The Concubine in the Palace_The Feast of Masks【Complete】(139)

"Are you sure it's the same kind?"

"There is no 100%, but there is also 80%."

King Jin nodded, his face calm, but his left hand unconsciously touched the ring on his right hand. This was his subconscious reaction when he was thinking about something.

"It probably has something to do with those people..."

A weak voice sounded from the bed, but it was Duke Ning who woke up.

Second Master Shen hurriedly walked over, "Dad."

"Hel me sit up."

The King of Jin apologized: "Grandpa, it's me who has caused you trouble."

Ning Guogong was leaning on the soft pillow. Although his face was weak, there was a touch of fortitude between his brows. He waved his hand carelessly, "If we talk about being implicated, it doesn't mean who implicated whom. If your mother hadn't entered the palace, none of this would have happened. And your mother was sent to the palace by me."

From the moment Shen Luan entered the palace, it was destined that the Shen family would get involved in this muddy water.

But at that time, the situation of the Shen family was something they could not refuse. Emperor Hongjing needed someone who could check and balance the Shen family, so he chose Shen Luan, the most favored daughter of the Shen family, and promised her the title of concubine.

He wanted to use the Shen family, but he was also afraid of the Shen family.

After Shen Luan entered the palace, he remained unknown. Even though he was not favored, he was not unfavored. But just because she is the legitimate daughter of the Shen family, it is enough to make many people fear her.

Originally, her body was not suitable for giving birth to an heir, and she had never planned to give birth. But at that time, Emperor Hongjing had seized the opportunity and secretly attacked the Shen family. Shen Luan had no choice but to risk his life and secretly became pregnant with Prince Jin without telling the Shen family.

Shen Luan spent his whole life sacrificing for the Shen family, which made the Shen family heartbroken, but it was she who left the Shen family with hope, so it was really hard to say who was hurting whom, because it was doomed from the time King Jin was born. Tie together with the Shen family.

If we really want to find a culprit for all this, it would probably be Emperor Hongjing, the evil imperial power.

King Jin briefly talked about the previous poisoning of Concubine Hu.

After listening, Ning Guogong asked: "So, King Yong did all this?"

King Jin nodded.

Ning Guogong said again: "This is really not like the behavior of King Yong. At this time, he is using so many hands and feet. Is he afraid of something?"

King Jin pondered for a moment: "He probably wanted to do something, and he was afraid that the king would ruin his affairs, so he did this."

If you really cut off Ning Guogong, it would be equivalent to cutting off the entire Shen family and half of King Jin's arm in the capital. Ever since the King of Jin resigned from the vassal and the Shen family returned to the capital, Ning Guogong and Shen Erye have been busy with the deployment of forces in the capital.

Ning Guogong has been fighting in the south and north for decades. The Shen family is a family of military commanders. Although Ning Guogong's father and his brothers are not as accomplished as him, they are still quite prestigious. Therefore, the Shen family can be considered to be full of peaches and plums, and these peaches and plums naturally refer to military attachés.

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Just like the civil servants who are classmates, fellow students, and masters, military attachés also have the friendship and support of classmates. Especially on the battlefield, between life and death, many of them die.

Military attachés are different from civil servants. Many of these warriors who came from the military do not know a single Chinese character. They are not as smart as civilian officials. They value kindness and loyalty.

As the old saying goes, it takes three years for a scholar to rebel. This means that because these scholars know a lot of truths, know how to weigh the pros and cons, look forward and backward, they think more and think more. But this is not the case with reckless men. Most of them just drop the wine bowl and lift the pole.

So over the years, Ning Guogong and Shen Erye relied on some old troops to win over some generals to be used by King Jin. There are not many senior military attaches, most of them are middle and low-level generals, but these generals are spread throughout the three major battalions of the capital. The Five Cities Military and Horse Division and even the Beijing Guards Command and Envoy Division are also a considerable force.

"Looking at this, King Yong is planning to start a war, so he takes the lead in attacking me?"

Second Master Shen asked: "What should we do now?"

The King of Jin pondered for a moment and said: "After I return, I will order people to check to see if there are any such things happening in other places. In addition, the news of my grandfather's serious illness can be released, and my second uncle can show off his behavior outside." Some anxious and worried look.”

"Your Highness is planning to take advantage of his plan?"

King Jin nodded, "King Yong must be making big moves. We might as well show weakness to the enemy and see what he plans to do. As for other matters, my grandfather and second uncle can just wait for news from me."

"Just do as His Highness said." Ning Guogong said.

Second Master Shen nodded.

King Jin looked at Dr. Liu Liang again, "Is there any cure for this poison?"

This was the second time he had seen this kind of poison, especially Dr. Liu Liang's explanation, which made him even more afraid. Although in his condition, it is unlikely that he would be poisoned by this poison, but for him, it is best not to damage every person's hand.

"Yes, this poison is too cruel. If one day we really confront King Yong's people, we will probably suffer a lot." Second Master Shen smacked his lips.

Dr. Liu Liang stroked his beard and said: "It is not difficult to detoxify this kind of poison. Wherever the poison is born, there must be something that is incompatible with it within ten feet. The difficulty is that it attacks so fast that there is almost no time for people to detoxify it." Medicine time.”

"Then you can make an antidote?"

"able."

"Then I'll leave this to you. It's best to do it in large quantities. We need manpower and medicinal materials. Let's talk to An Yi."

Dr. Liu Liang nodded.

King Jin stood up and said, "Grandpa, second uncle, I will take my leave now."

"Your Highness has many things to do every day, so there is no need to worry about me."

"Grandpa, please take care of yourself..." After a pause, King Jin continued, "Xiaobao is still waiting for you to teach him martial arts."

Ning Guogong was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter: "Okay, okay, I'm just saying this to you, my grandfather must take good care of himself."

Ning Guogong was seriously ill, and the Shen family had trouble sleeping and eating. Mr. Shen searched everywhere for famous doctors, and even went to the palace.

Emperor Hongjing sympathized with his veterans and sent several imperial doctors from the Imperial Hospital there. The imperial doctors all said that Ning Guogong was not in a good condition and was overly stimulated. If he could survive this time, it would be fine. If he could not, his life would be in danger. After all, he was an elderly man.

After hearing this, Emperor Hongjing was silent for a while, and then rewarded a large amount of rare medicinal materials.

Since Ning Guogong is ill, it is not suitable for Xiaobao to stay in the Duke's mansion.

Xiaobao is back, and he brought a little milk cat with him.

This little milk cat is the cub of the tabby cat. The tabby cat is old. According to the Duke's wife, according to human age, it is already over ten years old. This little milk cat is its last litter. It ran out to have fun a while ago and was born with a wild cat somewhere.

The little kitten looks exactly like its mother. They are both civets. They are only over a month old and only the size of a palm. Xiaobao didn't tell anyone and quietly walked back. Yao Niang hadn't seen her son for many days. She hugged Xiaobao and kissed his little face several times. She didn't go to find out what was going on until she heard a meowing sound.

Finally, she found the little kitten in Xiaobao's lapel. Only then did Yao Niang know why Xiaobao always pushed herself with her hands. It turned out to be because she was afraid of crushing the kitten in her arms.

"Where did you get this from?" Looking at the milk cat that fell on the kang mat and struggled to get up, Yao Niang went to see Xiaobao and then to see King Jin.

Xiaobao came back with King Jin.

King Jin was also confused and went to see Fucheng.

Fucheng rubbed his chin, "Could it be the cub of that civet cat? I saw that cat in the Duke's Mansion."

Xiaobao nodded repeatedly, stretched out his chubby hand to touch the little kitten, and said to Yao Niang: "Fancy, little kitten..."

It's really the cub of that civet cat!

Several adults looked at each other.

Yao Niang boasted that the communication with her son was relatively smooth, so she took the initiative to ask Xiao Bao: "Why did Xiao Bao bring the kitten back? The old cat must be looking for it."

Xiaobao shook his head repeatedly, "Huahua gives..."

"You mean this kitten was given to you by the old cat?"

Xiaobao nodded hurriedly.

He didn't know why the fat civet brought the little kitten to him. After he picked up the kitten, the fat civet disappeared in a flash. He thought about the heroic appearance of the civet cat before, and then he had the idea of ​​​​getting a cat, especially because this little thing looked very cute.

"Then you want to raise him?" Yaoniang looked at her son.

Xiaobao nodded.

"Then keep it."

In the following days, Yao Niang and Xiao Bao were busy raising kittens.

In fact, it's more that Yao Niang is bored and has nothing to do to find something to do for herself.

She took Xiaobao with her, made a nest and quilt for the kittens, picked out the rice bowl herself, and found some gadgets for Xiaobao that he didn't like to play with. Because the kitten couldn't eat yet and could only drink milk, he ordered someone to buy a sheep.

By the way, I also named the kitten Huahua.

It was Xiaobao who took it, and he insisted that the kitten's name was Huahua.

The King of Jin was also very busy. He went out frequently and looked anxious from time to time. Although the King of Jin was cold and tough, he never liked to offend others, and for some reason in the past few days, people around him were often reprimanded, and not a few were punished. They even stopped going to Yao Niang.

Time passed by like running water, and in a blink of an eye it was the day of Emperor Hongjing's Longevity Festival.

Chapter 112

Three days before the Longevity Festival, the streets and alleys of Beijing begin to be decorated with red and colorful decorations.

The day was shrouded in a sea of ​​fiery red, and the night was no worse than the day. Almost every house had big red lanterns hung in front of its doors. The government had canceled the night curfew and stayed up all night, which was better than every year. The Yuan Festival is even more lively.

On this day, it was still dark outside, and Yao Niang was called.