"Your Majesty really wants to be a girl... just say so?" Li Yao looked at Yong Ruo, then looked around, staring slightly.
Yong Ruo smiled and said, "That's right."
Li Yao lowered her head and thought for a while, then took a deep breath: "The girl just said it straight. Your empress has been married to the current emperor for nearly five years, but she has never been pregnant. Do you know why?"
Yong Ruo smiled and said, "Why?" She didn't say that she was pregnant.
"Because the empress has been poisoned by a sterilization poison called 'Purple Osmanthus'?" Li Yao finished speaking quickly.
There was a moment of silence in the hall. Yong Ruo hooked the corner of his mouth slightly ironically: "How do you know?"
"It was the master who said it. As for how the master knew... I also ask the empress to allow the girl to finish talking."
Yong Ruo said lightly: "Okay! Let me see what nonsense you can talk about."
Li Yao bowed slightly towards Yongruo: "The master said that when the empress was very young, he diagnosed that there was some abnormality in the eight meridians of the empress.
"The empress's Ren, Chong, and Dai channels are too narrow, and there are some blockages; the Du channel is too wide, so that it is a bit dry. The four channels of yin, yang, yin and yang are full of yin and yang. decline.
"A person with this pulse condition will be far superior to others in terms of intelligence, beauty, and smooth skin, just like a concubine.
"However, since the onset of menarche, such a person will suffer from lingering illnesses due to the abnormality of the eight meridians. He will die in his twenties..."
"Bold!" Before Li Yao could finish speaking, Hua Rou suddenly changed color and shouted sharply, "How dare you curse your mother?!"
Yu Jing, Jiao Zhu and others standing beside him also had ugly faces. Su Mingjian stood still, but involuntarily looked in the direction of the screen.
Yong Ruo had already heard Feng Liao behind the screen, and placed a teacup heavily on the table.
She waved to Huarou and said loudly: "Don't worry, let her finish." This is also a reminder to Fengliao behind the screen.
Li Yao bowed to Yong Ruo again: "Thank you, Ma'am. Let's make a long story short!
"After the master of Minnv diagnosed the hidden dangers of the empress, for the sake of the good relationship between the empress and senior sister Lulu, and the kindness and kindness of the empress's family, she thought hard for a long time and thought of a not-so-good solution.
"This method is: build a bridge of five elements and nine palaces among the eight meridians of the empress with a unique acupuncture method. This can make up for the congenital deficiencies of the empress, so that the empress can grow up healthily, and her life expectancy is no different from that of ordinary people.
"But this Five Elements and Nine Palaces Bridge can only treat the symptoms but not the root cause. If the empress is pregnant, it will slowly be overwhelmed, and it will completely disintegrate and fail when it is about six or seven months pregnant.
"At that time, the abnormality of the eight meridians will make the empress's body unable to bear the growth of a fetus, and either miscarriage or dystocia.
"Therefore, the master secretly injected the poison of 'Purple Osmanthus' on the empress to kill offspring and preserve her longevity.
"The master said: He once told the empress that it would be difficult for the empress to have children, so it is not as good as the empress, do you still remember?"
There was silence behind the screen.
The hall was even more silent.
Yong Ruo has a feeling of "traveling too much at night, and finally met a ghost".
What a coincidence!
She once fooled Feng Liao and said: Doctor You Fang said that it would be difficult for him to have children.
Only she, Feng Liao and Imperial Physician Xu knew this. Either Dr. Xu and this liar are in the same group, or this group of liars have hit the ground.
The words made up by these liars can make all the details so subtle yet plausible, what a genius!
And her own lies coincided with the words of the liar so coincidentally, how could she make Feng Liao feel at ease? How to catch the messenger behind the scenes
Yong Ruo looked at Li Yao for a few seconds, then suddenly chuckled: "I'm sorry, I'm already pregnant."
"Already...pregnant?" Li Yao's eyes widened, and she couldn't speak clearly, "This...how is this possible?"
Yong Ruo kept smiling: "Why is that impossible?" She had been observing Li Yao's expression, and felt that her various performances had a trace of deliberate performance, which seemed unnatural. The acting skills are not enough!
Li Yao said with a solemn face: "Maybe the lady asks the girl to have a pulse?"
Yong Ruo shook his head: "No!"
Not everyone can diagnose my pulse. What if you are a dead soldier and take the opportunity to assassinate me
Li Yao thought for a while, with a sullen face, shook her head and smiled wryly: "It seems that the masters of the Tai Hospital cured the poison of 'Purple Osmanthus' for the empress.
"Well, this person who detoxifies only knows one thing, but doesn't know the other, and I'm afraid he's going to do something bad with good intentions... The women's medical skills are shallow, and they don't know what to do in this situation.
"If your empress believes in the master of Minnv, it is best to go out of the palace and let the master have a look; or call him into the palace to diagnose your empress..."
Yong Ruo chuckled, "You're quite mysterious. But these years, why haven't the imperial physicians noticed any abnormality in my pulse?"
Li Yao replied eloquently: "Your Majesty doesn't know something. After the master builds the bridge of five elements and nine palaces for your empress, your pulse condition will be the same as that of ordinary people. Naturally, the imperial physicians will not find any abnormalities."
"How come I don't have the slightest impression of Lu Langzhong putting needles on me?"
"The master said: He was afraid of exposing his medical skills, so he stunned the empress before he gave the needle. The empress only thought that she had fallen asleep."
Yong Ruo curled the corners of his mouth sarcastically: "He is kind and doesn't want people to know. Now, why did you come into the palace to tell me this? Aren't you afraid of getting into trouble?"
"Because... because Minnv and others have something to ask for your mother. The real name of Minnv's master is Chen Ai, who was originally... from Kurong Pavilion..."
Li Yao began to tell Yongruo about the escape from Kurong Pavilion by You Fanglang, whose real name is Chen Ai.
Because of being hunted down by Kurong Pavilion, her master lived in seclusion in the capital incognito, and got to know Yong Ruo's family. That's why it's so mysterious.
These years, their master and apprentice hid in Tibet and suffered a lot.
Now that the master is getting old and senior sister Lulu is married, she wants to use the credit for saving her mother and some prescriptions from Kurong Pavilion to ask for a pardon so that she can live a peaceful life in the future...
"How did you know that I became a queen, and how did you come to find me?" Yong Ruo asked.
Li Yao said respectfully: "My mother was born as a minnv, and she once went hungry because of her father's unjust imprisonment, but she became a queen in the end. Such a legend has long been spread all over the world. Minnv and others have naturally heard of it.
"Not long ago, when we went back to the capital and inquired, we found out that Niangniang is an old friend of Senior Sister Lulu. After thinking about it again and again, Master made such a decision."
"Where are your masters now? I want to send someone to check."
"My lady, forgive me! The capital is the sphere of influence of Kurong Pavilion, and they have many eyes and ears in the palace. The whereabouts of the master and others can only be told to the lady quietly, so as not to let the news leak to the master and the others. Go forward and report, or... Temporarily dismiss everyone?"
Yong Ruo thought: This is Li Yao's second attempt to push herself away from the crowd, and it is also her second attempt to get closer to herself.
She said so many alarmist things in order to... hold herself hostage? Assassinate yourself
"I already know what you said. You go down and have a rest first. I have to think about other things."
Yongruo ordered Zhao Nanny and others to take Li Yao to Yuxiu Palace to rest: "Miss Li must not leave people around at all times. She is not allowed to step out of the room."
After Li Yao resigned, Feng Liao came out from behind the screen.
There was a deep worry on his face.
Yong Ruochao stepped aside, made half a seat vacant for him, and motioned him to sit beside her.
Feng Liao sat side by side on the throne with her, smiled at her reluctantly, held her hand tightly, frowning deeply, and hesitated to speak.
"You all wait outside, I have something to say to the emperor alone." Yong Ruo ordered.
After all the guards, maids, and eunuchs in the palace withdrew, she told Feng Liao directly: "This Li Yao is not a disciple of Lu Langzhong at all. She is talking nonsense!"
Feng Liao was stunned: "How do you know? Langzhong Lu said that your offspring is difficult, no outsiders know about this, right? There is also the nursery rhyme called "Fireflies", she can also sing it."
Yong Ruo said: "I don't know where she heard the saying that Zizi is difficult, or it's pure nonsense but she hit it right.
"As for the song "Firefly", I just wanted to ask you... When I was in Tangquan Mountain, you sang this song a lot in the palace, right?" She looked at him with a smile.
A little unnatural look appeared on Feng Liao's face.
He coughed lightly, and his eyes wandered a little: "Then... I missed you at that time... Sometimes I can sing a few words after having a drink."
Yong Ruo thought to himself: Sure enough.
She also said: "Lang Langzhong's wrist was not injured at all, at least not when I knew him. But I asked Lu Langzhong about the injury on his hand casually, and she followed my words and said it was completely healed.
"Of course, this is not conclusive evidence, because Lu Langzhong may have been injured after leaving Beijing, but he didn't tell her clearly when he was injured.
"But think about the 'old things' she used to prove her identity, osmanthus tree, osmanthus cake... which one is not widely circulated? There are many little things that no one else knows about me, Luuo and Lu Langzhong. Don't mention it?"
The solemn look on Feng Liao's face was swept away, and a sincere smile bloomed: "So, her words about abnormal meridians and eight veins, miscarriage or miscarriage are all nonsense?"
"Of course it's nonsense." Yong Ruo said, "The reason why I didn't expose her face to face is because I thought of one thing: this Li Yao might be from Kurong Pavilion."
Feng Liao thought for a while, and suddenly realized: "That's right! That scroll of manuscripts! She took that scroll of manuscripts as a token! Why does she have such confidence that the scroll of manuscripts can 'prove' her identity
"Because they think they have found out the real identity of Lu Langzhong. And they have the handwriting of this man in their hands."
Yong Ruo nodded: "She has already made up too many lies when she entered the palace today. You have to add a little bit of truth to this series of lies to barely fool people, right? So I think what she said about Chen Ai and Kurong Pavilion Those words are true.
"For some reason, Li Yao and the people behind her think that Lu Langzhong is that Chen Ai."
Feng Liao continued: "So, the manuscript that Li Yao sent should be the manuscript of that Chen Ai. And Li Yao can have such a thing, combined with her words, you can guess...she is probably from Kurong Pavilion? "
Yong Ruo gave him a thumbs-up: "That's right. The business of Kurong Pavilion has plummeted because of the ineffectiveness of the sterilization medicine, and now I'm afraid they can't sit still. Maybe they want to do something desperate to turn around..."
Feng Liao thought while saying: "After this Li Yao entered the palace, she wanted you to push away the crowd twice, and wanted to get close to you twice... She didn't want to assassinate you, did she?"
"It's possible. Liars usually use the trick of scaring people half to death first, and then tricking them into a pit when people are flustered. Li Yao's nonsense today is probably to scare me."
"If you let her get close to you in a panic, you'll give her a chance to strike." Feng Liao held Yong Ruo's face and rubbed it heavily, pursing her lips and wrinkling her nose happily, "Fortunately, I Ruoruo is smart, don't fall for her tricks!"
Not to be outdone, Yong Ruo rubbed his face and said, "So, the question now is: what is Li Yao's real purpose? If she entered the palace to assassinate me, why did she assassinate me?"
Feng Liao kissed her on the lips and said with a smile: "There are basically two ways to use her.
"One is: follow her tricks, follow her routine, follow the vines, and gradually figure it out. It's just that this kind of method probably requires you to venture out of the palace to make bait, and I will never agree.
"The second is: scare the snake out of the grass, cut the mess quickly, and force her to jump over the wall. Let's choose this method!"
Yong Ruo said: "Why do you force her to jump over the wall?"
"Call her back later, reveal her false identity in person, and see how she reacts. If she jumps up to assassinate, we can set up a bigger game and catch some big fish..."
He leaned close to Yongruo's ear and muttered for a while.
After listening to it, Yong Ruo thought to himself: Feng Liao will also play tricks on others!
If Feng Liao's plan is successful, she can save a lot of trouble, and don't have to rack her brains to think about how to catch the people from Kurong Pavilion.