A Thousand Hills

Chapter 150

Don't look at the eldest prince's dizzy behavior from time to time, but when he does things seriously, he can be called vigorous and resolute. Moreover, at this time, the eldest prince has no selfish intentions, and the descendants of the royal family and princesses can be sent out. When the princes and grandchildren come out, their biological mother can also accompany them.

The third concubine was a little anxious when she didn't see her mother-in-law Xie Guifei, and listened to Concubine Liu tell the Queen Mother Hu carefully, "The imperial concubine said that there must be a master in the palace, and the concubines can't be persuaded. to the palace." She also said that Concubine Su was ill and was unwilling to move.

Empress Dowager Hu sighed, "Concubine Xie is a good one." She somewhat regretted wearing small shoes for Concubine Xie.The grandson and great-grandson were all seen and arrived at the palace safely. After hearing about the situation in the palace, Queen Mother Hu ordered everyone to settle down.Before the concubines came, Concubine Zhao had already cleaned up the place where she lived.The rest of the princes and concubines also have their own places to live. As for the children in the concubine, they just live with the princes and concubines.

Xie Moru asked Concubine De to inquire about Concubine Su's condition. Concubine De was the birth mother of the third princess. None of the three princesses went to get married, but maybe because of this matter, Xie Moru has never had any contact with the concubine De and the three princesses.Now that she had just escaped from the palace, Concubine De had no more suspicions than before, and said, "Your mother-in-law is worried that you have an old illness, and the imperial physicians in the palace are used to serving them, just feel at ease."

Xie Moru thanked Concubine De, then took his leave and went back to his palace.

The children of the Fifth Prince's Mansion were all sent out, and the side concubines Su and Yu also came out, and Xu side concubine stayed in the palace.Su Shi asked Xie Moru again, originally Xie Moru left the house to her to take care of the affairs before leaving, but Xu side concubine stayed behind, Su Shi had to explain what happened, Su said, "Your Majesty, come with me I asked my concubine to take care of the affairs of the mansion temporarily. I originally wanted to stay in the mansion. Sister Xu said that the important thing was not the children. Since my sister was young, my concubine was really worried, so I took the children with my sister. Here I come. I also ask the empress to punish my concubine for the crime of greed for life and fear of death."

Xie Moru said, "It's not that you are greedy for life and fear of death. I miss you and your children every day in the palace. It is a great achievement for you to be able to bring the children here safely. Mrs. Xu is not afraid of life and death, and stays in the palace to be the master. Naturally, he is also a righteous person." He asked about the situation in the Su family's residence.

Su Shi replied respectfully, Xie Moru has always governed the mansion very strictly, she and the fifth prince accompanied her, Su Shi was acting as the housekeeper, and it was just Xiao Guicao's follower, not to mention the nuns left behind by Xie Moru were all capable, Su's should be more cautious, there won't be any big mistakes.Even during the earthquake, several servants were injured at home, and a doctor was invited to treat them. No one was killed in the earthquake. Even if some of the houses were not strong enough, Su Shi also made other arrangements for those servants. , the rest have nothing else to do.

After hearing this, Xie Moru said, "Dalang Saburo hasn't seen you for a few days, you go and rest first, and I will let the nanny take them there later. Sister Xin and Erlang will be put here temporarily."

Su's drooping face couldn't help feeling a little uncomfortable.

Yu Shi sneered inwardly, perhaps it was because her father was the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, Yu Shi had some talent for solving cases.When the first prince went from house to house to tell them to pack their things, they also knew that the fifth prince hadn't heard from him yet.It seems that Mrs. Su thought too much, thinking that Da Lang was the eldest son born in her womb.However, the main concubine in the mansion is not her Su family.The concubine's thoughts, waiting for idlers to guess.Yu Shi didn't want to guess too much, but just laughed at Su Shi's infatuation.Mrs. Yu copied scriptures in her room that night, and later heard that it is popular to chant Buddhist scriptures in the palace, and when she greeted Xie Moru, she begged Xie Moru to invite the Bodhisattva back. In addition to copying scriptures, she also had to chant scriptures to pray for the fifth prince.

There has been no news of Emperor Mu Yuan and the Fifth Prince, and even the Xie Mansion in the imperial capital is very worried about Xie Moru's situation.If the fifth prince is safe, Xie Moru's future is still far away.If the fifth prince has something good or bad, Xie Moru's future will be limited.

In this way, when Mrs. Xie burned incense, she often burned a few sticks of incense for the fifth prince, hoping that the fifth prince would return safely.

It is God's mercy that Emperor Mu Yuan and the fifth prince can come back alive.

It was nearly mid-September, and the two were rescued this time, but their bodies were also seriously injured, and they couldn't move for a while.

Empress Dowager Hu found out about this that day, she nearly fainted from crying in the palace, and she wanted to go to the camp to see her son. After Lao Dun's past, Brother Huang will be anxious again when he sees you. At this moment, you must not let Brother Huang worry about it any more, and it is serious to take care of Brother Huang's body first."

Many people persuaded that the Empress Dowager Hu's plan was better, and she stopped arguing to see her son, but asked people to pack all the high-quality medicinal materials in the palace and send them to the camp.

Empress Dowager Hu was in a state of chaos here, Xie Moru handed over the affairs of the palace to Su's temporary management, took the guards with him, and hurried to the camp.Princess Wenkang's head was a thousand times more sober than her mother's. After the joy of the emperor's brother's safety passed, Princess Wenkang asked the scout who came to deliver the letter, "Who found the emperor's brother and the fifth prince?"

The scout said, "It's the female officials and guards from the House of the Fifth Highness."

Princess Wenkang said, "I just said that Mo Ru is a lucky star!" There are always people who use Xie Moru's hard words to provoke her mother. Princess Wenkang is on the one hand happy for the safety of the emperor brother, and on the other hand, people from the Fifth Prince's House made such great contributions. During the three crises, she and Xie Moru had mutual support.Therefore, Princess Wenkang praised Xie Moru, so as to save the villain from talking too much.

Princess Changtai also said, "Yes, the fifth younger sibling has been thinking about the fifth younger brother these days, so you should tell her about it quickly. Grandmother, you have to reward the fifth younger sibling."

Empress Dowager Hu won the great joy of the emperor's son's safety, so she didn't care about some things. She planned that it was the people in Lao Wu's house who made the contribution, so she had to thank him for a few things.In the end, I couldn't find Xie Moru, and I found out after asking, Xie Moru went to the camp.

Empress Dowager Hu also complained about Princess Wenkang, "If you stop me, don't tell me to go. Look at how fast the fifth daughter-in-law's legs are."

Princess Wenkang said, "She knows how to ride a horse. Are you good at it? With such a long distance, you will have to use a big cart and a small car. Besides, those people in the palace would not want to follow you. This departure is a It's a big show, there's no need to disturb, just wait a little longer. The camp is just a temporary residence, there is an imperial doctor there, you have to treat the emperor's brother first, and when the injury of the emperor's brother recovers, you must send him to the palace to recuperate of."

Empress Dowager Hu didn't say anything.

The fifth prince was not only injured, but also poisoned.

It was evening when Xie Moru arrived at the camp, she arrived at the camp earlier than the scouts sent by the imperial court to report to the palace.As soon as she came, everyone was startled, thinking that the queen mother had also come, but then thought, no, the queen mother did not move so fast.Could it be that the Empress Dowager just came here on purpose today... The prince ran out to see that it was Xie Moru and a group of guards. Xie Moru asked, "Where is Your Highness?"

The prince didn't care about anything else, and ordered someone to take Xie Moru to the camp where the fifth prince recuperated.

The fifth prince was in a coma, with a sallow complexion, dark lips, sunken eye sockets, and his body was wrapped up in various ways. It could be seen that he was close to death.Xie Moru sat beside him, after a while, Ling Xiao brought a basin of warm water, and Xie Moru remembered to wash up.

After washing his hands and face, Xie Moru ordered Ling Xiao to go and announce that the imperial physician who had treated the Fifth Prince came over.

The one who came over was Imperial Physician Dou, the envoy of Imperial Hospital. Imperial Physician Dou had always been the exclusive doctor of Emperor Mu Yuan and Empress Dowager Hu.Xie Moru would know that Imperial Doctor Dou only recognized him because he had seen Imperial Doctor Dou to check Princess Wenkang's broken leg after the earthquake.Xie Moru gave him a seat, and after the Imperial Physician Dou sat down, he began to talk about the fifth prince's condition, saying, "Although His Highness's injuries are a bit severe, they are only flesh wounds, so it doesn't matter. It's just that His Highness's right wrist was injured by a silver ring snake. Will keep it for a while."

Although Xie Moru had never seen a silver ring snake, he had read about it in a medical book, and asked, "I heard that the silver ring snake is extremely poisonous, is it really all right for His Highness?"

Doctor Dou said, "Generally, after being bitten by Yinhuan, you don't feel anything special at first, just a slight pain, but after the treatment time, your eyes will become blurred, you will feel drowsy, until you have difficulty breathing, and many people die because of this." His Highness is safe, one is that after being bitten by Yinhuan, part of the poisonous blood was sucked out immediately, and the other is that His Highness may have taken some detoxifying herbs when he was trapped outside. The third is that His Highness also took some herbs after being rescued Although the detoxification pills are not suitable for the symptoms, they can relieve the symptoms, so His Highness can support himself. However, after all, His Highness has been poisoned for a long time, and to get rid of the remaining poison, he needs to take care of himself slowly."

Xie Moru said, "How can there be snakes outside in this weather?"

Doctor Dou is old after all, with a lot of experience and knowledge, said, "Madam, when the earth shakes, snakes, rats and other things will move."

Xie Moru said, "Yes, the imperial doctor didn't tell me, I almost forgot." Now it is said to be cold, but it is not very cold. When the earthquake occurs, there will be some abnormalities such as snakes and rats.

Xie Moru asked Imperial Physician Dou about the taboos of the fifth prince when recuperating, and Imperial Physician Dou explained it in detail.When she came out, she was in a hurry, she didn't have any gold or silver on her body, so she took off a jade pendant from her waist and said, "I walked quickly when I came, and I didn't bring much, so I will reward you with this."

Imperial Physician Dou hurriedly said, "Healing diseases and saving lives is the duty of ministers, and ministers dare to be greedy for rewards."

"This is my heart." Give it to Ling Xiao, Ling Xiao forwarded it to Imperial Physician Dou, Imperial Physician Dou thanked him for the reward, and accepted it respectfully, seeing that Xie Moru had nothing to say, he respectfully withdrew.

After Doctor Dou left, Ling Xiao brought hot tea, Xie Moru took a sip, and said, "Sit down too." He ordered people to call Geng Tianyi in, and asked Ling Xiao how Geng Tianyi found the father and son, Ling Xiao said, "In On the tenth day, the hound had some reaction. After walking with the hound for two days, I found some direction signs on some trees, and then I came to a valley. In my hometown, this kind of place is called ghost hitting the wall, and it is not good to go in. Come out. When I found His Majesty and His Majesty, they were very weak. I saw that His Highness had signs of being poisoned, so I gave His Highness some antidote pills, but I don’t know if it’s the right way.”

What Ling Xiao said was simple, but the hardships involved can be imagined. Xie Moru asked, "Then how did you get out?"

Ling Xiao said, "Hounds know the way better than people, so we followed the hounds and came out. When we were rushing back, we met the head arresters from the Ministry of Punishment. With their help, we arrived at the camp soon."

Geng Tianyi said, "In the mountains, my subordinates are far inferior to Miss Ling Xiao."

Ling Xiao said, "Without the help of Guard Geng, we would not be able to find His Majesty and His Highness so quickly."

Xie Moru said, "This time, if you save my husband, you are my benefactor." Then he stood up and gave a salute, Ling Xiao and Geng Tianyi both knelt down in a panic, Xie Moru waved his hands and said, "Get up You don’t need to be like this. You have to rest for a few days first, and let the imperial physician help you to recuperate your body. The matter of reciting merits will wait for His Majesty to be healthy. Don’t worry, I will never let anyone wrong you, including the guards who are with you. The list, please write it down and give it to me. Also, who were the people from the Ministry of Punishment who responded to you at that time, please ask and tell me clearly, please."

Geng Tianyi respectfully responded.

Xie Moru came over and took care of the fifth prince. With Ling Xiao around, she also knew a lot of things.

The fifth prince was found together with Emperor Mu Yuan, and it is said that Emperor Mu Yuan was rescued, and the first thing the imperial physician said when he saw him was, "Let Xiao Wu see it first."

Therefore, Xie Moru didn't think it surprising that the crown prince came over.The prince is very demeanor of a prince, and he sent a lot of nourishing things, as well as some gold, silver and jade as a reward. The prince comforted and thanked Moru in a warm voice, "Fifth younger siblings, just take it easy. It can be very good. I asked the envoy of Dou Yuan about these nourishing things. They can all be nourishing. You came in a hurry, so save the gold and silver for others. Ling Xiao and Geng guards have made great contributions, and the father is still ill , Xu Gong has to wait a while."

"There is no rush to make meritorious deeds. They uphold loyalty and righteousness. It was a coincidence that they rescued His Majesty and our Highness. I will not be polite about the things the prince gave. To tell you the truth, I came here without bringing anything. It’s easy to speak, the prince is solving my dilemma." Xie Moru was rarely humble and kind.

The prince smiled, "I didn't ask you to be polite." Thinking of Xie Moru, he is also a real person.

Xie Moru still has something to ask, "Your Majesty has returned safely. I think His Majesty has a decree for the imperial capital. I wrote a letter to my mother and concubine. Can I send it together when the imperial court announces the decree to the imperial capital?"

The prince naturally responded with all his mouth.

Xie Moru took out the letter, and the prince accepted it himself.

The prince asked Xie Moru about the palace again, mainly to find out why Xie Moru came by himself, where is the queen mother?Where is the princess?The prince didn't have any opinion about the queen mother, mainly because the queen mother was getting old, she was frightened these days, and she was not in good health, even if it was the emperor father, he would not want the emperor grandmother to come all the way.But what about the princess?Why did Xie Moru come alone?
I heard Xie Moru say, "As soon as I heard that His Highness was found, I brought people over on horseback. I didn't tell anyone, for fear that they would stop me."

Prince:  …

After all, the crown prince has fulfilled his duties as a prince and elder brother. After he expressed his kindness and friendliness to Xie Moru, he also found out the news that should be inquired, and let Xie Moru rest well. He is the second uncle, so it is not good to stay. After saying a few words, he got up and said goodbye.

The Fifth Prince was in a coma most of the time, and when he woke up occasionally, when he saw Xie Moru, his eyes were filled with joy, but he was also in good spirits.Xie Mo is so relieved, as long as he is still energetic, he is not afraid that he will not be able to survive.

The camp is only a temporary place to live, now that Emperor Mu Yuan has returned safely, the crown prince is by his side serving the decoction and medicine, never leaving his side.On the contrary, Li Xuan often came to visit the fifth prince, and comforted Xie Moru from time to time.When Emperor Mu Yuan was in good health and a comfortable chariot was ready, the prince moved the palace to the palace to recuperate his injuries.Emperor Mu Yuan especially ordered, "Let Xiao Wu and I use the chariot together, and be more stable."

As long as you are not stupid, you will know that Mu Yuandi and the fifth prince, the father and son in trouble, must have formed a deep father-son friendship in the process of being in trouble!Of course, the relationship between the two was quite deep.It's just that it's not that deep.

When Emperor Mu Yuan was in good health, he asked Prince Su Xiang about the imperial capital. Su Xiang said, "The rescue after the earthquake is still stable, and the epidemic is gradually under control. It's just that the imperial physician has not yet developed an effective decoction. Now it all depends on isolating the patients."

The prince persuaded, "Father rests in peace of mind to recuperate from illness, and son returns to the imperial capital to discuss epidemic prevention with elder brother."

"You don't want to go back to the imperial capital for the time being. Since it is still stable, it can be seen that the situation can be controlled." Seeing the crown prince seemed uneasy, Emperor Mu Yuan said, "There are always difficulties in the world. You are the East Palace, and I am hanging outside. You want to abandon me." Back to the imperial capital, I should be disappointed."

The prince shed a lot of tears.

Emperor Mu Yuan comforted the prince and talked with Su Xiang in private for a long time, and he still asked Su Xiang to assist the prince so that he could recover from his illness with peace of mind.

When Empress Dowager Hu saw the emperor's son, she naturally cried again.

Emperor Mu Yuan comforted his old lady very much. With Emperor Mu Yuan in front, the place of the fifth prince seemed much quieter. One was that the fifth prince was seriously injured. Xie Moru didn't want people to disturb the fifth prince, that is, several princes came over and Xie Moru didn't stop him.

Only now did people know what was going on. The forest area where Emperor Mu Yuan and the fifth prince hunted was not adjacent to each other. The father and son walked together in the dark after the earthquake.At the age of Emperor Mu Yuan, when he was rescued, his situation was better than that of the fifth prince. It is entirely because the fifth prince is a filial son. When he was in trouble, he also tried his best to take care of his father. All kinds of filial deeds can be recorded in the annals of history. moving.

Emperor Mu Yuan sighed, "Little Wu has food and drink, but he gives it to me first. In order to save me, he was injured by a poisonous snake."

Empress Dowager Hu burst into tears and said, "I have long said that Xiaowu is a good boy. This child is filial." She praised her emperor's son and said, "This is what the emperor taught the children." Empress Dowager Hu said to Xie Wu. Mo Ru has always been picky, so he is very generous to his grandsons, not to mention that this grandson saved the life of her emperor's son, and Queen Mother Hu rewarded the fifth prince with a bunch of medicinal materials.Xie Moru felt that his family would not need to buy medicinal materials for 20 years.

Emperor Mu Yuan got up and went to see the fifth prince in person. The fifth prince's sanity also recovered, but he still couldn't get out of bed. Emperor Mu Yuan's kind father's deeds are really moving and sighing. No one was left in the house. Emperor Mu Yuan It was sitting on the side of the fifth prince's bed and talking to his son personally. Even when he was recovering from his injuries, he also asked about the fifth prince's illness every day.

After half a month of recuperation in the palace, Emperor Mu Yuan ordered Yujia to return to the capital.

Never mind that when Emperor Mu Yuan didn't know his whereabouts, the ministers immediately rushed to transport the princes and grandchildren out of the imperial capital as soon as they knew that the emperor had an epidemic. Now that Emperor Mu Yuan said he wanted to go back, they had no objection at all.It's just that the crown prince was very worried, and said, "Father and his younger siblings, nephews and nieces are recuperating in the palace. It's better for the son to go back. When the situation in the imperial capital improves, it will not be too late for the father to return to the emperor."

Emperor Mu Yuan said, "The earthquake has brought peace to the royal family. It can be seen that God has its own blessings. Let's go back, and we can also stabilize the hearts of the people."

Emperor Mu Yuan didn't feel that there was anything wrong with the prince, but he just thought that the second son was too stingy with his life.Of course, it is not a shortcoming for a son of a thousand gold to sit still and cherish his life.

Emperor Mu Yuan specially ordered, "Your fifth brother, you should pay more attention to it. Hey, Xiao Wu has suffered a lot."

The prince said, "Fifth brother's car, my son has ordered the craftsman Tete to clean it up."

Emperor Mu Yuan nodded in satisfaction, and then listened to the work report from the prince's son.

In fact, the crown prince and concubine had sent a lot of supplements to the fifth prince and his wife. Now, inside and outside the royal court, the courtiers have a very good opinion of the fifth prince.Emperor Mu Yuan inquired every day, and the subordinates had to be more careful in serving them. In fact, Xie Moru, the fifth prince, is easy to trouble. After all, the fifth prince is young, has good soup, good medicine, and good doctor's treatment. His health improved quickly, but his right wrist was bitten by a snake. , now watching the wound gradually heal, but the right wrist has been weak.The fifth prince sighed, "It is God's blessing to come back alive."

Xie Moru said, "I think people have to recover slowly if their muscles and bones are injured. Your Highness is too anxious. After Da'an, practice slowly, and it will be fine after a few days of recuperation."

The fifth prince has always been an optimistic person, and said with a smile, "That's true."

The fifth prince was in good spirits today, Xie Moru asked him, "How did you let the snake hurt your wrist?"

The fifth prince said, "I'm really ashamed to say it. In the past, I thought I was good at martial arts. When the ground shook, I was chasing a deer. The horse ran fast, and few guards around me kept up with it. I'm on flat land, what happened when the ground was shaking, I can't remember now, but when I woke up, I was in the water, I knew how to swim, and I didn't drown, it was raining heavily at that time, I couldn't see my fingers, I didn't know if it was day or night, but by the light of the lightning, I realized that I was in the lake. I groped and climbed up, and found a place that could barely shelter from the rain. When the sky cleared, I saw that I was in a lake. The valley was not seen by others, and I didn't know that the ground moved. I also said, why did it rain so heavily suddenly. Then, I walked in the direction of the sun and walked for several days. Look at me while hunting Both tigers and bears can be hunted, but not now. I lost all the knives and arrows on my body. Fortunately, there are wild fruits in the valley. There are fish, and I want to catch a few more fish, but I don’t want the fish to be crazy, and I can’t catch any of them.”

Xie Moru couldn't help but curled his lips when he heard this, and the fifth prince said, "I walked for five days and met my father. Actually, we have been trapped in the valley, but we just couldn't get out. We tried many ways, but we couldn't get out. In fact, there are a lot of food in the mountains. You can find wild fruits that are delicious and unpalatable, but you can’t stand eating wild fruits all the time. We discussed getting some meat to eat. Snakes are easy to catch. You can pinch them to seven inches. Cauliflower snakes are generally not poisonous. I accidentally pinched a poisonous snake. When I saw it, I felt that the snake was strange and not big. auspicious."

"There is no danger." Xie Moru said, "The imperial doctor said that you have taken the right herbal medicine, so you gave this snake a bite, and it didn't kill you."

"Herbal medicine? I haven't eaten it." The fifth prince thought for a while, "I have eaten some wild vegetables. I only ate them because rabbits and deer were eating them." The wisdom of the fifth prince's survival in the wild is not low. , and very lucky.

Xie Moru said, "It seems that it is really not easy to hunt in the wild with bare hands!"

"Actually, I even hit a deer." The fifth prince's blood-colored face was quite smug, "It's a small deer. I'm usually not that good at martial arts. I didn't know what to do at that time, so I threw myself. I crushed a small deer that was grazing. The big deer was impatient and gave me two feet. The father took the stick and drove the deer away. The father and I drank the deer's blood, which persisted until Ling Xiao They came to rescue us. Otherwise, just eating wild fruits will definitely not last."

"There are deer, so are there tigers and wolves?"

"Yes, but in fact, as long as you are brave enough, tigers and wolves are afraid of people. With sticks, we usually confront each other for a while and then go our separate ways."

"Why don't you dig a trap?"

"It's simple. I don't have any tools. How can I dig a trap? If you dig shallow, it won't work. If you dig deep, those animals are not that stupid. They don't just jump when you dig a hole."

Of course, because of the fifth prince's optimistic disposition, everything he said came out of his mouth with a sense of humor.The point is, the fifth prince feels that he is the head of the family, so he doesn't tell his daughter-in-law about the dangerous time.Although, his wife doesn't look timid.But the fifth prince didn't intend to say anything. At that time, he saw that he couldn't do it. He told his father about his last words, so he would never tell his wife.

(End of this chapter)