Golden branches and jade leaves

Chapter 66 Shocked by Mutation
Chapter 9: The Mutation Startled
After two days of exhaustion, the party arrived at the palace.

The summer resort building is located in the northwest of the capital. The entire palace is built by the lake, facing the wind, refreshing and elegant.There are also a small number of buildings that deliberately imitate the style of Jiangnan water towns, supported by bricks and stones, and built directly on the water, making them cooler and more pleasant.To the north is a large bamboo forest with a quiet view.

Su Mi stood in the corridor of Lingyan Pavilion and looked around. The place is surrounded by the wind, the light gauze is long, and the blue waves are rippling.As the coolest and most beautiful place in the entire palace, it naturally became Qi Long's bedroom.

Although I have seen it for many days, every time I pass by here, I still can't help but stop and watch.

She lives in the small side hall next to Lingyan Pavilion, and all the schedules are almost the same as in the palace. She still takes Miqing every morning, holding the prepared refreshments, walking through the corridor, admiring the The beautiful scenery, while walking forward slowly, entered the main hall in a short while.

The bottom of the entire Lingyan Pavilion palace is full of undercurrents, and the cool water waves flow endlessly, making the whole hall full of dynamic coolness. Looking from the window of the hall, lotus flowers are in full bloom on the lake, the lotus petals are delicate and bright red, and the lotus leaves are in fields , endless green.

Qi Taki was looking at the brochure that had just been delivered, with a rare expression of seriousness and worry.

In the past few days since I arrived at the Summer Palace, there have been no special incidents between the court and the central government. The war in the south has basically fallen into a stalemate. According to the rules of several wars in the past, once the war situation has evolved to this point, it will be difficult to change it within a year or so. .Qi Long put aside most of the government affairs, and his mood was very bright.

"What happened to the emperor today?" Su Mi stepped forward and asked, "But what is there to worry about?"

"It's a very strange thing, and I can't say whether it's worrying or not." Qi Long smiled and said: "It's just very strange."

As he said that, he handed the notebook in his hand to Su Mi, who took a look, it was the memorial written by Prince Yu Qi Hao, and immediately understood in his heart.

The meaning in the brochure is very simple, that is to say, the genius doctor Xuanji who was invited a few days ago was a fake liar, and now it has been found out, and he was secretly killed on the spot.Just because this matter is related to the dignity of the royal family, it has not been rumored.

Su Mi knew well that it must be Qi Hao's hands and feet.Although the impostor used the name of his adoptive father, he did have some real talents. After the past few days, after his treatment, the Queen Mother's condition has improved greatly.

Qi Hao knew his true identity and the fact that his adoptive father had passed away long ago, but he didn't know that this person was sent by Ni Yuan to plot against him. He only thought that this "Miracle Doctor Xuanji" belonged to Nan Chen.

Firstly, I was afraid that he would really heal the Queen Mother, and secondly, the battle was raging on Nanchen's side, so it was too difficult to keep such variables in the palace.After all, he is Da Qi's prince, so naturally he has to consider Da Qi's security interests.Anyway, if there is such a crime, he simply does nothing and kills the killer.

Although Su Mi knew that it was Ni Yuan who asked this person to pretend to be a doctor, she should have been happy to see the two tigers fighting between the Wang family and the Ni family.

But Ni Yuan's move is unclear. If it was just to get rid of the queen mother, there is no need to delay for such a long time, and he is far away from the court. If there is any change, he will not be able to prepare for it, so he just acquiesced and watched Qi Hao move. hands.Moreover, in Su Mi's heart, this guy dared to pretend to be her adoptive father, allowing him to stay in the world for a moment is a blasphemy to her relatives.

"This matter is very strange," Qi Taki said with a puzzled face, "how could this happen? I see that Xuanji's miracle doctor 'Su Weiming' behaves well and has outstanding medical skills. Come as someone else..."

"What's so strange about this liar's mentality?" Su Mi laughed and said, "He must be coveting the riches and honors of the royal family, but he was afraid that the queen mother's illness would not be cured, so he simply used someone else's name to cure her. Rewards and riches are naturally his, if he can’t be cured, find a reason to leave the palace and run away secretly, when the time comes, the mountains are high and the rivers are far away, and you don’t know the name, where can you find it?”

"I don't think that's the case. This person is a man with real talent and learning. How can he be so short-sighted?" Qi Taki shook his head and said, "Needless to say, just because of his views on poison, I think he is the real Miracle Doctor Xuanji." I'm afraid it might not be as good as him." Qi Taki then asked this "Xuanji Miracle Doctor" several times for some medical knowledge, and he was quite clear about his abilities.

"That's right, the emperor also specifically discussed with this doctor about poison, what about Tai Tianshui?" Su Mi said with a casual smile, "This man has quite a lot of knowledge."
Hearing Su Mi mentioning this, Qi Long's face was a little unnatural, and he said with a smile: "It's just that I got interested occasionally, so I just said it casually. I think this person is indeed a talent."

"That's true," Su Mi said with a smile: "I heard that the Queen Mother's condition has improved under his treatment. It's just that this kind of disturbance, I don't know if it will happen again. Sigh, speaking of it, Yu The prince is also a little reckless. Even if he is really a person with ulterior motives, it will not be too late to judge the crime after he cures the Queen Mother." Su Miwei sighed with regret.

"That's inappropriate." Qi Long shook his head and said, "I think Prince Yu's actions are quite in line with my wishes. The doctor invited by the royal family turned out to be a liar. It's really shameful, and in order to treat the Queen Mother, he If you want to live in the deep palace for a long time, how can the harem accommodate people with ulterior motives? Once there is any wrongdoing, it will be too late to punish him." Now his heart troubles with the Wang family are getting worse and worse, and the empress dowager's illness is getting worse. The concern is only on the surface, and in his heart it is not as important as the face of the royal family.

"It's still far-reaching for the emperor." Su Mi sighed.

"In the future, if there are any doctors who reveal their names, they must be strictly censored, so as not to make such mistakes again." Qi Long seemed unwilling to spend more time on this topic, while talking, he threw the memorial aside , this matter was revealed.

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Time flies, I lived in the palace for more than half a month, and in a blink of an eye it has already arrived in July, the July of the fourth year of Longhui is destined to be the most turbulent month in the history of Daqi.The changes that determined the direction of this dynasty and the entire world happened one after another within this short month.

On this day Su Mi got up to do her makeup, and just as she was putting her long hair up, suddenly Xiao Luzi rushed in, and before she reached the door, she shouted out of breath: "Ma'am, it's a big deal! It's a big deal!" Ah! Your Majesty!" She didn't know whether she was happy or worried.

"What's wrong?" Su Mi turned around and asked.

"It's just news from the palace that Liu Cai gave birth!"

"What?" Su Mi was taken aback, "Isn't it only less than nine months old? How did you give birth?"

"I heard that Liu Cairen accidentally tripped over the threshold when he was going out to get some air. Fortunately, the people around him came back to protect him in time. He was not injured, but his fetus was already gassy, ​​and soon after he returned to the room, he suffered from abdominal pain. , the palace people quickly sent the imperial physician, and in the afternoon, she gave birth to..."

"How are you? Are you hurt?" Su Mi asked quickly.This kind of premature birth is the first child, and the mother's body is extremely dangerous.

"The child is fine, but Liu Cairen's health has been hurt and he needs to rest for a while."

"Is it a boy or a girl?" Only then did Su Mi realize the most critical question.

"It's a little prince, mother and child are safe." Xiao Luzi said: "The news that the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs just sent, the emperor is very happy."

"Where is the person who delivered the letter?" Su Mi was also delighted and asked quickly.

"At Lingyan Pavilion, I was replying to the emperor's words. I rushed to report to the master, and I ran over after hearing half of it."

Su Mi quickly packed up her clothes and went to the main hall.

Qi Long's face in the palace was full of joy. His harem concubines had been pregnant many times, but not many of them could be born safely, and even if the children came to the world, most of them would not grow up. There were boys who were born before. , but the longest-lived one died before his first birthday.

So far, his knees are empty, and he is eagerly looking forward to the arrival of his heir.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty!" Su Mi smiled gracefully after entering the palace gate, "Sister Liu has made a great contribution now."

"Well," Qi Long nodded and smiled, "I'm planning to make a decree to promote Liu...Liu...Liu's position, isn't she originally talented? How about just being promoted as a concubine?"

Su Mi raised her eyebrows unconsciously, it seems that Qi Taki even forgot the name Qi Yan.

"Your Majesty Shengming, Sister Qiyan was originally from a low background, which made it difficult for her to be promoted. Now that her father has taken up an official position, she is considered a decent girl from a noble family. She should be promoted well. Moreover, her mother is honorable. That's fine too."

Qi Taki nodded again and again, unfolded the yellow silk, thinking about the words of the imperial decree.Su Mi dipped the brush into the thick ink and said, "It's just that, Your Majesty, the most important thing now is not the status of Sister Liu. Now the Prince is far away in the capital, without the blessing of the Emperor's heavenly power. I just heard that Sister Liu will be She was still born prematurely, between Yi Chen and his concubine, it should be ordered to be taken care of by the Imperial Hospital."

"I'm also worried about this, and it must be written in the will." Qi Long nodded and said.Thinking of the few children he had died earlier, he was worried for a while, most of the children in the palace would not grow up, and it was extremely easy to die young.

Su Mi said with a smile again: "Fortunately, the empress and concubine are staying in the capital now, and Prince Yu is honest and trustworthy. Why don't the emperor order the empress and Concubine Ni to work together to take care of sister Liu and the little prince, although there is no protection of the emperor's dragon power, But with the noble aura of Feng Yi of the two empresses, it will certainly be able to ward off evil spirits and ensure that the little prince grows up safely."

"Mi'er is really thoughtful." Qi Long said with a smile, "It just so happens that the decree of the reward has not yet been issued, so I will add another sacred metaphor for Fengyi Palace." Once finished.

Su Mi breathed a sigh of relief. She originally thought that Qi Yan would not give birth until next month at the earliest. Who knew that the little prince was born now. Now the queen and Concubine Ni are in the palace. The situation is delicate and unspeakable. Only by counting on these two people to contain each other can they keep their mother and child safe.

The joy and peace that the newborn little prince brought to the palace hadn't had time for the palace people to feel for a long time. Only ten days later, an even more shocking news came to the palace.

King Dingguo's extravagant army was defeated and died!
Compared with the birth of the first prince Rang Liugong Tongqing in the Longhui period of the Great Qi, this news not only shocked the harem of Da Qi, but also shocked the entire court and the people of Da Qi.

According to the reports from the soldiers and horses who returned from the defeat, Wang She led the army to attack Jianye City and won consecutive battles.Unexpectedly, the spies lurking in Nanchen's army intercepted a message that Jianye's food and grass had been exhausted.Upon receiving such news, Wang She's confidence doubled, and he ordered the soldiers to intensify their offensive, watching the Jianye city fall.Finally, after supporting for more than a month, Chen Jun ran out of food and grass, had to retreat from the city, and took the initiative to break through and flee.

Wang She led the army into Jianye City. He thought that he had made a great contribution to breaking through this fortified city that had blocked the pace of the Great Qi's army and good generals for many years, but he didn't know that Prince Cheng had already decided on a plan.Chen Qian deliberately released the news that the food and grass were exhausted to confuse the Qi army.However, several places in the city were secretly hollowed out, and then filled with sand, making it look flawless on the outside.He pretended to be defeated and retreated from the city, and the Qi army was completely suspicious.After leading the army out of the city, he secretly lurked in the mountains. When the Qi army entered the city, at night, the inner ying who stayed in the city broke through the city wall and attacked the city in one fell swoop.

At that time, Wang She was having a banquet in the city lord's mansion to celebrate his great achievements. After the incident, although Wang She reacted quickly and immediately led his troops to break through, but the city lord's mansion was located deep in Jianye City, and the journey was too far. Died in battle.

Seeing the death of the commander of the three armies, the rest of the soldiers were in chaos. In addition, the Qi army had just entered the city and did not understand the terrain and architecture inside the city.Fortunately, Liu Qi, the deputy general who was originally in charge of patrolling the guards on the city wall, saw the opportunity quickly and led nearly half of the soldiers stationed in the outer city to rush out, thus avoiding the result of the entire army being wiped out. Now all the Qi troops have retreated to the border.

When the news reached the Summer Palace, Qi Taki was furious.

This time Wang She underestimated the enemy and made an aggressive move and fell into the enemy's scheme. Naturally, his crime was unforgivable, but he was already dead, and Qi Taki couldn't pursue anything, and he couldn't even find someone to vent his anger on.

For a whole day after the news spread, Qi Long walked back and forth in the hall of Lingyan Pavilion like a wild beast trapped in a cage, gnashing his teeth and cursing the unforgivable Wang She, almost wishing that he could live He escaped back so that he would have the opportunity to personally deal with this sinner who made him and Da Qi lose face one after another.

In fact, although the Qi army was defeated this time, half of the Qi army fled back to the territory of Qi because of Nanchen's lack of troops and the quick action of the deputy general Liu Qi.On the whole, compared with the previous fiascos, the loss is not too great.

What is worrying now is that Nan Chen is taking advantage of the situation to go north. In recent years, the lost land ceded to Da Qi has been under the rule of Nan Chen for nearly a hundred years. The phenomenon of crowds responding, I'm afraid it will be out of control when the time comes.

It was the hot weather in July, even in the Lingyan Pavilion, the cool breeze and rippling water were gone, replaced by a different kind of dullness.

"Your Majesty, let's drive back to the capital." Su Mi said softly.The transmission of official documents in the summer resort palace and the efficiency of handling affairs are far inferior to those in the palace, so it is usually fine, but now that such a major event has happened, Qi Long cannot be allowed to be carefree any longer.

"Besides, after the queen mother heard about this incident, she already..." Su Mi looked at Qi Long's face, and there was another message sent just now: After hearing the news of Wang She's death, the queen mother passed out on the spot. He is still in the process of being rescued, and his life and death are unpredictable.

Qi Taki's face was cloudy and uncertain, he pondered for a while, finally took a long breath, and said slowly: "He Yuwang from the Ministry of Internal Affairs has come in and is going to put on a fight to go back to the palace."

Two days later, Su Mi followed the convoy and hurriedly left the summer palace where she lived for less than a month.

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