Before Meng Susu left Prince Cheng's Mansion, Yuan Jingxian heard the news that Prince Cheng's Mansion had become a haunted house. More than one person said that the vacant Prince Cheng's Mansion had become a haunted house, and they saw with their own eyes that there were ghost shadows floating in the empty mansion.
Yuan Jing was speechless. That figure must be Meng Susu, but why was she just wandering around the mansion? Couldn't she find a way to leave? Wasn't she cultivating immortality? Could it be that after such a long time of cultivation, she didn't even have the ability to leave a mansion?
However, due to the spread of rumors about the haunted house, fewer people came near the mansion. A month later, the person who was keeping an eye on the mansion finally came to report to Yuan Jing that a coward had come out from inside. He looked furtive, as if he had sneaked into the mansion to steal something.
Yuan Jing did not give any specific explanation, he just asked people to keep an eye on her, and then he discovered that Meng Susu had found a house in the civilian area to stay temporarily. Yuan Jing did not know whether her behavior was called living in seclusion from the world. Perhaps even the Emperor could not guess that the Meng Susu he was looking for was still hiding in the capital.
In the past, Meng Susu wanted to be beautiful, but this time she knew to cover up her appearance and turn herself into an ordinary woman. Compared with previous years, she is indeed a lot smarter now.
After Meng Susu escaped, she knew the fate of Prince Cheng's Mansion and was so frightened that she broke out in a sweat. Fortunately, she took her son and hid in the space, otherwise she would not have escaped the fate of being beheaded. Thinking about the fate of Zhao Han and Shuang'er, the other woman in the backyard, she couldn't help but feel sympathy and fully realized the cruelty of the ancient imperial world.
She would only smile bitterly when no one was around. It was clear that Xiao Mingrui would be the biggest winner in history, but she didn't expect that after traveling through time, before reaching the end, Xiao Mingrui became a dead person. Why? Was it the change caused by the two butterflies, her and Zhao Han?
She couldn't help but think about the other differences, that is, the Prince of Duan, who she had not taken seriously before. She could hear neighbors say that the Prince of Duan had won another victory, and she couldn't help but speculate in her heart, could it be that the Prince of Duan had some other adventure? Like traveling through time, rebirth? So he was the destined protagonist?
Now after hearing about the deeds of Prince Duan, thinking back, compared with Prince Duan, isn't Xiao Mingrui that outstanding? Prince Duan was only a little old, but he dared to lead his troops to the border to kill the enemy, and won battle after battle, preventing the barbarian soldiers of Northern Qi from invading the border of Great Zhou again. I heard that the people on the border are very grateful to Prince Duan.
Based on this point, Prince Duan is more popular than Xiao Mingrui.
Perhaps it will be this Prince Duan who will sit on the throne in this life, but she no longer has the slightest thought of currying favor with him. She is a dead person. Besides, her son is Xiao Mingrui's child. If the future emperor knew that Xiao Mingrui had descendants, would he spare them and their son?
When Baoer grows up a little, they and his mother will live a quiet life away from the capital.
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Although all the heads of Prince Cheng's mansion were chopped off, the old emperor was not very happy, because he had lost the source of good medicinal materials. Without those medicinal materials, the old emperor felt something was wrong all over. He even sent many people to look for similar medicinal materials in private, but of course they were doomed to return empty-handed.
This made his temper become irritable and he became suspicious, wondering if there was something wrong with his body. In the end, he called Yuan Jing into the palace to help him recuperate because he was afraid of death.
At first, Prince Duan also followed the emperor into the palace. Even when the emperor was unhappy, he dared to talk back. After all, Doctor Yuan was his son's savior, and his son had handed Doctor Yuan over to him when he left Beijing, so he had to keep an eye on Doctor Yuan. The old emperor was so angry that he threw anything at him, but Prince Duan still held his neck firm and refused to back down.
In the end, the old emperor was neither annoyed nor amused by him, but strangely, he did not suspect that Prince Duan would be the same as Prince Cheng. He trusted Prince Duan more than other members of the royal family. It was really a strange thing.
Yuan Jing felt that it was not a bad thing to ask him to go to the palace to take care of the emperor's health. He also analyzed it in the letter to Mingyu. If he went to the palace frequently, he would be able to accurately grasp the emperor's physical condition. In case of any changes, Mingyu would be able to make contingency plans.
As for the emperor's bad temper? Just treat it as training. Every world he travels into is not likely to be smooth sailing. He just has to endure the old man with a weird temper.
Because of Meng Susu's incident, Yuan Jing never used spiritual spring water to cultivate medicinal materials again. As for the special health-preserving pills in the clinic, perhaps because there is relatively little spiritual spring water, the imperial doctors have not discovered any similarities between them and the medicinal materials provided by Meng Susu.
Yuan Jing was also sweating in his heart. This incident taught him a lesson. In the future, he should not rely too much on the spiritual spring water. There are many smart people in the world.
In fact, if he were to say, it was a good thing that the old emperor cut off the supply of medicinal materials to Meng Susu. However, if he supplemented her too much, it would cause his body to collapse. After all, even the emperor was a mortal, and he was also old. The concentrated medicinal power of those high-quality medicinal materials was many times stronger than the health-preserving pills made by Yuan Jing, and it was not certain that they could be fully absorbed after being taken in.
So Yuan Jing helped the emperor to sort out his problems for a while, and the old emperor gradually recovered. For this, he rewarded Yuan Jing with a lot of things. Yuan Jing thanked him honestly in person, turned around and threw the things to Fan to take care of.
I don't know if the emperor's health was improved, but a year later, news came from the palace that a beautiful woman was pregnant. The whole court and the royal family were shocked. After confirming it again and again, the old emperor was overjoyed. Who said that he couldn't have children? Who said that he had no son and had to adopt one from the royal family?
Prince Duan was also very anxious, and it was Yuan Jing who came to calm him down.
First of all, the baby must be a prince. In fact, being able to give birth this time does not mean that you can give birth next time.
"Your Majesty only has a few years left to live. Although he looks fine now, he can't hold on for many more years. The extra years he has now are also due to the medicinal herbs. Once the medicinal herbs are exhausted, then..."
Yuan Jing didn't say the rest, but Prince Duan understood. When the effect of the medicine is exhausted, that will be the end of His Majesty's death. Now they can only hope that the beautiful woman in the palace will give birth to a little princess.
The imperial concubine was jealous, but she did not dare to do anything, after all, this was the hard-earned child of the Majesty.
So she also ordered Yuan Jing to help her regulate her body. If that beautiful woman could give birth, why couldn't she?
As a result, she kept causing trouble for the old emperor. Yuan Jing took his pulse and found out that the old emperor would live shorter because of the trouble caused by the imperial concubine.
After ten months of pregnancy, the emperor was greatly disappointed when the beauty gave birth to a little girl, not a prince.
If he were younger, the old emperor would be very happy to see Xiao Shuang'er being born. Having an heir is always better than having no heir. But he could not wait many more years, so he continued to work hard in the harem, believing that if he had one, he would have a second one.
It's a pity that the old emperor's luck with having children seems to have come to an end. No matter how hard he tries, there is no second woman in the harem who becomes pregnant. The old emperor is disappointed, and the imperial concubine is also very disappointed. Gradually, the old emperor becomes more and more unable to cope with the situation. He calls for the imperial physician and Yuan Jing to come to the palace for treatment, but unless there is a magic pill, there is no way to save the baby.
Yuan Jing had actually advised the old emperor to take it easy a long time ago, but the emperor didn't believe him and felt very good about his own health.
Prince Duan heaved a sigh of relief when he knew the result. Fortunately, no prince was born, otherwise he didn't know whether his son would do the same thing as Prince Cheng and his son. What's more, he was sure that his son would never be as useless as Prince Cheng and his son, and would definitely succeed in sitting on the throne in the end. However, the process of ascending to the throne would easily leave a stain. As Xiao Mingyu's father, he still hoped that his son's ascension to the throne would be fair and just.
The other members of the royal family also had extremely complicated feelings. Since no prince was born, they would definitely have to adopt one from the royal family. But after looking around, who could compete with Xiao Mingyu, whose reputation was growing more and more famous?
In the eyes of the people, he is the reincarnation of the God of War. Even if they support an heir to the throne, Xiao Mingyu can lead his troops back from the border. Now Xiao Mingyu has a strong army and powerful horses under his command, which is incomparable to the past. If he breaks into the capital, can the imperial guards of the capital defeat him?
I'm unwilling, but what can I do?
Instead of ruining the Prince of Duan's plan, it would be better to show goodwill now so that when Xiao Mingyu comes to power, the Prince of Duan and his son will remember their kindness.
So when the old emperor's health deteriorated, court officials and royal family members began to persuade him to decide on the successor as soon as possible.
The old emperor was very upset. He finally had hope, but in the end he was told that it was all in vain and in the end there was nothing. Now these people were poking at his sore spots, and every poke reminded him of his wishful thinking. He also began to dislike Xiao Mingyu and Prince Duan, the father and son, and thought that the old Prince Duan must be laughing at him.
Just when the old emperor was about to get angry with Prince Duan and Yuan Jing, the doctor who helped him regulate his body, another victory news came from the border. This time, Xiao Mingyu directly attacked the Northern Qi royal court and captured the main members of the royal court. These prisoners will be escorted to Beijing soon.
From then on, Northern Qi would no longer exist, and the territory of Great Zhou would expand a lot, incorporating all the territories of the original Northern Qi royal court.
The whole court was shocked, and after the shock came excitement. The common people expressed their excitement more directly. They ran to the streets and cheered.
What did the destruction of Northern Qi mean? It meant that there were no more barbarian soldiers coming south to disturb their peace.
Prince Duan is indeed the reincarnation of the God of War, otherwise how could he destroy the powerful Northern Qi royal court?
The Prince of Duan was going to escort the captives to the capital to present them as captives. The common people couldn't wait to see the grand spectacle. Some people even came from other places to the capital just to witness this rare grand occasion and worship the heroic figure of the Prince of Duan.
"Was Northern Qi really destroyed by that kid Ming Yu?" The old emperor confirmed again in disbelief.
"Yes, Your Majesty, this is a great feat. I am here to congratulate Your Majesty. Your Majesty, this is an unprecedented achievement in expanding the territory. Your Majesty is so wise that you can accomplish such a great feat!" The minister cried with joy.
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