Night had already fallen, and lights were lit everywhere in the palace.
In the Queen Mother's palace, Queen Mother Zhu had not rested yet.
The palace maid carefully brought the ginseng tea and placed it on the table beside her, and whispered: "My Lady, it's getting late. You should go to bed early. You have to go to the Empress Dowager tomorrow to attend to her illness."
Although the Empress Dowager Zhu is already the empress dowager of a country with incomparable dignity, she is still the daughter-in-law of the Empress Dowager. Now that the Empress Dowager is seriously ill, naturally the daughter-in-law cannot be idle.
Empress Dowager Zhu took a sip of tea and asked, "Is A Cheng asleep?"
The palace maid nodded and said: "The people around His Majesty have spoken back and forth. His Majesty fell asleep shortly after he came back. He didn't even take a bite of dinner. I think he was scared today."
Empress Dowager Zhu snorted with some dissatisfaction, "You just vomited a mouthful of blood and got scared? Your Majesty is so timid, how can you become famous in the future?"
The palace maid was startled, and she quickly lowered her voice and persuaded: "My Lady, I cannot say this."
The Empress Dowager Zhu always acted like a docile daughter-in-law to the Empress Dowager, but they, the maids and chamberlains around Empress Dowager Zhu, knew that the Empress Dowager had been dissatisfied with the Empress Dowager for a long time.
It's just that in the past, Empress Dowager Zhu's dissatisfaction was mostly revealed through her expression and behavior. It is extremely rare for Empress Dowager Zhu to talk about her serious illness in such a nonchalant tone like now.
Empress Dowager Zhu glanced at her coldly, and the palace maid immediately lowered her head and did not dare to say anything more.
Empress Dowager Zhu leaned back lazily in her chair, raised her hand and pressed her eyebrows, and said: "You said... Zhi Fei and Miss Luo had just gotten engaged, and the Empress Dowager suddenly became seriously ill. Miss Luo and Zhi Fei
Is there some conflict in Fei’s destiny?”
The palace maid's heart skipped a beat. Miss Luo's and the regent's fates were calculated by Qintian Jianzheng himself. How could there be any conflict?
She is Empress Dowager Zhu's personal maid, and has been with Empress Dowager Zhu for seven or eight years. There are some things that others don't know, but she knows.
She glanced at Empress Dowager Zhu who was concentrating with her eyes closed with some trepidation, and whispered: "Is the empress... still trying to bring together Her Highness the Regent and the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Cheng'en?"
Empress Dowager Zhu said coldly: "That girl Ajin is of no use at all. What else can I do except help her? If the Luo family and Zhifei are really married, where will there be room for the Zhu family in the future? We are just afraid
I don’t know when, my wealth and life will no longer be saved! It’s hateful...the Queen Mother didn’t even talk to me about such an important matter? Does she want to kill her only grandson?”
Xie Yan's marriage proposal and appointment were so fast that she didn't even have time to do anything before the marriage was settled.
Empress Dowager Zhu is not a fool. She doesn't want Xie Yan to marry the Luo family, but it won't work if she goes out in person to offend Luo Yun.
In this case, we can only think of other ways.
Fortunately, the Empress Dowager suddenly became critically ill at this time, which gave them room to operate.
"Your Majesty." A chamberlain came in from outside in a hurry. Empress Dowager Zhu glanced at him and said coldly: "What's the matter?"
The chamberlain whispered: "The imperial palace was secretly blocked by the Zhenguo Army. Over there in the palace of the Empress Dowager... I heard that several people were found dead."
Queen Mother Zhu's face changed slightly, she stood up suddenly and said, "What's going on?"
The chamberlain shook his head and said, "The regent has ordered that no one is allowed to enter or leave the palace of the Empress Dowager. General Gu of the Zhenguo Army is personally guarding it. Our people cannot enter or leave."
Empress Dowager Zhu frowned and paced back and forth in the palace anxiously, "Why did Zhifei suddenly blockade the palace? Is it possible...that there is something hidden about the Empress Dowager's illness?"
The Empress Dowager suddenly collapsed in front of her today. Empress Dowager Zhu actually felt nothing sad.
She had been the Empress Dowager's daughter-in-law for so many years, and although the Empress Dowager did not feel sorry for her, ever since the death of the late emperor, she had felt constrained by this mother-in-law at every turn, and she had always hoped that the old woman would die soon.
But she really didn't expect that someone would dare to attack the Empress Dowager in the palace.
After pondering for a long time, Empress Dowager Zhu turned around and walked outside.
"I gonna go see."
"Your Majesty!" The chamberlain stopped her quickly and whispered: "Your Majesty, the Regent has sent someone to deliver the message. Please rest in peace early and there is no need to go over."
Queen Mother Zhu's face darkened, and she gritted her teeth and said, "What does he mean?!"
The chamberlains and maids quickly lowered their heads and did not dare to speak, for fear of offending the Queen Mother.
There was silence in the hall for a long time, and then Empress Dowager Zhu said: "Since the regent said there is no need to go there, then that's it. I'm going to see Ah Cheng. This child was frightened during the day and couldn't sleep well at night."
"Yes, empress."
In the early morning, Luo Junyao sat up from the bed and rubbed his still dry eyes. Last night, he spent a lot of time in the study with his father and brother discussing the matter of the Empress Dowager. When he came back, he was a little worried and didn't fall asleep until late at night.
When I woke up now, I still felt a little tired.
"Girl, why did you wake up so early?"
Luo Junyao asked: "When is it?"
"Just around the corner."
It was quite early, and she only slept for less than four hours.
Lan Yin said: "Girl slept late last night, and I thought I would sleep a little longer today. Do you want to rest a little longer? There will be nothing wrong today."
Luo Junyao had already gotten off the bed and said, "You don't need to sleep anymore if you're already awake."
Lan Yin answered yes, turned around and went out to call other girls to wait on Luo Junyao to change clothes and wash up.
Luo Junyao put on her clothes and washed herself in a few moments. She sat in front of the dressing table and let Lan Yin do her makeup.
The few girls close to Nuanxinyuan have long been accustomed to the second girl's tendency to do everything by herself, so they only have to do things like pouring water, sweeping and tidying up the room, which is easy.
"Have daddy and eldest brother gone out?" Luo Junyao looked at himself in the mirror, raised his hand and rubbed his face a few times to make his face look better.
Lan Yin said: "There is no court meeting today, how could the general go out so early?"
Luo Junyao said: "Then Lanzhen goes to daddy and eldest brother and tells them, and I will go to daddy's place for breakfast."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Lan Zhen responded and left with a smile.
Lan Yin was a little puzzled, "Girl, you stayed in the study very late last night. Do you have anything else to say to the general this morning?"
Luo Jun said: "If we don't have a word, we can't have breakfast together?"
Since Qin Tianjian and Master Mingguang slept with her father last night, her father looked a little unhappy. Since she had nothing to do in the morning, she would naturally go and see her father.
Luo Yun had just finished practicing when Luo Junyao passed by. Luo Yun was very happy to see his daughter coming to have breakfast with him.
Not long after, Luo Jinyan also came over. The servants quickly put on breakfast and left. The family of three sat down and started eating.
There is no rule among the father, daughter, brother and sister that they should not talk about what they eat. Luo Yun looked at his daughter and felt a little emotional, "I don't know how many times Yao Yao can have breakfast with me."
Luo Junyao naturally understood what it meant and said softly: "If dad likes it, I can come over and have breakfast with dad every day."
Luo Yun shook his head, "It's free of charge every day. When you get married, you can come back to see your father from time to time, and your father will be satisfied."
"Daddy!" Luo Junyao said angrily.
Luo Yun sighed and said, "The girl has grown up and I can't keep her."
Luo Jinyan put down the spoon in his hand, picked up the handkerchief lying next to him and wiped the corners of his lips before saying, "Does father intend to agree with the Queen Mother's idea?"
Luo Yun's hand holding the chopsticks also paused, and he was silent for a while before saying: "The Empress Dowager's consideration is not unreasonable, but it is just aggrieved."
They have already been engaged, and it is impossible to break off the engagement. Once the Empress Dowager passes away, the wedding will inevitably be postponed for at least three years.
Ordinary people can say that they get married during the period of hot mourning, but the death of the Queen Mother is a national mourning, and there is no such thing as a national mourning.
Xie Yan was raised by the Empress Dowager. He must observe filial piety for at least twenty-seven months. Adding in some other things, three years is a conservative estimate.
It's not that Luo Yun doesn't want to raise his daughter for three more years, but there are too many accidents that will happen during this period.
The marriage between the Luo family and the Regent's Palace did not arouse much opposition. The most important thing was that it was fast. The marriage was decided before anyone could react, and with the strong support of the Empress Dowager, others had nothing to say.
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But if we delay it for another three years, it’s hard to say what others will do secretly if they don’t say anything openly.
In addition, Luo Yun truly respected the Empress Dowager.
When he was still an inconspicuous young general before Emperor Gaozu, the Empress Dowager had taken great care of him. Now the Empress Dowager was worried about Xie Yan and her daughter's marriage, and Luo Yun really couldn't bear to let her go away with her worries.
Luo Jinyan frowned and said, "It's unclear how many days the Empress Dowager will be able to hold on. If the Empress Dowager simply can't catch up..."
"Then there's nothing to say." Luo Yun has naturally considered this issue, "It doesn't matter if I stay at home for a few more years."
Luo Jinyan nodded and said: "My son understands, let's see what news there will be in the palace. My mother has been taking care of the dowry these days. If I really want to... hurry up, it should be too late. However, I feel aggrieved."
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After all, it is not a good thing to celebrate, even if it is for the Empress Dowager.
What's more, if the Empress Dowager dies after celebrating the wedding, it will not be a good thing for Yao Yao.
Luo Junyao looked at his elder brother and said, "Brother, don't worry about me, I'm not afraid of these things."
Luo Jinyan sighed and said, "If I had known this, I shouldn't have decided to get married so quickly." He actually forgot to take into account the Queen Mother's physical condition.
But...if Yao Yao must only like Xie Yan, then it doesn't make any difference. If the Empress Dowager cannot survive this disaster, Xie Yan will still have to keep her filial piety sooner or later.
"General, the Prince Regent is here." The steward came in and announced.
The manager of the Luo family didn't know that the Empress Dowager was critically ill. He just thought that the regent had just arranged a marriage with his second daughter, so he was very attentive when he went to the Luo family early in the morning.
Luo Yun and his son looked at each other, stood up and said, "Invite the regent to the study."
"Yes, General."
When the manager went out, Luo Jinyan frowned and said, "I'm afraid it's..."
Luo Yun nodded silently, stretched out his hand to hold his daughter and said, "Let's go meet him."
Xie Yan didn't sleep all night, but he had strong internal energy and was in his prime, so he couldn't see any signs of fatigue and haggard on his face.
Seeing the three people from the Luo family coming in, Xie Yan immediately stood up and said, "General, I'm sorry for your early morning visit."
Luo Yun waved his hand and said, "You're welcome, Your Majesty, please sit down and talk."
The four of them took their seats, and Luo Junyao sat next to Luo Jinyan.
Xie Yan met her concerned eyes and nodded to her with warmth in his heart to indicate that he was fine.
"Your Majesty, how is the situation of the Empress Dowager?" Speaking of the Empress Dowager, Xie Yan's expression became a little solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "Auntie Huang woke up at the end of the year."
Luo Junyao was a little surprised, "Didn't Divine Doctor Xue say that the Empress Dowager will not wake up in the next two days?"
Xie Yan lowered his eyes and said: "I just found out last night that the Empress Dowager was suddenly critically ill this time. It was because the medicine and food had been tampered with. Doctor Xue has already found the root cause. With the help of Xueyu Royal Ginseng, the Empress Dowager can advance in advance. wake up."
Hearing this, the three members of the Luo family were all shocked. The Queen Mother's medicine and food had been tampered with?
Not to mention how many guards there were in the palace of the Empress Dowager, the medicines and food used every day were carefully inspected, and there were many medical women and imperial doctors who were proficient in medicine and poison.
In this way, you can actually deliver the problematic items to the Empress Dowager?
"Why didn't Doctor Xue find out before?" Luo Junyao asked.
Xie Yan said: "What the other party gave is not poison, it is a tonic that slightly stimulates the heart. Ordinary people will not have any reaction after using it, but the Empress Dowager is now very weak, and both the daily prescriptions and meals are not good." It has been carefully considered by Taiyuan Hospital, and there can be no deviation at all."
Luo Jinyan asked: "Where are the people who did the trick?"
"Dead." Xie Yan said.
Luo Jinyan raised his eyebrows, "Even if there is no suspicious object, the prince should take control of the palace of the empress dowager as soon as possible, right? Can people die in this way? Commit suicide?"
Xie Yan shook his head and said: "Kill him, Qi tribe, poisonous scorpion."
As soon as these words came out, Luo Yun and Luo Jinyan both looked more cautious. Luo Yun asked, "Are you sure the prince is a poisonous scorpion?"
Xie Yan raised his hand and turned it over. There was a small, weird-shaped dart lying in his palm.
Luo Junyao leaned over and took a closer look, only to realize that it was in the shape of a scorpion.
"Who is Poisonous Scorpion?" It sounds like he is a poisoner.
Luo Jinyan frowned and said: "Shao Yao, be careful these days. Poisonous Scorpion is the Qi Clan's top poison master and Bai Jingrong's confidant. Ordinarily... this person will not leave the Qi Clan's royal court easily."
Xie Yan said: "During this period, Bai Jingrong's people have been making frequent moves in Shangyong. They are definitely not just trying to cause trouble for us. I'm afraid there is some big move. What they are doing now is just to divert our attention."
Luo Yundao: "The Qi tribe should not want to conflict with us anymore. Aren't Bai Jingrong and the Qi tribe people of the same mind?"
Luo Jinyan was not surprised, "Bai Jingrong and the Qi tribe have never been of the same mind. This time the Qi tribe suffered a disastrous defeat and even the royal court could not be saved. The Qi tribe will definitely blame Bai Jingrong for this. If not, Ji Rong would no longer be able to value Bai Jingrong."
He’s not going to be pushed out to be a proton.”
Tiger poison cannot eat its seeds, so being a proton is not a good job.
Luo Yundao: "Is it possible that there is also a gap between Bai Jingrong and Ji Sui?"
Xie Yan shook his head slightly and said: "I think Bai Jingrong's control over Ji Sui may be stronger."
"How do you say it?" Luo Yun asked.
Luo Jinyan was also slightly startled, but soon he figured it out and his expression changed slightly, "Your Majesty, do you think Bai Jingrong controls Ji Sui now?"
"Perhaps." Xie Yan said: "Even if Ji Sui is obsessed with Bai Jingrong, he is still the king of the Qi clan, and he must consider the entire Qi clan no matter what. But now... Bai Jingrong has repeatedly provoked, but Ji Sui has not expressed any stance, which is not like his
style."
Although both Dasheng and the Qi people believed that Ji Sui was deceived by Bai Jingrong, and that was why they invaded Dasheng. But in fact, both of them knew very well that Ji Sui would be instigated by Bai Jingrong. In the final analysis, he was still very ambitious.
Annexing Dasheng and even taking control of the Central Plains.
In the past, there was no problem with the Qi people acting like this when they were strong, but now it is obvious that the Qi people are the weaker party and need to take a breather. It seems extremely stupid to act like this or even escalate the provocation.
Both Xie Yan and Luo Yun knew that Ji Sui was not a dim-witted person.
"What does Bai Jingrong want to do?" Luo Yun asked.
Xie Yan shook his head, "I don't know."
The study became quiet for a while, and Luo Jin said: "Since I don't understand, let's put it aside for now. The most important thing right now is to find the poisonous scorpion and don't let him leave Shangyong."
A master of poison can sometimes cause quite a lot of trouble.
Xie Yan said: "Although Poison Scorpion is powerful in poison skills, he is willful, arrogant and only obeys Bai Jingrong's words. He should be no longer in the palace now. Except for poison skills, his other aspects are mediocre and his characteristics are too obvious. Unless someone
Shelter him otherwise it won’t be too hard to find.”
Luo Jinyan murmured: "I'm afraid someone is protecting him. Xianyun hasn't been found yet."
They have been away from Shangyong for too long. There are really all kinds of monsters and ghosts in this huge imperial city.
Luo Yun frowned and said, "Your Majesty hasn't informed you yet, what is the current situation of the Empress Dowager?"
Luo Jinyan and Luo Junyao were also stunned, and then they remembered that they were so focused on thinking about the poisonous scorpion that they forgot to care about the Empress Dowager.
Xie Yan said: "Doctor Xue was still preparing the medicine. When I left the palace, the Empress Dowager fell asleep again."
Xie Yan stood up, raised his hand and lifted the hem of his clothes and knelt down on one knee in front of Luo Yun.
Luo Yun stood up suddenly, "What do you mean, Your Majesty?"
Luo Junyao and Luo Jinyan were also startled and both stood up.
Xie Yan said respectfully, "I want to marry Jun Yao as soon as possible, and I ask my father-in-law to make it happen."
As soon as these words came out, the study fell into silence again, and Luo Yun didn't react much.
From the moment he heard about Xie Yan's visit, Luo Yun had already vaguely understood why he came.
only……
Luo Yun was silent, and Xie Yan said solemnly: "I know that I have wronged Yao Yao, but... I ask my father-in-law to fulfill my wishes. Xie Yan swears here that he will never let Yao Yao down in this life."
After being silent for a long time, Luo Yun sighed, stretched out his hand to help Xie Yan up and said, "Shao Yao told me about this last night."
Xie Yan said: "Xie Yan doesn't believe in the theory of happiness. It's just that the emperor's aunt has always been thinking about this marriage. As a junior, I really can't bear to let her leave with regrets. Father-in-law, please rest assured that the theory of happiness is just nonsense. After that,
In any case, it will not affect Shake Yao. Besides..."
Xie Yan looked back at Luo Junyao and said, "I also want to marry Luo Yao as soon as possible."
Luo Yun glanced at the children in front of him and said: "Jinyan, take Yaoyao out first, and I will talk to the prince alone."
"Yes, father." In this situation, even his brother Luo Jinyan couldn't say much, so he surrendered to Luo Yun and Xie Yan, and pulled Luo Junyao out.
In the yard outside the study, Luo Junyao walked back and forth worriedly.
Luo Jinyan stood under the eaves and looked at the sky with his hands behind his hands. After a long time, he turned to look at his sister, "Are you worried?"
Luo Jun shook his head and said: "It's not that I'm worried, it's just..."
She couldn't tell how she felt. She knew that her father would not embarrass Xie Yan at this time, but it seemed that she couldn't sit still and let her just sit and wait.
Luo Jinyan waved to her, and Luo Junyao walked quickly to her door, "Brother."
Luo Jinyan raised his hand and patted her on the head, lowered his head and looked at her seriously, and said softly: "It's only been two months, and Yao Yao is about to leave the cabinet."
"Brother, I..."
Luo Jinyan said: "Brother knows that Yao Yao is actually very smart. If it weren't for this, even if you liked Xie Yan, Brother Xie Yan would not agree. You have to know that the position of Princess Regent is not that easy to sit in. Yao Yao, brother will ask you one last time.
, are you really ready, are you sure it’s Xie Yan?”
Luo Junyao looked at him seriously, nodded solemnly and said, "Yes, brother, I'm ready, I'm not afraid."
Luo Jinyan smiled, raised his hand and took her into his arms, "Brother, I know you are not afraid. Yao Yao is the bravest and most powerful girl I have ever seen."
Luo Junyao whispered: "Don't think I don't know. My eldest brother told my father that I am brave and foolhardy."
Luo Jinyan said: "So, you should study more."
"..." So, do you really think I am foolhardy?
Luo Jinyan sighed again and said softly: "Now that I have decided, my eldest brother will give you a chance to marry in glory."
