When the sky was getting brighter, Duanmu Xingfang finished calming the ministers, and personally sent a few people who had fainted in the process back to the mansion, and watched them being taken in by their families, before dragging his exhausted body back to the Taishi's mansion.
Naturally, the Grand Master's residence was also full of people guarding it.
After all, when he got older, he entered the door. When Duanmu woke up and saw his descendants coming up to greet him, he suddenly felt dizzy and fell down in public.
When he woke up, he was already lying on his bed.
The familiar eight-treasure hibiscus tent above the head was half-rolled and half-opened. The concubine Lianxu was lying on the edge of the couch, her head tilted and resting on her arms, as if she was waiting on her. She was too tired and fell asleep like this. Duanmu Xing turned his head and looked outside. There were lights on outside, so it must be dark night. I don’t know if it was that night or a day later? Duanmu Xing only felt weak all over. Fortunately, someone had given him water when he was unconscious, so his throat was not so dry that he couldn't scream. He screamed a few times, waking up Lianxu. She looked up and saw that his eyes were open, and she suddenly became happy. She jumped up and shouted in surprise: "Old Master, are you up?"
After Duanmu Xing's old wife passed away, the relationship was not renewed, and now the concubines in the upper chamber were left in the charge of Lianxu. She is the dowry of the old lady, she is a very upright person, and she is loyal to Duanmu Xing. It is no wonder that everyone trusts her to keep vigil alone.
"What's going on in Yanzhou?" Duanmu Xing asked in a hoarse voice, but he didn't have the heart to ask questions.
Lianxu turned her head and wiped her tears secretly, and said with a forced smile: "The third master of the Su family and the eldest son of the Shen family plan to go together... The Taiwei wrote a dove letter to Dong Hu, and he expected that his troops would arrive at Yanzhou City in a few days. .”
Su Pingzhan has decided to choose Su Yuwu, so he naturally wants to focus on the third-bedroom apartment. The brothers Su Xiumao and Su Xiuwei are both in the middle. Su Pingzhan asked Su Xiuwei to go this time because he considered that Su Xiuwei was Su Yuwu's father. He wanted Sanfang to use this incident to become famous and pave the way for Su Yuwu and his son.
As for the Shen family... Shen Xuan himself definitely can't go, and the same goes for Shen Zhou. This time the recapture of Yanzhou was not just a matter of taking credit. Lu Haozhi was not an incompetent person. It is hard to say whether the Liu family had any intentions. Among the Shen family members, only Shen Zangli was the oldest, had been honed in Xiliang, and was the most experienced, so he was sent.
Duanmuxing pondered the thoughts of these two families and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Su Xiuwei's father was the future leader of the Su family based on his son's wealth; Shen Zangli was once the leader of the Su clan who had high hopes despite his shortcomings. These two are not playboys, and the Liu family is almost going crazy if they want to take Yanzhou back...
While he was deep in thought, he suddenly smelled the fragrance of medicine. He raised his eyes and saw Lianxu coming in with a bowl of medicine carefully: "Old man, drink it while it's hot! Miss Eighth has been cooking this for three hours herself!" "
"Xinmiao?" Duanmu Xing was startled and asked, "Did she cook it with her own hands?" He knew very well about his granddaughter that Duanmu Xinmiao died because of her mother's hatred, and she had no good impressions of the entire Duanmu family. Normally, when the Duanmu family seeks medical advice, they have to look at her face, let alone prepare the medicine by hand. Even though Duanmu Xing was her biological grandfather, Duanmu Xinmiao didn't give him much face.
She was coaxed to come back the year before last, but it was for the dowry promised to her by the Duanmu family... Did this granddaughter actually make medicine for herself, or did she boil it for three hours
Lianxu saw his doubts and said softly: "The old man just fainted in the morning, and the eighth lady took the initiative to check his pulse. After that, he prescribed medicine. Originally, the eldest lady wanted to take it and ask someone to take it, but the eighth lady said I'm afraid ordinary servants can't get out 100% of the potency of this medicine, so it's better for her to come. Then the eighth lady took a maid, Zhu Shi, to stay in the kitchen for three hours, during which Zhu Shi was just. Wiping Miss Eighth's sweat, fanning her, and making the whole bowl of medicine herself... The eldest lady was still sighing just now, saying that Miss Eighth is your biological flesh and blood after all. Even though she had some misunderstandings about the old lady in the past, it was said that the old lady was unwell. Aren’t you just anxious?”
She added, "The servants all said that Miss Eight cried several times while making the medicine, and she even drove everyone away because of this."
"This child..." Duanmu Xing sighed. Of course he would not pay as much attention to his granddaughter as he did to his grandson. In recent years, he treated Duanmu Xinmiao well because he was getting older and always thought of his old wife. Then I thought of the eldest granddaughter whom my old wife loved most during her lifetime, and the little granddaughter whom the eldest granddaughter cared about the most...
He shook his head. This was not the time for children to be in love. Then he suppressed his emotions and ordered: "Bring it to me."
The medicine prepared by famous domestic doctors personally has obvious natural effects.
Duanmuxing took the medicine and soon fell into a deep sleep. He felt much lighter the next morning.
In response to the greetings from his children and grandchildren, he was even in a mood to joke: "My family has a miraculous doctor, why should I worry about minor ailments?"
However, Duanmu Xinmiao, who was praised in public, did not become considerate because she prepared the medicine for her grandfather with her own hands. She stood indifferently at a distance, not even smiling at this sentence.
Everyone is used to the eighth lady being out of place in the Duanmu family. Soon someone from Linglong diverted the topic away...
Everyone thinks that if the trend continues, Duanmu Xing will be able to get up and take care of things in three to five days. Duanmu Xing himself can't lie down: Yanzhou is not that easy to fight... No matter if you kill it first and then play it, or if you kill it or not, it will always end. … There is also chaos in the world, and the pacification and pacification of other places…
All in all, thinking about these state affairs made him wish he could get better immediately.
In this situation, it is really a joy to have a granddaughter with excellent medical skills.
It's just that Duanmu didn't feel happy for two days. On the third day, he suddenly passed out again!
This time Lianxu was frightened and quickly asked Duanmu Xinmiao to arrive.
Everyone in the Duanmu family gathered in the hall to wait for the results of her diagnosis and treatment.
After a while, Duanmu Xinmiao came out and said with a frown: "My grandfather is old and has been in the palace for too long. This time... things are a little troublesome."
Her fourth uncle Duanmiqin asked urgently: "Then can you cure it?"
"Of course it can be cured, but I can't get up soon. I have to stay in bed for a while to take care of myself, so I can't work too hard." Duanmu Xinmiao looked around at the elders around him and said, "However, my grandfather is concerned about state affairs, so I'm afraid he may not be willing to listen to everything I say. "I can only prescribe medicine for my grandfather, but I have to rely on my father and uncles for the rest."
"You just need to prepare the prescription, and leave the rest to us." Duanmu Xing's disciples looked at each other, and they all nodded in agreement.
After Duanmu Xing regained consciousness, he was closely watched by his family. He was not allowed to stay on the bed, let alone review official documents on the bed.
Because of the incident of kneeling in the palace, the reputation of Taishi and Situ became great.
Duanmu Xing was watched by his family because of his health, and most of the government affairs were reported to Situ Weiyu. Originally, the government affairs were basically handled by the Grand Master, Sikong and the Congwen clan. Hosted by Situ. The Taifu, Taiwei and Taibao, who came from the three major clans of the Yiwu family, only assisted in major matters.
Sikong Song Yu reported illness as soon as he saw the spring coming, and now Grand Master Duanmu Xing is also ill. It would be difficult for Situ Weiyu to do nothing.
And Shen, Su, and Liu had no intention of intervening in government affairs.
After all, although the Holy One is old and confused, it would be difficult to completely hide a major event like the invasion of Yanzhou from the Holy One, especially after the incident.
At that time, the three of them will always have a reason to defend themselves - they are doing this to quell chaos, not to seize power.
But no one knew that when Wei Yu took Duanmu's place to take care of everything, Zhou Yueguang, the eldest lady of the Duanmu family, was clutching her handkerchief, with a worried look on her face, and was telling her stepdaughter Duanmu Xinmiao, whom she had loved since they met her, "... No matter how hard you try, Situ refuses! You can’t tell too many people about this, so your grandfather won’t be discussed. What should we do?”
Duanmu Xinmiao frowned, with a very ugly expression on his face, and said, "I heard before that Wei Situ was very stubborn, but now I realize that he is so stubborn that he is confused!"
"Alas!" Zhou Yueguang couldn't help sighing and said, "It took a lot of effort for your cousin to hear something from your cousin-in-law! It's a good thing that he was thinking about us two and asked someone to tell him. Otherwise, we would have to wait until Yanzhou After the peace was settled, the Holy Emperor was furious, and there was bound to be another turmoil! Why is this necessary? It’s not like the imperial salary only supports our Duanmu family and doesn’t care about other families. The old lady..."
No wonder Zhou Yueguang ordered his stepdaughter to manipulate the medicine that his father-in-law Duanmu Xing drank. He replaced the medicine that Duanmu Xinmiao originally planned to prepare for his grandfather with a medicine that would make him unable to get up and do anything for a short period of time:
At the end of last year, Deng Guifei's niece Deng Wanwan married Zhou Yueguang's nephew Zhou Jianxian. The concubine is just such a niece. Although she is not as doted on as her nephew Deng Zongqi, Deng Wanwan goes to the palace from time to time to accompany her aunt, which is also very popular with her aunt. of. No, the morning after the kneeling incident happened, less than half an hour after Duanmu Xing came home, Zhou Jianxian sent someone to quietly send a message to his aunt: The Holy Emperor was furious in Mingguang Palace!
The point is, the Holy One, in front of Concubine Deng, gnashed his teeth and swore that the Yanzhou Incident was the last chance he gave the nobles. Whoever dared to disobey the Holy Orders would have their homes confiscated, and he vowed to burn with the nobles and never do it again. Let these national thieves continue to be proud!
Among the people kneeling in the palace were members of the Deng family. Of course Concubine Deng had to pass on the news and let the Deng family find a way to clear up the relationship.
Deng Wanwan was familiar with the people in her aunt's palace, and the people who sent the message to the Deng family also reported to her. She naturally wanted to remind her husband's family... So Zhou Jianxian thought of his aunt who married into Duanmu's family...
Therefore, among the people who had been incited by Duanmu Xing and Wei Yu to kneel down in the palace before, some people hesitated after hearing that the Holy Emperor had become ruthless this time.
Zhou Yueguang is one of the people who received the news early and made the decision quickly.
She had no children of her own, but she raised an outstanding concubine, and even won over a legitimate daughter like Duanmu Xinmiao who was good at medicine. You have already regarded Jinxiu Hall as yours, how can you sit back and watch Duanmu Xing provoke the wrath of the Holy Emperor and bring trouble to Jinxiu Hall
So Zhou Yueguang immediately persuaded his legitimate daughter Duanmu Xinmiao.
Zhou Yueguang was careful because she knew that Wei Yu was the teacher of Duanmu Xinmiao's fiancé Huo Chenyuan, so she not only suggested that Duanmu Xinmiao take medicine to make her grandfather "sick" and unable to see things, so as to distance herself from him as much as possible relation. She also volunteered to send someone to deliver the same medicine to Wei Yu... Of course, she would never tell Wei Yu that her father-in-law was pretending to be ill. In fact, she also sent others to suggest this to Wei Yu.
Who would have thought that Wei Yu was so stubborn that he didn't even bother to do this.
After Zhou Yueguang found out, he had to make it clear to Duanmu Xinmiao, so as not to create a rift between Duanmu Xinmiao and her in the future.
However, Duanmu Xinmiao has always been cold-hearted and cold-hearted. She just doesn't dislike Huo Chenyuan, her fiancé, and she has to be separated from her fiancé's teacher. Since she had tried her best and Wei Yu didn't listen, she didn't bother to bother and said calmly: "Everyone has their own ambitions. If Wei Situ is unwilling, why should we force him?" (To be continued)