The courtyard is deep in spring

Chapter 71 Forced Marriage
"Yes!" Concubine Rong admitted without hesitation: "This matter cannot be carried out in the palace, it is most reasonable to go to Jokhang Temple, and the emperor will not doubt it!"

"But what you lost was your son's health!" Ye Zhaoqing said with regret on his face, "Don't you care how much the eldest prince will suffer and suffer?"

"Of course I care! But I can't help myself!" Concubine Rong interrupted Ye Zhaoqing sharply, "Are you questioning Bengong? What qualifications do you have?"

"Your servant dare not!" Ye Zhaoqing lowered his head.

Concubine Rong looked at her fixedly, and suddenly smiled: "Are you worried about Yu'er? No wonder he likes you so much. I won't hide it from you, this time I invite you into the palace for the purpose of Treating him, in short, curing the First Prince's illness is your only mission."

"Just let it be cured, if it can't be cured..." Concubine Rong dragged out the end of her voice, staring fixedly at Ye Zhaoqing, her tone was full of threats.

"It can't be cured, can your mother kill me?" Ye Zhaoqing said with a sarcastic smile on his lips, "For my own selfish desires, I put my son's life at risk, but in the end, I blamed all the responsibility on innocent people. In terms of people, Concubine Rong is really kind-hearted!"

After hearing this, Concubine Rong's complexion changed, she gave Ye Zhaoqing a cold look and said angrily, "Little girl, do you really think that I can't do anything about you? This is Yongchun Palace, and I have plenty of ways to deal with you!"

"The courtier knows that the empress is superb." Ye Zhaoqing said in a calm tone: "But the eldest prince is chronically poisoned, detoxification and health care can't be done in a day, this is a long-term thing, how can the empress hide it?" The eyes and ears of the emperor and everyone in the palace?" Then he paused and said, "I can't just stay in Yongchun Palace all the time, right? In this way, others will still be suspicious, and it will be difficult to find out about the eldest prince. It's..."

"In your opinion, what should it be?" Concubine Rong sneered.

She was holding back her anger, it can be seen that Ye Zhaoqing's questioning just now made her very angry.

"Your Majesty, find a reason to let the eldest prince go out of the palace to recuperate for a period of time. Whether it's the Jokhang Temple or any other place, the courtiers will find a way to detoxify him."

After hearing this, Concubine Rong flatly refused: "No! There is less than half a month left before the emperor canonize Yu'er as the crown prince, he cannot leave the palace!"

"Canonize the crown prince?" Ye Zhaoqing was startled when he heard this.

No wonder Concubine Rong was so eager to bring her into the palace, but what does it mean that she let herself hang out for several days?Is it to give yourself a blow?

"Yes! Canonize the crown prince!" Concubine Rong said sternly, her face was full of pride: "You little girls, don't you long for day and night to marry Yu'er, and then become a high-ranking crown prince? Now he You are going to be the prince, aren't you happy?"

"The princess is not high above." Ye Zhaoqing heard the words and said indifferently: "Isn't there your empress and empress empress above? No matter how bad it is, the empress dowager in Jingren Palace is not just a display!"

Concubine Rong didn't expect her to say such a thing, so she couldn't help being a little surprised.Those girls from aristocratic families only want to get the honor of marrying the prince, and rarely think about anything else.Unexpectedly, Ye Zhaoqing was different from them.

Seeing the calm and composed appearance of the woman in front of her, she felt a little displeased, could it be that Ye Zhaoqing didn't want to marry her Yu'er?
As soon as this thought came up, Concubine Rong shook her head and threw it to the back of her head.She firmly believes that her son is so outstanding that all women in the world are looking forward to marrying him.

This Ye Zhaoqing's reaction is so calm, I'm afraid it's just pretending.It is also possible that he was frightened by the incident of Yu'er being poisoned.

"These things you can think of, I have thought of them a long time ago!" Concubine Rong turned her head, looked at Ye Zhaoqing in a condescending attitude and said, "Didn't you always look forward to marrying Yu'er as a princess? Gong completes you!"

Ye Zhaoqing was startled when he heard the words: "My lady, what do you mean by that?"

look!Isn't there a reaction?
A sneer appeared on Concubine Rong's lips, and said: "Don't you understand? Well, I will explain it more carefully. In order to detoxify Yu'er, it is the best choice for you to marry him. You have become husband and wife, day and night If you get along with him, you will have a lot of time to detoxify him, and outsiders will not be able to see anything at all. In this way, this matter will never be leaked, and Yu'er's crown prince will be as stable as a mountain."

"Your Majesty! Are you crazy?" Ye Zhaoqing's first reaction when he heard this was that Concubine Rong was joking: "How did the eldest prince get poisoned? Have you found out why? Why didn't he get sick after lurking for a year? But it happened at the critical moment of canonizing the crown prince! Has your lady ever thought about why this is?"

Concubine Rong's eyes darkened when she heard the words: "Of course I have investigated this matter! But the people behind the scenes are hiding too deeply, and I can't find anything at all..."

"Ms. Rong Chen reminds the empress." Ye Zhaoqing sighed and said: "It is less than half a month before the crown prince canonization, and the people behind the scenes will definitely do something. The empress really thinks that the eldest prince married the minister. Is it safe to be a daughter? The minister feels that the empress should think about it again!"

Next, Ye Zhaoqing wanted to say that his status was low and he was not worthy of courteous words like the eldest prince, but Concubine Rong interrupted her coldly: "Since you entered the palace, this palace has been thinking about it! Haven't you already made up your mind, do you think I will let you into this bedroom?"

"Ye Zhaoqing, if you don't marry my son and cure his illness, you will only die!" Concubine Rong stared at Ye Zhaoqing coldly, seeing her expression change from shock to helplessness, she sneered and said condescendingly: " Or die, two roads, you choose yourself!"

Ye Zhaoqing was a little dumbfounded, she never thought that Concubine Rong's determination to marry Li Yu would be so firm!

In desperation, Ye Zhaoqing decided to play the emotional card: "Your Majesty, in fact, there are many ways to cure the poison on the eldest prince. The courtiers are willing to treat the eldest prince's illness, but if it is for this, I will give up the throne of the crown prince to the minister." Isn't it too hasty for a woman with an ominous fate? Isn't it worth it?"

"Whether it's worth it or not is up to you!" Concubine Rong said in a deep voice, "Do you think that I will come to you rashly? There are no people in the world who can detoxify Yu'er, but I don't There is no guarantee that each of them will not speak out! But you are different. You were treated indifferently by the Ye family. After you married Yu'er, he was your only support. You will definitely do your best to treat him! In the future, you Staying by his side can also prevent him from being plotted against by others again! It kills two birds with one stone, why didn't I choose you?"

"It's not like there are no people in the capital who meet this condition, so you don't need to choose me?" Ye Zhaoqing said with a wry smile.

Concubine Rong smiled: "No, you are the only one who meets the requirements!" Then, she raised her foot and walked towards Ye Zhaoqing, and said as she walked: "You are the only lady in the capital who is good at medicine, and you are not valued by the family. You are the only one who loves you, and you are the only woman Yu'er can look up to!"

"You are so unique, how can I have the heart to abandon you and choose someone else?" Concubine Rong stretched out her hand and slowly stroked Ye Zhaoqing's face, still smiling sweetly: "Although your appearance is not the best, but You have so many advantages, enough!"

Ye Zhaoqing turned his head violently as if he was being fired, avoided Concubine Rong's fingers, and staggered back a few steps: "Your Majesty! You can't force me! As long as you don't let me be the princess, I will definitely Heal the eldest prince's illness!"

"Are you threatening me?" After hearing this, Concubine Rong slowly let go of her fingers, gave Ye Zhaoqing a cold look and said, "If I don't agree, you won't heal Yu'er?"

"Yes!" Ye Zhaoqing said desperately: "Although everyone wants a princess, Zhaoqing only wants to live an ordinary life!"

This is true, but not entirely true.

After experiencing such a miserable life experience in her previous life, Ye Zhaoqing vowed to find out everything and take back what belonged to her father, but she herself was resistant to life in the palace.

She doesn't want to have anything to do with the royal family in this life!
Especially Li Yu, the eldest prince who appeared only because of the death of her father, King Huai!

"Where do you have the courage to think that this palace will agree to you?" Concubine Rong smiled instead of anger when she heard this: "This palace is really confused. Marriage matters are originally decided by parents and elders, so I just go to Ning Guohou directly. What are you doing talking about this to you girl? I don’t believe it anymore, someone in Ningguohou’s mansion will object to this marriage!"

"Niang Niang!" Ye Zhaoqing was a little anxious, but at this moment, she looked at Concubine Rong with a smile that was not a smile, as if she knew everything well, suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in her annoyance!

"Your Majesty! All you want is a girl from Ningguohou's Mansion, right? What about my sister?" Ye Zhaoqing, who came to his senses, took a step forward and grabbed Concubine Rong's sleeve, and said happily, "She really wants to be a princess. Yes! Definitely agree to marry the First Prince! And as her younger sister, the courtier will definitely do her best to heal the First Prince, and will never let this matter out!"

After hearing this, Concubine Rong glanced at Ye Zhaoqing as if looking at a fool, slowly reached out and waved her hand away, flicked her sleeve and said, "Push my Yu'er out to other women, Ye Zhaoqing, You are the first! How dare you!"

"I didn't say anything about this matter, I won't agree to it!" Concubine Rong stared at Ye Zhaoqing closely, and said word by word: "During the time when the poison on Yu'er is cured, I will only let him marry you! At the canonization ceremony, Miss Ye, you are the number one!"

"You will live a beautiful life." Concubine Rong smiled very sweetly: "Happy to the point that all women are jealous."

Seeing the astonishment on Ye Zhaoqing's face, Concubine Rong felt extremely happy.

The bitch!How dare she push her Yu'er away!This is the biggest insult to her!

And making the person who insulted her unhappy is Concubine Rong's forte.

Hearing these words, Ye Zhaoqing was like a thunderbolt. She stared blankly at the sneer at the corner of Concubine Rong's mouth, and finally realized that it was her own resistance that caused the current result.

So far, she has no choice but to agree first and then plan later.

"Good! I promise you!" she said.

"Really?" Concubine Rong tilted her head and looked at Ye Zhaoqing carefully, with suspicion in her eyes.

"Seriously!" Ye Zhaoqing said with a frank expression, allowing her to look at her.

"Okay!" After a long time, Concubine Rong showed a satisfied smile on her face: "Very good! Yu'er is unconscious now and hasn't shown up for three days. You need to find a way to wake him up, and make sure you are the same as usual. With the same spirit, I will send someone out of the palace to call your mother in to discuss the marriage."

When Ye Zhaoqing heard the word "marriage", she couldn't help but rolled her eyes in her heart, but facing the incomparably powerful Concubine Rong, she could only obediently answer: "Yes, ma'am, I obey."

"Why are you being so polite? She's going to be the princess soon, why don't you call me concubine mother?" Concubine Rong said with a faint smile.

Ye Zhaoqing felt a chill, and said helplessly, "Your Majesty, this is unreasonable."

"I'm just teasing you." The corners of Concubine Rong's mouth curled up, showing a seductive smile: "You are young, why pretend to be deep."

After saying that, she walked to the entrance of the hall, called a maid to come in, and gave her instructions.He ordered her to go out of the palace to summon Mrs. Ning Guohou.

Only now did Ye Zhaoqing have the time to look at Li Yu who was lying on the bed.

She had only seen her for a few days, but she felt that Li Yu seemed to be a different person.

Been sick for a year!
Ye Zhaoqing couldn't help sighing in her heart, thinking of those encounters again and again, she really didn't want to believe that such a vigorous young man had already been poisoned, if Concubine Rong hadn't been suppressed with medicine, he would have died already.

But none of the emperors, queens, or even the common people in the world discovered it.If Concubine Rong hadn't brought her here today, I'm afraid Ye Zhaoqing would never know about it in his life.

From this aspect, Concubine Rong's method is really brilliant.

"Miss Ye, your golden needle." At this moment, Ye Zhaoqing suddenly heard the voice of the maid next to her, and when she turned around, she saw a maid who had been following Concubine Rong holding her golden needle in both hands and standing with her head bowed. behind her.

Ye Zhaoqing reached out and took it.Then he ordered the maid to take off Li Yu's shirt.

"Your acupuncture technique is really clever." Ye Zhaoqing was slowly inserting a silver needle into the acupuncture point of Li Yu's chest when she heard the voice of Concubine Rong: "It seems that there is something wrong with it." capable people."

"Didn't Your Majesty have already investigated me?" Ye Zhaoqing kept his subordinates, but said: "If I didn't know that I have real talents, Your Majesty would not have chosen to let me treat the First Prince."

"That's right! Trash will never have a chance to come here." Concubine Rong smiled lightly, and said, "How many injections will it take for Yu'er to wake up? The emperor is reading in the imperial study room, and Yu'er happened to be there to accompany her." His father."

"Your Majesty, have you ever thought of accompanying Your Highness?" Ye Zhaoqing said without raising his head, "You always have a feeling of eagerness for quick success when you do things."

"It's not your turn to teach me a lesson!" Concubine Rong said in a cold voice, "Don't think that just because you know medical skills, you can raise your tail to the sky!"

"Okay." As Ye Zhaoqing said, he stuck the last silver needle in Li Yu's body, twisted it lightly, and then let it go: "After half an hour, the needle can be closed."

"When will Yu'er wake up?" Concubine Rong asked.

Ye Zhaoqing looked up at her, and said calmly, "About an hour."

"What?! It took so long!" Concubine Rong frowned, gave Ye Zhaoqing a cold look and said, "Don't you just pretend to be fake? It only took a quarter of an hour for other doctors to wake Yu'er up." .”

After Ye Zhaoqing heard this, a sneer appeared on his lips: "A quarter of an hour? I don't know what extreme method the doctor used! How much harm will this do to His Royal Highness, do you know the empress? I will definitely not did that!"

After hearing this, Concubine Rong fixed her eyes on Ye Zhaoqing, and suddenly smiled, very happily.

Seeing her angry and smiling, Ye Zhaoqing felt very vigilant.

"Sure enough, I did nothing wrong. It is the most correct way to entrust Yu'er to your care." Concubine Rong finished laughing, and said seriously: "Okay, you stay here and wait for Yu'er to wake up! Think about it carefully. Think about what Ben Gong said." After speaking, she turned and walked out.

In the sleeping hall, only Ye Zhaoqing and Li Yu, who was lying on the bed covered in golden needles, were left unconscious.

Quiet is a little too much.

"Hey...how did things become like this?" Ye Zhaoqing bent down and sat down on the brocade stool beside the bed, and looked helplessly at Li Yu who was unconscious.

At this time, she was a little envious of him, and didn't have to worry about these things.

But what about after waking up?After all, we have to face all this.This matter involved not only her, Ye Zhaoqing, but also Li Yu.

Li Yu...he should be against this marriage, right?
Ye Zhaoqing frowned and thought about it, and then unexpectedly remembered the scene in the carriage from Lin's house to Fengyang Tower that day.

At that time, he said he was going to marry her, and then kissed her forcibly.

"My God! What are we going to do?" Ye Zhaoqing shook his head violently, and murmured, "Could it be that we can only accept our fate?"

"What fate?" But at this moment, Ye Zhaoqing heard a hoarse male voice.

She raised her head abruptly, and saw Li Yu on the bed woke up, trying to raise her head to look this way, the moment she saw her, a gleam of light suddenly flashed in Li Yu's eyes.

"Are you awake? How do you feel? Are you hungry? Thirsty?" Ye Zhaoqing immediately showed a smile on his face, "I'll get you a glass of water." After saying that, he got up and went to the jade case to get some He took out the purple sand teapot and poured a cup of tea.

Li Yu raised his head slightly and watched her movements without blinking, and finally stared at the cup of tea held in front of him and swallowed, "Why are you here?"

"Concubine Rong picked me up into the palace." Ye Zhaoqing helped Li Yu up, brought the water glass forward, and handed it to Li Yu's lips.

Li Yu looked at her steadily, then lowered his head and drank the tea in one breath.

"Do you still drink?" Ye Zhaoqing asked softly.

Li Yu nodded. After he drank another cup of tea, he seemed to have suddenly gained strength, and he sat up without relying on the pillow.

"What happened, why did you enter the palace, and why did you serve me here?" Li Yu stared at Ye Zhaoqing closely and said, "Don't tell me, my concubine asked you to do all of this."

"You're right." Ye Zhaoqing lowered his head and played with the teacup in his hand, and said in a calm tone: "It was Rong Fei who ordered me to do all this."

Li Yu frowned fiercely after hearing this, as if he couldn't believe what Ye Zhaoqing said was true.

"You know everything?" Li Yucai asked hoarsely after a long time.

Ye Zhaoqing nodded, raised his eyes to look at him, and said: "Obviously he was poisoned, but all day long he either goes here to play or goes there to run wild, either to bully good people or to do all kinds of bad things, you say you are so lively, Where is there any sign of poisoning? You have been fooled for so long!"

"Where did I bully the good people and do all kinds of bad things?" Li Yu turned her eyebrows upside down, stared at Ye Zhaoqing fiercely and said, "In your eyes, this is the kind of person I am?"

Ye Zhaoqing smiled slightly when he heard the words, and said: "That day in the Jokhang Temple, you almost trampled me to death while riding a horse. Isn't that oppressing good people? Putting flowers out of the basket and almost frightening all the famous daughters, isn't that doing all the bad things? In addition, I was also terrified that day."

"You? Pull it down!" Li Yu said angrily, "Who ordered Huahua to jump on me that day? I lost face in front of everyone! You still have the nerve to talk about me?"

After Ye Zhaoqing heard this, the smile on his face deepened: "Then you can't blame me, I already said that Huahua is saying hello to you."

"But it scared me to death! Let's not talk about it." Li Yu rolled his eyes fiercely and said, "Don't talk about these embarrassing things about me in the future!"

"Okay. I see." Ye Zhaoqing said.

Li Yu looked at her who was close at hand. For some reason, his mood improved inexplicably. He tentatively said, "I'm hungry, can you bring me some food?"

"Okay." Ye Zhaoqing responded and immediately stood up.

"Wait a minute!" Seeing this, Li Yu hurriedly said: "Forget it, you can sit with me! Let them bring me food." Then he snapped his fingers towards the door.

Soon the maid who was with Concubine Rong came in from outside: "What orders does Your Highness have?"

"I'm hungry, go get some food." Li Yu said.

The maid bowed and saluted: "Yes, Your Highness."

Just as she was about to turn around and leave, she heard Li Yu say again: "Wait a minute, you get two servings! Miss Ye must be hungry too."

"Yes, Your Highness." The maid's eyes flickered upon hearing this, but she still retreated respectfully.

After she left, Li Yu looked at Ye Zhaoqing: "Are you hungry too?"

Ye Zhaoqing nodded, and said, "Yes! Today can be regarded as being honored by His Highness."

"Don't say that." From the time the maid entered to leave, Li Yu's eyes never left Ye Zhaoqing's body. At this moment, there was a little more tenderness in his eyes: "I know what you are worried about, but don't worry, there is I'm here, and I won't let you be wronged."

After hearing this, Ye Zhaoqing's eyes flashed: "Li Yu, you already knew about Concubine Rong forcing me to marry you?"

"What? Mother concubine forced you? Marry me?" Li Yu was shocked when he heard this: "When did this happen!"

"Just now, when you were sleepy." Ye Zhaoqing said with a hint of sarcasm in his tone: "I thought this was discussed by your mother and son!"

"How is this possible!" Li Yu immediately shook his head and retorted, "How could I do such a thing to you!"

Even so, Li Yu's face still showed uncontrollable joy. He carefully glanced at Ye Zhaoqing, and asked tentatively, "Then you agree?"

"Isn't this nonsense?" Ye Zhaoqing raised his eyebrows and said, "What's the difference between my agreement and disagreement? Your mother can go to Ning Guohou! What's the difference between this and coercion?"

"Zhaoqing, don't say that about my concubine mother, she..." Li Yu immediately shook his head after hearing this, "She is not what you said..."

Ye Zhaoqing laughed immediately: "I haven't married you yet! You have defended your mother and concubine in front of me? It seems that I have to think carefully..."

"Don't!" Li Yu immediately became anxious when he heard the words: "Is it okay if I'm wrong?"

Ye Zhaoqing didn't expect him to talk back so quickly, so he couldn't help laughing: "Okay, the food is here, let's eat quickly! Your Majesty said that you have to go to the Imperial Study Room later, don't waste time."

After hearing this, Gong'e, who had been waiting at the door for a long time, came in with food.

Li Yu got out of bed by himself without anyone's support.

Ye Zhaoqing was amazed at his strong recovery ability.

"Okay, Yuehong, back off!"

(End of this chapter)