Fengming Tianxia's Concubine Empress

Chapter 123 The Phoenix-shaped Jade Pendant

"Your Majesty, drink a cup of tea to soothe your throat." Eunuch Li put a cup of freshly brewed tea by Yu Mingqi's hand, and said cautiously.

Yu Mingqi glanced at the teacup lightly, but he didn't pick it up. Instead, he raised his head and looked at Eunuch Li. However, the moment he opened his mouth, he asked about Princess Chaohua's news: "Is there a news from the guard?"

"Reporting to the emperor, no guards have returned yet." Eunuch Li said respectfully.

"Well, if we send someone to investigate again, we must find the princess safely!" Yu Mingqi's face was gloomy, and his voice sounded very cold.

"Yes, the slave will do it now."

Unfortunately, Eunuch Li had just walked into the outer room, and before he walked out of the Qianhe Hall, the eunuch who was guarding the gate outside the hall hurried in, and when he opened the door, they bumped into each other and fell to the ground one after another.

The father-in-law exclaimed, raised his head and saw that it was Mr. Li who he had knocked over, and he hurriedly got up to help him up, and apologized: "I'm sorry, Eunuch Li, the slave didn't do it on purpose."

Eunuch Li put on a serious face, seeing the little father-in-law's at a loss, he couldn't scold him too much, he patted the dirt on his body lightly, and then taught: "It's okay, it's a good thing you knocked down today." It's a miscellaneous family, if you accidentally bump into the emperor, you can watch your head carefully, be more careful next time, and don't be so reckless again!"

"Yes, yes, I will remember this, and I will follow Mr. Li's instruction." The little father-in-law said humbly.

"En." Manager Li nodded in satisfaction, and then asked, "What happened, why are you so flustered?"

And just when the little father-in-law was about to speak, Yu Mingqi's scolding voice came from inside the hall: "What's so noisy outside the hall?"

The two of them looked at each other, Eunuch Li gave him a wink, signaling him not to panic, then Eunuch Li walked into the inner room, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, I saw Xiaonanzi Eunuch looking nervous outside the hall just now, It seems that there is something to report, so the servant asked a few more questions, but the servant alarmed you, the emperor, before listening to Mr. Xiao Nanzi."

Yu Mingqi frowned, turned his head to look at Xiao Nanzi who was kneeling on the ground, and asked coldly, "Are you busy?"

Xiao Nanzi knelt on the ground trembling, and said tremblingly: "Return, report back to the emperor, Vice General Lu begged to see him outside the palace."

Although that little Nanzi has been working in the Ganhe Palace all the time, he has been staying in the imperial dining room all the time. He was also temporarily seconded to help out today. Who would have thought that he would meet him for the job of reporting, and he felt in his heart How could you not be afraid?
"What? Send it quickly!" Yu Mingqi hurriedly got up and shouted when he heard that it was Lu Yan, an imperial guard.

"Yes." Eunuch Li immediately shouted out of the hall: "It is said that Vice General Lu will enter the hall to meet you!"

Hearing the words, Deputy General Lu was not as fast as walking in the main hall, and saluted respectfully: "Lv Yan, the deputy commander of the imperial guards, kowtowed to the emperor, long live the emperor, long live, long live!"

"Lv Aiqing doesn't need to be polite, please hurry up." Yu Mingqi said excitedly.

And that little Nanzi was frightened by Yu Mingqi's cry, knelt on the ground for a long time and couldn't get up, but his eyes kept looking at Eunuch Li, as if he was asking for help. Eunuch Li saw this, He couldn't help waving his hand to him, signaling him to leave quickly, but Xiao Nanzi was stunned for a long time before he could react, he hurriedly ran out of the Qianhe Hall, looking at his embarrassed figure, Eunuch Li sighed inwardly He breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, at this time the emperor's attention was poured into Lu Yan, deputy general Lu, otherwise, he would definitely be punished for a crime of dereliction of duty!
"Lu Aiqing, is there any whereabouts of the princess?"

Yu Mingqi looked at him expectantly, "My Majesty, we ministers and others did have news about the princess, but." Lu Yan paused as he spoke, with a look of hesitation on his face, as if there was something Unspeakably hidden.

Seeing Lu Yan's hesitant expression, Yu Mingqi suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.He smiled frankly, and continued: "Lu Aiqing doesn't need to worry too much, but it's okay to say."

"Yes." With the emperor's words, Lu Yan seemed to have taken a reassurance in his heart. He calmed down, raised his head, and said word by word: "I found Princess Chaohua's tomb at the bottom of the cliff. .”

Yu Mingqi smiled and his cheeks froze for a moment, eyes filled with disbelief, he took a few steps back abruptly, his body wobbled a little, as if he would faint in the next second.

"Your Majesty!" The two people in the hall shouted in unison, while Eunuch Li walked quickly to Yu Mingqi's side and supported his body that was about to fall.

"Quick, hurry up and send the imperial physician!" Eunuch Li hurriedly shouted to the outside of the hall.

Yu Mingqi came to his senses, waved his hand to Eunuch Li, and said weakly: "I, I'm fine, you help me to sit down."

"Yes."

Yu Mingqi sat down, calmed down, then looked at Lu Yan, and asked, "Are you sure?"

"I dare not lie to the emperor!" Lu Yan replied very respectfully, with a very painful expression on his face.

"Tell me the details."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Lu Yan continued: "Your Majesty, I have searched at the bottom of the cliff for a long time but have not found any clues. When I am about to go back to the top of the cliff and go to the nearby villages to investigate, A soldier ran over quickly and said that he had found a path that was not very clear. The ministers walked towards that path with the attitude of giving it a try, but unexpectedly found a grave at the end of the path, and the grave looked It looked like it was newly built, but in this barren mountain, how could there be such a new tomb suddenly? So the ministers boldly dug up the new tomb, and unexpectedly found a white bone, and that Gu Baigu is wearing the wedding gown that the princess married that day, and the ministers have discovered this." As he spoke, Lu Yan took out a jade pendant that looked like a phoenix from his cuff.

When Yu Mingqi saw the jade pendant dangling in Lu Yan's hand, his pupils tightened suddenly, and he stared at that jade pendant. If he read correctly, that jade pendant was on the day of the marriage, and he wore it himself. On Princess Zhaohua's neck.

Seeing Yu Mingqi trembling his lips with a sad expression, it took him a long time before he said: "Bring it here and show me."

"Yes." Eunuch Li walked over in response. The moment he took the jade pendant from Lu Yan's hand, Eunuch Li shuddered. He recognized the jade pendant. It was not only a piece of jade pendant, but also a symbol of military power. When he handed over such an important jade pendant to her, he was slightly surprised, but now when he saw this jade pendant again, his heart was full of pity, what a pity for that beautiful woman!

"Your Majesty." Eunuch Li said and put the jade pendant on the desk.

Yu Mingqi picked up the jade pendant on the table with trembling hands, and put it in the palm of his hand, yes, it was it, even if it turned into ashes, I would recognize it, but it was my Zhaohua, did he really leave?

But in an instant, Yu Mingqi seemed to be ten years older. At this time, he was no longer the aloof and majestic Emperor Mingqi, but a loving father who lost his daughter, full of grief.

Loving father?When this thought crossed Eunuch Li's mind, Eunuch Li suddenly remembered that more than ten years ago, the emperor had been to the prime minister's residence, and after that, Shangguan's wife never left the courtyard again, and the prime minister and his wife The relationship also broke down in an instant. Could it be that Princess Zhaohua is really the emperor's own daughter?

This recognition made Eunuch Li's body shake again, no, it's impossible, if she is really a princess, then how to explain the war not long ago?Why didn't the emperor explain it?
"Where did you find this jade pendant?" Yu Mingqi's hoarse voice interrupted Eunuch Li's contemplation, and Eunuch Li couldn't help turning his head to look at Lu Yan.

"Reporting to the emperor, although I saw the bone wearing a wedding dress at that time, it would be too arbitrary to conclude that it is Princess Chaohua based on that wedding dress, so I boldly lifted the bone. However, I found the jade pendant tied to it inside the clothes. The minister saw that the jade pendant looked like something from the palace, so Commander Su asked the minister to hurry back to see if the jade pendant was from the palace. thing."

That's right, when Shangguan Wanchun took off the red wedding dress, she happened to see the phoenix-shaped jade pendant hanging on her chest. She thought that it was a gift from the emperor after all, and it couldn't be damaged in any way, but it would happen during the fight. No one could predict what, so she hesitated, and finally untied the jade pendant from her neck, and tied it inside the wedding dress.

Shang Junyuan saw Yu Mingqi wearing the jade on the neck of Princess Zhaohua with his own eyes at that time, and he also knew that Princess Zhaohua changed her wedding dress and put on plain clothes to join the battle, so When Shang Junyuan saw this bone at the bottom of the cliff, he didn't investigate it carefully. He knew that it was not her, but Yan Cui, so naturally he didn't find this jade pendant.

Yu Mingqi was shocked when he heard the words, got up hurriedly, and asked: "Commander Su is still at the bottom of the cliff?"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Lu Yan replied.

"Okay, you can go to the bottom of the cliff, I want to find out!" His tone was so undeniable and firm, but there was an unusual light shining in his dim eyes.

"Your Majesty, your body is just right, you can't move!" Eunuch Li hurriedly tried to dissuade you.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the road to the bottom of the cliff is very difficult and dangerous, you" Lu Yan was interrupted by Yu Mingqi before he could finish speaking.

"Don't say too much, I've made up my mind!" Yu Mingqi was about to get up, but before he could stand up straight, he felt a burst of dizziness suddenly hit him, and then his eyes blurred, and he fainted up.

"emperor!"

Yu Mingqi's reaction frightened Eunuch Li and the others, and at this moment, Imperial Doctor Shen from the Imperial Hospital arrived in time.

"Physician Shen, come and take a look, the emperor has fainted again."

When Imperial Physician Shen saw that Yu Mingqi's face was dark, he walked forward quickly, squatted down, took out the silver needle in the medicine box, and stabbed the silver needle in the tiger's mouth of Yu Mingqi's right hand while feeling his pulse. .

Chief Physician Shen let out a breath, and his frowning brows relaxed.Although Yu Mingqi fainted, but fortunately his pulse was strong and powerful. It seemed that the fainting was only caused by the surge of Qi and blood, coupled with his weak body.

"Physician Shen, how is the emperor?" Eunuch Li asked hurriedly.

"Your majesty is fine, it's just that he fainted because he was too emotional." Imperial physician Shen withdrew his hand to feel the pulse, then took out a few silver needles from the medicine box again, and stabbed them at Yu Mingqi's Baihui acupoint respectively. Zhongfu point, Yunmen point.

"Director Li, the emperor's body has just recovered, why did he suddenly lose control of his emotions and faint?" Imperial Physician Shen asked while performing a diagnosis.

"Oh, it's a long story." Manager Li sighed, his face full of self-blame, if he hadn't given Yu Mingqi hope, he wouldn't be so disappointed now.

"Ahem." Yu Mingqi suddenly coughed twice, and moved his fingers slightly.

"emperor?"

"Well, what happened to me just now?"

"Your Majesty, you fainted just now, but it's okay, Imperial Physician Shen has already treated you."

"Yeah." Yu Mingqi nodded, "Physician Shen, you should step down first, I still have important matters to attend to today, so come back tomorrow for my diagnosis and treatment."

"Yes, I obey the order." Imperial Physician Shen said as he picked up the medicine box on the ground and retreated.He knew that these imperial physicians should know what happened in the court at will, and he knew that when he should avoid it, he must avoid it.

(End of this chapter)