was the perfect prime minister. When encountering danger, he couldn't deter officials.Besides, King Jing is a difficult person from the first emperor and the queen mother to him, let alone others.

In the past, he forced Prince Jing to reveal the power he had cultivated or learned about, openly and covertly, but on this day, he was still furious.

Prince Jing had a clear intention, to force him to bow his head and become a puppet, and after that, he wanted the queen to give birth to a prince.If the ambition is moderate, let his heirs continue to be puppets; if the ambition is limitless, in a few years... the world may change hands, either King Jing or King Chengyuan.

Thinking of this, Zhong Liye felt a little lost.No matter how hard he tried to govern, no matter how diligent he was in government affairs, in the eyes of sophisticated people like Prince Jing and Prince Chengyuan, he was still an embroidered pillow who ascended the throne as a young man and relied on the support of the Queen Mother.

It humiliated him.

Prince Jing interrupted Zhong Liye's thoughts, and asked, "What is your majesty's plan for the minister of war, the prime minister, and the commander of the secret guard?"

"What's my plan?" Zhong Liye smiled, "Uncle Huang will make a decision."

In the Golden Palace, it was unprecedented for the emperor to talk about relatives.All the officials present were overjoyed.

Prince Jing dared not even say so, and ordered an official, "I'd better listen to your thoughts first."

The official said loudly: "According to my opinion, Minister of the Ministry of War and the Prime Minister were sent to prison, and all crimes were thoroughly investigated by special personnel; while the commander of the secret guard repeatedly offended members of the royal family, which even caused Prince Jing's son to be seriously injured to the point of being unable to walk. If you are so rampant, you should be beheaded to show the public!"

Prince Jing looked at Zhong Liye.

Zhong Liye smiled, "What does the emperor think?"

Prince Jing thought about his words, "Shangshu of the Ministry of War has made great military exploits, the prime minister has worked hard all these years, and the commander of the secret guard is appointed by the empress dowager - this kind of treatment will inevitably make the officials feel cold. Blame those who lead the impeachment..."

These words were not actually for Yu Shaoheng and the other three, because the last sentence successfully caused the officials present to become enraged again, and they all knelt down, begging Zhong Liye to severely punish the three, as an example to others.

"..." Zhong Liye let them keep on chattering, and didn't say a word for a long time.

Prince Jing asked for instructions a few more times, seeing that Zhong Liye was still silent, he couldn't help feeling suspicious.

Afterwards, the Empress Dowager came to the Golden Palace.

Zhong Liye left his seat to greet him, and the officials paid respects.

Whether it was Prince Jing or the officials, they believed that the Empress Dowager would take the overall situation into consideration at this time and force the emperor to fulfill their wishes.

However, the reality is quite different.

After the queen mother took her seat, she looked at King Jing with a smile, "Ai's family is in the palace, and they went to visit your next son, second son, and princess, and the three kept shouting that they hadn't greeted Ai's family for many days. When the family arrived in the palace, Ai's family saw that the three children were either in poor health or weak, so they ordered the imperial physician to take care of them carefully, and ordered people to vacate their residence, so that they could be companions in the palace with Ai's family , I will raise it better before returning to the palace."

"..." Prince Jing suddenly changed his expression.

How could his three children leave the palace at this time and enter the palace as hostages?Furthermore, the palace has been protected layer by layer by highly skilled personnel... This matter may have been premeditated. What he can't decide is whether Yu Shaoheng or Xiao Xun led his life and forced his three children out of the palace and sent them to the palace. middle.

As expected, his mansion, excluding his wives, concubines, concubines and concubines, probably suffered heavy casualties, with blood flowing like rivers.

It is not difficult for Yu Shaoheng or Xiao Xun to send their children into the palace, but it is even more difficult for him to rescue them from the palace.

Under such a premise, how can he avenge his beloved son, how can he taste the long-cherished wish to calm the resentment and unwillingness that have accumulated in his heart for many years?
The Empress Dowager looked at the officials again and asked: "You want the emperor to seize the matter, but there is a result?"

Only then did Zhong Liye speak out, repeating the situation just now.

After hearing this, the Queen Mother thought for a moment, and said, "What Prince Jing said is reasonable, but the punishment is too severe, which will inevitably make people feel chilled. Does Prince Jing have any ideas now?"

"I dare not." Prince Jing's voice was much more cautious, and it was no longer as casual as when he spoke to Zhong Liye before.

The queen mother was a little impatient, "If you have something to say, just say it straight, the emperor has no opinion, isn't it just for you to make a decision when you are invited here?"

Because of the safety of his three children, Prince Jing's complexion had already turned pale by now. After trying to calm down, he analyzed that this was a plan to delay the attack by the mother and son above. , Said sternly: "To tell you the truth, the empress dowager and the emperor, the minister of the Ministry of war has been domineering for a long time, and the commander of the dark guard has been arrogant for a long time. I have already recorded the crimes of these two people one by one in the past few years. The emperor can Looking at it at any time, the evidence is conclusive. Therefore, in the opinion of my humble minister—"

The queen mother took the words over, "Since the evidence is solid, the Ai family does not doubt you, so how about sending them to Mobei after they are convicted?" Then she smiled, "The Ai family knows that King Jing has always been lenient to others. If you have a broad mind, then Aijia should be the villain, so that you won't be criticized."

Distributed to Mobei?Mobei is the world of King Chengyuan, so it is a good place to go.Thinking of Yu Shaoheng, Prince Jing still felt uneasy. He thought about the terrain in Mobei, his eyes flashed, and he said with a smile: "What the empress dowager said is very true. But, Minister of the Ministry of War... how about letting him go to Mumu Island? The emperor can follow In the previous example, keep his mansion, use his siblings, the glory of the Marquis Mansion is still there, and the period of detaining the Shangshu of the Ministry of War can also be changed to a few years." A few years, compared with the previous example, seems to be short, but the time he needs to win, But not for a few years.Even if the emperor builds the palace as if it had an iron wall, one year is enough for him to rescue his children from the palace.

Zhong Liye was silent for a moment, then exhaled, "Alright." Then he asked, "Where's the prime minister?"

The queen mother took the words again: "The crime of the prime minister's impeachment needs to be verified, but no matter what the result is, being impeached by a large number of officials means that he is no longer able to convince the public and it is difficult for him to be the prime minister. Remove him from the prime minister position Go, the rest of the official positions are insignificant civil positions—for the sake of his many years of hard work, let’s keep the civil positions.”

Prince Jing had no objection.

A group of officials clamored unwillingly for a long time, under repeated reprimands from the Queen Mother and Zhong Liye, and repeated "persuasion" by King Jing, Fang You withdrew unwillingly and silently resigned.

Yu Shaoheng hurried upstairs, tearing off his brocade robe as he walked.

Ye Xizhao just woke up, and when he hurried up to meet him, he saw the blood stains on his pure white jacket, and was terribly frightened, stopped in his footsteps, and couldn't make a sound.

Yu Shaoheng quickly explained: "The splash was other people's blood. I just went to Prince Jing's mansion and kidnapped Prince Jing's sons and daughters into the palace."

Only then did Ye Xizhao regain his senses, and hurried to help him change his clothes, he asked halfway: "Mother doesn't know about this, does she? She had a terrible headache last night, it's better not to worry her."

Yu Shaoheng noticed that she called Mrs. Tai differently than before, his expression froze, and then he smiled warmly and boundlessly, and stroked her face with both hands.

Ye Xizhao smiled apologetically at him, "Only Mother and you are willing to indulge others like this."

"It's better to say "mother" reluctantly, but it's better to say "Mother" with some respect. It sounds good because you don't want to force others to be difficult, but it's not rare to say it badly. The feelings of father-in-law and mother-in-law are similar, so they never find fault with us. where." He kissed her cheek, "It can't compare to the melodious sound that is evoked from the bottom of my heart now."

Ye Xizhao turned and began to worry more about his situation, "You are still on the cusp, and you still do such things... Isn't the situation more dangerous?"

"My fate is very hard, don't worry."

Ye Xizhao looked up at him.

Yu Shaoheng took her into his arms and hugged her tightly.

He knew that she had thousands of words in her heart, but she couldn't say them.So did he.

After a long time, Ye Xizhao held his hand, "No matter what the prospects are, remember, I will never leave you, and share weal and woe."

(End of this chapter)