Ban Hua turned around abruptly, and saw a man in black clothes. He wore a nine-bead dragon crown on his head and a dragon pendant on his waist. His blue eyebrows were flying, and his starry eyes were straight and his nose was a face that she was very familiar with.
She shared the bed with him, whispering in a lingering whisper, he was the closest man to her besides her father and younger brother.
"Concealment..."
The capital disappeared from behind her, the terrifying cemetery disappeared, the whole world was white, and there was only her and the face in black clothes.
"Hua?" Rong Xia heard Ban Hua calling her name in a coma, jumped to the side of the bed, grabbed her hand, "Hua?"
Ban Hua slowly opened his eyes and stared blankly at the man in front of him: "Rong... blemish?"
"It's me." Seeing that her expression was not quite right, Rong Xia thought that she had just woken up and felt unwell, and turned around and said, "Come on, find the imperial doctor."
He was wearing a light-colored robe and no jade pendant on his body, and his expression looked a little haggard, not the least bit similar to the majestic face she had just seen.
"Don't be afraid, the imperial doctor said that there is no major problem with your body, as long as you take good care of it for a while," Rong Xia touched her forehead, "How are you feeling now, is there any discomfort?"
"I'm thirsty..." As soon as Ban Hua opened her mouth, she realized that her voice was rough and unpleasant, and she opened her eyes in horror. What's going on
"Don't worry, the imperial doctor said that you hurt your throat, you will be fine in a few days." Rong Xia kissed her on the forehead, and a maid had already brought warm soup.
Ban Hua's body was so soft, her head was dizzy and painful, as if something was pulling something in her head.
After Rong Xia fed Ban Hua a few spoonfuls of soup, she took the bowl away. Ban Hua stared at Rong Xia in disbelief. How long did she lie on the bed, and Rong Xia didn't even give her anything to eat
Being stared at by her aggrieved eyes made her feel distressed and helpless: "The imperial doctor said, you can't use too much when you wake up, and your stomach is weak now, so you can't eat too much at once. Two quarters of an hour. I'll feed you later."
Ban Hua saw Rong Xia's resolute attitude and knew that this matter was not discussed, so she buried her face in the quilt and remained silent.
The room was very quiet, if she hadn't made sure that Rong Xia hadn't left, she would even have thought that there was no one in the room.
"Hua, you're fine."
After a long time, she heard Rong Xia say this.
Putting his head out of the quilt, Ban Hua saw Rong Xia showing a smile that was too gentle to describe in words. She trembled slightly in her heart, secretly digging the sheets under the quilt, opened her mouth and said, "I wouldn't have an accident so easily."
"Well," Rong Xia quickly turned her head, and then turned around again after a while, "I'm very happy."
Ban Hua saw a flash of water in Rongxia's eyes, like... Crying
"You..." Ban Hua coughed twice, Rong Xia brought a glass of salt water to rinse her mouth, she said in her unpleasant voice, "There are servants, why do you do these things?"
"It's okay." Rongxia wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief.
Only by watching Hua Hua speak with his eyes open, and watch her drink water, can he feel at ease.
He has calculated a lot in his life, what he said and what he did, it was all settled early, the only surprise was to marry the woman in front of him. He is not a person who embarrassed himself too much, and he will not force himself to give up this accident.
He was lucky to be married to her.
On this road to glory, he wants someone to enjoy the glory, benefits, and scenery he has earned. If he has everything in the world, but no one is happy and satisfied with it, what is the point of all that he has done
"Rong Xia," Ban Hua had just woken up and was not in a good mood. Now she was a little sleepy because of dizziness. She said sleepily, "I asked the people in the garment factory to make some new robes a few days ago. When I recover, you can wear it for me to see."
"Okay," Rong Xia covered her with the quilt, "When you are healed, I will wear whatever you want, even if I show you without clothes, I am also willing."
"Shameless." Ban Yan muttered, and fell asleep in a daze.
Rong Xia chuckled lightly, stole a kiss on the corner of her lips, got up and walked outside the door, and said to the maid who was guarding outside: "Take care of the princess, I'll be back in a while after I go out."
"Yes." The maids saluted red-faced, not daring to look directly at Rong Xia's face.
Although they were standing outside, they still accidentally overheard a few whispers in the room of the prince and the princess.
Rong Xia left the main courtyard and said to the servant who was standing outside the courtyard, "Go and invite Mr. Wang Qu to the study."
"Yes." The little servant quickly ran out.
Du Jiu, who had just arrived, saw this scene, and his expression was a little dignified: "Master Hou, what happened to Wang Qu?" He has been with Master Hou for so many years. Decide.
After Hou Ye and Fule County Master set a wedding date, Hou Ye didn't trust Wang Qu as much as before, and the study rarely let Wang Qu go there. Now that he suddenly wants to see Wang Qu, Du Jiu doesn't think this is really a good thing.
Rong Xia ignored him and just turned around and walked towards the study. Du Jiu hesitated for a moment, then quickly followed.
In the early spring, the Hou Ye Mansion was a little cold. Wang Qu came to the door of the study, looked at the half-open door, and said, "My subordinate, Wang Qu, asks to see you."
The opened door was pulled open, and the person who opened the door was Du Jiu. Wang Qu glanced at Du Jiu, Du Jiu walked to the side with a blank expression, Wang Qu's heart skipped a beat, and felt his palms a little cold.
"Master Hou." He walked to the center of the room honestly, and bowed his hands to Rong Xia.
Rong Xia raised her eyelids to look at him, and after a while, she excused him, "How long have you been with me?"
"Back to the Marquis, it has been six years since my subordinates were favored by Marquis when they were at their worst. My subordinates are willing to die for Marquis and die without regrets." Wang Qu's heart calmed down a little, "I just don't know why Marquis It seems that the master is not willing to reuse his subordinates recently."
Rong Xia's tone was so cold that there was no temperature: "Did you intercept the news of Prince Ning's mansion?"
Since the last killer incident, he has increased his surveillance of Prince Ning's mansion. This time, King Ning asked the little palace maid to poison the woman, which is not a small action, but he did not receive any prompt in advance, it only means that there is a problem with the people under him.
Wang Ying's complexion changed drastically, he hesitated for a moment, lifted his robe and knelt in front of Rong Xia: "Master Hou, this subordinate knows that this is an unforgivable crime, but before Lord Hou condemns the subordinate, the subordinate has something to say. , considering the relationship between master and servant for many years, please let your subordinates finish."
"Since you know that you and your master are masters and servants, how dare you act on your own accord?" Du Jiu didn't think that this matter had anything to do with Wang Qu, he couldn't help but scolded, "What does your move have to do with betraying your master? different?"
"Everything I do is for the master, for the master's hegemony." Although Wang Qu knelt down, but his back was straight, and he did not regret his choice, "Fu Le County master is not worthy of being the mistress of the house. , Hou Ye was bewitched by her beauty."
"Du Jiu," Rong Xia closed her eyes, "Take him down."
"Even if the master wants my life, I will say it," Wang Quchao kowtowed to Rongxia, "The Ban family is the image of the bewitching queen of the country, and the master must not be deceived by him. How much effort have you put into this rotten world? , how can all your efforts be ruined because of a woman?"
Rong Xia opened her eyes, "Wang Qu, do you know what kind of person I hate the most?"
"I can't afford a subordinate who is self-righteous and decides without permission," Rong Xia lowered her eyelids, "For the sake of you and me, I won't kill you, and I will even arrange two people to serve you. "
Wang Ying's complexion changed greatly, and he knew exactly what his master would do when he was angry.
"Master, this subordinate should beg for death."
Rong Xia ignored him and dragged him down by two servant girls in ordinary clothes.
One day later, Wang Qu, a Qingke from the Marquis of Cheng’an’s mansion, drank too much, and the candles in the house burned out, causing a fire. The eyes are not very good either. However, the Hou Xinshan of Chengan not only did not hate him, but even specially arranged a small yard for him to recuperate.
After hearing this, the Qingkes kept in other houses couldn't help but sigh that the Chenganhou's house was kind-hearted and planned to keep this useless Qingke for a lifetime.
Ban Hua heard the news the next day, and she drank a few spoonfuls of vegetable soup with her wishful hand: "The Qing guest you said is Wang Qu?"
"It's him," Ruyi was afraid that the county master would be bored, so she would find something outside to tell Ban Hua about it, "I heard from the servants of the Hou mansion that this Mr. Wang is very much used by the Hou Ye, and is not a good girl on weekdays. I just like to drink two sips of wine, but I didn’t expect such a big disaster to happen.”
Ban Hua coughed a few times and touched his itchy throat: "It's probably bad luck."
"It's not bad luck. I met such a good master as Lord Hou, and this kind of thing happened. It's not bad luck. How could such a thing happen." Ruyi didn't dare to drink too much soup for Ban Hua. After putting down the bowl, he said, "Master Hou went out before dawn today. It seems that he has investigated the drug case for you, Master."
Speaking of this, Ruyi said a few more good words for Rong Xia, because she saw with her own eyes how good the Marquis of Cheng An was to her master, "After you fell into a coma, the Marquis hardly rested. But the two days when you were unconscious, the slave felt that the eyes of the Marquis were like ice balls, and the stabbing made the slave become cold."
Ban Hua smiled: "Don't you think he is a handsome gentleman in the past, how can his eyes be so scary?"
"The servant can't answer this," Ruyi whispered, "but the servant dared to guess, probably because the prince cares too much about you."
"Choose something nice again," Ban Hua closed her eyes, her face calm and peaceful, "I'll sleep for a while."
"Yes."
Ruyi got up and put down the gauze for Ban Hua, and withdrew to the outside lightly.
Rong Xia entered the palace, but what he saw was not Emperor Yunqing, but the prince who was supervising the country.
"Master Hou, is there any misunderstanding in this matter? How could the second brother do such a thing?" After reading the confession of the palace maid Xiaoyu, the prince was a little afraid to believe, "This..."
Shi Shi, who was sitting beside the crown prince, did not speak, but in her opinion, it was possible for King Ning to do anything. Can someone who can send troops to suppress innocent victims, what can't they do? What's more, even if King Ning did not do this, King Ning should be charged with the crime. There are two direct sons under the father's knees. As long as King Ning is trampled to death, no one will threaten the status of the crown prince again.
But she can't say this, because she has been married to the prince for so many years, and knows that the prince is a soft-hearted person, and he is very tolerant to his fellow brother, King Ning. If you let him know this idea, the prince will definitely be angry.
Thinking of this, she glanced at Cheng Anhou, hoping that Cheng Anhou's attitude would be firmer.
"His Royal Highness, Wei Chen is more reluctant to believe than you. Wei Chen thinks that although King Ning and the county master occasionally disagree, they are still cousins and sisters. ," Rong Xia's tone remained unchanged when he saw the swaying attitude of the prince, "The princess is innocent and charming, and the ministers really don't understand, how much hatred does King Ning have to arrange for the palace maid to poison her?"
The prince was dumbfounded and couldn't utter a word. One side was his younger brother, and the other was his favorite cousin. The palms of his hands and the backs of his hands were full of flesh. He sighed again and again, and looked up at Rongxia without face.
Naive and cute
The crown princess sneered, and the Hou Chengan was so embarrassed to say, what is the point of Ban Hua's body that is in line with being innocent and charming? From her point of view, it is more appropriate to be arrogant and unruly.
The prince put down the confession, "Is the girl okay now?"
"Although her life has been saved, her body needs to be maintained for a period of time. The imperial doctor said that she will not be able to have children within two years." Rong Xia lowered her eyelids, "Wei Chen doesn't care about children, but the county master's body suffers. For such a big crime, Wei Chen feels uncomfortable in his heart."
"Gu know," the prince sighed, "gu... solitary..."
The prince didn't believe Rong Xia's words that he didn't care about the heir. He had been married to the crown prince for several years and had only one concubine daughter. Because of this, countless officials asked him to take more concubines. Another son was born, so that more courtiers could support him.
Thinking of this, the guilt in the prince's heart became stronger, "Master Hou, let Gu think about it again, Gu will definitely give you an explanation."
"Prince, Wei Chen doesn't need you to explain to Wei Chen, Wei Chen only needs King Ning to give an explanation to the county master," Rong Xia's attitude still did not soften, "If His Royal Highness Prince can't do this, Wei Chen can only ask to see Your Majesty."
"Master Hou, why are you doing this..."
"Prince," the concubine saw that Marquis Cheng'an's face was getting colder and colder, knowing that the prince's words would only offend Marquis Cheng'an, so she interrupted the prince's words, "This matter is very involved, and the concubine thought that she should have reported it to His Majesty. ."
"This is about Gu and the second brother, you don't need to say more."
The princess' complexion changed slightly, but she still said again: "Prince, you are the heir of a country, and Prince Ning is a prince. What Prince Ning did is not a private matter, but a major event involving the court. "
After the dignified prince poisoned the county master and his minions were caught, King Ning actually wanted to go to the dungeon to rob people. If the person was snatched out and successfully silenced, that's all, but the person didn't steal it, and was cleaned up by someone. This kind of thing that would lose face and lose one's sanity is something normal people can't do at all.
If the crown prince still wanted to protect Prince Ning, it would not only be the Marquis of Cheng An who would be chilling, but also the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty would be disappointed.
As the crown prince, I can't tell the importance of things, and the public and private are not clear enough. How can this make the courtiers feel at ease? If she were a courtier, not a crown princess, she would also be disappointed with such a prince.
The Crown Prince was said by the Crown Princess, although his face was ugly, but he did not say anything else. He returned the confession to Rong Xia, "Master Hou, you... ah."
Rong Xia glanced at the despairing prince, and put the confession back in his arms: "Wei Chen leaves."
"Marquis Rong," the prince saw Rong Xia walking to the door, stopped him and said, "Please give King Ning a third of his face."
Rong Xia looked back at the prince with a complicated expression.
"Prince, what King Ning wants is to pay for his wife's life."
After saying this, he strode out of the East Palace without looking back, with a decisive attitude, as if he would never look back here again.
The Crown Princess felt a chill in her heart and smiled bitterly. The Crown Prince finally offended the Marquis of Cheng An. She got up and looked at the dazed prince, silently bowed to him, and backed out. He is a good man with a soft heart, and she is a woman who values interests. She can't understand the prince's kindness, just as the prince dislikes her real power more and more.
I don't know which of them is at fault.
"Your Majesty," Wang De walked into the inner hall with a whisk in his hand, "The Marquis of Chengan asks to see you."
Emperor Yunqing, who was leaning on the imperial couch, opened his eyes, waved his hand to let the maid who was beating his leg back down, and his voice was a little weak and lazy: "Is he here for the case of the girl being poisoned?"
Wang De buried his head even lower: "I don't know about slaves."
Emperor Yunqing looked at his shrunken calf: "Let him in."
Wang De withdrew from the hall and bowed to Rong Xia, who was waiting outside the hall: "Master Hou, Your Majesty, please come in."
Rong Xia walked in, Wang De bowed and followed behind him, and after walking a few steps, he suddenly turned his head to look behind him, and Shi Jin was patrolling outside the Dayue Palace with the Imperial Guard. He stopped, turned around and bowed his hand to Shi Jin.
Shi Jin returned a salute.
"Deputy commander, this Wang De's eyes are higher than the top, and he is very respectful to the Marquis of Cheng An," said a team leader who followed Shi Jin half-jokingly and half-seriously, "This is really rare."
He almost wanted to say that the Marquis of Cheng'an might be His Majesty's son, but he didn't dare to say that because they were in the palace of the Great Moon.
Shi Jin never believed this rumor, and said directly: "Don't talk nonsense."
If Rong Xia was really His Majesty's illegitimate child, how could the Queen let her family take care of him. In the world, is there any woman who will sincerely take care of the children of her men and other women
"Jun Po, I can understand your feelings, but the royal family can't make such embarrassing things," Emperor Yunqing stared at Rong Xia, "I will compensate you and the girl, the second child, and I will give you an explanation. , but this is not a big deal.”
Rong Xia knelt in front of Emperor Yunqing: "Your Majesty, the county master almost lost his life because of this incident."
"I know," Emperor Yunqing threw the confession into the brazier, "but this matter, we can't clearly give justice to your husband and wife."
"Wei Chen understands," Rong Xia gave Emperor Yunqing a kowtow, he looked up at Emperor Yunqing's haggard and old face, "Wei Chen has made your Majesty worry, please take care of your dragon body."
"I understand," Yun Qingdi nodded lightly, "You should step back."
Rong Xia stood up and stepped out slowly.
Emperor Yunqing glanced at the confession that had been burnt cleanly, and said to Wang De: "There are many young and promising talents in the court, only Rongxia is the most suitable for me."
Know what to do, know what not to do, know what is right. These behaviors seem simple, but to actually do it, it is even more difficult.
Wang De looked at the brazier with only ashes left, and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, you are right."
In Prince Ning's mansion, Xie Wanyu played with only half of the rouge left in his hand, and handed the rouge to the dowry maid behind him.
"I don't like this rouge anymore, use it all tonight."
The palace maid's hand trembled slightly while holding the rouge box: "The maid doesn't look good looking at this box..."
"Then it's burnt, it's clean, and it's over." Xie Wanyu got up and opened the window, looking at the sun in the blue sky, "I heard that Ban Hua woke up?"
"Yes, princess."
"Hey," Xie Wanyu sneered, "The scourge has left her for thousands of years, but even if she has a good life, she won't die."
"Forget it, the left and right have nothing to do with me," Xie Wanyu looked back at the maid's rouge, "Go ahead."
The palace maid bowed her knees and hurried out.
Outside the Daye Palace, Rong Xia was riding down the street on horseback. When passing by a stall where people kneaded sugar noodles, she suddenly remembered that Ban Hua likes these gadgets. She is staying in Hou's mansion all day to take care of her health and can't go out. She must be very happy. boring.
"Du Jiu, find some skilled folk craftsmen to the Hou Mansion, and let them relieve the boredom of the county master."
So that afternoon, when Ban Hua woke up again, he found that he had a bunch of various things on the table.
She looked at Rong Xia suspiciously: "Did you buy everything from the shop?"
"I didn't buy it. I invited the owner of the shop." Rong Xia smiled and fed her vegetable broth. Now Ban Hua can drink some soup with minced meat, but she still can't eat too much. The flaws are strictly controlled, no matter how coquettish Ban Hua is, it is useless, "Let them do what you like."
"I like to eat at the noodle shop you took me to last time."
"Let him do it for you in a few days."
"How many more days?"
"Two or three days will be fine."
Ban Hua said with a bitter face: "It will take at least twenty or thirty hours."
"When you recover, I'll accompany you to eat whatever you want, dear." Rong Xia fed Ban Hua another mouthful of meat and vegetable soup, and he drank the rest in one breath in front of Ban Hua, provoking Banyan punched him.
"You have the strength to hit me, it looks like you can eat some vegetable noodles tomorrow." Rong Xia smiled and hugged Ban Hua into his arms, "Don't move too hard, or your head will hurt again."
The imperial doctor said that it is normal to have dizziness and headache after taking aconitum orally. It is recorded in medical books that after someone took this medicine by mistake, although his life was saved, the person became crazy. Fortunately, Hua Hua spit out the medicine in time, except for the blood loss that was a little too much, and the body was weak and could not have children for the time being, it had no effect.
After making Ban Hua happy, Rong Xia received a secret letter.
"Master, should we report it to Your Majesty?"
Rong Xia threw the secret letter into the copper basin with a faint smile, and lit the fire and watched it burn away little by little.
"What are you reporting?" He looked up at Du Jiu, "I don't know anything."
Du Jiu bent down: "My subordinates don't know anything."
In the early spring, it was as cold as winter, and the wind blowing outside the window woke up Emperor Yunqing.
He looked at the shadowy shadows outside the window and called out, "Someone."
There was dead silence in the spacious hall. He waited for a while, but no one came in.
"Come on!"
Squeak.
He heard the sound of the door of the temple being blown open, but because his vision was blocked by heavy curtains, he did not know who came in.
The wind was blowing along the door of the palace, and the curtains were fluttering gently. Emperor Yunqing suddenly felt fear in his heart, and couldn't help but retreat behind the bed with the quilt in his arms.
"Who is outside?"
Pop, pop, pop.
The sound of footsteps was very dull. The soft-soled shoes worn by the palace maids and eunuchs when they served at night were impossible to make such a sound.
Who are the people outside
Emperor Yunqing opened his eyes wide, watching the last layer of curtains being lifted, the sharp blade in the opponent's hand emitting a faint cold light.
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