The reborn prince can't be pushed down

Chapter 278

Lu Ji's words seemed to throw a boulder into a calm lake, stirring up waves.

Xu Zhi stood up immediately, and pointed at Lu Ji with a livid face, "Master Lu, as the Governor of Shuntian, don't you know the laws of Daxing? Those who accuse the master don't have to accept it, and they will be executed! But It's the words of a slave, since you dare to take the imperial court to disturb His Majesty, it's ridiculous!"

After finishing speaking, Xu Zhi knelt down towards the throne, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, my daughter is dignified and virtuous, knowledgeable and reasonable, and is an official appointed by the imperial court. She will definitely not do such a thing that violates etiquette!"

Lu Ji also knelt down, straightened his back and said, "Your Majesty, that maid is the dowry maid of King Kangyu's concubine. According to the law of our dynasty, a woman's dowry belongs to her personal property and has nothing to do with her husband's family. Therefore, that maid What the maid did is not counted as betrayal of the master. Besides, before entering the palace, I had already carefully interrogated the maid, and after confirming that there was indeed something strange about it, I reported it to His Majesty before the emperor."

Ning Yuezhao was dressed up for the court today, and the rouge and gouache covered her sleepless haggard these days.On the other hand, Jiang Nian, who was quietly sitting beside her, although his complexion was still pale, his black eyes were bright and shining.

Today, the chariots of the two stopped in front of the Chongtian Temple at the same time, and they haven't seen each other for a few days, and it feels like a world away when they see each other again.

Facing the hundreds of officials who came to the court one after another, the two tacitly brought each other into the palace and sat down, as if the previous break had never existed.

Looking at Lu Ji who was kneeling below, Ning Yuezhao couldn't help but glance sideways at Jiang Nian. His expression was calm, with the momentum of "sit firmly on the Diaoyutai despite the wind and waves".

The memory of that night upstairs in Huae Xianghui came to mind again. Before the conflict between her and Jiang Nian broke out, Zuo Ming came to report that Shi Wanyao's confidant maid had witnessed Ning Ziyi and Xu Miaoyun talking in Chenxiang Pavilion. Nian asserted that the maid would come to tell them soon what Ning Ziyi and Xu Miaoyun had talked about.

Thinking of Jiang Nian's confident look at that time, Ning Yuezhao couldn't help but take another look at Lu Ji. Is this also in Jiang Nian's plan?

Looking at her thoughtful look, Jiang Nian tightened his fingertips with his hands on his knees.She had doubts about Fu Liao yesterday, and he couldn't open his mouth now, otherwise she didn't know what she would think of Lu Ji.Therefore, Jiang Nian half-closed his eyes and pretended not to see Lu Ji's begging gaze for help.

"You all get up." Ning Yuezhao glanced at the silent Jiang Nian again, feeling anxious in his heart, he planned everything, what does it mean to pretend to be dumb now?Want to watch her make a fool of herself?

"Lu Ji, the Chongtian Palace is not the lobby of your Shuntian Mansion. Since the maid complained to your Shuntian Mansion, you should go back and settle the matter. Don't forget that you are receiving the royal salary!"

Lu Ji's heart trembled, it had been a long time since the Empress spoke to him so harshly.

"Yes, Your Majesty! The salary of a humble minister who eats the king is naturally to worry about the king!"

After hearing these words of loyalty, Ning Yuezhao didn't show much joy.

Ning Ziyi stood up, "Your Majesty, it is scorching summer now, Zhuojing's coffin should be returned to the fief and buried as soon as possible, instead of letting Zhuojing not be buried in the ground for these trumped-up accusations!"

Ning Yuezhao's voice was light, but her tone did not allow any objection: "There are still doubts about the case of the murder of the concubine, we should stay in the palace temporarily, otherwise, even if the concubine returns to the fief, it will be difficult for the concubine to explain to the concubine's natal family, isn't it?"

Ning Ziyi secretly gritted her teeth, that lowly servant girl had been kneeling in front of Shi Wanyao's mourning hall for the past few days, and she said early this morning that she would buy some pastries to pay her respects, which was Shi Wanyao's favorite food after she arrived in the imperial capital. Because this pastry is very popular, you have to queue up before the door opens.Ning Ziyi didn't know what Shi Wanyao liked to eat, thinking in his mind that he could leave the imperial capital after going to Chen Biao for a while, so he sent the maid out.Who would have thought that just after he handed over the booklet, this lowly servant girl would go to Shuntian Mansion to complain about her grievances!

Thinking of staying in the imperial capital again, Ning Ziyi felt a little guilty, and he glanced at Xu Zhi inadvertently.

Xu Zhi immediately said: "Your Majesty, this minister's daughter is innocent!"

Ning Yuezhao said: "Whether innocent or not, Shuntian Mansion has its own discretion, right?"

She glanced at Lu Ji pointingly, and Lu Ji nodded immediately.

Then, regardless of Xu Zhi's livid face, she announced that she would continue the morning court and talk about irrelevant matters later.

During the three consecutive days of the court break, the cabinet and the six ministries had a backlog of unresolved matters. Ning Yuezhao was now able to deal with these affairs with ease. It is planned to be red in the first batch.This is what Jiang Nian told her at the beginning, the court did not support these officials to exhaust the emperor to death, they did everything by themselves, no matter how energetic they were, they couldn't handle it.As long as the emperor can do one thing, that is to employ people.

Lu Ji resigned on the spot and went back to Shuntian Mansion to interrogate the maid.Xu Zhi and Ning Ziyi were anxious and had to endure this long court meeting.Ning Ziyi was fine, he had no real power, and he had no other problems except standing up with sore legs.And Xu Zhi, as a minister of the cabinet, had to report to the emperor the matters he had handled. I don't know if he was anxious. Every question from the empress seemed to be making things difficult for him.

After finally finishing the long court meeting, it was already two hours later.

The ministers quickly resigned. Looking at the courtiers leaving in twos and threes, Jiang Nian and Ning Yuezhao had no intention of leaving.

After all the officials left, Zuo Ming, the commander of the imperial army, came in to report: "Your Majesty, the emperor, just after Elder Xu Ge and Prince Yi came down to court, they were invited by the people of Shuntian Mansion."

He already knew what happened in the palace in the past few days. Although he didn't know why the two men fought coldly again, Ning Yuezhao was the Ninth Five-Year Lord after all.

Ning Yuezhao raised her spirits, "Have you discovered something in the past few days?"

Zuo Ming shook his head, "Elder Yi stayed in the palace, and there was no movement from the Xu family. It's just that early this morning, the concubine's maid went out of the palace to sue in Shuntian Mansion. During the court meeting, Master Lu had already interrogated It's just that no one confronted her, Master Lu just took down her statement first."

Ning Yuezhao said indifferently: "Understood."

Zuo Ming glanced at Jiang Nian worriedly, asking questions.

Jiang Nian stood up neatly, and said loudly: "Prepare the carriage, Gu and His Majesty are going out of the palace."

Ning Yuezhao sat on the chair, remained motionless, and said in an indifferent tone, "When did I say I was going to leave the palace? There are still papers to be approved at the Yizheng Hall, and the emperor's wife is more or less involved in this matter, so it's good for the emperor to go alone gone."

"Okay." Jiang Nian didn't force her, and walked out.

Zuo Ming watched Jiang Nian walk out of the hall, finally gritted his teeth and said to Ning Yuezhao: "Your Majesty, I want to go with the emperor!"

Ning Yuezhao said with a tired expression, "Go."

Zuo Ming was a little worried, "Your Majesty, your complexion is very bad, do you want to tell the imperial doctor?"

Hearing the word "imperial doctor", the disgust in Ning Yuezhao's eyes flashed, "You go to Shuntian Mansion with the emperor first, I'm fine."

Zuo Ming didn't say any more, bowed and stepped back.

"Your Majesty..." Lan Sha and Zhu Yun, who were still waiting in the Chongtian Palace, hesitated to speak. They knew that His Majesty had been fighting with the imperial husband these days, but after all, the relationship between the two still maintained a precarious relationship.

Ning Yuezhao hasn't slept peacefully in the past few days, and she has tried her best to support the government that has presided over it for so long. It is already at the end of her strength at this moment.

"Return to the Dragon Palace!"

After Ning Yuezhao finished speaking, she wanted to get up, but who knew that her eyes went dark and she collapsed.

"Your Majesty! Come, tell the imperial doctor!"

Before Ning Yuezhao lost consciousness, Zhu Yun's exclamation rang in his ears.She really wanted to tell them not to be nervous, she was just too tired and wanted to take a rest, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't make a sound, and her whole body fell into endless darkness.

There were too many things on her mind these past few days, and she finally couldn't take it anymore, but in her sleep, she didn't get any rest. In the dream, there was the scene of the Queen Mother dying of illness for a while, and the scene of Jiang Nian dying in the cold palace for a while. Being entangled in nightmares, it seems to be imprisoned in hell, and there is no way out.

"Emperor Mother, my son is sorry for you..."

"Jiang Nian...don't!"

Fu Liao, who was sitting on the side of the dragon bed and felt Ning Yuezhao's pulse, heard her babbling in pain, his eyes flickered, and he looked sideways at Jiang Nian who was standing beside him, "You two are a perfect match. It's hard to express the depression in my heart. I really don't understand you and your husband."

Fu Liao did not see the imperial doctor who asked Ning Yuezhao for pulse two days ago to come to Tai Hospital today. He knew that Jiang Nian had already launched a murderous plan at that time, and he was afraid that the news of that colleague's death in an accident would spread at the latest by this evening. Come too hospital.

So when the news of the Empress' coma reached the Imperial Hospital, Fu Liao came with a medicine box.The dragon body of the Empress had always been taken care of by Fu Liao, and no one objected to him going there.

Jiang Nian originally changed his clothes and was going out of the palace, but when the news of Ning Yuezhao's accident came, he left everything and rushed to Shenglong Hall.

He looked deeply at the woman on the bed who kept talking in her dreams, and after removing her makeup, he realized that she was so haggard.

Fu Liao took the pulse pillow away, and said, "She is too tired, I'll give her a few needles, and she'll be fine after a good night's sleep."

After speaking, he took out the golden needle and stabbed Ning Yuezhao a few times. She let out a muffled snort, stopped talking in her sleep, and then fell into a deep sleep.

Fu Liao picked up the medicine box gracefully and backed out.

Jiang Nian sat down by the bed, took Ning Yuezhao's hand, and kissed it lightly on his lips, his words were helpless, "Azhao, what do you want from me..."

I don't know if Fu Liao's golden acupuncture point had an effect. Ning Yuezhao slept very soundly this time. When she opened her eyes again, she felt that most of the fatigue accumulated in the past few days had dissipated. When she saw the man beside the couch, she couldn't help but froze.

"Jiang Nian..."

She knew that she was in a coma, but wasn't he out of the palace at that time?Why would he stay by her couch again?And he held her hand tightly.

She wanted to withdraw her hand, and Jiang Nian, who didn't want to sleep lightly, was awakened by this move.

The four eyes meet, and time seems to freeze.

In the end, it was Jiang Nian who broke the silence, "Come here, Your Majesty is awake!"

Soon, light and hurried footsteps came from outside, and Zhu Yun came in with medicine.

"Your Majesty, you are awake!"

Zhu Yun stepped forward happily, habitually wanting to hand over the medicine bowl to Jiang Nian.

Unexpectedly, Ning Yuezhao reached out to take the medicine bowl, raised her head and drank it in one breath, and handed the bowl to Zhu Yun.

"I'm fine, the emperor should hurry to Shuntian Mansion." She said calmly.

Jiang Nian smiled softly and shook his head lightly.

Holding an empty bowl, Zhu Yun couldn't help reminding: "Your Majesty, you have been asleep for twelve hours!"

Startled, Ning Yuezhao sat up from the bed, looked at Jiang Nian again, and saw him nodding with a light smile.

"Shuntian Mansion..." She hesitated to speak.

Seeing her doubts, Jiang Nian motioned to Zhu Yun, "Go get a bowl of porridge."

He took two soft pillows and put them behind Ning Yuezhao, and helped her to lie down halfway, "Eat something first, I will tell you slowly..."

(End of this chapter)