Fu Jinming kept sending more people to search in the capital, but for three whole days, nothing was found. Almost all the streets and alleys in central Beijing have been searched, but there has been no news of Gu Yu.
The leader of the imperial army knelt on the ground, a little frightened after returning to his command.
"Your Majesty, there is only one last place left, and the minister has already sent people to look for it."
After he finished speaking, he fell on the ground, for fear of offending the unpredictable emperor.
Ever since Fu Jinming seized power, it has become increasingly difficult for people to see through. Before, it was clear that he was the handsome young man of Yushu Zhilan in front of the court, but now, the expression in his calm eyes can make people feel cold at a glance.
Only then did everyone know that His Majesty had been dormant from the very beginning. Now that the Queen Mother has been overthrown and the Gu family has been defeated, His Majesty naturally need not suppress it.
He clenched his palms tightly, thinking one after another in his mind.
Until I heard Fu Jinming speak.
It has been three days now, and his tone became more serious. After listening to his words, he pursed his lips and said lightly: "Tomorrow is the deadline. If you still can't find the queen mother by then, you can go down and receive the punishment yourself."
His voice was calm, but the back of the kneeling person was wet with cold sweat.
The leader raised his head and took a peek at His Majesty's face, hesitated for a moment, then lowered his head.
Fu Jinming waved his hand to tell him to back off, he seemed a little tired.
The main hall was quiet, only the eunuch who was serving him was left. He paused in his heart, looked at His Majesty's complexion, and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the Queen Mother will definitely find it tomorrow."
The sandalwood in the incense burner was burning slowly. It was usually the smell that Fu Jinming was most accustomed to, but now he was a little bit repulsed.
He frowned, didn't answer the eunuch's words just now, only motioned him to extinguish the incense burner, frowned, and then said: "Change to Leng Meixiang."
Seeing the eunuch's doubts, Fu Jinming slightly pursed his lips and added: "The kind in the Empress Dowager's Palace."
The little eunuch's heart sank, and he couldn't help but look at His Majesty's face. Seeing that his face was always calm and self-possessed, he knew that he was serious. He quickly replaced the old incense burner and lit a new one.
The familiar fragrance made Fu Jinming's brows loosen a little. He stood up and walked to the window, looking at the rare sunny day today, but his interest was indifferent.
The eunuch didn't dare to say any more, and was about to leave after changing the incense burner, when he suddenly said, "Tell me, did I do something wrong?"
Fu Jinming has never been so hesitant since he ascended the throne. He knows his heart, although he looks like a gentleman on the surface, but he knows that he is actually a decisive person.
That's why he didn't hesitate at all when he killed General Gu and Princess Huining who had brought him many obstacles. But now, Fu Jinming is rarely convinced whether it is right for him to do so.
He stood with his hands behind his back, his face slightly cold.
The little eunuch didn't dare to answer this sentence, so he could only bow his head in silence. Fu Jinming simply didn't expect him to answer. After asking this sentence, he smiled self-deprecatingly.
Waved him to back off.
Until the eunuch retired, there was only one person left in the hall. That slender and lonely figure stood quietly by the window, Fu Jinming lowered his eyes and inadvertently remembered all the things he had with Gu Yu before.
In the end, it was fixed on her humiliated expression lying on the couch.
The originally relaxed palms were slightly numb, Fu Jinming paused with downcast eyes, and told himself that he had no regrets. Between them, it should have been like this.
There is no love, only plunder.
At this moment, he finally dared to admit that the separation between him and Gu Yu destined them to confront each other.
The death of Ning Xin, the hatred of General Gu, no matter what they are, they are irreconcilable.
Fu Jinming clasped his palms tightly, and stood in front of the window for a long time, until the dark clouds gradually covered the sun and the sky turned gloomy, then he looked away.
At this time, the dark guards who had already been dispatched also knelt on the ground.
"Your Majesty, I have received a letter from the Mobei Army."
The Mobei Army had been in Zhatun, the capital for several days, but had never entered the capital. Seeing this, Fu Jinming had no choice but to stand still.
In the past few days, the people in the capital were panicked, and almost no one dared to go out, because they were afraid that the Mobei army would break into the city at some point. Fu Jinming originally planned to wait until Xie Xiao took the initiative to show up, but he did not expect to receive a letter from the Mobei Army at this time.
When the letter was delivered at such a time, his eyes paused, and he lowered his head to open it.
The three words in the letter of apology came into view, and the dark guard quickly lowered his head.
In just one page, all of the above are the sins of today's people, and one of them even framed Zhongliang, which is tantamount to making a living for the Gu family.
The dark guard thought His Majesty would be angry, but Fu Jinming just read the entire letter with a calm expression, his expression unchanged.
"Your Majesty, what does this... Mobei Army mean?" He hesitated.
Fu Jinming frowned slightly, and said calmly for a long time: "I'm afraid this is Xie Xiao's intention. This paper of guilt is probably to tell the world that he is going to rebel."
Seeing that the hidden guard was still puzzled, Fu Jinming put the letter on the candle and burned it, and he said after a long time: "The rebellion in ancient times is not a famous teacher. The letter of incrimination just now is just for others to read."
"Call the searched guards to come back. The delivery of the confession means that Xie Xiao has already left the city. Naturally, the queen mother will not stay in Beijing."
His tone was indifferent, the dark guard glanced at His Majesty, his heart sank slightly, and he took the order to retreat.
Fu Jinming's expectation was indeed right.
Gu Yu and Ah Xi are no longer in the capital. A day ago, they disguised themselves as old women and went back to their hometown to visit relatives. They managed to fool the soldiers guarding the city, and then they came to the camp where the Mobei Army was stationed.
In fact, Gu Yu's reputation was not very good before. These soldiers on the battlefield originally looked down on her as the empress dowager, but I don't know what Xie Xiao said to them.
When Gu Yu came over, everyone was so respectful. Even when Gu Yu was most powerful back then, she didn't tell these unruly Mobei soldiers to bow their heads, but today she did so easily.
She paused for a moment, then nodded slightly to the soldiers, her voice was cold and implied some sincerity: "Thank you, everyone."
The lieutenant general has been so shocked that he can't speak since he saw the queen mother's appearance. I thought to myself, no wonder the prince wants beauties but not country. No one can refuse such a fairy appearance.
Even though she was forced to live in a military camp, Gu Yu still had a calm demeanor. Such a simple plain dress made her face look like a lotus in the water, clear and cold. But it's also so good-looking that people can't take their eyes off it.
By her side, it seemed that no matter what kind of person would feel ashamed.
Those soldiers who had to show respect to Gu Yu just because of the prince's words, felt a little emotional after seeing the real queen mother, and their hostility gradually dissipated.
After Gu Yu nodded, she ignored them and went straight back to the tent.
Ah Xi had already made hot tea, seeing her coming back, he hurriedly stepped forward to take off his cloak. While rambling on, "It's clear that it's not too cold these days, why is the queen mother still so cold."
She handed the hot tea to Gu Yu, feeling a little worried.
Gu Yu found that since she left the palace, she, a little palace lady, has become more and more courageous. She never dared to talk to herself like this before, but now she naturally started nagging.
She sighed in her heart and the system, but she just frowned and took the teacup in her hand.
The warm temperature passed along the porcelain cup, making Gu Yusheng's cold fingertips gradually warm up.
In fact, she also felt that something was wrong with her body recently. But the system detection did not detect anything, so after the heartache that day, he reluctantly suppressed his doubts in his heart. Prepare to wait for the task to be completed, and do a thorough physical examination after returning to the system space.
Thinking of this, Gu Yu lowered her head and took a sip of hot tea.
Ah Xi knew that she didn't like bitterness, so she specially boiled some jasmine flowers. The tea was fragrant, and Gu Yu couldn't help but frowned.
Seeing that her brows were slightly relaxed, Ah Xi couldn't help laughing and said: "If the Empress Dowager likes this taste, slaves and servants will always do this."
The tea warmed the slightly cold stomach, and just as Gu Yu was about to nod, the pain that hadn't been felt for a long time came back quickly.
At first it was just like a needle prick, and then the pain became more and more obvious.
Gu Yu almost screamed in pain, but she clenched her hands tightly so that she barely showed her original form.
Seeing that Gu Yu's complexion turned pale suddenly, Ah Xi was a little surprised: "Queen Mother, what's wrong with you?"
Gu Yu shook her head, and just about to speak, a mouthful of blood suddenly spewed out, her eyes blurred, and she fell on the side of the couch.
Ah Xi was stunned for a moment before realizing it, helped Gu Yu up and yelled a few times, seeing that her eyes were tightly closed, she didn't respond at all, tears almost came down.
At any rate, Ah Xi still remembered that this was not the time to cry, she carefully helped Gu Yu to the couch, although she had no idea in her heart, she also knew to get up quickly to find the prince.
Xie Xiao was discussing the matter of attacking the capital in the tent on the side. For some reason, he suddenly felt a little uneasy.
"My lord?" Seeing him distracted, the staff couldn't help but pause.
Xie Xiao came back to his senses and waved his hand: "It's nothing, let's continue."
He paused with his fingertips, turned his eyes to look at the map, and just about to speak, he saw someone broke into the big tent suddenly, and the maid next to Gu Yu was pale, and she hurriedly said before she even had time to salute: "My lord, please go with the servant girl!" Take a look, something happened to the Queen Mother!"
Her tone was anxious, as if she had just arrived.
Xie Xiao paused in his heart, and the unease turned into substance. He put down the things in his hands, and said calmly before the staff spoke: "Today's meeting will be suspended first, everyone go back first."
The staff wanted to say something, but was held back by one of the lieutenants, and could only swallow the words.
It wasn't until Xie Xiao left that he sighed and said: "The prince is a man of great talent in the world, but he was deceived by the queen mother in the past few days."
The people on the side also shook their heads, but the deputy general looked at the direction Xie Xiao was leaving and didn't speak.
Xie Xiao ignored what everyone was thinking, but rushed to the tent immediately after hearing Ah Xi's words.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw the person on the couch with his eyes closed, and couldn't help frowning.
"How is this going?"
Ah Xi recounted what happened just now.
Hearing this, Xie Xiao pursed his lips and picked up the remaining tea on the table to smell it, then turned around and said to the following guards: "Go and invite the doctor."
Gu Yu has always turned a deaf ear to the outside world, and just quietly closed her eyes, as if she was asleep. It wasn't until this time that Xie Xiao was fortunate that he brought the doctor from the manor over because of her health.
The man was brought to him soon, and Ah Xi was also waiting in the tent, anxious in his heart.
I don't know how long it took, the doctor got up and took a look at his expression, then suddenly knelt down on the ground and said, "My lord, please forgive me for my incompetence. I only found out that the queen mother was poisoned."
"Poisoned.?" Ah Xi was startled: "But it's about the scented tea?"
She handed over the scented tea, the imperial doctor sniffed it, and shook his head slightly: "There is nothing wrong with the scented tea. The old man just checked the pulse and found that the Queen Mother has been poisoned for half a year. The poison must be caused by the daily meal." , Some people used medicine to suppress it before, so people didn't see the clue, but now without that kind of medicine, the Queen Mother can no longer suppress her poisonous sex. That's why she vomited blood and fainted."
When he said this, Ah Xi suddenly thought of something, and couldn't help taking a step back.
Seen by Xie Xiao's serious gaze, she gritted her teeth and said, "The Empress Dowager's meals were controlled by His Majesty for a while, could it be then?"
Her heart sank slightly, although she said so, she was almost convinced, and she couldn't help showing some resentment.
Xie Xiao's knuckles turned white, and after hearing the imperial physician's words, he asked in a deep voice, "Is it possible to remove this poison?"
He knew this wandering doctor, and when he said this, he could almost conclude that there was no cure for this poison, but even so, he still asked with a glimmer of hope.
Sure enough, the doctor fell silent.
This kind of behavior has already made Xie Xiao clear in his heart, his eyes were red, and the hostility on his stern face could hardly be suppressed.
After Ah Xi had already cried, he looked at Gu Yu who was sleeping peacefully on the couch, and slowly asked: "Can that suppressed herb completely get rid of poison and sex?"
The tent was quiet, and after a long time, the doctor shook his head: "No, the herbal medicine can only temporarily delay the pain. Afterwards, the poison will have a sexual attack, and the pain will be a hundredfold."
"And the Queen Mother has suppressed it for a long time, and now... the poison... has entered the lungs. Unless there is a panacea, I'm afraid there will be no way to recover."
After he finished speaking, he lowered his head, Xie Xiao twisted the quilt for Gu Yu, and when both of them had almost resigned in the tent, he leaned over and kissed Gu Yu's pale face.
That kiss fell on the forehead, and at this moment there was some indescribable nostalgia.
He lowered his eyes and retracted his hand, calmly said: "I don't believe it."
Ah Xi only saw the King of Mobei teasing the Empress Dowager, when he was casual and calm, even when the sun came out of the city gate, his face was only slightly dignified. Never seen him like this.
Such heavy words caused her to pause in her heart, and she actually settled down.
If King Mobei doesn't give up, maybe the Queen Mother can still be saved
Thinking to herself, she couldn't help but glance at the person on the couch.