northernbook Chapter 157 Framed
Chapter 157 Framed
"You came to see me. I'm happy."
I had already organized my words when Shen Peiqing suddenly said this.
Rong Su was a little surprised.
There was a brief silence in the air.
Shen Peiqing showed a hint of helplessness, and then asked first: "Is there something wrong?"
Hearing his words, Rong Su thought of the important matter and did not dwell on what had just happened. She said, "This is what I need you to do for me. I want to find out what herbs and medicinal materials are in Rong Yingxin's prescription."
"Okay. I'll send someone to check. I can give you the name of the herb within a day."
Shen Peiqing agreed without saying a word, and immediately went to find someone.
After he gave them instructions and they did their job, they sat there quietly without saying a word. The scene was a little too quiet and awkward.
Feeling a bit uncomfortable, Rong Su spoke first: "How is the deployment map going? Is there anything I can help you with?"
Shen Peiqing could sense her discomfort, so he just smiled faintly and said calmly, "It's okay. Those things are already progressing slowly. Of course, I'll find you if I need anything."
"Ah, yes. Okay." Rong Su nodded after hearing this, but then didn't know what to say. She thought it would be better to go find the Queen Mother first.
"Then me."
Before he finished speaking, Shen Peiqing spoke again: "Xiao Su. Have you ever thought about what you will do after you have taken revenge?"
After revenge?
Rong Su was slightly stunned, her mind went blank for a moment, and she felt a little confused.
She had never thought about this matter. Her goal had always been revenge. She didn't know what she would do if she lost this goal one day.
She couldn't help but feel a little confused. Perhaps there was one thing in her heart that she was not sure she could take revenge.
It is also possible that you will lose your life on this road.
If you lose your life, how can you talk about the future?
Faced with Shen Peiqing's question, she couldn't give an answer.
"I'm sorry, I can't answer that. You should be busy. Once your people have found out, send them out of the palace to me."
Shen Peiqing didn't really want to know the answer, so he nodded: "Okay."
He kept staring at the door for a long time until Rong Su left.
Soon, Shitou came and saw Shen Peiqing still looking at the door. He couldn't help but wonder: "Master, what are you looking at?"
Hearing the sound of the stone, he came back to his senses and asked, "What happened?"
Shitou immediately said seriously: "I got the news from Baitiaomen that Bai Kushen is now in the northwest."
Hearing this, Shen Peiqing pondered for a moment. It was unlikely for him to leave Dongdu and go to the northwest to look for medicinal herbs now.
"Go find it yourself."
"Then master, if I'm not here, you..." Shi Tou was worried that Shen Peiqing's skills had just recovered a little, and what if Shen Fengyu launched an assassination attack at this time.
Understanding Shitou's concerns, Shen Peiqing pondered for a moment and then said, "You don't believe me?"
How dare I! Shitou shook his head in fear: "Of course not. Then master, I will set out today and bring you the herbs as soon as possible."
"Ah."
After Rong Su left the military advisory office, she asked the palace maids and went to the Cining Palace.
Before entering the Cining Palace, palace maids were already waiting outside.
When the palace maid saw Rong Su, she came forward with a smile on her face and said, "Is it Miss Rong?"
Seeing the palace maids coming to pick her up, he probably guessed that the Empress Dowager must have received the news of her coming through the palace maids a long time ago.
"Yes. Thank you for your help, sir."
The palace maid smiled and said, "Don't be so polite. The Queen has actually wanted to see the young lady for a long time. She is also looking forward to seeing the young lady."
After hearing this, Rong Su was still very confused.
Apart from the Emperor of Dongzhou, even the Queen Mother of Dongzhou knew her, but she had never had any interaction with the Queen Mother.
"Eunuch, I want to ask a question. Why does the Empress Dowager want to see me so much?" Rong Su was actually full of questions.
The palace maid smiled, her tone gentle: "Wait until the young lady meets the Empress Dowager, and you will know."
Since the palace maid didn't say anything, Rong Su didn't dare to ask any more.
When we arrived at the Cining Palace, before we entered, we could smell a faint scent of ambergris coming from the largest palace in the Cining Palace.
It hits you in the face and contains a light fragrance.
"Is it Miss Rong?"
The voice is full of kindness and gentle charm.
He didn't sound old. She looked up and saw a white-haired old man sitting on a bench, looking at her with kind eyes.
Rong Su saw this and immediately bowed, "Greetings, Her Majesty the Queen Mother."
The Queen Mother smiled slightly and held out her hand to signal her to come over: "Come, come, let me see you."
It seemed like she had only met the old man a few times, but she had not met many kind old men. In her previous life, all the people she met were people with extremely bad character.
She hurried over and held out her hand for the Queen Mother to hold gently, and the Queen Mother asked her to sit aside.
"Your name is Rong Su, right?"
Rong Su was still a little embarrassed in front of the charitable old man: "Yes, my lady."
The Queen Mother gently stroked the back of her hand and looked at her with a smile, her eyes seeming to be looking through something.
"I didn't expect so many years to pass by so quickly."
Hearing this, Rong Su knew that the Queen Mother must know someone related to her.
Considering the previous behavior of Emperor Dongzhou, she had some understanding, perhaps he knew her mother.
The Queen Mother gently patted the back of her hand, as if reminiscing and sighing, "Xiao Su, your mother Xie Lian and I actually have a strong connection."
When Rong Su heard A Niang's name, she understood.
"Xiao Su. Xie Lian is a very clever person, very good at both her work and her personal life. I once wanted her to be my daughter-in-law, but unfortunately, my silly son might not be that good, so Lian'er didn't like her."
The Queen Mother smiled helplessly, and seemed to have a very high opinion of her mother.
She looked at her, her eyes filled with satisfaction: "You're growing up so well. Grow up well, kid."
For some reason, Rong Su felt a little sad when she heard this.
It was the same when she met the Emperor of Dongzhou before, and it was the same now when she met the Empress Dowager. Why did she want to let down all her defenses when she saw them?
The Queen Mother saw her emotions, patted the back of her hand, and said softly, "Child, you have worked hard. You must have been through a lot."
Rong Su couldn't hold back her words any longer, and tears began to well up in her eyes, making her feel very sad.
The Queen Mother hugged her gently and patted her back gently to comfort her.
Sobbing silently, the Queen Mother felt even more distressed when she saw Rong Su trying to hold back her tears.
He raised his hand and touched the side of her face, gently soothing her emotions.
"Good boy. Cry if you're sad."
Listening to the gentle voice, Rong Su became tired of crying, because she felt that she couldn't cause too much trouble to an old man whom she had just met.
She wiped away her tears and said softly, "Thank you, my lady. I'm fine."
The Queen Mother sighed softly, "Child. Actually, I sent people to look for your mother, but ever since she married Rong Heng, they seem to have disappeared and gone into seclusion."
Rong Heng? Is that her father's name?
The Queen Mother saw her confusion and seemed to understand something, so she said, "Child, didn't Lian'er tell you about your father?"
Rong Su was surprised and shook her head: "I have never seen my father since I was born, and my mother has never mentioned him on her own initiative."
The Queen Mother was silent for a moment and sighed softly.
"That's it."
It was the first time Rong Su heard her father's name, and she was indeed curious.
"My Lady, can you tell me what kind of person my father is?"
The Queen Mother was stunned for a moment, then lowered her eyes, as if thinking about how to tell her.
Soon, the Queen Mother slowly said, "It's been so long that sometimes I can't quite remember what your father looks like. He's like an ethereal immortal. His manner of speaking and perspectives are completely different from ours."
Fairy?
"But I heard that my father is just an ordinary villager."
Rong Su heard this from the Emperor of Dongzhou, but in the eyes of the Queen Mother, it was not the case.
The Queen Mother suddenly laughed again: "That explanation is correct. Your father is indeed a country boy. It's just that he doesn't look like one."
What kind of people are immortals, villagers, and fathers?
Rong Su fell into deep thought.
Later, the empress dowager talked to her about many things, asking her how she had been doing over the years and asking her to come to the Cining Palace often to talk to her.
She would definitely agree to these, and she also wanted to get to know her parents better through the Queen Mother.
After chatting for a while, Rong Su had to leave the palace because she still needed to continue developing a prescription for the epidemic.
Before leaving, she left some prescriptions for strengthening the body for the palace servants.
"These are prescriptions for strengthening the body. You can have them examined by the imperial physician and if they are all ok, you can give them to the Empress Dowager. There have been people suffering from the epidemic in Dongzhou recently, so I think it's good to take precautions."
Upon hearing this, the palace attendant nodded and said with a smile, "Miss Rong and the Empress hit it off. I hope Miss Rong will come often in the future. The Empress is actually bored being alone in the palace."
"Okay." Rong Su smiled.
After leaving the palace, I suddenly received an important news.
"What did you say?"
Wood is the cousin of stone.
Mu Tou told Rong Su that it was the new news given to her by Shen Peiqing.
"We've found out who poisoned the Emperor of Dongzhou. It was Prince Wu's mother, Her Highness Consort Xian."
How could this be? The first-grade Jiuhong was clearly bought by Prince Ning's people, so how come the investigation revealed that it was bought by Her Royal Highness Empress Xian?
"So what's the situation now?"
Mu Tou said, "The Emperor of Dongzhou is furious and has imprisoned Her Highness Concubine Xian in the cold palace. Prince Wu is kneeling outside the Emperor's study, begging him to conduct a thorough investigation."
If you find out that it is your partner who is harming you, anyone would be scared and angry.
Rong Su pondered for a moment, then looked at Mu Tou and said, "I have evidence to prove that Her Highness Concubine Xian was wrongly accused. I want to go to the palace to see the emperor."
Mu Tou immediately said, "Please follow me, Miss Rong."
When Mu Tou came, Shen Peiqing had already instructed him that if Rong Su wanted to enter the palace, he should help her as quickly as possible.
Following Mu Tou into the palace again, with Mu Tou's help, he arrived at the door of the imperial study more quickly and saw King Wu kneeling in front of the door.
It was obvious that the Emperor of Dongzhou was full of energy and didn't want to see King Wu at all.
Seeing this, Rong Su decided to give the evidence to Emperor Dongzhou first.
He walked to the palace servant at the door and said, "Please tell His Majesty. I have something I want to see you about."
The palace maid had obviously heard the words from the Emperor of Dongzhou, and when she saw it was Rong Su, she nodded and went in.
After a while, the palace maid came out and said, "Miss Rong, please come in."
Rong Su glanced at King Wu who lowered his head, and hurriedly followed the palace maid into the imperial study.
After entering, I saw Emperor Dongzhou practicing calligraphy there.
Emperor Dongzhou exuded a strong anger from head to toe, and now writing was just a way to vent his anger.
When he saw Rong Su coming, he did not put down the pen and continued to write, but his voice sounded calm.
"Child, you are here. Come and see what I have written."
Rong Su walked over and looked at the four big words "Harmony is the most important", which were as sonorous and powerful as pine and cypress.
"Your Majesty's calligraphy is the most graceful and unique I have ever seen. Excellent calligraphy."
When Emperor Dongzhou heard this, he suddenly smiled and seemed not to be angry anymore.
"Haha, I love what you said! It's so sincere!"
Rong Su smiled and then went straight to the point: "Your Majesty, I have evidence that it was not Concubine Xian who did it."
But in a moment, Emperor Dongzhou's expression turned much colder, and he seemed unwilling to talk about it.
"Child, now I just want to practice my calligraphy well."
The Emperor of Dongzhou already doted on her greatly, otherwise he would have been dragged out and beaten with a stick for saying those words to her.
Rong Su also knew this, but she didn't take advantage of being tolerated to act recklessly. She just didn't want to see an innocent person being wrongly accused.
"Your Majesty, I know you must be in a bad mood right now. However, if someone deliberately alienates you and Concubine Xian, then the sad person is not just you. What about Concubine Xian and Prince Wu?"
Emperor Dongzhou fell silent immediately.
Seeing that he was clearly moved, Rong Su continued, "This is the intelligence and evidence I have obtained. Please review it."
After saying that, she took out a piece of letter paper.
Emperor Dongzhou glanced at her, then took it and opened it.
After reading it, he became angry and slammed the table.
"How ridiculous! Is Xuanyuan Zhi planning a rebellion?"
"Quickly capture this evil creature Xuanyuan Zhi!"
But just when the palace maid was about to leave in fear, another palace maid hurried into the imperial study.
"Your Majesty, report!"
The Emperor of Dongzhou was furious: "What's the matter?"
The palace maid shuddered and knelt on the ground: "Empress Xian, Empress Xian has hanged herself."
"What!" When Emperor Dongzhou heard the news, he was so shocked that he couldn't even stand steadily. Seeing this, Rong Su immediately reached out and grabbed him.
"how come?"
Emperor Dongzhou found it hard to accept and even turned pale.
At this moment, King Wu suddenly ran in, looking anxious: "Father! My third brother has surrounded the entire palace!"
Emperor Dongzhou opened his eyes wide in shock: "Evil creature!"
He couldn't catch his breath and fainted.
"Father!"
King Wu hurried forward and supported Emperor Dongzhou.
Rong Su also hurriedly began to rescue them. At the same time, she said to King Wu, "Your Highness, you should quickly find the Imperial Guards. If King Ning captures Dongzhou, I think Dongzhou will change hands."
King Wu also realized the crisis and looked at Rong Su and said, "Miss Rong, I leave my father in your care."
"Ah."
After King Wu left, Rong Su began to treat Emperor Dongzhou quickly.