Chapter 135 each with their own minds
The Queen Mother of the Yong Kingdom has two meanings.
First, as an elder, I rewarded the Princess of Chu with some old it is called an "old thing", it was used personally by Empress Dowager Xuan back then, making it precious and rare.
The second is that the anniversary of the death of Empress Dowager Xuan is coming soon. Since the Princess of Chu is here, as the mother-in-law of Empress Dowager Xuan, it is better to go and pay homage.
Empress Dowager Xuan was Zhao Zheng's great-great-grandmother. She was married to Mi, the princess of Chu State in Yong State, through mausoleum is in Jiuwei Mountain.
The Queen Mother even specially entrusted Princess Anguo to accompany Princess Chu.
Such thoroughness left no room for Wei Nanxu to refuse.
After all, her current identity is Mi Sichen, the princess of the Chu Kingdom.
Wei Nanxu worked hard for a long time to pretend to be Mi Beichu's sister Mi Sichen.
For this identity, she learned the language of Chu, imitated Mi Sichen's gait, and even used trace amounts of poison to change her voice.
Since his face had not changed, Wei Nanxu covered his face with a power fence and did not take it off even in the hot summer.
Everything is for the sake of appearing openly and above board in front of the people of Yong Kingdom.
Concealing the truth and crossing the sea, it is seamless.
She was not afraid of facing Jiang He, but she was afraid of the trap that had been laid out at the foot of Jiuwei Mountain.
That trap was specially designed to kill Jiang He.
She went, not knowing what accident would happen.
"Your Highness," the Chu envoy next to him was still urging, "our envoys from Chu to Yong have the tradition of paying homage to Queen Mother Xuan. If we shirk this time, I'm afraid it won't be justified, and it will even arouse suspicion." "
Wei Nanxu looked solemn and did not answer.
After the initial panic, she slowly calmed herself down.
Now we can only face the difficulties.
"Okay," Wei Nanxu said slowly with a relaxed expression, "Let Xiao Qiang sit in the carriage behind and follow. Once the woman dies, the identity of Princess An Guo will be hers."
"promise."
"One more thing," Wei Nanxu loosened his grip on the wooden comb, gently fiddled with the fine teeth, and said with narrowed eyes, "Let's get rid of that person while we have the opportunity."
"As ordered."
Although Gu insects are not poisonous, I am always afraid that the person will see the is such a person in Yong State who knows all about poisons, which always makes people feel uneasy.
The matter was settled like this. Wei Nanxu looked at the jade Ruyi that Queen Mother Xuan had played with on the table and smiled.
If everything goes her way, so can she.
Before leaving, Jiang He carefully selected the gift.
In order to get Wei Nanxu's relics, she forced the Princess of Chu to go with her this time, which was a trick.
The other party avoided seeing him, so she had no choice but to take this step.
After getting familiar with each other on the road, Jiang He was ready to get straight to the point and said that he wanted to search the relics left by Wei Nanxu.
As for the reason, it was said that Wei Shi was a fugitive from the Yong Kingdom, and she was afraid that she might have confidential documents from the Yong Kingdom hidden in her body.
But it was hard work for the princess to travel all the way and she felt sorry for not giving her some expensive gifts.
But Cai Ling was holding the key to the warehouse, pouting a little reluctantly.
"It was a gift from His Majesty, there are only a few left."
Zong Jun persuaded her with a smile: "Your Highness's mother country is right on the seaside. If you want pearls, just tell Mr. Jiang. I see that even though Your Highness has so many, he only has the black green pearl given to him by Mr. Jiang hanging around his neck. No other accessories were used.”
"That's because His Highness couldn't bear to part with it," Cai Ling opened the door helplessly. "After all, it's as big as an egg, and it would be too heavy to hang around your neck."
Only when something is given away does it become yours.
Zongjun could guess why Jiang He wanted to befriend the princess of Chu.
Now that Wei Nanxu is dead, the antidote she refined has been 's best to get that thing before the people of Chu threaten Yong with the antidote.
Is your Majesty's life worth more than this handful of pearls?
Thousands of miles of mountains and rivers can be exchanged.
The sky is as blue as an upside-down lake. In the middle of the rich blue, white clouds are arranged in an orderly manner, as if they are chess pieces laid out by the gods.
The tall mountains set up the chess table, revealing the fireworks of the world below.
Where the official road stretches through thick green trees, flags of various colors are fluttering, and the carriage stops slowly.
The convoy of Princess An Guo and the convoy of Princess Chu Guo met at the foot of Jiuwei Mountain.
There was a constant sound of swaying cattail leaf fans in the car.
In front of Jiang He's carriage, a huge sunshade canopy was opened. When she stepped out of the carriage, she walked directly into the thick shadow to avoid the sun.
This is the canopy awarded by the king of Yong State, and it has the same color as the emperor's ceremonial guard.
Compared to Jiang He, the Chu princess could only rely on the cattail leaf fan held up by her maid to protect herself from the sun.
The two princesses walked out slowly, and when they were three feet away from each other, they stopped to salute.
Wei Nanxu, who pretended to be the princess of Chu, still wore a power fence.
Wei Nanxu's voice was hoarse and he spoke with a strong Chu accent, which did not arouse Jiang He's suspicion.
The content of the greeting is very simple, it is nothing more than thanking the other person for accompanying him.
Having given each other gifts is considered acquaintance.
Jiang He saw the maid of the Princess of Chu taking the handful of pearls and putting them into the last to the hot weather, Chu's carriage carriages have many hollow spaces for ventilation, which are exquisitely carved and the carriage at the end probably contained goods, and the hollows were covered by fine gauze.
According to the arrangement, Jiang He must first accompany the Princess of Chu to pay homage to Queen Mother Xuan.
After that, the princess of Chu State showed her gratitude and accompanied Jiang He to ask for spiritual water.
It was already late afternoon when the ceremony to pay homage to Queen Mother Xuan ended.
Zongjun found the envoy of the Chu State Mission and asked if he would set up camp on the spot and go to Lingshui tomorrow.
The Chu State envoy shook his head and said, "The nights are long and there are many dreams. It's better to finish asking for the spiritual water and go back to Kyoto as soon as possible."
Long nights and dreams?
Zongjun always felt that this word was not used correctly, which made him feel a little uneasy.
But the most important thing right now is that it's time to eat.
The heat is in full swing, and Jiang He likes to drink sour plum soup with less sugar these days.
Zongjun directed the cooks brought from the mansion to take the sour plum soup out of the ice cauldron to prevent it from getting too light the fire, steam fish, roast chicken, boil beans, and finally make cold noodles.
Even if he brought his own chef and ingredients, Zongjun would still taste them carefully before Jiang He ate them.
The sour plum soup contains black plums, hawthorns, jujubes, mint, and a little licorice; the fish meat is delicious and has been marinated with shredded ginger and millet wine before steaming; the roasted chicken is freshly killed today, and the knife used to kill the chicken has just been used to kill the fish. , with a bit of fishy smell, but it was covered up by the fine salt and did not affect the consumption; the beans were cooked well, and a little salt was used for the cold noodles. It was not enough, and I am afraid I need to add a little more.
After reviewing everything in detail and confirming that there were no problems, Zongjun handed the food to Cai Ling and she put it into Jiang He's carriage.
He then raised his head, and suddenly felt that someone in the Chu State motorcade seemed to have just looked away from him.
It feels a bit like a light on the back.
At this time, Zongjun also hoped to reach Lingshui quickly, fetched water and returned to Kyoto.
Indeed, the nights are long and the dreams are many.
In King Yong's palace, Zhao Zheng was sitting on the bed, and the imperial doctor performed acupuncture.
The jade jue he held in his hand was already hot, and his sweat fell down, soaking the sheets.
"It seems slower."
The imperial doctor was a little frightened, but still reported the truth truthfully.
Zhao Zheng's heart beat even slower.
Slowly until the end, I don’t know if it will stop suddenly.
This is the reason why poison invades the heart and lungs. It is an illness that the imperial doctors cannot cure no matter how many times they perform acupuncture.
Zhao Zheng took a deep breath, not dissatisfied, let alone scolded.
The pain meant he needed enough time to regain his energy.
"How long?" he asked.
The imperial doctor didn't dare to say anything, but just lowered his head.
Li Wenzhou, who was serving at the side, wiped off Zhao Zheng's sweat and scolded the imperial doctor: "You dare to tell your Majesty's affairs to outsiders, but you dare not tell your Majesty clearly?"
Because Princess Jinyang told Wei Ji about Zhao Zheng's illness, Jiang He had already checked the palace the person who leaked the information, remove him from office and imprison him.
Although he was not executed, the commotion frightened the imperial doctors into silence.
Everyone feels like there is an ax hanging above their head, and it will fall down at some point.
Hearing Li Wenzhou's rebuke, the imperial doctor finally replied tremblingly: "Less than a year."
"How long?" Zhao Zheng didn't seem to believe this time.
"Maybe..." The imperial doctor knocked his head on the ground with a loud bang, "half a year."
Half a year may be an optimistic statement.
Zhao Zheng closed his eyes tightly and waved his hand: "Go down."
With only a few months left, his wife actually had a quarrel with him and moved to live outside the palace.
When she comes back from Jiuwei Mountain tonight, she must warm her bed.
"Princess Anguo went to ask for spiritual water. Are there enough people to follow?" Zhao Zheng suddenly asked.
"Yes, yes," Li Wenzhou thought for a while, showing a hint of worry, "But I heard that there is a canyon under Lingshui that only two people can pass through."
The canyon, which only allowed two people to pass through, sounded like a dangerous place for military strategists.
Zhao Zheng's brows suddenly frowned, feeling heartbroken for a moment.
"Then on the canyon?"
"My servant has told Su Yu to arrange for the commander's army to guard the canyon."
Zhao Zheng was still not at ease.
"Arrange for more people to come over and take a look." He said solemnly.
Beside a mountain range in Mount Jiuwei, there is a high canyon with no bottom. There is a trail under the canyon, and occasionally pedestrians pass through it carefully.
Above the canyon, many men were lying scattered beside the rocks.
That was Zhao Zheng's bodyguard, Lang Zhonglingjun.
They have died here.
Flies were flying above the corpse, as if waiting for a bigger sacrifice.
(End of this chapter)