Return of Jin Yi

Chapter 154
When Chu Ci arrived in the front hall, Li Zhong was so anxious that some fine sweat broke out on his head, he hurried forward to salute, and said, "My servant greets the concubine, and the concubine is safe!"

Chu Ci raised his hand, said "Excuse me", and then asked, "My father-in-law came to me in such a hurry, but the emperor's illness broke out?"

Seeing that Chu Ci had guessed his intention, Li Zhong directly explained Emperor Jingming's current situation without going around in circles, "Since yesterday, the emperor's back has started to itch, and he woke up this morning with many rashes on his body... The imperial physician in the palace has nothing to do, so the emperor wants you to come into the palace to help him take a look..."

"I see!" Chu Ci nodded, "I'll go into the palace with you first!" She said, looking back at Zhe Xia beside her, and said, "Go to the pharmacy and help me get the medicine box, Then accompany me into the palace!"

"Yes, girl!" Hearing Zhexia's words, Fushen responded, and retreated outside.

She moved quickly, and within less than half a cup of tea, she brought over the medicine box that Chu Ci used to go to the clinic on weekdays. Seeing this, Chu Ci no longer hesitated, and gave Li Zhong a look, and the three of them walked out .

When they arrived at the palace, Emperor Jingming had almost lost his patience in waiting.

Before Chu Ci stepped forward to salute, he waved to her impatiently and said, "You don't need to be too polite, the concubine, just hurry up and see a doctor for me... Those rashes are so itchy that I can't even I can't control myself any more..."

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Chu Ci didn't like to do these bowing rituals, so after listening to Emperor Jing Ming's words, he agreed and walked towards him.

After arriving in front of Emperor Jingming, Emperor Jingming glanced at the medicine box in Zhexia's hand next to her, frowned and asked, "Are you going to take off your clothes?"

Chu Ci hurriedly shook his head and refused, "No, if you go back to the emperor, it's not necessary. I heard from Eunuch Li that the emperor has rashes on many places on his body. There must be rashes on this arm. Just roll up your sleeves!"

Hearing what she said, Emperor Jing Ming didn't hesitate anymore, and hastily rolled up his right sleeve.

Chu Ci only took one look, then narrowed his eyes. This person's body seems to be a bit special, and the speed at which the rash grows is really extremely ferocious.According to this trend, it is estimated that it will grow on the face in less than ten days.

Emperor Jingming saw Chu Ci's expression clearly, and immediately, his brows became tighter, and he looked at Chu Ci and asked, "Shizi Concubine, what is my illness? Can I wait until Huang Liangmeng succeeds in testing the medicine? "

When Chu Ci heard Emperor Jing Ming's question, she pursed her lips vigorously, and after a while, she said, "If you go back to the emperor, this... I can't guarantee this. After all, before this, I have never Having been exposed to such a disease, I hope that the emperor will give the courtiers some time to think about it!"

Hearing what Chu Ci said, Emperor Jing Ming didn't know that the string was stretched by Chu Ci. Before her words fell, he turned dark, stared at her fiercely, and shouted, "I will give you time, But who will give me time? Do you know how itchy this rash is? Do you know how difficult it is for me these days? Let me tell you, I never have a good day, and I never sleep peacefully! Do you know?"

Chu Ci lowered his head and said nothing.

But I was thinking in my heart - all the things you are suffering now are not because of the sins you did before!If you are not tempted by Huang Liangmeng, then who can get you back? Aren't you still high above, awake and in charge of the world, the ninety-five lord who is lying drunk on the lap of a beauty!

Seeing Chu Ci's appearance like this, Emperor Jingming's anger became even higher for a while, coupled with the itching all over his body, it made him even more upset... stood up abruptly, and brushed towards the desk in front of him. past...

The next moment, all the pen holders and memorials on the table were smashed to the ground, making a bang bang bang sound.

Chu Ci's brows were slightly frowned by the sudden burst of noise, and he couldn't help but raised his head, cupped his hands and said, "The emperor calm down!"

"Calm down your anger, you have concocted a medicine that can cure my illness, and let me calm down!" Emperor Jingming's eyes turned red, and he stared fiercely at Chu Ci and shouted.

Chu Ci was reprimanded by him, and he gritted his molars hard... He lowered his head again, cupped his hands and waited in a low voice, "My daughter will try her best to successfully test the medicine for the emperor as soon as possible!"

"Try your best?!" Emperor Jing Ming widened his eyes when he heard these two words, and the anger in his eyes seemed to slam towards Chu Ci, "The imperial doctor said to do his best, and you also said to do his best. You both agreed to deal with it together. Me?"

"Your servant dare not!" Chu Ci lowered his head and said respectfully and patiently.

Hearing what she said, Emperor Jingming curled his lips coldly at her, "Since it's not perfunctory, why don't you give me a deadline!"

Chu Ci raised his head, looked directly at Emperor Jingming, raised his eyebrows and asked, "How can I give this deadline?"

"Three days, or seven days, you must concoct a medicine that can cure my illness, or else I will deal with it!" Emperor Jingming looked at her and said word by word.

Chu Ci's eyebrows twitched. Of course, she couldn't agree to such an overlord's terms. If she agreed, she would be a fool!Not to mention whether penicillin can be extracted in a short period of time, even if it is extracted, there are thousands of accidents.How could she risk her life to issue a military order with Emperor Jingming? !
Thinking like this, she refused without hesitation, "Seven days are too short, please forgive me, my daughter-in-law cannot agree to your request!"

"Then how long will it take you!" Emperor Jing Ming's eyes turned even redder, he leaned forward with one hand on the unjust case, and asked sharply.

Chu Ci's eyes flickered, he thought about it carefully, and said, "It will take at least a month!"

"One month?" Emperor Jing Ming frowned when he heard the words, he stared at Chu Ci, and said, "One month! The rash on my body has already crawled to my face, and maybe it will be a big one." Do you want me to discuss political affairs with my courtiers with such a horrible face?"

Hearing what Emperor Jing Ming said, Chu Ci sighed helplessly, "I don't want to do this either... But the Emperor Mingjian, this flower and willow disease is really not an ordinary disease, and this is the first time for my daughter to come into contact with it, and I am still groping for it. , During the process of testing the medicine... If the court lady can really conquer a new type of disease in only three or seven days as the emperor said, then the court lady is not a doctor, but a god."

"But in fact, the courtier is just a mortal, a mortal with better medical skills, not a fairy."

When she said this, she looked straight into Emperor Jing Ming's eyes.There was not much dislike for Emperor Jing Ming's persecution of her in the tone, there was only a touch of helplessness, and the compassion that had been deeply rooted in her bones as a doctor!

Being looked at by her like this, and listening to her explaining like this, her anxious heart was soothed by her, but there was still a bit of gloom in his eyes. After pondering for a long time, he looked at her and suddenly asked, "So , according to what Shi Zifei said, in the end, the best result for me is to save this life, as for other...you can't do anything?"

Chu Ci looked at Emperor Jingming and nodded seriously, "The emperor is holy!"

"... I understand!" There was another long silence, until Chu Ci's legs and feet were a little numb, and Emperor Jingming said sadly and slowly.

Chu Ci didn't answer, but just lowered his head as low-key as possible.

Emperor Jing Ming didn't continue to trouble her, he sat down slowly on the dragon chair behind him, stared straight ahead, and didn't know what he was thinking.

After a long, long time, when candles had already started to be passed around in the palace, he raised his head again, looked at Chu Ci and said, "Then the concubine Lao Shizi will be responsible for the preparation of the pills."

Chu Ci took a deep breath, raised his head and cupped his hands and said, "My daughter, remember the emperor's order!"

"Well, you step back!" Emperor Jingming waved his hands, then glanced at Li Zhong again, and said, "You send the concubine to the world for me!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Li Zhong responded, then turned sideways and made a gesture of invitation to Chu Ci.

Seeing this, Chu Ci looked back at Emperor Jing Ming worriedly, and then left with Li Zhong...

On the way out of the palace, Li Zhong didn't know what he was thinking, and he never spoke.

Chu Ci was also quietly thinking about her own affairs, until she reached Yongning Gate, Li Zhong stopped, and then she came to her senses, smiled at Li Zhong, and said, "Are you there yet?"

Li Zhong looked ahead and nodded, and said, "We've arrived at Yongning Gate, and the sedan chair is outside!"

Chu Ci gave a "hmm", paused, and looked at Li Zhong secretly, and said tentatively, "Elder-in-law, I may need your help with something, I don't know you..."

"My concubine, please tell me that if the servant can help, I will go through fire and water, and I will do whatever I want!" Li Zhong said with some reservations after seeing Chu Ci's words, shaking his hand whisk.

Chu Ci looked at him and nodded slightly, then smiled lightly, and said casually, "It's not a big deal, but I guess the emperor may invite concubines and maids to sleep tonight..."

"And then?" Li Zhong asked, "What does Shi Zifei mean?"

"Eunuch also knows that the emperor's illness is contagious, and I don't want too many innocent people to die because of it, so if I really guessed right, can Eunuch send someone to tell me?" Chu Ci smiled Said his request.

Li Zhong lowered his eyes and thought for a while, this is not a big deal, so he nodded and agreed, "Okay, I have written down what the concubine Shizi told me, if what you guessed really happened, I will ask someone to tell you Last one!"

"Then thank you, Eunuch!" Chu Ci thanked politely.

Li Zhong hugged Fu Chen and bowed back a salute, and said with a smile, "The Concubine Shi Zi is too polite, this is nothing more than a little effort!"

Afterwards, the two exchanged polite words with each other before parting ways.

Chu Ci left the palace through Yongning Gate, while Li Zhong returned to Qianyuan Hall.

In the Qianyuan Hall, as soon as Li Zhong entered the hall, a shady gaze looked at him.

Li Zhong followed that gaze, and saw Emperor Jingming staring at him sympathetically.

"Emperor... Your Majesty!" He bowed his waist and called out tentatively.

Emperor Jing Ming moved his eyelids, let out a soft hum from his throat, looked at him and asked coldly, "The concubine is sent away?"

Li Zhong stepped forward to reply, his tone was unprecedentedly respectful and cautious, "If you go back to the emperor, the servant will send the concubine to Yongning Gate and come back. I don't know what else the emperor ordered?"

"Well, I have something to tell you to do!" Emperor Jing Ming glanced at Li Zhong and said coldly.

When Li Zhong heard what Emperor Jing Ming said, he didn't know why, but he suddenly thought of the matter that Chu Ci told him when he left. Could it be... the emperor is really unwilling to be infected by himself, and intends to poison the people in the palace. Palace people?

Thinking of this, his bowed body stiffened suddenly, and when he spoke again, his voice trembled, "Please order, Your Majesty!"

"You go to the imperial concubine's palace to pass the decree for me, let her come to Qianyuan Hall to sleep tonight!" Emperor Jingming said fluently with a cold arc on his lips.

After listening to Emperor Jingming's instructions, Li Zhong's body became even stiffer. After a long time, he slowly raised his head, looked at his master, and asked softly, "Your Majesty, aren't you still sick?"

When Emperor Jing Ming heard Li Zhong mentioning his illness, his eyes flashed suddenly, and he pursed his lips and said, "Li Zhong, you are considerate of others, why not let you serve me for the imperial concubine tonight?"

Li Zhong: "..."

His eyes widened, he really wanted to break his head and never thought that his master would say such a thing.

He served him for the imperial concubine?Where to serve it!

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt a chill in his heart, as well as a faint sadness!

No!Dead friends don't die poor!
The emperor wanted the imperial concubine to serve him, so he just went to preach the decree, so why put himself in danger!He is not a Buddha, he can cut his own flesh to feed the eagle.

Thinking of this, he hastily bowed to Emperor Jingming again, and said, "The emperor is joking, this servant is the imperial decree of Fanghua Palace!" After saying that, he turned around and was about to walk out!
"Wait!"

After he walked a few steps, Emperor Jingming suddenly called out behind him.

Li Zhong's expression changed, he thought in his heart, the emperor really regretted it, and wanted him to serve him, right?

"Why don't you turn around and look at me?" Emperor Jingming saw that Li Zhong stopped, but he didn't turn around for a long time, he couldn't help but sneered, looking at his thin back and asked back.

Hearing what Emperor Jing Ming said, the arc of the corner of Li Zhong's mouth became more bitter. He almost exhausted all his strength to ensure that he didn't tremble. He turned around slowly, looked at Emperor Jing Ming and asked, "I don't know if the emperor still What are your orders?"

"I just want to tell you, when you go to the Hall of Fanghua, remember to bring the Ye Mingzhu that Fanbang brought up as a tribute to the imperial concubine. She is afraid of the dark, and she likes this kind of things that are bright at night the most!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, this servant obeys!" Li Zhong heaved a sigh of relief when he heard that he had nothing to do with him. After a pause, he asked Emperor Jingming again to make sure that he had no other orders before turning around again and leaving Qianyuan Hall .

Outside the palace, Chu Zhai arrived at the gate of the palace in a sedan chair. Just as she got off the sedan chair and was about to get into Chu Zhai's carriage, who knew that before she stepped on the carriage ladder, there was a sound of horseshoes in her ears.

Zhe Xia, who was supporting Chu Ci, frowned, and subconsciously said, "This seems to be the sound of the horse's hooves of the prince's horse..."

"You mean the regent?" Chu Ci stopped the movement of boarding the car, turned to look at Zhexia and asked.

Zhe Xia nodded, before he could answer, Meng Jing rode his horse and came up to him.

He was dressed in a black cloak, and after getting off his horse, he walked straight towards Chuci, grabbed her wrist, and said in a low voice, "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine!" Chu Ci smiled at him, and while replying, he pulled back his wrist forcefully, looked at the blue mount behind him, and asked, "Why did the prince come into the palace today?"

Meng Jing clenched the hand that had gripped Chu Ci's wrist, lowered her head, looked into her eyes, and said in a low voice, "I didn't come to the palace, but I was a little worried when I heard that Director Li invited you to the palace under the emperor's order... ...I will follow you to see you!"

"I'm sorry to bother you, my lord!" Chu Ci lowered his head and whispered, "It's just that it's windy and cold outside, and your lord's body..."

"I'm fine!" Meng Jing interrupted her directly, and said, "I understand my body! If I can't stand the wind, cold and turbulence, I won't go out at all! Ah Ci, I'm afraid I will give you Trouble!"

Hearing what he said, Chu Ci's expression became even more uncomfortable, and she lowered her head even lower, "My lord... I still need to take care of it, I happen to have a carriage here, let them take the lord back to the Prince Regent's mansion! "

"What about you?" Meng Jing heard that Chu Ci's words did not mean to leave with him, so she couldn't help asking.

Chu Ci finally raised his head, looked at the tall horse behind him, and said, "I'll go back on the prince's horse!"

Hearing what she said, Meng Jing's face couldn't help but change, like shocked, but also like unbelievable, "You can ride a horse?"

Chu Ci nodded, "I've learned it, although I don't run very fast, but it's pretty steady!" After finishing speaking, she looked at Meng Jing's reddish nose again, pointed to her carriage, and said, "My lord, hurry up Get in the car! It's really cold outside!"

Meng Jing looked into her eyes as if she hadn't heard her second sentence, and said, "This horse is not an ordinary horse, I'm afraid you can't handle it!"

"Is it possible?" Chu Ci walked towards the green horse in disbelief, raised his hand and stroked its head lightly, and said, "But I looked at it, why do I think it is quite docile!"

Meng Jing: "..."

This is the first time someone said that his Ben Lei has a docile temper!
"That's it!" Chu Ci patted Ben Lei's head again, and said directly, "My lord, you go to the carriage, and I will ride back to Chu's house!" After saying that, she stepped on the saddle and got on the horse!
As for Ben Lei, there was really no sign of rejection at all.

Meng Jing was slightly surprised watching from the side.

Chu Ci also ignored him, turned his horse and headed towards Chu's house.

Meng Jing watched her running away, and after a while, she suddenly turned her head, gave Zhe Xia a cold look, and said, "If you don't catch up with her, go and protect your master, if she loses a hair, this king wants you life!"

"Yes, my lord!" Zhexia agreed, and hurriedly used his lightness kung fu to chase after him.

Meng Jing, on the other hand, stood there for a while until Chu Ci and Ben Lei could no longer be seen, then got into the carriage, and ordered the guards driving the carriage, "Follow your master and go to Chu's residence!"

"Yes, my lord!" The guard dared not answer, and after saying that, he drove the carriage to chase after Chu Ci.

Chu Ci is just like what she said, she can ride a horse, but not fast!After all, in her opinion, horse riding is also a very dangerous sport, especially since she is not riding her own horse, but Meng Jing's horse, so she has to be more careful!

After running for a while, the speed slowed down!
Also because of this reason, Meng Jing's carriage quickly caught up with her.

As long as Meng Jing raised the curtain of the car, she could see the sound of her jogging on her horse when she poked her head out...

After going all the way, it took twice as long to get back to Chu's house than usual by car.

It's getting dark already!

Outside the Chu house, Chu Ci struggled to get off the horse. As soon as her front foot hit the ground, Zhe Xia chased up from behind, called "Ma'am", and went to take the rein in her hand.

Chu Ci looked up at Zhe Xia, "Did you run back?"

Zhexia nodded, "My lord's mount is a bit more dangerous after all, this servant is worried about the girl!"

"I'm fine!" Chu Ci smiled at her, then looked at the door of Chu's house, and told her, "Quickly knock on the door!"

Zhexia agreed, and went to knock on the door.

After Butler Wu came out, he took the rein from Chu Ci's hand, looked at his girl in surprise, and said, "Young lady came back on horseback today?"

Chu Ci nodded, and was about to tell Butler Wu why she came back on horseback today, but just as she opened her mouth, the sound of a carriage came from her ears.

Afterwards, the carriage with the logo of Chu House drove into the alley.

It was the carriage she gave to Meng Jing!

Could it be...Meng Jing didn't ask someone to drive back to the Regent's Palace, but followed her all the way?
Thinking like this, she couldn't help turning her head to look at Zhe Xia, and asked, "Do you know about the prince following me?"

Zhexia nodded, "I know!"

"Then why didn't you tell me earlier?!" Chu Ci looked at her with some reproach.

Zhexia said with a worried face, "This servant also wants to tell you, but I'm afraid that I will reveal my identity rashly and become your god..."

"..." Hearing her explaining like this, Chu Ci couldn't help but blame her.

I could only walk in and say to her, "Since everyone has followed, that's the only way to go. You are just a guest when you come to the door. Later, you go to the small kitchen and talk to Aunt Wu, and add some more dishes!" Thank you Meng Jing for worrying about her today!

Zhexia listened to Chu Ci's order, and hurriedly responded, "Your servant understands! I'll go to the kitchen to give orders later!"

The master and servant walked forward while talking.

When they walked to the Moon Gate, another childish voice suddenly came from behind.

Chu Ci stopped and looked back, only to see Ji Xiang, a young servant who had just joined the mansion a few days ago, walking towards her quickly.

After arriving in front of her, he gave a respectful slap, and then said, "Girl, Uncle Wu sent the slave here. He said that the girl left too quickly just now, and he forgot to tell you something, so he sent the slave over." Send a message!"

"What's the matter?" Chu Ci looked at the servant in front of him gently, and asked in a gentle tone.

The servant has never seen such a gentle master before, so overwhelmed by the flattery, he was slightly stunned for a moment, and then said with a childish air, "If you go back to the girl, it's like this... Before you come back, it will take about half an hour." Well, a little eunuch came to the mansion to deliver a message on behalf of Director Li of the palace, saying that what you guessed happened..."

(End of this chapter)