Heartbeat (scenery)
Ever since Lin Yan told Song Yizhou that Gu Shi was Song Ting, he investigated all the officials who had dealings with Gu Shi and eliminated all the corrupt officials in the court one by one.
Together with Song Xuan, he destroyed the valley where Song Ting tried to win over Song Xuan when he returned to Beijing. That was the place where Song Ting traded with court officials.
From then on, Song Ting's contact with the court was completely cut off. However, he was secretly happy that the empress dowager had not been discovered yet and thought that the empress dowager could still help him.
The Empress Dowager was already in a state of emergency at this point, and Song Yizhou ordered people to strictly guard her palace. Now not even a fly can fly out of the palace.
She didn't know when Song Yizhou started to suspect her, and Song Yizhou just surrounded the palace and didn't do anything to her, which made her undecided.
Zhou Baimu knew that Song Yizhou was putting pressure on the Empress Dowager to make her panic and unable to stand her ground, so he jumped out himself and exposed Song Ting's true identity.
At present, Zhou Baimu's trust in the Empress Dowager is increasing. Given time, he will surely make her trust him completely, and then it won't be long before he knows Song Ting's military strength.
After learning from Lin Yan that it was the Queen Mother who killed his mother, Song Xuan wanted to rush to the palace and kill her, but reason overcame him. If he wanted to take revenge, he had to plan the overall situation with Song Yizhou and others.
After Lin Yan got the book from Zhong Yuxi, he saw a passage that said Song Xuan's mother left a letter in the palace before her death, which was hidden in a secret compartment somewhere. She told Song Xuan about this.
After Song Xuan learned the news, he immediately ran to his mother's Wanning Palace. Since his mother was burned to death here, he had never set foot here again.
He found the secret compartment, inside which was a box with the letter kept intact.
The letter contained the words his mother left for him before she passed away:
Seeing your words is like seeing me
Chen Yu, I don’t know how old you will be when you see this letter, but I hope that you will never see this letter in your lifetime and live your life well.
After the Ning family fell, I knew that I would not live long. I don’t know who wanted to deal with the Ning family, but I know that all this was directed at you. Mother was not favored in the palace for ten years until she gave birth to you, and then His Majesty noticed me.
The old people in the palace all say that you look very similar to His Majesty, and even your temperament is very similar. His Majesty loves you very much, even more than the prince born to the late queen. But your mother is becoming increasingly uneasy.
Sure enough, after the crown prince died, His Majesty had the idea of making you the crown prince. The Ning family fell, and mother was afraid that you would be skinned alive in the deep palace. They all said that you were the most suitable to inherit the throne and the future crown prince.
But mother is afraid that you will die in this fight for the throne, so I threaten you with death, and I also bet that Your Majesty loves you in a way that is 80% similar to him. I wonder if mother is right.
A'niang thought that she must have succeeded. After all, I saw the light in His Majesty's study was on all night, and he probably didn't want you to die in this fight for the throne.
Mother knows that you were proud when His Majesty praised you and when people in the court said you were the future crown prince. Mother can see that you are ambitious for that position, but don't blame me. I just want you to live a peaceful life. I love you.
Song Xuan cried all night in Wanning Palace. When he was driven out of the capital by his father and demoted to Sangzhou, he blamed everyone. He blamed his father for not being very satisfied with him and wanting him to be the crown prince so that he could inherit the throne and avenge his mother. He also blamed his mother for leaving this world alone without leaving anything behind.
So he developed his power in Sangzhou and governed Sangzhou well, just to let his father see it and let him return to the capital to take revenge.
But his father is dead, and when Prince Jing rebelled, it was the iron cavalry left by his father that protected him. Later, when he returned to the capital, he thought that it was the Crown Princess who killed his mother, and wanted to compete with Song Jing for the throne, but he found out that it was all because of the Empress Dowager. Now he understands the good intentions of his mother and his father.
Song Xuan was thinking, if he had refused to go to Sangzhou and stayed to fight for that position instead of running away from everything, he might have been able to join forces with Song Yizhou later. Then the Queen Mother would not have helped Song Ting develop his current power, and he would have been able to avenge his mother sooner.
Until dawn, Song Xuan stood up and prepared to leave. Suddenly, a young man appeared from behind the door. Song Xuan bowed to him and said, "Your Majesty."
"Do you want to be emperor?" Song Jing's sudden words made Song Xuan a little confused.
Song Jing continued, "How about I let you be the emperor?"
"I have absolutely no such intention." Song Xuan thought Song Jing was here to test him, so he bowed to him to express his determination.
"But I don't want to be the emperor. Can you help me become the emperor?" Song Jing looked lonely.
Song Xuan felt relieved when he heard Song Jing's childish words, and couldn't help but smile: "Your Majesty may not have tasted the power yet. Maybe when you grow up you will know that this position is good."
After saying that, he patted Song Jing on the shoulder and walked away. He had never sat in that seat, but he guessed that it must be a good one, otherwise why would so many people fight to climb up even if it means getting hurt.
Song Jing stared at Song Xuan's back and muttered to himself: "Really? But no matter how good this seat is, I don't want to sit here."
After listening to Zhou Ningning's words last time, Song Jing thought for a long time and was always worried about who could replace him in this position. Until Song Yizhou told him about Song Xuan, he immediately felt that Song Xuan was the destined person.
If the Empress Dowager had not been Concubine Wan, Song Xuan would have been the crown prince and would have become the emperor smoothly later. Then he would have had nothing to do with anything and Song Xuan was the one who deserved to sit on the throne.
So when he heard that Song Xuan had entered the palace, he left and ran to find him. Song Xuan sat in Wanning Palace all night, and he waited all night, but Song Xuan didn't take his words seriously at all.
Song Jing knew that Song Xuan, like everyone else, regarded his words as childish.
But to him, the palace was a cage, and that position was the chains that trapped him. He really didn't want to stay here.
Today, Song Jing sneaked out of the palace again. In fact, Song Yizhou knew every time he left the palace. He had watched this child grow up, and he also knew that he did not like that position and had always resisted learning to become a qualified emperor.
But Song Yizhou had no choice. Once this matter was settled, he would leave. Song Jing could not rely on him, the emperor's uncle, for the rest of his life.
As the time for him to leave the capital was getting closer, Song Yizhou became more indulgent towards Song Jing.
After all, after he left, it would be difficult for Song Jing to sneak out of the palace as easily as he did today. He still had a lot of things to face.
Song Jing stayed in the academy for only a month and didn't make any friends. The only person he knew was Zhou Ningning.
He knew that Zhou Ningning opened a clinic, but unfortunately he never had time to go there. As soon as he came out this time, he ran to Zhou Ningning's clinic.
Ning'an Clinic was already packed with patients at this time. The clinic had been open for a few months, and during that time some people came to see Zhou Ningning for a try. When they found out that Zhou Ningning was really capable, they spread her reputation.
In addition, Liu Qingfeng won the first place in the imperial examination, and it was announced that Ning'an Medical Clinic had cured his broken hand.
Huiyuan went to Ning'an Medical Clinic for treatment, and more people came to see her. Gradually, many people were impressed by her medical skills.
Today was also an unexpected day. A large number of people came. Zhou Ningning didn't have time to ask for help and was busy for the whole morning.
When Zhou Ningning saw Xie Jing coming to see her, her eyes lit up. It was just when the clinic was most short of staff, and he came at the right time to help her.
Song Jing had just arrived and hadn't even had a sip of tea when Zhou Ningning dragged him down and beat him up for the entire afternoon. The pampered little emperor knew what tiredness was for the first time.
"Xie Jing, medicinal wine"
"Here I come"
"Xie Jing, three grams of Pinellia ternata and one gram of Angelica dahurica"
"Okay."
"Xie Jing..."
In one afternoon, Zhou Ningning called Xie Jing countless times, and Xie Jing was so busy that he didn't even know where he was.
After sending all the patients away, Zhou Ningning closed the clinic and collapsed on the bed with Song Jinglei, sighing: "It's finally over."
The two were so tired that they couldn't speak. They rested for a long time before they recovered. Zhou Ningning got up and made tea for Song Jing, and said embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, I asked you to help me with the work as soon as you came."
Song Jing stretched out his hand and asked Zhou Ningning to pull him up. He said weakly, "It's nothing. I'm free anyway. I'm happy to help you."
"You take a rest first, I'll grind the medicine powder." Zhou Ningning sat down, put the herbs into the ceramic grinder and ground them finely. It was almost dusk, and the sunlight poured in from the window, shining on Zhou Ningning's drooping hair.
Song Jing looked at her profile and held his breath for a moment, not daring to ruin this beautiful scene, and his heartbeat accelerated involuntarily.
Zhou Ningning waved her hand in front of the dazed Song Jing and asked in confusion, "Are you tired and stupid?"
Song Jing came to his senses and immediately realized that he was fascinated by Zhou Ningning. His face blushed and he asked, "What's wrong?"
"Why is your face so red? Are you so happy?" Zhou Ningning muttered softly, and then said: "You're tired after a day. Come on, I'll treat you to dinner."
The two sat in a restaurant, and Zhou Ningning said, "The chicken in this restaurant is the most delicious, you will definitely like it."
Song Jing hummed blankly.
"What's wrong with you? You look dazed. Are you really tired and stupid?" Zhou Ningning asked doubtfully.
Song Jing shook his head instantly, "No, no."
Zhou Ningning looked at him suspiciously, and suddenly remembered: "You suddenly came to me today, is there something wrong?"
Song Jing looked painful when he thought of this, "You said last time that I could find someone who was willing to take on this important task on my behalf. I found a suitable candidate, but he didn't agree."
"If he is really suitable, then you can keep begging him. Maybe one day he will soften his heart and agree," Zhou Ningning suggested.
Song Jing thought this was a good idea and his eyes lit up, "I think we can give it a try."
Ever since Song Xuan went to the palace to get the letter his mother left for him, he has been pestered by the little emperor.
Every day after court, Song Jing would keep him and keep asking him if he wanted to be emperor.
After returning home, Song Jing appeared again at some point, with a serious look in his eyes: "Would you be the emperor? I beg you."
The people in the palace could not stop the current emperor. Song Xuan was extremely annoyed but helpless.
He ran to find Song Yizhou, and an angry voice rang out in his study: "The good emperor you taught follows me all day long, asking me if I want to be the emperor, why don't you do something about it."
"I can't do anything about it. It's up to you, or you can just obey him." Song Yizhou said casually, looking at the memorial calmly without even looking at him.
He had heard a little about Song Jing pestering Song Xuan recently. He had watched Song Jing grow up, and since he had seriously told him that he had to learn to face everything alone, it was normal for him to be afraid and confused, but he did not expect that he would come up with such a childish way to escape.
Song Xuan was speechless. "What a bad idea! Don't let him leave the palace again, so that he won't bother me." After saying that, he turned away.
Song Yizhou was not so kind. Song Jing was not mentally mature enough and had been dependent on him since childhood. Now that he was told that he could no longer rely on anyone, he was probably too nervous to want to escape. Now that he was pestering Song Xuan, he would not pester him anymore.
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