Chapter 2417 Otherwise, forget it

After a while, heavy and familiar footsteps were heard outside, approaching the imperial study.

The closer the footsteps got, the faster her heart beat.

In a blink of an eye, the door of the imperial study was pushed open, and Zhu Feng slowly walked in from outside.

"ah……"

For some reason, Xue Yun subconsciously let out a low cry.

When Zhu Feng looked up, he saw the familiar figure standing in the middle of the room - Xue Yun. Although she was originally very thin, she had lost a lot of weight after not seeing her for a few days. She looked like she was swinging in her clothes.

Standing there, one feels emaciated.

The small face, the size of a palm, became paler and the eyes appeared much bigger than before.

There was a flicker of panic in his eyes.

Zhu Feng frowned subconsciously.

How did she get herself into this state?

Although he knew before that the imperial concubine had some intentions towards her and that she was being plotted against by the palace maid named Nian Qiu, he still gave her enough time to recuperate.

Moreover, the imperial concubine's attitude towards her has softened now, so her life should not be so difficult.

Why do you look more haggard than before?

Zhu Feng was puzzled, while Xue Yun was standing there. When he saw him walk in, too many complicated emotions surged in his heart at once, and he even forgot to greet him.

He just stared blankly at the person in front of him and muttered, "Your Majesty...?"

Zhu Feng frowned again.

He said in a deep voice: "I asked you to wait in the imperial study. Who else could it be if it wasn't me?"

These words seemed to wake Xue Yun up.

She suddenly came to her senses and knelt on the ground hurriedly: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I pay my respects to you, Your Majesty."

Zhu Feng walked over with a frown, and stood in front of her. He looked at her with her head lowered, kneeling there, curled up to look even thinner, and let out a deep breath.

Said: "Get up."

As he spoke, he turned around and walked to the table and sat down.

Xue Yun then slowly stood up, still a little dazed. After she stood up, she stood there motionless. Zhu Feng looked at her absent-minded appearance and frowned, "Why, after not coming here for a few days, have you forgotten what you are supposed to do?"

"Huh? Oh, oh."

She finally came back to her senses and hurriedly put the medicine box on a small table beside her. She took out the needle bag, a newly prepared medicine, and a box of incense.

Although these days, she was troubled by the imperial concubine's words and almost always hid at home.

Going or staying, these two choices were like two invisible hands tearing her apart, and she could not find peace even in her dreams.

However, no matter how she struggled, she still prepared everything needed to detoxify the emperor.

Even if you leave, these things can be left behind.

But she didn't know that if she really died, there would be no one who could cure the poison in the emperor's body.

And if he left the emperor, would he still be able to——

Zhu Feng sat at the desk, but he was not just sitting there doing nothing. Although he was not going to the cabinet to discuss matters today, some memorials had been delivered in advance. He was holding a memorial in one hand and reading it. After Xue Yun finished the preparations, he would come over to give him acupuncture to detoxify him.

As I was looking, I suddenly smelled a faint fragrance.

When he looked up, he saw Xue Yun putting a piece of incense he had made into the incense burner on the table.

Although the smoke curled up and spread in the air, the fragrance gradually spread. The fragrance was cool and had a hint of medicinal bitterness, but it was precisely because of this bitterness that the fragrance was elegant.

Zhu Feng said: "This is——"

Xue Yun turned around and whispered, "Your Majesty, the acupuncture point we're going to use next is quite critical, and it might affect your thoughts and dreams."

"……oh?"

Hearing the word "dream", Zhu Feng's heart moved slightly.

He vaguely remembered that he had had countless suffocating dreams. Ye Zheng would sometimes joke with him without any respect and say that he "liked to kill people in his dreams." But now, he couldn't remember most of them.

When he heard Xue Yun say that it would affect his dreams, he couldn't help but feel a little worried.

Maybe, you see something in your dream?

Xue Yun continued, "This incense is a special fragrance I prepared for you to detoxify during this period. Your Majesty should light it in the study and when you are resting, especially when you go to bed at night."

“…”

"It can slightly relieve the symptoms after acupuncture."

“…”

Zhu Feng thought for a moment and said, "Wouldn't it be great if there were revelations in dreams?"

Xue Yun said, "Your Majesty, your memory of the past ten or even several decades is mostly blank. If there is a revelation in a dream, we don't know when it will be. Moreover, it will not be complete, but fragmented, and may even be disordered."

“…”

"That situation will actually cause memory confusion."

“…”

"Not to mention the potential harm to one's spirit, the Emperor has to deal with countless affairs every day. If he has to endure the effects of such disordered memories, it will be extremely harmful to him."

But she didn't continue.

It's not without benefit.

After all, for a person who has lost his memory and is desperate to regain his memory, even a tiny fragment of memory is like a straw in front of a drowning person, and he will try his best to grab it.

Zhu Feng frowned and remained silent for a while, without making any comment.

Just said: "Come on."

Xue Yun walked over.

She took out a needle from the needle bag, walked behind Zhu Feng, and gently touched the back of his neck with her slender fingers. After confirming the acupuncture point, she prepared to inject the needle into his brain.

Zhu Feng took a deep breath and waited quietly.

After these days of acupuncture and detoxification, he probably knew which acupoints would cause severe pain and which acupoints would make him clear-headed and sharp-eyed. But no matter what, he would still care about the moment the needle was inserted.

However, after a long time, there was still no movement.

He couldn't help but turn his head: "Huh?"

He saw Xue Yun standing behind him with a melancholy look on his face, the silver needle in his hand was only a hair's breadth away from his body, but he never pierced it.

Meeting Zhu Feng's puzzled gaze, she bit her lower lip and actually put down her hand.

Zhu Feng frowned.

"What's wrong?"

“…”

"Why don't you put the needle in yet?"

“…”

"Is there anything left to do?"

“…”

Xue Yun's expression became more solemn. Just now, when she reached out and touched Zhu Feng, the words that the imperial concubine had said to her that day seemed to ring in her ears again.

She struggled to look at Zhu Feng, who was looking at her in confusion.

Xue Yun said softly: "Your Majesty...or, forget it."

Zhu Feng's eyes turned cold.

"What did you say?"