Chapter 24:

"Xiao Jiu."
Seeing that Qin Jiao, who had just left yesterday, was back today, Empress Wei hurriedly waved her to let her pass, and asked with concern: "What's the matter, but the Qin family bullied you?" A strange light flashed across Queen Wei's eyes.
Qin Jiufu blessed his body, walked to Empress Wei, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, my aunt, I have not been bullied. If you want to talk about bullying, Qin Xin was ‘bully’ by me. I’m here to avoid the limelight."
She is the only one who can speak so arrogantly as the "shelter".
Queen Wei was provoked by Qin Jiu's curiosity and raised her eyebrows, "What's the matter?"
Qin Jiao didn't keep her from telling her the cause and effect. The focus was on how she frustrated Qin Xin. Sure enough, Empress Wei was overjoyed and burst into tears.
Queen Wei stretched out her scallion white jade hand and nodded Qin Jiao's forehead, and smiled: "You."
Empress Wei smiled with her eyebrows, she felt proud: Xiao Jiu deserves to be the daughter of her younger sister, and she has the same temperament as her younger sister.
In retrospect, Qin Xin's unyielding girl was aggrieved, she wanted to cry without crying, she was so petty, she was so different from her sister, and so was herself, she hadn't seen it for so many years!
Empress Wei took Qin Jiu's hand and said, "Xiao Jiu, next time there is such a thing, you can do it! If something happens, my own palace will take the charge for you."
What she said was exactly the same as Qin Zening just now. Qin Jiu listened happily and responded openly, with a bright and bright smile, without any twisting.
Queen Wei said again: "Xiao Jiu, you just said that Yunguang..."
While talking, a small figure ran over, and the people advanced before they heard.
"Mother, cousin Jiu."
The visitor was the sixth prince Gu Ju, who had just returned from school at the Imperial Library.
"Cousin Ji, you are back." Gu Yu happily held Qin Jiu, his fair and pink face was filled with joyful glow.
"Xiao Jiu, I was always upset when I saw you not in school yesterday," Empress Wei said with a gentle smile, "I still babbled for a while and asked you when you're back." Empress Wei said like Gu Bi. It has to be "come back".
"Xiao Jiu, you can live in the palace with peace of mind."
"When your grandmother knows where she is wrong, you can go back."
Queen Wei smiled, graceful and loving.
Qin Jiu smiled and said, "Okay." Living in the palace is so comfortable, and there is no need to fight the heroine, she doesn't mind staying longer.
"Cousin Ji, you come and play Jiulianhuan with me." Gu Yu quickly ordered the close servant to take Jiulianhuan, her eyes sparkling.
The Nine Links consist of nine iron wire rings connected in a string and set on the frame. Gu Ju has a complete set of Nine Links. The frame handle has a basic sword shape, but also plum blossom, palace lantern, butterfly, goldfish and so on.
Although Gu Ju was young, he was very clever. The nine chains were in his hands. The cute steamed buns were so dexterous, they danced quickly, and they solved a ring in three or two.
"Awesome."
Qin Jiu happily fiddled with a nine-link chain, wondering whether to make a Rubik's Cube for Gu Ju.
Empress Wei watched her cousin and brother play with a gentle expression, and asked: "Xiaojui, did you just say that Yunguang was sent to Jingzhao Mansion?"
Qin Jiao nodded, "Does my aunt also know Dao Yunguang?"
"Of course I know." The queen sneered and said slowly, "Yunguang has gained fame in Beijing over the years. The queen mother has always been a believer. One time he went to Xuanqing to watch incense and suddenly suffered a head illness. Yunguang drew the talisman paper and burned it. Melted in the water and served to the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother’s head ailments healed immediately. From then on, the Queen Mother believed in her deeply and often invited her into the palace."
At this time, Gu Yu removed another ring and looked at Qin Jiu with hope, and Qin Jiu's heart was almost melted.
"Yuan'er is amazing!"
Qin Jiu quickly applauded him and touched the top of his soft hair. Gu Yi smiled shyly, pursing his small mouth, the four-year-old boy Sven is cute and cute.
Queen Wei smiled softer.
Gu Ju happily played the Nine Links again. Qin Jiu looked at the queen and continued with the previous topic: "Auntie, Daoist Yunguang really has this ability?"
How does she feel that Yunguang is not so reliable when she sees it?
With this incredible experience of "wearing a book", Qin Jiu couldn't justly express his belief in science.
However, she believed that a truly capable outsider would not be easily swayed by Qin Xin.
"It's just a demon way." Queen Wei frowned slightly and said disdainfully.
Speaking of Daoist Yunguang, the queen felt uncomfortable. There were some things she hid in her heart and no one could say. Now that Qin Jiu is here, she can't help but vomit: "The queen mother trusts Yunguang. Forget it, the eyes of this palace are not clear. But this Yunguang always injects some pill pill to the queen dowager from time to time, and the queen mother has to let the emperor take the pill!"
"The emperor is very temperamental, but I can only take it." The queen Wei said, the more annoyed, her well-maintained hands held a veil tightly, "After taking these pills a year ago, the emperor's The dragon's body is getting worse and worse, but the queen mother turned a blind eye and insisted that these pills can prolong life!"
"A few days ago, Yunguang entered the palace again, and this time he gave the queen mother a pill. It is so mysterious, what can cure the emperor's stubborn illness, if the queen mother is a treasure, let people refine the pill and then give it to the emperor."
Qin Jiao opened his apricot eyes slightly when he heard this, and he was dumbfounded.
So the emperor has been taking pills? !
Qin Jiu blinked, and suddenly remembered that there was a mention in the novel, saying that the emperor was obsessed with the elixir of immortality and took the pill every day. Later, he did not care about the government. Thanks to the help of the second prince Gu Jing. Dealing with court affairs...
However, listening to the meaning of Empress Wei's words, the emperor did not seem to be "obsessed with" the pill.
Qin Jiu knew that cinnabar was mostly used in ancient medicinal preparations. Cinnabar was poisonous. In history, there were no shortage of emperors who took the medicinal pill in the pursuit of immortality, but those emperors did not live long.
"Auntie," Qin Jiao frowned and asked, "Have you ever let the emperor see those pills?"
"The imperial doctors have tried poison beforehand." Queen Wei sighed.
The things that the emperor imported had to be checked and tested for poison by a special person, and the same was true for the pill. If it was not certain that the pill was non-toxic, Queen Wei would not compromise.
Queen Wei frowned worriedly.
Fourteen years ago, when the emperor was still the prince, he was almost abolished by the first emperor. Later, due to the repeated requests of the civil and military officials, the first emperor barely failed to issue the edict of the abolished prince. However, the emperor was also detained for three years for this reason. One of them was even imprisoned in a stable by the first emperor. For half a year.
In those three years, their life was very difficult, her eldest son died, and the emperor also hurt his foundation because of various discussions, and the dragon body was much weaker than ordinary people.
However, the imperial doctor also said that as long as the emperor is well raised, the emperor's life span is comparable to that of ordinary people.
However, after taking the pill a year ago, the emperor's dragon body not only did not improve, but got worse and worse. He often couldn't sleep through the night, and recently he had abscesses on his back.
The more Queen Wei thought about it, the more anxious she became, and her heart was pulled together tightly.
Qin Jiao deliberated his words and said: "Auntie, does this pill contain micro-toxicity? It doesn't hurt to take it once or twice. If you take it for a long time, the toxin will accumulate in your body little by little. So It didn’t matter when the super doctor tried poison, but the emperor had eaten it for a long time, and the drawbacks became apparent."
Qin Jiu said this, how could Empress Wei never think, her expression condensed slightly.
She guessed that way, and told the Queen Mother, but the Queen Mother didn't believe it, not to mention that the emperor had taken few pills, so she was harsh. The emperor was filial and didn't want to worry about the queen mother, so he could only continue to take the medicine.
Empress Wei sighed lightly and said: "The palace has already taken a few pills of medicine, and quietly let the folk doctors take a look."
Qin Jiu pondered for a moment, and raised the corners of his lips thoughtfully. He was about to speak. At this moment, Gu Yu, who was immersed in the Nine Links, let out a happy cheer: "Cousin Ji, take a look, I It's all solved!"
Gu Ju's eyes are dark and bright, and the brilliant smile seems to be able to blow away all the haze from the sun.
"Yi'er is amazing!" Qin Jiao applauded again for Gu Ju, and then shook the Jiulink Road in his hand, "Yi'er, I just solved one ring, can you teach me?"
"Okay!" Gu Yu straightened his chest and pointed at Qin Jiao's Jiu Lianhuan with his chubby fingers, "Cousin, you want this..."
He solemnly explained to Qin Jiao, the look of a little gentleman, the raised corners of his lips and the cheeks stained with Hongxia, showing the excitement in his heart.
Empress Wei smiled and looked at the pair of cousins ​​who were getting along well, the depression in her heart dissipated a little, her eyes softened.
Outside the window, the autumn wind was blowing, making the rustle of branches and leaves, and the atmosphere in Fengluan Palace was relaxed and warm.
Qin Zhuo stayed in the palace again that same day, still living in the partial hall of Fengluan Palace.
For the next few days, Qin Jiu lived in the palace contentedly. He would either talk with Queen Wei every day, or take Gu Yu to play, or read a book for himself.
Queen Wei specially ordered the imperial doctor to prepare an external plaster for her. She applied it every day, and some of the old scars on her body gradually faded away. The skin that was originally slightly rough due to long years of sun and rain also became It's tender.
She also took the time to draw a drawing of the Rubik's Cube, and asked Queen Wei to make it with a craftsman from the Ministry of Engineering.
Qin Jiu only gave a simple drawing with the Rubik's Cube on it, and indicated the size of each part and the rough gameplay. In just three days, the craftsman had already made the Rubik's Cube.