Chapter 34 Chapter 34
The Queen Mother must have done it on purpose.
Zheng Yuheng hid in the medicine room and repeatedly washed his face with cold water. The cold water slightly wet the roots of his hair. His hands were placed beside the copper basin, and water drops dripped out from his fingers.
He stayed in front of the water for a while, closed his eyes and relaxed for a long time, and then the heat faded away, so that he was not unbearable to the extreme.
Dong Lingjiu kissed him and "forced" him, but did not continue. She just held him to rest for a while, then washed and changed clothes, and returned to the bedroom. She didn't say that Zheng Yuheng couldn't follow in, but he... he didn't have the face to follow in.
A fool who gets horny when touched. Doctor Zheng was very entangled and scolded himself with contempt.
How could there be such a stupid person, knowing that she... she was attracted to him and couldn't resist it, but still eagerly approached, embarrassing himself.
Zheng Yuheng came back to his senses, covered his face with his cold hands, then stood up to dry his hands, straightened his clothes, gathered his sleeves, and tried to make himself look calm and decent.
As soon as he stepped out of here, he ran into Cui Ling who came in with a few medical books and ancient books.
When Cui Neiren saw him, her eyes lit up at first, then she hesitated and called out, "Young Master Zheng, where are you going?"
Zheng Yuheng said, "The queen has gone to bed, I'm going back to the East Warm Pavilion."
"Oh, don't leave yet." Cui Ling looked at him meaningfully, put down the medical book in her hand, and then took out a small mirror from the sachet she was wearing. Although the mirror was small, it was polished very smoothly.
She handed the small mirror to Zheng Yuheng and pointed to her lips.
Zheng Yuheng was puzzled at first, and then his whole body was burning. He glanced at the mirror and saw that the side of the lower lip with a light color was bitten and had a bright red wound, like a slightly painful brand.
He paused for a moment, then said: "Yes... I accidentally bumped into it."
Cui Ling smiled but did not say anything, just pretending to believe it, and said slowly: "Young Master Zheng is too careless. Although there is medicine for external injuries, it is not good to apply it on the lips, otherwise it will be too bitter if you lick it accidentally. It's okay for you, but if the queen suffers this kind of pain, it's really our fault..."
"Madam Cui, I'll take my leave first."
Zheng Yuheng returned the small mirror to her. He couldn't stand such a joke, his ears were red and bloody, and he threw away his armor and fled.
On the way, he couldn't help but cover his face slightly and coughed softly to cover the scar at the corner of his lip.
Back in the warm room, the eunuch in charge of taking care of him came forward to ask about his health. Zheng Yuheng asked the young eunuch to rest and not to worry about him, and then slightly opened the window.
The window was half-open, and the cool breeze blew in. Zheng Yuheng sat quietly by the window for a long time before cooling down his brain that was too hot to think.
His hands fiddled with the tea set on the table, and he couldn't help thinking: Why did the Queen Mother kiss him today?
It must not be a happy thing to uncover the inside story of a major case, but the inside story was so horrifying that he had to break up with an elder of the Queen Mother and reach the point of life and death.
Why... why did she want to kiss him when she was so sad and tired?
Zheng Yuheng couldn't figure it out.
He couldn't help but touch his lips again, thinking of the fragrance of her lips, soft like a cloud, light and elusive, but when the emotions were tense, it was like a rushing mountain torrent, forcing people not to resist, and could only sacrifice themselves to understand the sweep of "heavenly power".
Zheng Yuheng touched his face again.
He thought of Dong Lingjiu kissing him and looking at his face carefully.
His boiling blood suddenly cooled down for a moment. Zheng Yuheng remembered that when Dong Lingjiu was talking to Li Zhuo, he would occasionally look in his direction. Although the words were not loud, he could hear that they seemed to mention the late emperor.
Zheng Yuheng put his hand down with a stern face.
So, did the queen think of the late emperor? Is it because I look like that man?
Then when she kissed me, was she thinking of... someone else?
Zheng Yuheng felt a needle-like pain in his heart. He took a deep breath to adjust himself, but Dong Lingjiu's scrutinizing eyes kept lingering in his mind, and it was difficult to fade away.
Until the door of the East Warm Pavilion was knocked, a familiar and dignified female voice sounded: "Has Lord Zheng been settled?"
The eunuch replied: "Just returned, please wait a moment, aunt."
Let the medical officer stay overnight in the Cining Palace, and the days of night duty have been so long that there has never been such a precedent even if we count a few more dynasties. Therefore, Zheng Yuheng must go back to the Imperial Hospital tomorrow, otherwise even the new director will forget his name.
Without waiting for the eunuch to come and ask, Zheng Yuheng stood up and opened the door, and saw Aunt Ruixue's calm and expressionless face.
"Female Minister." He bowed respectfully.
"Lord Zheng, you are welcome." Li Ruixue did not wait for him to finish her greetings, and returned the same female greetings, and was then invited into the warm room.
Aunt Ruixue looked at him for a moment, and then asked the eunuch on duty to wait outside the door. She sat upright, her back straight as a pine tree, and took out a thin booklet from her bosom, but did not hand it to Zheng Yuheng, but said seriously: "Doctor Zheng."
Zheng Yuheng's eyebrows were gentle, and he replied modestly: "What's the important matter? Please tell me, aunt."
Ruixue said: "It is indeed an important matter. There is one thing that I don't need to ask, and Master Zheng will definitely be able to do it. But there has to be such a formality. Since the imperial physician has entered the queen's bedroom, and..."
She glanced at Zheng Yuheng's face obscurely, and then continued: "And he is so favored. In the future, I will definitely... You must not have a private relationship with other women, otherwise, even if the queen forgives you, no matter the previous dynasty or the next province, you will not be let off. "
Zheng Yuheng said calmly, "Please rest assured, aunt, I am serving the queen dowager, and I am ashamed of myself. I dare not defile her... I dare not disgrace the queen's favor, which is also a disgrace to myself."
Ruixue was a little surprised. She didn't expect that Zheng Yuheng would still say "dare not defile" until today. Then she heard the sound of books falling to the ground outside the curtain, and the wound on his lips. Could it be that the queen dowager kissed him herself?
In Ruixue's mind, it must be this little imperial physician who was spoiled and seduced the queen when she was tired and relaxed, so fiercely that he even bit her. And their queen dowager, dignified and graceful all her life, every move is in accordance with the law and etiquette, and can be a role model for the world. It's just that she was a little lax and a little indulgent. This is the fact that conforms to her cognition.
I didn't expect that Doctor Zheng, who looked so kind, would learn to act innocent and pitiful in front of the Empress Dowager, and he was so proficient at it.
Although Ruixue misunderstood something, she also knew that although Zheng Yuheng was a little scheming in winning favor, he was still very honest with the Empress Dowager, so she didn't ask further, but continued: "There is another thing."
She handed him the book in her hand.
Zheng Yuheng originally thought it was some palace rules and regulations, or teachings, but when he took it in his hand, he found that it was actually a detailed illustration of the art of sex. Just the clear ink on the cover was enough to make his fingertips shrink, as if they were burned.
"The relationship between man and woman is the most important human relationship." Rui Xue said seriously, "In the court, many people use the art of sex to rest and strengthen their bodies, which seems to have some health-preserving effects. The great desires of human beings must be restrained and relaxed. If Lord Zheng does not take a look at it, it will ruin the Empress's interest, but if he fails to maintain her health and causes harm to Her Majesty the Empress Dowager... then it will be the fault of Lord Zheng and the rest of us."
It turned out that she was thinking about Dong Lingjiu's health.
If she didn't say that, Zheng Yuheng's tongue would be tied, but fortunately this reason was reasonable. But Doctor Zheng thought about it and sweated on his forehead. He asked with difficulty: "I'm here to study... It's okay, but the queen, she..."
Ruixue said: "If the queen mother wants you, please ask Lord Zheng to work for her."
Zheng Yuheng didn't want to ask this. He could be said to have no way to work for her. Except for the fact that the queen missed the late emperor just now, he had a slight breakthrough with him. He was innocent with Dong Lingjiu. So he turned around and asked tentatively: "Does the queen have any instructions?"
Ruixue shook her head: "How can the queen mother worry about such a small matter."
After saying that, she stood up, explained, and bowed to Zheng Yuheng again, and turned to leave.
I don't know if it was intentional or not, but the door that was not closed when they talked just now was closed by the eunuch after she left.
People from top to bottom of the Cining Palace did everything they could to plan for the queen mother... It was too absurd to let an inner court medical officer learn such things to serve the queen mother.
Zheng Yuheng was full of thoughts and confronted the book for a long time.
It was not until he finally prepared himself mentally that he reached out silently and turned a page.
...
After receiving the handwritten instructions from the empress dowager, the emperor's Guiyuan Palace also received the inside evidence of the military pay case that had been causing turmoil in the capital recently.
Meng Cheng was very confused about this. The evidence had been on the imperial desk for several days. He drafted his decree three or four times, but in the end he was defeated by his understanding of the relationship between teachers and students and the complexity of human nature, and he did not issue it for a long time.
Until Queen Wang came to Guiyuan Palace.
The queen wore a plum blossom jacket and a long skirt made of crimson silk. She first poured a cup of tea for Meng Cheng, and then asked: "I heard from Shang Daban that your majesty has not slept for two days?"
Meng Cheng had an obvious dark blue spot under his eyes and looked tired, but he was very excited and had no sleepiness at all. After hearing Wang Wanrou's voice, he couldn't help but reach out his hand and said, "Sister."
Wang Wanrou put her hand on it and was pulled by him to sit beside him.
Meng Cheng stared at the imperial edict in front of him, his face extremely gloomy, and said quietly: "Do I really want to issue an edict to execute my teacher?"
Queen Wang asked: "Is the old gentleman wrong?"
"He is wrong." Meng Cheng said, "But he has treated me well. I respect my teacher as I respect my mother, but..."
"But mother wants Your Majesty to decide to execute him personally." Wang Wanrou said, "and it is an unforgivable crime." Meng
Cheng leaned his head on her shoulder.
Queen Wang stretched out her hand and gently stroked the emperor's back. She said: "Your Majesty should listen to mother's teachings. This country will leave her one day, and Your Majesty will also leave her."
Meng Cheng whispered: "Sister..."
Because Wang was a few years older than him, this was just a private love talk between the couple. Meng Cheng put his hand on the back of her neck and kissed her lips. A sweet lip balm smelled like fresh flowers. He said, "If you stay by my side, I will do better than the late emperor."
"Show the imperial edict to the Cining Palace." Wang Wanrou said softly, "I crossed the line. It was not your Majesty's fault. Your Majesty does not need to blame yourself for it."