Raising a Dog is Better than Palace Fight Chapter 22

Chapter 22 See through (1)

Dr. Wen has now become A Bao's exclusive physician. Whenever something happens to A Bao, Empress Dowager De's eldest maid will catch him. Fortunately, he is also patient and caring, and has never looked down upon Po because he is a dog.

　　When Dr. Wen arrived, Concubine De was holding A Bao and leaning against the window, waiting for him. When she saw him coming, she hurriedly came up to meet him. Doctor Wen was suddenly confused. What happened this time?

　　"Mr. Wen, come and take a look. A Bao has been calling for a full hour and he is vomiting blood!" Meng Sangyu impatiently interrupted Dr. Wen's salute, and Meng Sangyu repeatedly waved to him to diagnose quickly.

　　Dr. Wen straightened up and signaled Concubine De to put Ah Bao in the willow basket, then opened Ah Bao's mouth and looked at a row of candlelight. After looking at it for a while, he sighed and said, "Back to you, my dear, Bao's throat is broken and he needs to drink medicine for a few days to nurse it back to health. Why did he scream for so long? But he was frightened again?"

　　"It's all my fault. I didn't know that he hadn't recovered from the shock last time and couldn't leave me easily. I actually left him alone for an hour." Meng Sangyu pinched A Bao's little ears and said lowly. His tone was full of self-blame. Abao licked her jade-white wrist, his little nose twitched, and he hummed, as if to comfort her.

　　"That's it." Dr. Wen nodded, wrote down a prescription for throat care, handed it to the attendant of Bixiao Palace, and gave some instructions on how to prepare the medicine before leaving.

　　It’s not easy to be a beloved concubine, and it’s even more difficult to be a beloved concubine’s dog! Walking on the path of Bixiao Palace, he sighed while stroking his beard.

　　Just as Dr. Wen left, Dr. Lin arrived again. After bowing respectfully and saying hello, he said that he was specially sent by the emperor to diagnose the empress's pulse.

　　snort! Really cautious! Meng Sangyu lowered his eyes and smiled sarcastically, extending his hand generously for Doctor Lin to check.

　　After careful diagnosis for a quarter of an hour, Dr. Lin prepared a few health-preserving prescriptions, said some specious words, and left. After the people left, Meng Sangyu immediately dismissed the redundant attendants in the palace, leaving only Bishui, Yincui and Nanny Feng.

　　"I have something to tell you. Listen carefully and don't make any noise." Meng Sangyu gently patted Abao's back again and again, trying to calm himself down.

　　Everyone else in the hall, including Abao, pricked up their ears.

　　"The current emperor is fake!" Without any embellishment, she simply told the truth.

　　Bishui, Yincui, and Nanny Feng were all stunned, completely unable to react to their master's shocking words. I must have heard wrong! They thought in unison.

　　Emperor Wu of Zhou was greatly shocked and looked at Meng Sangyu with disbelief. He never thought that Sang Yu would be able to identify the authenticity of that person in less than an hour just based on this face-to-face encounter! With such wisdom and wisdom, you are worthy of being my Sangyu! I was still panicking that my beloved would be deceived or taken away, but now I no longer had to worry, and my heart that was about to burst returned to its original state in an instant.

　　"No, it can't be! Those eyebrows, those eyes, that figure...he is the emperor!" Nanny Feng stammered for a long time before she spoke, and Yincui and Bishui nodded fiercely.

　　That man's appearance is indeed 100% similar to his own. Whether it is height, figure, or even some subtle physical features, Yan Junwei has carefully adjusted it to make sure it is seamless and watertight. Even Emperor Wu of Zhou felt that it was another himself, let alone an outsider? Hearing Nanny Feng's rebuttal, his heart that had just relaxed tightened again, and he was afraid that Sang Yu would be persuaded by them to give up his own judgment.

　　"He is fake and cannot be wrong!" Meng Sangyu said firmly.

　　For these ancients, the feudal ideas of divine right of kings and destiny of kings have long been engraved in their bones. In their minds, the king is equivalent to a god-like existence, and looking directly at the king's holy face is a capital offense of disrespect. With such awe and reverence, how could they understand their Majesty? His Majesty has changed people, how can they tell the difference?

　　But Meng Sangyu is different. First of all, she does not have that kind of humble and timid mentality in her bones. She treats the emperor as an ordinary person; secondly, her family background is unusual. Being selected to enter the palace means walking on a tightrope. If she is not careful, she will fall to pieces, and then her body will be broken. It affects the family. Therefore, from the day she entered the palace, in order to live a good life, she regarded Emperor Wu of Zhou, her immediate boss, as a major topic to study, and she must master all his joys, sorrows, and sorrows. After studying every move of a person for three years, if there is anyone in the palace who knows Emperor Wu of Zhou the best, it is none other than Meng Sangyu, probably not even as good as the Queen Mother who has not returned to the palace for many years.

　　I want to ask, how can she not distinguish between true and false?

　　"No one knows the Emperor's joy, anger, and every move better than me." Seeing that Aunt Feng and others were still hesitant, she slowly spoke, "Every time the Emperor sees me, although his face is happy and his lips are smiling, in fact he is I was unhappy in my heart because his eyes were cold; although the emperor was chatting and laughing with me, his mind was no longer on me, because his eyes were empty; although the emperor was passionately entangled with me, his body did not move for me. Burning, because his eyes are dark..."

　　At this point, she paused, showed a sarcastic smile, pointed to her eyes and emphasized every word, "If you want to truly know a person, the first thing you must look at is not his appearance, but his eyes! Eyes are The window to the soul cannot lie! No matter how well you hide it, there will always be clues."

　　The hesitant expressions of Nanny Feng and others faded away and were replaced by solemnity. They were already moved by their master's words.

　　Emperor Zhou Wu buried his head deeply and endured the waves of cramping pain in his chest. It turned out that Sang Yu had seen through him unknowingly. How could she like herself who was so hypocritical and heartless? Having no resentment is the greatest gift from God to him!

　　Meng Sangyu continued, "When that man saw me just now, the joy in his eyes was real, the softness in his eyes was real, and the doting in his eyes was real. I even saw a little bit of it in his eyes. Heart-pounding. How could a man who has hated you for three years suddenly change his attitude towards you? There must be something fishy in this!"

　　These words immediately struck a blow in Emperor Zhou Wu's heart, causing him to bleed.

　　"Of course, I won't make a judgment just because of this. Afterwards, I observed him carefully. Although he pretended to be majestic, there was a guilty conscience and anxiety in his eyes. When he encountered something uncertain, he couldn't help but look at Chang Xi. Go, as if asking Chang Xi's opinion. Doesn't this seem very unreasonable for the arbitrary emperor?" Meng Sangyu talked eloquently, "After that, I deliberately tested it and asked him to write a dog tag for A Bao. You see ..."

　　She pointed to some calligraphy on the Eight Immortals table, "This was left by the man just now. This was left by the emperor before. Do you see anything?"

　　"Your Majesty, these paintings are clearly written by the same person. Where do you see the mistake?" Bishui, who had a little understanding of the text, looked closer for a while and said uncertainly.

　　"It is said that words are like the person they are. A person's words, like the person himself, also have a specific personality. The emperor's words are strong, crisp in writing, and fast in running. Every horizontal and vertical line has character, and every hook and stroke has edges and corners. , one can feel the majestic majesty and kingly demeanor of the person who wrote it.”

　　Emperor Wu of Zhou felt a little better with his blood boiling. At least, in Sang Yu's eyes, he still has merit.

　　Yincui and Nanny Feng quickly came over to check it out. After their master's explanation, they really felt the mystery inside.

　　Meng Sangyu nodded, pointed at the handwriting of the person just now, and said, "Look at this painting again. The writing is hesitant, the ink is uneven, and the running calligraphy is sluggish. Although these hooks are somewhat angular, they are not natural enough. This shows that this person has learned it in the past. The font is simple and elegant, and slightly soft. The font has been changed recently but has not yet been fully adapted to it, which shows its traces in the subtleties. Although a person can practice a variety of fonts, he will not practice even the fonts he is most accustomed to and commonly used. It seems unfamiliar, so it can be seen that there is something wrong with the person who wrote it."

　　Bishui and others nodded slightly, already believing it.

　　Meng Sangyu pointed to the tea cup that had not been put away and said, "After reading the handwriting, I was not completely sure, so I brewed another pot of tea and continued to test. The emperor's best thing is to be elegant. He is well versed in the art of tea tasting, and it is not good tea. Never drink good water. But you see, I mixed Lingyun Pekoe that is somewhat similar to Junshan Silver Needle into this tea warehouse, but the emperor never tasted it at all. He also praised my superb tea skills. If it was normal, he would have abandoned the tea cup long ago. Already!"

　　After saying this, she concluded with a solemn expression, "Looking at all these things, that person just now is definitely not the original emperor! The emperor will not be able to make the decision for me even with a small betrothal. The emperor will not be affected by Li Xiang and Li Guifei. The emperor will not become weaker and weaker and allow the disputes in the court and the harem to continue."

　　These words completely dispelled the hesitation of Bishui and others. Nanny Feng's face turned pale and her voice was dry, "Then, Madam, tell me, where has the real emperor gone?"

　　"I'm afraid he never woke up after being seriously injured and fell into coma. The current emperor is just a stand-in and has become a puppet for the Shen family and his daughter to manipulate the court and the harem. Our situation is dangerous." Meng Sangyu said in a deep voice.

　　"Your Majesty, your Majesty is not going to die?" Yincui's face was full of panic, and Bishui also lost his usual calmness.

　　"No. If the emperor dies, the Shen family and his daughter will not be able to live peacefully. Have you forgotten the fate of the secret guards around the emperor and the Shaw family?"

　　Bishui and others suddenly understood, and the fear in their hearts slowly calmed down.

　　A certain concubine of the Shao family once killed the emperor who succeeded Zhou Taizu. As a result, she suffered crazy revenge from the secret guards. More than 3,000 people in the whole family were bloodbathed, ranging from 80-year-old men to infant babies. , even the domesticated animals were not spared. The then commander of the secret guard committed suicide afterward to apologize. Legend has it that it was because he was poisoned by some kind of poison. If the emperor had not died, and if he had not been given the antidote before his death, he would not have been able to live alone. Because the emperor had been in power for less than half a year, the incident was too sensational and was deliberately forgotten by the people of the Zhou Dynasty.

　　"So, the emperor must still be alive. The reason why the secret guards left the fake emperor alone was to let him occupy the throne first and not give the King of Huainan and the King of Northern Hunan an opportunity to take advantage of them. When the two kings hear the news, they will definitely send their troops in. Beijing, the barbarians are invading the country again at this time, and the Great Zhou Dynasty is in danger of being destroyed! The secret guards cannot bear the responsibility for the country's subjugation, so they remain unchanged in response to all changes and wait for the emperor to wake up."

　　Meng Sangyu's analysis point by point, clear ideas, and precise predictions made Emperor Zhou Wu look at him frequently. Only now did he realize that Shen Huiru's so-called "talent and learning are as good as those of men" were so different from Sang Yu's, it was ridiculous.

　　"Then Madam, what should we do?" Grandma Feng's heart was pounding.

　　"There are secret guards in the palace, so let's pretend we don't know about it. If our whereabouts are revealed, not only will the secret guards suspect us, but the Shen family and his daughter will also do everything possible to persecute us. I will write a letter later and send it to Leave the frontier to my father so that my father's army can be ready to escort King Qin at any time. As for what to do specifically, he has his own plan. We just need to keep in touch with him at all times."

　　Meng Sangyu's tone was very depressed, not because of fear, but because of the huge excitement in his heart. If the emperor wakes up, the Meng family will be considered to have made an immortal contribution. Even if his father becomes an official, the Meng family will not decline, and his life will be much easier. If the emperor doesn't wake up, so much the better! How could the Meng family's million-strong army, the King of Huainan, and the King of Jiangbei be the Meng family's opponents? It is no longer a luxury to escape from this prison and fly into the sky!

　　Thinking of this, her hands trembled slightly.

　　Emperor Wu of Zhou thought she was afraid, and felt love, pity, and even more gratitude in his heart. Sang Yu, who still cares about herself and helps herself in times of crisis, and never flinches even in panic, is even more worthy of his love! He couldn't help but hold the woman's hand and lick it inch by inch with his tongue. At present, he has no other way to express the emotions surging in his heart.

　　Nanny Feng and the others have completely lost their sense of control. Naturally, they will listen to whatever their master says, but when they calm down, they will inevitably think too much.

　　"Mother, if a general from outside the country comes to the capital without permission, it is a capital crime to confiscate his family and exterminate his family! If the emperor fails to wake up, won't he be charged with treason?" Aunt Feng looked even more worried than before.

　　"Is it because we are worried about this that we have to watch those monsters and monsters steal my great family and country? My father is loyal to the emperor. He will definitely take this risk, and I will definitely support him. As for my mother and brother , they have always been of the same mind as their father. Do you think Shen Huiru will let me go, let go of the Meng family? No! Things have reached this point, we can't look forward and backward, we can only move forward. The emperor has great blessings and is blessed by God. He You will definitely wake up, you don’t need to think too much.”

　　Meng Sangyu tried her best to comfort everyone, but her thoughts were completely different from what she said.

　　Father Meng is stubborn, but he also knows how to adapt. He was indeed loyal to the emperor, but he valued his family more. If the two can coexist, he will choose loyalty. If the two cannot coexist, he will definitely choose his family. It's good that the emperor is awake. The Meng family can be regarded as a famous teacher and has done a good job in protecting the emperor. If the emperor unfortunately dies, Meng's father will definitely hold on to the million-strong army in order to protect his family. That is the most important bargaining chip. Whether it is to join another Ming Dynasty or to establish its own family, the Meng family has absolute initiative, and she can also take advantage of the situation to escape from the dark cage of the Forbidden Palace.

　　In the past, she had never considered the possibility of freedom because she could not see hope; now that opportunities were beckoning in front of her, she could not ignore the truest desire in her heart no matter what. Of course, despite her desire, she still retains considerable rationality and will never reveal her thoughts to anyone. For Nanny Feng and others, this is undoubtedly treason, and they will never accept it.

　　Moreover, it was best to let nature take its course and not interfere at will. For example, she would never do something like killing the unconscious Emperor Wu of Zhou. Not only could she not do it, she had to actively rescue him. Because only by occupying the moral commanding heights of King Qin's escort, the Meng family can be in the most advantageous position, able to advance and attack, and retreat and defend.

　　Poor Shen family father and daughter, they thought they were like a mantis stalking a cicada and they had a sure chance of victory, but they decided to let the oriole know the biggest clue to their doorstep. The days to come will be full of ups and downs, hardships, and even fatalities, but it will be much better than the bleak life we ​​are living now!

　　She was lost in thought, her face looking particularly solemn because she was suppressing the excitement in her chest. Nanny Feng and others had never seen such a serious master, and they all kept their breath and did not dare to disturb him.

　　Emperor Zhou Wu thought that she was worried about his own safety, so he hummed a comforting tune in his nose, filling his heart with waves of sweetness.

　　Like the Shen family's father and daughter, he is also a poor person. If he knew Meng Sangyu's true thoughts, he would probably spit out all the blood in his heart.

- Extracting MTL from raw by Du Xian'er (Poison❀Fairy) -

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