The emperor kept the witch doctor in the palace, firstly because there were so many treasures in the palace, which might help expel Gu worms; secondly, he was not at ease with the witch doctor who was born in the Miao nationality, and hoped that the imperial doctor could supervise him. Avoid witch doctors taking advantage of this to harm others; third, they also do not trust Cao Yuying, the "only remaining" prince.
The emperor was suspicious, even though it was Cao Yuying who found out that he was poisoned by Gu, and brought the Miao witch doctor into the palace to expel him, but the emperor still did not believe that the reason for doing all this was just because of "filial piety" - in his In her eyes, this was nothing more than Cao Yuying's means to ascend to the throne in a legitimate way.
The emperor admitted that "Cao Yuying" was indeed a good seedling for the emperor. Although she had not received an emperor's education, she already possessed the scheming skills an emperor should have. Not to mention that there is only one prince left under his knees who can inherit the throne, even if he has a few more children, Cao Yuying is probably his most preferred candidate for the throne.
However, it is two completely different concepts to choose the other party as the heir on one's own initiative, and for the other party to take the throne from oneself. The emperor did not move Cao Yuying for the time being, just to prepare himself in case something unexpected happened to him, but if he regained his health and dealt with the matter of the temptress and the Miao people, the next thing he had to do was to severely suppress the appointment, which made him feel Threatening son—after all, in front of the throne, the relationship between father and son is a complete joke.
Now that Cao Yuying has been regarded as a competitor, the emperor must put an end to the possibility of the other party's assassination in the process of expelling the insects, and completely control the witch doctor in his hands. In order to achieve this goal, he did not hesitate to promise the witch doctor to spare the lives of the entire Miao family. Even after learning that the witch doctor and the noble concubine were mother and child, he "bear the burden of humiliation" and "test the courage" and said that if he succeeded in expelling the insects, he could consider treating the noble concubine. leniency.
—As for whether these promises will be fulfilled after the event is completed... Hehe, the emperor said that he must let these daring Miao people know what it means to be "the emperor's anger will lay down millions of corpses and bleed thousands of miles"!
The poor witch doctor didn't know that the emperor had already sentenced the entire Miao people to death. She only heard that the Han emperor said "you have no jokes", but she didn't know that there was another saying "the power of heaven is unpredictable". Once the emperor turns his face, nine times out of ten he will kill him to silence him!
However, Cao Yuying was well aware of the emperor's various thoughts, but she didn't bother to care about them at all.
Perhaps the throne is more important than life to other people, but in the eyes of Cao Yuying, who has experienced so many lives and has been emperor for countless times, this is just a scapegoat that makes him avoid it.
The emperor guarded against him for his own health and the throne, but he didn't know that Cao Yuying probably hoped that the other party would survive this disaster safely and continue to sit on the throne for decades more than the emperor himself. As for Cao Yuying, she can continue to wear the cloak of a "princess" and travel freely with her little son-in-law, instead of being trapped in the deep palace and approving endless memorials day after day.
Therefore, Cao Yuying readily complied with the emperor's request, hurriedly packed the witch doctor into the palace, and even ordered her contacts in the palace to fully cooperate with the emperor in blocking the news and deceiving the noble concubine, but Bai Duan saw the intense preparations in the palace. As the end gradually came to an end, I became more and more worried and uneasy.
On the one hand, the education of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism he received since he was a child made him hope that the emperor would recover, but on the other hand, he was no longer silly and sweet, and he also worried that his "wife" would become a thorn in the emperor's eyes after the emperor recovered. A thorn in the flesh and an accident.
These two emotions continued to struggle in Bai Duan's mind, and in the end, the worry about his "wife" overwhelmed his loyalty to the emperor.
After a night of turmoil with Cao Yuying, Bai Duan lay on him, hesitated for a long time, and finally said softly: "The witch doctor will exorcise Gu worms for the Holy One in a few days, you... don't you need to do anything?"
"What am I going to do?" Cao Yuying froze for a moment, unable to react for a while. But as soon as the words fell, he understood Bai Duan's meaning, and he couldn't help laughing in surprise and joy, "I said I don't want to be the emperor, do you believe me?"
Bai Duan was silent for a while, then nodded slightly: "I believe it. But it is useless for me to believe it. Will your father and your future brothers believe it? You should know that since you have already stood in this position , it will be difficult to get out again.”
"Of course I know." Cao Yuying raised her eyebrows, "So... I want to ask you, are you willing to continue traveling with me after the matter is over? In the past year or so, we have visited almost half of the country, But the sky is high and the land is vast, and there are still many places we haven’t set foot on. We can go to the grasslands of the nomads in the north, we can travel to the countries of the Western Regions along the trade routes, and we can even go east to the sea to explore the world beyond the ocean... "
Listening to Cao Yuying's description, Bai Duan's eyes were faintly glowing in the dark, and his heart couldn't help but be moved: "Can we... can?"
"Of course, I can convince my father-in-law that I have no intention of taking the throne, and even I can never resume my status as a prince." Cao Yuying smiled, "Once we are tired from walking, we can go back to Beijing to rest, and wait until my father-in-law retires and retires." , we can also bring him along..."
Bai Duan is ready to move, wishing to solve everything early the next morning, and then together with Cao Yuying, "the sea is as wide as the fish leap, and the sky is as high as the birds fly". However, the days will go on day by day. situation.
A few days later, preparations were finally made for expelling the Gu worms. Bai Duan and Cao Yuying were also summoned into the palace and guarded outside the emperor's bedroom—surrounded by a group of imperial guards who superficially respected but actually closely monitored.
At the same time, Lanyue Hall where the noble concubine lived was also heavily surrounded by soldiers. After a period of calm before the storm, the long-prepared storm finally hit the noble concubine's head.
Crying and yelling for grievances in Lanyue Palace was chaotic, and the imperial concubine's usually lazy and charming face was also pale, and she sternly scolded the imperial guards for their audacity. The personal maid who has been controlled by Cao Yuying has already received the order of the "master", and quickly found the dark room in Lanyue Temple in the chaos, and then respectfully held the brocade box containing the female insects in front of the guards— The female insect has been fed with blood by the imperial concubine for more than ten years, and has long been compatible with her breath, so it can exert its due effect without being carried by the imperial concubine all the time.
When seeing this scene, the concubine's flustered expression suddenly calmed down—or "numb" is more appropriate. But even though her hair was disheveled and her clothes were disheveled, she still held her neck high, without any sense of embarrassment. Instead, she was as arrogant, cold and arrogant as usual.
"I have thought for a long time that I will have such a day..." Twitching the corners of her lips, the noble concubine knew that she was at the end of her rope, so she simply gave up all resistance, and was mercilessly escorted by the imperial guards to the most closely guarded place. dungeon.
The imperial concubine suddenly fell off the horse without any warning, causing panic in the entire harem—even though they had imagined that the other party would be rewarded for their evil for countless times, when it really happened, everyone found that not only did they not feel the pleasure of revenge, He was even full of fear and uneasiness, and felt more and more that "accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger".
The haggard and pale concubines who survived under the imperial concubine's hands looked at the imperial concubine escorted by the imperial army from a distance, their expressions were in a trance, with uncertain sorrow and joy; , but was waved by the leader of the Forbidden Army, and they were arrested together with their biological mother.
Seeing her own child being implicated, the imperial concubine's indifferent and arrogant expression suddenly collapsed, struggling to keep her flesh and blood in her arms - but by now, it was too late. Even the princes and princesses ended up like this, it can be seen how angry the emperor was with the actions of the imperial concubine, and he no longer even cherished the blood relationship.
Perhaps, in his eyes, these three princes and princesses are no longer his children, but his future enemies. The emperor has always been well versed in the principle of cutting grass and roots, and probably will not allow these "future troubles" to continue to threaten his country's foundation.
In the past, in order to vent her anger and satisfy her desires, the imperial concubine took action against the children born to the queen and even other concubines, but now it is her turn. In the end, he became the most innocent victim.
Not to mention the pain that the concubine, mother and child had to endure in the prison, the female was sent to the emperor's bedroom under the strict protection of the imperial army, and handed over to the witch doctor.
The witch doctor tried his best to prevent himself from thinking about the situation of his daughter. She took a deep breath, stabilized her trembling hands holding the brocade box, and stepped into the emperor's bedroom together with the imperial doctors who were facing an enemy.
As for what happened next, Bai Duan and Cao Yuying who were locked outside did not know - the only thing they need to do now is to wait quietly.
In the end, the witch doctor and the imperial doctors worked together to lure out and kill the male worm in the emperor's brain. The emperor suffered a lot for this, and when the treatment was over, his whole body was as pale and tired as if he had been fished out of cold water.
Next, the emperor retired from court for three days and carefully took care of his body. The degree of recovery should be considered good. The only sequelae was that his right hand always had uncontrollable spasms one after another. In severe cases, it was difficult to even hold a brush.
Such a problem will not affect a person's lifespan, but it is really a great trouble for the emperor who needs to review a large number of memorials. Although he can find someone to write for him, but this is easy to leak state secrets, and secondly, it is easy to lead to the loss of power, which is really not a proper solution.
——If you are the king of a country, but you can't even review the memorials alone, how can you shoulder the heavy responsibility of the whole country
The emperor was furious because of this, but he also knew in his heart how much damage a bug would do to his brain if it had been parasitic in his brain for so long and then crawled out of it. The result of my best efforts with the imperial physicians.
After recuperating for weeks without any improvement, the emperor finally had to come to terms with reality. After he locked himself in the imperial study for a whole day, he promulgated the Edict of Guilt.
In order to avoid causing panic in the court and the people, in the Edict of Guilt, he only stated that he had been deceived by traitors for more than ten years, and now he has fully realized and regretted his mistakes. Fortunately, some mistakes can be made up for.
The emperor rewarded and promoted all the officials who were relegated and dismissed by him for "mistakenly believing slander"; the emperor gave rich rewards to the families of the victimized queens and concubines; As for the candidate for the crown prince who the courtiers are most concerned about, the emperor said that he had found out from the people that he was secretly sent to be raised by his mother and concubine in order to avoid falling into the clutches of the demon concubine, and now he has grown up smoothly. The grown-up prince.
From then on, the prince named "Yuying" will be brought by the emperor's side and personally cultivated. Once it is confirmed that he is qualified to be emperor, he will be established as a prince to stabilize the country and society.
As soon as this edict came out, the world was in an uproar, and at the same time, another imperial edict was quietly sent to Bai Yushi's mansion by the emperor's personal eunuch chief.
After reading the imperial decree, the chief eunuch respectfully helped Cao Yuying who was kneeling in front of her, still dressed in women's attire, and said in an extremely excited tone, "Congratulations, Your Highness, you finally got your wish!"
As soon as she opened her eyes, Cao Yuying changed her name from "Cao Yuying" to "Cao Yuying", from "Second Princess" to "Prince living among the people": "... ... ... ... ... ..."
Not long ago, my lover drew a big cake of "traveling around the world", and now the white satin that has broken my dream: "... ... ... ... ... ..."
Bai Yushi was bewildered and didn't know what happened: "..."
—So, don't set up FLAG for anything, the reality... is always far from the ideal...