Chapter 196 We'll find it even if we have to turn the Great Sheng Dynasty upside down!
"Zhou Qing, do you know who can use the Rhinoceros Pill?"
His Majesty looked quietly at the minister who had always fought alongside him.
Although he was a subject, he was a companion during the purest period of my youth.
Zhou Congxian had already vaguely guessed it.
His palms sank deep into his hands, and his throat felt as if it were blocked by something.
But she's still waiting.
"Your Majesty, I beg you to grant me medicine." His voice was full of bitterness.
He wanted her to be alive more than to possess her.
His head was kowtowed deeply to the ground.
His Majesty looked at the top of Zhou Congxian's head, as if Zhou Congxian's past and present lives were the same.
I'm head over heels in love with someone.
Whether she is dead or alive.
Many things can only be remembered as truth after a long, long time.
In his previous life, Zhou Congxian's wife, Song, suffered a difficult childbirth, and Song Yitang went to the emperor to request the bestowal of the medicine, Rhinoceros Ox Pill.
Zhou Congxian ignored him coldly, saying that his heart had already died with her.
The child was born with dark skin and a bulbous nose, bearing no resemblance whatsoever to Zhou Congxian's handsome appearance.
Later, when the new Khan of Ule, Bucha, invaded, he saw Bucha and realized that the child was Bucha's child.
At that time, he thought that when Zhou Congxian said his heart was dead, he meant that he was heartbroken after learning of his wife's betrayal.
Seeing him trying so hard to suppress his grief at this moment.
He then realized that the "she" he had mentioned in his previous life was Zhou Congxian's concubine, who was now Meng Shilan.
There was not a sound in the main hall.
Only the faint scent of sandalwood wafted in the air.
Zhou Congxian received no response, and just as he was about to look up, His Majesty's voice came again.
"Zhou Qing, here is the medicine, but you must promise me one thing."
Zhou Congxian raised his head and, without hesitation, immediately replied, "Your subject will give your life!"
His Majesty's lips curled slightly. "I don't need you to sacrifice your life; just remember the oath you made today."
His Majesty then rose from his throne and stepped down.
Before Zhou Congxian could understand what was going on, he saw His Majesty begin to count the blue bricks on the ground as he walked step by step.
Finally, he stood beside him.
His Majesty kicked Zhou Congxian's kneeling foot, saying, "Move over a bit, you're blocking the way."
After he stepped aside, His Majesty slowly squatted down and pulled out two pieces that looked like patches but were not iron sheets from behind his gauze hat.
He inserted the object into the crack between the bricks, and somehow managed to lift the brick up!
Zhou Congxian then realized that the two patches had somehow produced two small hooks, and could have such a strong pulling force.
He didn't have time to think about it; at the bottom of the brick pit was a wooden box the size of a palm.
His Majesty gave him the precious rhinoceros antler cinnabar.
"Zhou Qing, no regrets?"
No regrets!
Zhou Congxian, gripping the rhinoceros horn, charged out like an arrow released from a bow.
His Majesty slowly stood up.
His voice was soft. “In the previous life, the court was beset by internal and external troubles. The court and the people were like a tree that was big but dead. The people were deserted and the hearts of the people were scattered.”
"In this life, we have Zhou Congxian in military affairs and Meng Xingjiang in civil affairs. I have twisted these two ropes into one."
"Whether we can continue the legacy of our ancestors, I do not know..."
His voice was heavy with weariness, and a few coughs escaped his throat.
He gazed at the setting sun atop the imperial city walls.
The dim, yellowish light blurred his vision.
It was as if he saw the same laughing voice from his previous life, along with the laughter of two little children.
Those were the days he once had.
In this life, he didn't want to be a burden to her anymore, so he canceled the election three times in a row.
The time since they first met is long past.
She's probably married by now.
"His Majesty."
His Majesty blinked and realized that the Empress had arrived at the door at some point.
"Why has the Empress come? She should rest properly while she is still recovering."
The Empress had lost a lot of weight, but she looked much more energetic wearing the ivory crown presented by Gao Zhian.
"Your Majesty has not visited my palace for more than two months."
"But she still blames me for not protecting the child."
The Empress couldn't help but shed tears as she spoke.
That's her and His Majesty's first child, and regardless of whether it's a boy or a girl, the child will be showered with love and affection.
But the child still didn't stay.
It is a fully formed male fetus.
His Majesty's voice was devoid of much sorrow, remaining as calm as ever, as if nothing was more important than his state affairs.
"I'm afraid I'm not destined to have children yet."
"If the Empress is feeling bored, she should go home and visit her family."
The Empress watched as His Majesty returned to his desk and picked up his brush to write down his instructions.
Beneath the wide Empress's phoenix robe, her fingers dug deeply into her palms as she suppressed the question that was about to burst forth.
The Empress took a deep breath, her lips trembling, then placed her hand on the arm of her personal maid, raised her head, and walked out of the Hall of Diligent Governance.
*
Although Dr. Cui was surprised that Zhou Congxian had obtained the medicine so quickly.
He couldn't think about that now, and quickly instructed the young apprentice to dissolve the rhinoceros horn pill with ginseng soup.
The patient's heart pulse was weak; if it weren't for his strong will to live, he would probably have already met the King of Hell!
After drinking a bowl of rhinoceros horn and ginseng soup, his pulse became stronger.
Only then did Dean Cui look at the horribly disfigured leg.
His body was covered in silver needles, and he gritted his teeth as he began to reposition it!
Even Meng Shilan, who was already unconscious, was covered in sweat.
Meng Shilan was reluctant to die; she had already suffered for two lifetimes and was only just beginning to enjoy happiness.
She didn't want to die.
Her daughter, Fu'er, is not yet grown up.
She hadn't even heard the little chubby boy call out "Mother" yet.
She has not yet seen her brother get married.
There are so many things she hasn't done.
She felt perfectly lucid, but she couldn't speak or open her eyes.
But she just couldn't move.
The wind was howling.
She seemed to have seen someone.
A frail figure, with a stubborn little boy beside him, and a child who looked about one year old in his arms.
"Mom, why did Dad leave?" The little boy's voice was full of confusion.
The frail figure paused for a moment, then said softly, "Your father has his own reasons for not being able to help him."
The little boy didn't understand, but he kept asking, "Dad hasn't seen his sister yet."
Meng Qinglian turned her head and touched her son's face. "Jiang'er, Lan'er is your blood relative who you will rely on for the rest of your life. Will you protect her for your mother?"
"Yes!" Little Xingjiang answered loudly.
Little Lan'er could say a few words already, and immediately followed her brother in her childish voice, "Yes!"
Meng Qinglian struggled to carry her two children, while Meng Yushan looked down at the mother and her two children from his high position, saying, "This is what you said, that he would come back to find you."
“If you hadn’t threatened Yao Ge’s family with their lives, how could he have left?”
Meng Qinglian's eyes were filled with resentment towards her father!
Meng Yushan sneered, "He kept saying he loved you, but when he took you away, did he ever care about your reputation!"
"He cares about his family, but not about you!"
His voice was booming, and his face was fierce.
Xiao Xingjiang was terrified, but he still bravely stood in front of his mother.
"You're not allowed to bully my mother!"
Xiao Lan'er was born in the Meng family mansion. She was already used to her fierce-looking maternal grandfather, and she reached out to hug him.
"hug!"
Meng Yushan's gaze fell on the face of his little granddaughter, who looked very much like Qinglian.
His fingertips twitched, then he turned away coldly.
"Qinglian, I'll give you one last three months. If he still doesn't come, you'll obediently get into the bridal sedan chair and get married. These two children will be adopted by your eldest brother so that he can have an heir."
He will come back!
Meng Qinglian roared as she watched her father's retreating figure.
The three-month deadline.
Meng Qinglian knew she would never see the person she was waiting for again, so she left behind a letter severing ties with her family and left the Meng family mansion with her child.
Meng Qinglian was Meng Yushan's youngest daughter and the only daughter in the family. She was pampered and raised by him since childhood.
Life outside the mansion was difficult.
But the little smiles on her son and daughter's faces made her grit her teeth and persevere.
Until a flood destroyed the small home of the mother and her two children, Meng Qinglian also fell ill in the plague that followed the flood.
Despite her illness, Meng Qinglian took her child and rushed back to her parents' home.
Finally, she entered the city, but her illness had taken its toll, and she collapsed.
Two children knelt at the entrance of the Meng family mansion, begging their grandfather to save their mother.
Meng Yushan was so angry about the letter severing ties with his family that he fell ill for more than half a year. Now, looking at his two children who looked like little beggars, he was so angry that he lost his mind.
"Your mother has such backbone, why is she coming back now!"
"Now that you're in trouble, you know to come to me?!"
"With all her abilities, why would she need to beg me?!"
Hurtful words slipped out one after another.
Xiao Xingjiang and Xiao Lan'er watched as the door slammed shut in front of them.
The light in the two children's eyes went out instantly.
When they returned to the dilapidated temple, Mother was on her deathbed.
Meng Qinglian gave the lotus-shaped jade pendant to her daughter.
Her voice was weak and feeble, "Lan'er, Grandpa likes you. Please tell him I'm sorry for Qinglian. She hurt him."
Six-year-old Lan'er is already very sensible. She leans on her mother's shoulder, holding her tightly with her two little hands.
"Mother, get well soon. Lan'er will go back with you to find Grandpa, okay?"
Xiao Xingjiang was furious. He wanted to tell his mother that his grandfather had abandoned them a long time ago, but looking at his mother's expression, he couldn't bring himself to say it. He didn't want to hurt his mother any further.
Meng Qinglian patted her daughter's head one last time.
"Alright, Lan'er will accompany Mother back home..."
A storm raged outside the dilapidated temple.
Meng Qinglian died.
He died at his doorstep.
The next day, Meng Yushan led his men to search the entire city, and finally found only his daughter's already cold body in the dilapidated temple.
Meng Yushan, who had never bowed his head before, reached out his hand with red eyes and trembling, but dared not touch his daughter's hand, which had become so thin and emaciated.
His sobs were like blood, "Lian'er, I won't force you anymore, why didn't you come back sooner?"
"Why did you have to learn such a bad temper from your father? What good will it do to lower your head..."
"So what if I look back? So what if Father looks back..."
"General, we haven't found the young master and young lady!"
The officers and soldiers searched the area around the dilapidated temple but could not find the child.
"Find it! We must find it even if we have to turn the entire Great Sheng Dynasty upside down!!"
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