In the dead of night, Duke Jinguo was sitting behind the desk and did not move. He had been in this state since Queen Xiao sent a secret letter.
There was only one lamp burning in the study, and the light was quite dim, but Duke Yasukuni felt that it made him feel peaceful.
No one wants to have that kind of thought, but when that kind of thought arises, it seems like it can no longer be suppressed. No matter what you think or encounter, you can't help but think—
If that's the case, doesn't everything have to be so passive and laborious? !
Especially the King of Jin, the water is not leaking and people can't grasp the handle. He clearly knew that he had a problem, a big problem, but because of His Majesty's intentional or unintentional protection, almost everyone couldn't do anything about him.
In fact, according to Yasukuni's idea, tolerance is the top priority. After all, that kind of action is too risky, but he has to consider the situation of his grandson.
That child is already impatient, and now he can hardly bear it any longer. It is useless for them to suppress him. What if he is abolished by His Majesty as he said? Wouldn't that make King Jin cheaper
Sometimes the Duke of Jingguo really wondered if the real purpose of the King of Jin was just like this, to push the prince to the brink of collapse step by step, the prince lost his virtue, and he was so cheap for himself
In fact, there is no need to think about it anymore. The Duke of Yasukuni has always done things from the most self-interested point of view. Especially in his early years, he served in the army and fought countless battles. When he knows the decision, he can't hesitate. Go take a gamble.
But after all, the matter is too big, he needs a quiet environment so that his mood can slowly settle down, and then plan how to act properly...
***
Chen Qi had a bad premonition in his heart when the prince asked Taiyi Zhou's family to leave.
It's a pity that his goals are too obvious, he can't contact Zhou Taiyi, and he can only be isolated in the outer layer to make a statement of ignorance. Fortunately, Imperial Doctor Zhou had no secrets, otherwise he wouldn't know what might happen this time.
Being taken into a dark room again, Taiyi Zhou was no longer surprised at this time. He thought that Chen Qi and Yang Hui were going to do something else, but when he saw that Fangzheng's old face was full of tiger dominance , to know that things are not so simple.
Sure enough, after listening to what the Duke of Jingguo said, Zhou Taiyi was already dumbfounded.
If it wasn't for being watched by Emperor Xi all the time these days, and acting as a habit, he would really show his guilt.
"If the time is too short to react in time, you can show your true colors, so that you will not violate the peace, as long as you don't say what you shouldn't say..."
The words that the man with the ordinary face said suddenly lingered in Taiyi Zhou's mind.
He quickly raised his eyebrows, glared at each other, and scolded: "Prince Yasukuni, you are Prince Yasukuni, who was proclaimed by His Majesty. You know this kind of thinking is enough to kill your nine clans!"
Zhou Taiyi's face was too frightened, his heart was too shaken to calm down, the skin on his face began to tremble, and his hazel lips couldn't even escape the fingers that were pointing straight away, but he stood calmly. It's just that the panicked color can no longer be concealed.
"Doctor Zhou, the old man will not tell you nonsense. Your whole family is in the hands of the old man. Don't change your mind. If you don't do it, you have to do it!"
"you-"
"Actually, you can think about it in a different way. His Royal Highness succeeded to the throne, and your credit will be the greatest in the future. It is no longer a matter of prosperity and wealth."
"No, no..."
"Doctor Zhou, don't rush to reject the old man, think about it. Don't hurt yourself and your family."
Zhou Imperial Physician suddenly widened his eyes, spit out a mouthful of blood, and fainted with anger.
Prince Yasukuni gave him a sighing look and shook his head, "Why be so stubborn? Didn't you already betrayed once? Why not betray again..."
After a long pause, he raised his voice: "Come here, send Imperial Doctor Zhou back."
The small awning carriage was driving back according to the established distance, and before it reached the door of the house, Zhou Taiyi woke up.
When he got to the door, Zhou Taiyi got out of the car himself, and let the people who followed along the way show approval, and lowered the curtain to make the carriage turn around.
Imperial Physician Zhou staggered back to the room and lay down on the bed.
After a while, the half-deaf old servant in the house came. Zhou imperial doctor was about to make a gesture to let him go down, when suddenly a familiar voice sounded.
"Doctor Zhou, how are you?"
Imperial Physician Zhou suddenly straightened up, "You? Yang Hui?"
The old servant nodded, "I'm afraid that something will happen to you, come and take a look. People are sleeping in their own room, don't worry. It's just that there are too many people following you here, so I made this decision."
Imperial Doctor Zhou breathed a sigh of relief and lay back on the bed.
Yang Hui was extremely patient, and kept standing aside, waiting for a while before Imperial Physician Zhou spoke slowly.
After listening, Yang Hui frowned.
"Hurry up and send a letter to His Highness, this is really difficult to handle."
Yang Hui nodded and was about to leave when he suddenly turned his head and threw a bottle of medicine to Imperial Doctor Zhou.
"This is calm, and eating it is not harmful to the body."
"I am a doctor myself."
Yang Hui chuckled, "Doctors don't heal themselves, don't they? Your state makes it obvious that you won't be able to get any better, and you can't get your own medicine. Before I come, you can try to drag it out, and I'll do it as soon as possible. of."
Imperial Physician Zhou held the porcelain bottle in his hand with a complicated expression, "Okay."
Yang Hui quickly left, and after a while, another person dressed in exactly the same way walked in.
Imperial Physician Zhou waved his hand before he retreated.
***
There were two intertwined people in the bed tent, the one above was extremely tough, while the one below was slender and round.
Xiaohua was in a trance when she suddenly saw the man on her body stop.
"What's wrong, Your Highness?"
King Jing didn't speak, his lips were covered, and his movements quickened. It didn't take a while for the movement in the bed curtain to stop.
King Jing opened the curtain, put on his underwear and walked out of the bed, Xiaohua heard a little movement, it seemed that someone had come in, whispered a few words, and saw King Jing folded back.
"You go to bed first, the solitary king has something to do."
Xiaohua nodded, guessing what was going on in her heart, she was still busy at this point.
Seeing the letter handed over from the capital, King Jing's brows immediately twitched.
He sat there, motionless, ignoring the table with his hands. Fushun went down after serving the tea. His Highness was in such a rare state. At first glance, he was thinking about some big problem.
King Jing sat for a whole night, until the sky outside turned white, and he moved slowly.
He hadn't slept all night, there was a little bloodshot in his eyes, not haggard, but a little bloodier. He didn't go to his staff to discuss it. It was impossible to negotiate things like this. He could only think for himself, and he knew very well that if he took a wrong step at this time, the outcome might be completely different.
Of course, he can also choose the safest way, which is to continue to hide his accumulated strength, which means that the line of Zhou Taiyi must be discarded.
King Jing is not reluctant to cut off this person, but he always wonders if he can find a safe way between the two. Especially when this letter was handed over, all kinds of thoughts flashed in his mind, and what was boiling in his blood was not helplessness or panic, but a kind of excitement.
King Jing is no stranger to this kind of excitement, which means there is an opportunity.
It was not until nearly noon that King Jing made up his mind. After thinking about it, he no longer hesitated, and personally put the reply into the small copper pipe on the eagle's leg.
Looking at the eagle flying into the sky, King Jing let out a sigh of relief, then turned around and walked towards the west courtyard.
…
King Jing didn't return overnight, and Xiaohua didn't show it on his face, but in fact he was still thinking about it.
While playing with his daughter and son, King Jing suddenly stepped in.
"Your Highness."
"Father, Father..."
Yiyi screamed, and now Yiyi can call her father king. It's just that she spoke later than her brother, and she can only say one word or two until now. On the contrary, Ye'er's articulation is much clearer than hers.
King Jing glanced at her and her son and daughter, and called someone to prepare water and clean their hands. After washing his hands, King Jing came over and picked up his daughter.
"Your Highness didn't sleep last night?" Xiaohua saw the bloodshot in King Jing's eyes.
King Jing nodded.
"Have you eaten yet? How can you stay awake all night? What a hurry!"
During the usual chatter, Xiaohua called Lilac to ask the small kitchen to bring some meals over. In a short while, four dishes, one soup and a serving of bi-japonica rice were placed on the table next to them.
Now the two children are particularly interested in food, and when they see something on the table, they all know that it is edible. Ye'er just watched silently, but Yiyi pointed to what 'father, father, mother, mother' wanted to eat, and was more excited than King Jing, who had not eaten two meals.
"You little greedy eater, your father is so greedy for some food, didn't you just eat?" Little Lace said as she carried her daughter over.
King Jing glanced at his daughter and sat down at the table.
Yiyi watched her father put all kinds of delicious food into her mouth, and her little mouth drooled unconsciously. She glanced at her mother, her mouth twitched, and her eyes narrowed as if she was about to cry. Ye'er's side is better than Yiyi, but the little eyes are silently watching.
"Are children gluttonous? Look at our daughter's saliva."
King Jing looked at her smilingly as she was burying her daughter, and said, "Long teeth."
Xiaohua laughed and wiped her daughter's mouth, "Look at where the teeth are, obviously tears are overflowing..."
Before the words fell, Yiyi began to cry, still mumbling 'Father, eat'.
"Okay, okay, mother, let the father give us a delicious meal, and let our little Yiyi have a sweet mouth."
Xiaohua saw that there was a plate of bamboo shoots on the table, so Lilac took chopsticks and picked up a few pieces with a small saucer. Wipe the hands of the two of them before feeding them with chopsticks.
At this time, the children were all impatient, and as soon as Xiaohua's chopsticks reached out, Yiyi took the bamboo shoots away, and went to feed Ye'er again, the same is true.
"I knew it would be like this." That's why Xiaohua wiped the hands of the two children beforehand.
The two little guys held the bamboo shoots tightly in their hands and fed them to their mouths. Seeing that they were eating with relish, Xiaohua laughed.
"It's so delicious?!"
Ye'er and Yiyi have grown a lot of teeth now, so the bamboo shoots were eaten very quickly, and Xiaohua sent another one to one person.
When King Jing finished his meal, the two little guys also finished eating the bamboo shoots. In fact, it is not considered finished. When the last half of the slice is eaten, the two of them are not eating but nibbling and playing. Only then did Xiaohua take the things out of the children's hands. It happened that the two little ones didn't want to eat them, so they cooperated.
After that, Lilac and the others came with the water in their hands, Xiaohua cleaned the hands and changed the bibs for the two little guys, and our little son Ye'er and little Miss Yiyi turned into two clean white jade dolls again.
Seeing her busy on the kang with the two children, King Jing's eyes softened. ..
What about uncompromising means? Now it's a life-and-death situation. It doesn't matter if he dies. How could he be willing to let the three of them enter that situation...