Hua Xu continued on his own: "When I said this, His Royal Highness Zhao Wang's face was a little ugly, but I didn't pay much attention to it. I wanted to be a good helper, but I didn't dare to speak. Said, it is said that the ruler of Wuman Kingdom is cruel and ruthless, has a moody personality, and often kills people for fun. The princesses are also the younger sisters of His Royal Highness Zhao Wang, how could he have the heart to push them into the man-eating devil's lair? His Royal Highness Zhao said, it will be a big deal Someone needs to be sacrificed. I said, if you can't even protect your own blood, what's the big deal? When I said this, His Royal Highness Zhao Wang's face was already very ugly. Dad scolded me, saying that I have nothing to do. I understand, talking nonsense. I just said that I am eighteen, so I don’t understand anything.”
After Hua Xu said a lot of words, his mouth was a little parched, he picked up the tea next to him, moistened his throat, and continued: "Then father dragged me out of Prince Zhao's mansion, with an ugly face. When I got home He scolded me all over the face, saying that I was disrespectful to His Royal Highness King Zhao, that I couldn't judge the situation, that I couldn't judge people's faces. Anyway, I said a lot of nonsense, but I was so angry that I told him that I didn't want to go His Royal Highness King Zhao insisted on forcing me to do things there. When I got there, he said nothing, but he said I was like a log, and said I might as well be dumb. But I spoke, and said I said It’s not right, this is not right and that is not right. Brother, tell me, no matter what I do, it’s not right.”
Hua Ling said angrily: "That's right, why is this wrong and that wrong, so what should I do?"
Hua Xu picked up the apple placed next to him and gnawed it as if venting his anger. Yan Shi saw him chomping on it, and actually got a little bit of appetite. Hua Ling could see what he was thinking at a glance, and called the servants to cut the apples into small pieces and put them in front of Yan Shi.
"Then I asked Dad, why is what I said wrong? Even if it's wrong, you shouldn't be so angry. Those who make good use of others must listen to opinions from all sides and accommodate different voices," Hua Xu still had an apple in his mouth , the voice was a bit vague when he said this, "Just like His Royal Highness Zhao Wang, whenever I say something against him, he will get angry with me. Isn't this the whole thing? I said he can't do anything big." At most, that’s all. I advised him to stay away from His Royal Highness Zhao Wang, so as not to make him unhappy in the future, and then blame him. Then Dad slapped me, big brother, you know how big I am. , it’s the first time Dad hit me. Look, the slap marks on this face haven’t disappeared yet.”
While talking, Hua Xu put his left cheek in front of Hua Ling for him to see, the slap print on it was indeed clearly visible.
"Get the painkiller ointment quickly." Hua Ling hurriedly ordered the servant.
"I don't put those things on. If I get greasy on my face, I'm fine. I'll be fine tomorrow." Hua Xu shook his head in refusal, and continued, "After dad beats me, I'll be with you." He said, I will never go to His Royal Highness Zhao Wang's place again, and then he let me go, and I will go."
The painkiller ointment was brought, no matter how Hua Xu struggled, Hua Ling applied a thick layer on him, and wrapped a clean cloth around his head to bandage it.
Hua Xu looked at himself in the mirror, with a downcast face: "It looks like I've been seriously injured."
Hua Ling suppressed a smile: "This is good, the palm prints will all be erased tomorrow morning, and the second brother can live in the mansion at night."
Hua Xu refused: "I can't stop, I sneaked here to talk to you in the dark, and I feel much better after talking to you. It would be even more terrible if my father found out that I was here. Don't say anything, I have to go." With that, he stood up from his chair.
"But where are you going to stay so late?" Hua Ling looked worried.
Hua Xu stuck out her tongue: "Where can't I live? I used to stay away all day and night, no, it's not a problem."
Hua Ling didn't insist on what he said. Hua Xu was indeed what he said. Before he got married, Hua Xu was away from the house all day long and always went out to play. He could see her again in a month. He was good two or three times.
Hua Xu clasped his fists together: "My lord, brother, I'm leaving."
After all, the figure disappeared into the night.
After Hua Xu left, Yan Shi's face sank little by little. Hua Ling leaned over with a worried face
"Brother, what's the matter with you? Is your stomach uncomfortable?"
Yan Shi shook his head: "Yan Jing actually wants Huo Jia to marry her."
"Ah?" Hua Ling was dumbfounded and didn't understand what it meant.
Yan Shi looked at the little princess's expression very interestingly, and couldn't help being in a good mood, and pinched his face: "Yan Jing wants to use the most noble princess to make a marriage, look at the whole palace, unmarried and of the right age Huojia is the most suitable princess."
Hua Ling's face immediately showed a sullen look: "Why is this King Zhao so bad! He has a dark heart. But brother, isn't he still threatening you with Huojia? How could he push her out and let her go?" What about marriage?"
"King Zhao thought that the people he sent to his grandfather's army had already taken root there, so that my role would be less." Yan Shi patiently explained to the little princess, "What's more, now that the emperor has piled me up, it makes me feel like I can't help myself." Yan Jing felt threatened. As a person, he prided himself on being better than me in everything, but in terms of his identity, he couldn't change the fact. In the past few years, he asked his people to insinuate and tell his father several times , wanting to make him the crown prince. However, some veterans beat him back for no other reason, just because he is not the eldest son. In fact, even if he doesn’t trouble me now, he will still trouble me after he cleans up King Mu. .As long as I'm here, he won't be able to get what he wants."
"Then what should we do now?" Hua Ling was a little anxious, as if Princess Huojia was going to marry tomorrow.
"No hurry." Yan Shi looked at the anxious look of the little princess, and his heart calmed down a little bit, "Yan Jing only has this plan at this time, and I will report it to the emperor in a few days. We still have time, we have to Hurry up and settle this matter before Yan Jing tells Father Huang about the marriage."
Yan Shi is a little thankful to Hua Xu now, if it wasn't for Hua Xu, they wouldn't know that King Zhao still had such an idea. If they waited for him to report the matter to Emperor Chongjin, they would be much more passive. But was Hua Xu's move intentional or unintentional
Yan Shi couldn't allow Yan Shi to think about it carefully, the most important thing for the current plan was to keep Huo Jia and prevent her from getting married.
Yan Shi ordered someone to summon Jiang Qingyue, and told him what happened in detail, Jiang Qingyue's expression also sank.
Hua Ling said: "Can we first find a good man to marry Huo Jia?"
"Although this method is good, it is not feasible." Yan Shi said, "I have always wanted to match Huojia with a good husband, but looking at the entire court, there is no suitable candidate. Besides, even if there is a suitable candidate, as long as I propose King Zhao will object to this matter. If he brings up the marriage at that time, Huo Jia will not be able to escape."
"King Zhao's move is actually to give His Highness a blow." Jiang Qingyue's cold voice came from her mouth, "He wants His Highness to know that this is the end of going against him."
Yan Shi nodded: "According to what I know about Yan Jing, before he asks his father about this matter, he will definitely come to sound out my words, to see if he can get some benefits from me."
Hua Ling asked, "Then what does he want?"
"It must be for me to give him the emperor's birthday banquet." How could he not know when he was thinking carefully.
"If brother really leaves this matter to him, can he let Huo Jia go?"
"Of course not." Yan Shi snorted coldly, "He would still recommend Huo Jia to get married, firstly to beat my previous 'disobedience', and secondly because he thought that I should be removed while I was still young Lose."
Hua Ling frowned: "How could he be so shameless."
"How can he be King Zhao if he is not shameless?" Yan Shi's eyes flashed a hint of ruthlessness, "He and his mother's heart are both ruthless and shameless. How did the prince die back then? Only they know best."
Hua Ling opened his mouth wide: "Brother, did you say that the little prince was killed by them? Then he blamed the empress?" The empress he was talking about was Yan Shi's biological mother.
"I've been investigating this matter, and I believe there will be a day when the truth will be revealed." Yan Shi said.
Hua Ling put her hand on Yan Shi's and said, "Brother, one day we will return our mother's mother to be clean."
White. "
Yan Shi let out a deep breath. After sitting for a while, he felt that his stomach was overwhelmed again, and he bent down and vomited again. Perhaps because of getting used to it in the past few days, Yan Shi's spirit seems to have almost recovered.
"Let's talk about Huo Jia again." Yan Shi took a sip of the tea Hua Ling handed over and said.
Jiang Qingyue said: "Your Highness, I have a solution. What if Princess Huojia is seriously ill?"
"Seriously ill?" Yan Shi repeated, his eyes lit up suddenly, "Wonderful, wonderful, Qingyue deserves to be Qingyue, this idea is brilliant."
Hua Ling looked confused: "Brother, what are you laughing at? What if Huojia is seriously ill?"
Yan Shi patiently explained to the little princess: "If Huojia is seriously ill, there is no need to be divorced. Mr. Qu is very skilled in medicine, there must be something that can make people look sick, but the imperial doctor can't find out the cause The medicine is here. We have to make Huojia pretend to be sick before King Zhao tells his father that Huojia is going to get married. In this way, King Zhao doesn’t know that we have already known about this matter, and things will be easier in the future.” There is another reason why Yan Shi didn't say anything, if King Zhao knew that Yan Shi and the others already knew about his plan to marry Huojia, then King Zhao would be the first to suspect Hua Xu.
Yan Shi called Qu Liushang over again, and told him his thoughts. Qu Liushang was really good, and told Yan Shi that he would prepare the medicine tonight and asked him to get it tomorrow.
The medicine was brought into the palace by Hua Ling, and Hua Ling would come to the palace every month on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month to pay his respects to his successors, and of course Huo Jia was also there. Taking advantage of people's unpreparedness, he stuffed the medicine into Huo Jia's hands, and explained the matter succinctly. Princess Huojia was also smart, she put away the medicine bottle without any trace, and signaled Hua Ling to rest assured.
A few days later in the morning court, when Emperor Chongjin was about to say goodbye after the court, he suddenly looked at Yan Shi and said, "Jingchu, let's go and see Huojia today." You can enter the harem to meet your biological mother, but Yan Shi is only a county king, so he is not allowed to enter the harem without an edict. Today, Emperor Chongjin granted him permission to enter the harem.
"What's wrong with Huojia?" Yan Shi knew that the plan had come true, and was overjoyed in his heart, but he had to put on a very surprised look on his face.
Emperor Chongjin's face was a little gloomy: "You will know when you go to the palace to see her."
Yan Shi hurriedly put on an extremely anxious expression again, and hurriedly walked towards the harem. He did not forget to sneak a peek at King Zhao's face, and found that he was puzzled, and secretly smiled in his heart.
Yan Shi arrived at the Palace of Empress Depin, and he entered after the palace servant informed him that he was allowed to enter.
After seeing Empress Depin, she took him to Princess Huojia's bed.
The bed curtain drooped, which further brought out the fragility of the people inside. Even if Yan Shi knew that Huo Jia's illness was fake, his heart ached.
He walked to Princess Huojia's bed in a few steps. Princess Huojia closed her eyes tightly and her face was very pale.
"Miss Debi, what's wrong with Huojia?" Although Mistress Debi knew that Princess Huojia was pretending to be sick, the people in her palace were not clean. Yi went on to act.
Empress Debi wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief: "I don't know either, but a few days ago Huojia said that he was not feeling well, so he brought the imperial doctor to see him, but the imperial doctor just said that it should be caused by the change of seasons, and prescribed a few medicines to take. It hasn't recovered either. Now the disease is getting worse, and she even vomited blood yesterday. Before you came, she just fell asleep, and the prince will wait a little longer, and Huo Jia will wake up later."
Yan Shi clenched his fists and said angrily, "Which quack doctor came to see the disease?"
Empress Debi said: "It's the doctor Zhao."
Imperial doctor Zhao was a member of King Zhao, Yan Shi kicked him on the shoulder, kicked him staggeringly, and scolded him again. Seeing that the time was almost up, the empress concubine de concubine pretended to comfort her a few words, Yan Shi said a few more harsh words, and the imperial physician Zhao scrambled away.
At this time, there was movement on Princess Huojia's bed.
Empress Depin said: "You brothers and sisters talk, I will wait for you outside." Then, she took all the eunuchs and maids out.
Yan Shi hurried to Princess Huojia: "Huojia, how are you
"
Huo Jia squeezed out a smile: "I'm fine, Brother Huang, but my body is a little weak, and I don't feel much else."
Yan Shi nodded: "Your 'sickness' will become more and more serious, and you will need to endure it for a while. Father's birthday is one month away. After your birthday is over, you will slowly 'recover'. "
Princess Huojia nodded and agreed: "Huojia saved it."
Yan Shi was about to speak again, but felt another nausea in his stomach. Princess Huojia's room smelled of medicine, and he probably felt uncomfortable after smelling it.
Seeing this, Princess Huojia hurriedly found the spittoon under the bed, and Yan Shi felt better after vomiting for a while.
"Brother Huang, what's wrong with you?" Princess Huojia was worried. She was pretending to be sick. Could it be that her brother is really sick
Seeing Princess Huojia's worried expression, Yan Shi was very moved. They are brothers and sisters of the same mother, and this matter should not be hidden from her, so Yan Shi told him about his pregnancy, and finally urged: "This matter must not be revealed, not even the empress of Debi. explain."
Princess Huojia naturally knew how serious the matter was, she quickly nodded in agreement, and was sincerely happy for Yan Shi.
Yan Shi comforted her again and said, "Huo Jia, our suffering will not be in vain. Brother Huang assures you that it won't be long before the queen mother's revenge will be avenged, and we brothers and sisters will get everything that originally belonged to us."
After meeting Huojia, Yan Shi was in a good mood and ate a bowl of rice after returning home, but he vomited it all up shortly after he finished the meal.
Hua Ling didn't eat much with Yan Shi these days, and when Yan Shi frowned a little, his heart ached. Another servant was called to call Qu Liuzhang over, Qu Liuzhang yawned and said, "Princess, what are you calling me?" Ever since Hua Ling knew that Yan Shi was pregnant, as long as Yan Shi was a little troubled Yes, he will bring the curved cup and ask him to show it. Qu Liushang came to Nuanyang Pavilion not ten times a day, but eight times.
Hua Ling said: "My brother just vomited out the food again."
Qu Liushang sighed quietly: "My lord, please extend your hand."
Yan Shi also felt that he was fine, but the little princess was always worried, so he had to let Qu Liushang come and see according to his wishes.
Qu Liushang took the pulse for a while and said: "The pulse is stable, and the fetus is developing well. The prince is fine. Vomiting is just a normal pregnancy reaction."
Hua Ling let out a long sigh of relief, Qu Liushang gave a few more instructions, and then sauntered away.
Looking at Hua Ling's expression, Yan Shi couldn't laugh or cry: "Ming Ting, I know my own body, I'm really fine."
"But brother just threw up again." Hua Ling frowned.
"It's okay, it will be fine after this period of time," Yan Shi smiled, "Ming Ting, play me some more tunes."
Hua Ling promised again and again: "Then brother wants to eat something, after eating I will play two tunes for you."
Yan Shi sighed and agreed, so he had to eat some more.
Satisfied, the little princess picked up the jade flute and played it.
After playing the flute, he took a bath with Yan Shi again, and the two went back to bed to rest together.
Hua Ling didn't know who she listened to, saying that it's better for pregnant women to read less, so as not to tire their eyes.
So Yan Shi was not allowed to read every day, and only he read with the book. Yan Shi is also helpless, why did he hear that you can't read books during confinement
But Yan Shi did not take the little princess' good intentions away, and fell asleep on the bed every day, accompanied by the soft and soothing sound of the little princess reading, and slept soundly.
Half a month before Emperor Chongjin's birthday, envoys from various countries arrived one after another. Because this year is the 50th birthday of Emperor Chongjin, that's why it's so lively.
When envoys from various countries go to Honghe Temple, they have their own instructions from the minister of Honghe Temple. Yan Shi just went there every day to show his face and go through the motions.
Hua Ling is worried about Yan Shi's health, and sometimes goes with him.
The two of them had just left the Honglu Temple that day and it was getting late.
The night market has just been set up. Yan Shi smelled the appetite from the street stalls, so he wanted to find one to eat.
Now that the weather has warmed up, it's not too cold to sit outside. Ever since Hua Ling had to obey, Yan Shi wanted to eat Yangchun noodles, so Hua Ling found a relatively safe place for Yan Shi to sit down, and the two waited for the stall owner.
As soon as the noodles came up, there was a strong aroma, which made people move their index fingers.
Yan Shi took a bite, his eyes lit up, Hua Ling was very happy, he secretly noted down the location of this stall, thinking about buying some for Yan Shi in the future.
When the noodles were almost finished, there was a lot of noise in the distance, as if someone shouted "Stop!"
Immediately afterwards, a man in a different suit walked past the noodle stall.
As soon as this man passed by, he saw another man coming from behind, this man was dressed as a commoner by Da Yuan, in his thirties, with sword eyebrows and star eyes, very heroic. He performed lightness kung fu, and shouted while chasing the man, "Stop!"
Originally, Yan Shi didn't intend to meddle in other people's business, but when he saw the man behind him, his eyes and mouth suddenly widened, his face full of disbelief: "Uncle?"