When Ximen Yourong mentioned Yizhou, he could feel Dongling Yuanyong's mood becoming heavier.
She held his hand and looked at him with nothing to hide but a request, and said:
"Your Majesty, I want to personally deal with the "epidemic" in Yizhou..."
"Rong'er, I know what you want to do, but I don't agree."
He guessed that she had heard something, but he didn't expect her to make a decision so quickly.
"But you know that the people of Yizhou need help."
"So, I have sent the best imperial doctor to Yizhou to check the situation. You are the queen, and I will not allow you to take risks unless it is absolutely necessary."
Dongling Yuanyong's tone could be said to be non-negotiable, and his eyes looked very determined. However, Ximen Yourong saw that there was a hint of fear in his determination.
He wanted to protect her behind him, and she could not deny that she was moved.
However, if she hides behind him, he will bear all the dissatisfaction of the people.
He wanted to protect her, so why didn't she want to face it with him?
With a slight smile, Ximen Yourong said equally firmly:
"Just because I am a queen, I should go to Yizhou."
"I said, I won't allow you to take risks."
"The Yizhou incident... I'm afraid it's coming to me."
"you……?"
"Don't you also know that you don't want me to go to Yizhou?"
Looking at her clear eyes, Dongling Yuanyong did not deny her words, only said:
"You know this, why are you still thinking about going to Yizhou?"
"Because that's not something I can hide in the palace. What's more, what's wrong with the people? If someone really wants to target me, how can I let them take advantage of innocent people?"
In fact, Ximen Yourong was not entirely sure that the incident in Yizhou was closely related to her. She was not entirely sure whether someone was maliciously targeting her.
It seemed like a coincidence that she rescued someone at the palace gate that day, but it was more likely arranged.
The fact that she detoxified Xiahou Chunyan and saved his life was not made public enough for everyone to know, but it was also not very secretive. Therefore, it is not ruled out that the people also knew that she would come in and out of the palace to diagnose and treat Xiahou Chunyan!
However, she didn't think that ordinary people could confirm her identity as a queen so quickly and praise her for saving people.
After that, the story that the man who came from Yizhou for medical treatment was saved by her quickly spread throughout the country.
The suffering people of Yizhou regarded her as a life-saving straw and eagerly expected her to save them.
Dongling Yuanyong had to admit that what Ximen Yourong said touched the entanglement in his heart. He could neither ignore the life and death of the people nor her safety.
He looked at her. At this time, her appearance was more calm than usual. He touched her face with his warm palm, and his thumb gently stroked her smooth skin.
Ximen Yourong could feel that his fingers conveyed infinite tenderness towards her, but his frown showed that he was dissatisfied.
"Are you angry with me?" She also reached out to touch his eyebrows to make him relax.
"Yes, you make me angry..." He said this, but his arms hugged her into his arms: "Your calm and calm face always makes me love and angry, but when you love me, you often make me more angry.
!But at this moment, I am even more "angry"."
"Why?" She still clung to his chest.
"Because this moment means that you have made up your mind, and it means that you will not listen to me."
She is so assertive and her direction is so clear. Since she said she wanted to go to Yizhou, even if he disagrees, she will definitely stick to her idea.
Ximen Yourong sat up slightly and looked at him:
"Yuan Yong..." She whispered his name: "I don't listen to you because I want to be with you truly."
"I know! So...I don't even have a reason to be angry with you!"
"Does this mean I can go to Yizhou?"
"If not, will you listen?" He hoped that she would be willing to obey.
"The people are innocent. If I go there one day earlier, I might be able to find the source of the disease one day earlier. That way, the people can be relieved of their fear and pain."
"You never thought about what if you couldn't find the source of the "epidemic" in Yizhou, or if you were infected...!"
"No, the people in Yizhou may not be suffering from an "epidemic", but a regional poisoning."
"What does it mean?"
"I don't know the details yet, but judging from the situation described by the Yizhou citizen I rescued, it should not be an infection caused by human-to-human transmission. Otherwise, the patient I rescued would have passed it to other people all the way.
Already."
"You mean all the people in Yizhou were poisoned?"
Dongling Yuanyong still doesn’t know how serious the “epidemic” in Yizhou is, but if the spread of the “epidemic” is not curbed, the results will inevitably be dismal.
"I'm not sure yet, but I think there must be something fishy. Maybe the disaster in Yizhou is aimed at me!"
Ximen Yourong spoke calmly, but Dongling Yuanyong felt cold all over, and the phalanges of his fisted palms were prominent.
Even without asking, Ximen Yourong could see that his anger had risen. Her soft and cool hands covered the back of his fist and gently rubbed it:
"Don't be angry, I'm not afraid."
Dongling Yuanyong felt her comfort, and his tight fists gradually loosened and he used his hand to hold hers, and he blamed himself:
"It's my fault. I gave others the opportunity to target you."
"Why do you say that?" She didn't think he did anything wrong.
"That 'Fairy Ao' was planted by me to protect you, but what I did also created an opportunity for others to attack you."
He used the word "Proud Fairy" to beautify her existence in the hope of overturning the world's prejudice against her.
At that time, because she was born in the Ximen clan, even if everyone dared not refuse to accept Ximen Yourong sitting in the position of queen because of the oath of Dongling ancestors, in fact, there were almost no people who truly recognized Ximen Yourong's status from their hearts.
.
Even he wanted to protect her after he found out that he fell in love with her.
He originally thought that he could use a "Proud Fairy" to stabilize her status as the legitimate mother of the country. But he never thought that by using this to attract the people to recognize her, some people would in turn use the people to attack her.
Ximen Yourong also knew what Dongling Yuanyong said. However, she didn't want him to blame himself for it, so she pretended to be troubled and said:
"In this way, it is really troublesome for me to be this queen. Not only do I have to serve my husband well at home, but I also have to think about how to make him happy every day. Outside, I have to care about the people of the world, otherwise I will be in vain as the mother of a country... Oh, carefully
"But..." She suddenly stood up half-kneeling and stood face to face with him, hugging his neck intimately: "For my unique husband, I am willing to work no matter how tired I am!"
As soon as she finished speaking, she leaned forward and gave her most soothing kiss to the apex of his heart...
The warm and sweet fusion was lingering, their lips touched close and then slightly apart, neither of them wanted to let go of the other first.
They looked at each other, and the close connection between their hearts made them smile the most compatible...!
"Yuan Yong, let me go to Yizhou, okay?"
Ximen Yourong slightly distanced himself from him and looked at Dongling Yuanyong, begging in a soft voice.
Perhaps he recognized in his heart that Yizhou's matter was unavoidable, or he was reluctant to refuse her request. Although Dongling Yuanyong was entangled, in the end, he agreed to her:
"You can't let anything happen to yourself, not at all!"
"good……!"
There was a smile that couldn't be hidden in her eyes, and she knew that he understood her, and she felt satisfied with the harmony between their hearts.
However, the fact that their hearts are in harmony does not mean that Dongling Yuanyong's worries have faded away. On the contrary, he is even more worried. He doesn't know if it is the right decision for him to agree to let her go to Yizhou in person.
He had the feeling that he had just agreed to her and then immediately regretted it. He thought about it and said:
"I'm also worried about the people of Yizhou. Why don't we go together?"
"No...!" Ximen Yourong refused a little abnormally, but before Dongling Yuanyong could say anything, she explained:
"The people of Yizhou are not only looking forward to me as a queen, but also as a doctor. The whole place is in chaos now. If you come in person, wouldn't it put more pressure on the officials and people of Yizhou? Moreover, the imperial city has been under pressure recently.
The reexamination of Wen's unjust case has made people's hearts unstable, how can you leave the imperial city at this time?"
"But……."
"Yuan Yong, trust me, okay?"
Ximen Yourong gave him a confident smile. She knew that he must be worried about letting her go to Yizhou. It was not that she didn't want him to accompany her. However, although she had a rough judgment on the "epidemic" in Yizhou,
It doesn't mean that she can find the root cause of the "epidemic" as soon as she goes there.
In other words, Yizhou is actually a dangerous place now. She is not sure whether she can absolutely avoid the possibility of poisoning.
It was enough for her to take the risk alone. He was the emperor, and his safety was much more important than hers. She couldn't let him take risks.
However, she would not tell him these concerns, but in order to make him feel more at ease, she told him:
"Actually, I should be able to control the "epidemic" in Yizhou soon. When the time comes, I will come back as soon as possible."
"How do you control it?"
Ximen Yourong knew that he had doubts, so she picked up one of the medicinal herbs on the table and showed him, and then said:
"This medicinal material is called "Lone Spirit". Generally, when mixed with other medicinal materials, its medicinal value is not only very low, but it can also become highly toxic if not careful. Therefore, many doctors will not use it when prescribing. But
Few people know that "Lone Spirit" is actually a natural and harmless antidote if used correctly."
Ximen Yourong's eyes sparkled when she talked about the unique "story" of the medicinal materials, but she did not mention the "lonely spirit" medicinal material casually. She continued:
"Although I used acupuncture to stabilize the condition of the Yizhou citizen I saved that day, the poison in his body would still kill him if it remained for too long. In desperation, I could only borrow the help of Prince Xiahou to find out...
Some medicinal materials try to prescribe a prescription that can save lives as much as possible. In the end, I found that only "Gu Ling" is the most suitable to use as a "blind prescription"."
"Blind side?" Dongling Yuanyong was confused.
"Regardless of whether the poison can be detoxified in the end, the blind prescription will not cause secondary harm to the poisoned person, but it can suppress the spread of the toxin to the greatest extent."
"Could it be that your blind prescription had the effect of detoxifying and that's why you saved the poisoned Yizhou people?"
Combining what Ximen Yourong said, Dongling Yuanyong vaguely figured out the reason for her confidence!
Thinking about it, she spent so much time in the pharmacy these days, probably because she wanted to have a deeper understanding of how to make better use of the pharmacology of "Lone Spirit".