Outside the dormitory, leaden clouds hung low, and the north wind howled. Inside the dormitory, Wang Guifei, Huang Yan and others were also beating drums in their hearts, looking at the old emperor uneasily.
It had been three hours since Zhu Di took the elixir, and the look on his face became more and more painful, which frightened everyone on the sidelines. Especially Huang Yan, if something went wrong with the emperor, his life would not be enough to compensate...
However, the old Taoist Hu was there and he didn't seem to worry about anything unusual happening to the emperor.
When it was almost time to turn on the lights, Zhu Di suddenly sat up from the recliner, his face distorted, and he looked at Huang Yan with a strange expression.
Huang Huan understood immediately, and quickly helped the emperor get up. He turned behind the screen and heard a crackling sound, and a strong stench filled the entire bedroom.
Wang Guifei and others were so dizzy from the smoke, but no one dared to cover their noses, because this was a tribute from His Majesty the Emperor!
After finally waiting until the smell was no longer so strong, Zhu Di moved out from behind the screen with Huang Yan's support.
Wang Guifei looked at the emperor with concern, and saw that Zhu Di's expression was obviously much more relaxed, and his steps were much calmer than before.
"Haha, Taoist Hu is indeed a living god!" Zhu Di gave a thumbs up to Mr. Hu and showed a smile that has been extremely rare in months: "I really feel much better!"
"Your Majesty still needs to continue taking the elixirs." Hu Laodao smiled reservedly, and said with a sense of taking credit but not being arrogant: "After taking nine turns and eighty-one elixirs, you will be free from all diseases and prolong your life!"
"Haha! I hope so!" Zhu Di laughed heartily and said: "If you can really do this, I will make you a national preceptor and let the Taoist priest enjoy all the glory in the world. Of course, the Taoist priest is a master of Taoism, maybe
Don’t be shy about this.”
"The Emperor will build more Taoist temples when the time comes, which will be the merit of a poor Taoist." Hu Laodao really has the attitude of a Taoist master.
"No problem!" Zhu Di readily agreed.
At this time, another eunuch came in with a happy face and reported in a sharp voice: "Your Majesty, it's snowing! It's finally snowing heavily!"
"Oh, congratulations to Your Majesty, Your Majesty! What a double blessing!" Huang Yan flattered him almost out of reflex.
"Oh?" Zhu Di was delighted when he heard this. Since the beginning of winter last year, there has been almost no precipitation in the entire north, and a severe drought in the coming year seems inevitable. Once a large-scale disaster occurs, it will be a fatal blow to the Ming Dynasty's finances, which are on the verge of bankruptcy.
So when Zhu Di heard the belated heavy snowfall, he felt that the haze blocking his heart suddenly disappeared without a trace. He stood up without anyone's help and said loudly: "Hurry up and help me go out and see."
look!"
Everyone could not restrain the excited emperor, so they had to help him to the door of the palace. Through the deep door opening, they saw goose-feather heavy snow falling down one after another. It didn't take long for the entire courtyard to be covered with a white blanket.
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"Okay!" Zhu Di nodded happily and choked with red eyes: "God has not abandoned me. The destiny still belongs to me, not to others..."
Everyone around Zhu Di knew that the reason why the emperor's chronic illness was so serious this time was mostly because of his heart disease. What happened in the past year was really a heavy blow to the emperor, and it made this man who once stood proudly in the world
, all feel like they are about to be crushed...
Everyone also wiped away their tears with excitement and rushed to give Zhu Di warm compliments. Zhu Di was so happy that he felt that the long-lost strength and ambition returned to his body.
'Those traitors and traitors who dare to act recklessly because they think I am about to die, I want you to remember this lesson forever!" Zhu Di looked up at the dark sky with no end in sight, shouting silently in his heart: "Those who dare to disobey will be punished.
Death without a burial place!”.
The blizzard is coming as soon as possible. The howling north wind blows the flying snow all over the sky, shrouding the mountains, rivers, roads and villages in the North China Plain in a world of white. In the wind and snow, you can't see your fingers when you reach out, and you can't hear from the other side.
I heard the sound, but even in such a wind and snow, a team of three thousand people was still trudging northward with difficulty.
This was naturally the army escorting the Buddha's mother into Beijing. The old eunuch Zhao Ying was riding on a horse, his whole body covered in thick fur, with only a pair of eyes exposed, straining to stare at the prison car in front of him. The woman in the prison car was covered with falling snow.
, has turned into a snowman...
The eunuch in charge at the side asked the old eunuch several times to get off his horse and go to the carriage to take shelter from the wind and snow, but Zhao Ying refused. The old eunuch who had experienced many years of experience knew very well that the worse the anger, the easier it would be to cause trouble. He
The prison car must be watched closely and no one could take advantage of it. In addition to the female prisoners in the prison car, the old eunuch was also always thinking about the group of people in front. Unfortunately, the snow and wind were so heavy that he couldn't see it at all.
It's so far away, so I can only ask again and again: "Is there anything unusual at Wang Xian's place?"
"Ancestor, don't worry, the children are surrounding him, and he can't fly even if he puts on wings." Although he has answered it many times, the eunuch in charge still answered tirelessly. He also suggested with some worry: "Ancestor,
I’m afraid it’s not a good day for marching, so let’s find a place to stay and wait until the snow stops before leaving.”
"That's fine." Zhao Yingxin said that it was true that we couldn't go very far in this terrible weather.
Seeing that Zhao Ying agreed, the eunuch in charge hurriedly ordered him to go down and quickly find a place to camp. After a while, a scout reported that there was a Taoist temple not far ahead where he could stay.
"Just go there!" The eunuch in charge was overjoyed when he heard this, and shouted against the wind and snow. As a result, he was filled with the northwest wind filled with snow particles.
After marching forward for a mile with great difficulty, the Taoist temple located halfway up the mountain stood out in the wind and snow.
By the time a large group of soldiers and horses arrived at the gate of the Taoist temple with Zhao Ying and his entourage, the Taoist priests inside the temple had already received the order, and they all hunkered down and waited at the gate shivering.
Zhao Ying looked up at the plaque of the Taoist temple and saw three clumsy characters "Shengxian Temple". Then he ignored the Taoist priests and rode straight into the mountain gate.
"Go in, go in," the eunuch in charge commanded a group of guards in uniform, and asked them to push the heavy prison car into the courtyard. When the prison car stopped, the eunuch in charge hurried to Zhao Ying's side and listened to the ancestor's instructions.
The old eunuch stood at the door of the palace, slowly moving his numb legs. His eyes did not leave the prison car. Tang Sai'er, who seemed to have frozen into a snowman, asked: "Where is Wang Xian?"
"They were placed in a side courtyard." The eunuch in charge took the hot tea from the old Taoist and gave it to Zhao Ying with both hands.
Zhao Ying took the hot tea, held it in his hand and said solemnly: "Please let him live in the main hall with our family.
"I have never been so cared for by anyone in my life." Before the old eunuch finished speaking, Wang Xian's sarcastic voice rang out, and he was seen walking out of the side courtyard with a quilt in his arms.
"Uncle, what are you doing?" Zhao Ying glanced at the quilt in Wang Xian's hand.
"She will freeze to death after spending this night in the ice and snow." Wang Xian walked straight to the prison car and said coldly: "If she dies, who can afford it?"
The guard in charge of guarding the prison car stood in front of Wang Xian and whispered: "Don't come near."
"Get out of here!" Wang Xian snorted coldly, and slapped the Jin Yiwei to the ground.
The other Jinyi guards didn't dare to step forward, but they also didn't dare to get out of the way. They all looked at the old eunuch timidly.
"What are you doing standing there in a daze? Hurry up and send the quilt over for your uncle." Zhao Ying glanced at the eunuch in charge.
The eunuch just woke up as if from a dream, and hurriedly ran to Wang Xian, pressed the quilt with both hands, and said with a smile: "How can I trouble my uncle with such a trivial matter? Let's do it for our family."
Wang Xian stared coldly at the eunuch in charge for a while, but finally let go of his hand.
The eunuch in charge touched the entire quilt and found no foreign objects in it. Then he nodded to Zhao Ying and stuffed the quilt into the prison car.
In the prison car, Tang Saier, who was already covered in snow, turned his eyes after a while, slowly pulled the quilt in front of him, and then wrapped it tightly around his body...
Wang Xian looked at Tang Sai'er who was frozen, with a gloomy expression on his face, then turned and left.
"Uncle, please go to the main hall and have a squeeze." Behind him, the old eunuch's stern voice sounded: "How about we come to your place to have a squeeze?"
"I'm too embarrassed." Wang Xian said without looking back: "If you dare to come, then come."
"Hmph!" Eunuchs often leak urine due to purification, so there is always a lingering smell of urine on their bodies. This is what eunuchs are most taboo about others mentioning. Now Wang Xian openly mentioned,
Zhao Ying had a gloomy face, staring at his back hatefully, gritting his teeth and speechless.
As for going to Wang Xian's side courtyard to monitor him on the spot, the old eunuch didn't dare - there were hundreds of guns in the courtyard! He was shot once with a musket by Wang Xian and his wife, and he already suffered a psychological shadow.
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"Take someone to follow you," Zhao Ying looked at the eunuch in charge and ordered in a deep voice: "You must not let him leave the yard!"
"Yes." The eunuch in charge had no choice but to take on this arduous task...
In the side courtyard, there are three south rooms and two wing rooms, which were packed to the brim by Wang Xian and his men. People in the east factory could only squat in the yard. The north wind blew strongly at night, and the snow foam crackled on the people, making them dizzy.
, the Dongchang fans couldn't make a fire, so they could only huddle together, shivering from the cold, and soon lost consciousness all over their bodies...
In the house, the firewood was burning brightly, and at least it was still warm by the fire. Wang Xian helped Gu Xiaolian sit down by the fire, and wrapped her tightly in a fur, checking again that there would be no
The place where the wind leaked. Then he squatted by the fire and carefully prepared the medicine for her. He never pretended to do these tasks in the hands of Dai Hua and others. Originally, Tang Sai'er could help him when he was here, but now he has done it all from scratch.
He did everything by himself.
After serving Gu Xiaolian, Wang Xian finally took a few bites of rice, then held Gu Xiaolian in his arms, wrapped him tightly in fur, looked at the jumping fire, and hummed a ditty for her in a low voice,
Those were all songs Gu Xiaolian once sang to him...
"The snowflakes are floating like catkins, and the plum blossoms are like the fragrance of musk deer.
Snowflakes fell on the plum blossoms,
Plum blossoms bloom in bursts to release their fragrance.
The plum blossoms are white as snow, and the plum blossoms are fragrant as snow,