Chapter 221 High Fever
When King Yu rebelled, His Majesty died suddenly and tragically. When his body was dug out from under the stone steps in front of the Imperial Study, its entire body was in a horrible state.
The Queen Mother summoned monks from the Big Buddha Temple to perform rituals for 49 days, and the ritual is now in full swing in the palace.
As the saying goes, a country cannot be without a king for a day. After escaping from fear and trembling in anxiety, the court officials welcomed the new king with surprise.
A child of only five years old.
As soon as the Queen Mother announced her succession to the throne, the entire court was in an uproar.
However, after the uproar, no reason could be given for opposition.
All of the Emperor's descendants were killed, leaving only two: the Crown Prince, who is now a traitor in cahoots with King Yu, and the Second Prince, who is bedridden and wants to become a Buddhist.
The Queen Mother found the child from nowhere and announced in public that this was the Emperor's dragon seed that had been lost among the people.
In this case, who the hell dares to say he is not?
Whether it is or not, it must be!
Otherwise, who will sit on the throne?
Due to special circumstances, the former emperor's body was still in the Taoist temple and could not be buried, while the new emperor had already ascended the throne in a simple manner.
A five-year-old child was unable to manage affairs, and for a time, all matters in the court were decided by the Duke of Zhenguo and the Queen Mother.
Before, the Duke of Zhenguo was arrested, the Second Prince was devastated, and the Duke of Zhenguo's party was depressed for a time, but now it is thriving and rebounding.
In that rebellion, the Rong'an Marquis' Mansion made a great contribution. As soon as the new emperor ascended the throne, the empress dowager immediately took charge and invited the third daughter of the Rong'an Marquis' Mansion to be the new emperor's empress. The wedding was scheduled for the seventh day of the next month.
The prince of Rong'an Marquis's Mansion was rewarded for his contribution in saving his master and was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. All the fur cases that had been investigated by the prince before were exempted from investigation, and the imperial fur merchants were still presided over by Rong'an Marquis's Mansion.
Thanks to the safe return of the Crown Prince, Marquis Rong'an's condition was under control to a certain extent, and the entire Marquis's Mansion was finally filled with joy instead of gloom.
The only one I don't like is Rong San.
She never dreamed that after being proud for more than ten years, she would end up marrying a five-year-old child!
If this isn’t a humiliation, then what is!
However, Rong San's joys and sorrows were not within the scope of concern of Rong'an Hou and the Crown Prince. After the rebellion outside was extinguished, Rong'an Hou was shocked to find that his illegitimate son Xiao Yu had disappeared.
"Dad, the account book fell into the hands of the prince inexplicably before . Could it be that Xiao Yu had colluded with the prince a long time ago? This traitor, on the night of the incident, the prince came back to look for the dragon grass and was almost captured alive by the queen mother's people, but a group of people showed up halfway and blocked the queen mother's people. Could it be Xiao Yu?"
This is what the prince is most worried about.
Now their family seems glorious, he has been promoted to Minister of Revenue, and Rong San is about to become the new queen, but only they themselves know the real danger.
They had been hiding their troops and horses very well before, but the rebellion of King Yu forced them to show their strength. How could the Queen Mother feel at ease to use them?
What the prince was worried about was also what Marquis Rong'an was anxious about.
As a bastard, he had always been quiet, and even when the Marquis's wife was planning to arrange a marriage for him, he had not resisted at all. He did not expect that he would receive such a blow at the critical moment.
If only Xiao Yu was missing, he wouldn't think too much about it. At most, he would think that he was accidentally injured on the day of the rebellion, but his sister was gone too...
"These days, take some time to sort out the family accounts. The court is unstable now, and the Queen Mother and the Duke of Zhenguo will not take action against us immediately. We must finish sorting out all the accounts before the Duke of Zhenguo and the others have time.
As long as we have those things, we'll be fine, no matter what."
With the words of Marquis Rong'an, the prince's uneasy heart calmed down a little.
Kyoto was in such chaos that Rong Que and Su Qingqing couldn't even take care of it at the moment.
They flew all the way from Zhending to Datong, Shanxi. By the time they arrived at Datong County, the toxins in her body had been basically cleared out. Unfortunately, all the medicines she brought with her were used up. Due to the bumpy ride and physical exhaustion, Su Qingqing's high fever never subsided.
"Your Highness, the gates of Datong County are already closed, and the guards refuse to open them."
Wang Yu returned from the city gate with a tired look on his face and reported to Rong Que.
After a bumpy ride, Rong Que's wounds kept recurring and he had a persistent low-grade fever. He felt drowsy and had a severe headache.
"You refuse to open the door?" Rong Que asked weakly after tucking the corner of the quilt for Su Qingqing.
Wang Yu said: "The city gates are tightly closed, with only a small corner gate open for pedestrians to come and go. Jixiang went to inquire about it, and it seems that banditry has been rampant here recently. Datong County has no garrison, and the government officials alone are not enough to suppress the bandits. They reported to the court, but the court is now too busy to take care of it. There have been several bandit robberies, and the county magistrate has no choice but to close the city gates. Usually, only a small opening is left for one person to pass through, and those who can pass must hold a certificate of residence for the county. There seems to be a secret code, and the code is changed every day in the city."
The monk came over from the carriage in front. He had just heard about Datong County from Jixiang, and now he came to ask Rongque for his opinion, "How about I give it a try?"
Now that the city gates were closed, Rong Que had no idea what the situation was . He did not dare to rush into the city for fear of being trapped.
Looking at the monk, although I knew it was a bit dangerous to let him go into the city alone, there seemed to be no better way at the moment.
Among their group, the monk was the only unfamiliar face. Even if the Queen Mother issued a nationwide arrest warrant, she would not be aware of the monk's existence.
"Thank you for your help."
The monk received the order and headed for the city gate , but was unable to enter the city, so the carriage had to retreat to an abandoned temple that it had passed by before.
It is said to be a temple, but in fact it is so dilapidated that only the main hall enshrining the statue of the god remains, and the surrounding walls have collapsed long ago without any trace left.
The idols in the main temple were covered with dust and cobwebs.
He carried Su Qingqing down from the carriage. Because there was not even a bit of hay in the palace and the ground was cold, Rong Que could only sit on the ground and hold her in his arms. Su Qingqing's whole body was burning and she kept shaking.
Rong Que hugged her with heartache. Since there was no drinking water, he could only put the snow that Jixiang shoveled back from outside into his mouth, warm it up, and then pass it to Su Qingqing.
The person who was dizzy and unconscious due to fever suddenly felt a ray of coolness in the heat, and Su Qingqing instinctively sucked it.
If it were in the past, such sucking would definitely lead to a wild affair, but now, Rong Que had nothing else to feel except heartache and panic.
After drinking about a bowl of snow, Su Qingqing slowed down her sucking. Rong Que wiped the corners of her hot mouth with his fingertips and said to the accompanying doctor, "How long will it take for her fever to subside?"
After coming out of Zhending, they took a lot of medicine along the way, but even though the toxins were eliminated, Su Qingqing's fever did not subside.
