From the ashes: Return of the General

Chapter 105 Tentative II

After a while, Mei Xin came to the side hall led by De Shun'er, where the emperor was making tea himself.Seeing her coming in, he pointed to the opposite chair and motioned for her to sit down. After that, he said to Deshun, "Go and guard the door, I won't call you, and no one is allowed to come in."

De Shun'er understood that this was a confidential and important matter, so she saluted and left, turned around and left quickly.

When the door was closed, the emperor poured the brewed tea into the teacup in front of Mei Xin, and asked casually, "Do you know that the Prince and Prince Heping encountered bandits in Yixiantian?"

With Mei Linlang begging for death, the emperor found Mei Xin much more pleasing to the eye, and her voice was very gentle, not as harsh as she was to others.

A few days ago, when he received the news that his son was injured, his first reaction was that it was the Mei family's revenge.Of course, this doesn't mean that he doesn't doubt Mei Zhannan. On the contrary, if he didn't know that he was seriously injured and comatose, he would be the first to suspect him.

Heart tightened, Mei Xin nodded expressionlessly and replied calmly: "Wei Chen walked a few days later than His Royal Highness, and saw blood and corpses when passing by a line of sky. I only found out after asking about it." His Royal Highness Prince Heping was injured, but I was in a hurry and didn't make a detour to visit, I wonder how the two Highnesses are doing now?"

It was she who did it, and she knew it better than anyone else, but she couldn't show it, let alone let the emperor notice it.

Lifting his eyelids lightly, he took a meaningful look at Mei Xin, then withdrew his gaze and continued pouring tea, the emperor said in disbelief: "The prince's injuries are serious, but they are all skin wounds, and there is no danger of his life. On the contrary, King Ping, Not only was the tendon of the arm broken, the tendon of the hamstring was also crippled, I am afraid that it will be inhumane in the future."

Maybe it's because she didn't regard Mei Xin as a woman, or maybe it's because she knows what it's like in the barracks, the emperor said it straightforwardly without any hesitation.

Although this matter was originally ordered by Mei Xin, and she had heard a lot of nasty jokes in the army, she was immune to it long ago, but in order not to let the emperor see it, she still blushed and said embarrassingly: "One line of sky The banditry is serious, and it is said that there are as many as 5000 people. When His Royal Highness left Liangzhou, he brought some local specialties, and it is estimated that they were regarded as gold and silver treasures by those bandits."

More than just pretending, she had already ordered someone to disclose the news.The crown prince and King Ping are princes, and they brought a lot of gold and silver treasures from Liangzhou when they returned to Beijing. Otherwise, how could those bandits have the audacity to rob them upon hearing the news.

When he was speaking, the emperor kept paying attention to the expression on Mei Xin's face, seeing that she really had nothing to do with this matter, he continued: "Bandits are rampant and despise the imperial power to harm the people, I have already ordered the local army to suppress the bandits, but it has not had any effect. You have been in Liangzhou for many years, and Yixiantian is not far from Liangzhou, what good advice do you have?"

Seeing that Mei Xin's face resembled that of Mei Zhannan, the emperor felt that the little girl in front of him was not simple, she was different from his father, and slightly different from the Mei family he knew.And either she really didn't know about this matter, or her city mansion was too deep and she hid it too well.

Yixiantian does not belong to Liangzhou, even if Mei Xin has an opinion, she dare not raise it.Gently shook his head and said: "Please forgive me, the emperor. Although I grew up in Liangzhou, Yixiantian is not far from Liangzhou, but I rarely leave Liangzhou. Except for the battlefield, I basically stay in the In the barracks, I am not familiar with Yixiantian and the local bandits, so I don't have any good suggestions for a while."

With her father and brother sitting in Liangzhou, what Mei Xin said was not entirely false.

Picking up the teacup and taking two sips of tea, the emperor stared at Mei Xin's belly and said, "What do you think of Prince Ping?"

With a thud in her heart, Mei Xin replied very cautiously: "I am mainly in charge of military training in Liangzhou, and I have little contact with King Ping and His Royal Highness, so I don't know much about it, so I dare not speak nonsense."

Originally, I wanted to say that the emperor was wise, but the princes are naturally heroic and extraordinary.But when I think about it carefully, I feel that it is not appropriate. It sounds not only like a bureaucratic perfunctory, but also like flattery.

The typical characteristic of the Mei family is that they have a straightforward temper, are upright, say what they have to say, and speak the truth in every sentence.Therefore, once the emperor thinks that this is flattery, then she will definitely be jealous of the emperor.

The drama of bitterness has worked and must not be abandoned halfway, not to mention that she has offended King Huai of Chu as soon as she entered the city, and she will ask the emperor to support her in a while.

Seeing that Mei Xin mentioned that the prince and the king are open and frank several times, the emperor became suspicious.Not sure if she was really confused or pretending to be confused, the emperor didn't go around in circles, and said directly: "I read the report that you were injured, are you all right now?"

She clasped her hands and saluted, Mei Xin reported truthfully: "Except for the arms, you can't use too much force, everything else is almost fine, thank you for your concern, Your Majesty!"

There was a knock on the door, and Deshun reported outside, "Report to the Emperor, Imperial Physician Zhou has something urgent to report."

Guessing that Concubine Rong had a result, the emperor seemed reluctant to receive him, so he opened his mouth and said, "Let him in!"

The door opened with the sound of a knock, and Imperial Physician Zhou bowed his head and hurried in, knelt down and kowtowed, and said, "My Majesty, Concubine Rong's life is temporarily saved, but there is still a lot of poison left in her body. I will detoxify you." The prescription is missing a snow lotus, and the imperial pharmacy does not have it, so please show it to the emperor."

Frowning slightly, he recalled that not long ago a snow lotus was brought up as a tribute from below. The emperor said: "Qian Zhong, there is a snow lotus in the ice box in the warehouse. You can take it and give it to Zhou Taiyi as medicine. If it is not enough, send someone to find it. Save Concubine Rong's life."

People who are about to die speak kindly, he believes that Concubine Rong still has deep feelings for him.It's just that they haven't seen each other for eight years and the misunderstanding created a gap between the two. When she gets better, he will try to mend the relationship. I believe they will be able to return to the past.

Thinking of the last words Concubine Rong said to him before, the emperor's eyes were full of tenderness, and then he ordered: "The layout of Luomei Palace has not been changed for many years, and it is not suitable for Concubine Rong to move while she is recuperating, so let the guards go over and make a good arrangement." After a while, change all the things inside. Concubine Rong can’t have only Jianchun to serve her, so you go pick someone to serve her. Concubine Rong doesn’t like people who talk too much, so pick some clever ones to serve her. The aunt in charge, who acts calmly, will go over, that's all, let Bizhi, who was serving Concubine Rong, go over and serve her."

The past is unbearable, the past is over, he wants to start anew with Mei Linlang, the first thing is to throw away and replace all the old and old things.

Qian Zhong, the emperor's confidant, understood as soon as he heard this, knowing that Concubine Rong was favored again, he accepted the order with an excited expression: "This servant takes the order, and this servant will do it now."

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