Golden branches and jade leaves

Chapter 13

Xifu Palace, the main hall.

Concubine Ni Gui was supported by several maids who were close to her, and entered the bedroom. After the fright just now, her face was still a little pale, but she had already calmed down.

A few palace maids waited for the imperial concubine to sit down, "Your Majesty, it's better to call an imperial doctor to come and have a look."

"No need, there is nothing wrong with my palace. At this time when the imperial physicians are busy, there is no need to trouble them." Concubine Ni shook her hand impatiently.

The assassins tonight are extremely powerful. During the two chaos, many concubines were injured, and the imperial hospital was almost overwhelmed. They not only had to take care of the emperor and the empresses, but also Prince Yu who was seriously injured in order to escort him, and the guards There were also many casualties.

"Why don't you bring a bowl of calming soup for your empress?" the maid asked cautiously.

"No need, you all go down, let the palace be quiet, just leave Xia Zhen here to serve." Concubine Ni said a little irritably.

All the court ladies obeyed the order and withdrew.Only Xia Zhen, Concubine Ni's close maid, remained.

Seeing that she was gone completely, Concubine Ni took a long breath, turned to Xia Zhen and asked, "Why didn't you take action just now?"

Xia Zhen bowed her head and said respectfully: "Miss, the servant was specially ordered by the Lord to enter the palace to protect the lady's safety. The lady is not in any danger. How can I casually expose my martial arts?"

"Why am I not in danger!? The sword just now was about to cut me down. I screamed out for the sword of the man in Tsing Yi just now, and I didn't see any reaction from you. Fortunately, my father said you His martial arts are very good, you can definitely feel at ease in the palace."

Alas, the sword is still several meters away from you. Besides, these assassins are targeting the emperor. As long as you don't get in their way, they won't waste their precious time killing others for no reason. Even if you Going to beg them to kill you, I guess they would think it was a waste of time...Although I thought so in my heart, but of course I didn't dare to say it, Xia Zhen said helplessly: "Yes, yes, my mother taught me, but you still don't want me Are you okay?"

"What if I made a mistake? Wouldn't it be too late to say that now?" Concubine Ni gave her an angry look.

"Yes, you don't need to worry. My servant saw you staying behind the emperor and thought that the assassin would not be able to hurt you. This servant was really negligent. Please forgive me." Xia Zhen sighed secretly.

Only then did Concubine Ni "hum" and did not pursue further.

"By the way, the opportunity just now was so good, why didn't you take the opportunity to get rid of that girl Qiyan?" The imperial concubine immediately remembered the new crime.

"Your Majesty, that girl has been hiding next to you and the Empress Empress, how can I let the servants do it? How can I explain it when I ask after she has done it?"

"Beside me?" Ni Yelin had been in shock and panic just now, staring intently at the assassin's swords, fearing that any of them would approach her, and she would not have the time to pay attention to her side. "It's cheap for her. This timid girl only knows how to hide behind people."

"You are still the same." Xia Zhen secretly said, rolling his eyes in his heart.

"But..." Xia Zhen glanced at Concubine Ni Gui's face, and said, "I pushed Concubine Yun's back, but unfortunately, she was so lucky that she actually grabbed Concubine Zheng and used Concubine Zheng She was used as a shield, but she escaped once. It's just a pity that Concubine Zheng..." At the banquet tonight, when the concubines were in chaos, she took the opportunity to go behind Concubine Yun and pushed her. Pushed under the assassin's knife, she borrowed a knife to kill, who knew that she was blocked by the unlucky Zheng Guipin, she just fainted from fright, and lay there without waking up, because the position was too eye-catching, the assassin made the second time When attacking the concubine, she wanted to make up for it herself, but she couldn't get close.

Concubine Ni's teeth were itching with hatred again, she picked up someone of her own for nothing, but she still didn't get rid of Concubine Yun.

After wandering around for a while, there was no trace of drowsiness on the left or right. It was already midnight outside, and I was afraid that it would be dawn in a while. Concubine Ni did not sleep at all, and asked loudly, "Where is the emperor?"

The people on the left and right reported: "Reporting to Madam, the emperor is now Su Cairen in Caiwei Palace."

"It's there," Ni Guifei pondered for a moment, "This girl, if I knew this day would come, I wouldn't have to waste so much energy, and even found red radish vines for her, all this effort wasted , although Qi Yan was not eliminated this time, getting rid of her is also considered to be a serious worry."

That's not necessarily the case.Xia Zhi looked up at Concubine Ni Gui and thought to herself.With her martial arts and ear strength, she clearly heard the clear and pleasant "jingle" sound at the moment when the man in Tsing Yi stabbed Su Mi with his sword. It seemed to be the sound of jade jewelry breaking. It first stabbed some jewelry on Su Cairen's body, then pierced through the jewelry and stabbed the body again.In this way, the power of that thunderous sword might not even be one-tenth.Looking at the speed at which Su Cairen's blood smeared afterwards, she could tell that it was definitely not a serious injury.

Xia Zhen looked at Concubine Ni Gui's face, forget it, let's not talk about it, right now I am the only punching bag in this room.

It's just that Su Cairen's luck is too good. If this is the case, her favor will probably be even higher in the future.Is this really just luck?
At this time, in Caiwei Palace, Qi Long was sitting anxiously in the outer room, looking at the bead curtain hanging from the door of the Nuan Pavilion. After a while, Imperial Physician He came out with a look of anxiety.

"How is it?" Qi Ting asked him impatiently.

"This... Blessed by the emperor's blessings, the sword was stabbing into the jade pendant in Master Su's arms, so Master Su's wound is actually not deep, it's just a flesh wound, and the lady in charge of the doctor has already bandaged it properly, but... "He Ling looked up at Qi Taki's expression.

"Just what?" Qi Taki asked with displeasure.

He Ling shrunk his neck, summoned up his courage and continued: "It's just that the sword was smeared with poison. Fortunately, Master Su seems to have taken some anti-poison drugs before, and his body is relatively strong against poison. Moreover, he has had a pulse diagnosis. Afterwards, Beizhi immediately took Ouchi's secret detoxification pill for her, so in fact, the poison in Cairen's body has basically been cured..."

"What's going on, when will I wake up?" Qi Long asked anxiously.

He Lingtou lowered his head even lower: "This... It's hard to say that I have a humble job. Cairen has always been weak, but now he has been injured again, and the poison has already dissipated in the body, so..."

"You mean, Su Cairen doesn't know when she will wake up. What if she can't wake up?"

"If Cairen wakes up, everything is easy to talk about. If he can't wake up, this...will not be discussed until two days later." Hearing the chill in Qi Long's words, He Ling shuddered, but still insisted on speaking It's over.

Qi Long seemed to be depressed for a moment, and he said expressionlessly: "That is to say, if Su Cairen still can't wake up in two days, then her life may be at stake..."

"Reporting to the emperor, that's it." He Ling said.

Qi Taki's figure swayed imperceptibly, and he was silent for a while and said, "I'll go and have a look."

Hearing this, Gao Shengnuo immediately stepped forward to set up the curtain, and Qi Long entered the Nuan Pavilion.

Su Mi was lying quietly on the couch, Qi Long approached her, silently looking at the pretty face who was close at hand.

Originally, in his heart, Su Mi was just an ordinary concubine. Although she was beautiful and considerate, she could be regarded as one of the more outstanding concubines among his many concubines, but she was only outstanding.There are countless concubines in the harem, and every time there is an endless selection of beauties, they are fat, swallows, thin, and delicate, and his eyes never stay on one person for too long.

But just tonight, when he was experiencing the most fearful danger in his life, it was she who stood in front of him desperately.At that moment, he was really touched.At least in his life, there has never been a woman who is so clearly and proactively willing to sacrifice her life for him, especially when all the concubines are running around under the power of the assassin, even the queen and Concubine Ni only know to hide With the trembling behind him, Su Mi's actions shocked him even more.

Su Mi's face was as pale as jade at this time, and she had a charming and charming feeling. Qi Taki couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart, maybe the woman in front of him just fell asleep like this forever and would never wake up again.

"Your Majesty," Gao Shengnuo said softly from the side: "The Queen Mother has called someone over again, look...is it..."

Qi Taki has been standing here silently for a long time.

"Okay, I'll go there now." He paused, and said, "First ask someone to pass a message to the Queen Mother. Tell her not to worry, old man."

After being silent for a while, Qi Taki turned around and left, turned his head again when he reached the door, and ordered: "Pass down my edict, Su Cairen has made great contributions in saving him, and he will be promoted... to be a fifth-rank concubine."

Mi Qing and others who were standing beside him quickly knelt down and said: "Slaves and servants thank the emperor for his kindness on behalf of the master."

"Ende...?" Qi Taki smiled self-deprecatingly, and said in a dispirited way: "Get up, so I can serve your master. It would be great if my kindness can really protect people..." There was an unspeakable feeling in the voice The bleak meaning.

After all, he led Gao Shengnuo to go.

As soon as the emperor left, Miqing, Mihong, and Xiaoluzi couldn't help but surrounded He Ling and asked anxiously. Just now the emperor was here, and they didn't dare to act presumptuously. Now that Qi Long is gone, they are all in a hurry.

"Doctor He, how is the master?"

"What should we do?"

"..."

He Ling didn't know how to respond either, so he sighed and said, "Miss Su's pulse is very strange, to be honest... well, I won't say anything, the girls and father-in-law should take good care of the master, I hope God Bless you, alas..." As he spoke, he tidied up the medical box and left with a sigh.

The little maid guarding the door opened the courtyard door for him, and when he got out of the courtyard, He Ling couldn't help muttering in a low voice: "It's strange, he was wounded by a sword and poisoned again. It's obvious that the pulse is so dangerous, but the fetal image But it doesn't seem to be affected at all, and it is still as stable as before. Strange, strange... Sigh, forget it, anyway, it's none of my business, so it's better not to worry about it."

While shaking his head, he went.

Fengyi Palace, inside the Fengyi Palace.

A voice rang out, it was Daqi's queen.She raised her head, looked at the little maid under the steps, and asked word by word: "Can you hear clearly?"

"Slave... slave... seems to have heard such a sentence," the little maid who was kneeling at the bottom of the steps replied tremblingly: "At that time, Imperial Physician He was walking past the slave, and he seemed to have said this sentence accidentally, slave... ...The servant girl is not very sure."

Asked so seriously by the aloof empress, the little maid who thought she heard clearly became uncertain.At that time, He Ling had already walked out for a long time, but the words were delivered to her ears by the wind, and she could hear them vaguely, but the general meaning was still clear.

For a moment, the hall fell into a strange silence, and the dim candlelight outlined long shadows on the ground.

quite a while.

"Okay, if you can report it in time, you are considered loyal. If it is found out to be true, the palace will naturally not treat you badly, so go down and receive the reward." The queen said with a glance at the little maid below.

The little maid hurriedly kowtowed and resigned.

"Next time arrange someone, at least arrange someone who is a little smarter, who can't even speak clearly." The queen stood up from her seat and walked to the window.

"Yes, the majesty of the phoenix of the empress is naturally not something that ordinary people can resist." Yurui said respectfully while putting on a golden phoenix embroidered robe for her. "Your Majesty, it's just that you see... how to deal with this matter...?"

"You go to the imperial hospital and call He Ling over. I want to 'in person' ask about Concubine Su's fetal portrait." The queen said in silence for a moment, her voice could not hear any emotion.

Yu Rui took the order and left.

The queen stretched out her hand to open the gauze curtain embroidered with gold and silver silk. Looking out from this window, the scenery in the palace is very beautiful.

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"You mean that Imperial Physician He has returned home?"

"That's right," the little eunuch of the Imperial Hospital said with a smile, "If my sister feels uncomfortable in any way, Imperial Physician Liu is still there, why not..."

"No need, when will Imperial Physician He come back?"

"He's not on duty today, and he'll come over tomorrow."

Do you want to send someone to look for it?Forget it, that concubine Su may not survive this time.Yu Rui thought about it, then sighed, "Okay, I'll come back tomorrow." She turned around and left.

(End of this chapter)