Chapter 279 Talent Awakening (Part 1)

   Yongshou Palace.

  The sleeping hall was filled with a strong medicinal fragrance, and the Empress Dowager sat pale on the head of the bed, with a thin quilt covering her waist and abdomen.

  Emperor Jingxuan stood in front of the bed with a solemn expression.

   Hu Yuanjuan took the pulse of the Queen Mother carefully and stood up.

  Emperor Jingxuan asked: "What's the matter?"

  Hu Yuan judge respectfully replied: "From the point of view of the pulse, the Queen Mother is suffering from a loss of energy and blood, and she is too worried, and she was shocked by the wind a while ago, so she can't afford it."

   "You have said these words for a few days, and I am tired of hearing them. I just want to know when will the Empress Dowager's illness improve?"

   "The minister will change a new prescription for the Queen Mother. The illness comes like a mountain, and the illness disappears like a thread. The effect of the medicine is too strong, which means that the side effects are also serious, and it will hurt the body, Your Majesty."

  Emperor Jingxuan took a deep breath, squeezed the painful brows, and forced himself to calm down.

   "You step back." He said.

   "Yes." Hu Yuanshang took a few steps back before turning around, raised his sleeves to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and immediately went to the Imperial Hospital to write a prescription.

  Emperor Jingxuan came to sit on the stool in front of the bed, and told the palace servants: "Stand back."

  Eunuch Fu glanced at Aunt Xi who was beside the Queen Mother.

  Nurse Xi said to the Empress Dowager, "Your servant is waiting outside."

  The queen mother nodded slightly.

  Nurse Xi and Eunuch Fu retreated with a group of palace people.

  Emperor Jingxuan looked at the sick queen mother with a complicated expression: "Hu Yuan judged that the mother is too worried, and the son has been busy with official duties recently, so he neglected the mother. It is the son's fault."

  The queen mother did not speak, but turned her face to the side lightly.

Emperor Jingxuan sighed: "Mother, are you going to never forgive your son? It has been ten years, and he is your son, so am I not? Is it because I was the one who was killed at the beginning, so that the mother will feel better?"

  The queen mother was still stubbornly looking at the wall.

   "The queen mother takes care of her health, and the son will visit the queen mother again at another time."

  Emperor Jingxuan finished speaking, got up and left Yongshou Palace.

  The night is like ink.

  Emperor Jingxuan walked on the quiet winding path, and Eunuch Fu lit a lantern for him in front of him.

Emperor Jingxuan said mockingly, "The death day of the King of Nanyang is approaching, every year."

  Eunuch Fu dare not answer.

  King of Nanyang is the eldest son of the first emperor, and Emperor Jingxuan is the fourth son of the first emperor. Both of them were descended from the concubine Hui at that time, who is now the queen mother.

  The two brothers teamed up to defeat the queen and the first prince, and then turned around and fought against each other.

Emperor Jingxuan sneered and said, "Occasionally, I would think, if I lost, would the queen mother also create a estrangement with my elder brother for me? I know what she thinks in her heart. She thinks that elder brother is the eldest son, so she shouldI am more qualified to inherit the throne. Do you know what she said to me?"

  Mr. Fu said, "I don't know."

  Emperor Jingxuan sarcastically said: "She told me that if the king of Nanyang is the successor, he will definitely not kill me completely! Do you believe it?"

  Eunuch Fu paused and said, "I don't believe it."

  It doesn't matter whether he believes it or not, what Emperor Jingxuan wants to hear is whether he believes it or not.

  Emperor Jingxuan looked into the boundless night, with a gloomy look in his eyes: "I don't believe it either! If the king of Nanyang wins, I will end up just like him! It's all about success and defeat, why does the queen mother blame me?!"

  Eunuch Fu dare not answer.

  Emperor Jingxuan: "Forget it, let's go back to the palace."

  Eunuch Fu asked: "Which empress's palace is your Majesty going tonight?"

  In the past, when Emperor Jingxuan was the most irritable, he always liked to go to Concubine Xian's Palace.

  Concubine Xian is a beautiful flower of interpretation, who deeply understands how to resolve Emperor Jingxuan's melancholy.

  However, tonight, Emperor Jingxuan pondered for a while and said, "Go to Kunning Palace to see the queen."

  Eunuch Fu: Are you sure you are going to see the queen?Aren't you going to rub Princess Jing Ning's snacks?

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   In the blink of an eye, it entered late April, and the day of Su Cheng and Qin Jiang's competition gradually approached.

  Qin Canglan and Old Marquis seize every opportunity to train Su Cheng, shortening the cultivation gap of 20 years in one month, sounds like a fantasy.

  But Su Cheng's talent really made them look sideways.

  From the beginning, he couldn't beat even one move, but now, he can catch ten moves in Qin Canglan's hands.

  Although there is a bit of cunning in it, but as the saying goes, soldiers never tire of deceit, if you catch it, you catch it.

  Because his performance was getting better and better, Su Cheng's "salary" also increased from 12 taels a day to 22 taels a day, and the highest one day earned 50 taels.

  Su Cheng was very satisfied.

  He thinks that after another year or so, he might be able to buy a house for his daughter in Capital City.

   "Do you think Cheng'er recovered too quickly?"

  Old Marquis stared at Su Chengwen who was practicing archery on the pasture.

   Qin Canglan who was on the side asked back: "Hurry up?"

  Old Marquis thought for a moment and said, "Faster than when you and I were younger."

  Qin Canglan and You Rong said: "That's right! Father Tiger has no sons! I don't even know whose son it is!"

  Old Marquis glanced at him with a complicated expression: "When I think of such a good seedling, who has been delayed in the countryside for thirty years, I really want to kill you."

   Mentioning this, Qin Canglan lost all confidence in an instant.

  He coughed resentfully: "Well, the big deal is that you will teach him more for me in the future. He is still young, and it is time for him to be a great leader."

  Old Marquis asked curiously, "Why does your son want me to teach?"

  Qin Canglan's eyes flashed, and he said sternly, "You...don't you teach very hard? Besides, the strike is not as hard as mine, and I'm afraid I'll beat him up."

  Old Marquis snorted coldly: "I almost thought you were telling your last words."

  Su Cheng's side was going well, but two nights before the competition, something happened to Su Ergou.

   He's gone!

   After Su Qi and Su Yu finished today's class, they went to Su Ergou's class to find him and go home together.

  The two of them had more homework than Su Ergou, and they finished class half an hour later.

  Su Ergou usually waits for them while doing homework in the classroom.

  But when the two of them went to the classroom today, they unexpectedly missed it.

   "Did you go to the toilet?" Su Yu asked.

   "Then just wait." Su Qi said.

  After waiting for a quarter of an hour, Su Ergou did not come over. Su Qi went to the toilet to find someone, and Su Yu continued to wait at the door of the classroom, in case Su Ergou came back and missed them.

  But Su Qi searched all the toilets in the Guozijian, but he didn't see Su Ergou.

   "Second Brother." Su Yu asked, "Where is Second Dog?"

   "I didn't find it." Su Qi shook his head.

  Su Yu said strangely: "It shouldn't be, Ergou is very obedient, he won't wait for us."

  They went to school together for nearly a month. Su Ergou never ran around, and if he didn’t see him occasionally, he must have gone to the toilet. Su Ergou would come back after a while.

  The two of them felt something was wrong at the same time.

   "Second Brother..."

   "Don't panic." Su Qi forced himself to calm down.

   It doesn't matter if they bluff on weekdays, but at critical moments, they can't mess around.

Su Qi frowned and said, "Well, go find Mr. Cen, I remember that this afternoon he taught Ergou's class. I'll go to the dormitory and ask Ergou's classmates. We will meet at the main entrance of the Imperial College."

  Su Yu: "Good!"