Chapter 187 The Emperor is Critically Ill After Being Stung by a Wasp
Ye Chutang's question made Han Chong sweat profusely.
He quickly explained: "I hate the northern barbarians to the core, and I just wanted to get the information as quickly as possible. I forgot the rules for a moment and overstepped my bounds. Thank you, Madam Qi, for reminding me."
The mission of the Dragon Guard is to ensure the stability of the imperial power and the peace of the country.
It is the duty of the Dragon Guard to investigate spies from various countries, and also to interrogate them.
Therefore, after knowing that the man in black was a Northern Barbarian spy, he forgot his current identity for a moment.
Han Chong thanked Ye Chutang again.
"Thank you very much. I am Han Chong. I owe Madam Qi another favor."
In his opinion, Ye Chutang was the emperor's man.
Whether he owed her his life or owed her a favor, it would not affect the emperor.
That's why I said it so frankly.
Ye Chutang knew that Han Chong was lying, but he didn't expose him.
"I've made a note of that."
Han rushed back to the team.
Discuss with Wu Chenggang how to deal with the spy and the two corpses.
A hornet stung to death one of Zhao Mingxu's concubines and an escorting official.
The bodies of these two people must be sent to the nearest county government for reporting and removal from the register.
Regardless of whether the spy is dead or alive, he must be sent to the county government office and escorted to the capital by the officials of the county government.
After the discussion, Wu Chenggang gave the Qi, Zhao and Ye families a few warnings.
Then he took twenty Dragon Guards and sent the spy and the corpse to the nearest county government office.
After they left, Han Chong sent a pigeon to the capital to explain the situation to the leader in detail.
Ye Chutang looked at the flying white dove and wanted to eat stewed pigeon.
Qi Yanzhou saw through her thoughts and said gently: "As night falls, hundreds of birds return to their nests. It's a good time to hunt birds."
"Pick the fatter ones, they are delicious when stir-fried."
"Okay, Atang, you just vomited a lot, do you want to eat something?"
Ye Chutang didn't have much of an appetite now, so he shook his head, "Wait for me to calm down and heal my stomach before eating."
"Then you take a rest first. I'll go deal with the wild boar cub."
In order to prevent Ye Chutang from being smoked again, Qi Yanzhou carried the boiled water and walked a little further away with Qi Hean.
Old Madam Qi looked at Ye Chutang, who looked unwell, and scooped a bowl of boiling water for her.
"Tang'er, drink something hot, it can warm your stomach."
"Thank you, mother."
Ye Chutang took the bowl and drank slowly.
Aunt Xu said distressedly, "Madam, there is still some boiling water in the pot. Can I make you some dumpling soup? It will warm your stomach and fill your belly."
"Okay, thank you for your help, auntie."
"It's not a big deal, but it might not taste very good."
"No problem, I'll teach you."
After Ye Chutang finished speaking, he handed his water bag to Aunt Xu.
"The bucket was taken away by Azhou, so we can use the water and dough in it."
Under her guidance, Aunt Xu quickly made the dumpling soup.
The dumpling soup cooked with spiritual spring water is particularly fragrant.
Add some seasonings and sesame oil and it becomes a delicious delicacy.
After eating a bowl, Ye Chutang's stomach immediately felt better.
After eating, she unblocked her sense of smell.
Then he wrote down the steps for pickling wild boar meat with charcoal pencil and gave it to Aunt Xu.
"Auntie, I'm a little sleepy. Please give this to Azhou later."
"Okay, Madam, take a rest."
After Ye Chutang lay down, he found a book, opened it, and covered his face with it to block out the light.
After a while, she fell asleep.
***
At this time, the capital city.
The news that Qi Yanzhou was almost bitten by a black-bellied snake last night has spread throughout the capital.
"The black-bellied snake is a snake that only lives in the south. It suddenly appeared in the north. It must be man-made!"
"I heard that the black-bellied snake is only as thick as a chopstick, attacks very quickly, and is extremely poisonous. If it hides in the dark, almost no one can avoid it. If you are bitten, you will die at best, or become an idiot at best. Fortunately, King Chen is a martial arts expert, so he escaped."
"As soon as the Qi family left the capital, someone took action. This further proves that the secret possession of weapons is false. I'm afraid the Qi family will find evidence to overturn the case!"
"Of course! If King Chen wants to seize the throne, he will surely have hundreds of people responding to his call. Why would he need to hide his weapons?"
"It seems that the rumors are true. The marriage was arranged by the Emperor. He wanted to use it to frame the Qi family for treason and kill all nine generations of the Qi family!"
Such discussions were heard all over the capital.
The news soon spread to the palace.
The emperor was so angry that he pushed the memorials on the desk to the ground.
"Idiots! They are all a bunch of idiots!"
The Dragon Guards were totally unworthy of their name; not only did they fail to kill Qi Yanzhou, they also got him into trouble!
Eunuch De advised, "Your Majesty, Qi Yanzhou deliberately spread the rumor. If you get angry, it will play into his hands."
After saying this, he opened a brocade box.
The box contained eight golden pills, emitting an alluring medicinal fragrance.
"Your Majesty, this is the golden elixir refined by the Taoist Master Shancun. It has the effect of prolonging life and clearing the body of foul qi."
Hearing this, the emperor was no longer angry and his eyes lit up.
"Master Shancun? Is it the Master Shancun who lived to be over a hundred years old but looked like a teenager?"
"Yes, I originally wanted to invite Master Shancun to the palace, but he said that the palace was too polluted and not conducive to cultivation, so he declined. But he didn't want to offend the emperor, so he promised to prepare a portion for the emperor when he made the elixir."
The emperor was a little unhappy. "I will immediately issue an order to let him enter the palace!"
The imperial palace is clearly where the true dragon energy resides, so how come it has become a place of foul air? !
Eunuch De reminded him, "Your Majesty, you know that these hermits are very capable and are not afraid of the imperial power. If you push them too far, they will leave and you will lose your golden elixir."
"That's true," the emperor looked at Eunuch De suspiciously.
"It is said that Master Shancun is like a dragon that can only be seen from head to tail. How did you find him?"
After the incident with Zhang Tianshi, he became very cautious about practicing Taoism and refining elixirs, for fear of repeating the same mistake.
"After Zhang Tianshi died, I sent a letter to the abbot of Qingyun Temple, asking him to help keep an eye out for Shancun Zhenren. I didn't expect that the abbot actually found him."
After saying this, Eunuch De took out a letter from his arms.
"This is the letter that the abbot wrote to the emperor when he sent someone to deliver the golden elixir."
The emperor immediately took the envelope and took out the letter.
After confirming that it was the temple master's handwriting, he began to read it carefully.
The golden elixir was indeed given by the Taoist Master Shancun, and the temple master also invited him to practice in Qingyun Temple during the summer solstice.
The summer solstice is the time when Yang energy is at its peak, and it is the best time for men to practice spiritual cultivation.
The most important thing is that Zhenren Shancun will also go to Qingyun Temple.
"Your Majesty, if you can persuade Master Shancun with sincerity, he may agree to enter the palace and help Your Majesty practice."
This is the last sentence written by the master.
After the emperor read it, he was very excited, "Eunuch De, summon the Minister of Revenue to see you."
After Ye Jingchuan was dismissed from office and exiled, Xie Jingyi, the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, was promoted to Shangshu.
The reason why the emperor promoted him was because the Xie family was a century-old family with rich heritage.
Eunuch De glanced at the stupid emperor and said, "I obey your command."
After saying this, he left the Qinzheng Hall.
The emperor immediately summoned the imperial physician to examine the elixir.
He was now on guard against Eunuch De, so he had to be careful with what he took into his mouth.
The imperial physician cut off a piece of the golden elixir and examined it in front of the emperor.
"Your Majesty, there is no problem with the golden elixir. It uses only the best medicinal materials and it can indeed prolong life."
As for whether it could clear the turbid air in the body, he was not sure.
After all, he doesn't understand monasticism.
The purpose of the emperor asking the imperial physician to examine the elixir was to verify whether the elixir could be taken.
"There won't be any boy's blood or something like that in this elixir, right?"
Although it is effective, he always feels that killing too many lives is not conducive to spiritual practice.
His impotence must have backfired!
The imperial physician knelt down immediately and bowed his head to the ground.
"Your Majesty, rest assured. This golden elixir is made from herbs."
He is Eunuch De's man, so naturally he would not tell the emperor the truth about the golden elixir.
After hearing this, the emperor asked, "Is Doctor Xue not back yet?"
After Ye Chutang and Qi Yanzhou got married, Xue Dong went into the mountains in the name of collecting herbs for the emperor.
"Your Majesty, Doctor Xue has not returned yet."
After saying this, he tactfully reminded: “Your Majesty, since the Imperial Hospital was stolen, the number of replenishments has been less than eleven, and the medicines that the empresses usually take cannot be made.”
The emperor realized that the imperial physician wanted money to buy medicine.
He waved his hands irritably, "I understand, go down."
Everyone asked him for money, but he didn't think about the fact that he had been robbed of all his money by the "ghost thief", okay?
When he thought about the fact that the inner treasury was clean and the national treasury was empty, he felt a headache.
And the Qi family!
The emperor thought of the rumor that "if the Qi family rebelled, they would surely get a lot of support", and he became more determined to destroy the Qi family.
He said to the eunuch who was serving him, "Please prepare your writing."
The emperor wrote four secret letters.
One letter was for Ye Chutang, one for Aunt Su, one for Han Chong, and one for Zhao Mingxu.
After tomorrow, the exile team will be able to reach a hundred miles away.
When the time comes, we will find a suitable place and kill the Qi family with all our strength. I don’t believe they can escape!
Afterwards, just pretend that they are bandits causing chaos.
After all, when Qi Yanzhou first entered the officialdom, he suppressed countless bandits. It is reasonable that he is being retaliated against now that he is in trouble.
The emperor handed the secret letter to the shadow guard and said, "Send one every two hours."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
As soon as the shadow guard left with the secret letter, Eunuch De and Minister of Revenue Xie Jingyi entered the Golden Palace.
Without waiting for Xie Jingyi to salute, the emperor asked directly: "The treasury is empty now. Lord Xie, do you have any way to fill it up as soon as possible?"
After asking, he also deliberately mentioned that Ye Jingchuan had confiscated the property of the Tang family, the richest family in Jiangnan.
Xie Jingyi understood what the emperor meant, but he was not Ye Jingchuan and did not need to rely on sacrifice to become a favorite.
"Your Majesty, I have two plans to fill the national treasury."
Hearing this, the emperor immediately became interested.
"Thank you, my dear, for your advice."
"First, investigate corrupt officials and confiscate their property; second, punish unscrupulous merchants and confiscate their property. In this way, the emperor can not only fill the national treasury, but also gain a good reputation."
"Thank you, my dear Lord, for this idea. It is much more useful than collecting taxes."
Xie Jingyi bowed and saluted, "Your Majesty is wise!"
The emperor waved his hand and said, "Back."
After Xie Jingyi left the Qinzheng Hall, the emperor looked at Eunuch De.
"Go and summon the Imperial Censor and the Municipal Magistrate to come before the Emperor."
The censors supervised all officials. They knew very well who the corrupt officials were and who had more wealth.
The Municipal Order Office is in charge of trade and knows the merchants' assets very well.
Eunuch De was also short of money, so he immediately took the order and left.
After the emperor resolved his worry, he took the elixir from the brocade box and swallowed it.
The effect is immediate.
He felt warm and light, as if he was in the clouds.
And all the fatigue was gone, as if I had endless energy.
"As expected of a pill made by Master Shancun, the effect is excellent!"
After saying that, he hooked his finger at the palace maid serving beside him.
"come over!"
The palace maid understood the desire in the emperor's eyes, and joy emerged in her heart, and she quickly stepped forward.
If you can be favored by the emperor, you can escape from slavery and become a master.
She pretended to sprain her ankle and fell into the emperor's arms.
"emperor……"
The emperor enjoyed the drawn-out tone so much that his hand slid restlessly into the maid's clothes and pinched it.
The palace maid moaned coquettishly.
"Well... Your Majesty, I feel so uncomfortable..."
She snuggled into the emperor's arms softly and blew into his ears deliberately.
Most of the palace maids have had the idea of becoming a phoenix from a sparrow, so they naturally know how to please men.
The emperor picked up the maid and said to the eunuch, "The censor and the city magistrate will be here soon. Ask them to wait outside the palace."
"I obey your command."
The emperor carried the palace maid to the dragon couch in the inner hall.
As a result, his clothes were taken off, his desire was strong, but he was still impotent.
“Bang!”
The emperor slapped the maid on the face and said, "Useless slave, you deserve to die!"
After saying this, he picked up the jade pillow and smashed the maid to death.
He cursed angrily: "What a miracle doctor! A quack!"
Looking at the palace maid's eyes that were still open, he quickly put on his inner clothes and got down from the dragon couch.
"Someone, come and deal with this slave girl."
The eunuch on duty immediately called for someone to come in and drag away the body of the palace maid, cleaned the inner hall, and lit ambergris.
When the censor and the mayor came to the imperial study, the Qinzheng Hall had already been tidied up.
When the emperor and several officials were discussing which corrupt officials and unscrupulous businessmen to investigate.
Ye Chutang woke up from his lunch break.
She took the book off her face, yawned, sat up, and looked around. Most people were still sleeping.
Qi Yanzhou slept next to Ye Chutang.
Sensing that she had woken up, he also stood up.
"Ah Tang, are you hungry?"
Ye Chutang had eaten a bowl of dumpling soup before taking a nap, so he wasn't very hungry at the moment.
She shook her head. "I'm not hungry. What time is it?"
Qi Yanzhou glanced at the shadow of the tree on the ground and said, "The end of the afternoon."
It gets dark late in the summer, but now the sun is still high in the sky and the temperature is scorching hot.
He said, "I have marinated the wild boar meat according to the recipe you wrote."
"Okay, let's start grilling when the sun sets."
After Ye Chutang finished speaking, he stood up and went to the lake to wash his face.
After washing, she went to find Han Chong.
"My husband and I are going into the woods to find something to eat. We will be back in half an hour."
Han Chong nodded and said, "Okay, if you haven't returned in half an hour, you will be treated as fugitives, and the Qi family will be beheaded on the spot."
Ye Chutang smiled and said, "If I wanted to escape, I wouldn't have saved you at all."
After saying that, she returned to the camp and pulled Qi Yanzhou into the woods.
"Go pick the thorns."
Although the sun was very strong at this time, there was shade and breeze in the woods, so it was not too hot.
Qi Yanzhou noticed that someone was following him and asked Ye Chutang, "Should we ignore him or get rid of him?"
Ye Chutang glanced back.
"Never mind. They're far enough away that our conversation won't be overheard."
"Well, what does Atang want to talk about?"
Ye Chutang asked directly: "Do you know who Han Chong and the others are?"
Qi Yanzhou glanced back and said in a low voice, "If I'm not mistaken, they should be the Dragon Guards."
"A royalist who obeys the emperor's orders?"
"Almost the same, but also a little different. The Dragon Guards must not only ensure the stability of the imperial power, but also ensure the peace of the country."
The latter sentence is originally one and the same, but for the current Beichen Kingdom, it is going in the opposite direction.
Because the royal family is persecuting the people!
Ye Chutang found it ridiculous and laughed out loud.
"The stability of the imperial power and the peace of the country are contradictory. How can they maintain both?"
Qi Yanzhou held Ye Chutang's hand and said, "I guess they only take on tasks that can be protected at the same time."
For example, this time.
The Dragon Guards felt that the Qi family was plotting a rebellion, which was detrimental to the imperial power and would bring unrest to the country, so they took on the task of dealing with the Qi family.
Ye Chutang understood and asked, "For the Dragon Guards, which is more important, the imperial power or the country?"
"It must be because the imperial power is so great, otherwise they would have taken action against the royal family long ago."
"That's true. Do you think there's a possibility of rebellion?"
Qi Yanzhou thought for a moment and said, "The chances are slim, but we can give it a try."
"Then give it a try."
Ye Chutang had previously thought that the people sent by the emperor to kill the Qi family must have committed many sins.
After she killed Ruger and saved everyone.
The merit value increases and decreases.
Saving good people increases, killing bad people increases, saving bad people decreases.
She thought that since the Dog Emperor had so many minions, his merit value would definitely drop sharply.
The details of the increase and decrease surprised her.
The merit points of none of the one hundred dragon guards decreased.
The number can be as many as tens of thousands or as few as dozens.
She guessed at the time that although Han Chong and his men were the emperor's minions, they were not bad people.
So, she patiently tested Han Chong, and went to great lengths to force him to acknowledge her "life-saving grace".
After confirming her guess, she began to think about inciting rebellion.
Now after hearing Qi Yanzhou's words, he became more determined.
Qi Yanzhou supported Ye Chutang's idea, "If you need my cooperation, feel free to ask."
Ye Chutang inserted her fingers into Qi Yanzhou's fingers and interlocked theirs.
"Okay, where is the prickly ash? I want to eat more."
Qi Yanzhou took Ye Chutang to the place where he had picked the prickly ash before.
It’s a very large area, alternating between yellow and red, very beautiful.
"Atang, don't move. The branches of the thorn tree have many small thorns. I'll do it."
After saying that, he reluctantly let go of Ye Chutang's hand.
"Then you pick them here, and I'll go see if there are any other wild fruits nearby."
"Be careful, there might be snakes."
"I know. I'll be back soon."
Ye Chutang came to the woods not to eat, but to catch wasps.
The dog emperor has given her such a great help, she must give it back!
After Ruger's death, the hornets were leaderless and hid in every corner of the woods.
Because there are so many hornets, it is quite easy to find them.
Ye Chutang caught nearly five hundred of them in the time it took to finish a cup of tea.
Put it in a breathable bamboo basket with slits and place it in space.
She was not good at beekeeping, but she was good at using poison.
The northern barbarians can make hornets carry drugs that induce fire poison, and she can also make hornets carry poison!
After finishing his work, Ye Chutang said to Qi Yanzhou who was not far away: "A Zhou, I need to go to the toilet. Please help me keep an eye on the officials and don't let them get close."
Qi Yanzhou took a few steps towards Ye Chutang.
"Okay, call me if you need anything."
After Ye Chutang responded, he teleported to the palace.
This place is fifty miles away from the imperial palace. It takes almost ten thousand merit points to go back and forth such a long distance.
It’s about the same as what she earns today, so she doesn’t feel bad about it.
She guessed that the emperor should be in the imperial study at this time, so she went to the inner hall.
Ye Chutang pushed the wooden board under the bed a little further away.
There were no shoes next to the bed, which meant that the emperor was not in the inner hall.
The emperor's voice came from the outer hall.
"Then it's decided. For the officials, we'll target the Minister of Works, the Minister of Agriculture, and the Vice Minister of Rites. For the merchants, we'll target the Huang and Chen families."
"I will live up to the emperor's expectations and confiscate the property of these corrupt officials and profiteers."
"I will only give you ten days. Dali and the Ministry of Justice will cooperate with you. Go down and prepare."
"I obey your command. I will take my leave now!"
Although Ye Chutang only heard a few words, he understood what the emperor wanted to do.
In order to make money, they will do anything!
"Your Majesty, it's getting late. Do you want to go back to the bedroom and have dinner?"
As soon as Eunuch De finished asking the question, the emperor just said "hmm".
He was busy almost the whole day and was indeed very tired.
"Go back to the bedroom."
When Ye Chutang heard this, he knew that if he didn't take action now, he would have no chance.
She immediately moved to the floor of the front hall and pushed the wooden board under the table open a little.
Release the wasp.
The hornets scrambled to fly out of the bamboo basket.
At the same time, she deliberately used her supernatural powers to make a lot of noise in the inner hall.
Cover up the buzzing sound of the wasp's wings.
Eunuch De's face tightened and he shouted, "Who is in the inner hall?"
Half of the emperor's shadow guards stayed behind to protect him, while the other half immediately rushed to the inner hall to capture people.
Nothing was found.
At this time, there were enough hornets flying out of the bamboo basket.
Eunuch De not only heard the buzzing sound, but also saw the crazy hornet.
He immediately waved it away with his sleeves, "Why are there wasps in the hall?"
Before he could finish his words, hornets were seen everywhere.
The emperor was terrified and shouted, "Get rid of these hornets!"
The shadow guard protected the emperor while searching for the source of the hornets.
"It seems to have come down from the table."
Before the shadow guard opened his mouth, Ye Chutang had already changed his position and was at the feet of the Dog Emperor.
He was so nervous that he didn't even notice that the wooden board under his feet was pushed away a little.
A wasp came out from the gap and flew directly into the emperor's robe.
"Ah! It hurts! I was bitten!"
After being stung by a wasp, the emperor jumped up and down in pain.
The wasp in the robe was irritated and stung even more violently.
Ye Chutang achieved his goal. After releasing the remaining hornets into the yard, he teleported back to the woods.
She was gone for less than half an incense stick of time, and no one noticed she was gone.
The emperor in the imperial study fainted from the pain.
The shadow guards and the serving palace maids and eunuchs were also badly stung.
Even Eunuch De was stung twice on the face.
He saw the emperor lying unconscious and being attacked madly by hornets, and he roared loudly.
"Hurry up and wrap the emperor in a blanket. Also, wasps are afraid of fire and thick smoke."
As soon as these words were spoken, the shadow guard immediately took off his clothes and set them on fire to drive away the hornets.
The eunuch carried the unconscious emperor to the dragon bed and covered him with a quilt.
Thanks to the efforts of the Shadow Guard, the hornets were quickly eliminated.
When the imperial physician came to the imperial study, the emperor had already developed a high fever.
After the dragon robe was taken off, the emperor's sting was revealed.
Everyone gasped in shock.
He was covered in lumps, especially on the insides of his legs, which was simply unbearable to look at.
Even Longyang's area was so swollen that it stretched his thighs apart!
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