Xu Mingyi closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, most of the fear in his eyes had dissipated: "I dreamed about my grandfather——"
Azhu understood and said: "Don't worry, girl, the old man will come back safely."
Just like every time before.
Xu Mingyi nodded slightly, took the handkerchief from A-Zhu, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, stood up, walked to the window, and opened both windows.
At night, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse, there was a faint sound of frogs, and the damp smell of rain was still in the air.
Ah Zhu took a crimson-colored blouse and put it on his girl.
After Xu Mingyi stood quietly by the window for a moment, he suddenly thought of something, turned around and came to the dressing table, and took out a huanghuali box from the footboard.
The box has no decorations all over, it is just the original color pattern of the wood. After opening it, it is full of a box full of miscellaneous objects——
There are exquisite wooden daggers, whistles made of animal bones, bracelets made of broken shells of various colors, and several stones with special shapes.
Xu Mingyi picked up one of the ink stones. The stone was smooth and had elegant and smooth white lines on it, which looked like auspicious clouds.
These things were brought back by her grandfather from the battlefield. She was very impressed by this stone. Her grandfather said that this stone was quite spiritual and helped him win an unexpected and beautiful battle.
And her grandfather wanted to give her all the good luck...
So this stone has always been lying in her box.
Xu Mingyi held the slightly cool ink stone and looked out the window at the clear moonlight.
Early this morning, she received a letter sent back by Uncle Qin Wu.
The letter said that everything went well. When they first arrived at Dongyuan City, my grandfather used troops quickly. While setting up camp, he quietly sent a team of elite soldiers to catch the Li tribe by surprise. Although it was only a small victory, it gave them a powerful blow.
This greatly dampened the morale of the Li people.
Uncle Qin also specifically told her about her grandfather's physical condition, saying that everything was as usual, and went into detail that when he came back from military training, he could cook five bowls of rice at a time, and he fell asleep at night and snored loudly.
The letter also said that if everything went well, it would only take two months at the earliest to get the Li tribe to sue for peace again - my grandfather had no intention of fighting, let alone occupying the Li tribe's territory. All he wanted was to keep the war going.
He weighed the pros and cons of stopping as soon as possible. He weighed it very clearly.
If the truce is really available in two months, then it may only take more than three months for my grandfather to return to Beijing...
Looking at the date on the letter, it was written ten days ago.
After reading such a letter, Xu Mingyi should have felt much more at ease, but she didn't.
What she has been really worried about is not the battle between her grandfather and the Li clan...
Especially the extremely dangerous assassination that His Highness Prince Yan encountered when he left Beijing was a living example for her.
The emperor's fear of her grandfather was probably not much less than that of King Yan.
Even if there hadn't been Zhan Yunzhu's capricious words before his death, she still didn't believe that the Dog Emperor really had no grudges after her grandfather insisted on leading the army in person.
Her grandfather was far away from the capital at this time, so she was not afraid that the Dog Emperor would repeat his old tricks and accuse her grandfather of any fatal crime. No matter how serious the crime was, it would still need to be dealt with after her grandfather returned to the capital, and at that time - it was not
The dog emperor has the final say.
Now she is only worried about her grandfather's safety in Dongyuan City at this moment.
She dreamed that there was a traitor around her grandfather, and she took advantage of her grandfather's unpreparedness to take advantage of her...
Xu Mingyi glanced over and over again, and after calculation, Akui and the others were only halfway there, and it would take at least ten more days to arrive.
In the middle of the night, Xu Mingyi, who was worried, never closed his eyes again.
The next morning, after washing, she practiced archery for half an hour as usual.
After breakfast, Xu Mingyi changed her clothes and tidied up before going out to see Wu Chao. There was something she needed to ask him.
However, as soon as she left Xiyuan, she heard a servant coming to deliver a message, saying that someone from the palace was coming, and she was in the front hall at this time.
Xu Mingyi asked these palace people their purpose of coming, and after telling Ah Zhu a few words, he immediately left for the front yard.
Sure enough, there were people from the palace in the front hall. Xu Jin went to the Ministry of Rites early in the morning. At this time, it was Cui who was dealing with these people.
"I wonder what caused this behavior of your father-in-law?"
The girl's calm questioning voice reached his ears, and the leading eunuch looked up. The girl had a bright and unparalleled appearance, but there was a distinctive sassiness in her walking and demeanor. The eunuch recognized such a character at a glance.
When he came out, he raised his hands and saluted: "Today we are ordered to invite Miss Akui, who is next to Miss Xu, to come into the palace to examine His Majesty..."
Ms. Cui on the side looked at her daughter, and there was nothing strange in her tone: "I was about to send someone to tell you, but I heard that Akui was ill a few days ago?"
The Xu family has always been committed to working with one heart and one mind, so Cui naturally knew about Akui's absence in the house. Not only was she aware of it, but she had already agreed with Xu Mingyi on how to deal with it.
Although it cannot be guaranteed, at least two opinions will not come out of a family's mouth.
"Sick?" The inmate asked in surprise, "I wonder what kind of illness it is? Is it serious?"
After Xu Mingyi hesitated for a while, he said in a truthful tone: "Actually, it was not a disease, but when I was testing the medicine a few days ago, I accidentally used the wrong medicine. The properties of the medicine conflicted, and I fainted on the spot.
, it was not easy to save a life."
The internal surveillance was secretly frightening.
Is there such a fatal thing?
If His Majesty is given the wrong medicine, or if the doctor comes up with something else...
The eunuch inevitably had the intention of shrinking back, but the little girl in front of him didn't say anything nonsense. She just turned around and ordered the servants: "Go and call Akui over, and let the father-in-law see if she is suitable to enter the palace."
The servant responded "yes" and went immediately.
Not long after, 'Akui' was helped over by a woman.
The eunuch looked at the frail maid and saw that she was covered with a veil and had red rashes of varying sizes on her exposed forehead.
"This is……"
The maid spoke in a weak voice: "Back to father-in-law, after testing the medicine a few days ago, my maid developed a strange rash on her body. Now it's unclear whether the rash can spread from person to person..."
The face of the internal monitor changed.
Is it possible to pass it from person to person?
How can I go to see His Majesty?
Okay, don't end up with His Majesty's own illness not being cured, but getting a new one instead!
When the eunuch was about to speak, he saw the maid in his sight suddenly coughing. The maid turned sideways, put the hand holding the veil under the veil and covered her mouth. After coughing for a while, she took the veil back.
At that time, he held it tightly in his hand and hid it in his sleeve.
Even so, the sharp-eyed eunuch still saw the blood stains on the veil.
The prison warden's face turned pale.
This is basically enough to prepare for the funeral...
"That being the case, Miss Akui should take care of herself and take care of herself... Our family will explain the situation to His Majesty." After the eunuch said this, he was about to leave.
However, at this moment, the girl from the Xu family spoke.
