"Also, do you want the imperial physician to take a look at your injury?"

Yan Tinglan nodded and stood up, "No problem."

After he changed his clothes, the concubines who received the news also arrived.

"I pay my respects to His Majesty!"

Yan Tinglan raised his eyes and said, "Go away."

Having not seen each other for over a month, the concubines who had just wanted to approach him with eager eyes were frightened and kept silent, but no one was willing to leave.

The concubines didn't want to miss this opportunity as they hadn't seen the emperor for more than a month.

In the end, it was Zhao Fu, the most favored and highest-ranking Zhao Zhaoyi, who bravely spoke up, "Your Majesty, I and the sisters heard that the eldest prince and the imperial concubine fell into the water, so we came to visit them."

Yan Tinglan glanced at her coldly and said, "Demoted to a concubine."

Zhao Fu's eyes widened in disbelief.

"The rest of you, go down one level each."

"Your Majesty, I am only concerned about the Imperial Concubine and the eldest prince. Why do you want to demote me?"

"One more level down."

They said they came to visit, but in fact they were just trying to win favor. Yan Tinglan didn't bother to pay attention to them.

Zhao Fu didn't dare to speak.

Zhang Yuanlu looked at Yan Tinglan, wanting to say something but stopping himself when he met his cold gaze.

"I won't say it for the third time, get out."

After the concubines left, Yan Tinglan looked at Zhang Yuanlu, "What do you want to say?"

"Your Majesty, the concubines' positions were given to appease the court officials. If you lower their positions, what will happen if the officials have objections?"

"Then let me know if you have any opinions."

Zhao Yuanlu didn't dare to say anything after hearing this. Why did it feel like the emperor was more decisive and more majestic?

In the past, he could still bite the bullet and give some advice, but now that the emperor was staring at him, his scalp went numb and he dared not say a word.

Just after Princess Yong'an was named and entered the palace as a royal concubine, the emperor was assassinated and seriously injured. Seeing that he was beyond help, he was transferred to the bedroom by the royal secret guards for guarding. Unexpectedly, after six or seven days, Zhang Yuanlu saw him striding out of the bedroom. When he found him, he saw him hugging the royal concubine, all wet.

The imperial physician who had been waiting nearby spoke at this time.

"Your Majesty, the eldest prince and the imperial concubine are fine. They may have a high fever tonight and need someone to watch over them at all times. They will be fine after taking the medicine properly."

Zhang Yuanlu waved his hand and said, "Go down."

"Yes." The imperial physician wrote a prescription and left.

Yan Tinglan looked at Zhang Yuanlu, "Take the eldest prince back to his palace."

"yes."

Yan Tinglan entered the inner hall.

The maids in the inner hall hurriedly saluted him, "Your Majesty!"

Yan Tinglan looked at the face of the person on the bed for a while, then left.

Wanjiezhu was a little unsure, floating beside him, "Host, you are not interested in the mission protection target again, are you? It's only been a short time since you came here, why are you falling in love with someone else so quickly?"

"I'm telling you, you can't be so unprincipled."

Yan Tinglan ignored it and went to review the memorials.

After entering the imperial study, Yan Tinglan looked at the pile of memorials, was silent for a while, and then resignedly opened them.

The young eunuch beside him hurried to grind ink for him.

After reviewing the memorials that had been piling up for six or seven days, Yan Tinglan stood up.

"Set the table."

"yes."

Wanjiezhu told Yan Tinglan about Zhu Fuli's situation, so he didn't ask, "How is the eldest prince?"

"News came in that the eldest prince had a high fever and was having nightmares."

Yan Tinglan heard this and said, "We'll have dinner later and go see the eldest prince."

"yes."

Arriving at Yan Chengfeng's Chaoyang Palace, Yan Tinglan waved away the palace servants and listened to Yan Chengfeng's nonsense with a flash of surprise in his eyes.

— (Shuang Jie, don’t ask.)

— (As for other concubines, if they don’t make trouble, they will be allowed to retire. If they make trouble, they will be kicked out.)

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