Cheng Tiezhong said that not long after that, Jing Yan suddenly fell ill with a serious illness, and the palace was in a state of anxiety. Although he recovered, his body was not as good as the day before, and his hands and feet were cold even on summer nights. , in a cold sweat. Even so, Jing Yan still does not waste government affairs, and he never tires of reviewing files in the early morning.

"Jingyan will give the eldest brother the government affairs?" I was shocked when I heard this, "How can it be? The eldest brother is just a commoner, what qualifications does he have to help Jingyan..."

Cheng Tiezhong said: "In the days when the princess was away, Your Majesty encountered several extremely difficult problems, and it was only because of his advice that he was able to calm the disturbance. Your Majesty... trusts him very much... A year ago, he was restored to the throne of King Qing. Citizenship..."

His heart sank to the bottom all of a sudden, "Jing Yan is really confused. I clearly reminded him, how could he still... What about the Queen Mother? Does she have no opinion?"

Cheng Tiezhong shook his head and said, "The Empress Dowager also agrees with this. They are all princes from the Empress Dowager, so how can they stop..."

I blurted out, "How is this possible? Big brother is clearly not..."

Cheng Tiezhong raised his head, "What?"

"It's nothing." I couldn't understand it. The Queen Mother did not know Jing Lan's life experience. "and then?"

Then, Jing Lan would never shirk Jingyan's request. He handled the affairs of the court beautifully again and again in the name of Jingyan. Moreover, all the key reports and requests from all parties in the court would be presented to Jingyan as soon as possible, accumulating over time. Under the circumstances, the impression of the important officials of the Manchu Dynasty on Jing Lan is getting better and better, and what is more, they are skeptical of the emperor's sick and weak body, which may not last for a few years. There are countless people who secretly curry favor with Jing Lan. Jing Lan was unmoved, but if anyone wanted to form a party for personal gain, he refused decisively. The people Jing Yan secretly sent to all parties said that Jing Lan had no two hearts, and the more loyal he was, the more loyal Jing Yan was to him. more trust.

And trust is the beginning of the crisis.

After Jing Yan thought he had a comprehensive understanding of Jing Lan, he forgot one point. Jing Lan used to be the most dazzling prince in Daqing, and Jing Yan's current throne was based on Jing Lan's departure. His eldest brother stays by his side, as long as he has the heart, he can take back the position that once belonged to him at any time.

In particular, the eldest brother does not know his real life experience. In the eldest brother's heart, he is the real eldest son, and his beloved wife is no longer in this world. He is wandering in the world alone, is he really innocent and widowed? With the opportunity at hand, the possibility of him rekindling his ambition is too great.

Thinking of this, I was suddenly shocked, "Jing Yan has been frail since he was a child, and the Tai Hospital has always been extremely cautious. Whether it is his food or soup, it is strictly based on his physical condition. On the contrary, he has never suffered any serious illness, how could he be so ill?"

Cheng Tiezhong said in a trembling voice, "Your Majesty's serious illness was not accidental, but...the poisonous hand of His Majesty King Qing..."

Heaven and earth roared like five thunders, "You... what did you say?"

"His Majesty originally just thought that the medicine from the imperial hospital did not improve. Later, I remembered Kang Lin, the shopkeeper of Tong'an Tang, and sent him to the palace to see a doctor for his majesty. Doctor Kang Lin said the same as the imperial physicians at first, saying that it was caused by wind and cold. I should take more care and recuperation. Just seeing that Your Majesty is so afraid of cold, I tried to use cupping inhalation therapy to expel the cold in the body... Surprisingly, the cupping made His Majesty feel even more cold, so Doctor Kang found it extremely strange. , to conduct a careful examination for His Majesty again... Only then did I find out that His Majesty was actually poisoned... That poison is extremely rare, even Kang Lin could not tell the difference, only knowing that this poison is the key to causing His Majesty's chronic illness, the so-called poisoning, but It makes people susceptible to illness, fatigue, cold, and lack of physical strength, so the imperial physicians never suspected it..."

I felt chills all over my body, "Then, can the poison be cured?!"

Cheng Tiezhong closed his eyes and said, "It was originally said to be solvable... Your Majesty also told us not to speak up about this matter. Doctor Kang immediately went back to prepare a detoxification prescription. Who knows, the next day, Doctor Kang suddenly disappeared in the capital without a destination. ...Your Majesty ordered the servants to go out to the palace to investigate, who would have known that when the servants returned to the palace, His Majesty was already lying down, and his body was paralyzed, and he couldn't even speak..."

My whole body is paralyzed... can't speak... How can this symptom be so familiar...

"……Then?"

After that, Cheng Tiezhong naturally suspected Jing Lan for the first time, but Jing Yan was in a coma at that time, and all the affairs of the court were in Jing Lan's hands. He was just a small servant. Maybe it can shake Jing Lan? Cheng Tiezhong quietly stayed by Jingyan's couch, and finally saw Jingyan wake up one day, but he stopped Cheng Tiezhong from calling the imperial doctor. Although he could not make a sound, he was in Cheng Tiezhong's hand. Describe the truth word by word - it turns out that the head of the hospital has completely become Jing Lan's person.

Jing Yan knew that time was short, and what he was most worried about was his queen and the fetus in the queen's womb. Up to now, the unborn prince was the biggest stumbling block for Jing Lan.

He asked Cheng Tiezhong to do two things for him. The first thing was to make the queen send her out of the palace to the mosque on the pretext of praying for the emperor. The monks in the monastery are all seniors in martial arts and have a lot of connections with the royal family. Born in peace.

But the first thing to do is difficult.

Cheng Tiezhong was reluctant to recall the sword, light and sword shadows along the way. He said that when he watched the queen's carriage fall down the valley, he felt remorse and wished to jump with him, but he didn't. He thought of His Majesty, who was dying in the palace, Even though one arm had been cut off at that time and blood was pouring out, he still held that breath, and finally Fang was able to escape.

It took me a long time to hear my shocked voice: "Then, the queen..."

"The emperor has eyes, the queen...is not dead, and the prince is safe and sound." Cheng Tiezhong burst into tears.

Before the carriage got out of control, the queen jumped out of the carriage when the assassin was unprepared, and hid in the high pile of rice. So when the assassins thought that the queen had fallen off the cliff, they naturally evacuated. No one thought that a mother who was pregnant in August could survive in such a situation, just as even Cheng Tiezhong could not have imagined that when he found the queen When she was alone, she gave birth to the premature baby outside the wilderness.

It is almost difficult for me to imagine how a young mother under eighteen years of age, on such a cold night with the moonlight, overcame her fears, endured severe pain and desperately tried to protect her child, but I knew that it was Jingyan's only bone is the last bloodline of the father, and the final hope of the Xiao family.

I took a deep breath and asked, "The second thing Jingyan asked you to do is to find me, then go back to the palace to dismantle all the tricks of the eldest brother, and support that child to ascend to the throne?"

Cheng Tiezhong was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty said... He also knows that this is difficult for Your Highness the Princess... After all, the Princess's wish is to live a life free from the world with her consort... But..."

I squatted down, picked up the vegetable baskets scattered on the ground, looked at the fresh beef in the basket, and suddenly felt that something was gradually moving away from me, "Eunuch Cheng, you and I both know very well that I have been away from the palace for so long, and I have not It is Princess Xiangyi of the past again. She has no power, no cronies, and no favor from her father. If she goes back this time, don’t say that she will overthrow the elder brother. I am afraid that once she appears in the capital, even the chance of survival is very slim…”

Cheng Tiezhong choked: "Princess..."

I put the last tomato into the basket, "But I'm the only one left in Jingyan, isn't it?"

Back then, if I hadn't left the imperial city in such a hurry, ignoring the Jingyan that was the first to ascend to the throne, how could it have led to today's situation?

This may be an inescapable catastrophe.

I gathered up my sleeves, got up slowly and said, "I have a horse ready for me today, I still have some important things to do."

It was drizzling outside the house.

When I was serving the dishes, Song Langsheng just happened to come back. He covered his head with a bamboo scorpion and trotted all the way to the hospital, hiding under the eaves to brush off the rain stains on his sleeves. Seeing that I was tidy up and looking back at him, he smiled and said. : "It's really a rainy season. It was still sunny at the end of the class in the evening, but it started to rain right now."

I set the tableware and chopsticks, walked over to take his coat, and gave him a new one to put on, "So I didn't say, it's better to bring an umbrella when you go out in the future, think about it, if you catch some kind of cold After that, we slept in separate rooms, the night was long, and I was afraid of the dark, and it was me who suffered."

"Okay, I can't tell you." He looked left and right, "Where's Madam Huáng?"

I said: "She went back because of an emergency at home, and said she will come back in a few days."

He glanced at the four dishes and one soup on the table, "So...you made all the meals today?"

"Why, I can't believe it? Don't forget, my cooking skills were taught by the head chef of the imperial kitchen, and I don't know who I was trying to coax, but I found out who was planning to poison the food..."

Song Langsheng held my shoulder and asked me to sit down. He smiled and said, "Ma'am, I won't bring up the old things again, can you?"

I Mimi smiled and said, "Okay, my husband."

I took great pains to prepare this table.

Although each dish is the most common home-cooked dish, it is Song Langsheng's favorite, especially if I make it by myself, he eats more than usual. Although he ate deliciously, he said, "We can't eat so many dishes with just the two of us. You shouldn't cook so much tomorrow. Hey, forget it. Before grandma comes back, we'll just go out to eat. I'll marry you. You don't want you to be a cook."

My nose is sour, "Then why did you marry me?"

He laughed lowly and teased, "Do the things you need to do to give birth to a child and do a child..."

I stomped him hard, he swallowed a mouthful of rice and laughed. I looked at his beautiful smile, and for a while, he was a little stunned. He saw me gān stunned, and stepped back on me, "Eat."

I lowered my head and took a mouthful of rice, "Ah Sheng...I want to ask you a question..."

"Um?"

"If...I mean if...one day I have to leave you for a last resort, will you live a good life by yourself..."

Song Langsheng was drinking the soup with gusto, but he suddenly paused after hearing me say, "What happened?"

"It's nothing, I said if..."

"You never make unnecessary assumptions." Song Langsheng put down his chopsticks, and his expression became more serious, "Why did you leave me? Did something happen to the capital?"

I shook my head again and again, "Really not... I just..."

Song Langsheng was about to stand up, but he stumbled and sat back down. He looked at me in disbelief: "Did you put medicine in the meal?"

I wanted to try my best to hold back, but at this moment I couldn't hold back the tears in my eyes, "I'm sorry..."

"What the hell happened! You..." He rubbed his forehead, trying to keep himself awake, "Don't act rashly! No matter what happens, there is still me, I am your husband, we must..."He held me tightly with one hand, "A Tang, listen to me... no matter what reason you have... I will not allow you to leave me... If you... act recklessly... I, I will absolutelyI won't... forgive you..."