Zhou Ning did not interfere with the investigation. She had too many things to do every day. Not only did she have to take care of everything in the palace, but she also had to keep an eye on her two sons.
Especially Li Laoer, he was like a demon king, giving her endless headaches.
"Hurry up and go back to bed. I'll wait for you Aye to come back later. I will definitely make you look good!"
Zhou Ning stared, Li Laoer lowered his head and played with the nine-ring chain, and said: "It's still early for Aye to come back!"
He suddenly noticed his mother raising her eyes to look outside the palace, and slowly turned back.
The emperor was outside the palace, looking smiling, but Li Laoer felt that it was best for him to disappear at this moment.
"Aye, grandma, I'm going to bed."
Li Laoer ran away.
Zhou Ning got up and changed clothes for the emperor.
She felt that the emperor's body was a little stiff, so she asked: "But you feel unwell?"
The emperor shook his head, "I have something to do, Aning."
"Say." The queen untied his coat and put it aside.
The emperor turned around and looked at her, "Do you know a medicine that can make people irritable and have murderous intentions?"
"There are many drugs that can make people manic and restless, but murderous intent cannot be induced by drugs." Zhou Ning said.
"Oh!" the emperor thought thoughtfully.
Later in the evening, as the couple lay in bed, the emperor whispered about the previous interrogation.
"The medicine for mania... has a bit of a taste." Zhou Ning leaned beside the emperor, "If so, it must be given in a soup with a strong taste."
"That's right, then Wang Mo must be someone else's spy."
"It's remarkable to be able to lie dormant like this." Zhou Ning suddenly thought of Han Shitou and sighed: "When will the people in the palace be less scheming?"
"Only if you can stay awake before power can you have such a possibility."
"Wang Mo is a dead man. By the way, where is the kitchen?"
"Afterwards, the emperor cleaned the kitchen, but found that the matter had nothing to do with the kitchen. The medicine was given by Wang Mo."
"Then, we have to find out about Wang Mo."
"Yes, Shitou and Yi Niang will cooperate with Jin Yiwei to investigate this matter, go to sleep!"
The emperor closed his eyes, but various images flashed in his mind.
"You traitor, go and kill him!"
"How dare that traitor poison Ye Niang?"
"Kill him!"
"Kill him!"
"Kill him!"
…
The emperor woke up suddenly, only to find that it was a nightmare.
Zhou Ning was still sleeping soundly, but the emperor was no longer sleepy.
He stood up quietly, opened the door of the palace, shook his head at the maid outside, and then closed the door behind him.
The moonlight was very cold, and the emperor walked to the steps and sat on the ground.
"Your Majesty." Qin Ze came over after hearing the news, worried that the emperor would catch cold.
"Stop quarreling with me."
"yes!"
The emperor was sitting there, wondering what he was thinking.
"Zitai!"
The queen woke up and found the emperor.
The emperor turned back and said with a smile: "I have eaten a lot of meat these days, and I am a little tired and hot, so I can't sleep."
The queen didn't ask, walked to sit next to him.
"Aning!"
"Um!"
"This matter must be the plan of the pseudo-emperor and his son, but there must be someone outside cooperating with it."
"Yes. There are several drugs that can make people manic. There is only one that may not hurt people and can go unnoticed."
"Which one?"
"Santo!"
There was a cold wind blowing, and the emperor turned around, and Qin Ze handed him a cloak. The emperor wrapped the two of them together in the cloak, "Are there many mulberry vines?"
"I remember that this product is produced in the south. Which book records..."
"I will send someone to find you tomorrow."
"I remember that book was in the palace."
"Then go now?"
"good!"
The couple wrapped themselves in large cloaks and went to Zhou Ning's library hall.
Open the door of the palace, and there are bookshelves inside.
"I have to look hard for it."
Zhou Ning was rummaging around on the bookshelf while thinking about it.
"Is it this volume?" the emperor asked, holding a volume of medicinal materials.
Zhou Ning looked at the title of the book and said, "No."
"Is it this one?"
"no."
The two chamberlains held candlesticks beside them, the candlelight flickered, Zhou Ning frowned in thought, and the emperor's eyes turned, searching...
"I remember it was put together with a roll of first aid prescriptions. Where are the first aid prescriptions?"
"I think you should number your books and sort them into categories."
"But I'm so busy."
"Yes, go back and ask someone to help you!"
"I remembered."
Zhou Ning clapped her hands, turned her eyes, walked to a bookshelf, stretched out her hand and slowly scratched the books...
"Here...here!"
Zhou Ning took out a scroll, and the emperor came over, waved, and took the candlestick from a chamberlain.
The two looked side by side.
Zhou Ning rummaged slowly.
"Here! Mulberry vine is a specialty of the Southern Zhou Dynasty. It can be used in conjunction with aconite and other medicines to boost Yang Qi, so it is often used on dying people..."
The emperor nodded, but he didn't understand.
Zhou Ning tilted her head and looked at him, "Aconite can be used to destroy Yang and collapse, and Mulberry Vine has a more powerful effect. It can forcibly boost vitality, but it should not be used too much, as it can make people crazy."
The emperor pretended to understand, "So, San Teng, can you use it?"
Zhou Ning shook his head, "I've never seen it before, and it can't be found on the market."
"Southern Zhou..."
The emperor pondered and suddenly saw the following line of words.
"Grinding mulberry vines into powder and drinking it can revive the dead for a moment."
Zhou Ning said: "This so-called dead person refers to a dying person who is dying. If you drink Sang Teng, you can take a breath and let him finish his words. Eh!"
"My lord!" the emperor smiled.
What do ordinary people use this thing for?
Only noble people who are full of secrets and can't let go of the glory and wealth in this world can use this medicine.
"But if there are more, the people will be happy to use them!" Zhou Ning said, "It's good to let your relatives live a little longer."
"The explanation is quite sparse." The emperor knew it by heart, "I will send Nianxu into the palace tomorrow, that's all. I'm afraid that letting him in will scare others, so I'll go there. You go back to sleep quickly."
When the two of them went out, they saw that there was more white fish belly on the horizon, and they couldn't help but smile at each other.
After breakfast, the emperor summoned Concubine Li.
"Wang Mo's matter needs to be investigated. There is Shitou and Yi Niang in the palace. Keep an eye on Jin Yiwei and pay close attention to this matter."
The emperor will then prepare to leave the palace.
"Aye, I want to go out too!"
Li Laoer chased the emperor to leave the palace.
"Waiting for tomorrow." The emperor was very worried. "My father has something to do when he leaves the palace today. It's urgent!"
"Then it's settled."
"It's settled!"
The emperor changed into civilian clothes and all muttered: "How can those people withstand dozens of children?"
Han Shitou followed him and said: "Those people only value the eldest son, or one or two children, and the other children are like cats and dogs in their eyes."
"What are you born for?" The emperor found such thoughts unreasonable.
Lin Feibao said: "They just give birth... casually."
"You act like a chicken!" Suzaku said in his ear after a long time.
…
Nian Xu and his family live in Chang'an. They were a little nervous at first, worried that they would be punished one day. But gradually, let alone being punished, no one would follow them when they went out.
Nian Xu refused to give up and went out several times to investigate carefully and swore that no one was following him.
Instead, he felt unbalanced. He thought, could the emperor just trust me so much?
Nian Xu liked to go to those teahouses to drink tea and listen to books when he had nothing to do... This was a habit from Shu, and he was quickly liked by the people of Chang'an.
One day, he heard two men who were listening to a book talking about him. Judging from their clothes, they were probably powerful people.
"...Nian has been in charge of the Southern Zhou Dynasty for hundreds of years, but now, except for the scholar-bureaucrats, no one in the Southern Zhou Dynasty cares about him."
"Why?"
"You know His Majesty's methods. He followed the process of destroying the country and cleansed the Southern Zhou Dynasty. Now the officials of the Southern Zhou Dynasty are governing the Qingming Festival, and the people are shouting "Long live Your Majesty."
"Tsk! But those scholar-bureaucrats are not simple either!"
"You think highly of them. When the people see through their true colors of incompetence and shamelessness, what they are left with is incompetence and rage.
No, a certain scholar-official drank too much and told people that he was planning to rebel and restore the Zhou Dynasty. Within an hour, several sergeants came and took him away.
Later I found out that he was talking nonsense after drinking too much, but the waiter in the restaurant took the initiative to report it. Afterwards, they asked the waiter why he reported it. The waiter said that we live such a comfortable life, and anyone who wants to destroy it is our enemy. No matter what
Who is.
In these words, not only the scholar-bureaucrats are mentioned, but also Nian Xu!"
It turns out that I am a disaster in the eyes of the people of Southern Zhou Dynasty?
No, incompetent person!
Nian Xu went back sadly and reflected for a long time.
The weather was still cold, so he planned to reflect on it until early summer before going out.
After breakfast, Nian Xu first visited a few children...especially his daughter Nian Ziyue.
Nian Ziyue was reading a book early in the morning. Nian Xu frowned as he read, "It's time to get married."
"Yeah!" Nian Ziyue continued reading.
Nian Xu had no choice but to go back.
A follower came to report, "A Lang, a guest has come, and he says he is an acquaintance of A Lang."
"Oh! I'll go take a look!"
Nian Xu hasn't had any guests here for a long time, and he can't help but feel warm in his heart, feeling that at least some people still remember him.
When he saw the emperor in plain clothes coming, he was stunned for a moment and quickly saluted.
"No gift!"
The emperor smiled and said: "I came today to inquire about something."
First, let’s talk about Anianxu’s intentions, otherwise the emperor would worry that he would be scared to death.
"Your Majesty, please."
The two went to the place where they were entertaining guests, and Nian Xu asked someone to serve tea...even though he knew the emperor would not drink it.
The emperor asked: "Is there any inconvenience when arriving in Chang'an?"
"It's quite good." Nian Xu said, "Especially the teahouse, I like it the most."
“That’s a great place!”
"It's just that...the daughter is the eldest in the family, but she is not married..."
Nian Xu finally couldn't bear it anymore and brought the matter out.
How about you show it to my daughter?
The emperor was stunned, and Nian Ziyue's beautiful eyes naturally appeared in his mind.
He coughed dryly, "I came here to ask you. Do you know Sang Teng?"
Nian Xu nodded, "mulberry vine is a must-have in the palace. The late emperor took some before he left, and his spirits were high. He left after about a quarter of an hour."
The emperor asked: "How much of that medicine is there?"
"Mulberry vines are grown in a swamp in the hometown of the Southern Zhou Dynasty. Not only are they rare, there are many poisonous insects in the swamp, and there are also man-eating dragons, so it is difficult to pick them. Therefore, they are only found in the imperial palace."
"Is that so?"
The emperor asked: "In the Tang Dynasty...has anyone asked for it in the past few years?"
He stared at Nian Xu intently, not missing any slight change in his expression.
Nian Xu was startled, then thought about it carefully, "I remember... it seems there is."
"who?"
"When the late emperor was here, the servant Lei Hua knew about this matter."
"Where is this person?"
Nian Xu was confused, "After I was taken away, I don't know what happened next."
The emperor gave Jielong, who was accompanying him, a wink.
Jielong went out, found his men, and ordered: "Use the most reliable manpower and the best horses. Change horses along the way without changing people... Go find Lei Hua, the chamberlain of the Southern Zhou Palace... Be quick, the faster the better!"