Cover The Sky With One Hand, Beat The Ground With The Other Chapter 62: Fanwaiyi

It's just a story, always going on.

Speaking of which, it was mid-autumn in August, and there was cinnamon everywhere. After careful calculation, Song Langsheng and I also lived in the small town of Guangling for more than a year.

We had breakfast as usual that morning. After he went out, I leisurely went to the market with a basket of vegetables. I planned to go around the river to see if I could buy two fresh fish stews. The soup was drinking, but when he was passing through the bushes, he was suddenly stopped by someone.

Before I could react, the man knelt down in front of me with a plop and cried, "Princess... the servants are looking for you..."

Only then did I see that the person who came was actually Jingyan's personal servant Cheng Tiezhong, not to mention his ragged clothes, the sleeve of his right arm was even more empty, his appearance was extremely embarrassing, I stumbled. Baba said: "Eunuch Cheng...how did you find this place...your right arm..."

Cheng Tiezhong burst into tears and grabbed the tunnel with his head: "I beg the princess to save the emperor..."

I was completely stunned: "What happened to Jingyan?"

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty may not be able to stand it any longer..."

With a click, the vegetable basket fell to the ground.

When Song Langsheng and I were wandering around the world, we knew the same things about the imperial city as most of the common people. We only heard that after the war was settled, the emperor appointed the daughter of the Minister of War as the queen. It was able to continue, and the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty were relieved.

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

"Jing Yan entrusts the government affairs to the eldest brother?" I was shocked when I heard this, "How could that be? The eldest brother is just a commoner, who is qualified to help Jing Yan..."

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 down the storm. Your Majesty... trusts him very much... A year ago, the celebration was restored. The king's royal status..."

My heart sank 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 any 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 could 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 didn't know about Jing Lan's life experience. "And then what?"

Then, Jing Lan will not shirk what Jing Yan asks. In the name of Jing Yan, he handles the affairs of the court time and time again beautifully. Moreover, the key reports and requests from all parties in the court will be presented to Jing as soon as possible. The banquet, over time, the impression of the important officials of the Manchu Dynasty on Jing Lan is getting better and better, and what is more, the emperor's sick and weak body may not last for a few years, and his position in the future is very likely to fall under Jing Lan's. Therefore, there are countless people who secretly curry favor with Jing Lan. Jing Lan was unmoved, but he decisively refused anyone who wanted to form a party for personal gain. 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 Jing Yan treated him. more trust.

And trust is the beginning of a 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 founded on Jing Lan's departure. , to keep such a big brother by his side, as long as he has the heart, it is possible to take back the position that once belonged to him at any time.

Especially, the eldest brother doesn't know his true 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 rivers and lakes alone. With the opportunity at hand, the possibility of him rekindling his ambitions is too great.

Thinking of this, I was suddenly startled, "Jing Yan has been frail since he was a child, and the Taiyuan Hospital has always been extremely cautious. Whether it is his food or soup, it is strictly based on his physical condition. I haven't suffered from any serious illness since I was a child, how could it be so ill?"

Cheng Tiezhong trembled: "His Majesty's serious illness was not accidental, but...the poisonous hand of King Qing..."

The sky and the earth roared like five thunders, "You... what did you say?"

"His Majesty originally thought that the medicine from the imperial hospital did not improve. Later, he remembered Kang Lin, the shopkeeper of Tong'an Tang, and sent him to the palace to see a doctor for his majesty. At first, Dr. Kang Lin said the same as the imperial physicians, saying: It is a chronic illness caused by the wind and cold, and we should take more care and recuperation. Just seeing that Your Majesty is so afraid of cold, I tried to use the cupping inhaler therapy to expel the cold in the body... Surprisingly, the cupping made His Majesty feel even more cold, so Doctor Kang I thought it was very strange, so I went to check on His Majesty again... Only then did I realize that His Majesty had been 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 poison , but it makes people susceptible to illness, fatigue, cold, and lack of physical strength, so the imperial physicians have never been suspicious..."

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

Cheng Tiezhong closed his eyes, "It was originally said to be solvable... Your Majesty also told us not to speak up about this matter. Doctor Kang immediately went back and prepared a good prescription for detoxification. Who knows, the next day, Doctor Kang suddenly disappeared in the The capital is unknown... 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 bedridden, paralyzed, unable to even speak..."

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

"And after...?"

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. How could one-sided words possibly 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 running out, and what he was most worried about was his queen and the fetus in the queen's womb. Up to now, the unborn prince is the biggest stumbling block for Jing Lan.

He asked Cheng Tiezhong to do two things for him. The first thing was to ask the queen to send her out of the palace to the mosque on the pretext of praying for the emperor. The monks in the monastery are all strong in martial arts and have a lot of connections with the royal family. If the queen is served, it will surely protect the child. born.

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 dying in the palace. His Majesty, even though one of his arms was cut off at that time and blood was pouring out, he still held on to that breath, and finally he 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 tall straw. 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 that situation, just as even Cheng Tiezhong could not have imagined that when he found the queen's At that time, she alone gave birth to the premature baby outside the wilderness.

I can hardly imagine how, on such a cold night, even the moonlight, a young mother under the age of 18 overcomes the fear, endures the severe pain and desperately tries to protect her child, but I know , that is the only flesh and blood of Jingyan, 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 return to the palace to debunk all the tricks of the elder brother, and support that child to ascend to the throne. Is it?"

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 concubine... 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 are very clear, I have been away from the palace for so long, She is no longer the Princess Xiangyi of the past. 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 her elder brother. I'm 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 in the basket, "But I'm the only one left at the Jingyan, isn't it?"

In the beginning, 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 become the situation today?

This may be an inescapable catastrophe.

I gathered up my sleeves, got up slowly, and said, "I have some important things to do."

It was drizzling outside the house.

Song Langsheng just happened to be back when I was serving the dishes. He covered his head with a bamboo scorpion and trotted all the way into the hospital. He hid under the eaves and brushed off the rain stains on his sleeves. He smiled when he saw that I was tidying up and looked back at him. Leo 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 placed the tableware and chopsticks, walked over to take his coat, and put on a new one for him to put on, "So I didn't say, it's better to bring an umbrella when you go out in the future, you think, if you dye If it's cold, we'll have to sleep in a separate room. It's a long night, and I'm afraid of the dark. It's me who suffers."

"Okay, I can't tell you." He looked around, "Where's Madam Huang?"

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 first chef of the imperial kitchen. I don't know who I was trying to coax, but I found out who planned to poison the food... "

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

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

I took great pains to prepare this table of dishes.

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 only the two of us. You should not cook so much tomorrow. Oh, forget it, before Madam Huang comes back, we can just go out to eat, I will 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 have children and to have children..."

I stomped him hard, he swallowed a mouthful of food and laughed, I looked at his good-looking smile, and for a while, he was a little stunned, he saw me 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..."

"Huh?"

"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 stopped after hearing me say, "What happened?"

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

"You never make unnecessary assumptions." Song Langsheng put down his chopsticks and his expression gradually became serious, "Why did you leave me? What happened to the capital?"

I shook my head again and again, "Not really...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 tried to hold back, but at this moment I couldn't hold back the tears in my eyes, "I'm sorry..."

"What the **** happened! You..." He rubbed his forehead, trying to keep himself awake, "Don't act rashly! No matter what happens, there's still me, I'm your husband, we must be together ..." 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 never... forgive you..."

As he spoke, his voice became lower and lower, and finally he couldn't hold it any longer. When his eyelids completely drooped, he fell into my arms and lost consciousness. He still held my hand and refused to let go.

I saw my own tears fall on his cheeks.

I know Big Brother too well.

Song Langsheng is a fugitive general, a deserter who violated military discipline and committed a capital crime. He is different from me, at least the eldest brother can't treat me openly, but he can execute Song Langsheng anytime, anywhere.

Song Langsheng won't stop me from going to Beijing to save Jingyan, but he won't allow me to go alone.

I once complained that he wouldn't die with me, but at the end of the day, I couldn't do it myself.

A few figures stepped out of the backyard, and I said lightly: "With Song Langsheng's martial arts, he can't last for a quarter of an hour. Ming Jiansi's drug is really effective."

They looked at each other, "The effect of this medicine can only last until tomorrow. If the concubine wakes up, I'm afraid I won't be able to stop him from catching up with the princess."

Yes. Song Langsheng's insight is that he can think of the capital just by asking a question. Even if the medicine pours over him, he can't stop him. If you want to really trap him for a while, I'm afraid, you have to use the power of Ming Jiansi.

I looked at one of them, he was the general manager of Guangling Mingjian Division and the largest parental official in Guangling, "Sir He, please send someone to put Song Langsheng in jail. Just catch the wrong person and release it under the name."

"This..." Lord He looked embarrassed, "I'm afraid he..."

"He won't admit his identity. Since that's the case, you don't have to regard him as a concubine. As long as his food and shelter are not shorted, there will be no problem." I said: "It's just, No matter what he says, don't pay attention, adults must keep this in mind."

Sir He hesitated for a while, then finally nodded and said, "Subordinates obey."

I have explained everything that should be explained and should not be explained. Even if I want to stay for a while, as long as I think that Jing Yan's life is at stake, I know that I can't afford to delay it for a moment.

"Ah Sheng, don't forgive me."

That was the last thing I said to him in my heart. Even if he didn't hear it at all.

The heavy rain continued, and the horses hooves splashed with water. When I left this peaceful village, I suddenly remembered that there was only one fish left from the fish I bought today. It was alive and kicking in the bucket. .