Chapter 43: Safe
In the next few days, Han Ruzi enjoyed meticulous care. She lay on the bed all day long, stretching out her hands when she was clothes, opening her mouth when she was food, and shaking her head when she was medicine. But it was useless. The whole room was filled with a strong aroma of medicine. Every hour, new medicine would be brought. It would be impossible not to drink it. The eunuchs knelt on the ground and begged, the imperial concubine persuaded her kindly, and the queen cried in clinical practice...
The Imperial Concubine has to come at least three times a day, and each time she has to inquire about the emperor's situation and confirm that there is no abnormality before leaving.
The next morning, Donghai King came here with a reluctance, but there was no way. He had to do everything he could to do with his brotherhood, not only to come and visit him, but also to try medicine and dishes himself.
Although the soup is bitter, it can still bear it if you taste a small bite. What Donghai King can't stand is the trial meal. Usually he is not polite when he eats together and always rushes to eat it. When he has to take a bite in advance, he feels humiliated, "You are not poisoned, and it doesn't matter if your stomach hurts you have to have a meal. Why do you let me try it? This is the job of a slave."
Every time there are only two brothers left in the room, Tokai Neptune will whisper: "It's fake to have stomachache, right? How did you do it? Tell me."
Han Ruzi could only smile and shook her head, "How can I have this ability? The imperial doctor has seen it."
The imperial doctor cannot solve the doubts of Donghai King.
Another day later, the queen rushed over from Qiuxin Palace and cried as soon as she entered the house, because she was the last one to know about such a big thing.
As soon as he heard the notice outside the door, King Donghai immediately stepped back from the bed, knelt obediently on the side, performing the courtesy of his subjects. The queen ignored the cousin, sat by the bed, and looked at the emperor with tears in her eyes.
King Donghai whispered and left, but the queen still didn't look back. King Donghai quit the room awkwardly, no longer had to taste medicine for the emperor or try rice.
Han Ruzi felt a little sympathetic to King Donghai, just a little bit.
Among the many people who came to visit the emperor, there was the strangest one. He neither looked, heard, asked, and did not do all kinds of miscellaneous work by the waiter. He just occasionally entered the house for a while and went out soon. Whenever he was there, the imperial concubine would definitely mention the empress dowager. The King of Donghai did not dare to show any disrespect, and even the queen's tears were more.
This person is an internal living order, which specializes in recording the emperor's every move in the inner palace.
Han Ruzi didn't understand the rules in the palace, but felt that the orders for daily life seemed to be too frequent. In his writing, the emperor didn't know what kind of stupid and inhumane person he would be.
It was under the surveillance of the internal daily order that everyone's concerns were somewhat false. He left again, and the queen was still sobbing. Perhaps her sadness was a bit real, but Han Ruzi didn't understand why this was. He had very little contact with the queen, and had no other experience except for dealing with Zuo Ji side by side.
The most important thing is that the queen's surname is Cui. If it weren't for this, Han Ruzi would really want to win her over to her side.
Regardless of whether the living order is present or not, there are only two people who sincerely serve the emperor.
Zhang Youcai and Tong Qing'e had suffered a lot from Zuo Ji before, but they really didn't know anything, so they were released. The next day, news came: Zuo Ji was slapped in Qinzheng Hall, his face was bleeding, and he was bedridden after returning to the palace, which was even worse than the two of them.
The emperor caused all this. Although Zhang Youcai and Tong Qing'e didn't understand why the emperor's abdominal pain was so coincidental, they believed in one thing: the emperor avenged them. Since they were not at the scene of Qinzheng Hall and only heard about the scene at that time, their idea was even stronger.
The two of them were right. The emperor did avenge them, but not for nothing.
The Grand Tutor Cui Hong was on his way back to Beijing. Although the Imperial Concubine had never mentioned it again, judging from her appearance, the four imperial edicts must have been avoided and stamped with the seal, and handed over to Luo Huanzhang.
The decisive battle with the Empress Dowager is coming, and Han Ruzi can't do more. He just hopes that when things happen, he will have two more trustworthy people around him, so he will not rely entirely on the protection of the Imperial Concubine and Luo Huanzhang.
Tong Qing'e is a weak palace maid. Zhang Youcai is less than fifteen years old and does not know how to do martial arts. The protection he can provide in critical moments is minimal. Han Ruzi did this just to show that she was not waiting to die.
On the fifth day of abdominal pain, the imperial doctor declared with full confidence that His Majesty was fine and everything returned to normal. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Even Han Ruzi, who knew he was not sick, was tired of lying on the bed and being served by others, and was eager to get some breath outside the house.
He could only walk a few times in the courtyard of Tai'an Palace, followed by a large group of people, each of whom stretched out his hands, as if the emperor was a child who was learning to walk and needed them to support him at any time.
At dusk, all the extra people left. After dinner, Han Ruzi went to bed early, tossed and turned, and found that she could not sleep. Zhang Youcai and Tong Qing'e were exhausted these days and snored when they touched the pillow.
Han Ruzi calculated silently that at most five days, the Grand Tutor Cui Hong would be able to return to the capital, and all officials would go out of the city to greet him. The Grand Marshal of the Southern Army, Shangguan Xu, must be among them. The ministers who received the imperial edict would initiate an uprising at that moment and declared that they would deprive the two of their seals. At the same time, another team of ministers would come to the palace to remove the position of General of the Central Army, take over the guards of the palace, and then divide the troops into two groups to protect the emperor and imprison the queen mother...
This is a plan that Han Ruzi himself imagined. He guessed that Luo Huanzhang's real plan might be more clever.
He suddenly thought of the Meng brothers and sisters. These two are very skilled in martial arts and are only loyal to the Empress Dowager. If the Empress Dowager has more experts like the Meng brothers and sisters, the trouble will be even greater. Is Luo Huanzhang prepared for this? He must have known something from the Imperial Concubine...
The more Han Ruzi thought about it, the more he became more and more confused, and she couldn't sleep. She turned over irritably and saw something shaking not far away. After a while, the snoring of Zhang Youcai and Tong Qing'e became lighter.
"You?" Han Ruzi sat up.
"Yeah." It was still the cold voice.
"Where have you been? I haven't come for so long?" Han Ruzi unconsciously brought a complaining tone.
"The Queen Mother sent me out of the palace." Meng E's voice was not at all emotional, "Fortunately, I came back in time and asked you to take a second pill."
“In time? What happens if it is not in time?”
"It's nothing. The first pill is gone, and all previous efforts are wasted. Open your mouth."
Han Ruzi wanted to say something, but as soon as he opened his mouth, a pill was bounced in, so he had to swallow it.
"I heard you did a little performance in Qinzheng Hall?" Meng E of course knew what the truth was.
"When did you come back? Where did you go? Will you go out again?" Han Ruzi asked about other things.
"Don't do this again in the future, as it may arouse my brother's suspicion."
"Are you going out of the palace to kill someone? Who was killed?" Han Ruzi remembered his mother and couldn't help but worry.
The two answered the question that was irrelevant, and at the same time, Meng E said first: "You need to concentrate on practicing internal skills, and you should not meddle in other people's business. There are so many things in the palace that bullies the weak. There is no need to avenge these two people. You will not be like the emperor when you do this."
"Should the emperor be ruthless and unrighteous, and wait for the people around him to be bullied?"
Meng E was silent for a while, "Anyway, don't meddle in other people's business."
"Ministry power cannot make me live, nor can I help me become a real emperor. Meng E, you are meddling in other people's business, why do you have to help me? My chances of being in power are lower than being the world's number one master."
Meng E's answer was to poke and pat the emperor, and then she left, leaving a sentence, "I'm telling you about your internal strength to increase your chances, and also give me some chances. Maybe... I'm sympathetic to the same disease. I will come again within ten days."
Having the same sympathy? Han Ruzi couldn't think of what difficulties the Meng brothers and sisters encountered, and they had to need the help of the Queen Mother of the Great Chu and the Emperor.
Meng E has hidden secrets from him, and he has also hidden secrets from Meng E. She said she would come again within ten days, but they might become enemies within five days.
I don’t know what technique Meng E used, but Han Ruzi felt that the breath in her body was much smoother than before, but it couldn’t last long. She suddenly appeared somewhere, flowed for a while and then suddenly disappeared somewhere.
Is this internal strength? He didn't notice any benefits, but his mind was much quieter and he fell asleep soon.
The next day, the emperor's life returned to normal, but he did not go to Lingyun Pavilion to attend classes, but went to Qinzheng Hall early and stayed for a whole morning.
There were more ministers in the Qinzheng Hall summoned to discuss politics than usual, with nearly twenty people.
The Empress Dowager wanted to show the emperor's safety and safety to the ministers.
Han Ruzi saw the figure of the right censor Shen Mingzhi. He was one of the ministers of Guru. He was on a mission to various vassal states in Guandong a few days ago. He had just returned to Beijing, but Yang Feng, who had left the capital with him, was still missing.
Shi Mingzhi introduced his experience of missions. The princes of Guandong were still on the sidelines at first. After the arrival of the imperial envoys, most of them changed their positions and sent troops to assist in the war. The Grand Tutor Cui Hongneng defeated the Qi army in Luoyang, and made contributions from the princes. However, several princes were slanderous and disobeyed the orders on the surface, but they delayed the dispatch of troops under various excuses. They did not hurriedly send troops until the Qi army collapsed.
The ministers disagreed with each other on how to deal with these two-minded princes. After most of the debate, the Empress Dowager chose one of them: not to pursue the matter for the time being, and concentrate on catching all the rebels of Qi in one place.
Shen Mingzhi mentioned Yang Feng, who stayed in Qi to pursue Chunyu Xiao.
Chunyu Xiao was considered to be the first criminal who bewitched the rebellion of the King of Qi. The King of Qi had already been sentenced to death, but this man disappeared without a trace.
Han Ruzi felt strange. Yang Feng had great ambitions, so why was he so interested in pursuing a gangster?
Shin Mingzhi didn't say much about this matter, and soon turned to the most important issue this morning: He rushed back to the capital from the north and brought undoubted news. Although the King of Qi was defeated, the Xiongnu tribes refused to retreat and frequently sent scouts to the frontier to observe. The border generals who were familiar with the enemy unanimously agreed that the Huns would definitely invade a large-scale invasion this autumn.
The Great Chu and the Huns have maintained peace for more than ten years, and it seems that they are about to break it again.
The court's conventions came into play. Many ministers experienced wars during the reign of Emperor Wu and knew how to deal with such things. So they put forward various suggestions and the Empress Dowager decided.
Nearly noon, the imperial concubine walked out of the Tingzheng Pavilion and was about to announce the Queen Mother's decision. In the eyes of others, she was normal, but Han Ruzi saw a hint of panic.
He quickly understood the reason.
"The Empress Dowager thought that instead of defending the city and waiting for battle, it would be better to take advantage of the victory. The Grand Tutor Cui Hongxin decided to rebellion in Qi. Before the army dispersed, he immediately went to the north to station troops, and went out to the frontier to fight with the Huns."
The ministers were all a little surprised, but Han Ruzi felt a thud. At this critical moment, the Empress Dowager refused Cui Hong to return to Beijing, which was not a good sign. Perhaps she noticed the danger.
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