Chapter 98 Qi Zhenzhen is sick

Things happened one after another. The Zhou Wang rebellion case a few days ago had not yet ended, and the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple was involved in a sex scandal.

Jiang Yunzheng watched the whole process in the teahouse. After Xu Suyuan was taken away with a sullen face, Yu took the unconscious Rong Yue back to the house. As for Miss Zhao, she was naturally taken away secretly by Yu's people.

In the palace.

In the imperial study, the Crown Prince, King Yu, Qi Yunshen and Xu Shibing were discussing the follow-up of King Zhou's rebellion case.

Xu Shibing wanted to report Qi Yunshen to Emperor Jingming again for arresting Xu Jiashu.

But at this moment, a eunuch came to report: "Your Majesty, the Dali Temple Minister Xu is waiting outside the door and said he has something to report."

Xu Qingsong is a close minister to the emperor.

Emperor Jingming waved his hand and let Xu Qingsong come in directly.

Xu Qingsong glanced at the people in the hall and told them in a deep voice what happened this morning.

As soon as Xu Qingsong finished speaking, Emperor Jingming's face showed a mixture of joy and anger, and he glanced at Xu Shibing lightly.

After hearing this, Xu Shibing was really bitter and pointed at Qi Yunshen: "You, you, you, Prince Qi, you are going too far!"

"Your Highness, I would never do such a thing!"

Qi Yunshen raised his eyebrows slightly: "Prime Minister Xu must provide evidence when he speaks."

Emperor Jingming ordered the eunuch beside him to issue an order.

"Let Xu Qingsong conduct a thorough investigation of this matter. No one should be shielded."

"Also, I order Qi Yunshen to assist King Yu in thoroughly investigating and tracking down the whereabouts of the Xixia spies in the capital. You two are given ten days to find out. Is it possible?"

Once King Zhou and the Chen family fell, many of the Chen family's followers in the court were eradicated, from the leader of the Imperial Guard to the prefect of Ningzhou, all of whom were members of the Chen family.

The emperor was extremely angry and handed the case of the Western Xia spy to King Yu for investigation for two or three days, but there was no trace of the whereabouts.

Therefore, the emperor allowed Qi Yunshen to join.

King Yu responded with an okay expression, but his fists were clenched tightly.

Once the Chen family fell, the imperial court needed to select another official as the Minister of War, and the Ministry of War was undergoing a major reshuffle. In less than ten days, Qi Yunshen would be heading for Xiazhou, and the deployment of troops in the Xishan camp would require further arrangements.

Qi Yunshen still had the wounds he suffered that day when he was chasing King Zhou.

Even cattle and horses do not make sense to be used in this way.

Emperor Jingming glanced at his nephew, fearing that his sister would come to the palace to settle accounts with him tomorrow.

Emperor Jingming coughed lightly and asked Xu Shibing, Prince Yu, and Xu Qingsong to go out first, while the Crown Prince and Qi Yunshen stayed.

Prince Yu and Xu Shibing left the palace together, both of them looking unhappy.

The two of them tacitly agreed not to mention Xu Yinlin. No matter what Xu Yinlin was like, the fact that King Yu and Xu Fushi were in the same camp could not be changed.

Xu Shibing pondered for a moment and said, "Qi Yunshen will be leaving for Xiazhou soon. Your Highness, there is no need to bother with him."

King Yu sneered: "I have been patient for many years, how could I be afraid of Qi Yunshen?"

After a pause, King Yu continued, "Regarding Su Yuan's matter, my father-in-law, please think about who you have offended recently."

Xu Shibing's face slowly darkened.

Prince Yu returned to his palace with a dark face.

The staff member suddenly thought: "Your Highness, do you remember that time when you were assassinated? Only Master Xu knew your whereabouts. At that time, we all suspected that it was King Zhou's men."

King Yu narrowed his eyes and asked, "Are you saying that the assassins were from Xixia?"

The staff slowly shook their heads. "No, perhaps it's a mixture of both. Your Highness, do you still remember how Second Young Master Xu tracked down the Xixia spies in Drunken Breeze?"

King Yu suddenly stood up.

At this moment, Concubine Shi heard the sound and went to the study with food.

Shi Xiaoge stroked her belly and a sad smile appeared on her face.

As the study door opened, King Yu's expressionless face appeared behind it.

"What is it?"

"Your Highness, please save my father."

After saying that, Shi Xiaoge knelt down.

King Yu lifted Shi Xiaoge's chin and said, "Your father defected to King Zhou in the middle of the battle. I am not a kind person, but not adding insult to injury is the greatest mercy I can show."

After saying that, King Yu helped Shi Xiaoge up and said, "Concubine Shi, giving birth to this child safely is your best chance of survival. As for other things, don't be too greedy."

After saying that, Shi Xiaoge fell to the ground weakly, covering her face and crying bitterly.

King Yu snorted coldly, left Shi Xiaoge behind and walked out.

Jiang Yunzheng witnessed the whole process in the teahouse, and she gave Wuyou a few more instructions.

A gloating smile appeared on Wuyue's face: "Yes!"

When Jiang Yunzheng returned to the Song Mansion, Wu You had already spread the story of Xu Suyuan among the beggars.

After a while, Nian Yunzhu received a letter from Hou Yue via carrier pigeon from Chengzhou.

The cause of death of the Chengzhou prefect was indeed drowning, but the cause of death was strange.

The prefect of Chengzhou died at a banquet with local gentry. Those at the banquet included people from the second branch of the Yu family, Xu Shibing's subordinates who were left behind to deal with the aftermath, several local officials and local wealthy families.

Before falling into the river, the Chengzhou prefect drank a lot of wine, and there were signs of struggle in the grass by the river, which was definitely not an ordinary drowning.

In addition, Hou Yue also found out that the Chengzhou prefect and Xu Shibing had a very good relationship. In addition to Hou Yue's own investigation, several groups of people were also investigating the death of the Chengzhou prefect.

Hou Yue captured one of the men in black and used threats and bribes. The man in black said he was investigating the account book that was lost in the mansion. As soon as he got the information, Hou Yue slit the man's throat.

Account book...

The second note mentioned the death of the Yu family boss.

The Yu family boss died on his way back to Hangzhou from Chengzhou. He was ambushed by bandits and all of them were killed. The night before his death, the Yu family boss had dined with Xu Shibing and the Chengzhou prefect.

After the death of the boss of the Yu family, the son of the boss of the Yu family disappeared mysteriously, and the Yu family was inherited by the second branch.

Chengzhou's account books disappeared.

What was Yu Zheng looking for in Xu's mansion?

Jiang Yunzheng asked Wu You to keep an eye on Yu Zheng and check the name of the son of the Yu family's big boss.

Just then, someone from the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion came.

Zizhu said that Qi Zhenzhen suddenly had a high fever, and the eldest princess came to ask Jiang Yunzheng to come over.

Jiang Yunzheng quickly stood up. Along the way, Jiang Yunzheng took the shortcut to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion. It didn't look like she had taken this route once or twice.

Zizhu suppressed her doubts, and the two of them quickly arrived at Zhining Courtyard.

The eldest princess had just returned from Baiyun Temple to visit Qi Zhenzhen. The little girl was lying on the bed with a red face. She had already called the court doctor, but he didn't come for a long time, so she asked Zizhu to find Jiang Yunzheng.

The little girl looks fair and chubby, but she gets sick every year. Ultimately, it’s because the little granddaughter is weak.

Jiang Yunzheng felt like needles were pricking her heart as she looked at her daughter, whose whole body was red and hot with fever.

The eldest princess looked anxious: "Yun Zheng, how is Zhen Zhen?"

Fortunately, the fever was not serious. Jiang Yunzheng breathed a sigh of relief: "Don't worry, Princess. You can prepare some wine and wet towels first."

Zizhu hurried to prepare.

Jiang Yunzheng wrote a prescription, which was a relatively warm and nourishing prescription, and it also contained some tonics suitable for Qi Zhenzhen.

Medicinal wine and towels were soon delivered, and Zizhu wanted to replace Jiang Yunzheng.

Jiang Yunzheng had a gentle temperament, but her words were unquestionable: "It's okay, there are a few spots that still need pressing, let me do it."

Princess Yude was not polite to Jiang Yunzheng, "Sorry to bother you, Yunzheng."

Most of the maids standing inside retreated, leaving only the eldest princess and Zizhu in the room.

Jiang Yunzheng unbuttoned her daughter's shirt, wiped her armpits with medicated wine over and over again, and then carefully gave Qi Zhenzhen an injection behind each ear.

Qi Zhenzhen's chubby little body was wet, which made Jiang Yunzheng feel sad. She wiped it again with cotton cloth.

Only then did Qi Zhenzhen's body temperature begin to drop.

The eldest princess breathed a sigh of relief and wanted to let the maid replace Jiang Yunzheng.

Jiang Yunzheng shook her head, a helpless smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: "Let me do it. Let her sleep for a while. She will be fine after she wakes up."

Seeing that Jiang Yunzheng insisted, the princess didn't say anything more.

Zizhu was waiting in the room. Jiang Yunzheng's eyes were all on the soft and sweet Qi Zhenzhen, and she felt infinite pity and love in her heart.

Suddenly her eyes fixed on a corner of the bed.

There were two dolls lying side by side, one with a rabbit head and the other with a kitten head.

The rabbit's head looked old, and its two ears had traces of being patched.

——"Xu Jingyang, your husband is right in front of you, not this doll. Look carefully."

——Xu Jingyang hugged the rabbit tightly: "But if you don't come back at night, only the rabbit will accompany me and the baby."

The eldest princess went to the outer room, and at this moment, there was a noise outside.

A maid said: "The prince is back!!"

Jiang Yunzheng in the inner room froze.