After Yun Chi left the morning court, he went to the emperor's main hall.
Even if the emperor handed over all court affairs to Yun Chi, he didn't have to go to greet him every day, but since Yun Chi supervised the country, as long as there were no special circumstances, he would go to see the emperor every morning after the court, and sometimes said Two sentences, sometimes drinking a cup of tea, has become a habit over the years.
The emperor trusted Yunchi and entrusted the country and the country to him since the day he supervised the country. Yunchi also respected the emperor. Except for the occasional mention that the empress would stab the emperor, the father and son were extremely kind most of the time.
Therefore, today, as usual, he entered the main hall of the emperor, greeted the emperor, and sat aside.
The emperor saw that he was in good spirits, and he didn't see any displeasure on his face, so he asked, "What happened in the East Palace yesterday? It doesn't seem very important that Yan girl sees your expression."
Yun Chi glanced at the closed palace door, and said in a low voice, "There is one thing I want to ask my father."
Feeling the solemnity in his words, the emperor sat up straight, "Ask what's the matter."
Yun Chi said softly, "How did the Phoenix tree in the East Palace be brought back to the capital from Southern Xinjiang, and was transplanted by the queen mother in the East Palace of the son?"
The emperor looked relaxed, "You ask this, this is when Zhen, your mother, your aunt, and Wuwei waited for us to go to southern Xinjiang. Your mother and your aunt loved flowers and trees. The king of Nanjiang was originally placed in the palace. I heard it was a phoenix. Wood species that can bloom in four seasons are very rare, and the king of Nanjiang saw that they liked it, so he gave it to them."
Yun Chi's eyebrows darkened, "It was sent by the King of Southern Border on his own initiative."
The emperor looked at his face, "The king of Nanjiang was also very reluctant at the time, but although he solved your aunt's cold worm, it caused her to suffer from cold, and he felt a little sorry. After all, Nanjiang and other small countries are attached to Nanchu. Although Southern Border is supported by Gu King and Gu Poison Art, but in the end, we can’t fight against our great country of Southern Chu, and form a deadlock, which is not good for anyone. Therefore, the King of Southern Border failed to eradicate the cold syndrome, and I apologize , so I gave this rare and famous Phoenix tree, and it was also because your mother and your aunt both liked it, so I took it away."
Yunchi nodded, "As far as I know, the Phoenix tree was planted in the East Palace when my mother was pregnant with me. When she came back from southern Xinjiang, and you were not married to your father, the emperor, before transplanting to the East Palace, the Phoenix tree planted Where is the wood raised?"
The emperor said, "It was raised in the Mei Mansion, in your mother's yard. Later, she married me and became pregnant with you. She built the East Palace and moved that Phoenix tree to the East Palace."
Yun Chi nodded.
The emperor talked for a long time before asking, "How did you mention the Phoenix tree?"
Yun Chi's face was cold, "Father may not know that this phoenix tree is cultivated by the blood of a dead Gu that has been lost for a hundred years in southern Xinjiang, so it can bloom in four seasons and grow against the sky."
The emperor was startled by "Death Gu". The descendants of the Southern Chu royal family tried to recover the southwest territory. Although they didn't understand the Gu insects in the southern border, he also knew about Death Gu.
"According to Tian Bujue, death Gu is kept in the body of a living person, and it dies within three days. It melts into the blood and no symptoms can be detected. It can be kept green all the year round if it is kept on flowers and trees, but if people touch the flowers and trees , hurt the blood, the death Gu Qi will enter the human body through the blood, and it will die in seventy-nine days. It is also impossible to detect the slightest disease." Yun Chi finished his sentence and looked at the emperor, "Father Emperor, what did you think of?"
Although the emperor was not as smart as Yun Chi, he was not stupid. His face gradually turned pale, and his voice trembled slightly, "What do you mean?"
"The death of the queen mother, the death of the aunt, can't find out the reason? It's probably on this poinciana tree." Yunchi said, "Yesterday, the princess was so bored and panicked that she went to watch the poinciana tree in the snow on a whim. Its dry and cracked bark hurt my hands, but luckily, I discovered the secret of the poinciana tree.”
The emperor's face turned pale inch by inch, and finally, his whole body trembled. After a long while, he murmured, "How could that be?"
How can the Phoenix tree, which has grown for twenty years, have such a shocking secret
"Back then, the king of Nanjiang only talked about the phoenix wood that was nourished by Gu blood, but he didn't say what kind of blood Gu that was lost for a hundred years. Naturally, no one would have thought of it." Yun Chi said calmly, "Royal father, queen mother and aunt all It's not sudden death."
The emperor's body softened, and he slumped on the back of the chair. "I always thought your mother's queen died suddenly." After saying that, he suddenly opened his eyes wide in anger, and said through gritted teeth, "It's the king of Southern Xinjiang. I should have thought about it a long time ago. How could he be so kind? At the beginning, I thought she had taken a fancy to your aunt and couldn't keep her in southern Xinjiang, so I gave up the rare Phoenix tree that your aunt loved and gave it to her."
Yun Chi was a little surprised, "The king of Nanjiang likes my aunt"
The emperor glanced at Yun Chi, and suddenly heard the death gu
The news of the cause of the Queen's death made him unable to calm down for a while, and nodded, "Otherwise, with the family heirloom of Marquis Wuwei, he wouldn't be able to invite the King of Moxibustion. Naturally, the King of Nanjiang has other ideas and has taken a fancy to your aunt. , so I ignored the objections of the southern Xinjiang courtiers, and invited the Gu King to relieve the cold worm Gu."
Yun Chi had never heard of this before, but now he heard it suddenly and nodded.
It took the emperor a while to calm down, then suddenly remembered Huayan, stared at Yunchi and asked nervously, "Is girl Yan okay?"
Yun Chi said, "Fortunately, there is Heaven, and it is also fortunate that Su Zizhan is in Beijing. Su Zizhan used the Gu King to cure the cold syndrome, and his body will not be invaded by ten thousand Gu. His blood can cure the death Gu."
The emperor breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, nothing will happen to Yan girl."
He clearly knew that if something happened to Hua Yan, something would happen to Yun Chi, and the descendants of the Yun family would fall in love.
After leaving the palace, Yun Chi went to the meeting hall.
An Shuli tapped into the meeting hall, saw Yun Chi, and said in a low voice, "I went back home yesterday, and I asked my mother, and my mother also said that it seemed to be the case, but it was too long. I don’t really remember which lady still wore gold cufflinks passively.”
Yun Chi looked at him, "Since gold cufflinks are rare, they should leave a deep impression on you."
An Shuli shook his head, "That's what I asked too, but my mother said, it's not that gold cuff buttons are rare, but twenty years ago, an old weaving craftsman in the south of the Yangtze River melted gold silk with auspicious pattern blood jade to make a cuff button. She gave it to a benefactor, a golden blood jade cuff button with a gold thread rolling sleeve and a gold border. Not long after that, the old craftsman died of illness, and the craftsmanship of this gold thread cuff button was lost, so it was not seen on the market. The gold thread cufflinks are all ordinary cufflinks for accessories."
Yun Chi raised his eyebrows, "Jiangnan Weaving"
"Yes." An Shuli said, "But it was just a blink of an eye back then, and my mother also said that she had a vague impression, otherwise such precious golden blood jade cufflinks would definitely not be easy to wear. "
Yun Chi nodded, "Is there any more?"
An Shuli said, "As for the matter of asking the empress, my mother has said a lot, it's all about the past years of the empress. It's very trivial, His Royal Highness wants to listen."
Yun Chi nodded, "Listen."
Therefore, An Shuli told a lot of trivial things that Princess Anyang told her about the queen's back then, and also mentioned the Phoenix tree, but it was basically trivial, and there was no useful news to discover.
An Shuli sat in the conference hall for an hour, and Yun Chi finally said to him, "Come and check Jiangnan weaving, I want to know who the benefactor of that veteran craftsman was."
An Shuli nodded, "Okay."
Su Zizhan went to Mei Mansion that day. Originally, he knew that the person her mother really liked was Tianbuban, so he wanted to rush to Mei's mansion, but because of Yunchi's wedding, he was busy with the household affairs, at the same time secretly investigating the people behind, and busy with Lu Zhiling Let's defend the capital together. It was not until now, after Yun Chi got married, that he breathed a sigh of relief.
He took the little fox and drove to Mei Mansion before noon.
The people in Mei Mansion were surprised when they heard that he was here. Bi Yunchi often came to Mei Mansion to see Mr. Mei and Mrs. Mei. Will come easily.
Now that he heard that he was coming, Mr. Mei was stunned for a long time, and Mrs. Mei said repeatedly, "Quick, please come in."
No matter for Yunchi or Su Zizhan, Mrs. Mei's heart aches for these two grandsons.
The eldest lady hurriedly led people out to greet her.
Su Zizhan hugged the little fox, went into the Mei Mansion, met the eldest lady, and before she could ask, he looked at his mother's courtyard and said, "I miss my mother today, so I came to see her courtyard."
Da Furen was stunned.
Su Zi said, "I'll go to my mother's yard first, and my aunt doesn't need to pay attention to me. After I go to my mother's yard to see it, I will go to see my grandfather and grandmother."
The Da Furen naturally did not stop him, and nodded repeatedly.
So Su Zi beheaded his mother's yard.
After hearing Da Furen's report, Mr. Mei said, "I said why did you come here suddenly, so I missed his mother."
Mrs. Mei's eyes were red, "My poor two daughters both left early, and the rest of the children have no mothers." After saying that, she ordered the eldest lady, "Quickly ask the kitchen to prepare the meals that Zi Zhan likes to eat. , it’s rare for him to come here, so he must stay in the mansion for lunch at noon.”
The eldest lady should be, and went immediately.