"The queen mother, the official family, are you two just watching the concubines being humiliated like this?"

After Fang Meiren scolded Kou Ji, she shouted at Concubine Li and Zhao Zhen without waiting for Kou Ji to speak.

According to the human ethics, Fang Meiren calls herself a gentleman, but there is no problem.

No matter how low her status in the palace is, she is still Zhao Zhen's person.

It's just that she, the female monarch, has no confidence at all when she shouts, and she looks a little crazy.

The concubines and princes around her, some people think she is crazy.

Some people think she's dying.

Empress Dowager Li's face was ugly, and she was angry in her heart, she felt that Fang Meiren, a cheap concubine, was looking for death.

In the eyes of Empress Dowager Li, Zhao Zhen called Kou Ji the fourth brother, which was a means of wooing, appeasement, and recruiting powerful ministers.

Now that Fang Meiren is a monarch and a minister, it is easy to ruin the situation that Zhao Zhen has managed so hard.

Empress Dowager Li came from a humble background, did not have any excellent means, and was not good at scheming.

But she knew that turning the minister into her own was a means to stabilize the court.

Back then, Taizu and Taizong took advantage of this to subdue a group of heroes under their hands.

Fang Meiren shouted in front of Kou Ji what kind of monarch and minister, there was a suspicion of discord.

Such a foolish woman, whether the prince bullied her or not, she deserves to die.

Empress Dowager Li was angry in her heart, but she didn't attack, but called out to Zhao Zhen in a somewhat cold voice.

"The Emperor's ......"

Zhao Zhen had already had a seizure, but the Empress Dowager Li didn't speak, and he didn't speak well, but now the Empress Dowager Li was clearly reminding him that it was time to speak, and he naturally wouldn't hesitate.

Zhao Zhen stared at Fang Meidao coldly: "The fourth brother is my brother!" Even if you're a king, you can't ride on your head. ”

Fang Meiren was shocked.

"Bang!"

Zhao Zhen took the case and said angrily: "Even if I don't call him brother, he is also the father-in-law of my emperor and the father of King Han."

The queen still has to be polite and three points when she sees it, what qualifications do you have as a cheap concubine to talk to him about the monarch and ministers? ”

Fang Meiren stared in horror and sat down on the ground.

Zhao Zhen glared at Fang Meiren in disgust, no longer looking at her, his eyes fell on Kou Ji, and his voice softened for three minutes: "Fourth brother, this matter will be handed over to you to deal with with it all." No one will be left behind who should be killed. ”

Kou Ji got up and arched his hand: "Oh! ”

Zhao Zhen said coldly: "I will leave Chen Lin to you, who you want to kill, who you want to arrest, and hand it over to Chen Lin to do." ”

After saying this, Zhao Zhen saluted the Empress Dowager Li and respectfully invited the Empress Dowager Li to return to the palace.

Empress Dowager Li nodded, and let Zhao Zhen help her out of the palace.

After Empress Dowager Li and Zhao Zhen left, Kou Ji bowed his hand to the concubines of the Sixth Palace, "Ladies and gentlemen, the minister Kou Ji has offended ......"

In addition to Empress Cao, the other concubines returned the salute one after another, claiming that it was okay.

Kou Ji walked to Fang Meiren's side in full view of everyone, squatted down, and asked straight to the point, "Why do you want to frame the prince?" ”

Fang Meiren's pupils shrank slightly, stared at Kou Ji and gritted her teeth: "The official family handed over this matter to you, and I admit it." But it's obvious that the prince humiliated me, why do you want to reverse black and white?

I know that you Kou Ji is powerful, but you can't cover up the black and white in the palace. ”

Kou Ji smiled indifferently and asked: "Even if you are humiliated, the Queen Mother, the official family, and the queen, no one will favor you, do you know why?" ”

Fang Meiren stared at Kou Ji and did not speak.

Kou Ji said with a smile: "The Queen Mother will not let the official family leave a notoriety of killing a child; The official family will not mutilate their son for a beauty who has nothing to show for nothing; Not to mention the Queen.

So this matter will eventually become, you can't seduce the prince, and try to slander the prince.

You, your parents, your brothers, your sisters, and even your house, will be beheaded for public display.

The rest of the clan will be assigned to the frontier and will never be hired. ”

Fang Meiren looked at Kou Ji in disbelief and shouted hysterically: "It's obvious that I was humiliated!" ”

Kou Ji sighed and looked at Fang Meiren like an idiot.

"is also a relative, if your father has my status, it must be the prince who will be deposed...... It's a pity that your dad didn't ......

Whether it is the Queen Mother, the official family, or the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, they don't want to see my Great Song Dynasty produce a prince who destroys human ethics.

Because once there is a prince who destroys humanity in the Great Song Dynasty, it will be a shame for the queen mother, the official family, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.

If there is a slut who does not abide by women's morals, it is easy to accept.

Even if this matter is spread, others will only say that your father and daughter have no way, and the queen has no way to control the harem.

It will not affect the majesty of the Great Song Dynasty, nor will it make the Queen Mother, the official family, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty lose their faces.

The lesser of two evils.

So in the end, it is only you and your whole family who will be sacrificed. ”

After Kou Ji finished speaking, Fang Meiren opened her mouth and couldn't say a word.

"Kou Aiqing's words are not a bit biased, my Great Song Dynasty has laws and justice, and there is a Dengwen drum in front of the palace, which is to let the people avenge their grievances."

It was Concubine Zhou Shufei who spoke, a person who didn't have much presence in the palace.

But he added a prince to Zhao Zhen, one of the four concubines.

Among the four concubines in the palace, only the virtuous concubine Da Zhang has only one daughter, and the other four have princes by their side.

The reason why Da Zhang was promoted to one of the four concubines was also because his daughter married Kou Tianci.

The two princes born to the queen are the crown prince Zhao Run and the fourth prince Zhao Ze.

Xiao Zhang gave birth to the second prince, Zhao Yong, and was promoted to concubine.

He gave birth to the fifth prince, Zhao Nong, and was promoted to Concubine De.

The Zhou family gave birth to the third prince, Zhao Li, and was promoted to concubine.

The other princes are not very old, and the strength of the maternal family is not strong, so their mothers are among the nine concubines.

Although Kou Ji doesn't pay much attention to the women in Zhao Zhen's harem, he knows Concubine Zhou Shu.

A woman who quietly climbed to the throne of the fourth concubine when everyone else was fighting for her head and bleeding.

Kou Ji said with a smile: "Concubine Shu Niangniang plans to help Fang Meiren defend a few words?" ”

Concubine Zhou Shu said lightly: "This palace just thinks that there is still justice in this world. ”

Kou Ji nodded and smiled: "There are outside the palace walls, but it's hard to say inside the palace walls." ”

Zhang Guifei put her hands in front of her abdomen and laughed softly: "There are naturally also in the palace walls. ”

Concubine He Defei smiled kindly, "The royal people are the most noble people in the world, and the place where the royal people live should naturally be the cleanest place, not a place to hide dirt and dirt." ”

Kou Ji raised his eyebrows, smiled and circled around Concubine Zhou Shu, Concubine He De, and Concubine Zhang Guifei, and finally fell on Queen Cao.

In a simple conversation, Kou Ji already saw something intriguing.

Concubine Zhang Guifei, Concubine He De, Concubine Zhou Shu, and even Concubine Zhang Xian, the four of them have a posture of forming an alliance to deal with Empress Cao together.

Empress Cao's face was as usual, as if she was a person who was fine, and she stood there indifferently.

Kou Ji looked at Concubine Zhou Shufei, Concubine He De, and Concubine Zhang Guifei again with a smile on his face, and said, "The three of you want to seek justice for Fang Meiren?" ”

Zhang Guifei sighed and said: "After all, they are sisters who have been together for many years, how can they watch Sister Fang be wronged to death." ”

Kou Ji nodded and said, "Do the three ladies plan to take advantage of this to pull the prince off the horse, or will they pull the queen off the horse together?" ”

Concubine Zhou Shu, Concubine He De, and Concubine Zhang Guifei's faces all changed.

Zhang Guifei gritted her teeth and said, "Kou Aiqing, you can't bite at will." ”

Kou Ji said nonchalantly: "The three mothers should not teach the ministers to do things. The official family handed over the matter to the minister, and how the minister dealt with it was the minister's business.

Even if the minister kills a good person by mistake, he will kill him.

The official family will not be embarrassed for a woman and the ignorant people behind the woman. ”

Zhang Guifei gritted her teeth and wanted to scold Kou Ji, but in the end she held back.

Concubine Zhang, Concubine Zhou Shu, and Concubine He De all saluted Empress Cao.

"Sister, sister and others have no different intentions."

Empress Cao smiled indifferently and said, "The three sisters are too careful. Kou Aiqing just said a joke casually, how could this palace take it to heart. ”

"Thank you sister for your understanding......"

“……”

After thanking them, Zhang Guifei and the three of them returned to where they were standing with complicated expressions.

There are some things that everyone knows in private, but when they say it, the taste is different.

They just wanted to take advantage of Fang Meiren's affair to pull the prince and queen off the horse.

Not only did they think so, but so did the other women in the palace.

The women in the palace, no one can ignore the position of the crown prince and the queen.

Everyone in the palace knew about it, but no one put it on the table to say it.

But Kou Ji, a bad man, just put it on the table, which made everyone very embarrassed.

Kou Ji is powerful, and they don't want to offend, so they can only swallow their anger and swallow this breath.

If it was someone else, Zhang Guifei, He Defei, and Zhou Shufei would have pounced on it and tore it apart.

Kou Ji didn't pay attention to the three of them anymore, he stared at Fang Meiren who was sitting on the ground, and said coldly: "Tell me why you want to frame the prince?"

If you confess, I can ask the official family to spare the lives of your family.

If you don't say anything, it won't end well. ”

Fang Meiren clenched her teeth and said with little confidence: "I never framed the prince, it was the prince who molested me." ”

Kou Ji flicked his sleeves and said with some disgust: "That's it, if you don't want to say it, I won't ask." As long as I have someone take down the Tiewen Bear and interrogate it, then everything will be clear. ”

As soon as Kou Ji's words came out, Fang Meiren not only did not panic, but calmed down a lot.

Kou Ji thought about it for a while, and probably understood why Fang Meiren became calm after he mentioned Tiewen Xiong.

Tiewen Xiong Bacheng has already committed suicide in fear of crime.

But even though he had already guessed this answer, Kou Ji still instructed the eunuchs in the palace to give it to Chen Lin, and asked Chen Lin to send someone to catch Tiewen Xiong.

When Chen Lin sent someone to catch Tiewen Xiong, Kou Ji accompanied Zhao Zhen's concubines to spend time in the dormitory.

It didn't take long for Chen Lin to enter the dormitory with the smell of blood.

"The slave has seen all the maids, and the prime minister has seen ......"

After Chen Lin gave the salute, he said to Kou Ji: "The slaves and maids in the Fang Meiren Palace and the slaves and maids in the palace, the slaves and maids have been killed with rods in accordance with the orders of the officials. ”

As soon as this remark came out.

The concubines who have the princes and princesses by their side are quite calm.

The concubines who do not have the princess and the princess by their side are not very good-looking.

Although they only killed some slaves and maids, they were not happy at all when they thought that the personal slaves and maids around them would be killed with a single word.

Fang Meiren gritted her teeth hard, restraining the fear and sadness in her heart.

Kou Ji didn't care about their faces, he said to Chen Lin, "Then find a place to bury it." Remember to bury ......"

Chen Lin agreed, and said: "Prime Minister, when the slave maid was arresting people in the Fang Meiren Palace, she found that there was a room full of willow bark.

Don't know what the use is. ”

Kou Ji was stunned for a moment, and then thought about it: "It is naturally impossible for the nobles in the palace to use willow bark for warmth. The only use seems to be to boil it into a decoction......"

As soon as Kou Ji's words came out, everyone in the dormitory was stunned.

Fang Meiren was even more surprised.

Chen Lin hurriedly asked, "Can willow bark still be used as medicine?" ”

Kou Ji nodded and said, "Can you ...... It can treat fever and analgesia...... It's just harmful to the human ......"

The reason why willow bark can treat fever and relieve pain is because willow bark contains salicylic acid, which is the active ingredient of aspirin, a miracle drug in later generations.

It's just that the content of salicylic acid in willow bark is not much, which is basically difficult to extract, and must be chemically synthesized.

It's just that the side effects of synthetic salicylic acid are still very big and hurt the stomach.

Its effect on the stomach is far greater than the curative effect.

It must be reprocessed to reach the point of curing diseases and saving lives.

Kou Ji didn't know that willow bark had such a miraculous effect.

I still read about this when I was reading a book on the Great Food, and I saw it in a book written by the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates.

Kou Ji did not know that the salicylic acid in willow bark was one of the active ingredients of aspirin, a miracle drug in later generations.

He only learned from the Great Food Books that willow bark soup can cure fever and relieve pain, but the side effects are great.

Kou Ji guessed that the herb that Fang Meiren used to lure Zhao Run to the bait was probably willow bark.

Although willow bark has great side effects in the treatment of fever.

But in this era when as long as you have a fever, you can only wait for death, or wait for God to be gracious to let the fever go away.

The side effects of willow bark can only be ignored.

It's better to live than to live.

A few more days is also alive.

No wonder Zhao Run would get enough so easily.

If Kou Ji hadn't seen the effect of willow bark in the Great Food Book, someone would have lured him to the bait, and he would have taken the bait.

The most devastating disease for the ancients was fever.

The plague did not kill as many people as fever.

The plague is like a rain, the next one is over and it is over.

Fever was always with the ancients.

If there is a doctor who can treat this symptom and pass it on, then he will inevitably be enshrined as a medical saint.

Koji had never thought of being a saint.

But he will not miss something that can live countless lives.

Kou Ji bluntly said that willow bark can treat fever and relieve pain, and there was an uproar in the dormitory.

Even Empress Cao, who had been pretending to be calm on the sidelines, couldn't help but speak: "Really? ”

Kou Ji nodded and said, "Hurt ...... stomach"

Empress Cao immediately said: "Find a doctor to argue, add some other medicinal materials, and neutralize it, maybe you can avoid things that hurt your stomach." ”

Kou Ji was slightly stunned, and actually felt that what Queen Cao said was reasonable.

Traditional Chinese medicine is very particular.

The harmony of yin and yang and the symbiosis of the five elements are the basic theories of Chinese medicine.

Poisons like arsenic can also be a good medicine for diseases under the wonderful hands of doctors.

Not to mention that willow bark is not enough to be deadly.

"I'll find the imperial doctor to correct it when I go back."

Koji nodded with a deep groan.

Empress Cao said decisively: "Without further ado! ”

"Wait......"

Zhang Guifei stepped forward to stop Empress Cao, who was about to leave.

Empress Cao frowned, and her face turned cold.

Zhang Guifei said with a dry smile: "If willow bark can really cure fever, it is a good cure." Fang Meiren can be regarded as a meritorious service, and it is also a great achievement that can go down in history. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Guifei did not continue.

But the meaning is obvious.

The fact that willow bark can treat fever was discovered by Fang Meiren, and Fang Meiren will be regarded as a person who can leave a name in history in the future.

Such a character can't be killed.

When Empress Cao heard this, her brows furrowed even tighter.

Kou Ji smiled indifferently and said, "I just don't know that Fang Meiren's relative has been in the Heavenly Saint Pavilion." ”

Zhang Guifei looked at Kou Ji and asked, "What does Kou Aiqing mean by this?" ”

Kou Ji said with a smile: "Even if the willow bark can really cure fever, the credit will not fall on Fang Meiren's head." In the land of Dashi, more than 1,300 years ago, someone discovered this.

And it is clearly entered into the book.

Fang Meiren is not from a doctor's family, and there is no doctor in the family, how do you know that willow bark can cure fever?

Therefore, Fang Meiren's method must have been learned from the mouths of those Jinshi who had translated the Great Food Books in the Tiansheng Pavilion before. ”

When Fang Meiren heard this, her fists clenched tightly.

There is neither an acknowledgement nor a denial.

Zhang Guifei suddenly smiled and said, "It turns out that Kou Aiqing wants to steal the credit." The credit for the lives of the living, Kou Aiqing also robbed it, isn't she afraid of being criticized? ”

Kou Ji said faintly: "The noble concubine Niangniang frequently helps Fang Meiren to say things, could it be that this matter is related to Niangniang?" ”

Zhang Guifei's face turned dark, and she snorted, but she didn't speak.

Kou Ji didn't pay attention to Zhang Guifei either, he instructed Chen Lin: "Go down and check and see which of Fang Meiren's relatives has been in the Heavenly Saint Pavilion."

By the way, ask the people under your command why they haven't captured Tiewen Bear yet. ”

Chen Lin agreed and exited the dormitory.

After Chen Lin left, Empress Cao said to Kou Ji: "Kou Aiqing, the matter here will be left to you to deal with." If the prince really does something that he will not return, you can only ask the official family to deal with it, and you don't have to play it to the palace.

Hongu is now going to the Imperial Physician to dialectically discuss the matter of willow bark. ”

Kou Ji nodded and smiled: "Niangniang, please ......"

Empress Cao is Empress Cao, and she is full of courage in this matter.

Not only did he not be surprised by the changes, but he also showed his trust in Zhao Run.

If she didn't believe Zhao Run, she would definitely not be so calm, let alone say this.

Now, she will save the people of Li Min more seriously than Zhao Run, and it is another good story to spread it.

No wonder Empress Cao was not afraid of the alliance of Concubine He De, Concubine Zhang Guifei, and Concubine Zhou Shu.

Empress Cao clearly knew what she wanted, and she also knew what could stabilize her position and stabilize the status of the crown prince.

After Empress Cao saw that Kou Ji agreed, she decisively left the dormitory.

Concubine He De, Concubine Zhang Guifei, and Concubine Zhou Shufei did not move.

Only Concubine Zhang Xian gestured to Kou Ji and said softly: "Kou Aiqing, this palace will also go and see ......"

Kou Ji spread his hands and smiled: "Concubine Xian, please take it, if Concubine De, Concubine Gui, and Concubine Shu want to leave, you can also leave." ”

Concubine He De, Concubine Zhang Guifei, and Concubine Zhou Shufei did not move.

Only Concubine Zhang Xian left the dormitory alone.

"It's the prince I seduced!"

Just after Concubine Zhang Xian left the dormitory, Fang Meiren didn't know what was wrong and suddenly spoke.

Kou Ji was stunned.

Concubine He De, Concubine Zhang Guifei, and Concubine Zhou Shufei were also stunned.

Then there was a meaningful smile on Kou Ji's face, and Concubine He De, Concubine Zhang Guifei, and Concubine Zhou Shufei looked at Fang Meiren with hatred.

Zhang Guifei was about to speak, but Kou Ji took the first step and said, "Why did you suddenly admit it?" ”

Fang Meiren didn't answer Kou Ji's question, but said with a trembling voice: "You just said that as long as I confess, you will let my family go." ”

Kou Ji nodded and said, "I will ask the official family about this." ”

After a pause, Kou Ji asked, "You just want to save your family, that's why you told this matter?" ”

Fang Meiren nodded almost without hesitation.

Kou Ji smiled and said, "Then tell me, why did you seduce the prince, what are your plans, and who is behind it?" ”

Fang Meiren lowered her head, no longer had the arrogance at the beginning, she lowered her head, and said in a strange voice: "I have been in the palace for more than ten years, and the number of times the official family has favored me, I can count it on one hand."

I'm empty...... I'm lonely...... I want men ......"

Kou Jiluo stood up suddenly.

The other people in the hall stared at Fang Meiren in disbelief, and they couldn't believe their ears.

"Smack!"

Zhang Guifei went up angrily and slapped Fang Meiren fiercely.

"You slut!"

Zhang Guifei scolded.

Kou Ji didn't care about the two of them at all, he almost shouted, and shouted to the little yellow door at the entrance of the hall: "Go tell Chen Lin and let him arrest all the officials who have been to the Heavenly Saint Pavilion and are related to Fang Meiren." ”

Zhang Guifei, who was punishing Fang Meiren, and other concubines looked at Kou Ji suspiciously.

Concubine He Defei seemed to have guessed something, and sighed in a low voice.

Fang Meiren lay on the ground, trembling all over, and did not raise her head.

After that, Kou Ji stayed in the dormitory for more than an hour.

Fang Meiren lay on the ground and didn't look up from beginning to end.

More than an hour later.

Chen Lin hurriedly entered the dormitory.

Fang Meiren suddenly got up from the ground and resolutely rushed to the pillar on the side.

The concubines standing in front of the pillar dodged away one after another, and Fang Meiren crashed to death on the pillar.

Blood splattered all over the floor.

Whether it was Chen Lin or Kou Ji, they didn't have time to stop it.

The concubines in the hall exclaimed in surprise after Fang Meiren was killed.

Kou Ji sat on the seat with a dark face, "Idiot! ”

Chen Lin glanced at Fang Meiren's corpse with a gloomy face, walked quickly to Kou Ji's side, and said in a heavy voice: "Tiewen Xiong hanged himself in the mansion, and left a long letter before he died, bluntly saying that he was not effective in teaching the prince, so that the prince committed a catastrophe that destroyed human ethics.

He was speechless in the face of the official family, so he hanged himself. ”

Kou Ji had already guessed that Tiewen Xiong would die, so he didn't feel surprised.

It was the letter left by Tie Wenxiong that surprised him.