Chapter 148: Plotting Rebellion
Is he sick?
Su Wan was surprised. When she was in Beijing, she had not seen the Regent and was not aware of his physical condition.
She tried to recall the original story, but unfortunately, apart from a simple main plot, there was no plot triggered by meeting key characters.
Su Wan unraveled the story and reviewed the main plot. It seemed that after Gu Huaizhi entered Beijing and the Regent's adopted son died, Gu Huaizhi fought with the prince, but there was no mention of the Regent. Could it be that his illness was quite serious and he died directly?
"Besides this, is there anything else?" Su Wan thought to herself. This time when she came to Beijing, she had to go to the Regent's Mansion and visit the Regent.
"Miss, you said the Regent is a friendly army. He can now control the Crown Prince, which is very beneficial to your situation. I am afraid that if the Regent falls ill, the Crown Prince will take advantage of the situation and make things difficult for you." Qi Guang said worriedly: "Do you think you should return to Beijing as soon as possible to treat the Regent?"
Su Wan narrowed her eyes and looked at Qi Guang inquiringly, "Qi San and Qi Wu hate the Regent very much. You seem to be a little worried about him?"
"They are still young and don't know the inside story of many things. It is reasonable for them to misunderstand the Regent." When Qi Guang learned that Su Wan married Gu Huaizhi and the Regent was the mastermind behind the scenes, he also felt resentful, but now seeing that the Crown Prince is walking on thin ice in the court, he understood the Regent's intentions.
The Regent was probably unwilling to let the Crown Prince inherit the throne, so he asked Su Wan and Su Mixue to change their marriage.
"Before your mother died, she told me that if the regent is in danger, lend him a helping hand." Qi Guang's eyes became solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "She said she owed the regent and let him down."
The previous emperor wanted the regent to be the crown prince. The current emperor and the regent are brothers from the same mother. The empress dowager, who was still Defei at the time, hoped that the brothers would complement each other. She wanted the weak Jingdi to be the emperor, and the regent to be a general with heavy troops in hand. The two brothers would defend the Ji family's kingdom.
The regent respected the empress dowager very much. At that time, the brothers had a good relationship. He did not value power, but liked to gallop on the battlefield. He agreed with the empress dowager's proposal.
The regent and Qi Min were in love, and they were ready to propose marriage to the Qi family after returning to Beijing in triumph.
The previous emperor passed away, the new emperor ascended the throne, and the regent's proposal was postponed.
A year later, the regent asked the empress dowager to grant the marriage.
The Jingdi intervened. If the regent wanted to marry Qi Min, he would have to hand over the military power with the Qi family.
The regent was not afraid of Emperor Jing, but asked the queen mother: "What do you think, mother?"
"Xuan'er, the Qi family has its own army and is more powerful than the emperor. This is a taboo in the court. If you marry the daughter of the Qi family, it will help the power of the Qi family. I agree with the emperor's proposal." The queen mother advised: "You are of royal blood, what kind of woman do you want? Why are you so stubborn and insist on the daughter of the Qi family?"
"None of those women is her." The regent has made up his mind: "I will marry her."
The queen mother was angry and slapped the small table with one hand: "Rebellious son! Are you going to go against me and the emperor for her?"
"This is not what I want. If one day, you and I turn against each other, and brothers become enemies, I will have no choice but to do it." The regent bowed, "I'll leave."
"Bang——"
The queen mother waved her hand and swept the teacup to the ground.
Qi Guang was in the inner hall, and his heart skipped a beat. He looked at Qi Min standing in front of the window. She was exceptionally calm, but she just clenched her fingers tightly in her palms.
Not long after, the Queen Mother came in, with anger still on her face. She glanced at him sharply. Qi Guang lowered his head, and then heard the Queen Mother's majestic voice: 'You all leave, I have something to say to Miss Qi. '
The palace maids all left.
Qi Guang looked at Qi Min.
"A Guang, you go down." Qi Min turned around, wearing a red dress, which set off her bright face, like a rich and warm rose.
Qi Guang left, and didn't know what the Queen Mother said to Qi Min.
Since then, the situation in the capital has been tense.
The regent is planning a rebellion.
The Qi family ancestral hall still hangs the words "Loyal to the emperor and serve the country" written by the late emperor.
General Qi will never allow the regent to rebel.
In order to stop the regent from rebelling, Qi Min broke up with him and married Su Jihong.
The regent left Beijing to guard the border until Qi Min died of illness, and then returned to Beijing.
Later, the emperor became obsessed with alchemy, and he became the regent. He invited the queen mother to the national temple to pray for the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Whenever Qi Guang thought of the current situation of the Qi family, he couldn't help but think about whether General Qi had regretted stopping the regent from rebelling.
If he hadn't stopped it back then, if the regent succeeded, Qi Min might not have died, and Su Wan would have been the regent's child, and he wouldn't have to endure so much grievance and injustice.
"If your mother were alive, she would definitely hope that you would save him." Qi Guang couldn't help feeling a little sad.
Whether it was his mother's wish or not, in this situation, Su Wan had to save the regent.
"I will." Su Wan agreed: "Uncle Qi, tell Gu Huaizhi that he will leave for Beijing tomorrow." After a pause, he asked: "How is Jiuge doing in Qingfeng Mountain?"
Gu's mother was busy with the restaurant, and she would definitely not have time to take care of Jiuge if she brought Jiuge with her, so she changed her mind and left Jiuge in Qingfeng Mountain, which was much safer than leaving her in Gu's house. She was worried that Jiuge's identity would be exposed if there were too many people.
Qi Guang said: "Hu took good care of her, and her health has improved a little. I will take her down the mountain tomorrow and wait for you to meet up."
"Okay." Su Wan nodded.
Qi Guang went to Xinghua Village.
Su Wan entered the house and discussed with Wang Yao and Wang Dong, "I will change Guangren Hall to Xinglin Hall. Wang Bo will be the doctor and see patients, and Wang Dong will be the manager. I will not give you a fixed monthly salary. I will give you and your father 20% of the total monthly turnover. You should make a list of the medicinal materials needed by the clinic and send it to the Iron Lady in the Xuanwu Street workshop. She will be responsible for delivering it to you."
"How...how can this be done?" Wang Yao quickly refused: "20% bonus is too much. You can give us father and son 10 taels of silver each month."
Wang Dong pulled Wang Yao's sleeve. If they did not accept it, I am afraid Su Wan would not be too confident in them.
"Dr. Su, we only need 10%."
Wang Yao quickly nodded in agreement.
Su Wan smiled and said, "I won't treat my own people badly. I give you such a high bonus because I hope your efforts are proportional to what you get."
Wang Dong patted his chest and promised, "Dr. Su thinks highly of us, and we will never let you down."
Su Wan prepared a contract and asked the father and son to sign it.
"You go back first, I will arrange people to cooperate with you." Su Wan still wants to observe these two people.
Wang Dong and Wang Yao looked at each other, and the two said goodbye and left without complaining.
Su Wan originally planned to leave the day after tomorrow and go to Zui Xiang Lou again tomorrow. Now that the plan has changed, she will go to Zui Xiang Lou again.