The Favoured Medical Princess: 450 summer heat

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On this night, the moon was sparse, the night wind was blowing, and the bright moonlight shone slantingly on the high walls of Huiling City. On the vast land around it, there was a stretch of land one mile away from the city gate. In the endless eucalyptus forest...

This lush forest is right next to the official road. It is lush and green, which not only blocks the dust on the official road, but also blocks the scorching sun from the shade of the trees during the day; Ling River and Huiling River have a wide surface and fast current, making it extremely difficult to cross the river.

For the Nanliang army, this place is perfect for camping: it can avoid the sun during the day; the side near the river is not easy to be attacked by sneak attacks, and it can provide water sources; in addition, the location of this eucalyptus forest is just right, a short distance from Huiling The city is only one mile away, which allows them to observe Huiling City's movements closely and facilitate them to arrange night attacks at any time.

Now, the 10,000 Nanliang army has been camping here for almost half a month. Flags are fluttering, thousands of tents are stacked on top of each other, and looking from a distance, there is a bright fire.

In the center of the camp, a large bonfire was burning brightly, with sparks jumping and making a "sizzling" sound.

The two Nanliang soldiers guarding the campfire added firewood to the fire from time to time.

Not far ahead, from several tents, a woman's cry of unwillingness to be tortured was heard. It was desperate, miserable, and made people shudder.

Not long after, two disheveled Nanliang soldiers carried a corpse wrapped in a straw mat out of the camp. The two casually threw the rolled up straw mat to the ground, and one of them cursed. : "What bad luck!" After saying that, the two returned to the camp.

The corpse fell heavily to the ground, causing the straw mat to loosen slightly. A naked arm that clearly belonged to a woman hung outside the straw mat. You could see that the fair skin was covered with bruises and mottled marks. There are many whip marks and blood marks, which are almost unbearable to look at.

The two Nanliang soldiers beside the bonfire only glanced at each other indifferently and then looked away. The thin black man among them looked up at the sky and said: "It's the third watch now, right? In another hour, We can just...hehe!"

The bearded man next to him added another piece of firewood and said: "Look at your virtue. General Ailida said that as long as we capture Huiling City, we will not seal the sword for seven days. Are you still afraid that there is no better woman?"

Since ancient times, massacres have always been about "stopping the sword within seven days." General Elida is willing to say that he will not seal the sword for seven days. It is obvious that he is impatient with the battle in Huiling City and plans to use this to improve himself. Soldier morale.

The bearded man rubbed his hands and said: "Last time we were only allowed to slaughter the city for three days in Yanding City, which was not enough at all! However, this girl from Dayu is indeed beautiful, and that woman with skin that is cooler than us in the south, tsk tsk ..." He made a tut-tsk sound with endless aftertaste.

The thin black man pointed at him and said jokingly: "Ahe, I tell you, be careful of falling on a woman someday!"

The beard laughed disapprovingly: "Hey, they Dayu have a saying that if you die under the peonies, you will become a ghost..."

"Ah, what is that?" The thin black man suddenly interrupted his colleague and pointed at the sky behind him.

"What the hell..." The bearded man looked over with confusion.

Clusters of firelight flashed out of nowhere in the night sky, dazzling and dazzling.

"Whoosh whoosh——"

"簌簌簌——"

The sound of cracking in the air mixed with the sound of swaying branches and leaves came, getting closer and closer, and saw countless rockets shooting densely, like meteors flying across the sky, lighting up the night Like daytime, clank clang--, rockets shot powerfully at the tents and trees in the forest.

Boom——

The tents and trees burned quickly. Thousands, no, tens of thousands of ignition points quickly connected together in the night wind, spreading rapidly around like a wildfire. The thick smoke spread all around. It permeated the surroundings, gradually blurring the vision.

The entire camp was boiling in an instant, with shouts, shouts, and screams coming and going continuously...

"There is an enemy attack!"

The two Nanliang soldiers on guard and several other sentries in the camp shouted at the top of their lungs, trying to wake up their sleeping companions to rise up and fight the enemy.

Immediately afterwards, Nanliang soldiers poured out of the camp like a tide. They didn't even have time to put on their armor, let alone pick up weapons. Some even had their bodies on fire, rolling on the ground wailing...

The fiery red fire frightened the chariots in the camp. They broke free from their reins, ran, screamed, and even trampled over some soldiers, making the surroundings even more chaotic and out of control!

In less than a cup of tea, this camp turned into a sea of ​​fire, a **** on earth, filled with the disgusting smell of barbecue...

The Nanliang soldiers were all running frantically outside the forest. Even if their superiors were shouting to line up, no one could listen at this critical moment. However, when they covered their noses and rushed out of the smoke-filled sea of ​​​​fire, At that time, waiting for them outside were thousands of cavalry wearing uniform armor, layer upon layer, semi-surrounding the woods. The front row of cavalry raised their crossbows and fired flaming arrows one after another. Rockets were aimed at them.

"咻咻咻——"

The rockets shot like a torrential rain at the Nanliang people who escaped from the fire forest.

Behind the archers, people shouted in unison:

"Kill!"

Amidst the deafening shouts of the soldiers, the sound of horse hoofbeats resounded. The cavalrymen raised their silver swords high and attacked these fish that had slipped through the net. They were like angry waves on the sea, one after another. Wave after wave came, bright red flags were waving in the air, and the originally quiet night was filled with murderous intent!

Seeing the enemy attack, the Nanliang soldiers certainly would not sit still and wait for death. They picked up usable weapons on the ground, fled and fought. Everyone was fighting for their lives. No one wants to die!

The knife rose and fell, and in the blazing fire, blood and flesh flew everywhere.

There are sounds everywhere of the clash of weapons, the sound of knives cutting into bones and flesh, the crackling sound of fire... the ensemble formed a cruel and heroic tragic song.

The soaring fires dyed the dark night sky a touch of red, the scorching air rushed towards the face, carrying a burning smell, and the wind brought billowing smoke, making people cough.

With such a movement, it was impossible for Huiling City to be unaware. There was an immediate commotion on the city wall. A middle-aged man in armor hurriedly led several people up the city wall.

"Lord Situ!"

The soldiers on the city wall hurriedly clasped their fists and performed military salutes to the visitors.

As early as when the rockets suddenly attacked, the soldiers on guard had already discovered that at first they thought it was another night attack by the Nanliang army. Unexpectedly, those rockets were aimed at the camps of the Nanliang people.

Chief Lieutenant Chen, who was keeping watch at night, hurriedly sent someone to inform the Situ garrison. Since Huiling City was besieged, the Situ garrison had always slept in his clothes and never had a good night's sleep, for fear that the enemy would suddenly attack the city. .

As soon as he received the report, he rushed over.

Colonel Chen said with a happy face: "Master Situ, could it be that our reinforcements are coming?"

Situ Shoubei couldn't be so optimistic, but he didn't say anything for fear of damaging morale.

In fact, since Huiling City was besieged, he sent several teams to Luoyue City to report the news, but no one was able to break through the siege alive. Even their bodies were hung high on the flagpole by the Nanliang people for ten days.

The closest ones to Huiling City are Lanyang City and Huayi City. Both of these cities are small cities, and the number of defenders in the city is only three to five thousand. Not to mention that the defenders cannot leave the city at will without the prince's order. Even if They are here, and facing the Nanliang army of ten thousand, they are like a mantis.

Who is coming...

Situ Shouwei took the clairvoyance handed to him by his own soldiers and looked in the direction of the Nanliang Army camp.

Through clairvoyance, the situation one mile away was clearly displayed in front of Situ's guard. The camp of the Nanliang army was on fire, with thick smoke billowing. Countless Nanliang soldiers were trapped and died in the sea of ​​fire. It didn't seem to be fake...

Situ Shouwei slowly turned his clairvoyance, and suddenly his eyes froze, staring at the swaying flags among the group of cavalry, his eyes slightly widened, and blurted out: "It's the Crown Prince!" That was clearly the banner of the Crown Prince Xiao Yi. !

"Your Majesty!"

Colonel Chen also widened his eyes and subconsciously raised his voice.

The soldiers on the city wall all looked excited and relieved. They had worked so hard to unite the people in the city to survive for so many days. They thought they might not be able to survive the day when the army came. Unexpectedly, the prince actually brought The soldiers arrived and were now fighting with the Nanliang army.

"We are saved!"

"Great, the Crown Prince is here to rescue Huiling City!"

"..."

The atmosphere on the city wall was getting more and more heated, but Situ Shouwei couldn't feel so relaxed.

In the firelight, it was difficult to estimate the number of the cavalry in the shadowy light. However, after watching for a while, Guard Situ guessed that there would not be many people. Otherwise, the Nanliang Army was in a panic now. They launched an encirclement and suppression campaign, but they just moved around and attacked, deliberately avoiding direct confrontation with them. It was obvious that they did not have enough military strength.

It takes time for a large army to march, and this should be the vanguard army that comes first to support.

Although the prince temporarily disrupted the enemy camp with a fire attack and caused a lot of damage to the enemy, when the Nanliang army reacts and controls the remaining soldiers, a tough battle will be fought. ……

At this time, Situ Guard suddenly looked stern. At the same time, Captain Chen's voice also sounded in his ears, "Sir Tu, this is the flag!"

Semaphore!

The Crown Prince's flag is being waved rhythmically in someone's hand, which is clearly a flag!

The prince asked him to lead his army out of the city?

Situ Shouwei put aside his clairvoyance and raised his voice decisively to give the order: "Sound the war drums, summon the entire army, and open the city gate! We will fight Nanliang Dog to the death!"

"Yes, Lord Situ!"

Colonel Chen and the soldiers felt their blood boiling with excitement, and a sense of killing surged from their chests, and they immediately took action.

At the same time, the woods where the Nanliang camp is located almost turned into a huge bonfire. The trees were burned, crackled, and fell on the burning tent. There were sounds of breaking, collision, falling, and popping. ...one after another.

Everything that can be burned has been burned, and corpses of Nanliang soldiers can be seen everywhere. They died in different ways: those who were burned to death, those who were shot to death by arrows, those who were hacked to death with knives, those who were crushed to death by trees... blood It formed a river, dyeing almost all the nearby ground red, forming a world of fire and blood.

Remnants of Nanliang soldiers escaped from the woods in several groups one after another. Xiao Yi did not give orders to pursue them. The vanguard army only had 3,000 people. Resolving the difficulties in Huiling City was the key. It was not wise to pursue them.

Xiao Yi glanced at the direction of the city wall. The defenders of Huiling City should have received the semaphore.

The attempt to annihilate the 10,000 Nanliang army with three thousand cavalry is simply an idiot’s dream. However, Huiling City has not yet been defeated. Huiling City should have had 8,000 defenders. After successive battles, Xiao Yi estimates that at least he can still There are three to five thousand people, but they can give the Nanliang army a jar to catch turtles!

Otherwise, if the delay continues, once the Nanliang army arrives, Huiling City may be really in danger.

"Your Majesty!" At this time, Wu Chenming wiped the blood from his face and reported, "The gate of Huiling City has been opened."

"Okay!"

Xiao Yi picked up the heavy bow hanging on the side of the horse and placed a long arrow on the bowstring.

The bow string was easily stretched until it was full. His hand suddenly let go, and the long arrow roared out with a sound of breaking through the air...

Bah!

The banner of the leader of the Nanliang army was cut off at the sound, and the city of Huiling thundered with cheers.

Morale is boosted.

"Kill!"

Xiao Yi shouted loudly and rode out at the lead...

……

At this time, Nangong Yue, who was far away in Luoyue City, suddenly woke up and felt a burst of heat. She sat up from the bed and wiped the back of her neck, which was already wet with sweat.

The night was silent except for the chirping of cicadas outside from time to time.

Hearing the movement in the inner room, Huamei who was on duty at night hurriedly got up, walked in, and asked in a low voice: "Prince Princess, are you okay?"

When Xiao Yi was at the house, the maids did not need to be on night duty, but now that Nangong Yue was the only one, several maids took turns to arrange their shifts.

Huamei's voice made Nangong Yue wake up a little and said: "I'm fine, I just woke up from the heat..."

Huamei hurriedly entered the inner room, poured cold boiled water for Nangong Yue, and then went out to change the ice basin. The room gradually became cooler again.

After sending Huamei out, Nangong Yue still couldn't sleep, so she went to the beauty's couch in front of the window and sat down in her middle coat.

She opened the window and looked to the southeast from a distance.

That is the direction of Huiling City...

It was not until dawn that Nangong Yue fell asleep for a while again. Huamei knew that she had not slept well last night and did not dare to disturb her early in the morning, so she got up a stick of incense later than usual. After having breakfast, he went to the director of Xihong Hall.

As soon as he came out of the house, Nangong Yueden felt that the heat was unbearable. It was only now, but the scorching sun was high in the sky, scorching the earth like a fireball. A strong breeze came to face him. There was no coolness at all, but it made people even more excited. I feel the heat is overwhelming.

"It's really getting hotter and hotter today." Nangong Yue frowned slightly.

"Yes, Crown Princess!" Huamei, who was following beside her, couldn't help complaining, "I'm covered in sweat even when I don't move. Several maids in the mansion have been hit by the heat in the past few days."

Nangong Yue pondered for a moment and said: "Huamei, please tell me to go down and tell the maids and women in Bixiaotang not to clean the courtyard at noon recently to avoid the heat. Sweeping and other things should be arranged before sunrise. Or after sunset."

Huamei hurriedly thanked Nangong Yue for the rough messenger maids and women, and took the order.

When Nangong Yue arrived at Xihong Hall, several housekeepers in silk and silver were already waiting under the eaves. When they saw Nangong Yue, they all bowed and saluted: "I have seen the Crown Princess."

Nangong Yue motioned for them to excuse themselves, and a group of people entered Xihong Hall with her as the center.

Nangong Yue sat down on the Taishi chair. After being given the opportunity to sit down, several stewards sat on the stool that the little maid had brought.

First, Nanny Lu reported that due to the recent hot weather, the consumption of ice cubes was greater than previously expected. She had already told Butler Zhu, but Nangong Yue only told her to listen to the ice in Yuge and Yunliyuan. Never less.

Following that, the other nuns in charge also reported one by one. When it was the turn of Aunt Qu in the sewing room, she sat there in a daze, motionless for a long time, as if she was in a daze.

A fat nun beside her quietly pulled her cuffs, and she suddenly came back to her senses. However, when she stood up, she bumped into the stick behind her, making a "clunk" sound, which was particularly harsh. , the other housekeepers all looked at her.

Nanny Qu hurriedly reported respectfully: "Prince Concubine, the sewing room is about to start making summer... No, it's autumn clothes. In the past, autumn clothes were worn by each maid and mother-in-law. I want to ask the Imperial Concubine for instructions. Do you still come as usual?"

Nangong Yue thought for a while and said: "Autumn clothes will come as usual, but I guess this year's summer will be a bit long, and it may be hot until early October. Your sewing room should make up for everyone's summer clothes first, and then Let’s start sewing autumn clothes.”

When the few maids in the hall heard that they had a new summer clothes for nothing, they all smiled and exchanged looks happily.

Aunt Qu Fushen responded: "Yes, Crown Princess, I will order the people below to start tailoring autumn clothes for everyone..." As she said that, her eyes were a little straight, and she didn't realize that she was I've mispoken.

Aunt Lu coughed impatiently and tried to remind Aunt Qu.

Seeing Nanny Qu absent-mindedly and answering confusedly, Nangong Yue frowned slightly. This is not the first time she has dealt with this nanny. She usually seems to be a very capable person. Could something have happened...

Nangong Yue asked in a deep voice: "Aunt Qu, do you have anything to report?"

Nanny Qu trembled and then came back to her senses. For fear of being punished, she knelt down in panic and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. My little granddaughter has been ill recently, and I am a little worried. So I was distracted for a moment." She said tremblingly.

Looking at Aunt Qu’s appearance, Nangong Yue guessed that it was probably not a simple cold and cough, so she asked again: "What disease do you have?"

Nanny Qu was feeling uneasy and worried, and she couldn't hold back her trembling voice as she said: "Prince Princess, my granddaughter may have suffered from heatstroke, vomiting and diarrhea. She took some mugwort water last night, but she still has no symptoms this morning. I can’t stop vomiting!” Seeing her granddaughter almost vomiting jaundice water, Grandma Qi frowned tightly.

Nangong Yue squinted her eyes slightly, her expression a little solemn, and she couldn't help but think of what Huamei told her just now about many little maids suffering from heatstroke recently... The weather has indeed been getting hotter these days, and the elderly and children are weak. I'm afraid this summer will be difficult.

"Get up first." Nangong Yue ordered, "Baihui, go and get some of the heat-relieving medicine I made for Grandma Qu..."

Baihui is busy taking orders.

"My slave, thank you!" Aunt Qu secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the princess did not blame her and gave her medicine. I heard that the Crown Princess is a miracle doctor, so the gift must be a miracle medicine, right? !

Nangong Yue said again: "Aunt Qu, since your granddaughter is seriously ill, you should go back early and hire a doctor for her. Don't delay her condition and turn a minor illness into a serious one!"

Baihui walked up to Aunt Qu and said politely: "Auntie, go to the corner gate and wait for me. I will take the medicine and deliver it to you."

"Thank you so much, Miss Baihui." Aunt Qu was grateful and left Xihong Hall with Baihui first.

Following that, the other stewards continued to report to Nangong Yue for instructions, and received another pair of cards... After about a stick of incense, they finally finished handling these trivial matters, and the stewards all left together.

Nangong Yue yawned a little tiredly. It had indeed gotten hotter and hotter these past two days. Although there was an ice basin in the Xihong Hall, she also felt stuffy after sitting for such a while.

It is conceivable that those people will probably have an even more difficult time...

Nangong Yue frowned slightly and said, "Quie'er, the weather is getting hotter and hotter recently. Do you know what the situation is like in the city?"

Quie'er immediately understood that Nangong Yue was worried about the heat, so she straightened her thoughts and replied in an orderly manner: "My concubine, I went to the eldest lady's teahouse at your request yesterday, and eldest lady Han happened to be there too. , and gave the slave a cup of herbal tea, and the slave hid in the tea shed. These days, the eldest girl's tea shed is often full, especially when the sun is the brightest around noon, and the few women who help are almost overwhelmed. Come, that’s why Miss Han went there to help at that time. The sun at noon these days was really scorching, so the servant sat in the tea shed for less than a stick of incense, and saw four or five people on their way. With signs of heat stroke, they were sent to the tea shed to rest. Fortunately, it was not serious. Miss Han gave them two cups of hot herbal tea. They sweated a little and then recovered. The slaves heard that the passers-by in the tea shed were It is said that people who serve tea have infinite merit!"

Nangong Yue listened thoughtfully. Next, the summer heat will probably get worse and worse, so just giving tea may not be enough... Maybe we need to think of other ways.

While thinking about it, I heard the voice of a little maid saluting from outside: "I've seen a big girl!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Fei, dressed in a pale cloud-patterned bra, walked slowly into the room.

After the two met, Nangong Yue said: "Sister Fei, you came just in time. I am planning to go to see my father. Why don't you accompany me?"

Meet your father? Xiao Fei was slightly startled, but without asking any further questions, she went to King Zhennan's study room with her.

They were both lucky. King Zhennan did not go to the military camp today and was handling official business in the study. Bai Shao led them in respectfully.

After saluting King Zhennan, Nangong Yue said respectfully: "Father, my daughter-in-law wants to apply medicine in the city with Sister Fei..."

King Zhennan narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Nangong Yue with some scrutiny.

Nangong Yue continued speaking nonchalantly: "Father, yesterday my daughter-in-law and Miss Fu Liu went to the teahouse to drink tea. I accidentally heard someone talking about the Fang family, and our palace was also mentioned. The Fang family is the in-laws of the palace. , no wonder..." She paused deliberately, with a look of helplessness on her face, "Father, whenever the daughter-in-law thinks about the reputation of the palace being damaged, she tosses and turns and stays awake all night. After thinking about it, the daughter-in-law feels that she should do some good deeds. Firstly, it will benefit the people, and secondly, it will revive the reputation of our palace!"

When King Zhennan saw that she looked really haggard, he couldn't help but feel a little moved.

The events in the Fang family were really ugly, involving disobedience and adultery. They also brought a bad reputation to the Zhennan Palace and became a topic of conversation for the common people. Although no one dared to gossip in front of King Zhennan, there were some things he didn't know.

He thought about it carefully and felt that Nangong Yue's proposal was indeed a good one. Applying medicine was a good deed. It could not only improve the reputation and prestige of the palace, but also divert the attention of the people in the city from the scandal of the Fang family...

The more King Zhennan thought about it, the more he felt that this idea was a good one. When he looked up at Nangong Yue, there was some appreciation in his eyes. This imperial concubine is worthy of being the legitimate daughter of a famous family, and she handles affairs with the style of a royal mistress.

Little Fang’s family has been getting more and more out of shape recently. It’s not appropriate for the palace’s middle minister to always have a concubine in charge. Maybe the prince concubine can be given a try...

And Xiao Fei...

The King of Zhennan glanced at Xiao Fei quickly and thought to himself: Sister Fei used to only know how to study, but now that she has been with the imperial concubine for a long time, she behaves like a royal girl.

"Okay, I'll do it as you wish, Crown Princess!" King Zhennan said decisively, "I will order someone to go to the counting house to get one thousand taels of silver later. You can use it first... As for manpower and purchasing, Crown Prince Concubine, you can just figure it out on your own. Your mother has been unwell recently and is still nursing, so don’t bother her."

Is this completely dismissing Xiao Fang? Also, the King of Zhennan is so good-looking, and the incident involving the third wife of the Fang family is enough to make him hate the little Fang family. Nangong Yue thought so, then she lowered her eyebrows and blessed Xiao Fei together and said, "Thank you, father."

The two looked at each other and couldn't help but smile. Even the originally dull study seemed to become much more relaxed and natural because of their brisk smiles.

The King of Zhennan stroked his beard with great satisfaction. If he remembered correctly, in five days it would be the crown prince’s hairpin gift. Maybe he should give her some face...