After learning that Song Tao died in battle, Sejin believed that her disloyalty to Dongling Yuanyong would lead to her death sooner or later.
Therefore, she was ready to take the child in her belly with her to follow her beloved!
But she did not expect that Dongling Yuanyong would publicly admit that the child she was carrying was his, and she was reluctant to die because of the child in her belly.
Only now did Sejin understand that Dongling Yuanyong was willing to give her and Yurui a legitimate identity to survive because they knew she was pregnant with Song Tao's child!
Dongling Yuanyong knew that Sejin had been unable to feel at ease. Previously, all his thoughts had been busy arranging the important matter of returning to the imperial city.
Sejin was not that important to him, so he never cared about her personally, let alone had any in-depth communication with her. He only asked Eunuch Cao to have someone take good care of her.
But now that he had brought her here, he looked at Sejin with a comforting attitude and said clearly:
"I don't care about your past with Song Tao. From now on, you can live in the harem with peace of mind. In the future, when Yurui grows up, I will look for a consort for her who can match her status as a princess."
When Sejin heard this, although she believed what Dongling Yuanyong said, while she was grateful, she also asked:
"Your Majesty has many ways to take care of us mother and daughter. Even just arranging a place for us mother and daughter to settle down is enough. Why does your Majesty give us such noble care?"
Se Jin just felt that, as a woman from Dongling Yuanyong, she had an affair with his subordinate and had a daughter. He was already grateful to her for not pursuing her.
Even if he was willing to treat her and Yu Rui kindly because Song Tao risked his life to save them, he didn't need to treat them so highly.
It was normal for Sejin to have such doubts, but for Dongling Yuanyong, he had his own considerations. He looked at Sejin without smiling, but said in a calm tone:
"To your question, I can only say that I just didn't want to cause trouble at first. Since I promised that Song Tao would fulfill his wish, then it is the best arrangement for you and Yu Rui to have a legitimate identity. However, I
I can also tell you truthfully that my original intention of treating you and Yu Rui preferentially may be very simple. But now, I want to take advantage of you mother and daughter!"
Sejin raised her eyes in confusion, but then she lowered her head slightly: "I am a concubine, but I will follow your majesty's orders."
"Aren't you worried?"
"Your Majesty is not trying to kill me and Yu Rui, so I have nothing to worry about."
When Sejin came to the imperial city, she couldn't help but worry. She was worried that Dongling Yuanyong would not like Yurui, or even dislike her.
However, she now understood that her worries were unfounded. Since Dongling Yuanyong had never cared about her, how could he care that she was pregnant with someone else's child? It was even more difficult to talk about hating children.
As for him suddenly saying that he wanted to use their mother and daughter, she guessed that his so-called use was probably within her ability. In this way, she was not worried that Dongling Yuanyong would hurt them, otherwise, his words would not be so straightforward.
Already.
Dongling Yuanyong looked at Sejin who was gentle and intelligent, and he smiled slightly. It seems that the mutually beneficial relationship between him and Sejin is much more useful than imagined!
One night passed, Dongling Yuanyong stayed overnight, and soon the entire palace knew about it in Jinhuayuan. This directly broke the rumor that Dongling Yuanyong would only dote on Ximen Yourong!
At the same time, the news that Ximen Yourong was not in the palace slowly spread.
Based on the previous prayers of the people of Yizhou that the empress, who was proficient in medical skills, would come to rescue them, discussions began to take place throughout the imperial city. Everyone speculated that Ximen Yourong was not in the palace, so could he have gone to Yizhou?
In this regard, Dongling Yuanyong, who knew the situation best, had to explain to the outside world why the dignified mother of a country was not in the palace.
However, Dongling Yuanyong did not explicitly say that Ximen Yourong did go to Yizhou. What he announced was that the reason why Ximen Yourong was not in the palace was because she wanted to go out to find good ways to control the epidemic for the people of Yizhou.
The announcement of Dongling Yuanyong is not only unclear, but also mysterious.
As the queen, Ximen Yourong quietly left the imperial city without knowing where she went. Does this make sense?
The problem is, Dongling Yuanyong has given permission, what can others say?
At this time, Yizhou, which was in dire straits, was like an isolated city. All city gates and even some remote passages were heavily guarded. People inside could not get out, and people outside did not dare to enter!
But there are also people who ride fast horses to the gate of Yizhou City without hesitation.
Several fat horses were stopped by the guards at the entrance of the city gate, but the person at the front showed a token directly on the horse. The general who blocked the road recognized the token. His face was startled, and then he immediately took the lead in opening it himself.
The city gate allowed the men on horseback to pass.
The person who entered the city on horseback was none other than Dongling Yuanhao. After entering the city with a few guards, he went straight to Ganquan Village, where the epidemic was most severe, because Ximen Yourong was there.
However, when he arrived at Ganquan Village, he was not able to see Ximen Yourong immediately. In the village, only Dr. Zhong sent by the Imperial City and a few private doctors were taking care of the people who were suffering from the epidemic.
Looking at it, most of the sick people were groaning in pain, and those with milder symptoms were lifeless. Dongling Yuanhao felt miserable at the first sight, and his worry about Yizhou became more subconscious.
But what made him even more anxious was that Ximen Yourong was not here. For a moment, he had no way of knowing where Ximen Yourong had gone. Was she safe now?
Dr. Zhong was so busy that he was dizzy. When he saw Dongling Yuanhao suddenly appearing, no matter how busy he was, he quickly dropped what he was doing and came to salute in front of Dongling Yuanhao.
But at this time, Dongling Yuanhao didn't care about etiquette at all, so he blurted out:
"Yi Zhong, why are you alone? My emperor...I mean, where has Dr. Xi gone?"
Ximen Yourong has not made his identity public yet, but he disguises himself as a man and travels around Yizhou to treat people's illnesses under the title of Doctor Xi.
"Doctor Xi rushed to another village overnight last night. This place is temporarily under the care of the old minister."
"Rush all night?" Dongling Yuanhao frowned: "Why are you in such a hurry?"
"It turns out that Doctor Xi worked hard day and night to finally confirm that the epidemic here is indeed not transmitted from person to person. Just as Doctor Xi diagnosed at the beginning, the people in Yizhou were not suffering from the epidemic, but the "epidemic virus", which is collective poisoning.
However, we haven't found out what kind of poison it is, but the prescription prescribed by Dr. Xi can relieve the patient's pain to a great extent. This can give the people of Yizhou some hope. However, another place twenty miles away originally
There was a sudden change in Longquanzhuang yesterday, where there was no "epidemic virus". It was said that almost overnight, thousands of people in the village were poisoned to varying degrees. To make matters worse, the people who were seriously poisoned died very quickly. Doctor Xi felt different
Unusually, she refused to listen to dissuasion and insisted on rushing to check the situation for herself."
Doctor Zhong explained that although Dongling Yuanhao still had many questions, he had no time to ask further. He mounted his horse and immediately rushed to Longquanzhuang where the "epidemic" suddenly occurred as Doctor Zhong said.
There was only twenty miles of land, and Dongling Yuanhao was galloping all the way, so he quickly arrived at Longquanzhuang.
Similarly, the entrance to Longquanzhuang was also strictly guarded by officers and soldiers, but the token held by Dongling Yuanhao allowed him to pass without hindrance.
Entering the human village, you can see men, women, old and young with varying degrees of weakness everywhere, almost all moving in the same direction.
Dongling Yuanhao followed the flow of people. From time to time, he could still see villagers who had died of exhaustion lying on the roadside without paying attention. There were also people guarding beside some corpses, but the people guarding them seemed to be confused.
A weak look.
Soon, following the flow of people, Dongling Yuanhao saw an ancestral hall that should have been very spacious. However, because people were lying or sitting inside...it was so crowded with villagers waiting for treatment that the ancestral hall could not even be opened.
Everywhere is difficult.
Dongling Yuanhao saw that the innermost hall of the ancestral hall was equipped with a place for medical consultation and medicine preparation. From a distance, he saw a slender figure moving back and forth among the poisoned villagers, unable to stop for a moment.
Although the man was wearing men's clothing, Dongling Yuanhao had already recognized that it was Ximen Yourong.
Just when he secretly breathed a sigh of relief and was about to push forward, someone in the crowd suddenly shouted sadly:
"We can't wait any longer like this. If we continue like this, our Longquan Village will be destroyed...!"
"Yes...yes...we can't just sit and wait for death, we are all living human lives!"
"What should we do? The entire Yizhou has been punished by God! Even our Longquan Village, which was protected by the dragon, suffered a tragedy overnight. The officials above ordered our village to be sealed off and no entry or exit was allowed, but the doctor just said
There are only three or two here, and if this continues, we will become an immortal village, and in the end not many people will be able to survive."
…
Each person has one voice, and each voice is a warning. The ancestral hall, which was originally only groaning in pain and lifeless, was filled with people, and the anger became higher and higher.
Some people even became restless and rushed directly to the place where the medicine was boiled. They didn't wait according to the rules. They drank the medicine as soon as they got it... One person did this, and the others lost their minds and pushed forward.
It was in chaos, everything was in chaos... Ximen Yourong, who only wanted to relieve the pain of the villagers, had no time to react. She was pushed back by the villagers who came up... and her body fell out of control.
Yang: "Scared...!"
She closed her eyes, thinking that she had to fall to the ground, but almost at the moment she was about to fall to the ground, she suddenly felt herself being pulled into someone's arms... When she opened her eyes again, although she still inevitably fell to the ground,
But she was safely protected and nothing happened.
The person protecting her was Chu Hengye. One of his hands supported her head, and the other hand tightly hugged her waist and tried to make her fall on him.
Ximen Yourong met Chu Hengye's eyes, and she saw that the expression on his face was strange for a moment, as if he was holding back something.
But before she could ask anything, a figure flew down from above her head, and then she was lifted up and out of Chu Hengye's embrace!