Chapter 45 Minglian confidently issues a military order

Capital city.

Mingyue and his group returned in time, shortening the journey from nearly half a month to five days.

As soon as I got off the carriage, I saw my father and mother.

A smile appeared on Mingyue's lips.

She ran like a butterfly towards her parents who were standing at the gate of Weiyuan Marquis' Mansion and looking out.

Their eyes were red, and they almost cried when they saw her.

If we didn't take into consideration that we were outside, we would be seen and laughed at by our neighbors.

They both looked like they wanted to cry bitterly.

Mingsheng sobbed twice and saw her running towards him.

Subconsciously spread your arms.

With a doting and touched smile on his face.

Take two steps forward.

"moon…"

The next moment.

Mingyue walked straight past her tall father with red eyes and threw herself into the arms of her mother who was wiping her tears with a handkerchief behind him.

"Mom! My daughter is back."

Mingyue looked at her mother and curled the corners of her lips.

"Mother, don't be sad. My daughter is safe and sound, and the poison has been cured. It's such a happy day, and mother should be happy."

Hua Xiaoyun kept stroking Mingyue's back, her voice choked with sobs.

Crying and laughing.

"Yes, yes, it's a happy day. Don't cry, I'm glad you're back. As long as the poison is cured, I'll be relieved. Otherwise, I really don't know what to do. If anything happens to you, I really can't survive."

“Ahem!!”

An awkward cough interrupted the tender moment between mother and daughter.

Mingyue and Hua Xiaoyun looked in the direction of the voice.

Mingsheng was standing there with an embarrassed and complaining look on his face, staring at the two of them.

Especially when looking at the bright moon, accusations almost overflowed from his eyes.

When she thought about how she had indeed ignored her father just now, Mingyue smiled and went over to hug her father's arm.

"Oh, Dad, I didn't mean it. Don't be jealous. I love both you and me!"

Mingsheng then raised his chin and nodded.

The family chatted as they walked towards the yard.

Mingyue stood in the middle to show that she was not biased.

Holding the jealous father in one hand and the beautiful and gentle mother in the other.

"By the way, tomorrow is the day when the Empress Dowager returns to Beijing. Concubine Hong was able to save her own life and Minglian's life because she saved the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager might ask about this matter when she returns. She was locked up in the manor by you, the Marquis. Do you want to..." Hua Xiaoyun said hesitantly.

Bring up this.

Mingyue and Mingsheng, father and daughter, both looked gloomy in an instant.

Mingsheng said in a gruff voice, "If it weren't for that lowly maid... who wouldn't let me go anyway, then what would the Empress Dowager do? Even the Emperor wouldn't interfere in the family affairs of his subjects. He's just a lowly maid, so I'm showing mercy by not killing him!"

Mingyue nodded.

"Mom, Dad is right. Let her be locked up. It would be disgusting if she were released. As for the Queen Mother..."

Mingyue sneered in her heart.

She remembered that the Empress Dowager returned to Beijing so early this time because she had contracted a cough, which had developed into tuberculosis.

In the original plot, it was Minglian who asked Ning Fengyun to leave Yaoshen Mountain.

Saved the Queen Mother.

Therefore, the emperor, empress and queen mother were more satisfied with her.

Minglian's position as Crown Princess is more secure.

He also gained a reputation for filial piety because of this.

Everyone in the people praised him.

As for this time...

A storm was brewing in the bright moon's eyes, but it was gone in a flash.

"As for the Queen Mother, don't worry, mother. She might not have time to ask about Aunt Hong."

Hua Xiaoyun was puzzled, but she knew that her daughter would never be lost for no reason.

Now that you've said that.

She listened to her daughter.

*

The next morning.

The Queen Mother returned to Beijing.

The streets are full of soldiers and officers, who are strictly monitoring the situation.

A simple carriage escorted by the army was in the front, looking like a common people's carriage.

Mingyue saw the carriage in the crowd at a glance.

He lowered his eyes to hide the sneer in them.

Thinking back to the original plot, the Queen Mother supported Minglian and her son, punished her by making her kneel, and said that she was fickle at the flower-viewing banquet, causing people in the capital to laugh at her and her reputation to be ruined.

This old thing.

A snake in the mouth of a Buddha.

Believing in Buddhism and praying for blessings only leads to committing too many sins.

The carriage only looked plain on the outside, and it was just for the common people to see.

In fact, the interior is extremely luxurious.

Everything happened as she expected.

Minglian obviously also knew that the Empress Dowager returned to Beijing because she contracted a cough in the Wanguo Temple and developed tuberculosis.

The carriage stopped at the palace gate.

All the civil and military officials, the women of each family, and the concubines in the palace knelt on the ground to greet the empress dowager who had returned from praying for blessings, wishing her a long life and a thousand years of long life.

As expected, the Queen Mother did not say anything.

The air was deathly quiet.

Nanny Kang, who looked thin, sour, and mean, came over to the Empress Dowager and whispered to the Emperor that the Empress Dowager was ill.

Mingyue was not surprised to see annoyance on the emperor's face.

Yes, the Queen Mother is not the biological mother of the current emperor.

But the adoptive mother.

The current emperor was born in the womb of a palace maid. The late emperor was drunk and favored her. The palace maid became pregnant and gave birth to the prince who was the emperor at the time. However, she was not well taken care of and passed away, leaving behind a prince.

The empress dowager, who was still the concubine at that time, had not conceived a child for many years, so she took the child in and raised him in her care.

But the Empress Dowager treated the Emperor better only later on.

The Queen Mother had once been pregnant and gave birth to a prince. She devoted herself to taking care of her son.

Ignore the Emperor.

His own son died at the age of four.

The empress dowager also blamed the emperor, believing that he was jealous of his younger brother and had killed him.

It was not until the emperor was ten years old that the empress dowager finally faced reality.

Start being nice to the emperor.

But is it really possible that there is no barrier in the emperor's heart?

Not necessarily.

When he looked again, the emperor had concealed his impatience very well and put on the appearance of a good son who was worried about his mother.

"What? My mother is actually suffering from a cough. Why didn't you tell me earlier so I could send a doctor?"

Nanny Kang bowed and said respectfully.

"The Empress Dowager is wholeheartedly praying for Daxia, praying to the Buddha for good weather and good harvests in the future. She is also wholeheartedly praying for Your Majesty's health. That's why she told us not to make any noise and to persist in praying, as she doesn't want the Buddha to blame us."

The emperor looked touched.

The two of them had a good show of acting skills against each other.

Mingyue wanted to laugh in her heart.

This Queen Mother.

If you were really sick, you should have informed the emperor early and not made such a big scene.

Act like this.

Isn't it just that you want all the civil and military officials to remember your contributions and let the emperor treat you well?

When welcoming her back, he deliberately said in front of so many people that he was seriously ill in order to pray for her blessings.

Tsk tsk tsk.

This little thought.

Mingyue glanced at Minglian out of the corner of her eye and saw that when she saw the emperor caring about the empress dowager, she also expressed her concern, but she did not notice the emperor's dissatisfaction with her.

Tsk.

I always feel that the two of them know about the same plot points.

But she seemed to not know all the details.

It doesn't look like what she saw in her dream.

It's like...someone told me.

So, who is that person, and who knows the plot?

*

Cining Palace.

The imperial physician came and went, and every time he came out he had a sad look on his face, shook his head and sighed.

The old judge was the last to leave.

The emperor asked first.

"How is Mother? She must be treated with the best medicine. Mother has done this for Daxia and for me. How can I let anything happen to her?"

"To reply to your Majesty, I am incompetent. The Queen Mother is suffering from... tuberculosis."

tuberculosis?

The whole audience was in uproar.

Wouldn't tuberculosis be fatal?

The emperor's face was frozen.

If the Queen Mother died for praying for blessings.

Wouldn’t historians in the future say that he was unfilial?

How can that be possible?

"But it's not incurable."

The Emperor said, "How? No matter what method you use, I command you to cure the Empress Dowager, otherwise I will exterminate my entire clan!"

Dozens of imperial doctors knelt down and begged for mercy with pale faces.

The old judge knelt on the ground but remained calm.

Working for the royal family is really not as good as when I was wandering around the world before.

He would often exterminate three or nine clans.

He still said.

"The Second Miss of the Ming family went to Yaoshen Mountain to get rid of the poison a while ago. Now, the only one who can save the Queen Mother is probably that poison doctor. His methods are extraordinary and we are not able to match him. However, the poison doctor has a strong murderous intention. If he can save the Second Miss, he may not save others. If he is pushed to the limit, he may even commit suicide."

The emperor's eyes were full of excitement.

He quickly turned around and looked towards the Ming family.

You can see the bright moon at a glance.

There was a flash of surprise in his eyes, but he was the emperor after all, so he quickly spoke majestically.

"Ming's daughter, you were once saved by a poison doctor. If you can invite him to treat the Queen Mother, I will make you a county lord!"

Without waiting for Mingyue to speak.

Minglian was delighted when she heard that Mingyue was going to be made a county lady.

How can that be possible?

Stand out.

"Father, I'm afraid I won't be able to get that poison doctor out of Yaoshen Mountain."

The emperor was dissatisfied with his daughter-in-law and had just been saying things he didn't like to hear.

He frowned and said, "Oh? What do you mean?"

Minglian held her head high in front of everyone, and even Huo Chenyuan looked at her in confusion.

She was excited.

She is the heroine.

It should be as eye-catching as it is now.

Speak loudly.

"In reply to your Majesty, the poison doctor Ning Fengyun is my good friend. Although we just met for the first time, he was willing to save my sister because I had discussed this with him beforehand."

The whole audience was in uproar.

The poison doctor is actually a good friend of the Crown Princess.

Minglian continued.

"Father, I promise that after I send a letter, Ning Fengyun will definitely come down the mountain to treat your grandmother. Don't worry, Father!"

The emperor clapped his hands and laughed.

"Okay, okay, if you can get the poison doctor to come out and treat the Queen Mother, I will reward you handsomely!"

Minglian felt like a fire was burning in her heart.

He bowed, his face reserved, "Thank you, Father."

Mingyue saw Minglian looking at her with a condescending and complacent look, as if she was showing off, despising, and demonstrating that she was the victorious heroine.

She sneered.

Then we'll see.

But he pretended to be sad.

It actually made everyone think that she was saved by the poison doctor because of Minglian.