Empress Dowager Empress Dowager

Chapter 251 The Art of Longevity
This sword, Huo Mingzhu still hurt her vitality, and she could only move after lying on the bed for half a month, but, because of this, she gained the emperor's full trust.

On this day, Huo Mingzhu had eaten her breakfast, and Su Yu was washing her hands when there was a shout of imperial decree from outside.

Su Hui glanced at Huo Mingzhu and said: "Your Majesty, what kind of reward has the Emperor given here? How many times is this the first time?"

Since Huo Mingzhu helped the emperor block that attack, except for the first few days, she was unconscious.But I also heard what Sulu said, besides the emperor who came here often, the crown prince Baili Jingqi also came several times a day, and even the empress dowager sent someone to ask about Huo Mingzhu's situation.

After waking up, Huo Mingzhu began to receive various rewards from the emperor.

"The emperor has a decree, and the empress can just lie down and receive the decree." It was not the first time that the eunuch who announced the decree had done this job, and he recited one reward after another in the imperial decree with a cheerful tone.

"The emperor has a reward. I will give the empress ten agate bead strings, ten emerald bead strings, some pearls, ten pieces of brocade, two thousand-year-old ginseng, six thousand-year-old ganoderma..."

Huo Mingzhu felt her head dizzy when she heard it. What's the use of rewarding these things from the emperor?

Finally, after the eunuch finished reading the imperial decree, a series of court ladies came in with those things, Huo Mingzhu simply closed his eyes, and told Su Huan, "You deal with it."

Su Hui smiled and said, "Yes."

Some of these things can be taken out of the palace to be sold, but Su Yu carefully and secretly divides them into those that can be taken out of the palace and handed over to Fang Tieyi and those that cannot be taken out of the palace.

Huo Mingzhu didn't know that Sulu actually had such thoughts. If she knew, she would of course appreciate it and know how to manage these things outside her body for her.

As for the appearance of the assassin this time, Su Hui talked about it a few times, and there were several versions, but they were all gossips circulating in the palace, Huo Mingzhu had heard about it, there was nothing practical anyway.

She was very curious as to who wanted to take the life of the emperor. She thought about Baili Zonglu, but finally denied it. The throne fell to the crown prince.

However, Huo Mingzhu couldn't deny that the assassination was very good this time, those assassins were so well hidden, no one found any clues at the beginning, and in the end those assassins all died, making it impossible to find out.

Moreover, if she hadn't been there at that time, the emperor would have already ordered Li.

Could it be that besides Baili Zonglu, who else wants to snatch the throne, Huo Mingzhu thought about it for a few times, but he didn't think of a suspicious object.

After lunch, Huo Mingzhu saw that the sun outside was fine, and she felt very uncomfortable after wading on her body for so long, so she wanted to go out for a walk, so she gave an order, and Su Ling prepared the phoenix chariot, He also put a cloak on Huo Mingzhu before allowing Huo Mingzhu to go out.

It has been snowing for so many days, and this is the first time it has cleared up. The branches outside let Snow Flower wear white clothes, adding beauty to the bare branches. What attracted Huo Mingzhu's attention was the flower The plum blossoms blooming luxuriantly, even under the pressure of snow, bloom extremely brilliantly.

"Stop." Huo Mingzhu couldn't bear it and asked people to stop, and with the support of Su Yu, she got off the phoenix chariot and walked towards the plum blossom tree.

"Your Majesty, don't go there anymore, the snow there hasn't been cleared, it's very deep." Su Yu cried, but Huo Mingzhu smiled indifferently: "It's a rare good weather, and this palace is almost fine too. , don’t let Bengong take a good look at this flower, are you trying to suffocate Bengong to death?”

Sulu didn't mean that, she just felt that Huo Mingzhu's body was not fully recovered, so going into this icy and snowy place would be dangerous.

"Okay, I know what you mean, just look at this flower."

"Is it to look at the flowers, or do you have ulterior motives?"

An abrupt voice came, it was still a thick male voice, of course Huo Mingzhu recognized the owner of this voice, Baili Zonglu.

She thought to herself, Baili Zonglu is so courageous, he dares to come even if he is the queen and stays in this Yongning Palace, but Huo Mingzhu is not afraid of him if he dares to come.

Looking back, he smiled at Baili Zonglu and said, "So it's the emperor's younger brother."

Seeing Huo Mingzhu's smile, Baili Zonglu was stunned for a while, but he quickly recovered. He said with a half-smile: "If Brother Huang sees your smile, it will be terrible. I'm afraid this dragon body can't do it." I'm healthy."

Huo Mingzhu was extremely surprised, Baili Zonglu dared to say such words, if such rebellious words were heard by the emperor, wouldn't he be afraid that the emperor would punish him?

However, Huo Mingzhu also thought of another possibility, if Baili Zonglu could even say such a thing, that is to say, he was no longer afraid of the emperor.

Huo Mingzhu boldly guessed that this assassin was the work of Baili Zonglu.

"You are so brave." Although Huo Mingzhu guessed, she ate and drank Baili Zonglu calmly on her face.

Baili Zonglu said: "Did the king say something? The queen is so panic-stricken, the king is just saying hello to the queen."

Huo Mingzhu saw Baili Zonglu acting, so she followed suit. She smiled and said, "Since Brother Nine Emperors came to pay his respects, I will accept it. However, it is not suitable for Brother Nine Emperors to stay here for a long time. Let the emperor see it, I'm afraid it will be bad for you and me."

Baili Zonglu narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Huo Mingzhu for a while and said, "A Jin."

"Brother Jiuhuang, I'm afraid it's inappropriate to call me that way." Huo Mingzhu really didn't know what Baili Zonglu wanted to do.

Baili Zonglu said with a smile: "It's all my fault for being too self-confident. Forget it, you will be your queen for now."

After saying that, he turned to leave.

If Huo Mingzhu thinks that Baili Zonglu came to express his love, then he is very wrong, she didn't feel Baili Zonglu's love at all, she saw some conspiracy in his eyes, or Said it was a conspiracy to ask her to do something for him.

As for what it was, Huo Mingzhu boldly guessed, could it be that she still wanted to attract her attention and let her be used by him like the white-browed Taoist in the previous life, then, Baili Zonglu had thought of what she wanted, right?Or, he felt that she should want something.

Thinking of this, Huo Mingzhu thought of the emperor's body. Thinking about it, there might be people from Baili Zonglu in the imperial hospital, but he didn't know which imperial doctor it was.

It's all because she didn't have any doubts about Baili Zonglu in her previous life, so she doesn't know much about the affairs of this palace in this life.

Huo Mingzhu didn't expect that Baili Jingqi hadn't appeared once in the past half a month, but he appeared the day after Baili Zonglu came.

Baili Jingqi came to say hello this day.

Looking at Baili Jingqi who was kneeling on the ground paying her respects, Huo Mingzhu said, "There's no need to be polite, get up."

After Baili Jingqi got up, he didn't speak immediately, but looked at Huo Mingzhu for a long time before saying, "Uncle Huang came here yesterday."

This sentence is an affirmative sentence.

Huo Mingzhu was very strange, there was nothing strange about being here.

Immediately afterwards, Baili Jingqi said: "Father's dragon body is fine."

This sentence is also an affirmative sentence, and Huo Mingzhu is even more confused about what the silly prince is going to say, why he came to pay her respects, and asked about the emperor's dragon body.

Immediately afterwards, Baili Jingqi said: "Jingqi still has to go to the South Study, so I will leave first." Then he left, leaving Huo Mingzhu guessing for a while, what the silly prince was talking about and what he wanted to do.

At this time, Su Yu came over, leaned into Huo Mingzhu's ear and said: "The crown prince is talking nonsense, could it be that he still can't let go of you, empress, and came here to see you?"

These are outrageous words, Huo Mingzhu glared at Sulu and said: "Don't talk nonsense."

Su Yu hurriedly begged for mercy: "Mother, forgive me, I'm just joking."

"After talking, I'm going to lose my life. I've been in the palace for so long, and I still can't learn how to behave?" Huo Mingzhu looked at Su Hui angrily.

"Su Hui knows."

And at this time, someone came in again and told Huo Mingzhu that the emperor is here and will be in Yongning Palace soon.Huo Mingzhu glanced at Sulu and said, "What are you doing in a daze, comb my hair."

When Huo Mingzhu was getting dressed, the emperor appeared in Yongning Palace. Seeing that Huo Mingzhu had already got out of bed, he disapproved and said, "You are not in good health, why are you in such a hurry to get out of bed."

"The concubine knows that the emperor has something to come to see the concubine, so of course she can't pick her up in a disheveled manner." Huo Mingzhu said with a smile.

After hearing this, the emperor beamed with joy, praised Huo Mingzhu for his ingenuity, then took Huo Mingzhu's hand, and led Huo Mingzhu to a table beside him to sit down.

"How did the queen guess that Zhen would look for you at this time?" the emperor asked.

Of course, Huo Mingzhu couldn't say that she arranged it.

It turned out that before the assassination, Huo Mingzhu had already laid out the plot, and found a half-immortal to reveal the news to the emperor, which was the rumor about the art of immortality.

If it hadn't been for the matter that the emperor contracted a cold, then she fell ill, and finally committed an assassination, this matter should have been said by the emperor long ago.

However, it's not too late now, just after the emperor fell ill and he almost died in Huangquan. Only through life and death can he understand the importance of life. Therefore, the emperor's desire for this longevity art will reach its peak.

As long as the emperor opens his mouth, her plan will be half successful.

Therefore, Huo Mingzhu must of course answer the emperor's question properly.

"Of course the concubine is counting. The emperor has forgotten that the concubine is a disciple of Taoist Baimei. The concubine's morality is not inferior to that of Taoist Baimei." Huo Mingzhu smiled, enduring the discomfort and not taking her hand from the emperor's. Hand out.

Huo Mingzhu's words made the emperor's eyes light up: "I haven't forgotten, if I forgot, why would I come to you."

"Hearing what the emperor said, it seems that there is something that I want my concubine to do?" Huo Mingzhu blinked, pretending to be innocent and ignorant.

The emperor then told Huo Mingzhu how he got the semi-immortal to reveal the art of immortality, and asked Huo Mingzhu if he had heard about it.

When Huo Mingzhu heard it, she oh, as if she had heard it a long time ago.

When the emperor saw it, Long Yan was overjoyed: "Queen, so speaking of it, this technique of immortality really exists?"

Huo Mingzhu said with some regret: "Although the technique of immortality does exist, the concubine has only a half-knowledge of it, and has to search the ancient books left by the master carefully, but it is said that the technique of immortality is not complicated. If there is a chance, it will happen naturally.”

When the emperor heard that the longevity technique did exist, he immediately said: "Queen, I will leave this matter to you, and it must be done properly."

After finishing speaking, his face darkened a little, and he said to Huo Mingzhu solemnly: "Before, you fell into my arms covered in blood, and that was a fear I had never experienced before. If the technique is effective, I will share this country with you, and spend eternity with you hand in hand."

(End of this chapter)