Cold night.
Gu Qingwan raised his hand from the messy quilt, "Water!"
Yueniang and Chunni heard the commotion and hurriedly put on their clothes and came in to wait on her. One poured water and the other helped people.
As soon as the young lady came back from Nuan Pavilion, her forehead was very hot. Qian Fu checked her pulse and said she had a cold. He hurriedly prepared the medicine and fed it to the young lady. Seeing the young lady's increasingly pointed chin, the maids felt extremely distressed.
Qingguan took the warm water, drank it in one breath, and said feebly: "What time is it?"
Yueniang patted her back distressedly, "Miss, it's not until the fourth watch, it's still early."
"Give me another drink."
Chunni hurriedly poured it over again, "Miss, drink water."
After Qingguan drank, he sighed comfortably, "Go to sleep, I'm fine."
Yueniang touched her forehead and said worriedly: "Miss, do you want a slave to accompany you?"
"No, I've just been sweating all over and I feel uncomfortable sleeping. Get up early to prepare water and change clothes for me."
Yueniang and Chunni looked at each other, blew out the candles and left quietly.
The room became quiet, but his sleepiness suddenly disappeared, and Gu Qingwan let out a gentle breath.
Emperor Baoqing believed in Taoism and was obsessed with self-cultivation and longevity. Miu Miu, a believer in Buddhism in the Forbidden City, except for the imperial concubine who had no choice but to worship the Buddha in order to avoid being heard, the disciples of the royal family all regarded the emperor's love as their best.
In the whole world, the only one who can go against the emperor's will is the deposed prince.
Zhao Jingyan has been raised as a queen since she was a child, and has an inextricable relationship with the deposed prince.
Therefore, Zhao Jingyan had a vague scent of sandalwood on her body that day, so she must have gone to see the deposed prince.
The corners of Gu Qingwan's mouth trembled slightly, and his throat felt a little tight.
This man's gold and jade are inside, and the ruins are outside, in order to deceive others. Cover for whom? This is not something she should think about.
There is too much calculation and exploitation involved in this friendship, and it is difficult to distinguish between what is true and what is false.
It's not like this for myself.
Use his power to pay back the Qian family and make the Sheng family innocent.
So, how can two people who use each other have their hearts intertwined
Qingguan's expression slowly turned cold. After a long time, light appeared in his eyes again. After doing this several times, his thoughts became exceptionally clear.
She looked out the window and simply called in a low voice: "Yue Niang."
"Miss."
"Go and call Master Shi!"
Shi Minwei came in hurriedly. Seeing the young lady's face, he was slightly shocked and said hurriedly, "Young lady is ill, so you should take good care of her. Why worry too much?"
Qingguan smiled lightly, pointed to the round stool in front of the bed, and said: "I just suffered a little bit of wind and cold, it's not a problem. But I called the master here in the middle of the night, which made me feel uneasy."
Shi Minwei sat down and said, "Even if the young lady doesn't scream, Minwei still has a lot to say. He just sees that the young lady has been thinking so hard these past few days and her face is not good, so he just wants to take it easy."
Upon hearing this, Qingguan straightened his body and said, "It's such a cold night, so it's time for Zhu Ye to talk. It's time for us to discuss the next thing."
Shi Minwei stroked his beard and thought: "The current situation is obvious. King Rui is out, King Shou and King Xian are fighting. The emperor is impartial and only depends on the personal abilities of the two kings."
Qingguan nodded with deep understanding.
"As the saying goes, one time is different from another. The split between the two kings is inevitable. It may take half a year at the earliest or a year at the latest."
Qingguan lowered his head and said, "Why half a year?"
Shi Min said pretentiously: "On the other end, we have to see if King Shou can gain a firm foothold in the army. If it is not stable, there is no need to take action; if it is stable, when King Shou returns to the court, there will probably be a big storm."
Qingguan crossed her hands and sweat broke out on her hands. After a long silence, she said in a deep voice: "The only thing a good king can rely on is the concubine in the palace and the Su family. The empress is banned, and the concubine will definitely come back; the Su family He has been in charge of the military affairs department for many years, and his strength cannot be underestimated, so... "
Shi Minwei was listening in rapt attention. Seeing that the lady was silent, he asked, "So, what are the lady's plans?"
Qingguan raised her eyes and frowned slightly, "I plan to settle the accounts with the Su family."
Shi Minwei's heart felt suffocated, and his eyes sparkled with light. After a moment of silence, he whispered: "Young lady can see clearly."
As long as the Su family falls, King Xian will no longer have the strength to compete with King Shou, and it will be logical for King Shou to ascend the throne.
Qingguan met his gaze, her eyebrows relaxed, and her tone became much more relaxed, "Master, we are going to be beaten with a hard stick again later!"
"Those who have died once, what should we fear?" Shi Minwei raised his eyes, his chest filled with pride, "Miss, let's wait and see."
Qingguan smiled, but there was boundless desolation in his eyes.
Su Ziyu, we are finally facing each other!
Baoqing thirty-nine years.
The first day of December.
windy.
The sky is bright.
Zhao Jingyan, dressed in brocade clothes and jade crown, bid farewell to Emperor Baoqing in the palace and went out from the south gate.
All officials sent King Shou's ceremonial guard to the north gate, and King Xian personally served him water and wine. Zhao Jingyan took the wine glass, raised her eyes and looked into the distance, her eyes passing through the crowd one by one, her face slightly disappointed.
"Eighth brother." The wise king picked up the wine glass with a smile on his face and sent it forward, "Third brother, I wish you a safe journey."
Zhao Jingyan smiled back and said, "Thank you, third brother."
Their four eyes faced each other, and there was light overflowing from them. The years of walking together in the past are gone forever, and what is left is clear to both of them.
This is the way this world is, there are no permanent enemies, let alone permanent friends.
Zhao Jingyan laughed loudly, threw the wine glass away, turned around, got into the black carriage, and left without looking back.
An evil smile appeared on the lips of the wise king, and he whispered: "Old man, now we are the only two left!"
Qingguan looked ahead and saw the man gradually disappearing from sight like a blue cloud, and couldn't help but murmured, "Take care."
"Why don't you, Miss, send the longevity king in person?" Chen Ping looked puzzled.
The young lady was ill, so she got up early and rushed to the city gate. Logically speaking, due to her relationship with King Shou, she could only go forward to say goodbye, but she avoided seeing him.
Even so, why bother sending it
Qingguan withdrew her gaze, glanced at him lightly, turned and left.
Chen Ping glanced at his mouth and hurriedly followed to protect him. Alas, he could never guess what the lady was thinking, and he never dared to guess.
As soon as the curtain was lifted, Chen Ping said respectfully: "I'll help you, Miss, to get in the car!"
Just as Qingguan was about to raise his feet, a fast horse rushed over. The man on the horse pulled back the reins, turned over and jumped down, his eyes shining brightly.
"Miss Sixth, my father gave this to you, please accept it."
Qingguan stretched out his hand to look, and saw that it was a jade pendant with several branches of green willows carved on it, lifelike. The jade pendant was still warm, carrying the residual warmth of its owner, burning her palms.
Qingguan couldn't help but smile bitterly.
When men and women in this world express love, most men give them jade pendants and women give them purses. She felt that what she was holding in her hands at the moment was the smile that the man had left behind.
He actually guessed that she would come to see her off, what a skill!
Qingguan wanted to throw it away, but felt a little reluctant to leave it. After hesitating for a long time, she could only bite her red lips lightly and turn around to leave.
Dust and smoke rolled.
A Li rode his horse to the front of the car and said loudly: "Master, you expected it."
Zhao Jingyan was half-leaning in the car. Hearing this, his handsome face smiled faintly, as bright as the bright moon in the sky.
Jiang Hongwen laughed angrily and said, "It's just a farewell. It's not worth your coquettish smile."
"hehe!"
Zhao Jingyan responded, her eyes as warm as water, with a sense of meaning: "If it's to see you off, why not show up? I'm afraid that even she herself doesn't know where her heart is?"
"Where is she in her heart?" Jiang Hongwen was curious.
Zhao Jingyan stopped smiling, her face had never been so serious before, "Her heart is sinking to the bottom of the water. It will take a lot of effort to float up."
Jiang Hongwen was so sore that his teeth dropped. He shook the goosebumps on his body and said: "Don't be literary, speak human language."
"As the saying goes, I don't know either." Zhao Jingyan smiled bitterly.
Jiang Hongwen glanced at him, straightened up, and poured out two glasses of water and wine, "Yes, yes, yes, we have sent you a thousand miles away, and we need to say goodbye. Come, have a drink, and let's go our separate ways and say goodbye to him." A mother’s hero is short-tempered, but a son’s love is long-lasting.”
"The sparse shadows of the moon on the smoke tower on the river are not as good as the sand in my heart!"
Zhao Jingyan lazily stood up and clinked glasses with him seriously, "Brother, take care, I will leave everything in Beijing to you!"
Jiang Hongwen did it all, "I'll wait for you to come back..."
The convoy sped past, leaving behind bursts of dust. In the end, it turned into a dot until it disappeared.
Jiang Hongwen stood silently for a long time, then slowly turned around, with no discernible joy or sorrow in his heart.
Three days after King Shou left the capital, Emperor Baoqing finally fell ill. This illness lasted for three months, and he felt like he was facing a powerful enemy inside and outside the palace.
Gu Qingguan was summoned to the palace to ask for pulse, and she was at her side. All the decoctions and medicines were handled by her.
After this incident, Emperor Baoqing looked at her differently, without the previous inquiry and alienation. Presumably it was because the Qian Zongfang incident came to light.
The Six Doors are secretly investigating the Qian family's extermination. However, six years have passed and things have changed. It is not something that can be accomplished overnight.
Qingguan responds to all changes by remaining unchanged, and continues to act as before.
The case of the Qian family has not been settled, but the case of Dr. Cao is full of witnesses and material evidence. It is purely an unjust case created by Zhang Hua and the Queen for his own selfish desires.
The Ministry of Punishment re-investigated the case and submitted it. Emperor Baoqing was looking at the case, thinking about the person Dr. Cao used to be, and with a stroke of his pen, he overturned the case for the Cao family and returned part of the property.
Even so, the Cao family couldn't breathe for a long time after this difficulty.
Zhang Hua's crime was so heinous that he should have been executed immediately. However, because he still had several lives left in his body and had not yet been sorted out, the Ministry of Punishment detained him for rigorous interrogation.
However, there is no escape from the word death. If nothing unexpected happens, after next autumn, he will definitely be asked and killed.
In the palace, the Queen was surrounded by quiet turmoil. The storm did not last long. Half a month later, the inner palace returned to calm.
The imperial concubine put down her Buddhist scriptures, took off her plain robes, took charge of the boudoir, and took charge of the affairs of the six palaces, and her glory returned.
From then on, the imperial concubine dominated the harem.
The harem is connected to the court, and walking hand in hand with the noble concubine is the wise king.
When Emperor Baoqing was ill, the wise king was ordered to supervise the country, take charge of the affairs of the court, and secretly win over the courtiers. Therefore, Prince Xian's Mansion was bustling with traffic and bustling, and the scenery was unparalleled at the time.
Emperor Baoqing opened his eyes, closed his eyes, and let everything happen. Only a few days later, two edicts were issued.
One is to transfer Jiang Hongwen to the Ministry of Household Affairs and become the left minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. The other was to appoint Kang Wang Zhao Jingjue as the commander of the fifth military camp.
The two decrees seemed unintentional, but in fact they had profound intentions. After a few days, there were fewer carriages in front of Prince Xian's Mansion.
Qingguan had been observing quietly for many days, and just now he breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that the emperor intends to maintain the balance of the situation this year. In this way, that guy has a little more chance of winning.
Jiang Hongwen joined the Ministry of Household Affairs and became a minister, taking charge of the affairs of Qiangu. Everyone thought that with his character, he would be like King Shou, who spent three days fishing and two days drying nets, and would not be able to last more than a few days.
Unexpectedly, this man seemed to have changed his appearance. He went out early and came back late every day. He was extremely dedicated to his work. Apart from occasionally going to Wanhua Tower to drink flower wine, he no longer even gambled money, which blinded everyone.
Just when everyone was surprised by Jiang Qiye's sudden change, a strange incident came out from the Ministry of Punishment. Zhang Hua, who was supposed to be executed after the next autumn, was hanged in his cell on a snowy cold night. When the jailer found out, his body was already cold.
Emperor Baoqing hated this man and ordered the Ministry of Punishment to conduct a thorough investigation. The Ministry of Punishment made several rounds of investigations and wrote a letter stating that he committed suicide out of fear of crime.
Qingguan's intuition was a little strange. Liang from the Ministry of Justice was so tall, why did he hang himself? He specially asked Jiang Hongwen to go to the Ministry of Justice to find out.
The inquiring news surprised Qingguan.
That Zhang Hua did not hang himself to death, but tied his belt to the prison door and kicked himself to death.
Such a unique way of death is really surprising. I think Zhang Hua knew that he would not be able to escape the death penalty and could not withstand the hardships in prison, so he might as well go earlier.
But... what if someone strangles him to death outside the prison door? Gu Qingguan was startled by this thought in his heart.
She told Jiang Hongwen this idea, and Jiang Hongwen slapped her forehead. "That Zhang Hua can even see the shit on his butt. Who else would dirty his hands and kill a dog?" Damn dog. You are too arrogant."
Qingguan stroked her slightly aching head and was speechless for a while.
The spring of Baoqing's 40th year arrived as scheduled amidst the turmoil. This year, Gu Qingwan was fifteen years old.