my awesome king

Chapter 50

"Xiao Mo, thank you so much!" After being forced into the yamen and receiving harsh punishments, the Seventh Prince, who had always looked down on the sick and weak, and Mu Shilang, who had bad ideas about the property of the palace, saw him taken out of the gloomy dungeon. As if seeing his own son, Ji Xiaomo held his hand and kept thanking and crying for grievances, and even invited him into Mu's residence to entertain him as a guest of honor.

Talking about the recent interrogation in the yamen, Mu Shilang said excitedly: "You actually charged me with an unwarranted charge of embezzling the Treasury of the Ministry of War!" How dare he move the army's silver taels easily, and it's such a large number!

Ji Xiaomo took a sip of tea and smiled lightly: "Father-in-law, don't worry, I will order someone to investigate this matter clearly. However, in order to completely wash away the grievances of my father-in-law, I hope that my father-in-law can cooperate with my people and give me some advice in the past few years. The file of the Ministry of War for investigation. I don’t know, is it possible?”

The so-called slap first and then give a candied date.After several days of torture, Mu Shilang cried out that he was wronged, and he was miserable in the yamen.If convicted, a heavy punishment is inevitable.At this time, he appeared as a savior and rescued Mu Shilang from danger, so he could easily cheat his trust and obtain some important information.

"Naturally, thank you Xiaomo, thank you so much today, if it wasn't for you, I really don't know what to do..."

Hearing this, Ji Xiaomo put the cup on his lips, smiled lightly, and drained the tea in the cup.After that, he slowly put the cup on the edge of the table, leaned lightly on the stone table, and said with a smile: "Father-in-law doesn't need to be polite, this is what a son-in-law should do." Those smiling eyes were firmly locked Mu Shilang was moved to tears, and the smile on the corners of his eyes and brows deepened.

The Ministry of War is in charge of the selection of military attaches, military registration, ordnance, and military orders across the country. It is the chief culprit that led to the reversal of the incident two years ago.However, secrets such as the files were never disclosed, even if he used money to lure Mu Shilang, who valued money like his life, he might have to hesitate a bit.But at this time, Ji Xiaomo asked him for it with legitimate reasons, and Mu Shilang agreed without hesitation in order to clear up his grievances.

"It's thanks to Xiao Mo that Yuan Ran was able to enter the palace as an servant. The craftsman is pretty good, why don't Xiao Mo stay for a light meal today. I'll order someone to call Shui Qing. Yuan Ran should be back later. , Let’s get together as a family today.”

Just as Ji Xiaomo was about to nod his head in agreement, he saw a black shadow suddenly flashing by the window. He frowned subconsciously, then raised his eyebrows and said to Mu Shilang, "Thank you father-in-law for your kindness. But for the investigation of corruption, my son-in-law wants to order someone as soon as possible." Find out and clean up the grievances for the father-in-law. So there are still things to do in the future. It is better to choose another day for the reunion, and the son-in-law will definitely bring the princess."

Mu Shilang nodded and said, "Shui Qing's birthday will be five days later, how about that day?"

Ji Xiaomo's mind suddenly moved, something soft and gentle kept touching the bottom of his heart, he blinked, and said softly: "Does father-in-law know what the princess usually likes?"

This is a question to Mu Shilang, he has never cared about his daughter, how would he know what she likes?

He gave a vague answer: "It's the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting that girls like. When she was young, she liked to read poetry collections and piano scores."

Ji Xiaomo was a little disappointed. During that period of convalescence, he wrote a few poems on a whim and happily dedicated them to Mu Shuiqing. what recipe.Later, the poem was discovered by Shen Mo, and he muttered, "My lord, this poem is really full of emotions of admiration, love poems? My lord has become enlightened and can write love poems? What the hell..."

Later, he looked at it again, blushed and hid all the papers on which the poem was written.I didn't notice it when I wrote it, but now I see all kinds of subtle expressions... How could the talented Mu Shuiqing not see it?He couldn't help thinking in a low voice that Mu Shuiqing's ignoring him must be because he felt bored and embarrassed to reject him...

Thinking of her daily attentively watching the recipes, the haze in Ji Xiaomo's eyes flashed away, and he said with a smile: "She must have liked cooking very much when she was a child... Mother-in-law is so good at cooking, the princess should have learned a lot... ..."

"Cooking?!" Mu Shilang was shocked, "Shuiqing has never learned how to cook!" He trained Mu Shuiqing to let her enter the palace. How could he let her do such vulgar things? Qianqian's ten fingers became thicker, and her original noble temperament was filled with the smell of oily smoke!

Ji Xiaomo was startled.He saw that Mu Shuiqing was familiar with cooking and even medicinal food. He once asked the reason curiously. Cook her medicinal food..." The death of Mu Shuiqing's mother was the reason why Mu Shuiqing wanted to become a nurse to save lives.

Ji Xiaomo still wanted to pursue it, but the ink painting had already been floating around the window several times, so he had no choice but to ask Mu Shilang to resign.

He thought in his heart that Xu was his stepmother, maybe Mu Shuiqing learned from his biological mother.At that time, Mu Shilang was obsessed with Xu Shi, the concubine, and Mu Shuiqing's biological mother was seriously ill and never stepped in to see him, so he didn't know that Mu Shuiqing could cook.

Ji Xiaomo left the Mu Mansion, and after turning a few corners, a black shadow flashed by, knelt down to him, and said anxiously: "My lord, Madam caught a cold a few days ago, and now she has a persistent high fever and coughed up blood ..." Mo Hua has already signaled the prince to report something for a long time, but the prince and Mu Shilang had a very happy conversation about the princess, how could he not be in a hurry.

Ji Xiaomo's expression froze, and he hurriedly said, "Hurry up and invite Imperial Physician Ning! Imperial Physician Ning is working in the imperial pharmacy today, remember not to let others see and follow you."

Ji Xiaomo rushed over anxiously in a carriage. Along the way, he clasped his hands and stabbed his fingertips fiercely into the flesh.Recently patronizing Mu Shuiqing's learning of martial arts, he has come to visit for a long time, and even forgot what he should do.Thinking of this, his heart sank a little, and his brows furrowed.

Once at the entrance of the alley, Ji Xiaomo anxiously got out of the carriage, leaned on a cane and quickly pushed the door open.From the alley to the door, he walked only a few hundred steps, but he felt out of breath, which showed how anxious he was walking.Gently closing the door with his hand, Ji Xiaomo saw the woman lying quietly on the bed, her face was pale, and the corner of her mouth was bloodied, his heart tightened, and the memories of the past kept coming up.

Her body was already weak, if she fell ill, how could he be worthy of that person...

When Mu Shuiqing regained his composure, he saw the solemn atmosphere inside the screen window. Ji Xiaomo took out a handkerchief and gently wiped the fine sweat that kept sliding down the woman's forehead.He said coldly: "You are so seriously ill, why did you tell me now?" He spoke too quickly, coughing several times.

I couldn't see Ji Xiaomo's expression, only his handsome side face and black flowing hair.But the anxiety and panic in his tone made Mu Shuiqing startled, this was the first time she saw him lose his temper with Qingzhu.

Qing Zhu was decocting the medicine, and when she saw his anger and tears dripping down, she choked up and said, "My lord, I'm sorry, this servant did not take good care of my wife. This servant thought it was a little cold, but who knew that he coughed up a lot of blood just now, Now Madam has a high fever and is unconscious..."

"Xiao Mo, don't blame her." The woman on the bed slowly opened her eyes, stretched her hand hesitantly to pull Ji Xiaomo's sleeve, and said softly, "I told her not to tell you. A little cold, this kind of I don't need to report all the little things to you..." She said, coughing twice in pain, her pale face was covered with scorching sweat, and a little blood was coughed out of her hands.

"How can this be a trivial matter!" Ji Xiaomo said urgently, "Your body is already weak, and you have suffered for so many years. Now that I have found you, how can I let you be wronged again?"

At this moment, Imperial Physician Ning came quietly.He was surprised when he saw the woman, and when he hesitated to speak, Ji Xiaomo glanced lightly and gave a slight warning: "She is the owner of this yard now—Mrs. Xie."

"Ma'am, this old minister is taking your pulse." Imperial Physician Ning stepped forward respectfully and took his pulse.Because of the persistent high fever, Xie Ru was in a daze of pain, while Ji Xiaomo stood nervously at the side, his whole face tangled up, as if he was in pain.

"The fever this time is mostly caused by wind and cold, and my wife has been depressed for many years, her body is weak and thin, and her heart and lungs are not very good, so she will cough up blood streaks, and she needs long-term recuperation..."

Ma'am...Mu Shuiqing quietly escaped from the courtyard, uttering these two words that were extremely tangled for her with red lips.A small fever, even invited the current imperial physician to see a doctor!
From Mu Shuiqing's angle, she couldn't hear what they said specifically, and she couldn't see the blood in the woman's hand. She could only see Ji Xiaomo's worried and serious face during the consultation process, and Mo Mo never took a step away from the woman.When Mu Shuiqing realized this, his heart felt as if a knife had been stabbed out, and he couldn't tell what it was like.All he knew was that he ran out of the yard in a panic.

When passing the corner, Mu Shuiqing accidentally knocked down a child holding a bag containing ice cubes.While apologizing and helping the child up, she was horrified to find that the boy looked extremely familiar, with slender eyebrows, beautiful phoenix eyes, and a high nose bridge, almost carved out of the same mold as Ji Xiaomo.

When she was in a daze, she heard someone shout behind her: "Young master..." The boy glanced at her suspiciously, and quickly ran into the house with a lot of broken ice.

"I brought the ice, but it was hit by someone just now, and it broke a lot." The boy asked anxiously, "How is the mother?" It's my fault for not taking good care of my mother."

"The imperial doctor has arrived, it's okay." Ji Xiaomo bent down, hugged the boy in his arms, and gently patted his back, "Yanyu, don't cry. You have grown up and are capable of protecting your mother." Darling, I will protect you too..."

The boy asked gently: "How can I protect mother?..."

Mu Shuiqing walked back to the mansion stiffly, with complicated emotions filling her heart, making her mind in a mess.In order to wake herself up, she decided to read some books to wash her brain and calm her turbulent mood.After all, when counting money, she is the calmest and most sober moment, and looking at the amount of money, she will sweep away the unhappy things and become extremely happy.

After burning an incense stick, Mu Shuiqing slapped the account book heavily, pointed to a huge amount of expenditure, and asked in a cold voice to Butler Mo: "What's the matter with this expenditure? There are more than 1000 taels of silver! Where did the money go?" Already?!"

Steward Mo was startled, and said, "This is the money raised by the prince."

Mu Shuiqing's original messy mind was even more chaotic. She closed the account book and said in a high voice: "My lord?! What does your lord want so much money for?"

"This little one doesn't know."

Mu Shuiqing struggled for half an hour. She took a cold shower and patted her face to wake herself up.

calm!Mu Shuiqing!Ji Xiaomo has lived in the palace for a long time, how can he have time to see his lover? !To find out the identity of that woman, you can't wrong Ji Xiaomo for no reason!Maybe it's just to visit a sick friend or something...

There seemed to be countless bugs rolling and biting in Mu Shuiqing's heart.The other Mu Shuiqing in her mind said: "That woman calls Xiao Mo so affectionately, and even Qing Zhu, the personal maid, calls Madam respectfully, and I have never seen Ji Xiaomo so anxious that he has hired an imperial physician. What's more That kid looks so much like Ji Xiaomo, isn't it Ji Xiaomo who just popped out of a rock! People have two sides, don't you know how well-dressed beasts understand! Don't you feel bad about using the money you earned to spend on your lover's illegitimate child! "

"Yawn!" Because he hid in the cold wind for half an hour and took a cold shower, Mu Shuiqing sneezed again and again, and his nose flowed out in an unrefined way.Her body was hot and her face was flushed.

Ji Xiaomo leaned on the head of the bed with his arms propped up wearily, and stayed with him until the night without even taking a bite of his meal.When Xie Ru woke up again, he was determined, and after giving Qingzhu a few words, he returned to the mansion.

He saw Mu Shuiqing sitting by the window in a daze, taking off his clothes and gently putting them on her body, but Mu Shuiqing grabbed her hand.

Mu Shuiqing said with burning eyes: "My lord, why did you come back so late?"

Ji Xiaomo said with a smile: "I went to the Yamen once before and brought my father-in-law back. He left me for a light meal." He waited for Mu Shuiqing to praise him, but Mu Shuiqing just looked at him indifferently , he couldn't help adding, "Father-in-law invited us to Mu's house for a reunion in five days." He thought of Mu Shuiqing's birthday soon, and thought about how to surprise her.

Mu Shuiqing didn't expose Ji Xiaomo's clumsy lie, she suddenly fell towards him, covered her forehead and said, "My lord, I'm so dizzy, I might have caught a cold."

Ji Xiaomo panicked and quickly helped her onto the bed.He measured her forehead with his hand and said, "Fortunately, I don't have a fever."

"It's so uncomfortable, I want to ask Imperial Physician Ning to take a look." Mu Shuiqing continued to pretend.

Ji Xiaomo was stunned, and coaxed: "I don't have a fever, just drink some medicine and you don't need to call a doctor."

"Don't drink the medicine!" Mu Shuiqing got angry when she heard that, she snuggled into the bed in a muffled voice, leaving only a back view for Ji Xiaomo.

"My lord, the concubine checked the account today and found that a sum of more than 1000 taels of silver was taken away by the lord. Can the lord tell the concubine where it was used? It will be much more convenient for the concubine to do the accounting."

Ji Xiaomo could hear Mu Shuiqing's tough tone, he knew that she regarded money as her life, and she must be very angry when she suddenly lost such a large sum of money.But at this moment, he could only vaguely say, "I picked it up and bought something."

Mu Shuiqing had been lucky once, if Ji Xiaomo was willing to explain clearly where the money was spent, she would definitely not pursue it, but now Ji Xiaomo vaguely and perfunctorily said a word, which made her heart go cold in an instant.

It is said that when a man raises a lover outside, the money in the family will inexplicably become less and less... until all the money is given to the lover by the man, and in the worst case, the hostess will be kicked out of the house .

Thinking of those scumbags, Mu Shuiqing gritted his teeth: What a Ji Xiaomo.Not only is there a noble concubine and mistress, but she is also silently hiding a lover and an illegitimate child!He also spent a large sum of money to buy a house for his lover and illegitimate child!

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, and she felt very depressed.

The 1000 taels of silver that my old lady earned through hard work, is just surrendered by you!His body is precious and weak!If you get sick, call the doctor!If my old lady is sick, she will drink medicine to perfunctory her!Discrimination is not such a discrimination!

snort!Don't even try to take a penny of my earnings!
Mu Shuiqing didn't realize it at all, his heart was completely soaked by the smell of vinegar, and his usually calculating mind was completely immersed in how to get the best benefits.

Ji Xiaomo thought she was uncomfortable and sleepy, so he fell asleep next to her.In a daze, he heard Mu Shui asked calmly: "My lord, how is your leg ailment recently?"

Seeing that Mu Shuiqing cared about him, Ji Xiaomo said in a fluttering voice: "A few days ago, the imperial doctor Ning saw me and said that my health has improved a lot, and it's all thanks to the princess!" He praised, and secretly stretched out his hand to hug Mu Shuiqing .Mu Shuiqing seems to be very afraid of the cold at night, these days he has hugged her softly to warm her up.Unexpectedly, today, she resisted and dodged.

When Ji Xiaomo was depressed, he heard Mu Shuiqing sigh softly: "My lord, it's been almost half a year..."

He remembered that Imperial Physician Ning lied to Mu Shuiqing that he had half a year to live.Ji Xiaomo's eyes were smiling, narrowed into two crescent moons.She was unhappy, so she was worrying about this matter...

"Princess, don't worry, under your care, let alone half a year, I still have many more half a year..."

A long silence followed.Two people are thinking of different things, no matter how much they talk, it will be futile.

(End of this chapter)