Return of Jin Yi

Chapter 81 Long time no see
Cining Palace.

The Empress Dowager Ren was leaning on the pillow and dozed off, while Emperor Jingming sat on the other side of the couch, drinking a cup of tea with a restless expression.

After a while, a court lady in a blue palace dress came in from the outside, and stepped forward to report, "The Queen Mother, the Emperor, the King of Nanjun and his family have gone outside the Palace of Compassion."

"Are you here?" Emperor Jingming raised his head, glanced at the maid, and waved his hand after a while, signaling the maid to step back first.

After the palace maid left, he frowned, looked carefully at Queen Mother Ren, and called his mother, "Nanjun King and his family are here..."

Empress Dowager Ren slowly opened her eyes after listening to Emperor Jingming's report.

His sharp eyes swept towards him, and he said displeasedly, "What are you afraid of? A majestic emperor, above ten thousand people, it is right for others to be afraid of you. What are you afraid of others?!"

"But..." Emperor Jingming's brows tightened even more.

He is afraid of Meng Jing, he is afraid of Chu Ci!

With so much military power in Meng Jing's hands, even if they had evidence of his identity in their hands, what if he rebelled?

And Chu Ci, her medical skills, he still has a shadow in his heart.It is simply too heaven-defying to be able to drug all the officials above the third grade in the entire capital.

He is really scared!
I'm afraid that before Chu Ci and Meng Jing can be brought down, they will take care of him.

Empress Dowager Ren has lived in the deep palace for so many years, her eyes are the most vicious, how can she not see the fear in her son's eyes.

She sneered, and couldn't help cursing, "I, Ren Xuanji, have been smart all my life. I don't know how I gave birth to such a worthless thing like you. Sit up straight for me! No matter what happens, I will take care of it. You take out your emperor!" His prestige is!"

"...Yes, Empress Mother!" Emperor Jing Ming trembled all over, and hurriedly agreed.

The Empress Dowager Ren glanced at him again, and then asked Aunt Jianmei to go out to meet the King of Nanjun and Chuci.

"My servant has met the King of Nanjun, the Concubine of Nanjun, the King of Xiaojun, the Concubine, and Miss Lu." Qian walked up to Chuci and the others, and Aunt Jianmei saluted respectfully.

The princess of Nanjun also went to the palace with the king of Nanjun to report on her duties a few years ago, knowing that the aunt in front of her in a light red palace dress is the confidant of the queen mother, she quickly reached out to support her, and said with a smile, "Aunt Jianmei, you don't need to be polite... ...But the Empress Dowager is going to see the minister's wife now?"

Aunt Jianmei smiled back, let go of Princess Nanjun's hand, and said again, "The empress dowager knows that you and the king of Nanjun are going to Beijing today. After delivering the decree, she has been waiting. Now, the king of the county, the princess of the county, The little prince, the concubine, and Miss Lu went in with the slaves..."

Princess Nanjun smiled gently, and then walked in side by side with King Nanjun, following the guidance of Aunt Jianmei.

Soon, the group arrived at the main hall.

Aunt Jianmei walked back to Empress Dowager Ren and returned to her life: "Empress Dowager, Your Majesty, the family of Nanjun Wang has arrived!"

After hearing the words, Empress Dowager Ren and Emperor Jing Ming looked at the Nanjun King and Nanjun Princess who were headed by them.

The king of Nanjun noticed the eyes of the two people sitting on the couch, and immediately brought the concubine of Nanjun to kneel down and salute, "The minister Lu Chengli and his family pay respects to the emperor and the queen mother. Long live the emperor, long live the emperor, and the queen mother!"

With that said, the group of people, except Chuci and Zhejin who were holding the child, all knelt down and bowed to the end.

"King of Nanjun, the concubine of the county doesn't need to be too polite. You are already tired after traveling all the way, get up!" Dun Dun looked at Li Zhong, the eunuch at the side, and said, "Give seats to the king of Nanjun and the concubine of Nanjun!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Li Zhong's soft and indistinguishable voice sounded, and after bowing, he hugged Fuchen and gave the two young eunuchs a wink.

Seeing this, the two young eunuchs immediately ran down to move the seat.

But in the blink of an eye, the two of them moved two brocade trees over.

The Empress Dowager Ren only spoke at this time, looked at the King of Nanjun and the Princess of Nanjun with a smile, and said, "Sit down, the Ai family has not seen you and the King of Nanjun for some days, the last time you went to Beijing to report on your duties, it seems to be three or four years ago ?”

"If you go back to the queen mother, it was four years ago." Nanjun Wangfei replied respectfully, but did not sit down.

Empress Dowager Ren narrowed her eyes, and the smile on her face deepened, "It was four years ago, Ai's family was getting old, and this memory is no longer good!" After speaking, the subject changed, and she looked at Jin Wu next to Princess Nanjun, and asked, "Why doesn't the princess sit down?"

After hearing the words, the princess of Nanjun glanced at Chu Ci who was holding Xin'er, then leaned forward and said, "Thank you Queen Mother for your compassion, but the minister's wife can still hold on, but it's the minister's daughter-in-law, as you have seen, she just died a month ago After giving birth, my body is empty now."

Unfinished meaning - even if there is a seat, you should sit in Chu Ci.

When the Empress Dowager Ren heard what Nanjun Wangfei said, her eyebrows and eyes were bent again, she looked at her and joked, "You will love your daughter-in-law, but I don't know which girl is actually blessed to be your daughter-in-law .”

Nanjun Wangfei let the queen mother say that, and cursed in her heart, "Old witch, why are you pretending?" But the smile on her face deepened, and then she motioned for Chu Ci to step forward, watching her introduce to the queen mother, "Queen mother, this It is the daughter-in-law of the minister's wife, surnamed Chu, with a single name of Ci. She married Gouzi half a year ago."

Empress Dowager Ren listened to Nanjun Wangfei's introduction, and then looked straight at Chu Ci.

Then, with a look of surprise on his face, he asked involuntarily, "Are you A Ci?"

Seeing that the Empress Dowager Ren acted like the real thing, Chu Ci twitched the corners of her mouth slightly, then hugged Xin'er, kissed her lower body slightly, raised her head, met her eyes, and said word by word, "Yes! Queen Mother ,haven't seen you for a long time……"

She said the last four words one by one.

Empress Dowager Ren caught her gaze and nodded, "It's been a long time... By the way, is the child you and Jing'er are holding in your arms?"

A sharp look flashed in Chu Ci's eyes, and he said bluntly, "If you go back to the queen mother, I have already reconciled with the regent, and the child has nothing to do with him."

"But... the two children are Jing'er's own flesh and blood after all, and you know that Jing'er has not had a son and a half under her knees until now..." The Queen Mother said in a low voice, with a gloomy look on her face, as if she was really in love. As if worrying about Meng Jing.

The corners of Chu Ci's lips twitched coldly, with a serious face: "Then you should reward the Prince Regent with some beauties! I will take care of them myself and guarantee that within a year, the Prince Regent's backyard will blossom and bear fruit, and babies will be crying everywhere!"

The queen mother's face darkened when she heard Chuci's words, and she sighed, "Aijia thought it was wrong. Aijia thought that with his love and protection for you at that time, you would last forever, and you will be a couple forever. Yes, but I didn't expect... Alas!"

Chu Ci: "..."

She is no longer in the mood to pay attention to Queen Mother Ren's instigation.

His eyes couldn't help but cast towards King Lu Xiaojun.

I saw that his face was ashen, and his fists were clenched in his sleeves.

Seeing that Chu Ci stopped talking, the queen mother finally felt a sense of joy in her heart. Then, she looked at King Lu Xiaojun again, and then said "ah", and said again and again, "it's the fault of the Ai family. Seeing the past His daughter-in-law couldn't help but say a few more words, it's the fault of the Ai family... Duke Lu Xiaojun, don't be angry with Ah Ci, even though she was once in love with the regent, and the two children are also the regent's own children Flesh and blood, but isn't she married to you now? Children...you will be born again in the future. Don't take Aijia's words to heart."

King Lu Xiaojun felt a pain in his heart when he heard the Queen Mother's explanation.

However, he was quite sensible, and instead of speaking harshly in front of the audience, he cupped his hands and said to the Queen Mother one word at a time, "Feng'er, thank the Queen Mother for her forgiveness. Ah Ci is the love of my life. I don't care what she was like before. As long as she is willing to be with me in the future, then she will be the only wife and the only love in my life."

"In this life, I won't touch other women for half a day, I won't let other women give birth to my child, and I won't sleep with Ah Ci only at the beginning or middle of the month. I think about her every second, and put her to sleep every night for the rest of my life, and never let her face the night alone, waiting alone..."

Empress Dowager Ren: "..."

Why does it feel like Lu Yifeng, a little bastard, has thorns in every sentence.

Why wouldn't he touch other women, wouldn't let other women have his child, and wouldn't sleep with Chuci at the beginning or middle of the month.

What do you mean, as long as she is, coax her to sleep every night, won't make her lonely, won't make her wait!
Isn't this a stab at her heart? !
For so many years, she always thought that she had cultivated to the point where her mind was as still as water.No one or anything can disturb her heart.

But Lu Yifeng, that little bastard, actually hooked up all the sorrows she had had over the years.

At this moment, her heart was aching and aggrieved.

She couldn't help thinking—even if she was sitting in the empress dowager's seat now, even the emperor would be trembling in front of her.But so what, in her whole life, she has never met a man who loves her, a man who only loves her.

……

Empress Dowager Ren lowered her eyes and remained silent for a long time.

Regardless of her mood, King Lu Xiaojun walked a few steps in the direction of Chu Ci, gently hugged her waist, and said softly, "Lady, you can't bear the burden of holding the child, sit here for a while Son, let me massage your shoulder again."

"Then there will be Lao Xianggong." Chu Ci glanced at Queen Mother Ren again, and slowly sat down on the brocade tree.

Enjoy Qi Lu Xiaojun Wang's massage.

As the Empress Dowager Ren listened to the conversation between the two, the flames of anger rising in her heart grew even higher.

She took a deep breath and let it out.

Take another deep breath and let it out.

Then, resisting the urge to execute this family, he smiled stiffly, looked at Chu Ci and said, "Since you are tired, let's go back first. When you have a rest, you can take the child into the palace to have a look." Sad home..."

Chu Ci said nothing.

The Empress Dowager Ren couldn't stand the look of the two loving each other any longer, she said "I'm tired of mourning", she held Aunt Jianmei's hand and walked to the bedroom...

Nanjun King and Nanjun Princess looked at each other in blank dismay.

Their son seems to have gotten into trouble.

"Forget it, since the Queen Mother is tired, let's go too!" Nanjun King raised his breath, held Nanjun Wangfei's hand, and said with a bit of comfort.

we can only do this.Princess Nanjun nodded, then looked at Zhe Xia, "Help your girls, let's go!"

Zhe Xia responded, then walked to Chu Ci's side, and said coldly, "Girl, we should go back, the young master is tired after you have hugged him for so long, servant girl come."

Chu Ci did not reject Zhexia's kindness.

Standing up with the support of King Lu Xiaojun, the family walked out.

After leaving the Palace of Compassion and Ning, Chu Ci was about to get into the sedan chair, leaving the palace and continuing to go home to catch up on sleep.

But as soon as he got into the sedan chair, before he had walked a few steps, an unfamiliar voice came from his ear, calling, "Miss Chu, Miss Chu..."

"Stop the car!" she called out loudly.

The eunuch outside replied "Yes, Shizifei", and the sedan chair fell to the ground.

She opened the curtain and looked outside, only to see a court lady in light yellow clothes running towards her.

After getting outside the sedan chair, he knelt down with a thud, clutched the bottom of the sedan chair tightly, and cried out in tears, "Miss Chu, Miss Chu, please save our little master, please! This servant kowtows to you !” As he spoke, he kowtowed again.

Hearing that voice, Chu Ci felt a headache, so he hurriedly stopped her and said, "Girl, don't kowtow in a hurry, if you want me to save your little master, you have to tell me who your little master is? "

The maid stopped kowtowing when she heard her say that, then raised her face full of tears, her eyes were swollen, and she said anxiously, "Miss Chu, have you forgotten? This servant is the concubine of the Fanghua Palace in the West Sixth Palace. The big palace maid beside me, Ah Ju... our little master is the big princess, last winter, she choked on a fruit in the imperial garden, you saved her and sent her back, did you forget?"

After hearing the court lady's rapid-fire speech, Chu Ci realized that she had indeed seen the person in front of her.

That time, concubine Ning and the eldest princess also left a deep impression on her.

……

Thinking of her purpose of returning to Beijing this time, she pursed her red lips, got off the sedan chair without hesitation, helped Aju up herself, and said softly, "Wait for me for a while, I will explain to my family, and I will follow you." past."

"Okay, thank you Miss Chu." Ah Ju said gratefully.

Chu Ci nodded, and then walked towards Princess Nanjun, King Nanjun and King Lu Xiaojun, blessed his lower body, and said solemnly, "Father, mother, Mrs. Ning and I are old, and now the eldest princess is in trouble, I can't see death If you don’t want to save them, you take Xiao’er and Xin’er back home first, and let Zhejin stay with me alone.”

"My lady, I'll stay with you too." King Lu Xiaojun said without hesitation, worried about Chu Ci.

Chu Ci shook his head, "Concubine Ning is the head of the Fanghua Palace in the Sixth West Palace. You are a man, so it is inconvenient to go there. Listen to me, take Xiaoer and Xiner back to the house first. After I have seen the eldest princess, I don’t care. If there is any way to heal, we must rush back before the end of You hour."

King Lu Xiaojun pursed his lips, quite reluctantly.

Chu Ci looked at Nanjun Wang and Nanjun Wangfei again, "Father, mother, and the husband will be handed over to the two of you... There is no delay for the eldest princess, I will go first!"

After finishing speaking, he took Aju and Zhejin, turned his head and headed towards Fanghua Hall.

All three are extremely fast.

In less than a quarter of an hour, they hurried to Fanghua Hall.

Along the way, Chu Ci also learned about the current situation of the eldest princess from Ah Ju.

It started three days ago when the eldest princess suddenly fell into a coma.

According to the maids and nuns who served the eldest princess, the eldest princess did not eat anything other than the exception, nor did she suffer any trauma.

I fell asleep the night before and couldn't wake up the next morning.

It's been going on for three full days now.

Concubine Ning was so anxious that she washed her face with tears every day, and had someone go to the Queen's Palace to report it.

But the Queen just sent Mother Zhao, who was by her side, to visit on the grounds that she was pregnant and wanted to raise a baby.

Zhao Nanny also questioned those who served the eldest princess.

Knowing that the eldest princess was not injured, and did not take any other medicines, she just invited a doctor and turned her head away.

That imperial physician was only the most skilled imperial physician in the imperial hospital. After seeing him for three whole days, he didn't notice anything.

Late last night, she even bluntly said that the eldest princess was bewitched by evil spirits, telling Concubine Ning not to waste any more time, and just prepare for the eldest princess' funeral.

Concubine Ning was in the lonely deep palace, only accompanied by such a child.

How could I hear the imperial physician's words, and immediately became angry, pointing at the imperial physician's nose and telling him to get lost...

Then he lay down in front of the eldest princess' bed, weeping, and talked to her all night, trying to call her soul back.

But, it was useless after all.

This morning, she was so desperate that she made up her mind to go to the emperor to expose the real identity of the eldest princess.

Unexpectedly, on the way to the imperial study, Ah Ju heard the news that Chu Ci had returned to Beijing and would go to the Palace of Compassion and Ning to have an audience in the afternoon.

Concubine Ning couldn't trust Chu Ci so much, so she didn't continue to go to the imperial study, but pinned her hopes on Chu Ci, and asked Ah Ju to wait outside the Palace of Compassion in the afternoon.

As soon as Chu Ci finished his audience, he immediately told her about the unconscious princess and asked her to come to rescue her.

That's how things went.

After entering the Hall of Fanghua, Aju directly led Chuci and Zhejin to the eldest princess' bedroom.

In the sleeping hall, apart from the concubine Ning who was lying in front of the bed talking to the eldest princess, there was an elderly nun and a little maid.

When Concubine Ning heard someone coming in, she felt hopeful in her heart, and turned her head to look towards the door.

After seeing Chu Ci, she was excited again. She didn't even stand up, she just fell on the ground, crawled towards Chu Ci on her knees, grabbed her skirt tightly, and said in a hoarse voice, "Miss Chu ... Please save my daughter, save Lu'er, she is still so young, I can't live without her, please, Miss Chu..."

Seeing Concubine Ning's grief-stricken, life would be worse than death, Chu Ci's heart ached.

Think of Xiao Er and Xin Er at home.

She really empathized with Concubine Ning's grief.

While bending down to help Concubine Ning up, she said in a hoarse voice, "Don't worry, Madam, since I'm here, I will definitely save the eldest princess... It's not too late now, let everyone in the room go out, leaving only you behind." Me, Zhejin and three people!"

Concubine Ning forced herself to stand up against Chu Ci, then looked at Aju with red and swollen eyes, "You heard Miss Chu's orders, take them down!"

"Yes, empress!" Ah Ju replied, and walked outside.

After waiting for the three of them to be left in the room, Chuci winked at Zhejin, motioning her to support Concubine Ning.

Concubine Ning shook her head at Chu Ci when she saw this, and said with a determined face, "Miss Chu, you are still like this, as a mother, I will hold on even if I can't hold it... Don't worry about me, just let me Miss Zhejin will help you."

"...Okay, if you can't take it anymore, you can call me again!" Chu Ci didn't say much, turned around and walked out.

Before and after arriving at the couch, she sat down beside the bed, held the eldest princess's slender wrist, and consulted quietly for a quarter of an hour.

After a quarter of an hour, she let go of the eldest princess's wrist, and tentatively opened her eyelids to have a look.

"How is it?" Concubine Ning asked urgently when she saw her frowning and stumbling forward.

Hearing Concubine Ning's question, Chu Ci frowned even tighter, then shook his head lightly, "From the pulse condition, there is nothing at all."

"Then...then what should I do? Even Miss Chu, you can't do anything about it?" Concubine Ning couldn't bear it, so she wanted to fall backwards.

Seeing this, Zhe Jin hurriedly supported her, then looked at Chu Ci, and said in a low voice, "Girl, is there really no other way?"

Chu Ci shook his head, "It's not impossible. Concubine Fu Ning sat down next to you, and then came to help me and took off all the clothes on the eldest princess!"

As soon as she heard that she was undressing, Ning Concubine's expression changed immediately.

She hesitated to speak and looked at Chu Ci.

Chu Ci glared at him, "It's now, do you want your son's life, or do you want to cling to your own status."

Listening to Chu Ci's question, Concubine Ning smacked her lips lightly, then shook her head and said, "Miss Chu, I didn't mean that, I just... In my heart, of course Lu'er's life is important!"

"Since that's the case, don't talk too much, go and sit aside! I suspect that what she suffered was not an internal injury, but a small external injury in a key part of her body, and then a single hair moved her whole body, which made her unconscious!"

"..." Concubine Ning covered her mouth and said nothing. After listening to Chu Ci's words, she went to the side couch and sat down.

On the other side, Zhejin has already started to take off the clothes on the eldest princess.

Because Chu Ci had reminded her in advance, she was not shocked when she saw the extra piece of meat between the eldest princess' legs.

After what Chu Ci explained last night, he stood aside with his arms folded.

Chu Ci looked at the eldest princess. From top to bottom, she looked at every important acupuncture point and the surrounding skin very carefully, and she refused to let go of any red marks or spots.

After checking the front side, she straightened up, glanced at Zhejin again with a solemn face, "Turn the patient over!"

"Yes, girl!" Zhejin agreed, and immediately stepped forward, carefully turning the eldest princess over again.

This time, Chu Ci checked more carefully, but the eldest princess's body was as smooth as jade, her skin whiter than snow, let alone small wounds, there was no scar at all.

The entire back is like a beautiful jade carving.

"Is there still no other way?" Concubine Ning silently watched Chu Ci's movements.

When she showed a disappointed and solemn expression again, she couldn't help standing up again, walked over step by step, looked at her son on the bed, and asked with a trembling voice, with tears in her eyes, "Miss Chu, hazy boy, Is it true that someone has taken away her soul, is she really hopeless..."

This... Chu Ci has no way to answer.

Atheism or something, as early as the moment she crossed over, she didn't believe in it.

(End of this chapter)