Rebirth after waste

Chapter 104

Ling Shuyuan still had a slight smile on her face, she looked at Ming Xiuyi and remained silent.

Ming Xiuyi finally noticed that her expression was wrong, and her complexion changed, and she couldn't help but feel uneasy, "Ms. Jing, are you... angry? I know I promised you not to get involved in the affairs of the palace until the child is born, but this It’s a rare opportunity to return, and I really can’t miss it!”

"Oh, so you still remember what you promised me." Ling Shuyuan said lightly.

Ming Xiuyi was choked, and after a while he said sullenly: "Okay, you can scold me if you want. I accept the punishment."

Ling Shuyuan shook her head, "No need. We have nothing to talk about."

Ming Xiuyi was taken aback.

"I always thought that you are impulsive and easy to do wrong things, so I need to be by my side to remind you and take care of you. But now it seems that you don't need it at all." Ling Shuyuan looked cold, "planning people's hearts, strategizing, Yue Mother, your current methods are not inferior to Shen Zhuyang and the others."

Ming Xiuyi thought she was just losing her temper, and flattered her, "Who said I don't need you? I really do need you. If you hadn't been in charge of me all these years, I would have died countless times!"

"You need me?" Ling Shuyuan smiled coldly, "Then let me ask you, why didn't you discuss it with me before setting up a trap for Gu Yunxian this time?"

Ming Xiuyi was silent.

"Afraid that I will stop you?" Ling Shuyuan's eyes were sharp, "You know that I will definitely not agree with your approach, so you cut it first and then play it. Right?"

"Mirror mirror..."

"You don't care about what I said, and you don't care about my promise. Now you tell me that you need me? Yueniang, the way you express it is really strange."

Knowing that she was wrong, Ming Xiuyi got up from her seat, and moved to her side, "Ms. Jing, don't do this! I know I was wrong this time. Next time, next time I will definitely not do this! What do you say? Be sure to listen and never regret it!"

"Next time?" Ling Shuyuan shook her head, "There will be no next time."

Ming Xiuyi finally realized that she was not just joking, and opened her eyes wide, "What do you mean?"

"It's not interesting." Ling Shuyuan's eyes were full of boredom. "I've been hoping to let you settle down and live a peaceful life these years. But things didn't work out. Instead, you went further and further down this road. Seeing you Every day I think about how to harm others and how to invite pets, I really find it annoying and annoying."

She looked at Ming Xiuyi with a disheartened look in her eyes, "I don't want to force myself anymore."

"Zhu Jingru!" Ming Xiuyi raised her voice, her tone full of disbelief, "Are you really coming with me? Are you going to betray me?"

Ling Shuyuan didn't seem to hear her question, she just stood up slowly and looked down at her, "We've never been friends, and we shouldn't have walked together in the first place. It's better now .”

After all, she turned around without hesitation and walked out.

Ming Xiuyi sat there blankly, still didn't seem to understand what happened.It wasn't until her figure had almost disappeared from sight that she suddenly screamed, "You will regret it!"

Ling Shuyuan stopped.

There were tears in Ming Xiuyi's eyes, and he didn't know if it was resentment or sadness, "You will regret it if you do this!"

Ling Shuyuan turned her head slightly, glanced at her out of the corner of her eye, and said in a tone as light as clouds in the sky, "Things in this palace are not as simple as you think. Yueniang, I will not be able to help you in the future. Take care of yourself." .”

As a retinue official, he didn't have much to do in the palace. If the emperor didn't summon him, his life would be so leisurely that people would call it boring.

Because of this, when everyone hadn't seen the emperor for two consecutive days, they couldn't help but feel puzzled.

"You said, did His Majesty change his temper suddenly or something happened? In the past two days, no one has been summoned." Lin Mao asked himself as he poured a pot of wine for himself.

Cui Shuo walked up to him, poured himself a glass of wine, drank it and said, "How can we courtiers know His Majesty's thoughts?"

Lin Mao rolled his eyes, "Not necessarily. You and I won't be able to guess, but someone will."

Cui Shuo frowned.

"Du Qing, Du Boyu!" Lin Mao said, "He is now at his wish. He has been transferred from the Ministry of Rites to the Ministry of Officials, and he has a bright future..."

The Du Qing that Lin Mao was talking about was the former head of the Ministry of Rites. He was transferred to the Ministry of Officials because he boldly flattered the emperor when he was in charge of the hot spring palace last time.As if a dragon swims into the sea, after he went there, apart from encountering some problems at the beginning, he spent the rest of the time with ease, finally giving full play to his slick skills.

Lin Mao said this at the moment, presumably because he thought that Du Qing had got the emperor's mind right, and only good flattery could have such good luck.

Cui Shuo smiled lightly and did not refute.

It's not that Du Qing got the emperor's mind right, it's because the emperor saw Du Qing's ability.

All the promotions and demotions of the courtiers over the past year were all in that man's plan.

The closed door was suddenly pushed open, and the wind and snow rushed in.

"Boyu?" Lin Mao asked in surprise, "Where did you come here? Your face is frozen."

Du Qing closed the door, leaned in front of the stove to warm his hands, drank a glass of warm wine, and then heaved a sigh of relief, "I just went to inquire about the news."

Seeing his solemn expression, Lin Mao was a little confused, "What news?"

Lin Mao went to the window to have a look, and came back after making sure there was no one there, and lowered his voice, "I'm going to find out what happened to Your Majesty."

Lin Mao took a breath, "You are too courageous..."

"Otherwise, I really don't feel at ease." Du Qing said, "Don't worry about what I did, do you want to know what I heard?"

Lin Mao hesitated for a moment, and said honestly, "I want to."

Cui Shuo was noncommittal.

"His Majesty is ill."

As soon as Du Qing's words came out, Lin Mao's eyes widened immediately, "Sick? Why haven't we heard the news?"

"It is said that His Majesty ordered the news to be blocked, and no one is allowed to pass on the message in private." Du Qing frowned, "More than that, I heard that His Majesty refused to let the imperial physician treat you at first. Later, it was Lady Zhaoyi who knelt outside the door and begged for three An hour later, His Majesty graciously let the imperial physician in."

Lin Mao was dumbfounded when he heard that, "What the hell happened?"

Cui Shuo couldn't help feeling confused.Based on his consistent impression of the emperor, he didn't seem like a person who would act like this.Especially now that the time for them to implement the plan is getting closer, he has to take care of his body even more. How could he be so reckless at this moment?
Or is he hiding his illness to stabilize some people in the DPRK?

No, it's not right, even if he wants to hide his illness, there is no need to refuse to seek medical treatment.It just doesn't make sense.

"I heard that it's because of Yuan Chongyi..."

Cui Shuo squeezed the wine glass with all his fingers.

"Yuan Chongyi?" Lin Mao frowned, "What happened to her?"

Du Qing coughed, with a strange expression on his face, "Wasn't Yuan Chongyi our empress in the past, and she has been with His Majesty for many years. His Majesty didn't care much about this married wife before. I don't know what happened two years ago. I suddenly fell in love with her again. Originally, I thought that if this trend continues, maybe one day, this Empress Chongyi will have to return. But now it seems that it is unlikely. "

Cui Shuo said calmly, "Why do you say that?"

Du Qing lowered his voice, "I heard about it too. It turns out that Yuan Chongyi is suffering from deficiency and cold, and it will be difficult to have children in this life..."

When Lin Mao heard this, he was horrified and immediately understood what he meant.

How important is Guochao to his son-in-law? If a reigning empress fails to give birth to a prince, she may be abolished, let alone an abolished empress?
Ministers will never allow such a woman to reset.

Cui Shuo's fingers tightly pinched the wine glass, and his knuckles began to turn white.

"But, what does this matter have to do with His Majesty's condition?" Lin Mao was still puzzled.

"It didn't matter at first. But a few days ago, Empress Ming Xiuyi hosted a concubine from the sixth palace at the Hall of Yongsi, and for some reason she exposed in public the fact that Yuan Chongyi was unable to conceive." Du Qing said, "What's worse, Not only did Yuan Chongyi not defend herself, but she bluntly told His Majesty that she knew that she had this disease early in the morning, but she was not willing to treat it..."

Lin Mao's eyes were wide open, completely speechless in shock.

It's a pity that he has lived for more than [-] years, and he has never heard of such a thing.Yuan Chongyi said that she didn't want to be treated, that is to say, she didn't want to give birth to a child for His Majesty, no wonder His Majesty was so angry...

"I think the days after Yuan Chongyi will be a bit difficult..." Lin Mao sighed.

Du Qing shook his head, "Not necessarily."

Lin Mao raised his eyebrows in surprise, "You said just now that she can't be a queen, and now you're saying this again. What do you mean?"

"I said she couldn't be a queen, but I didn't say that she would lose power completely. Think about it, Your Majesty is so angry, why did you still remember to block the news?" Du Qing said, "I'm afraid the courtiers will know about it, Yuan Chongyi will be accused of disrespect. He is protecting her..."

Cui Shuo suddenly stood up from his seat.

Lin Mao and Du Qing looked up at the same time.

"Rujing, what's wrong with you?" Lin Mao looked at his pale complexion, "Your complexion is not very good."

Cui Shuo was silent for a moment, then said calmly, "Since Your Majesty doesn't want these things to be known, please don't spread them around, lest you get caught up in the flames."

Du Qing nodded, "I'll save it. Do you think I'm such a foolish person? It's only to you that I dare to say it."

Cui Shuo said calmly, "It's good that you understand." Then he said, "I suddenly remembered that I still have some things to do, so I'm leaving first."

The two knew that he was highly valued by the emperor, and they only thought that there was something he couldn't tell them, and said wittily, "Be careful in everything."

Cui Shuo smiled faintly, turned and left the room.

At this moment, the snow outside had lightened a little. He was wearing a black cloak, without an umbrella, and walked forward quickly.

(End of this chapter)