first minister

Chapter 447 The storm is swaying, and the two minds are suddenly awakened

Mr. Zhao, the owner of the village standing aside, couldn't help but wipe the corners of his eyes when he heard this.

He couldn't help asking in his heart: God, please open your eyes and see. Each of us is doing our best for a peaceful world, risking our own lives, but why do you always have to give us so many things and always have to do it? It’s such a hardship for us!

Dr. Li also had tears in his eyes. He did not expect that in the end, this decision was made by His Majesty himself.

He is only over eight years old!

Such a young child can face this future and make such a decision with his own hands that is difficult for an adult to make. How cruel and great is this!

Xia Jingyun looked at Dongfang Bai who was struggling to say those few words and fell into coma again after vomiting blood. He held his hand and looked at Dr. Li, "Get ready. Your Majesty's life will be left to you. I hope you will." Don’t let His Majesty down, let alone the people of the world who are looking forward to peace.”

Although Imperial Physician Li did not understand the affairs of the court, he had seen the changes inside and outside the court during the time when the new emperor took the throne. He also had some knowledge of the risks of the succession of emperors. After hearing this, he nodded heavily and got up to go out.

When he went out, Xia Jingyun looked at Mr. Zhao, the old village owner, with an unconcealed tiredness in his voice, "Old village master, you and Mr. Su will be busy with all the matters in the outer court. If you have any questions, you can ask Brother Chen. I'm here I told him everything on the way here."

Mr. Zhao, the owner of the village, nodded, "Okay."

After saying that, he was about to turn around, but was stopped by Xia Jingyun again, "Let Shang Zhicheng get up, the palace and the city cannot do without him tonight. Don't kneel at the entrance of the palace to evade your responsibilities, and protect the Queen Mother. Let's wait until the matter here is settled. His sin is not late!"

Mr. Zhao, the owner of the village, hummed and walked out of the palace door.

Opening the door, Shang Zhicheng was kneeling in front of the open space outside the door, motionless.

The old village owner Zhao sighed, "Commander Shang, get up."

Shang Zhicheng raised his head and said in a dry and hoarse voice, "Mr. Wei, you don't need to persuade me. Your Majesty's misfortune is entirely due to the responsibility of the general. As the commander of the imperial army, the general is responsible for the entrustment of the Queen Mother, and even more for your Majesty." Trust me. If your Majesty doesn't wake up for a day, the general will stay here for a day to atone for his sins!"

"I'm going to shit on your mother!" Mr. Zhao suddenly kicked Shang Zhicheng to the ground and shouted sternly: "You still know that you are the commander of the Imperial Army! What's the use of kneeling here? You can do it for His Majesty. Pray for blessings or heal your wounds? If your death would bring peace to Your Majesty, you would have died eight hundred times! But you don’t have the ability, do you know? You are guilty, but I am not guilty. I have not been here like you. Are you a fool and evading responsibility?"

He looked at the dazed Shang Zhicheng and said, "Your Majesty is unconscious. Do you know that the situation in the court will be turbulent? Do you know how dangerous it will be today and tonight? The Queen Mother is pregnant with Liujia and is still in the palace, but you are here thinking that Kneel down devoutly, you still think you are doing the right thing, don’t you! Get up, organize the palace and forbidden city defenses, and guard the safety of the Queen Mother! If you make another big mistake because of your stupidity, even the nine clans of you will be blamed. What on earth are you doing? do you know!"

The deafening voice of Mr. Zhao made Shang Zhicheng wake up from a dream. He quickly turned over and knelt down and kowtowed to Mr. Zhao, "Thank you, Mr. Wei Guo, for reminding me!"

Seeing Shang Zhicheng running out in a hurry, Mr. Zhao turned his head and glanced at the dimly lit palace, sighed, and strode out to the main hall of the court.

As soon as he went out, he met Chen Fugui who was returning in a hurry with Zhang Dazhi. He pulled Chen Fugui aside, whispered a few questions, and then left quickly.

Chen Fugui, who had his right shoulder slumped, walked to the door of the palace, announced, and took Zhang Dazhi into the palace. Xia Jingyun looked at Zhang Dazhi, "Brother, are everything ready?"

Zhang Dazhi took out a large box from behind and took out all the bottles and cans.

Xia Jingyun checked them one by one and nodded. Although it was not good enough, it should be enough, and there were some spare parts, which showed that he was careful.

He pointed at a bag of freshly peeled garlic that Cao Jie, the steward of the royal kitchen, had just delivered to him, and said to Chen Fugui, "Brother Chen, could you please mash this garlic? The more crushed it is, the better."

Chen Fugui didn't hesitate, let alone ask why he didn't ask the imperial kitchen to do this, he just followed it very skillfully.

Seeing Chen Fugui who started working directly, Zhang Dazhi was a little at a loss. He glanced at the bed covered by the curtains, and then bowed his hand to Xia Jingyun, "Master Hou, I will excuse you."

Xia Jingyun said tiredly: "Brother Zhang, thank you for your hard work. Go back and rest peacefully."

Zhang Dazhi hesitated for a moment, then plucked up the courage and said, "Master Hou, your health is important!"

Xia Jingyun smiled reluctantly: "It's okay, I know what's going on."

Seeing Zhang Dazhi leave, Xia Jingyun let out a long breath. There are some things where ignorance is blessing.

Chen Fugui moved very quickly. After a while, Chen Fugui put freshly crushed garlic in a large basin. Due to a strain on his right arm, he brought it in with some difficulty.

The strong and pungent smell of garlic instantly filled the entire palace, shattering the originally peaceful and peaceful smell of incense.

While Xia Jingyun waited for it to sit for half an hour, he began to slowly build it with various tools that Zhang Dazhi brought over.

Then he added water to the minced garlic and distilled it. When he saw a layer of light yellow oily substance floating on the liquid that slowly condensed from the tube on the other side, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He is not a medical major, and he has no special expertise in these things that are not common sense. He only remembers the simplest and most practical method of allicin, and he knows almost nothing about other things such as the preparation of the miracle drug penicillin.

Even allicin only left a vague impression in his head because this method was too simple.

He could also guess that although the poison used by Xuanhu was definitely very strong, if he wanted to avoid attracting attention, he would definitely not be able to use too much of it. With the current level of pharmacology, it would be almost impossible to prepare a poison like that of later generations. The poison was of such high concentration and purity, and everyone only drank one sip, so they were not killed on the spot for a while.

Even if Dongfang Bai was poisoned by two kinds of poisons, he was still alive even though his wounds were treated in time, which was enough to prove his guess.

So he thought of trying these so-called broad-spectrum miracle drugs to see if they could have a relieving effect. With the mentality of giving it a try, he didn't expect that it actually worked.

However, making it does not mean it is effective. When the condensate in the cup reached one cup and the light yellow oily object on it reached nearly one-third of the cup, Xia Jingyun carefully separated them, and then took a look at the sleeping man inside the curtain. Dongfang Bai turned to look at Chen Fugui, "Brother Chen, I need to trouble you to go to Qingbei Building and give this thing to someone who is also poisoned."

At this point, he paused and said, "Give it to Xun Feihong. If it works, go to the palace immediately. Oh no, light a bunch of fireworks. I will send someone to watch in the palace and spread the news as soon as possible. "

Seeing this, Chen Fugui naturally understood what Xia Jingyun was doing. He who thought he would not be surprised by anything the young master did was once again shocked.

I didn’t expect that he could even do pharmacology!

But Xia Jingyun's heart was not as optimistic as he imagined. He hesitated and thought without confidence that no matter what, it wouldn't be worse.

"Don't worry, sir, I'll do it right away!"

Chen Fugui turned around, and after taking only two steps, he turned back and said, "Sir, I will send someone to send a message to Lu Yi and ask him to go to the house to protect him."

At home?

Thinking of his parents, Yan Yan, A Li, and Ning Zhen's family in the Hou Mansion, Xia Jingyun couldn't help but feel a little guilty, but under the general situation, he couldn't help himself, and there was nothing he could do about it, so he nodded slowly, "Okay. It’s time to work.”

After Chen Fugui left, Xia Jingyun continued to work.

Just as he was concentrating on the operation, there was a burst of messy and hurried footsteps. Jin Zhong hurried in and looked at Xia Jingyun, "Jian Jian Ninghou! The Queen Mother."

Jin Zhong was the eunuch of the current emperor, and could be said to be one of the top figures in the entire palace. He had been there for more than half a year, and he had seen a lot of things that could make him so flustered. You can imagine how terrifying it is.

The expressions of the chamberlains and guards standing far away at the door suddenly changed, and they quietly turned their gazes sideways.

Xia Jingyun, however, remained calm and silently prepared for the next distillation, "Go ahead."

"The Queen Mother is extremely worried and has moved her fetus. At this moment, Wen Po in the palace has arrived."

Xia Jingyun paused his hand slightly and said slowly: "I know."

Jin Zhong glanced at him with some fear, and added, "Po Wen said that the mother's delivery date is too early, and it may be difficult to give birth."

The waiters and guards at the door suddenly changed their expressions. They even forgot about the palace rules that they always regarded as life, and looked at Xia Jingyun in shock.

His Majesty's situation is not good and the Queen Mother is having a difficult childbirth. The implications are too shocking.

Xia Jingyun's hand paused quietly, and he was silent for a moment along with his voice, "Is Wen Po reliable?"

Jin Zhong naturally understood the deep meaning of Xia Jingyun's words, "It is used by the empress in the palace. She was there to serve His Majesty when he was born. Moreover, the older nuns in the palace know these things, so Aunt Yuan is always there."

Xia Jingyun took a deep breath and said, "My queen is auspicious and everything will be fine. You go to Changle Palace and wait. If anything happens, report it immediately."

Jin Zhong opened his mouth, stopped talking, stamped his feet slightly, turned around and left quickly.

Xia Jingyun picked up the spoon and started to add minced garlic to it, but the trembling in his hand was transmitted to the spoon, and a lot of particles were shaken off from the spoon. He explained comfortingly, "You can't add too much this time. Adding too much will affect the effect. Take your time."

After slowly adding it, he picked up a kettle and poured water into the container. Listening to the clinking sound of the container due to shaking, he said softly: "This step is even more critical. You must add the right amount of water and do it slowly."

After finally adding it, he put the water bottle in his hand and wiped his eyes violently, "Damn, it's so fucking annoying!"

He raised his head and cursed angrily: "Don't you have fucking eyes! Can't you tell the difference between good and bad!"

But Tian Tian didn't respond at all, only his powerless anger echoed in the empty hall for a long time.
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Zhang Dazhi walked out of the palace. He planned to leave the palace directly, but he was led into the main hall of the court by the chamberlain.

Although he arrived uninvited, his status was barely enough to qualify.

He looked around and saw that in the main hall at this moment, the princes of the clan, important ministers of the central government, ministers of various ministries, and other high-ranking officials of third rank or above were all standing in the hall, in twos and threes, each with their own thoughts.

Seeing him coming, many eyes looked over at him, but when they saw clearly that it was him, they quickly looked away.

But in that short moment, he experienced many different emotions: worry, gloating, indifference and ridicule.

He looked around and saw someone he had a good relationship with. He quickly walked over and asked about the situation in a low voice.

After talking for a while, suddenly a chamberlain walked quickly into the hall, looked around, went straight to Mr. Su's place, and whispered a few words to him.

Zhang Dazhi and his colleagues all looked quietly and raised their ears, but they didn't hear a single sound.

But soon, Mr. Su called the empress dowager's biological father, Mrs. Jiang'an Houyun, Duke Wei, Duke Lu, as well as the main clan members such as King Cheng, Wan Xiang and other central ministers, and formed a small circle.

Obviously, this is something big and important.

On such a night, such a thing is enough to attract everyone's attention.

The whole hall suddenly became quiet, with only curious eyes and pointed ears remaining.

In the midst of the astonishment, Prime Minister Yan's voice sounded calmly, "Everyone, since His Majesty is in danger now and the Queen Mother is having a difficult childbirth, how should the court be run? At this moment, the princes and ministers are all here, and we have to discuss a charter!"

The entire main hall seemed to explode with a bang.

Zhang Dazhi's eyes suddenly widened when he heard this. Although Prime Minister Yan didn't say it clearly, the meaning in his words was very clear. He wanted to change the situation!

He looked at his colleague next to him in shock, and the man looked at him in shock. The two looked at each other with the same shock, but the true emotions in their hearts were different.

One of them feels terrible. I am afraid that these good days are going to be gone. Brother Gao Yang is afraid that something will happen!

The other one felt, holy shit, are you so impatient?

"Yan Jide, what do you mean?"

Master Wei's angry rebuke also sounded with a hint of rage. He was not only shocked that Yan Songwen suddenly made this matter public, but was even more shocked by his obvious ambition!

Yan Songwen was not afraid and said calmly: "Isn't it obvious enough? A country cannot be without a king for a day. Regardless of the status of the emperor, His Majesty is now in a coma and cannot govern, and the Queen Mother is having a difficult childbirth. Regardless of whether she can survive the difficulties, she will eventually need to I have been unable to supervise the affairs of the government for a long time. In my opinion, we should invite a highly respected person from the clan to serve as regent and prime minister of the government to replace the emperor. Is there anything wrong with saying this?"

Wei Yuanzhi's expression froze. He was very clear about Yan Songwen's intention, but he was unable to refute it for a while.

Fortunately, Li Tianfeng, a usually pig teammate, performed exceptionally well today and stepped forward, "Absurd! What is the purpose of setting up a center for the country? It is to decide military and national affairs and share the worries of the king! Now His Majesty is just injured and comatose, and the Queen Mother is just causing fetal gas. , everything has not yet been decided, Master Yan jumped out and said such words, it is difficult for people to doubt whether he was instigated and bewitched by some people, and he is acting here in the name of righteousness!"

He was betting that this was Yan Songwen's own initiative and that he was not colluding with King Cheng.

Fortunately, he was right.

King Cheng, who was scared out of his wits by Xia Jingyun, immediately said: "Master Li is right, Prime Minister Yan is too impatient about this matter. How can there be such a reason? We should wait for His Majesty to get better and the Queen Mother to take charge of the affairs."

Wei Yuanzhi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but he underestimated Yan Songwen's determination. To him, today's situation was as if a hole had suddenly been torn open in the sky covered with dark clouds, letting out thousands of rays of light, and it was also like being in a secret room. After being depressed for a long time, he finally broke through a hole and smelled the fresh and sweet air. How could he not try his best to grab it?

"Everyone has seen what King Cheng said, which means that there is no collusion between me and King Cheng. Everything is done out of public motives."

He easily turned the situation around with just one sentence, and then said: "Your Majesty has great wisdom and courage, but this time he was seriously poisoned. Even if he is lucky enough to survive, according to the current treatment methods, his physical disability and discomfort will no longer be the fault of all people." , is this true? The Queen Mother is having a difficult childbirth, and people in the court are uncertain. If we can agree on a regent and prince at this moment, and if the situation changes in the future, we will return to the status quo. If it is really irreversible, we can follow the trend. There won't be any turmoil in the court situation. This is a prepared strategy. I really don't understand why you don't allow it."

After a few words, Li Tianfeng was also speechless.

In the main hall, except for the Queen Mother, Xia Jingyun, a group of hardcore people, many people were interested.

This is a rare achievement of support!

The most important thing is that it is very likely to succeed!

The situation of Your Majesty and the Queen Mother is real. The situation is so critical that Marquis Jianning rushed back from Yuyanzhou without even showing up. It is already obvious!

Standing in the queue, Hou Baiyun of Huai'an rolled his eyes, rarely making up his mind.

According to his true intention, he would definitely speak out angrily against Yan Songwen, a speculative power thief, and not miss this great opportunity to show his power and turn the tide;

But if he followed the secret agreement between him and Xia Jingyun, now would be his best chance to win the trust of these scumbags.

However, the key point is that if that bitch didn't show up, is he sure of winning, or is he really too busy to take care of himself?

If victory is certain, I, with my great moral integrity, would not mind playing the villain occasionally;

But if you are too busy taking care of yourself and add fuel to the flames, wouldn't it be counterproductive?

Just when he was hesitating, a voice said coldly: "Yan Jide, are you so presumptuous that you pretend that I don't exist, that Duke Wei, Duke Lu, and others don't exist, and that the civil and military forces of the entire dynasty don't exist?"

When Yan Songwen saw the person speaking, his arrogance immediately dissipated a lot.

Because the person who spoke was surprisingly the virtuous prime minister of the generation before Qin Weizhong. His reputation as a virtuous man moved both the government and the public, and his disciples and old officials filled the world. Now the Dinghai Shenzhen in the court, Duke An Guo, Su Zongzhe!

Mr. Su snorted coldly, stepped forward and took out the sword from the waist of the guard on duty, and put it directly on Yan Songwen's shoulder, "You might as well give it a try, I will kill you today in front of the civil and military officials of this court, Your Majesty and Queen Mother How will you deal with me? How will all the people in the world talk about me? How will I be viewed in history and after a hundred generations!"

The domineering posture and domineering words show the majestic aura of a wise prime minister.

Yan Songwen, who had previously been arrogant when facing Wei Yuanzhi, Li Tianfeng and others, suddenly became speechless, with sweat on his forehead and trembling with fear.

Zhang Dazhi couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw this. He was worthy of being the Duke of Anguo and worthy of the name of Anguo.

But before the smile on his face fully bloomed, another person slowly spoke, "Gong An Guo has such great official authority and such a loud tone. Master Yan's words are all from a public heart, but you treat him like this, even Drawing a sword and threatening, is this the so-called wise prime minister?"

Wan Xiang, whose face was as dark as water, became more impassioned and angry, "Are you acting like this as if the Central Prime Minister, the Prime Minister, does not exist, as if the Eastern clan and the nobles of the Manchu Dynasty do not exist, and as if the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces do not exist?"

"I really want to try, do you have the guts to kill Lord Yan, this old man, and the civil and military officials of this dynasty today? I really want to know what your Majesty and the Queen Mother will do to you, and what will happen to all the people in the world. Talking about you, how will history and a hundred generations think of you!"

Mr. Su's words were sent back almost intact.

It was like a loud slap on his face.

It's not that he is not strong enough to compete with Wan Wenbi, but that in this situation, he is at an absolute disadvantage, and Wan Wenbi is like an old fox lurking in the dark. This charged blow really knocks him out. Set on fire.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, and the old Patriarch Zhao on the side sneered. The old Patriarch Qin, Duke of Lu, rubbed his hands. When the group of people were about to use their lifelong experience and skills to prepare a counterattack, a subtle creaking sound followed. Footsteps sounded.

In the tense main hall of the court, four guards in green carried a chariot and walked slowly in.

The second master of the Jiang family leaned on it, looking at Wan Wenbi and others with indifferent eyes, and said calmly: "Kill him, just kill him, I don't believe it. In the civil and military affairs of this dynasty, there is still no one who can be an official. Duke An is afraid of getting his hands dirty, so I, a reckless man, can do it for him."

The gentle voice caused everyone in the hall to hold their breath.

Outside Dongfang Bai's bedroom, Wang De, who was also Gao Yi's adopted son, stood outside the door, looking nervously at the location of Qingbei Tower.

A bunch of fireworks suddenly exploded in his eyes.

　I've been waiting for a long time. I stayed up late to type. I can update it before noon tomorrow.

　　or2!

　　

　

(End of this chapter)