"Your Majesty, this is the lotus root eight-treasure soup stewed for you by the empress herself. It can soothe the liver and improve eyesight. Would you like to try it?" Li Yu put a white porcelain stew pot in front of Hongli and said with a smile.

"Has the queen not rested yet?" Hongli put down the memorial in his hand, and asked with a weary pinch between his brows.

"No, the empress said she was waiting for you. It's almost midnight. You will go to court at the beginning of Yinshi, so you can sleep for more than two hours. Why don't you go to bed early?" Li Yu said as he opened the stewing pot, The hot air is dense and the fragrance is tangy.

Hongli suddenly felt itchy all over his body and couldn't stop scratching. Seeing this, Li Yu quickly asked, "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?"

Hongli opened his sleeves, and saw that his arms were covered with red spots, which were extremely itchy. Li Yu hurriedly said, "Slave, I will go and invite the imperial physician for you."

"Don't make a fuss, I'm fine." Then he picked up the spoon and started to drink the soup, "The queen's cooking skills are really getting better and better."

"The empress is all about the emperor, and she must be thinking about you when she cooks the soup. This soup is full of the empress's love for you, and no one else can compare to it." Li Yu, this guy, complimented Come as soon as you open your mouth, there is no repetition.

Seeing Li Yu's flattering smile, Hongli scolded angrily, "Get lost!"

When Hongli was undressing and taking a bath, Xu Niancai found that his body was covered with red rashes, and hurriedly called the imperial physician to come.

"Rongyin, scratch me, it's really itchy!" Hongli lay on the bed topless, Xu Nian wouldn't let him scratch, so he begged Xu Nian to scratch him coquettishly.

"Wait, wait until the imperial doctor has seen it." Xu Nian had already checked his pulse. He was suffering from boils, which were not difficult to treat, but suffered.

"Empress, the emperor is suffering from boils. Boils are rare in the Forbidden City. Has the emperor received foreign officials recently?" Zhang Yuanping asked.

"The emperor has indeed met many foreign ministers in the past few days. Maybe one of the foreign ministers was sick and transmitted the disease to the emperor." Hongli is indeed very busy recently. Who infected it, "Is this disease important?"

"This disease is extremely itchy and unbearable. What's worse, the emperor seems to be allergic to boils and developed hives. As a result, it is difficult for ordinary people not to scratch, and it is easy to scratch the whole body and cause infection. It's out of control." Zhang Yuan explained to Xu Nian in detail.

"Then according to Zhang Yuan's sentence, how should I treat him now?"

"Apply sulfur ointment externally, smear the whole body, and take medicine to clear fire internally. In addition, the emperor must put everything down and rest for a hundred days. This disease is highly contagious. Madam, please don't stay in the house for too long!" Zhang Yard After the sentence was finished, I went down to dispense the medicine.

"I will stay here to take care of the emperor." Xu Nian wanted to use spiritual power to unblock his tendons and meridians, so that he could recover faster, and with her current physique, she would not be infected with scabies. "Mingyu, I will leave the Changchun Palace to you. Don't let Yong Cong leave the Changchun Palace recently. Let Yong Lian go to the Changchun Palace to see Yongcong when he has time."

The two brothers were surrounded by people carefully selected by Xu Nian, and there were also dark guards assigned to them by Hongli, and the protection was quite strict.

"Li Yu, the emperor's condition will not be cured in a day or two. If the concubines in the palace want to attend to the sick, explain to them that scabies is contagious and extremely itchy. Scabies will leave scars if scratched." If they are still willing to come to serve the sick, let them come in." Xu Nian didn't mind, she also wanted to see who in the harem had true love for Hongli and who was lying to him.

As a result, at the beginning, all of them stayed and vowed to serve the emperor, but within two days, after Concubine Ning contracted boils, she saw bloodstains scratching her arms and shouted itchy. , After scratching at all, these concubines couldn't shirk for various reasons. Some said they wanted to take care of their children; some said they wanted to copy scriptures and pray for the emperor; There are really all kinds of illnesses for the emperor, each showing their own special abilities.

Concubine Xian wanted to persevere, but she also saw that the emperor only had eyes for the queen, and she was unnecessary there, and would affect his mood, so she stopped going and began to pray for the emperor.

"Does it still itch?" Xu Nian sat by the bed, dressed in a light beige flag dress, which made her look more beautiful and refined. Xu Nian gently applied the medicine to him with the pulp of his ring finger, and strands of aura condensed between his fingers. Kills bacteria that are invisible to the naked eye.

"Itch, you scratch it for me? Scratch it?" Hongli looked at Xu Nian as if he was cheating, his face was lying on the pillow, his mouth was pouting, which was inexplicably cute.

"You can't scratch it. It's easy to get infected if scratched. I'll blow it on for you. It'll be fine." Xu Nian coaxed him like a child.

"Okay, I still have to read the memorial to me. I don't want to read it. I feel uncomfortable. You read it to me." Hongli said aggressively.

"It's all up to you!"

"General of Fuzhou and governor of Fujian and Zhejiang..." Xu Nian's voice gradually quieted down. These greetings were so lengthy that they could only be summed up in eight words, "I pray for the emperor's peace!"

Xu Nian divided these scriptures into three categories, the scriptures that need to be decided by the emperor; the scriptures for those who have nothing to do, and the scriptures for thanking you after being commended.

When the courtier submits the papers, the emperor wants Zhu Zhu to reply. There are thousands of courtiers, but the emperor has only one. It is a big project to criticize papers every day. There are many traditional characters and strokes. It is really not easy to be an emperor. Basically, I have to go to court every day. It is really a matter of the state, family, and the world, and I worry about everything.

Xu Nian put a thin blanket around his waist, fanned him gently, put one hand on his back, and used spiritual power to guide his meridians. Hongli has practiced martial arts all year round, and the muscles on his back are evenly distributed, with lines Fluency, even though he was lying on the couch, it was hard to hide the sense of strength in his body.

This palace has been really troubled recently, when Hongli's boils were about to heal, something happened to Concubine Yu in Shoukang Palace.

At night, just after the two of them went to bed, Hongli was still pulling Xu Nian to make a fuss, when there was a deafening thunder outside the window, followed by lightning and thunder, Hongli subconsciously took Xu Nian into his arms, "Don't be afraid, I am here."

Less than an hour later, Yong Cong's cry suddenly came from outside the door, he must have been awakened by the thunder, "Er Niang, I want Er Niang..."

Xu Nian hurriedly got up to get out of bed, but Hongli held her down, "Lie down, I'll go."

A moment later, Hongli came in holding Yong Cong who was crying miserably. The little guy hugged Hongli's neck, lying in his arms and twitching. When he saw Xu Nian, he immediately burst into tears. The two chubby arms stretched straight towards Xu Nian, "Hug my mother!"

Xu Nian sat on the bed, hugged Yong Cong into his arms, and patted him on the back, "Emiang is here, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, Er Niang will protect us Yong Cong, be good, don't be afraid."

Xu Nian hummed a lullaby and patted him to sleep, "Sleep quickly, baby. I will accompany you in my dream..."

Perhaps because of the familiar smell, Yong Cong fell asleep quickly. Xu Nian put him on the innermost side and said softly to Hongli: "Sleep like this tonight. Cong is only three years old, I am really worried."

"Hongli, I want to drink water?"

"You, I'm sure I'm going to eat!" What could Hongli say?Of course, he agreed to her unconditionally, went outside and poured her a glass of warm water, Xu Nian smiled at him triumphantly, "Who told you to spoil me! Don't you know there is a word called being proud of being favored?"

Before Hongli could go to bed, there was a sudden downpour of rain outside. A moment later, Li Yu rushed to report, "Your Majesty, Concubine Yu was struck by lightning."

One sentence startled the two of them, Xu Nian was the Queen of the Central Palace, she also got up quickly, Mingyu and Ruyu also quickly dressed Xu Nian and combed her hair.

"It's fine, what happened to Concubine Yu?" The question Xu Nian asked was exactly what Hongli wanted to ask.

Seeing Mingyu's hesitation, Hongli yelled sharply: "Just say what you have to say, what's the point of hesitating!"

"My servant heard that Concubine Yu's lightning strike was a punishment from God!" Mingyu immediately knelt down on the ground, "Today evening, Wei Yingluo from the embroidered room suddenly begged to see Concubine Yu and broke into Shoukang Palace. The concubine stopped her on the grounds that she was paying respects to the Buddha, but Wei Yingluo yelled outside the hall, saying...saying..."

"what did she say?"

"It is said that on the tenth day of the first lunar month, I broke into the palace privately with Prince Hongzhou and defiled the maid Aman in the embroidered house. This is the first crime; in order to cover up the crime for her son, Concubine Yu killed Aman. This is the second crime. The palace servants in Shoukang Palace They heard it all, and they also said that when Concubine Yu was struck by lightning, it was Wei Yingluo who used the hand of heaven to punish the villain." Mingyu also made things clear.

"She is a little maid, who gave her the courage to go to the Shoukang Palace to speak out? Concubine Yu is the late emperor's concubine, she is punished by heaven? Doesn't it mean that the late emperor didn't know people clearly, it's just nonsense! Li Yu, send someone to investigate, I want to know the truth!" Hongli seemed furious, someone dared to talk about ghosts and gods in the harem, he was looking for death.

"Bring that maid Wei Yingluo here, what do I want to ask her?" Xu Nian was wearing a ginger-yellow uniform, twisting a string of glass jade beads in his hand, and ordered to Ruyu.

"My maidservant Wei Yingluo kowtowed to the empress, all blessings!" Wei Yingluo was dressed in a light blue court maid's dress, her robes were already soaked, she knelt in the hall with her back straight, neither humble nor overbearing.

Xu Nian looked at Wei Yingluo who was kneeling below. In this life, without Fucha Rongyin's teaching and protection, Wei Yingluo's temperament became more left-handed. Regret what you did.

"Wei Yingluo, since the day you entered the palace, this palace has noticed you. You are full of hostility. You entered the palace to avenge Wei Yingning, right?" Xu Nian looked at her calmly and asked.

"Yes! I just wanted to avenge my sister. My sister's body was sent out of the palace. Her death was unknown. After her death, she couldn't be buried in the Wei family's ancestral grave, where her ancestors and grandchildren could pay homage to her. It was because Hong Zhou was an aristocrat. Can she do whatever she wants? Can Concubine Yu kill my sister in order to cover up her crimes for her son? I don’t accept it, I don’t accept it!” Wei Yingluo’s heart was filled with hatred.

"Then I will tell you the things you don't know."

"On the first day you entered the palace, you met Wu Yaqingdai, an auspicious and beautiful girl who made things difficult for the court ladies. Because of the 'Growing Lotus Step by Step' you gave her, she was reprimanded by the emperor and thrown out of the palace. The Wuya family, who was also implicated, was also demoted from Beijing by the emperor. On the night of returning home, she was killed by a bowl of poison. But although she died, the girl of the Wuya family who had not left the cabinet was still burdened by her reputation , Even if a girl is married, her life in her husband's house is still difficult."

"Do you dare to say that you have a clear conscience?"

"Those who wanted to harm you paid the price with their lives. Aunt Fang, Jinxiu, and Linglong, none of them had good results, but they can be regarded as their own fault." Xu Nian lightly twisted the beads, "But what about Fu Heng? You suspected that he was the murderer of your sister, so you deliberately designed to get close to him and make him fall in love with you, but what about you? You gave him a hand warmer to scald him, and you gave him a purse to seduce him, and treat him as if away from you. Let him worry about gains and losses, and hint him, let him ask me to transfer you to Changchun Palace, so as to avoid Concubine Ning's troubles and murderous intentions towards you, Wei Yingluo, you are indeed very smart, you know how to use your own advantages, and know how to judge the situation, But you are taking advantage of Fu Heng's sincere affection for you."

"Are you not ashamed?"

"You utter nonsense in the Shoukang Palace, saying that Concubine Yu died as a result of heaven's punishment, and publicizing Hong Zhou and her evil deeds. Do you know what will happen to those court ladies and eunuchs who heard about these secret palaces afterwards? The late emperor Your concubine will definitely not die of divine punishment! History books will only record that Concubine Yu died of a sudden emergency today." Xu Nian's fingers were getting faster and faster as he fiddled with the beads. "Your Wei family is full of families, and you will be convicted because of you, and the whole family will be executed!"

"Wei Yingluo, are you really not ashamed?"

As soon as Xu Nian's words fell, Wei Yingluo's straight back slowly bent, she knelt down on the ground, and yelled loudly, "Heaven's not fair! My sister died, but the murderer can get away with it. I don't accept it, I don't accept it! "

Injustice?But there is no absolute fairness in this world, only relative fairness. Even in modern times, are people really equal?The law won't spare any bad guy, but—people will.

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