Because Qi Jinyu was seriously injured, Zhou Yun Sheng took him directly to the palace for treatment after returning to the capital. When the queen mother heard that her son was back, she hurriedly called all the imperial doctors in the imperial hospital to stand by. This, is this still her handsome and graceful son? Why does it look like a ghost? Is it wrong
"Queen Mother, it's me, Queen Mother!" Qi Jinyu struggled to get off the bed, hugging the Queen Mother's legs and crying bitterly. It is said that men do not cry easily because they have not yet reached the sad part. Now that his appearance is ruined, his fingers are broken, and the reputation of incompetence has spread, it is equivalent to nothing, so what else can he use to compete with Qi Yining? On the way back, several servants who served him took the trouble to take out Qi Yining's decree for the rain to fall, and said that he was treated like a god, and even Luo Zhen and other accompanying officials, Qi Yining's awe has been deeply rooted. , Not to mention lobbying them to join their own camp, even if they put the knife on their necks, they would not and would not dare to change their minds.
The decree of rain quickly spread throughout the country from the southwest. In this world where imperial power is supreme, if the monarch's body is covered with a halo of "ordered by the sky", then the loyalty of the people to the monarch will reach unimaginable levels for modern people. high. There are temples dedicated to Emperor Sheng in many places, and the incense is very strong. There are also different versions. There are legends about how Emperor Sheng went down to earth to experience and spread like wildfire, and his description is divine.
Under such circumstances, not to mention that Qi Jinyu has become a cripple, even if he is in good health, he cannot shake Zhou Yunsheng's throne at all. Thinking of this, he was so sad that he couldn't help crying.
The queen mother couldn't recognize this twisted face, but she could recognize her son's voice. After being shocked, she collapsed to the ground, hugged him and cried. When she was tired from crying, she began to ask how these injuries were caused, and listened to her son's details. , with a cracking assertion, "What kind of rogue is there, it must be an assassin sent by Qi Yining, otherwise, how could even the dark guards of the Zhenbei General's Mansion be unable to stop him. His malicious thoughts took away your The throne is not counted, but you still want your life. If I knew this, I should have sent him to Huangquan with that slut."
"Empress mother, what's the use of talking about it now? Let's think about the future." Qi Jinyu wiped away her tears, helped the queen mother to sit back on the couch, and whispered in her ear, "Mother mother, you can think of a way to make him stand up for her sincerity. Prince, when Cheng'er is a little older, there is still a chance for my son..."
Hearing her son explain the plan in detail, the queen mother sighed, "I was annoyed at the time when you were mixed up with that slut Zhao Bixuan, but at the moment, we are actually relying on her to turn over. She, if she doesn't agree, the Ai family has a way to make her life worse than death."
Qi Jinyu thanked him, and then lay back on the bed to rest in peace.
As soon as Zhou Yun Sheng returned to the palace, he had the second prince who was fostered outside be sent back. During the three months of the trip, the Queen Mother has repeatedly sent people to pick up the second prince, but he has been blocked by the inner servant he arranged. He only said that the second prince had chickenpox and could not see the wind. The queen mother saw that many imperial physicians came and went in and out of Fengyi Palace every day. Several imperial physicians sat in the side hall for a while and then left one after another. Zhao Bixuan was also a big hearted person, so she didn't find it strange at all. Instead, Qi Jinyu was worried about her safety. Occasionally, it took such a small moment to think of her son who didn't know where he was. .
The more her maid thought about it, the more she felt that the emperor was afraid that he already knew the truth, and he was in a constant panic. She knew that Zhao Bixuan was useless. She was able to regain her holy favor at the beginning, not because of her cleverness and wit, but because of her beautiful face. The emperor protected her so well that she didn't let her experience much harem turmoil. As for her mind, apart from all kinds of romantic feelings and deep boudoir resentments, there is nothing to do.
The emperor is so obvious, she still can't remember the taste, and sooner or later will drag hundreds of people up and down Fengyi Palace to death. The palace maid kept repeating it over and over again, and mentioned it many times, but she just nodded absent-mindedly, and finally asked with red eyes, "When will Jin Yu be back?"
Over time, the palace maid also became desperate. Outside the palace, she also has an old woman who has been widowed for many years and a younger brother. She lives on Yueyin in her palace. What should her family do when she dies? Thinking about it this way, she actually looked around for contacts, left Fengyi Palace before Shengdi came back, and went to the Shangyi Bureau to be the most inferior palace maid. It was a bit hard, but at least she could survive. There are also palace servants who are also active in mind, and they have joined the Ming Lord one after another through relationships. The guards guarding Fengyi Palace only detained Concubine Huiyi, and no one asked if they were leaving or leaving.
Therefore, when the second prince was sent back, there were only about twenty palaces and servants left in the huge Fengyi Palace. Zhao Bixuan, who used to be around a hundred people when she went out for a walk, could no longer support it. From the shelf of the imperial concubine. Only then did she gradually panic, and she woke up from nightmares almost every night. She dreamed that Qi Jinyu was dead for a while, her son was missing for a while, and she even dreamed of three-foot white silk and poison wine.
"My son, you're finally back! The concubine misses you so much!" She hugged the second prince who was lost and recovered, tears falling down her cheeks, and then looking at the palace gate, she always thought that Emperor Sheng would follow this name. Come over. However, the palace gate was empty, and the servants said goodbye after the child was delivered, and asked the guards to close the palace gate again by the way.
No matter how stupid Zhao Bixuan was, she faintly sensed the approaching disaster. She was raised in a boudoir, her vision was short-sighted, and she was a prostitute herself. She had never been taught by her mother-in-law. Except for a face, she really had nothing to show. She wondered whether Emperor Sheng's intention was to take away the second prince, nor did she dare to think deeply. She believed that as long as she obeyed Emperor Sheng and served him well in the future, he would always dote on her like before.
She had never been so eager to see Emperor Sheng as now, as if he was the life-saving straw to prevent her from drowning in the palace. However, she also couldn't let Qi Jinyu go, and only hoped that he could understand her difficulties.
After eagerly looking forward to it for several days, Zhao Bixuan was finally summoned by the emperor, and quickly changed into the most beautiful set of palace clothes, sat in front of the bronze mirror, smeared and painted powder, and carefully sketched. She folded her fluffy temples and supported the trembling Bu Yao. She was very satisfied with her unparalleled appearance. With her back straight, Shi Shiran stepped out of the palace gate that she had not been able to step out for a long time.
"Chen and concubines see the emperor, the emperor..."
She curtseyed gracefully, and before she finished speaking, she saw the emperor walk past her and walked straight forward, not to mention the long-awaited reunion, she didn't even have a straight eye. She quickly recovered from her daze, followed step by step, staring at his back with tears in her eyes. How could this person leave her alone in the past? He will definitely hold her hand, while softly speaking to please her, while paying attention to her feet. He was always willing to be side by side with her and put her in the same position, instead of making her look at his back humbly.
Zhao Bixuan felt sad for a moment and found that the road under her feet was very familiar, and her heartbeat suddenly increased.
"Emperor, where are we going?" she asked bravely.
"Go to the Empress Dowager at Cining Palace, and take a look at the emperor's younger brother. The emperor's younger brother is in good condition. He will be able to leave the palace today. You and I will see him off."
Zhao Bixuan agreed softly, barely suppressing her excitement. Because she has been under house arrest in the Fengyi Palace, and there is no confidant who can hear or see, she can be considered a blind eye now. She only knows that Prince Gong is recovering from the Queen Mother, but she does not know exactly what kind of injury he is.
Zhou Yun Sheng glanced back at her, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.
The last person Qi Jinyu wants to see now is Zhao Bixuan. She heard that the second prince had chickenpox. She is currently staying in Fengyi Palace to take care of her behind closed doors. But on the day he left, Zhao Bixuan came and ran into him head-to-head as soon as he entered the door. Zhao Bixuan was unprepared when she saw such a twisted and hideous face appear in front of her, she screamed loudly, "Ah, there's a ghost!"
The dust on the beams was shaken off a little by her voice that was soaring into the sky.
After the screaming, there was silence in the Cining Palace. The empress dowager could not wait to tear off this bitch's mouth, and Qi Jinyu's extremely fragile heart began to bleed.
"What are you calling, this is the emperor's younger brother." Zhou Yun Sheng impatiently pushed away Zhao Bi Xuan who was hiding behind him.
"Impossible!" Zhao Bixuan retorted sharply. Where is this evil ghost her beautiful and unrequited sweetheart, and what are the similarities between them? Before she finished speaking, she had already noticed the royal uniform on this person, as well as the other half of his slightly normal face. Her cheeks were flushed, her breathing was short, and she felt that something terrible must have happened in these three months that would turn her entire life upside down.
"The emperor's younger brother was cut by a rogue. It doesn't matter if there is a scar on the man's face. Don't be surprised in the future." Zhou Yun Sheng rolled his sleeves and scolded.
Zhao Bixuan nodded stiffly. As soon as her eyes touched the ugly face of her sweetheart, she looked away in panic. She couldn't accept the current appearance of her sweetheart, it was terrible.
How could Qi Jinyu not notice her resistance, her mood was extremely depressed and painful, but she still had a calm smile on her face, and said goodbye to the two of them with hands. Zhou Yunsheng sent him to the gate of the palace before returning to handle government affairs. The queen mother took the opportunity to leave Zhao Bixuan behind, saying that she was in a depressed mood and asked Concubine Huiyi to accompany her.
Zhou Yun Sheng just smiled and pretended not to notice anything. He didn't need to use his brain to guess the careful thinking of the mother and son. It was nothing more than a beautiful trick to let Zhao Bixuan confuse herself to make the second prince the crown prince, and then put a slow poison on himself. Qi Jinyu came to be the regent, and in this way, it could be regarded as an indirect realization of his dream of surpassing ten thousand people. This pair of "lovers" is also really interesting. The man asks the woman to go to bed with other men, and the woman doesn't even dare to look at the man's disfigured face. If this is the unswerving love that the world's consciousness is moved by, then he can only laugh.
As soon as Zhao Bixuan closed her eyes, Qi Jinyu's distorted face appeared in her mind, making her heart tremble with fright. She unconsciously compared Shengdi's peerless handsome face with Qi Jinyu, and her fear quickly turned into admiration. As if the blindfolded gauze was suddenly undone, she was stunned to discover that the Emperor Sheng, who once made her resentful, was the best man in the world. Those pets that she scoffed at and abandoned like shoes are probably the treasures that women all over the world dream of.
She was sitting next to the Queen Mother, her hand trembling while holding the embroidered handkerchief, for fear that she would wake up too late and would never be able to restore Emperor Sheng's heart. But as soon as the Queen Mother spoke, she shattered her delusions that she wanted to start over.
"Take this thing back, it will be in the emperor's meals every day." Like Zhao Bixuan, the queen mother is now blind, and she doesn't see any sign that Concubine Huiyi has fallen out of favor.
"What is this?" Zhao Bixuan's eyes showed a look of fear.
"This is 'Dengxian'." The Queen Mother didn't explain much, but Zhao Bixuan understood that it was a poison. What is ascending the fairy, it should be Huang Quan.
"No, no." She waved her hand in rejection. After her sweetheart ruined her appearance, her head became clear in an instant, and she understood that he would never have the possibility of ascending the throne in this life, and her glory and wealth were now all tied to Emperor Sheng. If Shengdi is healthy, she will have a good life.
"I can't bear it? Then you knelt at Aijia's feet, crying and shouting that you only love Jinyu in your life. What's the matter with you? You can change your mind very fast when you see it, and you really are a ruthless bitch..." He sighed on the couch, and after a while, he laughed nervously, "But don't forget, whose blood is flowing on the second prince. You said that if Qi Yining knew about this, would he still forgive you? Anyway, your salty body No matter how you wash it, you can't clean it, so why not get a little dirty?"
The biggest leverage was in the opponent's hand, Zhao Bixuan had no room to resist, she agreed with the Queen Mother's request with tears in her eyes, and felt extremely regretful in her heart. If she had been able to survive the loneliness of the cold palace, if she had seen clearly who was truly worthy of love, how could she have fallen into such a state of incompetence. Emperor Sheng treats her well, and now he wants to be better than Qi Jinyu by a hundred times and a thousand times.
Qi Jinyu was hit hard by Zhao Bixuan, and she didn't want to meet the princess after returning to the mansion. However, the princess has high martial arts skills and a domineering personality. Even if five or six guards stood up to intercept them, she was kicked one by one and could not get up. She pushed open the door, saw Qi Jinyu's face clearly, her eyes flashed back to normal, and her face actually opened with a smile.
"Have you ever been hurt there?" She pulled away Qi Jinyu's hand covering her face and asked with a smile.
When Qi Jinyu saw her aiming straight under him, she immediately understood what she meant, and shook her head angrily, "Of course not!"
"Very good, very good." Qian Fangfei sighed while holding her hands.
She grew up in the barracks and saw many disabled soldiers, so naturally she would not be frightened by Qi Jinyu's face. And her upbringing experience is very special, which has created her unique character.
Once Qian Tong's camp in Qiu Ming Mountain was besieged by Bei Di's army, and the food and forage were cut off. Seeing that the soldiers were dying of starvation and completely lost their fighting spirit, Qian Tong pulled out his concubine and concubines and concubines and chopped them up. The hungry soldiers ate, fearing that the soldiers would not have enough to eat, and wanted to slaughter a few of their sons and daughters. At that time, Madam Qian knelt on the ground and begged bitterly, but she only saved her two brothers and gave her up. She was locked in the sheepfold, and there was a soldier beside her who was slowly sharpening a kitchen knife, staring at her with hungry eyes while sharpening.
She was so frightened at the time that she cried heart-to-heart, and kept calling for her father and mother, but none of her close relatives came, but a military advisor came. He said that she was the direct daughter, and if she also killed her to share food for the soldiers, she would probably be criticized for being cold-blooded and ruthless and disregarding Lunchang. So she was released, her mother hugged her and kept shouting 'my poor son', but in her mother's warm embrace, her heart gradually became cold. She is not grateful to the military advisor, because he saved her for Qian Tong's reputation. If she did not have the status of a direct daughter, she would have become a pile of minced meat floating in the pot.
When Qian Tong decided to send several direct sons and daughters to the capital, the two brothers were terrified, but she was ecstatic. She thought that she must live a good life and never marry a man who only treats her as a tool and decoration. Her husband must treat her as a human being, otherwise she will drag him to death. When she received the imperial edict of marriage, she was actually very dissatisfied, but Qi Jinyu's cleanliness and tenderness gave her hope. Her only worry is that he is so noble and so handsome, what will Concubine Na side do in the future? If they were ordinary people, she could crush them to death, but it would be difficult for the royal family to deal with them.
Now that Qi Jinyu is disfigured, who in the world can accept him besides her? Therefore, when she saw Qi Jinyu who was as ferocious as a ghost, not only did she not feel disgusted, but she cherished him more than ever.
"Jin Yu, men stand between the heavens and the earth, relying on real talents and hard work, not handsome faces. Don't be discouraged, let's live as before." She hugged her husband and kissed his hideous scar. He took a sip, and his eyes gleamed with joy.
In the past, she was worried that he would take a concubine, so she never wanted to get pregnant. She just waited for him to regenerate after being trained, or she was sure that his nature was hard to change, so she gave birth to a child and lived behind closed doors. Anyway, she didn't want to have a baby too soon. But it's different now. Qi Jinyu is her own, and she can give birth to whatever she likes.
The princess' attitude made Qi Jinyu feel a lot better, and hugged her to be gentle. Now that he needs the support of General Zhenbei more and more, he should treat Qian Fangfei better than before. The husband and wife have their own thoughts, but they live very harmoniously.
Contrary to the calm Prince Gong's mansion, the palace was a little uneasy. Although Qi Yining was still very young, he had also expressed this idea before, and now I am afraid that he will fall into his arms.
"Okay, I will hereby issue a decree to confer the eldest prince as the crown prince."
Emperor Sheng's answer made the Empress Dowager almost faint from anger, and she asked with trembling lips, "Didn't you always care about the Second Prince before?"
"Since ancient times, the establishment of the prince has been like this, either as a direct descendant or as an elder. I have only two sons under my knees, and the second prince is neither the direct descendant nor the chief, so how can I establish him?"
The empress dowager had nothing to say, and she deeply regretted stopping him from conferring Zhao Bixuan as the empress, otherwise the second prince would be a legitimate son. But she has always shown that she hates Zhao Bixuan very much, and it is impossible to persuade him to stand up in front of Emperor Sheng in a hurry at this time. The matter reached a dead end. In order to prevent the eldest prince from taking advantage, she could only let a few courtiers stop temporarily, and then tried every means to kill the eldest prince.
Zhou Yun Sheng took the first step to bring the eldest prince to the Qianqing Palace for upbringing. Although he did not have the name of the prince, he already had the reality of the prince. In the present court, except for a few officials whose lifeline was seized by the Queen Mother, the other ministers were only the leader of Emperor Sheng, and even Luo Zhen and others regarded him as a god and admired him extremely. The prince he chose was the best.
The eldest prince's mother-in-law Su Jieyu's status in the palace instantly became detached. She had to meet many palace concubines every day, and her life was very beautiful.
Zhao Bixuan never knew that jealousy was so uncomfortable. She thought that Emperor Sheng was just pranking with herself, and when she gave in, he would turn around, but things were completely different from what she imagined. After making three dishes and one soup with her own hands, and sprinkled a little poisonous powder, she once again asked the servant to go to the Qianqing Palace to invite people.
The servant was kicked away without even touching the palace gate. When he knelt down and replied, he really wanted to tell Concubine Huiyi clearly: Niangniang, you have fallen out of favor, so forget it, don't bother.
Zhao Bixuan was silent for a moment, then stood up and put the dishes into the food box, caressing her undisturbed temples and said, "The emperor is too busy with government affairs, so I'd better go in person." When they reached the gate of Qianqing Palace, they were still stopped by several guards.
"Go in and bring a message to this palace, the emperor will meet with this palace." Zhao Bixuan reluctantly maintained the pride of her favorite concubine.
Several guards were indifferent, standing on the spot like statues, and stretched out their swords and halberds to block the way. Zhao Bixuan gritted her teeth and walked around them, but she was pushed back by the sword and halberd again. When she was pulling, she heard a muffled crackling sound.
Zhao Bixuan screamed and ducked, not paying attention to a stone the size of a soybean slowly rolling over her feet.
"I have seen Yu Guogong." Several guards saw the person who came and hurriedly knelt down and saluted, and then turned sideways to let him in.
Zhao Xuan nodded slightly, without looking at Zhao Bixuan, he walked straight in, his face suddenly darkened as he bypassed the scraps, and a murderous intent appeared in the depths of his pupils.
"Brother, help me with a word..." Zhao Bixuan tried to pull his sleeve, but he was shocked by his internal force, and said coldly, "Drag her out!" Touching the dirt on the ground, he ordered, "Leave it here first, don't clean it, and then deal with it when the prince of the country returns to the emperor."
Those who can become the guards in front of the royal family must firstly be able to wink; secondly, they must have a keen sense of urgency. Several people immediately noticed the mystery in Yu Guogong's words and agreed.
Zhao Xuan's eyes and ears are open to the sky, and he naturally knows that Zhao Bixuan has fallen out of favor a long time ago, and the emperor really protects him like a jade, which makes him very satisfied. In a good mood, he planned to leave Zhao Bixuan alone, but he didn't expect her to collide with the knife. Although he can kill her secretly, he hopes to completely remove her from the emperor's heart.
It's time to let that man know how vicious and lewd the woman he once spoiled.