Chapter 112: Orphans and widows must not be bullied [Two in One]

It was the coldest time of the year in the palace. The ground in the palace was so hot that the eunuchs and palace servants who came and went felt as if they were in scorching heat. They could not help but sweat even in their thin clothes. But even in such heat, these people even breathed carefully, so that the only sound in the huge hall was the gurgling of the medicine cauldron.

shhh-

When the water in the jade tablet was turned on, the noise was a little louder, and the pair of red fox eyes in front of the bed turned towards him. There was no scolding, but it made people feel scared.

"Holy Queen..."

Yudie handed over the handkerchief tremblingly, his voice as soft as a mosquito's hum.

The woman in front of the phoenix couch stared at her for a long while, finally took the towel and waved her hand. Yudie immediately retreated to the table beside her as if she had been pardoned, and continued to copy the scriptures that she had written hundreds of times.

Even though her wrist was swollen and painful, she dared not stop, because this was her way of atonement. Since they came back that day, if the little emperor had not pleaded for her, she would have been stuffed into the well by now.

In the following days, the little emperor became more and more depressed, until he started staying in bed two days before the New Year, and he couldn't get up even on New Year's Eve. As the "culprit" who led the little emperor out of the palace, she, the personal maid, is still alive purely because the women of the Zhao family don't want to irritate the little emperor anymore.

She is indeed responsible for His Majesty's critical condition. It is said that the "Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun Baogao" she wrote can pray for blessings and cure diseases. Yudie has copied it 299 times with a sincere heart in the past two days, but no good changes have been seen.

Ten hours have passed since His Majesty drank some porridge yesterday evening and fell into a deep sleep. He cannot be awakened now, as if he had been cursed by her. All the worries, fears and grievances mixed together made it increasingly difficult for him to control himself.

"……hiss"

The woman of the Zhao family, who had not slept a wink all night taking care of the little emperor in front of the phoenix bed, heard the noise and turned around to see Yudie crying in front of the table.

The little bitch is just hypocritical——

The emperor was actually allowed to meet that damned villain. It would be a pity if he died a thousand times or ten thousand times!

Let’s wait until the emperor is in better health tomorrow and then find an opportunity to kill him!
"Humph……"

In the quilt, the girl with a pale face that looked more and more like a porcelain doll frowned uncomfortably. The woman hurriedly turned around and put a cool handkerchief on her forehead, and the girl's expression gradually relaxed.

Her Tongtong——

Looking at her niece whose health was getting worse day by day, the woman wanted to cry more and more. She felt that she could not fulfill either the late emperor's or her own sister's wishes.

The country was becoming more and more precarious, with many powerful vassal states eyeing the country covetously and powerful eunuchs controlling both China and foreign countries. Sometimes she thought about her and her mother's situation and realized that it was not much better than those last emperors in history. As long as others thought about it, her so-called regency would become a rubber stamp in an instant.

The revival and revenge in the late emperor's last wish became increasingly vague and invisible, but she could still endure it in front of the stage. The orthodox reputation of Daqian for more than a hundred years would not collapse easily. Anyone who wanted to make a move would have to be cautious in their hearts, and there was always hope to maintain it.

But now she can still hold on, but the emperor can't hold on anymore. This is undoubtedly a heavy blow to her. The wishes of the late emperor and her sister are all tied to Tongtong. If anything happens to the latter, she will have no intention of living.

Phoenix blood, turtle spirit.

The East Palace Yamen had been searching for these two rare items that could extend the little emperor's innate longevity for so many years, but in the end it was all in vain. Now she doesn't even hope to find them anymore. Even if she could find a dragon essence or a tiger soul, it would be fine.

We can think of ways to prolong our physical life later. It is better to reverse our congenital weakness first than to live in fear every day.

But the East Palace spies still couldn't find it -

Once people start to doubt something, the doubts in their hearts will grow like weeds. Let's not talk about whether it is true that it was not found in previous years. Even if it is, it would have been fine if it didn't exist before, but now even she knows who has it.

Now that so many days have passed, she knows almost everything about Jin Liancheng's affair. The Dragon Yuan is a heirloom of the Wu family. After it fell into Wei Mingqi's hands, wouldn't Wanrenshan, the ruler of the country, still pretend to be deaf and dumb?
Isn't this selfish?
Whenever she thought of this, the woman felt itchy with hatred in her heart, and blamed herself for why she agreed to bring that thief into the palace.

That would be a big disaster! Not only did Wanrenshan become selfish, but he also hurt the ignorant little emperor so many times.

If Yudie deserved to die a thousand or ten thousand times, then Wei Mingqi deserved to die that many times in just one day!

If Tongtong can't make it this time——

Don't blame her for wanting to fight to the death. It's a dead end anyway. Why not lead the Beijing troops into the capital to suppress the grandfather and grandson? Even if the world is in chaos, it will at least save Tongtong's life, right?

"Stop copying and go find Liu Yue!"

The Zhao family woman said in disgust to the jade tablet on the table beside her: "Ask the imperial physician when he will come. Will he be satisfied only if he sees the emperor die?"

"……Oh."

Yudie stood up and went out, but before he reached the door he heard a sudden commotion outside.

"The Holy Queen has ordered that no one can enter without her order!"

"Don't mess around!"

"..."

The woman from the Zhao family beside the couch also stood up after hearing the noise, her eyebrows raised as she asked, "What's going on outside? Didn't I tell you to let the imperial physician in when he arrives? Or do you not know how to recognize people?"

Yudie vaguely heard a familiar male voice among the noise outside. When he was about to reply, the palace door was pushed open from outside.

"what!"

"Huh? What the hell are you yelling about? You scared me."

The young man dressed in black, who looked like a gangster, smiled at the frightened Yudie and said, "Look at your swollen eyes. Did you just get scolded?"

"you--"

Yudie never thought that he would meet this plague god here again, his brain was about to shut down.

"Wei Mingqi!"

The Zhao family woman who came around the couch also saw him, and her fox eyes immediately widened slightly in alertness: "Who asked you to come! What do you want to do!"

As she spoke, many guesses came into her mind, but none of them were good, so she gestured with her hands behind her back, and the old woman behind the screen on the other side saw this and immediately turned to the phoenix couch.

Since ancient times, situations similar to Wei Mingqi's usually lead to a fallout. In order to prevent the worst outcome, evacuating the emperor is the top priority now.

"There are assassins!"

Such 'thief crying thief' words came out of his mouth, and the women of Zhao family couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, but the old woman who had quietly come to the bedside and wanted to carry the emperor away felt her hair stand on end!
Before the sound of wind hit her, she had already twisted her body and stabbed out with a claw relying on her martial arts instinct. Her inch-long jade nails successfully pierced through the fabric of her clothes, but were subsequently clamped by her skin, which was much tougher than cowhide. Before she could pull herself away, the large hand like an iron clamp had already tightly grasped her throat.

"Uh--"

Unable to utter a word, the old woman who served the woman from the Zhao family was so depressed that her face turned red. She could only turn her gaze to the person behind him.

'We need to mobilize the troops!'

At this critical moment, the fox eyes that were trembling with fear forced themselves to calm down. She tried to look outside, but saw that apart from some eunuchs, palace maids and the imperial guards on duty, there was no sign of a large group of people.

Regardless of whether it was a palace coup or not, it showed that the other party did not want to make a big fuss.

therefore--

"Yudie, drive those people out!"

She said in a calm voice, "Close the door when you go out."

"...Yes." Yudie didn't understand the current situation clearly, but still nodded and listened to the instructions.

After the imperial edict was sent out and the palace gates were closed to block the outsiders, she adjusted her mindset and turned around to put on a smile:
"Commander Wei, I don't think I have offended you recently..."

Wei Mingqi sat leisurely beside the couch, holding the old woman on the ground with one hand, and with the other hand he frivolously inserted a finger into the little emperor's mouth.

How disrespectful he is!
The smile on her face almost disappeared, but after all, her life was in someone else's hands, so the Zhao family woman could only suppress her anger and rush to his side and said:
"Today you barged in without warning and bullied my orphan and widow. I'm sure you won't be able to explain yourself to Lord Wan."

First lower your posture and test the other party's intentions. The most important thing is whether Wanrenshan is involved. The latter point is especially important.

"Please rest assured, Holy Queen."

The shameless young man who was sitting cross-legged beside the bed continued to play with Tongtong while grinning at her: "I will go and apologize to old man Wan later, you wait for a while."

Judging from these words alone, Wanrenshan seemed to be unaware of the situation, but his fearless attitude was truly abominable, as if he was certain that Wanrenshan would protect him.

But isn’t that true?

That slap in the face was in vain, and there has been no justice so far. The reason why this boy is so arrogant is because of the support of the big mountain behind him.

Although she had made up her mind to endure the humiliation from the beginning, she could see his contemptuous attitude. Thinking about the past, the woman's eyes were still red, and she almost gritted her teeth and said:
"The emperor is the supreme ruler of heaven and earth, and he is still ill. Even if you have any opinions, you should direct them to me."

"..."

Wei Mingqi was originally concentrating on the girl's eyes on the couch. When he heard this, he immediately felt very strange and turned around and said, "The Queen is worth a million dollars. Isn't this bad?"

At this moment, the smile on the face of the woman from the Zhao family was as ugly as it could be. She clearly wanted to pull out her hairpin and scratch the hateful face in front of her, but she was too powerful and had to lower her head.

"Okay, why not? Orphans and widows can't just let others bully them."

Tsk.

He is obviously submissive, but he has hidden a soft needle in the cotton. He is a political creature who has some cunning but not too much, and who has become a monk halfway.

"Come on then—"

Wei Mingqi had been fighting for most of the night, and his body was a little stiff, so he instructed her, "Give me a massage on my shoulders to relieve my fatigue."

"..."

The white-haired old woman who was held by him felt that this man was not a good person and could not help but curse: "Wei Mingqi! You are a traitor--"

Wei Mingqi exerted a little force with his hands, and the old woman became like a goose with its neck pinched.

"I pinch!"

The fox's eyes were filled with tears of humiliation. The woman really came to him, put her hand on his shoulder, and pinched it with moderate strength.

"Um--"

Wei Mingqi narrowed his eyes comfortably.

Even the discomfort from Qingmei subconsciously sucking on the wound on his fingertips like a baby eased a little.

"hiss……"

A soft hissing sound that was difficult to suppress came from his ears, and then Wei Mingqi heard the Zhao family woman gritting her teeth:
"It's time to let the emperor go."

"Um……"

Wei Mingqi replied nonchalantly while fiddling with the little clove tongue:
"Wait a minute."

"..."

The net is broken and the fish is dead! The net is broken and the fish is dead——

The force on her shoulders suddenly increased a lot. Although she was so angry that she wanted to immediately dispatch troops to Beijing to chop the man into pieces, the woman of the Zhao family still had some rationality.

Even if it is one's own father or brother, countless examples throughout history have proved how fragile family affection is in the face of imperial power once the floodgates are opened.

Who would destroy the Great Wall unless they have no other choice?

Even if people's hearts have changed and are no longer the same as they were in the past, as long as there is a possibility that it will be useful, what's the harm in using it even if it means doing it?

From the current point of view,
The 'weakness' of Wanren Mountain is this little beast, and the 'weakness' of this little beast——

It's nothing but power and sex.

Wasn't the slap he gave her at that time just because she touched his "reverse scale" and he wanted to show off in front of that bitch?
Thinking of this, the woman's mind became active again.

"Wei Mingqi, I have a suggestion. Would you like to hear it?"

"Ok?"

Wei Mingqi was curious about what naughty idea this woman had come up with.

"You have such a great talent in martial arts, why do you have to stir up trouble all day long and show off in such a childish way? Why not serve the royal family sincerely? You also know that the imperial court has never treated meritorious officials unfairly. For example, your father was granted a state by the late emperor. Now he has 100,000 soldiers and a palace of 1,000 acres. It is said that it is more magnificent than mine."

"Although you are young, you should also do something like that. Tongtong has always regarded you as a true friend and will not fail to support you. Even if you don't like me, I will have to return the power to Tongtong in the next two years. By then, if you work together and make contributions, Tongtong will be happy to confer you the title of King."

"When you become a prince, your territory will be no different from that of the emperor. Who would dare to offend you? How many women like Shi Fengque would you want? A man can only be satisfied when he reaches that point."

"..."

After listening to her, Wei Mingqi felt that it was retribution.

He had just finished painting a pie for Liu Yue, and this woman painted it for him right after. The most hateful thing is that she didn't even sow a single sesame seed. Isn't this bullying!
Seeing his subtle expression, the woman from the Zhao family felt a pang in her heart, thinking that if he was not satisfied with this, he must have a bigger plan, which basically meant that -

"If you keep getting into trouble like this, not only me, but even Lord Wan will have trouble protecting you. You know, the world is in such a mess right now. Not to mention what's happening outside, look at what happened in the Beijing camp a while ago - it's all because of you. I'm also panicking, afraid that it will cause a big mess. By then, not only you, but also Tongtong and I..."

The woman from the Zhao family sighed as she spoke.

She mainly wanted to express two things. First, she and the emperor were on his side and they were not enemies. Second, there were many people who were unhappy with him, so she advised him not to have any inappropriate thoughts, so as to avoid being attacked by everyone.

"The Holy Queen has a point."

The young man seemed to be persuaded, and said thoughtfully: "Tongtong and I have been childhood sweethearts, so I really shouldn't have been so awkward with you. If we were to join forces, wouldn't we be invincible?"

As soon as the Zhao family woman showed her joy——

"Otherwise, just marry Tongtong to me, and we will be a family in the future. Aunt, do you think this is okay?"

"..."

(End of this chapter)