Return of Jin Yi

Chapter 85
When she came out of the pharmacy, it was already the beginning of Haishi.

Back at the main residence, she saw King Lu Xiaojun leaning on the couch reading a book, she glanced at it casually, and found that it was "The Tale of the Wu Family" written by the former general protecting the country.

art of war?

Her expression darkened immediately, "Lu Yifeng, you don't listen to your father and seek a job in the three provinces and six departments. Do you want to join the army?"

King Lu Xiaojun listened to Chu Ci's question, closed the book, raised his head, and said solemnly, "Joining the army...isn't it okay?"

When Chu Ci heard that he really had this plan, the expression on his face became more solemn.

Walked towards him step by step, sat down next to him, looked into his eyes, and said seriously, "It's not that this matter is impossible, but that parents will never agree."

"What about you? Don't you agree?" Lu Xiaojun Wang was silent for a moment, looked at her, and asked firmly.

Chu Ci is at a loss for words.

Should she agree?
She thought that if it was his long-cherished wish to fight on the battlefield, even if she was reluctant, she would not object.

But she was afraid that he was just gambling for a while now.

Thinking of this, her eyelids trembled slightly, then looked at him again, and asked deeply, "Are you... serious about joining the army? If so, since when did you give birth?" This thought?"

"Is this important?" King Lu Xiaojun frowned slightly and asked gently.

Chu Ci nodded, "It's very important."

After a pause, he said again, "If you are serious, then I agree. If you are just gambling for a while and want to compete with others, sorry, I don't agree. On the battlefield, swords have no eyes, and the situation changes rapidly , not everyone... can come back victorious."

"And I don't want you to fall into such a life-and-death situation because of a moment of anger."

……

"I'm serious." King Lu Xiaojun lowered his eyelids after hearing what she said, and after a moment of deep thought, he said word by word, "Chu Xiaoci, I'm serious."

Grandfather wanted to restore the Nanjun Palace to its heyday.

If it is from the text, the effect is too slow.

Although it is extremely difficult to join the army, the effect is immediate.

"The reason?" Chu Ci asked again.

King Lu Xiaojun smiled, "I don't want to disappoint my grandfather's expectations."

Chu Ci frowned when he thought of the secret guards that the old county king personally handed over to Lu Xiaojun king, and said, "So, the way you join the army was arranged by the old county king for you?"

King Lu Xiaojun didn't expect Chu Ci to guess this.

After a long time, he nodded slightly, and said with a little smile in his eyes, "Grandfather said that his three sons are not suitable for martial arts, and the two cousins ​​of the second room are too delicate. Inherit his mantle. He hopes that in my generation, I can take the Nanjun palace from civil to military formally."

Chu Ci: "..."

Does the old county king think highly of his eldest grandson?

"So, after getting married, I haven't gone out to do things. It's not that I don't want to do things. It's just that I want to spend more time with you and your children before I leave." Lu Xiaojun Wang said, crossing the short couple, and holding tightly Chu Ci's hand, "Chu Xiaoci, I really miss you."

"...I understand!" Chu Ci looked at him and nodded, "As long as you can convince father and mother, I will not stop you."

King Lu Xiaojun said "Yes", and couldn't help holding her hand even tighter, "I knew that the lady is the one who understands me best."

Chu Ci didn't speak, she sighed silently, then looked at the hourglass on the side, and said in a low voice, "It's getting late, we should settle down."

"Then I'll help the lady remove her hair!" As he spoke, he pulled up Chu Ci and walked to the dressing table beside him.

Chu Ci was afraid of trouble, so he always combed his hair in a simple bun.

King Lu Xiaojun didn't waste much effort, he helped her untie her hair.

Then, I picked up the horn comb again and passed it through again and again.

All this last night, he was about to speak, and bathe with Chu Ci.

At this time, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside.

Then, Zhejin came in from the outside, and when he was three steps away from Chuci and King Lu Xiaojun, he stopped and said anxiously, "Girl, Eunuch Yang is following the Queen Mother's order to take you into the palace and feel the Queen Mother's pulse. "

"What's wrong with the Queen Mother?" She asked without turning her head, her lips twitching slightly.

Zhejin shook his head lightly, frowned slightly and said, "Eunuch Yang didn't say anything about this, but the Queen Mother is very anxious and wants you to enter the palace immediately!"

"I see, you come here and help me comb my hair!" Chu Ci seemed to have expected this, and told her in a light tone,
Hearing this, Zhejin hurried forward, and combed a single snail for Chuci as quickly as possible. After combing, the hairpin was useless, and only a hairpin made of crushed rice white pearls was used. The pear blossoms are shaking.

Afterwards, he asked the little maid below to bring over a cloak.

"Miss, I'll send you into the palace!" Lu Xiaojun Wang was a little worried, and said while holding Chu Ci's cold hand.

Chu Ci shook his head at him, "No, there is Zhejin, and Zhexia will just stay with me, and you will stay in the mansion and take care of Xiaoer and Xiner."

King Lu Xiaojun was a little reluctant to hear Chu Ci's explanation.

Chu Ci had no choice but to tiptoe closer to him, gently kissed the corner of his lips, and then said with a faint smile, "That's it, I'll go first!"

After finishing speaking, without any hesitation, Zhexia took Zhejin and walked outside.

King Lu Xiaojun clenched his fists, chased her out, and watched her leave the Green Bamboo Garden.

When Chu Ci arrived at the main hall of the front yard, he saw a white-faced and beardless palace man sitting on the second seat.It should be the Eunuch Yang that Zhejin was talking about.

When Eunuch Yang saw Chu Ci coming in a hurry, he immediately got up and saluted her, "I have seen the concubine, the concubine is safe!"

Chu Ci ignored him, but walked directly towards Nanjun King, and gently blessed his lower body, "A Ci has seen my father, please greet my father."

Seeing this, the King of Nanjun loosened his frown slightly, nodded to her, and said, "A Ci, there is no need to be polite...Did Zhejin tell you about the Empress Dowager summoning you? This is Ci Ning Eunuch Yang in the palace..."

As he said that, he turned his gaze towards Eunuch Yang.

Only then did Chu Ci glance at Eunuch Yang, nodded lightly, and asked, "I don't know what symptoms the Empress Dowager has now, have you asked the imperial physician to see it, and what did the imperial physician say?"

Hearing her question, Eunuch Yang held his lips bitterly, and then said, "This... the servant can't say it well, it's better for the concubine Shizi to ask the queen mother herself after she enters the palace."

"That's fine." Chu Ci nodded, stretched out a hand to Eunuch Yang, and made an inviting gesture, "Please also ask Eunuch Yang to lead the way."

"Okay, okay!" Eunuch Yang said, he handed over to Nanjun Wang, and then led Chuci the way.

Chu Ci followed him, and soon left the Nanjun Palace and got into the carriage.

Perhaps it was because the Empress Dowager was very seriously ill that the carriage ran very fast.

It made people like Chuci dizzy who don't get sick of carriages.

When changing the sedan chair, she was unwilling to change anyway, but insisted on walking.

Seeing Chu Ci's pale face, Eunuch Yang had no choice but to nod, and accompanied her to quickly walk towards the Palace of Compassion.

After arriving near the Compassionate Ning Palace, before Chu Ci entered, he saw that the entire palace was brightly lit.

It seems... the queen mother is indeed seriously ill this time.

Thinking of this, her steps suddenly became brisk.

"My servant has seen the concubine, the concubine has finally arrived, and the empress dowager has been thinking of you!" Aunt Jurui greeted the group as soon as they entered the main hall of the Compassionate Ning Palace. After bowing down and saluting, she looked at Chu Ci and said excitedly ,

Chu Ci nodded, and motioned for Zhexia to help him up.

Then she looked at Aunt Ju Rui and asked, "How is the Queen Mother doing now?"

Aunt Ju Rui walked in with her, and said in a hoarse voice, "Lying in the dormitory... Sister Jianmei and a few imperial doctors are with her. Everything is fine, except that she can't close her eyes. As soon as you close your eyes, you will see some terrible pictures..."

"I see, thank you Aunt Jurui for letting me know." Chu Ci nodded and said in a flat tone.

After the words fell, the two just walked into the bedroom.

After bypassing the screen, she raised her head and saw the pale face of the Queen Mother and the imperial doctor kneeling on the ground who kept pleading guilty...

"A Ci has met the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother is a thousand years old!" Before and after she arrived, she made a very standard court ceremony to the Queen Mother who was on the bed.

When the Queen Mother saw her, her eyes lit up.

Like a drowning person seeing the last straw, he stretched out his hand and hurriedly said "Please get up", with tears in his eyes, he said, "A Ci, you are finally here, these quack doctors, trash, they don't need it at all. None, come and show the Ai family, what is going on with the Ai family."

"Yes, Empress Dowager." She agreed, walked towards Empress Dowager Ren, and winked at Aunt Jianmei.

Aunt Jianmei understood, and asked the Queen Mother for her opinion... Then she invited out all the imperial physicians who were kneeling in the room.

After the imperial physician left, Chu Ci sat down on the brocade tree in front of the empress dowager's bed, glanced at the sluggish and pale empress dowager Ren, and asked softly, "I don't know what's wrong with your empress?"

The queen mother pressed her hand on hers, held it tightly, and said anxiously, "It's like this, since I summoned your family yesterday, Ai's mood has been very restless... Originally, after drinking A cup of calming tea would be enough, but who knows, when it reached the wrist, it became more and more serious, and in the end, I couldn't close my eyes at all..."

"Can't close your eyes?" Chu Ci raised his eyebrows with a puzzled look on his face.

The queen mother glanced at her, held her hand, and continued, "Yes, I can't close my eyes... As long as Ai Jia closes his eyes, there will be some horrible pictures in front of him."

"A scary picture?" Chu Ci was silent for a moment, then asked again, "I don't know, what kind of picture is it?"

"... just some bloody scenes." Queen Mother Ren thought for a moment, then said with some concealment.

Chu Ci nodded, then looked at her exposed wrist, and said in a low voice, "I'll help the Queen Mother feel the pulse first!"

Empress Dowager Ren trusted Chu Ci's medical skills very much, she nodded immediately and said, "Okay, as you like." Then she stretched out her wrist.

Chu Ci stretched out his hand and pinched her wrist, his fingertips twitching lightly.

This one is a long time.

It wasn't until layers of cloud gathered on the Queen Mother's face that Chu Ci let go of her wrist.

"How is it? Can this disease be cured, and how long will it take?" Seeing Chu Ci take his finger away, Queen Mother Ren asked anxiously.

Chu Ci looked at her for a while, then shook his head, "The empress dowager's pulse condition doesn't seem to be a problem."

"Then what should we do?" The queen mother became anxious when she heard that she hadn't diagnosed anything and took it over. She held her hand tightly again and asked sharply, "Could it be that the Ai family will continue like this?"

"That's not true." Chu Ci slowly withdrew his hand, shook his head, and softly relieved the Empress Dowager Ren, "Although Ah Ci can't see what kind of disease the Empress Dowager is suffering from now, let the Empress Dowager sleep peacefully. It can be done!"

"Do you really have a solution?" Queen Mother Ren looked at her suspiciously, thought for a while, and then said, "The incense prescription you gave Aijia before, Aijia tried it during the day, but it didn't work .”

"It has nothing to do with Xiang Fang." Chu Ci shook his head lightly.

"How about that?"

"Acupuncture and moxibustion." Chu Ci said word by word.

After hearing this, the Queen Mother frowned more and more tightly, "Acupuncture?"

"That's right!" Chu Ci nodded, "I can use acupuncture to make the Queen Mother fall into a deep sleep... After falling into a deep sleep, you will naturally not see things you shouldn't see."

"Really?" Queen Mother Ren asked in disbelief.

Chu Ci smiled and nodded, "Of course it's true."

After a pause, he said again, "If you don't believe me, you can try it first."

"Try?" Empress Dowager Ren was a little skeptical, "Are you sure Aijia can still wake up after trying?"

Hearing this, Chu Ci frowned, "Is the queen mother suspicious of Ah Ci's intentions?"

Empress Dowager Ren was indeed suspicious of Chu Ci, and she felt that her current symptoms were caused by Chu Ci.

But unfortunately, she has no evidence, and now she has to ask this little bitch.

Thinking so deeply, the gloomy look on her face became heavier.

Seeing this, Chu Ci didn't want to force it.

She got up, took a step back, and cupped her hands, "Since the queen mother doesn't want to believe me, then I don't think there is any need for me to stay! Good night, empress, Ah Ci is leaving first!"

After speaking, she turned and left mercilessly.

Step by step.

She walked neither fast nor slow.

When the ninth step falls.

Finally, Queen Mother Ren's voice of compromise came from behind her. She looked at her back and said helplessly, "A Ci, you misunderstood, how could the Ai family not believe you? I just asked, but Ai's family wanted to know more about themselves. The illness...you are a benevolent doctor, so don't take it to heart, okay?"

Hearing what she said, Chu Ci twitched his lips, turned his head slowly, and said with a half-smile, "So the queen mother believed me! I thought... the queen mother would suspect me of public revenge!"

"How could this be, how could it be?" Queen Mother Ren said with pain.

He waved to her again, "After all, you are calling the Ai family a queen mother. Even if the Ai family doubts the whole world, they will not doubt you."

"That's good." Chu Ci smiled, walked towards her again, and said, "It's good that you don't suspect that I have ulterior motives, otherwise, I'm still afraid that if one of my subordinates fails, I won't be able to get out of your kindness." Ning Gong is gone!"

Empress Dowager Ren heard what Chu Ci said.

The suspicion in his eyes faded a bit.

Yes, how could she forget!
The Compassionate Ning Palace is her territory.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, it was absolutely impossible for Chu Ci to do anything to her.

Even if she loses consciousness and is unconscious, Jianmei is still there. With her loyalty to herself, she will definitely control Chu Ci immediately and let her be buried with her.

If you think so.

She didn't hesitate anymore, looked directly at Chu Ci, and said, "Since the imperial physician can't help but you, then do as you say."

Acupuncture is acupuncture!
Chu Ci nodded, "That's it, please take off all the clothes on your body."

"Jianmei!" After hearing Chu Ci's explanation, Queen Mother Ren turned her head and called Aunt Jianmei's name without any hesitation.

When Aunt Jianmei heard this, she immediately stepped forward, helped the Empress Dowager to sit up, and removed all her clothes one by one.

After the Empress Dowager has no cover on her body.

Chu Ci took out the needle bag, unfolded it, and stepped forward.

"It may be a little painful during the acupuncture process. Do you want the queen mother to bite the cork pillow?" Chu Ci asked kindly before giving the needle,

The Empress Dowager naturally didn't want to expose her gaffe in front of Chu Ci, upon hearing this, she said directly, "No, the Ai family can bear it!"

"If that's the case, then I'll just give the needle?" Chu Ci asked again.

Empress Dowager Ren snorted, "Let's begin!"

Chu Ci said softly "Mmm", and no longer hesitated, he picked up a silver needle and stabbed at the acupuncture point on Empress Dowager Ren's chest.

The silver needle slowly sank into the acupuncture point, and every time it went down, the expression on the Empress Dowager's face became more ugly.

By the time a silver needle pierced two-thirds of it, the sweat droplets on the Empress Dowager Ren's face had gathered together and slapped on the thin quilt on her legs.

"Can you still bear it?" Chu Ci looked at her and asked worriedly.

Empress Dowager Ren took a deep breath, "Yes, I can bear it! But...how long will I have to bear this kind of pain?"

Chu Ci paused for a moment, twisted the second silver needle and said, "For the first time, the time is shorter, only half an hour is enough."

half an hour...

Empress Dowager Ren almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

She clenched her fists and swore secretly.

This acupuncture has the best effect!
If it doesn't work, she must let Chuci, the little bitch, taste the pain she has suffered ten times and a hundred times.

Chu Ci's hand was brushing against the Queen Mother Ren's back all the time, and when the skin touched, passing through the acupoints, how could he not feel the sharp pain and anger in her heart.

At an angle where no one could see, a slight arc of a smile appeared on the corner of his lips, and he said in a low voice, "Queen Mother, you must maintain a happy or calm mood during the acupuncture..."

Empress Dowager Ren listened to her explanation.

The ups and downs in my heart are even greater!

how?If you stab her to death, can't she still have resentment in her heart?
Even though she thought so, she still took two deep breaths, forced her hatred for Chu Ci, and tried her best to maintain a calm state of mind.

So as not to affect the effect of needle application.

After half an hour, Chu Ci injected a few more needles in other acupoints all over Empress Dowager Ren's body.

Every time the needle was inserted, the cold sweat on the Empress Dowager Ren's face became more intense.

She has not suffered such heart-pounding pain for more than 20 years.

At the end of the day, the whole person seemed to be fished out of a bathtub.

After Chuci finished pulling out the needle, he closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

"Aunt Jianmei, please help the Queen Mother wipe off the sweat!" After putting away the silver needle, she looked at the Queen Mother Ren whose upper body was exposed, and then ordered.

Aunt Jianmei responded respectfully, and ordered the little maid serving outside to fetch water.

After Chuci packed up the needle bag, he put it in his sleeve and was about to walk out.

Aunt Jianmei's expression changed, she stepped forward to stop her, and said with a smile, "Shi Zifei, the Empress Dowager has not woken up yet, look... should you stay a little longer?"

Chuci knew what Jianmei meant.

But she has other things going on right now.

I can only tell the truth, "The queen mother will sleep for at least four or five hours, that is, she will wake up when the sun is bright tomorrow... For the whole night, are you sure that I will stay here like you ?”

Aunt Jianmei's face froze, and after a while, she smiled again, and said, "Prince Princess, please forgive me, this servant is also worried about the Queen Mother's health."

But he never said whether to let her go or not.

She does not retreat.

Chu Ci had no choice but to take a step back for the time being, and said in a low voice, "Well, I once had a relationship with the concubine Ninghua from Fanghua Palace. These days, the eldest princess happened to be not feeling well, so I went to Fanghua Palace to general Just one night... If there is any problem with the Queen Mother, you can go to Fanghua Hall to find me."

"So... that's fine." Aunt Jianmei hesitated and agreed.

After all, she was the one who had to endure even the empress dowager face to face, how could she dare to offend her completely.

After finishing speaking, she called out again, "Ju Rui."

Soon, Aunt Ju Rui walked in from the outside.

Jianmei looked at her, and said with a smile, "Concubine Shizi wants to go to Fanghua Palace to see the eldest princess, so you can go there yourself and send Concubine Shizi there."

"Yes!" Aunt Ju Rui respectfully agreed, then looked at Chu Ci, and made an invitation letter, "Concubine Shizi, please."

Chu Ci nodded, and walked out side by side with Ju Rui.

The Hall of Fanghua is at the farthest corner of the West Sixth Palace.

The Forbidden Palace has been locked.

Walking from the Compassionate Ning Palace, there is a long stretch of dark road, only the palace lantern in Ju Rui's hand can illuminate it.

Walking through the long corridor, turning several corners, and bypassing the imperial garden...

Just when she was still a short distance away from Fanghua Hall, Ju Rui stopped suddenly.

Seeing her stop, Chu Ci looked at her suspiciously, "Aunt Jurui, what's wrong? Why didn't you leave all of a sudden?"

Aunt Ju Rui didn't say a word, she was silent for a moment, and then she knelt down directly holding the palace lantern.

When Chu Ci saw this, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and while motioning for Zhejin to help him up, he said helplessly, "If you have anything to do, just say it directly, there is no need to perform such a big ceremony, I am still young, and I will accept it." Sorry."

After being helped up by Zhejin, Aunt Jurui sobbed softly twice, and then said, "Concubine Shizi, I beg you to save my mother."

"Save your mother?" Chu Ci raised his eyebrows, and after a moment of silence, he folded his hands on his lower abdomen and asked, "You are the aunt in charge of the Compassionate Ning Palace, and you are very embarrassing when you look at it. Logically speaking, your family members If you have a disease, you can ask the Queen Mother to send an imperial doctor to take a look, why are you asking me now?"

Hearing Chu Ci's retorted question, Ju Rui sobbed even harder, and said after a long while, "Your servant...you dare not tell the Queen Mother."

"You don't dare to tell the Queen Mother, so you dare to ask me?" Chu Ci raised his eyebrows and asked in displeasure.

At the same time, he thought secretly, could it be that she looks so bad-tempered?So kind?So easy to bully?
(End of this chapter)