Chapter seventy-eight ninety-nine not giving up an inch of land
In the princess's mansion.
Su Yueling blinked, "Did Concubine De and Luo Cairen get pregnant successfully because they took medicine?"
She looked at the prescription brought to her.
The leader Hong said: "This prescription was collected by the nanny Yu Jin, who was a remnant of the previous dynasty. They once presented this prescription to the emperor, but the emperor refused to let the queen take it. Children born with this medicine are not only weaker than ordinary people, but also have poor health.
It will cause serious physical damage to the child's biological mother and shorten her life by at least ten years."
Su Yueling said: "Does the Emperor know about this?"
Leader Hong said: "You should know now."
Su Yueling said: "This prescription was definitely not passed down by the emperor himself. If he wanted the concubine to overstretch himself to give birth to a child, why would he wait until now?"
Compared with other emperors, Rong Ji is undoubtedly more humane.
She looked at the leader Hong, "Tell me, could this prescription be given away intentionally by Xie Yunzi?"
The more she thought about it, the more likely she felt that this was a possibility. If it were her, in order to disturb the harem, she might have brought out many pregnant women, produced more children, and competed with the eldest prince. These idiots were all Xie Yun
Zi started to appear after she was sure to enter the palace, so Su Yueling immediately thought of her.
The leader Hong said: "Now Huicai has also obtained this prescription, and has already asked her confidants to prepare the medicine for her."
The corner of Su Yueling's mouth twitched. These people must not know that this medicine hurts the mother's body, otherwise they would rush to drink it. "It seems that there will be another pregnant woman in the palace." Tsk, the secret medicine from before was indeed powerful.
The backlash is also severe. I heard that Concubine De has not gotten out of bed even after giving birth to the child, and her palace has always been filled with a strong smell of medicine. Is it worth having a child but losing health and lifespan?
She looked at the health index of the third prince in the background of the system - 61, which was barely passing.
Looking at Zhao Zhao again, he is directly at the top hundred.
Su Yueling thought about it. Although she had no feelings for the third prince, she couldn't just watch him become sick and he might die at any time. Then she would dilute the spirit spring liquid and feed him in batches, at least to let him
They have become the health level of ordinary children. She cannot be as attentive to him as she is to Zhao Zhao.
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What Su Yueling could find out here, Emperor Rong Ji could also find out, and he found out even earlier.
Two months ago, he investigated and found that Concubine De and Luo Cairen were pregnant because they took the medicine that Yu Jin had taken out before. He thought the medicine was harmful to the body, so he destroyed the prescription directly.
However, the Xie family is worthy of being an aristocratic family. They can even obtain this kind of prescription, and they are really well-connected. Xie Yunzi even spread this prescription out for her own benefit.
Xie Yunzi should continue to be ill, lest she always want to stir up trouble once she recovers.
There was a rare medicinal material in the prescription. Rong Ji had already ordered Chief Zhang to record it if anyone found an excuse to take the medicinal material.
As for the prescription in Huicai's hands, Rong Ji sent it to her through secret means.
Just as he expected, Huicai made the choice to take the medicine.
For the other concubines in the harem, he was not willing to let them procreate heirs at the expense of their lifespan, but for Huicai Ren, a person who only wanted to help the emperor do evil, Rong Ji did not feel pity and remained indifferent.
He wanted to know if Xie Yunzi would turn against Huicai after knowing that Huicai had "stole" the news of Fang Zi's pregnancy.
He said in a deep voice: "Changqiu Palace will light the lamp tonight."
The chamberlain Geng Hai couldn't help but sigh, this talented man is really not an ordinary favored person. She has been sleeping with him these days.
I don’t know where this concubine from the humblest of origins will go.
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Yaocheng.
Yuan Suifeng looked at the large box of furs and the small box of gems, "How many people has this Qiang given gifts to?"
His lieutenant said: "Boss, I have inquired about it. The Qiang people have spent a lot of money this time, and they have given away all those of fourth grade and above. The gifts given by Marquis Wei and your brother are the most generous, followed by yours."
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Yuan Suifeng said: "Let's go, carry all these things to the elder brother and let him register them."
It's impossible to accept it privately. You have to live in an open way.
He swaggered and carried the things to Yuan Suijun. The other officials who received the gifts naturally knew what to do, so they followed Yuan Suifeng's example one by one.
After Yuan Suijun registered all these things, he looked at the generals who looked pained, with a faint smile on his face, "Okay, take your things back by yourself."
An old general asked: "Don't these serve as the national treasury?"
Yuan Suijun said: "Before I set off, the sage had an edict. If the Qiang people want to give gifts, let them do so. As long as the adults know what they are doing, don't harm the interests of Daxia for a small profit."
As soon as these words came out, all the generals present were happy.
These things given by the Qiang people are worth more than 20,000 taels, so it is really painful for them to part with them.
Now that I can accept it, they won't be polite.
As for helping the Qiang people to seek benefits, they are not that stupid. If word spreads, their reputation will be lost.
After receiving the gift, Yuan Suijun still refused to give in when he came to the negotiation table.
He pointed at the map he drew and said: "We Daxia want these six cities." In particular, two of them are fortresses, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack. If these two are defended, the Qiang people will have to pay a lot if they want to invade in the future.
More cost.
The Qiang envoy vomited blood. These six cities were all areas with rich pasture. If they were all given to Daxia, their Qiang country would lose almost 20% of its territory.
"Don't go too far!"
They had been very respectful to Daxia during this period and had given them a lot of gifts, but in the end, the Daxia envoy refused to give in an inch of ground.
Yuan Suijun still had a gentle smile, but his words were very rude, "Who is going too far? These are all captured by us, shouldn't we take them away?"
He glanced at him and said, "You don't seem to understand the current situation. It's you who want to negotiate and stop losses now."
Yuan Suifeng listened and nodded repeatedly. Countless soldiers risked their lives to snatch those cities. There is no reason to return them.
Yuan Suijun looked at the map and said, "The number six is still not as good as nine. How about grabbing three more to make the number the best?"
Yuan Suifeng immediately cheered and said: "Okay, okay, I think the three cities of Weisu, Ningtong, and Qiuyang are all good. You see, if these three cities are added, Daxia's territory will look even better.
"He added, "I think my sister-in-law will like it."
Of course, if you only add those six cities, the territory will look pretty good. Not only is it a lot bigger, it also looks a bit like the tulips that my sister-in-law likes.
When Yuan Suijun heard Su Yueling's name, he couldn't help but condensed his expression, "You're right, then just take in a few more cities."