Feng Yuheng didn't know what the surprise Xuan Tianhua was talking about was. She asked them, but no one said anything. She was so anxious that she jumped up and down, which made the two of them laugh.
However, the atmosphere seemed extremely relaxed when they were laughing, but in the hearts of the three people, depression was everywhere.
Finally unable to pretend any longer, Feng Yuheng took the initiative to ask a question: "Will the emperor take the tiger talisman from you?" She said to Xuan Tianming: "The 30,000 troops that Sixth Brother lent to Seventh Brother were taken back, and Sixth Brother was ordered to return to the capital on New Year's Day to hand in the military talisman. With those 30,000 troops in front of you, I am worried about the tiger talisman and the military power in your hand. If the emperor is really controlled by the witchcraft, then it is only a matter of time before these things are handed over to Old Eight."
Xuan Tianming shrugged, "After all, the country belongs to the old man. He has the right to choose. When the time comes, the mountains are high and the waters are far away, we will just leave."
"But that is not what father really wants." Feng Yuheng said a little dejectedly, "He was just poisoned and controlled by someone. Didn't you say it before? Although we don't like this country, we can't let others do whatever they want. What's more, he... is your father after all. We can't watch him spend his old age like this, otherwise, no matter where he goes, he will regret it sooner or later." She held Xuan Tianming's hand and told him: "Do our best to help Dashun overcome this difficulty and help father regain his will. Even if we really can't do it in the end, at least we tried our best."
Xuan Tianming looked at her, reached out his hand to touch her head, and stroked it for a long time before finally saying, "My Hengheng has grown up."
She nodded, "Yes! We are no longer at the age of willful behavior. People can't always stay in the original state, just like you no longer whip people casually, I can no longer deal with the people I face now in the same way as I dealt with Feng Mansion. When you grow up, you have to deal with things in a more mature way and solve the root cause, instead of killing them with one blow. It seems that life is more frustrating than before, but this is the necessary price of maturity. What's more, Dashun is a country, not a mansion. One wrong step will harm many innocent people. I could have killed Lao Ba directly a long time ago, but what's the difference between that and a bandit?"
"Okay." Xuan Tianming said, "Do your best to change the world. I will protect you through mountains of swords and seas of fire." After saying that, he looked at Xuan Tianhua and laughed, "Seventh brother, look, our little girl has great ambitions!"
The three of them drank six pots of wine, so that Xuan Tianhua was a little drunk, but he did not stay overnight in Prince Yu's mansion. After all, Concubine Yun was in Prince Chun's mansion, and he was not very comfortable leaving her alone at home.
That night, Heng and Ming were entangled, leaving behind the fierceness and passion of their wedding, and what was left was more affectionate and sweet than before...
The next day, Xuan Tianming went to court as usual. After Feng Yuheng got up, Huang Quan ran in happily and said to her, "Miss, I received news from the secret guards in Xiaozhou that Master Zirui and Madam Yao San are on their way back to Beijing. It will probably take only a day or two for them to arrive in Beijing." When Zirui was mentioned, Huang Quan's eyebrows lit up, "Master is at a stage of growth at this age. I haven't seen him for more than half a year. He should have grown a lot taller."
Feng Yuheng was also feeling emotional. Yesterday, Yao Xian said that Zirui and Miao should be back soon. He had gone to Baicaotang in Xiaozhou before, but he was anxious because he heard the news in Beijing. That's why he didn't wait for Zirui to come back. He thought it would take at least three or five days to see Zirui, but he didn't expect them to arrive soon. Just like Huang Quan said, he hadn't seen Zirui for more than half a year, and that boy must have grown a lot taller.
Feng Yuheng smiled. This was probably the best news she had heard in recent days, but she also had some concerns. "The situation in the capital is complicated. I hope nothing will happen to Zirui when he returns this time."
Wangchuan Huangquan knew what she was thinking, and Wangchuan took the initiative to say, "Let me go out of the city to Xiaozhou to welcome them! It's a good opportunity to tell Madam Yao San about what's going on in the capital. It's better to be prepared than to know nothing."
She nodded. "Okay, go ahead! I just hope they can come back safely, that's better than anything else."
Wangchuan went to pick up Zirui, and Huangquan stayed with Feng Yuheng. After having breakfast in the mansion, Feng Yuheng decided to go to the Lu family. She was very concerned about what was said yesterday. If it was really related to Gu Shu, then this matter would not be easy to handle. The mystery of Gu Shu was something she had never come into contact with even in her two lives. In her previous life, she was in the army and was exposed to the most advanced modern medicine. Even though her family was a prosperous family of traditional Chinese medicine with a history of a hundred years, it was not related to Miao Gu at all.
She knew that her grandfather had tried to study Gu and even went to Miaojiang alone. But after arriving there, she realized that even though modern society had advanced to the level of the 21st century, there were still territories in Miaojiang that the world could not enter. Even the local government departments had no way to deal with many Miao tribes. The Miao people were divided into raw Miao and cooked Miao. The cooked Miao were basically assimilated by Han people and were no different from the outside world. But the raw Miao were different. They had their own beliefs and laws and regulations. In the eyes of many people, the raw Miao were isolated from the world and were not fully civilized. Their thoughts were completely different from those of the outside world, and they still lived in their own spiritual realm.
Of course, the so-called "raw Miao" and "cooked Miao" are just definitions made by outsiders. In fact, the Miao people do not understand what "raw Miao" and "cooked Miao" are, but they do know that there is a type of Miao people who can raise Gu. Those Miao people who can raise Gu live deeper in the mountains, and even if they are Miao, they are different from them. They call them: Gu Miao.
No one dared to mess with the Gu Miao. When Yao Xian went to Miao territory, he did plenty of homework and looked up a lot of information before leaving, but in the end he still found nothing.
But after coming back, Yao Xian also had his own understanding of Gu. In his opinion, Gu is still related to bacteria, and Gu can be regarded as a kind of bacterial cultivation and reproduction. For example, if someone is poisoned by Gu in the stomach, when the poison takes effect, many worms will multiply in the stomach in a very short time, which is a kind of bacterial reproduction.
But this was just an idea, and after many experiments, it ultimately failed. They had no way to create or replicate Gu. For Gu, they still remained at the initial stage of unfamiliarity and mystery.
Now that Dashun was suspected of using Gu magic, and it was cast on Emperor Tianwu, how could she not worry? It was said that the only way for a person who was poisoned to get rid of the poison was to find the person who cast the poison and use the other person's means to remove the poison. But where could she find this person? Would he be in the palace?
The only person she could think of who was related to Gu was Lv Ping. She remembered that Lv Ping's face was bitten by a water bug. Lv Ping had told her that it was a Gu bug from southern Xinjiang. Even with her great medical skills, she couldn't remove the wound. Feng Yuheng thought that maybe she could get more information about Gu from Lv Ping.
She went to the Left Prime Minister's Mansion, it was not good to enter empty-handed, so she bought a lot of things on the way as a token of her appreciation. Lu Song had not returned from the court yet, and Madam Ge was quite surprised to see Feng Yuheng coming to her house in person. After paying her respects, she took the initiative to ask, "Is there something that the Princess came to the Lu Mansion for?" Then she became a little worried, "Could it be that my master did something to displease His Highness the Ninth Prince and the Princess?"
Feng Yuheng felt that this family was a little frightened. Even if Lu Song had done something to provoke her, she wouldn't come to the door in person, right? Could it be that he was going to fight? She smiled and advised that Ge: "Madam, you think too much. My coming here today has nothing to do with Prime Minister Lu. I came to visit Miss Lu Ping."
Mrs. Ge was stunned. She couldn't figure out why Feng Yuheng suddenly came to see Lu Ping. Are they so close? But she couldn't ask that question. First, it was just a girl's business. As a stepmother, she had no reason to stop her, especially since Feng Yuheng was of such status. Second, the Lu family was eager for Lu Ping to be on good terms with Feng Yuheng, so there was no reason to stop her. So Mrs. Ge happily led Feng Yuheng to Lu Ping's yard. She was very warm along the way and kept asking Feng Yuheng to stay for dinner. After being rejected by Feng Yuheng, she didn't feel embarrassed. She still had a decent smile on her face and sent her to the gate of Lu Ping's yard before she bowed and left.
When Feng Yuheng entered the courtyard, the servants in the courtyard recognized her and nervously led her to Lu Ping's room. Then they kept explaining to her about the bad smell in the room: "Princess, please don't blame me. Miss, there is nothing we can do about this."
Feng Yuheng waved her hands, indicating that it was nothing. After Lu Ping drove the servants out, she spoke: "I really admire you for putting so much effort into your own room. Your hidden illness has obviously been cured, why do you still use this kind of spice? Aren't you afraid of fumigating yourself?"
Lv Ping and her were acquaintances, so they were not so unfamiliar with each other. After asking Feng Yuheng to sit down, she explained, "What can I do? All the servants in this room seem to follow me, but except for my personal maid Jian'er, the others all listen to my father and stepmother. If I slack off, this matter will be spread to their ears. Do you think the Lu family will let me go if my daughter has no hidden illness and grows up to look like me?" She shook her head as she spoke, and at the same time poured tea for Feng Yuheng, "It's freshly brewed and still hot. It's not a good tea. Princess, just hold it to warm your hands." After saying that, she also sat on the chair opposite Feng Yuheng, and sighed, "Even so, my father refused to let me go. He was determined to establish a relationship with the Pingnan General's Mansion. I guess the princess must have heard about this matter, right?"
Feng Yuheng had indeed heard about it, and even knew that Ren Xifeng had abducted her brother to Ji'an County in order to stop him from thinking about it, just to prevent the Lu family from succeeding. In Ren Xifeng's words, she still remembered how Lu Yao had hooked up with Yao Shu, and she was afraid that the Lu family would repeat the same trick and let Lu Ping hook up her brother's soul.
But it was hard to say this in front of Lu Ping, so she could only nod vaguely and say, "It still depends on fate."
Of course, Lu Ping could hear the meaning behind her words, and she didn't evade the question. She said bluntly, "I don't know what kind of person the eldest son of the Lu family is, but he doesn't look like a bad person. But I will never be manipulated by the Lu family, no matter who the other party is, no matter how good they are." As she spoke, she reached out and touched her face, muttering to herself, "What a pity, how can my face be healed? If I keep that scar, plus my hidden illness, the Lu family will have nowhere to make trouble for me. It's a pity."
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