Chapter 73

Emperor Cheng never thought that one day he would be rejected directly like this, but he didn't react for a while. Even other ministers didn't react for a while. Chu Xiuming said, "I'm not feeling well recently."

Some ministers looked at Chu Xiuming with subtle eyes, then looked at Emperor Cheng's face. No matter how you look, this person is very healthy, but when you think of Mrs. Yongning Bo's situation, everyone also understood in their hearts. No wonder Yongning Bo is unwilling to leave Beijing.

"I think since the matter in Minzhong was handed over to Yongning Bo at the beginning, it would be bad for others to interfere in the next thing." Emperor Cheng thought about the matter discussed with Chengen's husband, and could not allow Yongning Bo to stay in the capital, nor could he return to the border city. Thinking of the secret letter from Ru Yang, Emperor Cheng narrowed his eyes and said, "Is there any inconvenience for Yongning Bo?"

"Yes." Chu Xiuming thought of what his wife said and said, "I'm afraid I can't leave Beijing before entering Xia."

Sure enough! Everyone confirmed their guesses. When the summer comes, Mrs. Yongning Bo has even finished her confinement period. I am afraid that Emperor Cheng will not be able to stop him.

Emperor Cheng looked at Chu Xiuming with a deep face and said, "Why would I ask the imperial physician to take a pulse for Yongning Bo?"

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Chu Xiuming agreed without any hesitation.

Emperor Cheng immediately announced the imperial physician, and the one who came was the imperial physician. When the imperial physician came, Chu Xiuming spoke, "I am rude." Then he rolled up his sleeves and showed his wrist.

Chu Xiuming himself has internal strength, and it is particularly easy to make fraud. He also specially asked the doctor from the border town to ask for it to ensure that everything is foolproof. After frowned, the imperial doctor frowned and carefully took the pulse, he said respectfully, "Reply to Your Majesty's words, Uncle Yongning's body..."

In fact, it is a lot of hidden injuries. Now it has relapsed and needs to be sedated for a while, otherwise it will affect your life span.

Even though Emperor Cheng was eager for Chu Xiuming to die now, he did not dare to say such words at this time. He frowned and looked at the imperial physician suspiciously, and said, "Then Yongning Bo will rest well in the mansion. Everyone is not allowed to disturb Yongning Bo's rest."

Chu Xiuming responded.

Emperor Cheng’s implication was to tell Chu Xiuming not to go out, and others should not go to the Yongning Bo family.

In fact, after coming to the capital, Chu Xiuming had never been to other people's mansions except Prince Rui's Mansion. Even if someone wanted to contact Chu Xiuming, he would not go to Yongning Bo Mansion openly. After all, Yongning Bo will return to the border city sooner or later, and they want to stay in the capital and be under Emperor Cheng, so they have to stay in the front line of work. Sometimes they help Chu Xiuming speak in the court for the sake of the Tianqi Dynasty, but they will not be too close to Chu Xiuming, which has aroused Emperor Cheng's taboo.

Now it is the sixth day of the first lunar month, and it has been nearly five days since Emperor Cheng received the news of Shuzhong. The holiday of the Tianqi Dynasty was from the 30th to the 5th day of the New Year, and then the holiday began again on the eighth day of the day until after the Lantern Festival.

But even now, Emperor Cheng has not told the story of Shuzhong in the court, and the officials have already known the news more or less. Unfortunately, Emperor Cheng cannot take the initiative to make it happen without saying it, so as not to be suspected by Emperor Cheng. After all, no emperor can allow his ministers to be more informed than the emperor.

And it was something the emperor concealed, so they could only pretend not to know. King Rui was standing absent-mindedly in his position at this time, thinking about Chu Xiuming's physical condition as the imperial physician mentioned. After suddenly hearing Emperor Cheng's angry voice, he was startled and looked at Emperor Cheng, and saw Emperor Cheng look at Chu Xiuming and asked, "Say it again."

"Your Majesty asks Your Majesty to summon Zhongyi and Princess Ruyang back to the capital." Chu Xiuming said calmly, "The border town is bitter and cold, and there are barbarians eyeing each other, afraid..."

"Are you threatening me?" Emperor Cheng's voice was a little low, but instead calmed down, with uncontrollable ecstasy in his eyes. How could he be unhappy? Chu Xiuming's proposal of this matter is not exactly what Ru Yang wrote in his secret letter was true.

"I dare not." Chu Xiuming said respectfully.

Emperor Cheng sat back on the dragon throne and said, "Then let's go."

"I have something else." Chu Xiuming did not retreat to his position according to Emperor Cheng's words, but said, "I ask Your Majesty, but what is the current disaster in Shu?"

Emperor Cheng tightened his hand under the imperial case, looked at Chu Xiuming and said, "Why did you say this?"

Chu Xiuming didn't say anything else. This attitude made Emperor Cheng feel weak. He glanced at the ministers below and saw that all the ministers were lowering their heads. Emperor Cheng gritted his teeth and said, "I haven't received any news about the matter in Shu yet. What news did the ministers get?"

No one spoke, Emperor Cheng looked at Chu Xiuming with satisfaction and said, "Do you have any questions?"

"If you say anything to Your Majesty, there is nothing." Chu Xiuming said.

In Yongning Bo’s Mansion, Shen Jin looked at the visitor in the palace and said, “The Queen summoned me?”

"Yes." The young eunuch who came said respectfully, "Please ask Mrs. Yongningbo to enter the palace with her servants immediately."

Shen Jin held his stomach and looked at the eunuch for a long time and said, "Oh, An Ning helps me to change my clothes."

"Yes." Anping and Anning helped Shen Jin walk towards the inner room.

Who knew that the little eunuch said, "The queen said that Mrs. Yongning Bo is pregnant and just wear regular clothes."

Upon hearing this, Shen Jin stopped and looked at the eunuch up and down, and asked with confusion, "Are you really from the Queen's harem?"

"Reply to Mrs. Yongning Bo's words, I am indeed a slave's waist card." As he said that, the eunuch took off the waist card and held it in both hands. Shen Jin glanced at An Ning, and An Ning went over and took it.

In fact, these were checked before entering the mansion. After An Ning took them over, he looked at Shen Jin. Shen Jin nodded and said, "I'll go to change my clothes."

An Ning casually put away the eunuch's waist card. The eunuch said in a daze, "Slave..."

But they found that An Ning and Anping had already supported Shen Jin into the house. Another little maid invited the eunuch to have tea in the convenient room. After Shen Jin entered the inner room, he did not really change his clothes. Instead, he asked An Ning to show the waist card to Mama Zhao and asked, "What does the queen mean?"

Madam Zhao frowned and looked at the waist tag for a long time before frowning and asked, "This is indeed the waist tag of the Central Palace. What are the plans for the wife?"

"I'm not going." Shen Jin thought for a while and said. She was carrying a big belly now, and it was inconvenient to walk. What's more, the queen sent such a small eunuch here, and she always felt something was strange, and Shen Jin was not ready to take risks at all.

Madam Zhao breathed a sigh of relief, "The old slave called the doctor."

Shen Jin thought for a while and said, "Don't call the doctor for now, I'll send someone to the King of Rui's Mansion and hand it over to my mother's hands."

Madam Zhao was stunned and reacted, and Shen Jin said, "I think my mother is willing to help."

"An Ning, go and give the waist card to Yue Wen." Madam Zhao said after hearing this, "Let Yue Wen send it to Prince Rui's Mansion."

"Yes." An Ning responded respectfully and went to find someone with her waist card in her arms.

Chen Jin said, "Okay, don't worry."

The little eunuch had already drunk three cups of tea, but Mrs. Yongning had not moved. There was no one in the room except the two little maids. The little eunuch was a little restless, but when he thought of... Xu Nuo, he still tried to calm down and asked, "Is this sister, I wonder if Mrs. Bo is ready?"

The little maid smiled and said with a submissive attitude, "I don't know either." After that, she stopped talking.

The little eunuch couldn't help but get up and said, "Then..."

"What does this father-in-law need?" another little maid asked.

"The queen is summoned urgently. If it is delayed, the little eunuch can't afford to take care of it." The little eunuch said anxiously, "Can you please ask my sister?"

The little maid frowned and said, "Now that the lady is pregnant, she will naturally be slower if she is unable to move."

Chen Jin, who was unable to move, was drinking Jianlian red date soup. After drinking, he used two pieces of pastries, so he asked Mama Zhao to call the doctor. Even if she suspected that this person had a problem, Chen Jin would give her a reason to not leave the house.

The little eunuch was not stupid either. When he heard the busy call of the doctor outside, he felt a stern and said, "Since Mrs. Bo is not feeling well, then..."

But at this moment he wanted to move but couldn't move anymore. He saw the little maid who had been smiling and pressing his shoulder with one hand and said, "Don't be anxious, this little father-in-law."

Madam Zhao invited was not a doctor at all, but Manager Zhao. After Manager Zhao came in, he looked at Chen Jin and asked, "How is Madam ready?"

"I don't know." Chen Jin said, "I just don't want to enter the palace."

"If the wife allows it, then leave the rest to be handled." Manager Zhao was overjoyed. They were still looking for how to arrange their people in the palace. Who would have thought that someone would give him a chance? No matter whether the little eunuch is the queen or not, he would have to use this matter to make things bigger. If the queen didn't deal with more people, how could their people have the opportunity to be promoted?

Chen Jin nodded and said, "Okay."

Manager Zhao asked, "I wonder what the purpose of the wife giving the waist card to Princess Rui?"

Chen Jin said for granted, "Because I don't want to enter the palace."

Manager Zhao frowned and was puzzled, but immediately realized, and said, "Madam is a good plan." Princess Rui can not only enter the palace, but also meet the queen and the queen mother directly. No matter whether the waist card is true or false, Princess Rui directly took the waist card and went to the palace to ask. If the queen really wanted to summon Chen Jin, how could she be so negligent? Chen Jin is not only Mrs. Yongning Bo is also a princess, no matter how anxious she is, she will not just take a small eunuch to pass on oral instructions, unless the queen has other plans in her heart or someone else takes Chen Jin to deal with the queen.

If Chen Jin was summoned by the queen and had a small accident in the middle, even if it was found out that this person was not sent by the queen, the queen would not be able to escape. Manager Zhao was more inclined to the latter guess, but who was going to deal with Chen Jin? Or was the queen who was going to deal with?

No, when this little eunuch appeared in Yongning Bo Mansion with the waist card of the central palace, the queen could no longer get away with it. The little eunuch was probably an abandoned son. Seeing that the mastermind was going to be for the queen this time, it should be said that he was going to be for the position of queen. After Prime Minister Chen's accident, the position of the queen might be in danger. Moreover, Emperor Cheng has no intention of a crown prince yet, which will inevitably give everyone in the palace an illusion. However, a few days ago, the queen summoned his family, and Emperor Cheng went to the queen's harem to meet Cheng'en Duke and others. I am afraid that some people can't sit still. Manager Zhao made everything smooth. No matter who did this, the biggest winner was them.

Chen Jin looked at Manager Zhao for no reason, but he didn't know that Manager Zhao's heart was already in a state of twists and turns. Seeing that Manager Zhao didn't pay attention to him, Chen Jin looked at Madam Zhao again. Madam Zhao understood Manager Zhao more and asked, "Does Madam have any instructions?"

"Isn't it right to give my mother a waist card?" Chen Jin asked cautiously.

Madam Zhao smiled and poured water for Chen Jin, saying, "It's because he's thinking too complicated."

Chen Jin nodded and said, "It's so tiring."

Madam Zhao responded. In fact, according to Madam Zhao's understanding of Chen Jin, she was afraid that she had been focusing on raising her baby recently. When the general was there, she would hand it over to the general. When the general was away, she would hand it over to Princess Rui directly. Just as she said, because she didn't want to enter the palace, but now the general is not around, so she asked someone to send the trouble of waist-card to Princess Rui.

Manager Zhao thought about the matter clearly, and saw Chen Jin and Madam Zhao talking in a low voice, and laughing from time to time, looking relaxed. I don’t know why Madam Zhao always felt that he was a little out of place. Moreover, he and Madam Zhao had always met, so Madam Zhao became a little unrecognizable.

"Have you thought about it?" Chen Jin happened to notice Manager Zhao's gaze and asked.

Manager Zhao said respectfully, "Yes, if you guess correctly, I'm afraid Princess Rui should enter the palace after receiving the waist card."

"Oh." Chen Jin thought for a while and said, "No."

Manager Zhao looked at Chen Jin with a puzzled look on his face.

Chen Jin didn't explain anything. Until he saw Manager Zhao staring at him, Chen Jin said, "This is a matter in the harem, not a matter in the backyard of Prince Rui's Mansion, so the mother will not get involved." Chen Jin felt that Princess Rui might send the waist card directly to the Queen Mother's place, and it was not an open gift.

After Chen Jin said this, Manager Zhao also understood. He suddenly felt that he was a little stupid when he said that just now, and said, "Then I'm going to take his leave."

"Okay." Chen Jin felt that he couldn't understand what Manager Zhao thought, and nodded, "By the way, the little eunuch has delicious food and drink, just don't let him go out."

Manager Zhao responded respectfully, and Mama Zhao smiled and said, "I'm going to send Manager Zhao to you."

Chen Jin nodded and began to discuss the matter of Xinluozi with Anping. An Ning added a few words from time to time. The three of them seemed to have not realized the bloody storm that was about to happen outside.

Madam Zhao sent Manager Zhao to the door, lowered her voice and said a few words. Manager Zhao nodded and said, "I understand." Now Madam Zhao is familiar with Manager Zhao, and the smiling Madam Zhao just now only appears next to her wife.

In the palace of Prince Rui, Princess Rui looked at the waist sign for a long time and said, "Cuixi, bring the forehead that I sewed two days ago."

"Yes." Cuixi responded with congratulations and went to find what Princess Rui said.

Princess Rui looked at Yue Wen and said, "Tell your wife, I understand."

Yue Wen didn't ask much, and then stepped down after giving the salute.

Cui Xi came over with the forehead that Princess Rui said. Princess Rui glanced at it and said, "Find a box, put these two things together, and send someone to call Madam Yu."

Madam Yu was originally from the Empress Dowager's harem. Princess Rui specially asked her to be a tutor for her daughter.

After Princess Rui finished giving orders, Cuixi asked a little maid to pass on Madam Yu. She went to choose a box to put the forehead and the waist tag together. Madam Yu came soon. After Princess Rui asked Cuixi to hand over the box to Madam Yu, she said, "Let's just ask Madam Yu to go this trip. Madam Jin has grown up in the month and has a weaker foundation. I'm afraid it's not convenient to go this trip."

Madam Yu was confused but did not ask too much and responded respectfully, "The old slave must have delivered the things to the Queen Mother with his own hands."

Princess Rui responded and said, "Cuixi, I'll send Madam Yu."
To be continued...