Pregnant after dressing up as a pure man

Chapter 55

No matter how he resisted, the situation was stronger than others. Qi Si succumbed to the oppressive power of the ancient feudal ruling class, angrily lying on the bed and pulling the quilt to cover his face, not wanting to see the face of the ruling class who oppressed him.

Seeing that he drank the medicine, Xiao Min regained his energy, his heart sank, he turned around and waved away the maids and eunuchs, and went to the small bed in the outer room to lie down and sleep.He didn't sleep all night, and he was really sleepy. He knew that he was too impatient last night, so he brought the imperial physician who served the emperor here for diagnosis and treatment.

The prince originally thought that as long as he woke up and confessed his mistake to His Majesty, the matter of intercepting the imperial doctor would be over. He never thought that before he apologized to the emperor, he heard a piece of bad news—he sent the imperial doctor to the imperial hospital last night. Called away, the imperial concubine suddenly fell ill, urgently summoned the imperial physicians Song and Hu, but failed, which aggravated her condition.

Imperial Physician Hu did not return to the Imperial Hospital until midnight, and hurried to Changle Palace after learning that the imperial concubine was seriously ill.However, the imperial concubine developed a high fever, which frightened the doctor Hu terribly.

When this matter spread outside the palace, the officials thought that the prince was arrogant and conceited, and immediately became angry.The officials' impeachment memorials flew to the emperor's desk like a snowflake, and the officials headed by Prime Minister Zuo unanimously demanded that the emperor punish the prince.

In ancient times, it was a serious accusation if a young man was judged to be disrespectful.What's more, in the "shang" that the prince disrespects this time, there are His Majesty the emperor who is the king of a country, and the most honorable woman in the world, the imperial concubine, the matter is even more serious.

Even if Xiao Min acted in a hurry and dragged away the imperial physician to save people, he still couldn't stop the verbal criticism from the officials.In addition, when Prime Minister Zuo ascended the heights and shouted, tears poured down on the imperial court and begged the emperor to treat the imperial concubine's illness. Other officials also knelt on the ground and begged to punish the prince. The emperor was also a little difficult to deal with.

The emperor was also not very comfortable. The crown prince had indeed overstepped his authority when he stopped Song Taiyi midway. Since ancient times, emperors have been suspicious. Men at the top of power can't tolerate the people below challenging authority, even if the person challenging is his beloved son.

Because of the prince's matter, there was another quarrel in the court.

Prime Minister Zuo rushed to the front of the imperial court, and the old man in his sixties and seventies cried tearfully, which was very touching, causing many followers to kneel down and beg.You Cheng and others were not to be outdone, and quickly knelt down in front of the emperor to state the prince's various benefits, and he acted rashly only when he was in a hurry to save people. Please forgive me.

Prime Minister Zuo immediately jumped up, pointed at Prime Minister Right's nose and cursed: "Is the life of General Qi more noble than that of the imperial concubine? If His Majesty is ill and the imperial physician does not arrive in time, what will happen? Is it true that in the prince's heart, the emperor And the life of the imperial concubine is not as good as that of General Qi?"

Those words killed people, all the officials changed their faces, and even the emperor's complexion darkened a little.

Prime Minister You took a peek at the emperor's face, did not dare to argue with Prime Minister Zuo, and quickly knelt on the ground and said to the emperor: "I have no such intentions, nor does His Highness the Crown Prince! Let the Emperor know! Your Highness the Crown Prince and General Qi have feelings for each other." Deeply, General Qi was seriously injured by Temuza and was dying. The prince was so anxious that he intercepted the imperial physician, but he never intended to offend him. I never thought that the imperial concubine happened to be seriously ill and needed an imperial physician. At that time, there were other imperial physicians on duty in the imperial hospital , the imperial concubine must ask the imperial physician of the Song Dynasty to be diagnosed and treated by the imperial physician Hu, so as to delay her illness, if His Royal Highness knows that the imperial concubine is seriously ill, she will definitely call the imperial physician of Song back."

Prime Minister Zuo murdered his heart, and secretly accused the crown prince of committing crimes. He had no dignity, and Prime Minister Right was not to be outdone, implying that the imperial concubine would not get sick sooner or later, but it happened at this juncture that she fell ill. .There are obviously other imperial physicians in the Imperial Hospital, but it is obviously intentional to choose Imperial Physicians Song and Imperial Physicians Hu.

Naturally, Prime Minister Zuo would not let it go, and immediately said: "What Prime Minister You said means that the imperial concubine should not be sick in this matter? Shouldn't Your Majesty summon the imperial physician at this time?"

Prime Minister Zuo is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and he never leaves His Majesty with three words, and always binds His Majesty and the imperial concubine firmly together, making Prime Minister You and the prince's people jealous and dare not argue wantonly.

"I absolutely dare not!" Prime Minister You said.

"Okay." The emperor's expression was unclear, "Don't quarrel with the two lovers, let the prince explain this matter to the emperor."

"Your Majesty is wise." You Cheng hurriedly said.

Prime Minister Zuo was very angry, even to this point, His Majesty still defending the crown prince is really annoying.After listening to the emperor's words, the people in the prince's family knew that the prince's sacred heart was still there and had not fallen out of favor, so they wiped their sweat secretly.

His Majesty the emperor did not allow his subjects to debate, but only asked the prince to explain, which meant to give the prince a chance.No matter how unwilling Prime Minister Zuo was, he could only admit it.

Just after leaving the court early in the morning, the imperial concubine got the news in the palace and smashed the medicine bowl in anger.

"Your Majesty is also very partial. My emperor was stabbed and fell by Temuza. His Majesty reprimanded everyone in public. The prince and others committed the crime, but he only went to the imperial court to explain."

The maids and eunuchs in Changle Palace were silent, and when the imperial concubine finished venting, Tide dared to say cautiously: "Your Majesty, don't be angry, it's not worth it to be angry with yourself."

The imperial concubine calmed her chest with her hands, her breath became smoother, she sneered and said, "Tide."

"The servant is here."

"Go to the imperial hospital to send a message and ask Imperial Physician Hu to come over."

"Yes."

Chao Chao hastily bowed and exited Changle Palace, and hurried to the Tai Hospital to call someone.When she brought Imperial Physician Hu into the Changle Palace, the news spread like wildfire——

The imperial concubine's condition worsened and she was lying in bed unable to get up.

Secretly, there was even gossip circulating that the imperial concubine was seriously ill because the prince called away the imperial physicians Hu and Song whom the imperial concubine was used to, otherwise her condition would never have worsened.

Those who don't know the truth will only think that the prince is not filial to his mother and concubine, but those who are interested will know that the imperial concubine is determined to put the shit basin on the prince's head.

As soon as the imperial concubine fell ill, the imperial physician also said that she was seriously ill, and people in the palace were panicked.

When the prince heard the news, he knew that he had caused trouble, so he didn't make excuses, and went directly to Qinzheng Hall to plead guilty with the thorns on his back.

The emperor did not see him.

The prince has been kneeling outside the Hall of Qinzheng with the thorn on his back.Numerous court ladies and eunuchs, officials coming and going saw them, and looked at them from a distance, not daring to go up to talk to him, let alone let the prince get up.

The emperor asked the prince to go to the imperial court to explain, but no one knew what the prince meant when he came and didn't meet him.

The sun was rising gradually, and the bluestone road in front of the Qinzheng Hall was scorching hot. The prince did not wear a crown, but dressed plainly, and knelt on the stone road with a thorn on his back, with his back straight.

The maids and eunuchs kept their eyes on him and walked around with small steps.

Not long after, a beautiful woman dressed in palace attire hurried over from the end of the stone road, followed by two court ladies, who were the adoptive mother of His Royal Highness, Duanfei.

She walked up to the prince and saw that the prince's forehead was covered with sweat and his face was reddened by the sun. She immediately felt sorry for him and scolded the little Fuzi who was waiting on the side. Hurry up and help the prince up!"

Xiao Fuzi knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "Your Majesty, forgive me! Help the prince up, little one!"

"I'm the one who wants to kneel." The prince waved his hand, "Mother and concubine don't have to worry, I'm fine."

"Look at you, your face is red from the sun." Concubine Duan distressedly wiped the prince's sweat with a handkerchief, but the prince avoided him.

"Prince..."

"Mother Concubine." The Crown Prince respectfully said, "I called away my father's imperial physician without authorization, and caused the imperial concubine and empress to be seriously ill. I deserve death. Mother Concubine, let me kneel here to plead guilty."

"But kneeling here is not an option. It's so hot, what if I get sick?" Concubine Duan persuaded.

"Mother and concubine, please come back. I was wrong about this matter, so I will naturally be punished. I should kneel here." The prince said softly.

Seeing that the persuasion was fruitless, Concubine Duan gritted her teeth and said, "Hmph, the imperial concubine will not get sick sooner or later, but she is sick at this time, and she clearly wants to manipulate you. Your majesty is wise and will not be deceived by villains."

Concubine Duan knew that the prince was determined to kneel, so she stopped dissuading her, put away her handkerchief and hurried into the Hall of Qinzheng.

When she went in, the prince said to Xiao Fuzi: "Get up, stop kneeling."

Xiao Fuzi quickly stood up, walked not far away and bowed to wait.

The sun is getting bigger and bigger, it is almost summer, and the sun is scorching hot, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince basks in the sun for half a day, and there is a possibility that something is really wrong with the sun.Xiao Fuzi was worried about His Highness's health but did not dare to persuade him, hoping that Concubine Duan could persuade His Majesty to wake up the Prince.

From time to time, he looked in the direction of Qinzheng Hall and prayed in his heart.

About half a stick of incense, Concubine Duan came out of Qinzheng Hall frowning, Xiao Fuzi knew her concubine was futile when he saw her, and sighed secretly.

Concubine Duan walked quickly to Xiao Min.

"Prince, I didn't talk to His Majesty." Concubine Duan frowned and said, "You are so reckless, why did you call so many imperial physicians to save people? If you really want to see a doctor, can you just call one or two imperial physicians? The official claimed that the imperial concubine was seriously ill because of you, and clamored to punish you, His Majesty was also very embarrassed."

Concubine Duan looked up at Tian'er, her eyes narrowed slightly due to the glare of the sun.

Seeing this, the maid beside her quickly took out her handkerchief to wipe her sweat.

"I know Father is in trouble." Xiao Min didn't justify what he had done, sighed, raised his head and said to Concubine Duan, "Mother and Concubine, go back, this time I made a mistake, and Father will punish you whatever you want." It should be, you must not interfere."

Concubine Duan was right, in fact he shouldn't have made such a mistake, but when he looked at the pale man and knew that he might never wake up again, his mind went blank and his heart was filled with fear.

Once fear, it is easy to do irrational things.

He first called an imperial physician, but the imperial physician couldn't tell the reason for Qi Si's coma, Xiao Min couldn't, so he could only call the second and third ones, and finally became more and more frightened, so he had to call the imperial physicians Song and Hu as well Come on, things finally turned out the way they are now.

Concubine Duan's eyes were slightly red, "What does the dignified prince look like kneeling here?"

In Concubine Duan's mind, even if the prince made a mistake, it was an internal matter of the royal family. The so-called family ugliness should not be publicized, and the royal family should deal with the mistakes of the royal family themselves. How could it be humiliating for people to kneel outside the palace for servants and foreign ministers to see.

"The affairs of the royal family are the affairs of the state. Now all the civil and military officials know that I made a mistake, so of course I have to give everyone an explanation." The prince looked serious, and said to the big lady next to him, "Xianghuai, take mother and concubine back to the palace, this matter is not necessary." Intervene again."

"Yes." The Grand Palace Maid blessed, and said to Concubine Duan, "Your Majesty, the sun is too big, let's go back."

Concubine Duan went to see the emperor, and naturally knew that it was meaningless to stay any longer, so she sighed and walked around the prince to leave.

The prince still knelt upright on the bluestone road.

Inside the Qinzheng Hall.

"He really said that?" the emperor asked Zhang Heyu while reading the memorial, without raising his head.

Zhang Heyu said respectfully: "Yes, that's what the eunuch standing by the roadside said. His Highness the Crown Prince said that the affairs of the royal family are state affairs. The Crown Prince made a mistake, so naturally he has to give everyone an explanation."

The emperor closed the memorial and threw it on the desk, saying: "He is acquainted."

Zhang Heyu laughed and said: "Your Majesty, His Highness the Crown Prince has been kneeling for an hour, should he be allowed in?"

The emperor turned his head, with a half-smile, "What do you think?"

"I don't dare to speak nonsense." Zhang Heyu said hastily, "I just feel that the sun is shining today, if the crown prince gets sunburned..."

"Sunburn?" The emperor snorted softly, "He has a big heart and a thick skin, so the sun won't hurt him!"

Zhang Heyu didn't dare to persuade him.

After a while, the emperor said again: "Kneeling is outrageous, let him in."

Zhang Heyu's face showed a bit of joy, he quickly exited Qinzheng Hall, trotted to Xiao Min and said, "Your Highness, stop kneeling, Your Majesty will let you in."

Xiao Min got up.

Kneeling for too long, his legs were a little numb, Xiao Min stood there without moving.

Zhang Heyu said: "Your Highness, do you want slaves to help you?"

Xiao Min shook his head and waited for a while. After his legs were no longer numb, he followed Zhang Heyu into the Palace of Qinzheng.As soon as he entered the palace, he quickly knelt in front of the emperor and said loudly, "Father, please forgive me!"

The attitude is very sincere.

His Majesty the Emperor looked at him for a while and asked, "Forgive me? What crime did the Prince commit?"

Listening to the emperor's tone, Xiao Min knew that he was not happy, and said: "Father, I shouldn't have invited the imperial physicians of my father and the imperial concubine away, making the imperial concubine seriously ill, and my minister is guilty."

The emperor smiled, didn't answer his words, and suddenly asked: "What's on your back?"

Xiao Min said: "Jingtiao. My son pleads guilty, please punish the emperor."

Emperor: "Apologize for the crime?"

"Yes." Xiao Min said.

Emperor: "If I don't slap you a few times, am I sorry for the thorns on your back?"

Xiao Fuzi and Zhang Heyu next to him trembled.Xiao Min's face showed no sign of change, and he said sincerely: "The thorns on my shoulders were made by my father."

"No excuses?"

Xiao Min shook his head, "I have indeed done something wrong, please punish Father and give an explanation to Father and Imperial Concubine."

"Okay!" The emperor was very satisfied, "For the sake of your honesty and confession, I will not punish you. If you like to kneel, you can go to the imperial mausoleum and kneel for a month to reflect on your mistakes."

Go to the imperial mausoleum to kneel for a month?

Zhang Heyu and Xiao Fuzi were startled, it seemed that His Majesty was really angry.

"Thank you, father." Xiao Min kowtowed, with no strange expression on his face.

The emperor waved his hand, "Back down."

Xiao Min stood up and said respectfully: "My son will leave."

Xiao Min took Xiao Fuzi out of the Palace of Qinzheng, a slight smile gradually appeared on his upright face.

After kneeling for an hour, my knees were painful and numb, but the result was satisfactory.His father only asked him to go to the imperial mausoleum to kneel for a month, and did not punish him substantially.

Back at Xiufeng Palace, Xiao Min entered the bedroom with light steps, and the maids rushing up made a gesture of silence, then walked gently to the bedside in the inner room, and stared down at the face of the sleeping person on the bed.

The person on the bed was lying quietly, his eyebrows were soft, and he was not as energetic as usual.

Xiao Min stared at it for a while, and the restlessness in his heart slowly disappeared.

In fact, he often asks himself a question, why does he like Qi Si?

If you need his modern knowledge and military connections, you don't need to like him, you just need to convince him to be your subordinate.However, he has done many things that should not be done for his subordinates.

So, he came to the conclusion that he liked him.

Before, he didn't know how much he liked it.At that time, his understanding of liking was that he liked this person staying by his side, even if he didn't do anything, it made people feel happy.Until Temuza came to Dayu, he actually used the divine power crossbow privately, and even intercepted his father's imperial physician on the way.

Things I never thought I'd do.

Like crazy.

Growing up oppressed by his opponents in the palace, he was always rational and tried to take care of the overall situation when dealing with things, but this time...

Xiao Min sighed, very worried about how to get along with her irrational self in the future.

I also worry about whether to continue to keep this person by my side.

If you continue to stay, it will interfere with your own judgment...