Emperor Yuan sat on the table, and Xiao Qiheng sat under the hall.
The father and son were together in this palace, but they hadn't seen each other for ten years. Both of them were no longer what the other remembered. One had grown up, while the other had grown old.
Flicking the years, ten years seems to be very long, but also seems very short.
Even after the rest, Emperor Yuan was still not in good spirits. When he saw Xiao Qiheng, he was slightly stunned, and his eyes were fixed on Xiao Qiheng, as if he wanted to see from his face what he looked like in his memory.
Unfortunately, he failed.
The talented young prince in my impression has lost his appearance, the edges and corners of his body and ambition seem to have been smoothed out, and he has slowly transformed into the young man with a silent and indifferent expression.
Xiao Qiheng looked at him, slowly raised his hand, folded his left hand on the back of his right hand, bowed his head slightly, and saluted: "My son, Xiao Qiheng, is honored to have received the grace of my father today, and moved away from the Qinghe Palace. I am here to thank you. Just my son My legs are inconvenient, so I can't bow down to my father, and I hope my father will forgive me."
He was unable to salute because of his feet, but Jiang Li absolutely couldn't do it, and knelt down beside him.
After hearing Xiao Qiheng's words, Emperor Yuan's eyes fell on his legs, his expression changed slightly: "Excuse me."
Xiao Qiheng: "Thank you, Father."
"How's the leg?" Emperor Yuan asked.
"Father, my son was seriously injured back then. The imperial doctor said it was a blessing to be able to save his life. This leg..." Xiao Qiheng shook his head, "I'm afraid it will be very difficult to cure."
When he said this, his expression was still indifferent, as if he had accepted the fact that he might be disabled for life.
Emperor Yuan still remembered in a trance that when he heard the news of his disabled legs, his whole body collapsed, especially when he learned of the cause of Queen Shuyan's death, he ignored the dissuasion of the palace guards and crawled up to him, his eyes weeping blood, Angry and resentful.
At that time, he was extreme, furious and even contradicted himself, bluntly saying that if he hadn't been stupid and incompetent to listen to the slander, his mother would not have died, and he didn't have the slightest appearance that a prince should have. It was just like this that, under his rage, he imprisoned him, who was still seriously injured, in the Hall of Qinghe.
After that, Concubine Linggui repeatedly sowed right and wrong in her ears, making herself more and more disappointed with this son who was once regarded as a pride, and then combined with the former queen's self-judgment, she hated him to the extreme, so that there was no one in the whole court. People dare to mention his name in front of themselves, but he has been in the Hall of Qinghe for ten years.
Ten years, what a long time.
Looking at the son he loved the most at the beginning, Emperor Yuan's cold and ruthless heart actually felt a little guilty. He thought that if the imperial physician had given his best treatment, the situation would have been different.
Thinking of this, Emperor Yuan said to Chen Gonggong: "Order the Imperial Hospital to go to the East Palace to treat the crown prince tomorrow. No matter what methods and medicinal materials are used, they must do their best to treat the crown prince."
Eunuch Chen replied: "Yes, Your Majesty."
"My son thanked my father." Xiao Qiheng cupped his hands again.
The father and son had not seen each other for more than two years, and there were many things between them in the past. The two were relatively silent, so after thanking him, Emperor Yuan asked Xiao Qiheng to retire on the grounds that he needed to rest more.
After Xiao Qiheng left, Emperor Yuan looked at the direction he left and was silent for a while, then suddenly asked Eunuch Chen: "Do you think he still hates me?"
He, of course, was referring to Xiao Qiheng.
Eunuch Chen comforted softly: "His Royal Highness has a heart like a mirror. He is a person who understands things but does not know great gifts. You have shown your kindness. If you allow him to return to the East Palace, he will naturally be grateful for the emperor's kindness. There is no reason to hold grudges."
Emperor Yuan's expression was complicated: "Is that so?"
"Naturally." Eunuch Chen said with a smile, "Isn't there a common saying that 'Father and son can't have an overnight feud'? Your Highness has just lifted the ban from the Qinghe Hall, and came here to thank you in a blink of an eye. I know you are resting and have been waiting outside the palace. It is a sincere heart."
Emperor Yuan was silent, and suddenly remembered how many years ago, Xiao Qiheng was scolded by himself when he was young, and he waited for an hour outside the palace to plead guilty to himself.
One is a teenager, the other is a young man, and it seems that he is still the proudest son of him back then.
Xiao Qiheng is his first prince, when he was born, the sky was full of auspiciousness, and even Qin Tianjian said that the prince has auspiciousness on his body, which can bring blessings to those around him, and it was the second day after his birth that he had been lingering on the body of the empress dowager who was sick. There was a turn for the better, which verified his Furui spirit.
Among so many sons, Xiao Qiheng is the one most like him, intelligent, sensible and courageous.
At the age of fourteen, Xiao Qiheng followed General Qu Yan to practice outside the pass. In the first battle of Yangu, he joined forces with Qu Yan, burned the enemy's food and grass, cut off the enemy's retreat, and took Quliang Pass in one fell swoop.
If it hadn't been for that...
When Emperor Yuan fell into memory, there was a slight sound of footsteps outside. Eunuch Chen looked up and saw a man in a white robe stepping forward. From the fact that his temples were covered with snow, he seemed to be forty years old. , but his face looked younger.
There is only one person who can enter the Qianhe Palace without notification, and that is the Yuan Dynasty Guoshi—Sheng Hexuan.
When Eunuch Chen saw the other party, he bent down and said to Emperor Yuan who was still in a trance, "Your Majesty, the national teacher is here."
The word "National Teacher" easily called back Emperor Yuan's attention. He raised his head to see the man in white who was walking slowly, his expression moved, and he stood up from the banquet: "The National Teacher is here."
Sheng Hexuan nodded, bowed his hands and saluted him: "I have seen the emperor."
"National teacher doesn't need to be too polite." Emperor Yuan waved his hand and made a "please" gesture to the side, which was enough to show how much he valued the national teacher, "Sit here."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
The two took their seats, and after Eunuch Chen served the tea, he retreated as usual and stood guard outside the door.
In the palace, Sheng Hexuan took a sip of tea, stretched out his hand to Emperor Yuan, and Emperor Yuan handed him his wrist. He probed the other's veins with two fingers, and closed his eyes to make a diagnosis.
After a while, Sheng Hexuan withdrew his hand and said: "The emperor has been worrying too much recently, and the palpitations are quite obvious, and he needs more cultivation and recuperation."
Emperor Yuan rubbed his brows and swollen, he didn't care about this: "When the national teacher came here just now, did he meet the prince."
"Naturally." Sheng Hexuan said, "His Royal Highness is here to thank you?"
Emperor Yuan nodded, his expression was a little more eager than before: "National teacher, I have decreed to lift the prince's restriction, so that it may offset the crime?"
Sheng Hexuan pondered for a while, Emperor Yuan looked at him with worried eyes, wanted to urge the other party to ask for an answer, but was afraid that his impatience would miss God's will.
Fortunately, Sheng Hexuan didn't stay silent for a long time, and said: "Don't worry, your majesty, although all causes and effects have their own determinants, it is not impossible to reverse the fate of the day after tomorrow. It's just that the road to Taoism and longevity is long and difficult. I hope the emperor will not be impatient."
After hearing what he said, Emperor Yuan's heart slowly relaxed: "So, there is Lao Guoshi."
Sheng Hexuan cupped his hands: "It's really the duty of a humble minister."
After finishing speaking, he took out an emerald green jade bottle from his sleeve pocket and handed it to Emperor Yuan: "This is a health-preserving pill that has just been refined. The emperor takes one a day. It can calm the restlessness and help the emperor get rid of the nightmare as soon as possible. Concentrate on cultivating the Tao.”
Emperor Yuan took it, his expression relaxed a lot, he poured a cup of tea for Sheng Hexuan himself, and said with a smile, "Let the teacher worry about it."
Sheng Hexuan didn't feel flattered by his actions, and still had a calm appearance.
…
On the other side, Jiang Li pushed Xiao Qiheng to the East Palace, but his mind was still thinking about the man in white that he saw outside Qianhe Palace just now.
The other party's temples were white, but his face was handsome and clear. Judging from his appearance, he was only in his early thirties, and his whole body had a kind of air of being untouched by the world, like an expert in the world.
"That's my court teacher, Sheng Hexuan." Seeing him looking back twice in a row, Xiao Qiheng knew what he was curious about, so he uttered a voice to explain his confusion.
"He is Sheng Hexuan?" Jiang Li was a little surprised.
Sheng Hexuan was only thirty-six years old, but he was the teacher of a country in the Yuan Dynasty, and he was deeply trusted by the emperor.
Jiang Li had heard of this person for a long time, but this was the first time he had seen him.
"Looks like a person with a very deep city." Jiang Li commented, although he had no contact with the other party, but just met him just now, he felt that the other party was an extremely dangerous person.
"Don't pay attention to him, and don't approach him." Xiao Qiheng urged.
"Yeah." Jiang Li nodded, as long as the other party didn't take the initiative to provoke him, he would naturally not ask for trouble.
The two returned to the East Palace, and as soon as they entered the courtyard, they heard Xiao Luzi directing the maids and eunuchs to work, his voice was so loud that no one else could hear him: "You, move these potted flowers to the main hall and put them in the On the flower stand in front of the window, this is His Royal Highness’s favorite orchid, please be careful. And you, move Jiangli’s peppers to the back garden, be careful not to damage them; you, you, you, put the yard Clean up the weeds, the grass is as tall as me, what does it look like!"
Jiang Li was quite funny when he saw him wearing an apron and gesticulating. He walked behind him and patted him on the shoulder in fear, and said, "Thank you for your hard work. I can hear your loud voice outside the door."
Xiao Luzi was taken aback by him, and was about to get angry, when he turned around and saw Xiao Qiheng had also returned, he quickly knelt down to pay his respects: "His Royal Highness."
Others also knelt down one after another: "His Royal Highness."
Xiao Qiheng waved his hand and turned the wheelchair to the main hall, followed closely by Jiang Li.
Back in the inner hall, Xiao Qiheng took out a white jade bottle from the hidden compartment of the drawer, poured out a brown pill from it and handed it to Jiang Li: "Eat it."
"Oh." Jiang Li picked up the pill, stuffed it into his mouth without asking, and swallowed it.
Seeing this, Xiao Qiheng looked at him with deep eyes: "Don't you ask Gu what this is? Are you afraid that what Gu gave you is poison?"
"Not afraid." Jiang Li shook his head, put his hands on the armrests of the wheelchair, looked down at him, and said with a smile, "Your Highness is definitely not willing to give me poison, even if it is really poison, I am willing to die for His Highness, as long as … Well!"
His words stopped abruptly, his eyes widened slightly, and he looked at Xiao Qiheng in disbelief, with one hand pressing on his neck, with a look of pain on his face, he fell to the ground!
Seeing this, Xiao Qiheng was startled: "What's wrong with you?!"
Jiang Li was lying on the ground twitching, bloodshot from the corner of his lips, he stretched out his hand to grab Xiao Qiheng's clothes, and said in a difficult tone: "Your Highness... are you really going to kill... me?"
Xiao Qiheng was frightened by his appearance, and suddenly looked at the medicine bottle in his hand: "Impossible... Jiang Li?! Jiang Li!!"
He anxiously called Jiang Li's name, the bottle in his hand fell to the ground, but he had no time to take care of it, seeing Jiang Li's legs on the ground staring blankly, his heart ached like never before, his eyes were red, In desperation, he bent down and wanted to touch the other party, but he forgot that his legs were inconvenient, so he threw himself down and landed on Jiang Li's body.
But at this moment, the person who was supposed to be lifeless suddenly reached out and hugged his back, and a low laughter rang in his ears: "Your Highness, seeing you are so nervous, I know that you are really unwilling to kill me!" I."
Xiao Qiheng: "..."
... Little bastard, you are absolutely lawless! !