Return of Jin Yi

Chapter 158

Bingzhou is the "hometown" of Chu Ci. Meng Jing wanted to visit the place where she was born and raised before she died. He remembered that she had been fostered in a Taoist temple in Ling County, Bingzhou since she was six years old. He also wanted to go to Bingzhou. Look at that temple...

People are born to die, if so, then he wants to die where she was born.

Chu house.

After Chu Ci returned, he called the leader of Qinglongwei into the study and asked him if he knew Meng Jing's current whereabouts.

The leader of the Azure Dragon Guard coldly cupped his hands, and said honestly, "If you want to return to the master, since our Azure Dragon Guard came to you, you have been the only master. The regent's side is no longer our turn to guard, and we can't find out about it." news over there."

"Then...you don't know each other well with the other Azure Dragon Guards? What about them, will they know the prince's whereabouts?"

The leader of Qinglongwei shook his head, "Don't say they don't necessarily know, even if they know, as long as the prince orders death, they won't say anything."

"Then according to what you mean, I can't find the prince's whereabouts?" Chu Ci frowned and asked in a low voice.

The leader of Qinglongwei didn't speak.

Chu Ci sighed softly, waved his hands at him and said, "Forget it, you step back, I'll think of another way."

The leader of Qinglongwei responded, bowed and stepped back.

After he left, Chu Ci stayed in the study for a while, and suddenly he had a flash of inspiration, thinking of Yiying, that girl has a worm in her hands, maybe she can help this time!

With that thought in mind, she walked out.

In the wing room, Yiying has been running around for more than a month, and she is sleeping in a dark state, when Chu Ci suddenly picks her up from the bed, her eyes widen and she is about to lose her temper.

"It's me!" Chu Ci pinched her wrist forcefully, and raised his voice, "Chu Ci, your sister!"

"Ah?" Yi Ying was dazed, and it took him a while to wake up. He managed to take a look at Chu Ci, and said in a crying voice, "So it's my sister. What do you want from me?"

Seeing that she finally woke up, Chu Ci told her about her going to find Meng Jing.

Yi Ying stayed in Beijing for a while, and knew the relationship between Chu Ci and Meng Jing. Now that he heard him leave without saying goodbye when the fuel was exhausted, she also became anxious for Chu Ci, said "I understand", and then Turning over and getting off the ground, she put on her shoes and said, "Sister, don't worry, I'll go get Zhifan Chong now, as long as the prince doesn't leave the capital for a hundred miles, I will help you find him!"

After hearing Yiying's last words, Chu Ci's face changed drastically, "Yiying, what do you mean, Zhihuichong can only find people within a radius of a hundred miles?"

Yi Ying nodded, looked at Chu Ci and said, "Is that so, did I never tell my sister before?"

Hearing what she said, Chu Ci frowned even tighter, "Let's not talk about that, let's find someone first!"

"Oh!" Yiying responded, put on her shoes, and walked towards Duobao Pavilion not far away.

She took Zhifan Chong out of the jar and handed it to Chu Ci, and Chu Ci took out Meng Jing's personal belongings left here before, and put Zhifan Chong on it.

A quarter of an hour later, Zhihui Chong stretched its wings and slowly flew up.

Seeing this, Chu Ci was overjoyed, and was about to ask someone to prepare a car to follow, but who knows, the next moment, the flying insect with transparent wings landed on Yiying's shoulder and remained motionless.

"What... what's going on here?" Chu Ci looked at Yiying and asked anxiously.

Yi Ying glanced sideways at the Zhifan insect on her shoulder, shook her head and sighed, "Sister, as I said just now, the prince may be far away from the capital, at least a hundred miles away..."

The last ray of hope for you has been shattered, and deep disappointment overflowed from Chu Ci's eyes.Her face turned pale, and she didn't speak for a long time.

"Sister," Yiying looked at Chu Ci like this, feeling a little worried in her heart, she walked towards her, held her cold hand and said, "Sister, don't do this, if you find the prince for the truth, we can think of other ways ...As long as you don't give up, you will always find him!"

Hearing what Yi Ying said, Chu Ci shook his head sadly, looked down at her and said, "But I'm afraid it's too late, I'm afraid if I drag it on, I'll find a green grave."

Yi Ying: "..."

She bit her lower lip lightly, remained silent for a while, took her hand again, forced a smile, and said, "Actually, it's a bad thing if you can't find it. At least my sister can live as a prince, and he can live forever." In your heart."

After she finished speaking, Chu Ci's expression was slightly startled, he looked into her eyes and said, "When, when he is alive, will he live in my heart forever?"

Yi Ying nodded her head vigorously, and said seriously, "Yeah... This is called meeting is worse than not seeing, meeting is worse than missing!" Confused.

And in the end, she didn't know if Chu Ci was confused, anyway, she was confused by herself.Chu Ci left the room with a silent face.

"My lady, what's the matter, does Qinglongwei know the prince's whereabouts?" As soon as Chuci stepped into the bedroom, Queen Lu Xiaojun came up to him and asked.

Chu Ci shook his head, "No."

When King Lu Xiaojun heard this, a look of disappointment flashed across his face, and then he held Chu Ci's cold hand tightly, and comforted him, "Don't worry too much, Qinglongwei doesn't know about it, there will always be others who know about it, If it doesn't work, we will print a small portrait of the prince, offer a huge reward, and track him down throughout the city, someone will always see him."

"No need." Chu Ci shook her head, her lips twitched with bitterness, she paused, she was afraid that King Lu Xiaojun would not understand what she meant, so she added, "I won't look for it anymore!"

"No, don't you look for it?" Lu Xiaojun Wang was shocked, and he couldn't help asking, "Why didn't you look for it? Don't be discouraged, lady. If you really want to find someone, there will always be a way." , I will definitely find it!"

"But what can we do after we find it?" Chu Ci looked up into his eyes and asked mockingly, "Will you watch him die? Or raise a handful of paper money and toast him a glass of wine in front of his grave? What's the use of doing this if you're already dead!"

"My lady!" Lu Xiaojun Wang was completely speechless.

Chu Ci pondered for a moment, but then added in a daze, "It's better not to meet each other, it's better to miss each other than to meet, it's better to let him live forever... in my memory!"

As soon as these words came out, King Lu Xiaojun finally understood what Chu Ci meant.

He pursed his lips, his eyes were dark, and he was about to say something to Chu Ci, but before he could say anything, Zhejin's voice came from outside, "Girl, someone is coming from the palace, I wonder if you are here now?" convenient?"

Chu Ci took a look at King Lu Xiaojun, then fell silent for a moment, and then said, "It's convenient, come in!"

Zhejin agreed outside, and then walked in quickly. After reaching her, Fushen said, "If you go back to Miss, the Empress Dowager sent her Aunt Aju to invite you into the palace!"

"Did you say what it is?" Chu Ci raised his eyebrows and asked lightly.

Zhejin said, "Aunt Aju didn't say much else, she used the excuse of asking for peace!"

"I see!" Chu Ci nodded, "You tell Ah Ju to wait for a while, I'll go over later, and go into the palace with her to meet the Queen Mother."

"Yes, girl!" Zhejin agreed and walked out.

After she left, Chu Ci looked at Lu Xiaojun Wangdao, "Concubine Ning's identity is different today, and I can't refuse her. Is your husband going to the palace with me, and are you still at home with Xiao Er and Xin Er?"

King Lu Xiaojun thought for a while, then smiled at her and said, "Now that Queen Mother Ren has a stroke, Emperor Jingming is dead, and Jueming can no longer stir up troubles, I will stay at home with my two children. Xiao Er and Xin Er will not see me for a long time , almost forgot about my father!"

"Alright!" Chu Ci nodded slightly at him, paused, and said again, "I'll go back early so I won't worry you."

"En!" Prince Lu Xiaojun smiled at her, and then sent her out of Xie Ciju before returning to the room to take care of the two children.

When Chu Ci arrived at the main hall of the front yard, Ah Ju had been waiting for a while, and when she saw Chu Ci coming in from the outside, she hurriedly went up to her, with a look of embarrassment in her eyes, and said in a salute, "Your servant has seen the concubine. Greetings, Princess Concubine!"

"Auntie, no courtesy!" Chu Ci helped Aju up with a smile.

Now that concubine Ning has been promoted to empress dowager, Ah Ju's status has also risen, and when the palace attendants see her, they will all call her aunt.

"It's okay for others to call it that, but the concubine Shizi calls the servant like this, which makes the servant feel ashamed!" Ah Ju looked at Chu Ci and said, the astringency in his eyes deepened.

Chu Ci saw it, but didn't ask anything, just said four or two times, "Didn't the Empress Dowager wait for me to enter the palace to ask for peace? Let's go!"

"Yes, Crown Princess!" Ah Ju bowed her head in response, and wanted to step forward to support Chu Ci, but Zhe Xia, who was beside Chu Ci, took the first step, gave her a cold look, and said, "Auntie serves the queen mother, her status is precious, I dare not trouble you!"

Hearing this, Ah Ju said "I dare not", and then followed Chu Ci's side, walking out step by step.

When they got outside, the two were supposed to sit in two carriages, Chu Ci took the carriage of Chu Residence, and Aju took the carriage of the palace.

But Ah Ju didn't know what to think, and when Chuci got into the carriage, she hastily added, "Shizi Concubine, I want to take a carriage with you, don't you know if I can?"

Hearing this, Chu Ci stopped and looked back at her.

Obviously, Ah Ju wanted to tell her some private things.

Originally, she didn't want to get close to her, but thinking of the other party's current identity, after hesitating for a while, she finally nodded to her and said, "Then you come up!"

When Ah Ju heard that Chu Ci agreed, she thanked excitedly, and then sent her four confidants to another carriage, and she followed Chu Ci to the carriage of Chu Residence.

In the carriage, after the three sat down, the carriage rattled towards Miyagi.

Ah Ju sat across from Chu Ci and Zhe Xia, and there was obviously a good brocade cushion under her buttocks, but she felt like she was sitting on pins and needles.

Sensing her small movements, Chu Ci put down the teacup in his hand, and asked with concern, "Auntie, does the cushion under you feel uncomfortable?"

Hearing this, Ah Ju hurriedly raised her head, shook her head and said, "No! If you come back to Shizi Concubine, the cushion is very comfortable..."

"Oh!" Chu Ci replied with relief, and then said nothing.

Ah Ju lowered her head and didn't move any more this time, but her expression was more anxious than before.

Chu Ci saw it, but didn't take the initiative to ask.

She remembered what she had said to Ah Ju in the Palace of Compassion and Ning before, that she had run out of love with the Palace of Fanghua, and had run out of love with her, and she would never stop for her, let alone Give her face.

In the end, she simply closed her eyes.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and soon, the carriage traveled three quarters of the distance.

In the last quarter, Chu Ci sat more steadily, but Ah Ju couldn't help it anymore, she suddenly raised her head, straightened up, knelt down in front of Chu Ci, widened her tearful eyes, and looked Looking at her, she said, "The concubine of the world is sympathetic, and the servants are asking for something!"

"..." Chu Ci couldn't hold back after hearing that she finally spoke to her, raised his head, glanced at her, and asked softly, "Oh? I don't know what it is, just tell me!"

"Yes, Shizi Concubine!" Aju said, and then told about the incident that Emperor Jingming had the honor of visiting her a few months ago.

After listening to Chu Ci, his expression changed, "You were the one who suffered the most from that incident back then?"

Ah Ju knelt in front of Chu Ci, and nodded with tears in her eyes, "For the concubine Hui, yes, besides the queen mother, there are slaves!"

"The Empress Dowager doesn't know about this?" Chu Ci frowned and remained silent for a moment, then looked at Ah Ju and said affirmatively.

Aju bowed her head, said sadly and aggrieved, "The slave is just a slave, I dare not let the master know!" No matter how embarrassing Emperor Jing Ming is, he is still the master's man, if he let the master know about it, it will be regarded as an ignorant disgust She will also secretly plant a seed of rejection.

Chu Ci obviously guessed this too, she took a deep breath, looked at Ah Ju and said, "Are you sure, you also contracted that kind of disease?"

Ah Ju seemed to want to let go when she heard Chu Ci, her back relaxed, but the expression on her face became more pitiful, she slowly rolled up her sleeves, showed it to Chu Ci, and said, "There are still arms on the body A rash started to appear, and the servants don't know when it will spread to the face, let alone when the Queen Mother will notice... These days, I've been terrified and had nightmares again and again, and I can't sleep well."

"I see!" Chu Ci nodded, "If possible, I will ask the queen mother to ask you to serve in my house for a while!"

Ah Ju was even more pleasantly surprised when she heard the words, she looked at Chu Ci and said anxiously, "The concubine Shizi means that she is willing to help the servant?"

Chu Ci nodded, "This matter was not your fault, it was the late emperor who harmed you and the Queen Mother..." Speaking of the Queen Mother, Chu Ci frowned, looked at Ah Ju and asked again, "By the way, the Queen Mother today Did you call me into the palace to ask for peace, or did she also have a rash?"

Ah Ju accepted her kindness, and when she asked her at this moment, she naturally answered in a ten-or-five way, "The empress dowager has a rash, and she is a few days later than the slaves, and it is also for this reason that the empress is eager to invite the concubine into the palace! "

"Yeah." Chu Ci nodded slightly at Ah Ju.

Afterwards, Chuci asked some other things, and Aju answered them all.

Soon, the carriage ran the last quarter of the way and stopped outside the palace gate.

Zhe Xia helped Chu Ci get out of the car, and changed the sedan chair again.

When it came to the Empress Dowager's Shoukang Palace, another half an hour passed.

"My daughter greets the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager is a thousand years old!" After Chu Ci followed Aju into the room, he stood still in the Nuan Pavilion of the Shoukang Palace, and greeted the Queen Mother Ning who was sitting on the Arhat bed.

Empress Dowager Ning had something to ask for Chu Ci, how could she dare to take Qiao, she stood up, walked towards Chu Ci, helped her up herself, and said, "You don't need to be polite, your kindness to me and the emperor will always be in my heart." , wait a minute, I will ask Yuner to come over and greet you."

Chu Ci smiled lightly, "The queen mother is serious, it is a blessing for a courtier to share her worries." She raised her head and took a casual look, and saw a red seed growing between the snow-white neck of the queen mother. rash.

It seemed that it had been a few days since she was admitted to the palace after confirming her illness.

Empress Dowager Ning was able to hide the eldest son of the emperor as the eldest princess for nine years, she was not a stupid person, her intuition was even more sensitive, and Chu Ci was noticed by her with just a casual glance.

And soon, she quietly turned the topic to please peace pulse.

Chu Ci was not polite, and directly grabbed her snow-white wrist. After a quarter of an hour, he moved his hand away, raised his eyes and said, "It's already flared up."

Empress Dowager Ning's eyes flickered slightly, but after a while, she put away the annoyance and disgust on her face, and asked instead, "Then...the concubine has a cure?"

Chu Ci smiled, "Of course there are!"

Empress Dowager Ning said, "Then there will be Concubine Lao. After the matter is completed, I will not treat you badly!"

Chu Ci got up and cupped his hands, "The queen mother is really polite...but..."

"But what?" Empress Dowager Ning asked eagerly, fearing that things might change.

Chu Ci said, "Last time, this drug court lady used a dose for the late emperor. That is to say, now she wants to cure the empress dowager's illness, and she just missed a dose."

Empress Dowager Ning heard the meaning of her words, she couldn't help becoming nervous, and asked anxiously, "Is this medicine difficult to prepare?"

Chu Ci glanced at the Queen Mother, nodded and said, "It's very difficult. If you want to prepare the dosage for a patient, it will take a month."

"Then how good this is... Bengong, I'm afraid I won't be able to wait a month!" Empress Dowager Ning couldn't help but caressed her cheek and said in shock.After a pause, he looked at Chu Ci again and said, "Can't you, can't you speed up? If it's really impossible, I will allocate all the imperial doctors in the imperial hospital to you, and let them help you! I just ask you to deploy as soon as possible." The missing dose!"

"So, my daughter may give it a try." Chu Ci cupped his hands and promised.

The queen mother breathed a sigh of relief, and Chu Ci looked at the worried Aju who was standing next to the queen mother Ning and said, "However, the minister alone may not be able to treat those imperial doctors well, after all, they are the orthodox medical officers of the Yun Dynasty... the minister Can you ask the queen mother for someone to help the courtiers arrange those people?"

"Who do you want to ask to help you?" Empress Dowager Ning now pinned all her hopes on Chu Ci, so how could she dare to refute her opinion? Just ask her who she likes.

Chu Ci was not pretentious, raised his plain hand, pointed directly at Aju beside her, and said, "Then Aju, the people around the Empress Dowager, the courtiers have the most contact with her, so it's good to work together and discuss."

"Okay!" Empress Dowager Ning agreed without hesitation, then turned her head to look at Aju and said, "You have heard what the concubine Shizi said, and you must assist her well in the future to help her prepare the medicine book as soon as possible. The potion for uterine disease is here, do you understand?"

"Return to the Empress Dowager's words, this servant understands!" Ah Ju bowed in response, and then seriously expressed her loyalty.

Empress Dowager Ning was very satisfied and did not doubt anything.After the matter was settled, she was asked to accompany Chu Ci to the imperial hospital to choose an imperial physician.

Ah Ju and Chu Ci saluted Empress Dowager Ning respectively, and then they walked out one after the other.

When they arrived at the imperial hospital, all the imperial doctors in the imperial hospital also knew about the queen mother's arrangement.

Everyone knew the medical skills of the First Concubine of Nanjun Prince's Mansion, so at the moment, they were desperate to go to the Chu Mansion, prepare potions with her, and learn some other unique skills from her.

Chu Ci didn't expect them to be so active. For a while, the whole hospital was noisy, and the roof seemed to be blown off!

She was so quarreled that her brain hurt, and she had to look at Aju next to her.

Ah Ju understood, immediately took two steps forward, and shouted "Stop" to the imperial physicians who were arguing!Of course, the imperial doctors were somewhat in awe of the first female official under the new empress dowager, and they finally fell silent under her shout.

Seeing that they stopped arguing, Chu Ci finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then looked at the crowd and said, "Dear physicians, can you stand separately according to the diseases you are good at, so that I can ask and see which one of you is suitable for me?" Let's make potions for the Queen Mother together!"

"What the concubine Shizi said is true!" The leader, Dr. Liang, blushed, then turned his head, and gave some instructions to the imperial physician behind him. Then, the twenty or so imperial physicians were quickly divided into four or five teams.

Chu Ci nodded, and asked one by one, and finally picked one person from each group.

Of course, Doctor Liang was also included.

She picked someone, nodded slightly to the others, and was about to leave.

But at this time, a young imperial physician who was not selected shouted anxiously at her back, "Wait a minute, Concubine Shizi, I have a question, I hope you can explain it to me!"

Hearing the words, Chu Ci stopped, turned to look at him, and said, "What doubts, Doctor Zhao, let me tell you! If I can really help you, I will tell you everything!"

Imperial Physician Zhao looked at her, folded his hands and frowned and said, "Since the concubine chooses people to help the queen mother prepare medicine, shouldn't she choose people with better medical skills? If so, then why did our group choose people who are not as good as you?" My Imperial Physician Lin?"

Chu Ci didn't expect him to ask this question directly.

But it's not difficult to answer. She looked at him with a serious face and said, "Then dare to ask, which group are you in?"

"Of course it's... my son..." Before he finished speaking, Imperial Physician Zhao's expression changed, because he suddenly realized that the current emperor is only ten years old, so he must be a child!
Therefore, Chu Ci didn't choose him not because he had opinions on him, but the emperor needed him more than the empress dowager!That's why she didn't choose him.

This just proved how much she valued him!

(End of this chapter)