After cleaning up, Fu Lie took Wen Qingzhu back to Beijing.
Wen Qingzhu did not answer the previous question, and Fu Lie did not continue to ask.
The motorcade stopped at the gate of the capital. At this time, the capital had entered a state of martial law throughout the city.
The guards at the door have become forbidden troops.
The coachman took out the sign indicating the Prince Regent's Palace, but the Imperial Guard still did not let him go. Instead, he asked, "Are the Prince Regent and Princess really inside the carriage?"
Without waiting for the coachman to reply, Fu Lie opened the corner of the curtain and revealed half of his face. The Imperial Guard immediately bowed his hands in salute and backed away at the same time.
The curtain fell and the carriage started again.
The street is extremely quiet, the shop doors are closed, there are no other people waiting, only the Imperial Guards patrolling back and forth.
On the second floor of the inn facing the street, a window opened a crack, and a black eye stared at the carriage that had just passed, then suddenly turned around and looked inside the house.
"Master Zhang, can you really let the young master enter the city?"
The person sitting behind the table was Zhang Ke. He was admiring it with a glass in his hand. He exclaimed: "This thing is indeed shipped from the Western Regions. It is exquisite!"
Seeing that Zhang Ke ignored him, the man was a little angry. He stepped forward angrily and grabbed the glass in Zhang Ke's hand: "Zhang Ke! I'm talking to you!"
"Really? I'm sorry, I didn't hear you. Could you please say it again?" Zhang Ke smiled and let go, with a mocking look in his eyes.
The man in front of him was about forty years old. He was wearing the most common Confucian robes for people in the capital. He didn't look very impressive, but he was quite imposing.
If anyone in the court were here, they would definitely recognize this person as Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Personnel.
He looked at Zhang Ke coldly: "Don't tell me, are you really Wen Qingzhu's person?"
Zhang Ke suddenly smiled, and the contempt in his eyes became more and more obvious: "Don't worry, I have always had a beginning and an end. Now that I have decided to follow the young master, I will definitely follow you to the end. I don't want you, and I will jump repeatedly to maintain my current status." .”
"You!" Zuo Shilang's face turned blue with anger. What Zhang Ke said was true, but it was also a slap in his face.
The front was not strong enough, so he could only roll up his sleeves and turn his back, and said coldly: "Since you have gained Wen Qingzhu's trust, it is equivalent to gaining the emperor's trust. There is no need for me to intervene in the following matters."
Zhang Ke looked at this man, stood up slowly, walked to the window, stretched out his hand and pushed the window open.
Zuo Shilang's eyes widened in shock and he cursed in a low voice: "What are you doing! Don't you know what time it is now?"
This noise naturally attracted the attention of the remaining imperial troops.
Seeing that it was Zhang Ke, the captain just raised his hand. After all, this young Minister of Civil Affairs was appointed by the Emperor and was protected by Prime Minister Pei.
Ordinary people would not be unhappy, so the patrolling Forbidden Army continued to move forward.
This scene was naturally seen by Zuo Shilang, and his face suddenly turned purple.
Zhang Ke walked to Zuo Shilang and stopped, tilted his head slightly, and whispered to Zuo Shilang: "Without the support of the people in the capital for the imperial examination bribery case in Lingcheng, how could Zhang Chunnian be able to cover up the sky with one hand? I, Zhang Ke, finally took the seat. The position you most want."
Zuo Shilang's face turned pale and his lips trembled again and again.
In the imperial examination bribery case in Lingcheng, how many talented scholars were buried because of their poor families, and how many people were separated from their wives and impoverished in order to collect enough money to bribe the examiners.
Among them, Zhang Ke even sold his fiancée for his own future.
Later, the Princess Regent went to the mausoleum and uncovered the darkness behind it with her own hands.
Zhang Chunnian fell as a result, and countless officials in Jiangnan were implicated.
I thought that all this was over, but Zhang Ke's existence always made some Beijing officials who intervened in bribery cases have lingering fears.
After serving as an official for several years, Zhang Ke began to gradually understand that such a big case spanned a long time. In addition to people in the palace, there must be people in the court, and there must be more than one.
After accepting the official position this time, Zhang Ke checked it briefly and found something fishy.
As an official, not only for the country and the people, even if you engage in corruption and bribery, you should not block the path of a poor family member.
Zhang Ke used to think that it was the famous nobles who wanted to cut off this road.
Now he suddenly understood that those who really wanted to cut off the upward path of the poor people were the former poor people.
After several turmoils in the court, some people actually managed to stay safe and sound.
What Zhang Ke didn't expect was that this person was just like him, a craftsman.
Zhang Ke patted Zuo Shilang on the shoulder and said with a half-smile: "Living is not easy, and it's not easy to be a wallflower. Cherish your current position."
After saying this, Zhang Ke left the private room.
Zuo Shilang's face turned red quickly, he turned his head angrily, kicked down the chair, and cursed viciously: "Who are you Zhang Ke! You're just lucky, do you really think Jiang Yuancheng can seduce the emperor?" !”
The sun sets, and the lush stars twinkle especially in the black-blue night.
In the main room of the main courtyard of the Regent's Palace, Fu Lie stood at the door, waiting for the people inside to finish talking.
Divine Doctor Zhong came over with some decoction and medicine. He saw that the door of the room was closed and asked softly, "Aren't Qingzhu and His Majesty finished talking yet?"
"No, you may need Dr. Zhong to wait a moment." Fu Lie responded without any expression on his face.
This made Divine Doctor Zhong very curious and couldn't help but ask: "If I remember correctly, the emperor also likes Qingzhu. Are you so relieved?"
Fu Lie laughed and said very confidently: "Qingqing only has me in her heart. Your Majesty will always be her younger brother in her heart."
I will always be my younger brother. This is easy to say, but not easy to do.
Dr. Zhong didn't say anything more. He took the portable chair he brought with him, spread it out, and sat down.
Inside the room, the light was soft, dimly falling on Wen Qingzhu's peaceful face.
Jiang Yuanhan sat in front of her, holding the jade seal in one hand and the imperial edict in the other: "Is this really the only way?"
"Well, unless this is the only way, the question now is whether you have other plans in mind." Wen Qingzhu met his gaze, as if she wanted to see into his heart.
Jiang Yuanhan couldn't bear such a direct gaze. He glanced slightly, put down the jade seal, and at the same time stretched out his wrist: "Sister, show me again, I think the current condition is very good."
Wen Qingzhu was a little helpless, but still stretched out his hand, and his knuckles fell on his wrist.
After auscultating for a moment, she stopped her hand and said: "It's still the same. The situation is very bad. You seem to be fine on the surface, but in fact the problem is huge and has affected your body."
"Has it affected my body?" Jiang Yuanhan raised his hand, feeling no different from before.
Wen Qingzhu opened the needle bag, took out a gold needle, and said to him: "Roll up your sleeves and take your arms."
Jiang Yuanhan did as he was told and got close to Wen Qingzhu. The warm breath, accompanied by the scent of frankincense, made Jiang Yuanhan's face turn red.
He lowered his head and tried his best to avoid looking at Wen Qingzhu's body, and asked in a low voice: "Why is there a seed on my sister..."
Milky
These three words were a bit difficult for Jiang Yuanhan to say.
Wen Qingzhu identified the acupuncture points, inserted them gently, and explained: "I plan to feed Yuanyuan and Manman by myself, so I asked Dr. Zhong to give me lactation-stimulating medicine."
"Yourself?" Jiang Yuanhan raised his head and frowned at Wen Qingzhu's thin body, "You have been in poor health, don't you have a nanny?"
Wen Qingzhu retracted his hand and continued to lean in: "But the future I know is that mothers will feed their children by themselves. This way, they will be much closer to their children."
When Jiang Yuanhan mentioned the future, he was silent. Looking at her longing expression, he suddenly asked: "Did sister really not tell the regent?"
"No, I don't know how to tell him yet." Wen Qingzhu admitted that he was bewitched by Pei Yi. That world was really so desirable.
Such a longing look made Jiang Yuanhan feel an impulse in his heart: "Sister, how about I go with you!"
Wen Qingzhu looked away, raised his hand and touched his head: "You are the emperor of Daqi, and you must be responsible for the people of the world."
"Yeah." Jiang Yuanhan lowered his head.
Seeing him so disappointed, Wen Qingzhu knew that now was not the time to talk about this, so he said, "Will you try harder?"
Jiang Yuanhan raised his hand absentmindedly, but the severe pain in his arm made him grin and his facial expression instantly distorted.
"It hurts! It hurts!"
He wanted to hold back, but he couldn't help it, so he could only breathe out softly.
People outside heard the movement inside, and Fu Lie's worried voice came: "Are you okay?"
Jiang Yuanhan immediately gritted his teeth to hold back and replied: "It's okay!"
"Come, let me pull out the golden needle." Wen Qingzhu reached out, took Jiang Yuanhan's arm, and took out the golden needle.
Jiang Yuanhan moved his hand again, feeling a dull pain.
Is it a sequelae
After taking away the golden needle, Wen Qingzhu's expression became serious: "Your current situation is more serious than I thought. Maybe we need to hurry up."
"But there's already—"
Wen Qingzhu stopped him from saying it: "That's just an idea, they don't really want to do it."
After a long time, Jiang Yuanhan whispered: "What if I really hurt my sister? What if I really thought that the regent..."
Some things wouldn't happen if he didn't think about them.
With the jade seal and imperial edict at his hand just lying there, Wen Qingzhu sighed: "It's time. I'll go tomorrow and ask the eldest prince to take it over."
"Okay." Jiang Yuanhan didn't want to agree.
After putting the jade seal and the imperial edict on the bedside table, Wen Qingzhu asked Jiang Yuanhan to take off his shirt and sit with his back to her.
Opening the needle pack and seven bottles of secret medicine, Wen Qingzhu picked up the silver needles, dipped them in the medicine one by one, and then inserted them into Jiang Yuanhan's head, neck, and back.
Soon a huge warmth spread, and Jiang Yuanhan's skin turned red as if on fire.
A lot of cold sweat quickly broke out on his head and wet his hair. Jiang Yuanhan felt that his consciousness was gradually blurring. He tried his best to stay awake and asked Wen Qingzhu one last question: "If I fail, can my sister take me away?"
Wen Qingzhu was startled, then nodded in agreement: "Okay."
After receiving the accurate answer, Jiang Yuanhan closed his eyes with peace of mind, his body softened, and he fell back into Wen Qingzhu's arms.
Looking at his sleeping side face, Wen Qingzhu's eyes were deep, his red lips parted slightly, and he whispered like a night charm: "What a pity, you were taught by me, how could you fail."
After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, Jiang Yuanhan suddenly opened his eyes, stood up, turned to stare at Wen Qingzhu, and said with confusion in his eyes: "Who are you?"
Wen Qingzhu held up a silver chain with a drop-shaped transparent stone hanging at the end.
She smiled and said, "Look here."
The person in front of him made Jiang Yuanhan feel inexplicably at ease, so without any hesitation, he looked at the stone, slowly swaying from side to side.
When his pupils gradually dilated, a gentle voice appeared in his ears: "Your name is Jiang Yuanhan, and you are the emperor of Daqi, but the regent and his wife are blocking your way. You must get rid of them..."
Nearly an hour later, Jiang Yuanhan woke up and looked at Wen Qingzhu in front of him strangely: "Why am I here with the princess?"
He looked around, and soon remembered that the Princess Regent in front of him had just given birth, and his frown deepened.
Wen Qingzhu said calmly: "Your Majesty, come and discuss with me how to eradicate the rebels."
"Really?" Jiang Yuanhan had a very strange feeling.