Aijia Kefu: Your Majesty, please avoid

Chapter 74 Curse
The next day, Lu Li still did not go to court.

The civil and military officials could no longer hold on.

Xiao Luzi ran back from the court hall and told Su Qingyuan that all the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty were clamoring to come to Yangju Hall to ask about illnesses.

If it is an ordinary disease, it is certainly not impossible to ask about it.But Lu Li's illness was too strange, if the courtiers had any doubts, they were afraid that a storm would be inevitable.

Su Qingyuan thought for a long time, and went to Chaogan Hall in a chariot by herself.

There was an uproar in the hall.

Su Qingyuan waited quietly.It wasn't until the hall gradually quieted down that she said in a deep voice: "My lords, don't panic. The emperor just had some rashes on his face. The imperial doctor ordered him not to see the wind, so he needs to delay his morning court for a few days. If you have something important to do, just Just write the notebook and hand it over to the Yangju Palace."

Xue Li came out in a crowd, and said coldly: "Your Majesty is sick, and the ministers are waiting for you to ask about the disease, how can you ignore it?"

Su Qingyuan glanced at him, and sneered: "You said you can't see the wind, are you afraid that the emperor will recover too quickly?"

Xue Li said proudly: "It's not that the humble minister is suspicious - the emperor has not been in court for two days, yesterday he said that the queen mother was sick, but today he changed his words, it is really unconvincing!"

Su Qingyuan sat down on the chair next to the throne, and asked coldly: "According to the Chongzheng envoy, what is the truth? Is the Ai family imprisoning the emperor, or is someone trying to usurp the throne?"

Realizing the seriousness of the situation, Xue Li hesitated for a moment.

Su Qingyuan pondered for a while, then stood up: "Don't you want to ask about a disease? Chongzheng envoy, Ding Guogong, and the six ministers, you follow Xiaoluzi to the Yangju hall in a while, and the rest of you should leave."

Seeing that she agreed so happily, most of the doubts in Xue Li's heart disappeared, so he didn't say any more.

Su Yi stood up and said, "Your Majesty's dragon body is not in good condition, it's no small matter. Please allow the Queen Mother to allow you to visit the Yangju Hall to reassure the army."

Su Qingyuan gave him a sideways glance, and said coldly: "Isn't it enough to stabilize the military spirit when the minister of the Ministry of War asks about his illness? General Su is only a servant of the third rank, and he actually thinks he can represent the 'military spirit'?"

"You!" Su Yi's face was black and purple with anger.

Su Qingyuan went straight out, and returned to Yangju Hall in a chariot.

Lu Li really wasn't awake yet.

Just like yesterday, she just seemed to be asleep, without any signs of illness.

Su Qingyuan held his hand, gritted her teeth and said: "If you don't wake up again, the court may be turned upside down. I won't be able to hold on at that time, so don't blame me."

At this time, Xiao Luzi had brought the courtiers over.

Su Qingyuan stood up and said coldly: "Let them all come in!"

All the ministers filed in and kowtowed to say hello, but they didn't get any response.

After being frozen for a while, they raised their heads one after another.

Xue Li's face was gloomy: "Empress Dowager, what's going on?"

Su Qingyuan sat down on the chair next to the bed again, and said coldly: "As you can see, the emperor didn't have any rash - he just fell asleep and didn't wake up."

All the officials turned their attention to the few imperial physicians who were kneeling beside them.

"The empress dowager means that the emperor fell asleep like this yesterday, so he missed the morning court?" Xue Li didn't believe it.

Su Qingyuan cast her eyes on Xiaoluzi.

The latter bowed and replied: "The emperor was fine the night before when he rested, but when he got up in the morning, the servants realized something was wrong...something went wrong, so the servants had to lie that the queen mother was seriously ill, so as to avoid chaos in the court ——This is all a slave's daring, please forgive me, the Empress Dowager and all your lords."

Xue Li looked at Su Qingyuan suspiciously, seemingly in disbelief.

Several Shangshu adults whispered to each other, chirping.

Su Qingyuan glanced at them coldly: "If you have any ideas, you might as well speak up."

Duke Ding frowned tightly: "It's strange at this time, we should investigate thoroughly."

Su Qingyuan patted the small bedside cabinet heavily: "How to thoroughly investigate this matter is a matter for the future. The most urgent thing is how to stabilize the court situation! You people are the backbone of the court, and everyone else is As long as you are looking ahead, if even you can't hold on, what kind of chaos will this court hall be in!"

"Don't bother the empress dowager about matters in the court." Xue Li said coldly.

Su Qingyuan stared at him, and sneered: "Don't bother Aijia? Are you afraid that Aijia will interfere? To tell you the truth, Aijia happens to have no interest in your affairs, and especially doesn't want to see you. Eyes above self-righteous things!"

Xue Li raised his head abruptly, with blue veins twitching on his forehead, obviously very angry, but he didn't dare to attack because of the identity of the other party.

Su Qingyuan glanced around at the six ministers, and said coldly: "As the mainstay of the court, you must know that the stability of people's hearts is very important. The reason why I called you here today is to hope that you can stabilize this court! There are people with ulterior motives in the court, and sometimes those who are ready to go against the wind. Aijia hopes that there are no such foolish people among you! From now on, you should decide carefully about the affairs of the court. If you can’t decide, you can discuss it with Xiaoyingzi. If there is any news in the court, you are the only ones from the Ai Family to ask!"

"The ministers must do their best!" Hubu Shangshu was the first to bow down.

Duke Ding hesitated for a moment, then also crouched down.

Seeing his statement, the rest of the people reluctantly followed up and said some words such as "work together to stabilize the court situation".

Su Qingyuan finally looked at Xue Li, and said with a sneer: "Only just now in the court hall, it was Mr. Chongzheng who questioned the emperor's condition in public. From now on, please ask Mr. Xue to be responsible for explaining to the officials! Mr. Xue had better remember—— Your Majesty It is your blessing that the dragon body is unobstructed, this matter is not begging you!"

Xue Li knelt upright for a while, and finally bent down slowly: "I would like to follow the teachings of the empress dowager."

"Let's go." Su Qingyuan said coldly.

The six ministers lined up with their heads down, and obediently withdrew.

Xue Li hesitated for a moment, and followed suit.

Duke Ding stood up, frowned and looked at Su Qingyuan: "Excuse me, Empress Dowager, did the emperor really fall ill in the Yangju Hall?"

"If the Ai family says no, can the Duke find a way to wake him up?" Su Qingyuan asked back.

Duke Ding frowned, his eyes sharp.

Su Qingyuan leaned on the back of the chair, meeting his gaze without fear.

After a long time, Duke Ding sighed: "The art of witchcraft has always been a taboo in the palace, but there have been people taking risks in all dynasties. The emperor's illness is strange, the queen mother should check the palace."

Su Qingyuan stood up slowly: "Does Duke Ding know something?"

Duke Ding shook his head: "It's all speculation."

Su Qingyuan's face was a little ugly.

Duke Ding cupped his hands and walked out the door.

When he turned around the corridor, he said to himself again: "If you don't hold yourself upright, evil spirits will invade you..."

Su Qingyuan pushed open the window and threw a teapot out, then said sharply: "You will lose your life if you confuse people with demonic words!"

Duke Ding stopped and shook his head helplessly: "Dead wood cannot be carved!"

"How can stubbornness be saved?" Su Qingyuan poked her head out and shouted, and closed the window with a "bang".

Duke Ding stood under the corridor for a long time, feeling very angry in his heart, but at the same time felt a little funny, he didn't know what expression to make on his face.

Xiao Yingzi turned from the side hall, frowned and said: "It's fine for others, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials has been in contact with General Su a lot recently, in case..."

Su Qingyuan raised her hand and rubbed between her brows: "Even if you don't ask him to come here today, he will definitely hand over the notebook, and when he sees that Zhu Zhu's handwriting is not Lu Li's, he will have to be suspicious. Since the other ministers They have all come, and there is no reason to keep the officials outside alone."

"But General Su, will he be restless?" Xiao Yingzi was still worried.

Su Qingyuan sneered: "Even if Lu Li is safe and sound, why did the old fox ever live in peace?"

Duan Ran opened the door and came in, and said with a smile: "You guys are thinking too much! The Minister of the Ministry of Officials is not that stupid. Now that the situation is unclear, no matter how close he is to the old fox, it is impossible for him to completely dig out his heart..."

"Has Master Guiyi come?" Su Qingyuan hurriedly interrupted him.

Duan Ran smiled "hehe" and let out the door.

The man behind him took off his cloak, revealing a hale and hearty old face.

Su Qingyuan gathered herself together and saluted with palms together.

Master Guiyi glanced at her, and immediately frowned.

"What's wrong?" Su Qingyuan panicked immediately.

Master Guiyi shook his head slowly, and walked into the inner room without saying a word.

Su Qingyuan had no choice but to follow in.

I saw the old monk circle around the dragon bed twice, muttering something, I don't know what he was talking about.

Su Qingyuan didn't dare to intervene, so she had to stand beside her, her palms sweating from nervousness.

After a full incense burn, Master Guiyi finally stopped and sang the Buddha's name loudly.

Su Qingyuan didn't dare to go up to talk to her again, so she had to wink at Duan Ran.

Unexpectedly, Master Guiyi walked towards her: "The benefactor is a concubine in the palace?"

Su Qingyuan hesitated for a moment, not knowing how to answer.

But Duan Ran replied with a smile on her behalf: "This is the empress dowager!"

Master Guiyi frowned even tighter.

"Is my identity related to the emperor's condition?" Su Qingyuan asked tremblingly.

Master Guiyi shook his head and nodded again.

Su Qingyuan's face turned pale in an instant.

Duan Ran hurriedly supported her, and said to Master Gui Yi: "You should just tell me straight, don't save one and scare the other out of trouble!"

Master Guiyi turned the beads in his hand solemnly, and uttered three words: "It's a spell."

"Spells? Don't you want to find a Taoist priest?" Duan Ran asked immediately.

Master Guiyi slowly shook his head: "Although the spell is a Taoist spell,...unless the person who cast the spell is found, even someone with profound magic power may not be able to solve it."

Duan Ran stomped his feet and said, "If you can find the person who cast the spell, why do you need a Taoist priest? Just torture the culprit and force him to withdraw the spell!"

"Amitabha, what you said is very true." Master Gui Yi clasped his hands together.

Su Qingyuan frowned.

It is said that "monastics are compassionate", but it does not seem to be the case. This Master Guiyi seems to be very keen on beating people?
As soon as her eyes rolled, Master Guiyi's eyes fell on her: "This... Queen Mother, you have also been cursed, do you know?"

"Me?" Su Qingyuan's heart skipped a beat, "You mean, I will be like the emperor, unable to sleep?"

Master Guiyi shook his head slowly: "The spell is not cast on you, but on a person connected with your blood."

Su Qingyuan subconsciously protected her stomach.

Master Guiyi noticed her movement and sighed: "I see."

Su Qingyuan fell down on the soft couch, and after a long time asked in a hoarse voice: "Is there a way?"

Duan Ran smiled and said: "Look at what you said! Do you not believe in Master Guiyi, or do you not believe in the boundlessness of Buddhism?"

Su Qingyuan twitched the corner of her mouth: "I dare not believe it, but... I have always been ignorant, master, please don't blame me."

Master Guiyi slowly turned the beads, and said in a deep voice: "Anyone who casts a spell must borrow some grievances from the undead. The poor monk can set up an altar here for salvation. It will be all right."

Su Qingyuan hurriedly stood up, folded her palms together and bowed to thank her.

Master Gui Yi sighed: "The soul of the fetus in the womb is not yet complete, and it is the most fragile. If the spell cannot be completely lifted, I'm afraid... Alas, yesterday's cause, today's result, let's just look at the law of fate."

"No..." Su Qingyuan tightly clenched the handkerchief in her hand, her teeth trembling.

Duan Ran immediately went out to send people in, asking them to follow Master Guiyi's arrangement and set up an altar.

Su Qingyuan forced herself to go out, and told Xiao Luzi, "Immediately call a few reliable people to Fanghua Palace, Yanxi Palace, Zhaoyang Palace, Yangju Palace... and the area behind Zhaoyang Palace. Buddhist halls, search everywhere where people live! Don’t care about masters and slaves, main halls and side halls, search every nook and cranny for me!”

The matter was of great importance, Xiao Luzi didn't even hesitate at all, he agreed and left in a hurry.

Duan Ran came to Su Qingyuan's side with a smile: "Hey, you want to search even your own territory?"

Su Qingyuan glared at him with red eyes, but did not answer.

The Yangju Hall was searched quickly, but nothing was found.

Xiaoluzi took people to Fanghua Palace.Su Qingyuan wanted to follow along, but she was worried about Lu Li, so she could only sit in this hall.

Seeing the eunuchs and guards busy setting up Buddhist altars, Su Qingyuan became more and more flustered.

According to Master Gui Yi's words, Lu Li's situation is not extremely dangerous.What's more dangerous is her... the child in her womb.

The matter of Yingyue Pond has not been found out yet, and now more and more spells have come out.

Is that person in such a hurry?

Su Qingyuan couldn't help thinking of the small Buddhist hall behind Zhaoyang Palace.

Iwato Avalokitesvara, devotional worship can protect the integrity of compassion, filial piety, and prosperous ancestral business?
But why did that crazy woman living in the Buddhist hall keep saying that she wanted to kill an unborn child, and also Lu Li?
Su Qingyuan has never believed in Buddhism, but now she has to pin her hopes on Master Guiyi.

Of course, it would be best if the person who cast the spell could be caught.

In Su Qingyuan's heart, the first person to suspect was of course "Aunt Nian".

The second place should be Su Qingluan of Yanxi Palace.

Thinking about it later, there are so many grievances and grievances in this palace, I am afraid that no one can completely rule out the suspicion.If nothing was found in the previous places, I'm afraid they will go to war and dig three feet in this palace!
Taking advantage of Master Guiyi's busy time, Su Qingyuan walked into the inner room and sat down beside Lu Li.

Holding his hand, she felt a little more at ease in her heart.

He should be all right, she thought.

She just didn't understand what Master Guiyi meant by "Yesterday's Cause, Today's Fruit".

Could it be that... this bad relationship is not only intolerant to ethics, but also to Buddhism, which claims to be able to "tolerate things that are difficult to tolerate in the world"?

She didn't understand, but she didn't dare to ask.

Duan Ran came in along the corner, smiled and said: "He is about to wake up, do you want to vent your anger before he wakes up?"

"What's the matter?" Su Qingyuan looked at him in surprise.

Duan Ran narrowed his eyes and smiled wickedly: "Did you forget what he did to you before?"

"Forgot." Su Qingyuan said lightly.

"Hey! Isn't it?" Duan Ran was disappointed.

Su Qingyuan sighed: "Why do you remember so much? Can you figure it out with him?"

"But you... well, remember to eat but not fight, are you a fool?" Duan Ran was so serious for the first time, but it was a pity that he sighed too exaggeratedly, which made him look even more serious.

Su Qingyuan thought about it for a long time, and said with a wry smile: "You want to persuade me to take it easy, don't you? I understand the reason, but...whether I hate him or not, this child...I have already I can't bear it."

Duan Ran made a grimace, and sighed after a while: "Why is Lu Li such a lucky boy! Back then, he...wasn't he a bully to you? I didn't do much like that back then. No woman is willing to bear me a child!"

"You?!" Su Qingyuan looked at him in astonishment.

Duan Ran raised his head and stroked his hair coquettishly.

Su Qingyuan immediately turned cold: "It turns out that you taught Lu Li to be bad! I knew you were not a good guy! You are not allowed to approach him again, and I will never talk to you again!"

"Hey, it doesn't make sense..." Duan Ran looked aggrieved.

Su Qingyuan glared at him resentfully: "Get out!"

"Hey, there is no one like you? Yesterday you said to invite Master Guiyi, but I ran to Zhenguo Temple non-stop, knelt down and kowtowed and bowed. The errands are done—you can’t cross rivers and demolish bridges as fast as you, can you?” Duan Ran chattered endlessly, refusing to go out no matter what.

Su Qingyuan never showed him any good looks.

Duan Ran could only retreat slowly to the window.

Su Qingyuan thought that he was really going to leave, so she lowered her head.

Unexpectedly, in a blink of an eye, Duan Ran slipped back with a smile again: "Hey, the matter about Yingyue Lake has some clues, do you want to hear it?"

Su Qingyuan wanted to get angry and say "no", but this was something she had been thinking about for several days, but she had to listen.

After being awkward for a while, she had no choice but to say with a cold face: "If you really have a clue, you should naturally tell me."

When Duan Ran heard this, he smiled and rubbed against her.

Su Qingyuan glared at him fiercely.

Duan Ran had no choice but to shrink his shoulders into a well-behaved lap dog, and asked with an apologetic smile: "Do you still remember that crazy woman?"

"It really is her?" Su Qingyuan frowned.

Duan Ran said with a "hee hee" smile: "You can guess that she is smarter than Lu Li - Lu Li won't believe anything he says."

"Tell me in detail." Su Qingyuan said seriously.

Duan Ran twisted her neck triumphantly, but found that Su Qingyuan didn't focus on him at all.

Feeling disappointed, he had no choice but to sigh helplessly: "Duan Ran didn't believe that crazy woman was the mastermind, so I had to check the eunuchs who were idle in the nearby palaces for a few days. On the head of the crazy woman..."

"The case can be closed? Is Aunt Nian willing to speak?" Su Qingyuan asked.

Duan Ran spread his hands helplessly: "A crazy woman, how do you interrogate her?"

"She's pretending to be crazy." Su Qingyuan said lightly.

Duan Ran gave her a supercilious look: "Of course I know she is pretending to be crazy! You were also pretending to be crazy back then! I gave you the inspiration for your pretending to be crazy! What's the use of that? You are pretending to be crazy in front of me. Isn't it still the same crazy? You almost killed me several times, and Lu Li just let you do whatever you want!"

Su Qingyuan was speechless for a moment.

Duan Ran said angrily: "That crazy woman is just as hateful as you! I know she's faking madness, and she knows I know she's faking madness, but she just keeps on pretending! Lu Li won't kill her, Now I have nothing to do with her!"

"So, you didn't find out anything?" Su Qingyuan calmly concluded for him.

Duan Ran was a little guilty, and after a while he said: "It can't be said that nothing can be judged, at least I know that she has a close relationship with your former girl Shu Xing, maybe she was instructed by Miss Shu Xing..."

"Shu Xing?" Su Qingyuan froze for a moment.

This answer is actually not surprising.What surprised her was Duan Ran's inference.

She originally thought that even if there was a connection between these two people, it should be Shuxing who was instructed by Aunt Nian.

If Duan Ran's deduction is correct, then whose is Shu Xing?
In other words, who is Shuxing?

Su Qingyuan thought for a long time, then shook her head and said: "Shu Xing has been with me for eight years...she is just a girl. You said that Aunt Nian was ordered by Shu Xing, it would be more accurate to say that she was ordered by Qingluan or my father —There is no other possibility.”

Having said that, she was suddenly taken aback.

Father?Su Yi?
Could the spell that Lu Li practiced be related to his father?
If it's him, things seem to make perfect sense!
Less than a month has passed since the last incident, is he going to stir up trouble again?

If the matter gets involved in the DPRK, the trouble will be even greater!
Su Qingyuan shuddered.

At this time, Master Gui Yi had already started to perform the exercises in the hall, but he was still mumbling about something.

Presumably it is the scriptures for saving grievances.

Su Qingyuan doesn't understand these things, and doesn't quite believe them.She just held the mentality of treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor, waiting for a miracle to appear.

Wait until the sun sets to the west.

The atmosphere in the hall became more and more solemn, and Su Qingyuan was gradually infected by such solemnity, and her expression became dignified.

On the eight-pillar dragon bed, Lu Li lay quietly, motionless.

Su Qingyuan habitually put her hands on her lower abdomen, as a gesture of protection.

She didn't know how terrible the spell was, but... no matter what, she couldn't give up.

There was only Master Guiyi in the outer hall, and the maids and eunuchs were all stopped outside.

Time passed little by little.

Su Qingyuan felt inexplicably nervous when she heard the sound of the "Kong Kong" wooden fish and those strange syllables from Master Guiyi's mouth.

Her palms were sweating unceasingly, her heart began to throb inexplicably, and the position of her lower abdomen... also began to feel agitated intermittently.

Duan Ran noticed her strangeness, and subconsciously grabbed her hand: "Are you okay?"

Su Qingyuan instinctively threw him away and shook her head.

Countless thoughts swirled in her mind.Fear, worry, doubt, anger...

She raised her head abruptly, and fixedly stared at Master Guiyi outside through the gap in the screen.

Duan Ran was startled: "Hey, wake up! Xiao Yuan'er...is it still you?"

The sound of the wooden fish suddenly stopped.

Master Guiyi shook his body, and the wooden club in his hand fell to the ground.

Su Qingyuan stood up with a "huh" and rushed out.

(End of this chapter)