Chapter 207 Minglan Wakes Up
Minglan didn't know how long this went on, and the images of Old Madam Sheng and Miss Wei appeared in her mind.
There are still people in this world who are worried about her, and she can't make those people sad.
Just like that, she felt as if she had some control over her body. She tried hard to open her eyes, but her eyelids felt as heavy as a mountain.
I don’t know how long it took, but a ray of light appeared in the darkness, and it was very dazzling.
Minglan closed her eyes instinctively and didn't open them again until a long time later.
"Girl, you're finally awake!" Xiaotao cried with joy when she saw Minglan open her eyes.
Minglan looked at Xiaotao and moved her mouth, but she didn't even have the strength to speak.
"Imperial Doctor Ma is here!"
At this time, a maid's scream was heard outside, and Cuiwei hurriedly pulled Xiaotao away.
"Imperial Physician, my daughter has woken up. Please take a look."
Imperial Physician Ma nodded and sat down to take Minglan's pulse.
Minglan had been in a coma for such a long time that he thought there was no hope for her, but he didn't expect that she could actually wake up.
"girl!"
Xiao Tao and Cui Wei stood aside, not daring to disturb her. Xiao Tao saw Ming Lan close her eyes again, thinking of her last moments of life, and cried out in sorrow.
"Tomorrow!"
When Mrs. Sheng learned that Minglan had woken up, she insisted on coming over to see her despite all the advice.
As soon as I entered the yard, I heard Xiaotao's cry, my eyes went dark and I fainted.
"Mother!" Sheng Hong was startled and quickly asked someone to send Old Madam Sheng back to her room.
Imperial Physician Ma was frightened by Xiao Tao. Looking at the crying Xiao Tao, he seemed to understand something and said, "Miss Sheng is fine, she is just too weak. Now that she has woken up, she is no longer in danger. She just needs to recuperate for a while."
"Imperial Physician, are you telling the truth?" Xiao Tao stopped crying and looked at Imperial Physician Ma in disbelief.
"Can Imperial Physician Ma deceive a maid like you?"
Cuiwei was more calm after all. She scolded Xiaotao and said apologetically to the imperial physician Ma: "Imperial physician, Xiaotao was worried about the young lady, so she said something wrong and offended me. Please don't blame me, imperial physician!"
"No problem!" Imperial Physician Ma was in a good mood and didn't care. He said, "I'll write a prescription. You guys hurry up and feed it to Miss Sheng."
He has been worried these days that something might happen to Minglan and that the Crown Prince would blame him when he returns.
Now that Minglan has woken up, all these worries are gone.
Maybe you can get a reward when you go back.
"Imperial Physician, why did my daughter fall into coma again after just waking up?" Xiao Tao asked.
"Miss Sheng is not unconscious, she is asleep. She was poisoned and her vitality was damaged. She has been in a coma for several days and has not eaten. Her body is too weak." said Imperial Physician Ma.
Cuiwei pulled Xiaotao, not letting her ask more questions, and asked someone to bring writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone.
Imperial Physician Ma wrote a prescription, gave clear instructions, and told Cuiwei to call him if she had any problems. Then he said goodbye and left.
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"Husband, the weather is nice today. Please go out for a walk with me," said Zhang Guifen.
Zhao Xing was in a bad mood these days and hardly went out.
"Yeah!" Zhao Xing wanted to refuse, but when he saw Zhang Guifen's worried expression, he nodded.
The two left Chunhe Palace and went to the garden.
In April, the peach blossoms of the mountain temple begin to bloom.
It is now April and most of the flowers in the garden have withered and are not very ornamental.
However, there is a peach orchard in the East Palace, and the flowers are in full bloom at this time.
Walking in the peach blossom forest, feeling the breeze on his face, Zhao Xing felt much more relaxed.
"I'm sorry to have made you worry these days." Zhao Xing said apologetically.
"My dear husband, you and I are one, why should we be so distant?" Zhang Guifen shook her head and said, "I know that my dear husband is worried about the Sixth Miss of the Sheng Family, but Your Highness is not an ordinary person. He shoulders the responsibility of the country, so Your Highness needs to take care of his health."
Zhao Xing has been worried these days, and she is really a little jealous.
Sometimes she couldn't help but wonder, if she were like Minglan, would Zhao Xing worry about her like this?
"I know." Zhao Xing nodded and said, "Don't worry, although I am worried about her, I will not be depressed because of this."
He was indeed in a bad mood because he was worried about Minglan.
But he will not be depressed because of Minglan.
It's just that he has nothing to do now.
As the two were talking, Liu Sanshi came over with a happy look on his face.
"Your Highness, Imperial Physician Ma sent someone to say that the sixth young lady of the Sheng family has woken up, but she is a little weak at the moment and needs to rest well for a while." Liu Sanshi bowed.
"Really?" Zhao Xing was delighted when he heard that.
Minglan hadn't woken up for so many days, and he felt that hope was slim, but he didn't expect that she would wake up.
"How dare I deceive Your Highness? This is what Doctor Ma sent to tell you. If Your Highness doesn't believe me, I can go to the Sheng family and ask." Liu Sanshi said.
Zhao Xing pondered for a while after hearing this, and said, "Let Yu Liangyuan go, you get some supplements from the storehouse and go with us."
"Yes!" Liu Sanshi responded, and when he saw that Zhao Xing had no other instructions, he bowed and left.
"Husband, can you rest assured now?" Zhang Guifen said with a smile.
Zhao Xing turned to look at Zhang Guifen, reached out and held her hand, and said, "I have been in a bad mood these days and have neglected you. Guifen, I am the crown prince, and I am destined to have many concubines in the harem, but in my heart, you guys are the most important."
Ancient people were more reserved in expressing their feelings, even between husband and wife. Zhang Guifen blushed at Zhao Xing's straightforward words.
"Your Highness has not neglected me. Instead, he has neglected the younger sisters who entered the palace two days ago. Now that Sixth Miss Sheng is fine, Your Highness cannot neglect them anymore. If it gets out, people will think that I am monopolizing Your Highness." Zhang Guifen said.
Zhao Xing took a step forward, put his arm around Zhang Guifen's waist, and made her stick close to him. He looked down at her and said with a smile, "Do you really want to push me to another woman?"
"Your Highness." Zhang Guifen pushed Zhao Xing with a red face.
This is in the garden, and there are a group of palace maids and eunuchs following behind him.
"Answer me!" Zhao Xing hugged her tightly and did not let go.
"I am the Crown Princess, so naturally I cannot monopolize Your Highness all the time. Moreover, they were chosen by my father and my mother for Your Highness. If Your Highness neglects them, my father and my mother will also be unhappy." Zhang Guifen said.
"Are you afraid that my father and mother will blame you? Don't you care at all?" Zhao Xing looked at Zhang Guifen and said, "Look into my eyes and tell me."
"Concubine...Concubine..."
Zhang Guifen opened her mouth. She really wanted to say that she didn't care, but when she looked into Zhao Xing's eyes, she couldn't say such words against her will.
How could she not care.
It is normal for a man to take a concubine, and she is mentally prepared.
But she had only been married to Zhao Xing for a few days when Zhao Xing became worried about Minglan and then took four more women in.
She is also a woman, how could she not care?
But that's Royal!
She is the Crown Princess and the future Queen, and she will be the mother of the country.
Before she got married, her father and mother told her to be generous, and she had to do so.
Zhao Xing smiled, stretched out his hand and pinched Zhang Guifen's face, and said with a smile: "I said that you guys are the ones I care about the most. I will favor the rest of you, but whether I go or not and when I go depends on my mood.
You don't have to worry about them. You are the Crown Princess. Don't worry about whether they will be resentful. If they cause any trouble, you have to deal with it.
Don't always think about what I would think, what my father and mother would think. Do you understand?"
It is impossible for him to treat everyone equally, nor is it possible for him to have feelings for all the concubines in the harem.
He understood the personalities of Zhang Guifen and a few others, but he didn't understand the others and was too lazy to understand them.
Although this may seem a bit ruthless, it is the best way.
"Okay, I understand." Zhang Guifen nodded.
Zhao Xing lowered his head and kissed her, then let go of Zhang Guifen, took her hand and said, "Come on, take me for a stroll."
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After some hesitation, the emperor decided to adopt Han Zhang's approach and send envoys to Western Xia.
The situation of Western Xia is unclear now. Although there are many troops deployed in the northwest, if Western Xia really launches a sudden attack, it will also cause considerable losses to the Song Dynasty.
It is not realistic to send more troops to the northwest. The consumption of money and food alone is a big problem.
Last year, Zhao Xing measured the farmland in Kaifeng Prefecture and the results were remarkable.
However, those fields were rented to the people and could not bring any benefits to the court for the time being.
For the imperial court, collecting more rent from more than 200,000 acres of land is actually a drop in the bucket.
However, if we could measure all the land in the world, the number would be very impressive.
These fields were hidden and originally were not taxed.
After the inventory, it was found that the taxes plus the rent were equivalent to a large extra sum of money.
This would help ease the court's financial problems.
The emperor felt that his health was getting worse day by day. Although sending envoys to Western Xia seemed a bit shameful to him, if he could maintain the current situation, he would have time to measure all the land in the world.
Given his current situation, perhaps this is the only thing he can do to help Zhao Xing before he dies.
As for the rest, he could only wait until Zhao Xing succeeded to the throne in the future and do it himself.
He couldn't cause too much trouble, otherwise he wouldn't be able to settle it during his lifetime, and would be leaving a mess for his son.
Zhao Xing had no idea what his father was thinking. He was busy favoring his new concubines these days.
The four concubines who were brought in together had two civil and two military families behind them.
Excluding Zhang Guifen, the Crown Princess, plus Yu Yanran and Rulan, these people are the concubines chosen for him by the Emperor and Empress Cao.
Four families of civil officials and two families of nobles.
The remaining four people are named Li, Li, Jiang and Chen.
The first two were born into families of civil officials, and the grandfather of the woman surnamed Li is now the Minister of Revenue.
The official position of the woman surnamed Li's father was not high, he was just a doctor in the Ministry of Personnel.
But his grandfather was no simple person. He was a prime minister in two dynasties and had taught officials.
The emperor died of illness before he took power.
One of these two families represents the new nobility, and the other represents the old officials.
Both the Jiang and Chen families were nobles, the Jiang family was a marquisate, and the Chen family was an earlate. However, they were all nobles whose families had long since stopped serving in the army.
Zhao Xing didn't treat them the same way he treated Yu Yanran and the others.
He did not spend the night in their courtyards, but directly summoned them to the bedroom in Chaoyang Palace to serve him.
(End of this chapter)