"Speaking of the queen..."

On the way, the eunuch Gao He seemed to have thought of something and said hesitantly: "Your Majesty, there is something I don't know whether to say or not."

"It's okay to just say it." Zhao Hongrun said casually.

After Gao He hesitated for a long time, he said with a strange look: "According to the maid of Fengyi Palace secretly reported to my chamberlain, the Queen...she raised some poisonous weeds and poisonous insects in the palace, this...slave

Do you think this is inappropriate?"

In fact, the great eunuch Gao He had wanted to report this matter to the new king for a long time. He felt that the empress Mi Jiang was simply weird. Her expressionless face all day long was even colder than the previous empress Wang. Not to mention, she actually

He also personally planted some poisonous weeds in the flower garden outside Fengyi Palace, and even publicly reminded the ladies in Fengyi Palace that these are poisonous weeds and should not be touched unless there is nothing wrong.

If these poisonous weeds have scared the palace ladies to death, then the venomous snakes, scorpions, centipedes and other things that the queen got from nowhere have scared the palace ladies half to death, and they can't even care about the queen.

The empress was afraid and secretly reported the matter to the eunuch.

"Oh? Is this the case?"

Zhao Hongrun was stunned after hearing this, but he was not surprised.

In his opinion, Mi Jiang was born as a witch, and it was perfectly normal for her to spend her free time in the palace tinkering with poisonous weeds and insects.

It's just that the maids in Fengyi Palace couldn't accept this.

No, at the same time, in the side hall of Fengyi Palace, Mi Jiang, who has become the Queen of Wei, is holding the head of a venomous snake with her bare hands without expression, and is pouring out a few drops of poison from the fangs.

The poisonous juice was collected into an elite jade bottle, making the maids nearby so frightened that their legs became weak.

At this moment, a shout of "Your Majesty has arrived" came from outside the palace, which finally brought the frightened palace ladies back to their senses.

"Tap tap tap——"

Following the sound of unhurried footsteps, Zhao Hongrun stepped into the inner hall, and happened to see Mi Jiang expressionlessly putting a poisonous snake back into a porcelain jar, so he asked curiously: "What are you doing?

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Mi Jiang looked back at Zhao Hongrun and said calmly: "That child Wei'er has been plagued by evil spirits recently. I want to make some medicine to exorcise evil spirits for him..."

Because he is married to Mi Jiang, Zhao Hongrun has some knowledge of witchcraft medicine. The so-called wind evil is actually cold air. To put it bluntly, it means that staying in a cold, humid environment for a long time will cause physical discomfort. In fact, it is not that mysterious.

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"Wouldn't it be better to leave this kind of matter to the doctors in the palace?" Zhao Hongrun stepped forward to hold Mi Jiang's shoulders and said with a chuckle.

"I can't trust those people..." Mi Jiang said lightly.

Zhao Hongrun had been with Mi Jiang for nearly ten years, so how could he not guess what Mi Jiang was thinking: rather than distrusting the doctors in the palace, it was better to say that it was caused by the mutual prejudice between witch doctors and orthodox medical skills.

Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun shook his head and said: "Wei'er is the prince of the East Palace. The doctors in the palace will do their best to make him recover. There is no need..." He glanced at the mouth of the porcelain bottle in Mi Jiang's hand and saw that

There was still some transparent liquid that looked like saliva on it. He swallowed secretly and said, "There is no need for these scary things."

Of course Mi Jiang obeyed her man's words, so she had no choice but to put away those scary things as Zhao Hongrun said, and invited the palace physician to diagnose her son Zhao Wei.

In fact, it is not a big deal. Children are running around and have low immunity. They have symptoms of headache and brain fever. This is quite normal.

A moment later, a doctor who had diagnosed Prince Zhao Wei's symptoms reported to Zhao Hongrun that His Highness's symptoms were just minor illnesses and could be cured with just a few doses of medicine.

Of course, Mi Jiang had personally read the prescription, and as Zhao Hongrun had guessed, she showed disdain for this orthodox medical prescription - even though she showed disdain, in the eyes of unfamiliar outsiders, she still looked indifferent.

expression.

During this period, Zhao Hongrun also visited his son Zhao Wei in person. It was indeed a minor illness. The little boy was just a little lethargic and had a poor appetite. However, as a child, his mood changed greatly. When he learned that his mother Mi Jiang allowed him to go to see him,

When the younger brothers Zhao Chuan, Zhao Han, and younger sister Zhao Chu were playing, their spirits suddenly cheered up.

While eating, Mi Jiang asked Zhao Hongrun curiously: "Why did you come to the harem today? Didn't you say you have to stay in Chui Gong Hall all day?"

Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun smiled, glanced at his son Zhao Wei who was cooking rice, and said with a wry smile: "It's not because of this kid..." As he said that, he saw confusion flashing in Mi Jiang's eyes.

Color, then explained: "According to the rules of the Wei Dynasty, after the crown prince is established, he must select several teachers to teach him..."

"Wei'er is only three years old." Mi Jiang frowned slightly.

"So..." Zhao Hongrun shrugged and said with a smile: "As the saying goes, don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you. When I was young, I didn't like studying and disliked the heavy workload. Now I can make the decision.

, how can we ask him to follow in the footsteps of his father? Let’s talk about it in a few years!”

"Is this appropriate?" Mi Jiang asked.

Zhao Hongrun touched his chin and said with a smile: "When he becomes sensible, I will ask him personally. If he hopes to inherit the throne in the future, I will naturally teach him strictly; otherwise, if he wants to be an idle king..."

Here, he paused for a moment, and after a few breaths of delay, he continued: "I won't stop him."

At this time, the young prince Zhao Wei seemed to realize that his father was talking about him, and he raised his head in confusion.

Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun said with a smile: "I don't have any requirements for you brothers, I just hope that you... will grow taller and stronger in the future." When he said this, he didn't know if he was mocking himself or something else, with unclear meaning.

Sighing: "Well, maybe I am destined to kill countless people in this life and damage my moral character, so God wants to punish me in this area... Hahahahahaha."

Listening to His Majesty's self-deprecating words, the eunuch Gao He wanted to plug his ears with his hands.

Everyone in the palace doesn't know that mentioning "height" in front of the new king is no less than mentioning "Xiao Shuai" in front of the previous king. That is an absolute taboo!

At this moment, only Queen Mi Jiang dared to talk. After rolling her eyes at Zhao Hongrun, she said calmly: "It's okay if you say this yourself, right?"

"Hahaha." Zhao Hongrun laughed.

In the next half month, the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Government still made insinuations in front of Zhao Hongrun from time to time, hoping to win the position of Prince's Master. However, Zhao Hongrun did not take up the challenge at all. As time went by, these courtiers also understood the thoughts of the new monarch, and this matter ended

It's settled.

The new year is the "Second Year of Xing'an", and every household celebrates the New Year.

Since a large amount of mutton from Sanchuan County was shipped to Wei State, meat like mutton, which was usually only affordable to nobles, was now served on the tables of common people, but not very frequently.

But it is not difficult to imagine that after the imperial court also developed local animal husbandry in the Hetao area, I believe it will be able to further satisfy the Wei people's demand for meat.

In March of the second year of Xing'an, Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, Prince of Chu, was still leading his army to attack Qi.

The war between Qi and Chu has reached this point, and both Chu and Qi have actually been very difficult to maintain: although the Chu army has occupied Sishui County, Donghai County, and even Langya County, many of them have been occupied by the Chu army.

However, because the Qi State recruited martial arts warriors at all costs to fight against the Chu army, the Chu army was ultimately unable to break through Langya County and pushed the front to Qi State's Beihai County.

"If we can't attack for a long time, the Chu army may be in a bad situation..."

After learning about the war situation between Qi and Chu, Zhao Hongrun said secretly.

Just as he guessed, in March of the second year of Xing'an, when spring was coming and the Chu army launched a fierce offensive against Qi, in fact, the Chu army's offensive seemed a bit weak.

The reason is very simple. The logistics of the Chu army could not support it. After all, Chu State used nearly one million troops in this battle, and it lasted for two years. It is very surprising that it can persist in this battle.

It's over.

After all, in terms of economy, Chu State is far inferior to Qi State. In order to defeat Qi State, Chu State's domestic economic situation has almost stagnated.

At the end of March, seeing that the Chu army's offensive was tired, Qi finally launched its final counterattack.

The armies of Chu and Qi launched the most massive decisive battle in the history of the Central Plains in Langya County. In the end, the Chu army had to withdraw from Langya County because of logistical difficulties.

But even so, Qi's offensive could not last long. After expelling the Chu army from Langya County, it stopped there and failed to take advantage of the victory to pursue and regain the East China Sea and Surabaya counties.

In May, Chu Gongzi Xiong Tuo temporarily returned to Shoying and inherited the position of King of Chu.
Chapter completed!