Aijia Kefu: Your Majesty, please avoid

Chapter 144
Qin Yi stood up, took two steps back, and watched everyone warily.

However, he did not draw his sword.

"Second prince, do you need to give us an explanation?!" Xue Li led several officials to yell.

Su Qingyuan collected herself and raised her head: "Put the knife back for me!"

Everyone obviously didn't take her words seriously.

Cheng Yu hesitated for a moment, then slowly put his sword back into its sheath: "What do Miss Ling have to say?"

Su Qingyuan looked around at everyone, and sneered: "Sure enough, they are all warriors, brave and foolish, and simple-minded! If the second prince Beiyan has any malicious intentions, he should poison the milk wine and kill us all. It only hurts the emperor! You don’t ask indiscriminately, and you are rude to the distinguished guests, what kind of dignity is it!"

The officials gradually calmed down, and felt that something was a little strange.

However, they are extremely unwilling to let them admit that their knowledge is not as good as that of a woman.

Seeing that they were still refusing to put down their knives, Su Qingyuan became impatient and ignored them, so she simply got up and walked in front of Qin Tian, ​​bowed her knees and bowed: "It happened suddenly, the generals of Nanyue are in chaos, please ask the second prince to preside over it." Big picture."

Qin Yi glanced at her in surprise, then came back to his senses, and hurriedly said: "Hurry up and tell the military doctor!"

Since someone took the order to deliver the message, Qin Yi ordered his own soldiers to help Lu Li up and place him on the felt bed in the tent.

All the South Vietnamese officials still held on tightly to the handle of their swords, not daring to relax at all.

Su Qingyuan turned her head to greet the two accompanying eunuchs, and ordered in a deep voice: "Go back immediately and tell Xiao Luzi to ask the imperial doctor to check carefully all the tea sets, tableware, incense burner, etc. that he used in the morning. Don’t let any clues be let go—also, if any news of today’s incident leaks out, you will know the consequences!”

The two young eunuchs hurriedly agreed, went out and galloped away on horseback.

Xue Li looked at Su Qingyuan coldly: "Beside the emperor, when is it a woman's turn to make up her mind?"

Su Qingyuan glared at him angrily, and sneered: "Men are all useless, and women are not allowed to make up their minds. Does Mr. Xue think that eunuchs should make up their minds? If that's the case, you might as well cut it yourself first and see See if the emperor is willing to let you make up your mind!"

"Chih—" Duan Ran laughed from behind.

At this time, Beiyan's military doctor had already arrived.

Su Qingyuan watched him diagnose and treat Lu Li, she was so nervous that she didn't even dare to breathe.

Xue Li's face was dark, and he refused to let go: "How can the life of the emperor of Nanyue be handed over to the people of Beiyan! Girl Ling, you must not be a spy of Beiyan, right?"

Su Qingyuan was in no mood to pay attention to him, and Xue Li continued: "If the utensils around the emperor have been tampered with, the first suspicious person is precisely you, Miss Ling! You are an unknown person, charming and seductive, since you appeared Being by the emperor's side, the emperor has never encountered a good thing! If there is something wrong with the emperor today, I will make you..."

"You are the only one who is 'three strong and two short'! Your whole family is 'three strong and two short'!" Su Qingyuan jumped up angrily.

Duan Ran rushed over to stand in front of Su Qingyuan, turned the hilt of the sword upside down and slapped Xue Li on the head: "Be respectful to your master!"

Xue Li was furious: "One is a demon girl of unknown origin, and the other is Beiyan's prospective son-in-law. You two join hands to destroy the foundation of my Nanyue—"

Cheng Yu drew his sword out of its sheath again, and put it on Xue Li's neck: "Chongzheng envoy, I think of you, I advise you to respect Miss Ling."

Xue Li felt the coldness of the blade, shivered, and his face darkened a little: "Cheng Shizi, if I remember correctly, you have always disliked this woman the most, right? Who was there a few days ago? Scolding her behind her back for being coquettish and immoral?"

"At least at this moment, her decision is the most correct!" Cheng Yu didn't change his face.

At this time, the military doctor sitting next to Lu Li raised his head.

Su Qingyuan immediately held her breath.

The military doctor hesitated for a long time, and said tremblingly: "I am old and incompetent. I only know that it is a sign of poisoning, but there is no way to detoxify it. Your Highness, please call the Nanyue imperial physician to treat him together."

"Send it back to the city?" Duan Ran asked anxiously.

The imperial doctor shook his head: "The mountain road is rugged, and it is not easy to walk on horseback or in a car. What's more...when the doctor can't see the illness, it is the most taboo to move the patient."

Several South Vietnamese officials jumped again.

Su Qingyuan bit the corner of her lips, pondered for a long time, then raised her head again: "Since that's the case, I have to disturb the second prince here for a few days."

Qin Yi nodded in response.

At this time, a soldier rushed in from outside, rushed to the front of the tent and said anxiously: "Your Highness, Su Yi has teamed up with Xiliang cavalry and is coming towards us!"

Qin Yi didn't panic, and said in a clear voice: "Order the whole army to prepare for the battle!"

Su Qingyuan hurriedly winked at Duan Ran.

Duan Ran said with a smile: "Don't worry, we have Ding Guo Gong in Chinese and Da Sima in Wu, so we can't mess up."

Su Qingyuan looked down at the pale Lu Li, but still felt her heart constrict.

What happened today was really a coincidence!
Lu Li had just had an accident, and the other party came immediately, and the timing was just right.

If it is just a coincidence, it is really hard to believe.

Thinking about it further, Su Qingyuan shuddered.

Lu Li has been in Bozhou for several days, why did something happen on the second day of her arrival?

Could it be...she herself is the culprit?

Su Qingyuan thought about it carefully for a while, but she still couldn't remember what she had done that she shouldn't have done, and she couldn't help but panic in her heart.

Lu Li never woke up, but he didn't die either.

It just doesn't look optimistic.Sometimes he twitched violently, sometimes black blood flowed from the corner of his lips, sometimes he kept scratching with his hands... No one knew what kind of pain he was going through.

Su Qingyuan watched from the side, and felt that her eyes were dark several times, she could only grit her teeth and hold on, not allowing herself to fall down.

The military doctor didn't dare to take medicine lightly, so he had to give Lu Li a few injections according to his discretion, but it didn't work.

Seeing several different symptoms appearing on Lu Li's body one after another, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "I'm afraid the emperor has suffered from more than one kind of poison!"

"Then, can you solve one type first?" Su Qingyuan asked.

The military doctor hesitated and shook his head.

Su Qingyuan collapsed again.

Until noon, Xiao Luzi finally came with several imperial doctors.

So it was inevitable to be busy again.

Taking advantage of the time when the imperial physician was treating Lu Li, Su Qingyuan pulled Xiao Luzi aside and asked about the situation in the city.

Xiaoluzi answered one by one, saying that before they left the city, everything in the city was as usual.

All the utensils Lu Li used this morning have been inspected, and there is no abnormality - of course, the leftovers and tea have been thrown away, the cups, plates and chopsticks have been washed, and only God knows if they have been tampered with.

After listening to Xiao Luzi's words, Su Qingyuan only found one doubtful point: the two small bowls that Ling Qiaoer brought over the porridge this morning are missing.

Su Qingyuan couldn't help but think about this accident.

For example, why are there two colors for the same small bowl?
Why did Ling Qiaoer resign after Lu Li finished his porridge?

Xiao Luzi seemed to know Su Qingyuan's doubts, he hesitated for a moment but then frowned and said: "The little pine nut is fine, there is nothing unusual about it."

Xiao Songzi was the little eunuch who tested the poison for Lu Li this morning.

Su Qingyuan frowned even tighter.

If there was something wrong with Ling Qiaoer's ginseng porridge, why didn't the silver needle change color and the pine nuts were safe, but Lu Li had an accident?

If the problem wasn't with the ginseng porridge, but she and Lu Li ate the pastries next to it, why was she safe and sound?

After the imperial physicians stepped forward to diagnose and treat Lu Li, they got together to discuss it, and they expressed their conclusions one after the other.

Lu Li had indeed been poisoned by two kinds of poisons.

One of them needs to be catalyzed by wine, and the other seems to be a slow poison, but it is stimulated by the former, and it attacks together.

Both poisons are enough to kill people, but when the poisons collide, there is a delicate balance. This is the reason why Lu Li has suffered a lot and is still alive until now.

The results of the diagnosis are only these.They didn't even see what those two poisons were.

The result of the discussion among the imperial physicians was not optimistic.

Xue Li and others were more concerned about the identity of the poisoner.

Since there are two types of poisons, there are likely to be two poisoners.

Everyone put their suspicious eyes on Su Qingyuan.

When Su Qingyuan saw the imperial doctors shaking their heads one after another, she was already stunned.

Someone slipped out of the military tent quietly.

The news that the Nanyue emperor was about to die from poisoning could not be hidden for long.It is even very likely that the rumors have already spread at this moment.

Su Qingyuan's heart was in a mess, and she didn't have the heart to control the people below.

The courtiers headed by Xue Li obviously did not intend to let her control them anymore.

Xiao Luzi was still babbling about all the strange things about this matter, Xue Li had already turned his attention to Su Qingyuan: "The girl drinks and eats with the emperor every day, why is it that the emperor is poisoned by two kinds of poisons in succession, but the girl does not know what to do?" Are you safe and sound?"

Xiao Luzi hurried over to defend Su Qingyuan: "It is impossible for Miss Ling to harm the emperor!"

In fact, it is possible to make a girl.

But it's not this "Ling girl", but the one in the Bozhou hotel.

Su Qingyuan was just in a daze, when suddenly an imperial doctor walked towards her quickly.

"What's wrong?" Cheng Yu was shocked.

The imperial doctor frowned, and said cautiously: "Please forgive me for offending, the girl's body... seems to have the breath of pearl grass."

Su Qingyuan raised her head, as if she didn't understand what he said.

The remaining few imperial physicians immediately gathered around upon hearing the words.

Due to the identity of "Ms. Ling", no one dared to lean close to her to smell it, but several people made a common judgment, and the conclusions they reached should be pretty close.

One of them looked at Su Qingyuan suspiciously, and explained to her: "Pearl weed is a poisonous weed in the mountains in the south. There are bead-shaped sarcoids under its leaf veins, so it got its name. Become highly poisonous. The girl is from the capital, why does she have this thing on her body?"

Xue Li sneered in a low voice: "The murderer has been found!"

Cheng Yu's eyes suddenly brightened, and he said anxiously: "No, this is not right! Even if you found the smell of Zhuzhu grass on Miss Ling, but the emperor does not have this kind of smell, how can you be sure that the emperor has Zhuzhu grass?" Grass poison!"

Several imperial physicians looked at each other, speechless.

Xue Li snorted coldly: "This witch is full of tricks, who knows what despicable methods she uses!"

An imperial physician suddenly pondered and said: "Cheng Shizi's concern is very reasonable, but...if someone takes Zhuzhucao for a long time, he or she will become highly poisonous, and if others have close contact with it..., they will be poisoned by it. Alcohol kills."

"Long-term... taking?" Su Qingyuan immediately remembered the medicines she drank at the Xiliang Posthouse.

In an instant, it was like falling into an ice cave.

If this speculation is true...

She stood up suddenly, rushed to the previous banquet table, grabbed a wine jug, shook it, and poured out the only half bowl of milk wine left in it.

"Yuan'er, don't mess around!" Cheng Yu immediately panicked.

Su Qingyuan took a few steps back with the wine bowl, gritted her teeth and said, "Don't worry, I just want to verify it."

Because of her health, she had indeed not drank alcohol for a long, long time.

After drinking this half bowl of wine, one can immediately verify whether the imperial physician's judgment is right or wrong.

If it is right, maybe it can help a little bit in detoxification, right?

Su Qingyuan turned her head to look at the imperial physician: "Can the poison of the bead grass be cured?"

The imperial physicians looked at each other, most of them were shaking their heads, only one said cautiously: "There is hope."

That person is Yu Shen.

Su Qingyuan smiled at him: "You know what I'm asking."

Imperial Physician Yu nodded emphatically: "I can solve it."

Su Qingyuan looked at Cheng Yu again: "Remember, if I am poisoned, it will prove that the person who poisoned me is Bailiangju."

"Yuan'er, you don't have to take this risk..." Cheng Yu was sweating anxiously.

Su Qingyuan glanced at Lu Li who was lying on the bed, and smiled wryly, "He said, even if the whole world wants to kill him, I won't."

"He knows it's not you!" Cheng Yu sighed sadly.

Su Qingyuan smiled, picked up the wine bowl, and drank it down.

She didn't want to sacrifice herself.

She just knew very well that even if she didn't drink this bowl of wine herself, people like Xue Li would drink it down for her.

In that case, if Lu Li can wake up, Xue Li will die.

Xue Li has a hateful temperament, but he is a rare pillar of the country. It is better for this kind of person not to die.

More importantly, she had to help the imperial physicians as soon as possible to confirm that one of the poisons that Lu Li had was actually the beaded weed.

Imperial Physician Yu had already assured her that as long as it was confirmed that it was the beaded weed poison, Lu Li would be saved.

After drinking the half bowl of wine, Su Qingyuan subconsciously took two steps in Lu Li's direction.

Under the nervous gaze of the officials and imperial physicians, she suddenly fell forward.

Xiaoluzi stretched out his hand quickly to catch it: "Mother!"

"It's Zhuzhucao, it's Zhuzhucao!" The imperial doctors beamed with joy.

The officials all looked at Su Qingyuan with complicated emotions.

Xue Li suddenly raised his head and stared at Cheng Yu: "Who is she?"

Cheng Yu glanced at him, but did not answer.

Imperial Physician Yu came over on her knees, weeping beside Su Qingyuan.

Cheng Yu's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly grabbed his shoulders and lifted him up: "Why are you crying? He's not dead yet! Didn't you say you can save him?"

Imperial Physician Yu shook his head, his face was ashen.

Cheng Yu was furious: "What do you mean by shaking your head? How dare you lie to her? Do you know..."

"I know, but... this is the empress's own decision." Imperial Physician Yu wiped the corners of her eyes and raised her head.

Cheng Yu panicked completely: "What's your own decision'? She just asked you if you could save her, and you said 'yes'!"

Duan Ran came over and patted Cheng Yu's shoulder, and said with a wry smile: "I don't blame Imperial Physician Yu, it's because of your own biased thinking. The imperial physician has just explained that Zhuzhucao is highly poisonous, and Changli's persistence is entirely due to another reason. The poison is balanced. Yuan'er has already considered these things, so she only asked Imperial Physician Yu 'can she be saved'—she asked whether she could save Chang Li, not whether she could save herself."

Cheng Yu was stunned for a while, then suddenly shook his head vigorously: "I don't believe it... It's clear that you tricked her into taking poison and testing Lu Li with herself! She thought you could save her! Su Qingyuan was greedy for life and afraid of death since she was a child. , how could she use herself to test the poison!"

"You haven't figured it out yet? She just confessed her last words!" Duan Ran looked at Cheng Yu sympathetically, feeling sympathetic in his heart.

Cheng Yu was completely stunned.

Over there, the imperial physicians have gathered together to consider the prescription.Because the two poisons occur at the same time, it is not easy to completely eliminate them.

Duan Ran gritted his teeth, and raised his head: "Xiliang——this time, our Liangzi has grown!"

Cheng Yu stood up with a "huh".

"What are you doing?" Xue Li hastily stretched out his hand to grab him.

Cheng Yu gritted his teeth: "Baili Angju... Do you want him to live until tomorrow?!"

Duan Ran somewhat hated iron but steel: "Cheng Yu, when did you become so brave and foolhardy? Are you going to break into the enemy camp alone and fight Baili Angju to your death? The Xiliang soldiers are extremely fierce. Go in, only to die!"

Cheng Yu was stunned for a long while, feeling empty in his heart, not knowing what to do.

Duan Ran sighed, and patted him hard on the shoulder: "In the next day or two, there will be fierce battles here. You... take a few people to send her back to the city first."

Cheng Yu nodded in a daze.

Duan Ran was worried, and instructed: "I'm afraid Ling Qiaoer may not be willing to settle down. After you go back, you must take good care of her, and don't let her cause any trouble for us!"

Cheng Yu agreed, and immediately a young eunuch lifted Su Qingyuan up and put her on a crude carriage.

At this time, several officials who had just woken up from a dream suddenly knelt down together: "The Queen Mother..."

Cheng Yu was about to step out, when he heard the sound, his feet stopped suddenly, and a fishy smell rose from his throat.

Even though it happened right in front of his eyes, he still couldn't believe it...

How could he be so confused and let her drink down that bowl of wine?

After watching the carriage go away, Duan Ran and the others turned their gazes back to Lu Li.

At this moment, Lu Li's face was frighteningly green, his lips were tightly pressed, his chest heaved rapidly, and occasionally trembled violently, obviously experiencing great pain.

The imperial physicians finally prescribed the medicine and told people to go down and suffer.

But whether this prescription is effective, whether Lu Li can wait for the moment when the medicine is ready, whether the second poison will make the situation worse... No one has the bottom line.

Several imperial physicians have their own specialties, and none of them dare to be idle.

After a while, Qin Yi came back from the outside and said in a deep voice, "Su Yi and Xiliang's team just left the capital, and they won't arrive until tomorrow at the earliest. Let's calm down and fight with peace of mind. We shouldn't lose to them!"

A servant of the Ministry of War said worriedly: "It's easy to talk about anything else, the key is the emperor's safety!"

Duan Ran looked up at him, and said with a sneer, "Nonsense! If Lu Li is dead, why should we fight? Just surrender to the old thief and beg for his life!"

"How can Mr. Duan speak such nonsense!" The official was furious.

Duan Ran let out a "hey" and said disdainfully: "Why, I'm not right? There is a man surnamed Lu from Changli on our side. If he dies, who shall we support? Why would a group of dragons fight without a leader? It's a waste of brothers Is your life fun? I want to go back to assist my little Juner, so you can figure it out yourself!"

The officials looked at each other, everyone felt very awkward, but no one could say anything.

After a stalemate for a long time, Xue Li sighed sadly: "If anything happens, we really have only one way to go back to Beijing. ——However, after we return to Beijing, if someone helps the evildoers and helps the old thief bully King Ding'an and steal the land of the Lu family , I, Xue Li, will be the first to not spare him!"

Princess Hejing walked to Duan Ran's side with her head down, and timidly tugged at his sleeve: "At this moment, shouldn't everyone think of a way to save the emperor? You... what are you thinking?"

Duan Ran was stunned for a moment, then suddenly patted his forehead and laughed: "No way, they are so confused! Who is Lu Li, that is a wolf-hearted fox of a thousand years, how could he die so easily! Just wait and see , after a bowl of medicine, he will be alive and kicking right away!"

Xiaoluzi finally stopped crying, and raised his head with difficulty: "If the emperor finds out that the empress is gone, he doesn't know what to do! Let's..."

"Why don't you invite Miss Ling to pretend to be her?" Xue Li tentatively suggested.

Duan Ran spat in a "bah" voice: "Impersonating? You think Lu Li is you? He won't recognize his own woman?"

At this point, he didn't plan to help Lu Li cover up any more.Everyone present had some ideas in their hearts, but they were not too surprised.

Only Qin Yi was stunned, a little dazed.

Duan Ran sat down next to Xiao Luzi, and sighed: "There is nothing we can do, just say that swords have no eyes on the battlefield, we are afraid of accidents, so we sent that woman back to the city!"

"But the emperor won't believe it!" Xiao Luzi was still worried.

Duan Ran said angrily: "Stupid! He doesn't believe it, you just try to convince him! If he wants to say that the woman won't leave him, you can say that you tied her up and sent her back! Before it's over, no one is allowed to leak anything! If Lu Li sees a flaw and causes us to lose to that old thief on the battlefield, you should kill yourselves and apologize!"

Everyone knew that the matter was very important, so they had to respond one by one, and everyone's heart was very heavy.

Finally, under the supervision of the imperial physician, the little eunuch rushed over with the hot medicine that had just been boiled.

The success or failure of life and death depends on one action, and everyone can't help but hold their breath.

Duan Ran grabbed Lu Li's hand and murmured: "It's so easy to mess around until now, don't play tricks on me! Let me tell you, if you die, I will marry your woman and strangle you to death." My child, let you die and wear an oversized green hat by the way!..."

(End of this chapter)