For the matter of being blackmailed by Bai Fuling, Yang Heng was actually very willing in his heart, so after deliberately hesitating for a while, he took out a hemispherical emerald jade bead that was only the size of a thumb and carved into the shape of a lotus flower from his bosom, and said: "Pearls are not Yes, it's the same if you accept this jade bead."
Bai Fuling took the emerald jade bead that was still warm, and a slender green silk rope passed through the middle of the bead. Two Chinese characters with complicated strokes were engraved on the bottom of the lotus flower. And I have seen it on the seal. It is an ancient font here, similar to ancient Chinese seal script. For an ignorant guy like her, it is too difficult to identify. She thought it was an auspicious ornament in the palace, so she accepted it without thinking but did not notice the strange look in Yang Heng's eyes.
Bai Fuling successfully blackmailed her, and she was in a good mood. She suddenly remembered that he had come to discuss with his grandfather. Nineteen Buli wanted his grandfather to do things for him. Although the emperor is seriously ill, he can still arrange a few princes who stayed in the capital as well as his own. The cronies are in control of the government, and grandpa is in danger if he wades into the muddy water at this time
Thinking of this, he couldn't help asking: "Grandpa said, you should go back to the capital soon, are you sure?"
Yang Heng smiled and said: "After planning for so long, I'm sure I'm sure. Father has summoned the clan and court officials half a month ago to publicly announce which prince can find the medicine to cure his strange disease." method, make him the crown prince, and never break his promise." His smile was slightly mocking, and the word "father emperor" was also very cold.
Bai Fuling thought of what the emperor had done, and it was indeed difficult for her son to respect and love him, but what was the purpose of his promise, which seemed like a joke
"His illness... is dying? Or did he deliberately set up a trick to lure you into it?" Bai Fuling asked after thinking for a while.
"All of them. Knowing that I have to return to Beijing in the near future, if I propose such a bait at this moment, if I can really find someone who can cure him, I am afraid that without him saying anything, the censor's saliva will drown me The crime of poisoning Junfu and attempting to usurp the throne has been confirmed." Yang Heng no longer had the slightest smile on his face.
It is a fact that the emperor's health is failing. After being diagnosed and treated by many imperial physicians, his condition has stabilized for a while, and recently broke out again. In the face of the threat of death, everything can be sacrificed, including the throne and authority he finally obtained. So he publicly declared that he was willing to exchange the crown prince for a cure.
The disease was so strange that the emperor was almost certain that it was caused by Yang Heng and Gan Sui, but none of the famous doctors he recruited could cure him. Even after a short period of remission, the disease broke out again and again, tormenting him to the core. Dilemma.
You are not joking, although the promise made by the emperor is absurd, once it is announced in front of many clans and high officials in the court, it is an imperial decree, and it is absolutely impossible to go back on it, so all the princes understand the danger hidden in it, but they can't help but be moved.
The emperor had to succumb when his life was at stake, but he still had to set up a deadlock and was always ready to counterattack.
"I don't know whether to praise him for being smart or stupid. Does he want someone to heal him, or does he want someone to watch him die to avoid suspicion?" Bai Fuling snorted, there was no one else in the cabin, and there were guards from the Bai family outside. Tuantuan guarded her, she didn't have to worry about a third party hearing what she said.
Although Yang Heng was deeply disappointed with what his father did, and even did a lot of disobedience and crimes, but hearing Bai Fuling's nonchalant criticism and ridicule of the king of a country, he still couldn't help but change his face slightly.
He smiled wryly to himself, he really didn't know how the Bai family and his wife taught such a daughter who was unscrupulous and regardless of dignity, but he just took it for granted that she did what she did.
"Father thinks that as long as the bait is attractive enough, someone will be willing to take the bait even if there is a risk." Yang Heng seemed to be talking about other people's affairs, with an onlooker attitude that had nothing to do with him.
Now there are several princes in the capital, each occupying the top of the mountain, and no one can overwhelm anyone. If he wants to defeat all other opponents with his own strength and eventually ascend to the throne, even Yang Heng, who has hidden strong strength for many years and has not known for many years, dare not say that he is sure of victory.
At this time, as long as the emperor said a word, he could save all the fighting and go directly to the sky. Who wouldn't be tempted
So even if he knew that he might be suspected or even accused of being a traitor who poisoned and murdered the emperor's father, as long as he really had a cure for the emperor's strange disease, he still couldn't help but take the risk.
"His illness...is Gansui?" Bai Fuling finally couldn't help asking. Regardless of the timing of the onset of the emperor's illness or the strange and terrifying symptoms of the disease, it is easy to remind people of Gansui.
Although this mean and ungrateful emperor had nothing to be sympathetic to, but when she thought that Gan Sui could even kill her own father, and even Yang Heng was an accomplice, she felt terrified.
In history, there are many fathers, sons and brothers who killed each other for the throne, but once it happened to me or someone I knew and was quite close to, it was still unacceptable.
Yang Heng shook his head and said affirmatively, "No."
That can't be you, can it? Bai Fuling looked at Yang Heng with strange eyes.
Yang Heng understood what she meant, and denied it with a wry smile: "It's not me...Although he is hateful, I never thought of harming him personally. When I was young, he really loved me."
"I'm sorry." Bai Fuling felt ashamed, it's wrong to doubt people like this.
The emperor's illness, could it be that God couldn't see it and wanted to clean him up? Bai Fuling's head is full of question marks.
Yang Heng stood up and said: "If you want to know, come to the capital next year to attend my enthronement ceremony, and I will tell you the answer."
"Rare!" Bai Fuling snorted, and then asked a little strangely: "Are you so sure that you will be able to succeed next year?"
"Of course, otherwise, wouldn't it be a disappointment to your confidence in me?" Yang Heng still spoke in that gentle and joking tone, but Bai Fuling could hear the difference, which clearly carried the confidence and majesty of looking down on the world.
Bai Fuling squinted at her and said, "Then let me congratulate you on your success! Does my grandfather plan to tell you about him?"
Yang Heng said clearly: "Are you worried that your grandfather will be in danger if he gets involved in these things? Don't worry, I will invite him to Beijing after I ascend the throne." After all, this girl is afraid that her grandfather will be implicated by him, not Concerned about him and his affairs, Yang Heng felt a little disappointed, and his expression became cold.
Bai Fuling was exposed on the spot, and laughed a little embarrassingly.
Yang Heng wanted to spend more time with her, but he didn't have much time, so he sadly said goodbye and left. When he parted, he said to Bai Fuling: "That jade bead is very precious, you have to keep it carefully...don't let Gan Sui see it."
"Huh? Why?" Bai Fuling wanted to ask clearly, but Yang Heng smiled and turned away without answering.
Bai Fuling thought about it, probably Yang Heng didn't want Gan Sui to be jealous when she found out, she knew that Yang Heng liked her, and she guessed that Yang Heng would not harm her for no reason, so she didn't pursue the matter any further.
After bidding farewell to Yang Heng, the rest of the journey went very smoothly. The boats of the Bai family stopped and went, and soon entered the Dingzhou area adjacent to Kangzhou. We arrived at Changlong County, Bai Changshan's hometown.
During the period, Kansui visited Bai Fuling several times at night, and Bai Fuling seemed to have completely forgotten the unhappiness between the two of them, and Gansui focused on trying to please her. Although the time they spent together was short, it added a bit of sweetness.
Kansui felt very strange about Bai Fuling's attitude. He dare not say that he knew Bai Fuling deeply, but from what he had seen and heard since we met, this little girl was by no means magnanimous and good-tempered. Kicking, he still thinks it's normal, now that she has such a peaceful attitude that nothing bad has happened, they seem to have returned to the harmonious and sweet time of the first test.
Naturally, Gan Sui was as happy as a fairy. Knowing that this matter was abnormal everywhere, he couldn't help feeling ominous from time to time.
But he himself was busy with his affairs, it was rare that Bai Fuling didn't get into trouble with him, so he didn't have time to think carefully about it.
Changlong County was just a little-known small town a few decades ago, but because of Bai Changshan, a cabinet scholar, the reputation almost became more and more famous as Bai Changshan rose step by step, even though Bai Changshan did not deliberately Take care, the previous state officials also paid special attention to Changlong County. If there is any good thing, they always push it to Changlong County first, so now such a small place has become a fateful county in Dingzhou.
The population of the Bai family is thin, and there are no more than a dozen members of the Bai family in the entire county, many of whom are newly added population in recent years. Among these people, none of them are particularly close to the Bai Changshan branch, but they are also related to Bai Changshan. His light, one by one, lived incomparably moist.
The Bai family lived in Changlong County until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month of the following year. They paid homage to their ancestors, named the two little babies, and put them on the genealogy. Then they went south together, heading towards Haizhou.
The Bai family went south, and Gan Sui was originally reluctant in every possible way, but he also received news that he needed to go to the capital to meet Yang Heng, so he had to reluctantly say goodbye to his lover, and when he left, he reminded him to remember to meet Yang Heng in the capital. Return a month ago, otherwise he will chase him to the island to arrest people and so on.
From Dingzhou to Haizhou, it takes another month.
As the name suggests, Haizhou is facing the vast ocean in the south of Qi State. The Bai family built a dock here, formed a merchant fleet and even several large warships responsible for guarding the merchant ships. Bai Shanglu met with the manager Su Mu and others every day The operation of maritime commerce and visits to various local partners are very busy.
The magnificent scenery along the coast and the warm climate make people feel refreshed and happy. Even Bai Changshan, who is traveling with him, is also amazed. He often plays around with Bai Fuling. It's just that Bai Chou and Mu Peilan seem to be in high spirits on the surface, but when they think that their daughter's seventeenth birthday has passed, and now there is only less than a year left, they can't help but feel sad. They don't want Bai Changshan to find out, I don't want to make my daughter sad together, I just keep my reluctance in my heart, and cherish this last beautiful scene carefully.