Chapter 840 Ruthless

In the imperial study room, a tripod with three legs gilded with a gilded incense burner carved with patterns of mountains, rivers, sun and moon exudes a sweet fragrance.

Yan Wushuang was listening to Lin Fengyuan, who had returned from Tongcheng, to report the situation there, when he heard Eunuch Min report: "Your Majesty, Mr. Meng is asking to see you."

With a wave of his hand, Yan Wushuang let Lin Feng go away.

Meng Nian entered the imperial study, and said with a smile on his face: "Your Majesty, I just got the news from the northwest that Yun Qihao has smallpox. Han Yuxi even left the government affairs behind to take care of Yun Qihao." Say, it's good news.

Yan Wushuang asked disbelievingly: "The news is true?"

Meng Nian nodded and said, "It's absolutely true. Han Yuxi handed over the government affairs to Tan Tuo, Yuan Ying and other important officials, and also transferred the Qianwei Battalion into the city. Now the whole city of Haocheng is under martial law."

Yan Wushuang nodded slowly and said, "It seems that this matter is true."

Meng Nian said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the four sons of Han Yuxi and Yunqing, Yun Qihao are all outstanding, but the other three have their own shortcomings." Xuan has a weak personality and is easily manipulated by others; as for Yun Qiyou, he has a wild and perverse personality. The triplets have their own shortcomings, and such people will have great troubles when they become heirs.

Yan Wushuang glanced at Meng Nian and said, "Yun Qihao isn't dead yet, so it's too early to say that." Smallpox has a high mortality rate for children, but some of them recover.

Meng Nian felt that Yun Qihao would definitely die this time: "Ninety-nine out of ten people who have smallpox are hopeless." He didn't believe that Yun Qihao would be so lucky to survive.

Yan Wushuang was not overjoyed: "Even if Yun Qihao dies, the following three are not qualified candidates, but this does not affect the overall situation." Yun Qing and Han Yuxi are fine, their situation is still very dangerous.

Hearing this, Meng Nian said regretfully, "It's a pity I couldn't catch Yun Lan last time."

Yan Wushuang never thought about the past: "It is impossible for Yun Qihao to have smallpox for no reason, someone must have done something wrong. Did our people find anything?"

Meng Nian looked a little weird, and said: "Yun Qihao got smallpox, and it was indeed a scheme. The man who did the trick was surnamed Dong, and she was an embroiderer from the Ming Palace." After a pause, Meng Nian gave Dong's details Talk to Yan Wushuang.

The Dong family is the son of the Han family, and there is another old woman from the capital, Yan Wushuang has a guess in her heart: "What about the old woman from the capital?"

Meng Nian said: "Dead. As for the murderer, it is not clear yet. The Dong family has been in the Ming Palace for eight years, and it is considered deep. So many years ago, someone was placed in the Ming Palace, and the mastermind behind the scenes is unknown. Who is it?" Over the years, they have also inserted people into it. It's just that the palace of the Ming Dynasty is extremely strict in employing personnel. Yunqing, Han Yuxi and the eighteen generations of people who serve the children have to investigate thoroughly, so none of their people have held important positions until now. Impossible.

Yan Wushuang thought of Zhou Yan who died more than two months ago, and a glint flashed in his eyes.

Yuchen is very particular about food and clothing, so he cooks all his meals in his own small kitchen on weekdays. In the evening, the small kitchen delivered dinner.

Before he even moved his chopsticks when he was seated, he heard outside that Yan Wushuang was coming. Yuchen got up and ordered Shi Xiang: "Let the kitchen cook two dishes that the emperor loves."

Yan Wushuang just heard this when he came in, glanced at the eight dishes and one soup on the table, and said, "No, these are enough." Although Yan Wushuang's temperament is uncertain, he is very generous to his woman . The women in the harem have high-quality food and clothing, let alone Yuchen.

Yuchen set the table and chopsticks for Yan Wushuang himself, and then sat down again. Yuchen received the most orthodox education, adhering to the principle of not talking when eating or sleeping, so this meal was very quiet.

After eating, Yan Wushuang said to Yuchen, "I have something to tell you." After finishing speaking, he walked towards the bedroom.

Looking at Yan Wushuang's appearance, he knew that he had something to say, Yuchen glanced at Nanny Gui, and then followed out.

Standing beside the wisteria flowers in the room, Yan Wushuang said: "I got the news this morning that Yun Qihao has smallpox." When he said this, Yan Wushuang stared at Yuchen.

This matter was done by Yuchen, but when it came to an end, she couldn't express the feeling in her heart.

Seeing Yuchen in a daze, Yan Wushuang was not as panicked or surprised as he imagined: "What's wrong? Are you sad?"

Yuchen came back to his senses, couldn't help but shuddered thinking of what Nanny Gui said, and immediately knelt on the ground and said: "Your Majesty, Yun Qihao's smallpox was caused by my concubine." Now that Yun Qihao has already got it, Smallpox should also be truthfully reported to Yan Wushuang.

Yan Wushuang had actually guessed that Han Yuchen did this, but she didn't expect her to be honest with herself: "Oh? Why did you do this?"

Yuchen lowered her head and said: "Yu Xi killed Yan'er, I want to avenge Yan'er." Yu Xi killed her Yan'er and made her suffer the pain of losing her son. Then she will make Yuxi suffer the same pain.

For this reason, Yan Wushuang was not surprised: "Apart from Mrs. Dong, have you placed other people in Ming Palace?"

Yuchen said: "Only the Dong family has gained a firm foothold in the Ming Palace, but there are a few of my people in the Han Palace." In fact, Yuchen also placed two people in the Ming Palace, but they were not reused. If Mrs. Dong hadn't been married to Changgui, and if she behaved well on weekdays, she wouldn't have been able to be reused.

Yan Wushuang shook his head. People from Han's mansion would not be able to enter Prince Ming's mansion again after Dong's matter: "Why didn't you tell me about this earlier?" Seeing Yuchen's silence, Yan Wushuang smiled and said, "Yes Are you afraid that I will stop you from taking revenge?"

Yuchen lowered his head and said, "I dare not."

Yan Wushuang sneered at the corner of his mouth: "Why don't you dare? It's also because I have indulged you too much these years."

This made Yuchen tremble with fear.

Yan Wushuang turned her head and walked to the window, looking at the crabapple flowers that were reddened by the afterglow of the setting sun outside the window: "Han Yuxi is not so easy to mess with, she thinks that the Liu family is a beauty scheme jointly set up by me and Yu Chunhao , not only killed Yu Chunhao, but also assassinated several important ministers in the court, and even Meng Nian broke an arm for this. You said that if she knew that Yun Qihao's smallpox was from you, what would happen?"

When Yuchen heard this, he shuddered: "Your Majesty, the death of my concubine is not a pity, I just hope that Ah Chi and Ah Bao are safe."

Yan Wushuang smiled and said: "A Chi and A Bao are my children, and I will definitely try my best to protect them. But I don't know what method Han Yuxi will use to deal with you and A Bao." Everyone can guess, but he can't guess what Han Yuxi is thinking. Just like Yun Qihao's smallpox this time, based on his guess, Han Yuxi would put the overall situation first. But she left political affairs behind and took care of the children wholeheartedly.

When Nanny Gui entered the room, she saw Yuchen kneeling on the ground, her face as white as a piece of paper. Nanny Gui hurriedly called Shi Xiang to help Yuchen onto the bed with her.

Yuchen grabbed Nanny Gui's arm and said, "Mommy, Yun Qihao got smallpox, Yun Qihao really got smallpox." She didn't expect things to go so smoothly.

Although Nanny Gui was in the room just now, she was not far away, and he could hear their conversation clearly. Nanny Gui pressed Yuchen's arm and said, "Your Majesty, don't panic."

After finishing speaking, Nanny Gui said to Shi Xiang: "You stand guard at the door, no one is allowed to come in." Fortunately, she sent all the other court ladies and eunuchs out just now, and few people heard this.

After Shi Xiang left, Nanny Gui said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, Han Yuxi doesn't know that Yun Qihao's smallpox is related to us."

Before, Yuchen had been thinking of revenge all the time, and he got into a dead end, but now that he succeeded, he became sober. Yuchen shook his head and said: "The lord is not her opponent, how can I hide what I did from her? Mother, she will definitely retaliate when she finds out, and she will definitely kill Abao and Achi."

Nanny Gui was bitter, of course she couldn't persuade her, now that everything was done, she knew it would be too late. Sister Quan said: "My lady, don't worry, the emperor will protect the third prince and the eldest princess."

Seeing that Yuchen still looked panic-stricken, Nanny Gui said seriously: "Mother, if you don't want the third prince to have an accident with the eldest princess, you should cheer up. No matter how capable Han Yuxi is, she is far away in the northwest. She just wants to The three princes and the eldest princess are all just those methods. As long as we take strict precautions, they won't be able to get their hands on them."

After a pause, Nanny Gui continued: "Since the emperor knows about this, he will definitely assign more people to the third prince and princess to protect them. Now we must prevent them from tampering with food and clothing..."

After listening to Nanny Gui's words, Yuchen gradually calmed down. Just now she was frightened by Yan Wushuang, so she lost her mind for a while, the matter has been done, fear and regret are useless. What can be done now is to make sure that Achi and Abao have no loopholes to exploit. In this way, even if Yuxi has the ability to reach the sky, she will not be able to harm Abao and Achi.

Meng Nian knew that the person behind Yun Qihao's smallpox was Yuchen, and his eyes almost fell out of shock: "Why, how could it be a noble concubine?" In Meng Nian's impression, Yuchen was the kind of weak and vulnerable A weaker beauty who breaks into tears.

Yan Wushuang said: "I didn't expect that either." He guessed that Yuchen's attack on Yun Qihao should be caused by what he said before. He never denied what he did, but he only said that Zhou Yan was killed by Yuxi because Abao and Achi didn't want Yuchen to resent him. But he didn't expect that it would make Han Yuchen easy to deal with luck.

Meng Nian felt a little regretful: "It would be great if it was Yunqing who had the smallpox [UU Reading 00kxs]." Yun Qihao's death, although Yunqing and Han Yuxi would suffer a blow, but as Yan Wushuang said, it does not affect the overall situation . But when Yunqing died, it would be different. Han Yuxi alone cannot threaten them.

Yan Wushuang shook his head slightly and said, "Yunqing is physically strong, so it's not that easy to get smallpox." Children's bodies are weaker than adults, so they are more likely to be infected.

Meng Nian nodded, and then asked with some doubts: "Your Majesty, why do you think the noble concubine wants to install someone in the Ming Palace?" Meng Nian couldn't figure this out.

Yan Wushuang answered the wrong question: "Since letting her take charge of the backyard, have you seen any accidents in the backyard?" Since Yuchen took charge of general affairs, the backyard has been calm and peaceful.

Meng Nian shook his head.

Yan Wushuang said: "Girls brought up by aristocratic families are not as delicate and kind as they appear on the surface. It's a pity..." It's a pity that Han Yuchen learned the low-level methods of the back house, unlike Yuxi's strategies from elementary school. If not, it is really hard to say which of the two is stronger and weaker.

Meng Nian thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, there are many loopholes in the matter of the noble concubine. Should we help with the aftermath?" If we don't help with the aftermath, they will definitely find out the truth soon.

Yan Wushuang shook his head and said, "Don't interfere for now."

Meng Nian said worriedly: "I'm worried that after the Han family knows the truth, they will kill the noble concubine, the third prince and the eldest princess."

Yan Wushuang said nonchalantly: "If they don't experience the bloody storm, how can they grow up." As his children, if they can't stand the wind and rain, they will die sooner or later.

Meng Nian knew that Yan Wushuang was right, but he still persuaded, "Your Majesty, the third prince and the eldest princess are still young, isn't it appropriate to face such a bloody scene?" , but it is the harm of these two children.

Yan Wushuang shook his head and said, "They are not as delicate as you think, and they are already eight years old, not too young. When Yun Lan was eight years old, she could kill people without changing her face." Although Yun Qihao had never killed anyone , but with his temperament, I'm afraid it will be worse than Yunlan. Compared with these two, Achi is too weak.

Speaking of Yunlan, Meng Nian sighed a little: "I heard that Yunlan has a good record in suppressing bandits in Guangxi, and has been promoted to a sixth-rank hundred households." Zaozao led people to kill a hundred-strong bandit in mid-August . The army has its own rules, even if Yu Xi asks Du Zheng to suppress him, it is impossible for Du Zheng to blatantly suppress him for such a great contribution.

Yan Wushuang said: "Yun Lan has completely inherited Yun Qing's military talent, but unfortunately she is a woman."

Meng Nian said: "Your Majesty, with Yunqing and Han Yuxi as escorts, even if she is a woman, she can do something in the army in the future."

Yan Wushuang shook his head and said: "If Yunlan is a man, she and Yun Qihao will definitely have a battle for the position." Yunlan is good at fighting, but her temper is very similar to Yunqing's and she is not good at strategy. But Yun Qihao is like Han Yuxi who is very good at planning, and has deep thoughts at a young age. When the two meet, it will be very exciting.

It's a pity that there is no such thing in this world, Yun Lan is a woman, this is an unchangeable reality. So no matter how many military exploits she made, it was impossible for her to pose a threat to Yun Qihao.

Meng Nian didn't feel regretful, and said: "Your Majesty, you don't have to feel sorry. Yun Qihao will die soon, no matter how smart he is, he will be useless." In a few days, they will get the news that Yun Qihao died of smallpox .

Yan Wushuang said: "It's too early for you to say that. Maybe Yun Qihao can get through this."

Meng Nian's heart skipped a beat and he said, "Impossible. Those who have smallpox are close to death. It's impossible for Yun Qihao to be so lucky."

Yan Wushuang looked towards the northwest direction, and said softly: "Han Yuxi was not in good health back then, and she didn't even have a doctor, but she survived. Yun Qihao's current situation is a world apart from Han Yuxi's at the time. You How do you know he can't make it through?"

Deep down in Meng Nian's heart, he didn't want Yun Qihao to survive: "Han Yuxi is lucky, but Yun Qihao may not."

Yan Wushuang did not argue with this question: "Whether Yun Qihao is dead or alive, a conclusion will be reached soon." (To be continued)