Volume 1 Chapter 38 The Queen Falls Ill

After reading the memorial, Xiang Yun immediately burned it, but he had already made up his mind.

The chaotic situation in the entire court needs to change!

That night, Sun Quan, the eunuch in charge of Shou Pharmacy, was walking towards the room of Xiaoyu, the new palace maid, with a sly look in his eyes.

This little girl is so tender and juicy, it's perfect for me to have her as my partner.

But halfway through the journey, a sack suddenly fell from the sky and wrapped around him from behind.

At this time, Xiao Guazi came forward from the dark behind and whispered, "Be quick!"

Two young eunuchs holding big sticks came out from behind Xiao Guazi. After he agreed, they stepped forward and smashed him down with the sticks, showing great force.

Sun Quan, who was trapped in a sack, became motionless before he could even shout a few more times. However, the two young eunuchs continued their movements until the sack was dyed red with blood and the person inside became motionless.

Little Melon then waved his hand and said, "Alright, drag it away and throw it into the mass grave."

In Yuxue Palace, Wang Jiaojiao has been in a good mood these days. Although His Majesty has not come to see her again, he would ask people to send her some snacks, jewelry, etc. from time to time, which made her feel warm in her heart.

The emperor is so busy every day, yet he still thinks about her so carefully. As a woman, Wang Jiaojiao is already very content.

Now she is embroidering a pattern of flying cranes and preparing to make a purse for His Majesty, hoping that His Majesty will like it.

Wang Jiaojiao's personal maid Xiaoqing teased, "Your Highness is really clever and skillful. I'm sure that after you make this purse, His Majesty will come to visit you often."

At this moment, a palace maid came in and reported: "Your Majesty, the emperor's personal eunuch Xiao Guazi is outside asking to see you."

"Is the emperor coming?" Wang Jiaojiao was delighted when she heard this and quickly said, "Let him in!"

A moment later, Xiao Guazi came in with two young eunuchs. They took one look at Xiaoqing, and the three of them immediately knelt down and saluted, saying, "Your servant greets the Imperial Concubine. May the Imperial Concubine be blessed with good health."

Wang Jiaojiao immediately asked, "Hurry up and get up. You don't have to be so polite in front of me. Is there something that Eunuch Li wants to do this time?"

Without any hesitation, Xiao Guazi stood up and stared at Xiaoqing, reporting: "In reply to the Imperial Concubine, I am here on the orders of the Empress to arrest Xiaoqing, the Empress's personal maid."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Qing immediately leaned towards Wang Jiaojiao and begged for mercy, "My Queen, save me!"

Wang Jiaojiao frowned when she heard this, and became a little angry, so she said in a bad tone: "I don't know what Xiaoqing has done wrong that she needs to trouble Her Majesty the Queen?"

Little Melon Seed replied, "Maid Xiaoqing has been embezzling money since she entered the palace. She has also stolen a large amount of property from the palace and transported it to her home outside the palace. The amount is immeasurable. I wonder if the Imperial Concubine often finds that her jewelry is missing?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Qing immediately knelt down and kowtowed, begging for mercy, "Your Majesty, please spare my life. I only took some money and property, but I have always been loyal to you. Heaven and earth can bear witness to this!

Please save Xiaoqing's life, I will never dare to do it again!"

Xiaoqing started to cry while she was talking. Wang Jiaojiao felt heartbroken when she saw this, so she put on a stern face and said, "I know a thing or two about what's going on in this palace. There are many people who have enriched themselves. Why did you find out about me? Could it be that the Queen is unhappy with me?"

This was obviously meant to protect Xiao Qing, so Xiao Guazi stepped forward and whispered to Wang Jiaojiao, "My Lady Concubine, to be honest, this was His Majesty's idea, and the Empress is also in a difficult position, otherwise it wouldn't be my turn to do it. Please don't make a mistake, My Lady Concubine."

Wang Jiaojiao's face turned pale when she heard this, and her lips trembled a little. Xiao Guazi stepped aside and whispered, "After all, Xiaoqing is the Imperial Concubine's person. Whether the Imperial Concubine will deal with her herself or we will deal with her, it's up to you."

Seeing that the situation was not right, Xiaoqing cried even harder and begged for mercy loudly: "My queen, please save me. I will never dare to do that again~"

Wang Jiaojiao slowly closed her eyes and said in a trembling voice: "Leave it to you!"

"No~" Xiaoqing's face changed drastically when she heard that, but before she could finish her begging for mercy, Xiaoguazi had a rag in his hand and stepped forward to cover Xiaoqing's mouth, making her unable to speak.

Then two other young eunuchs came forward and carried Xiaoqing up, and the three of them strode out of the Yuxue Palace.

That night, Xiao Guazi hardly got any rest and was busy until the sky turned pale.

The next morning, Xiao Guazi ordered people to carry boxes of gold, silver and jewelry to Kunning Palace.

Zhen Rou came out with the help of her personal maid Mei Renyao. Looking at this scene, she asked in confusion: "Little melon seed, what are you doing..."

Little Melon Seed replied, "May the Queen be blessed with good health. These things are the treasures that the palace maids and eunuchs embezzled. All that can be found is here. It is up to the Queen to deal with it."

Zhen Rou was stunned, and immediately understood what she understood. However, she was a little surprised that Xiao Guazi acted so quickly and solved everything in one night?

Zhen Rou frowned, thought for a moment, and said, "Just hand them all over to His Majesty. Forget it, just send them directly to the Ministry of Revenue and put them into the national treasury."

"Yes!" Xiaogua nodded and ordered someone to move it away.

As soon as the little melon-seed man left, Zhen Rou suddenly felt dizzy and fell down. Mei Renyao, who was standing by, quickly supported her.

"Empress, what's wrong with you, Empress?" Mei Renyao began to panic, and hurriedly shouted, "Quickly call the imperial physician!"

The provincial imperial examination ended yesterday. From today on, there will be a seven-day period for marking the papers. After seven days, the Ministry of Rites will grade the papers of all candidates in the entire Da Ri Dynasty.

By then, who has become a scholar, who has become a juren, and who has become a jieyuan in each place will be announced one by one.

In the court that day, Xiang Yun deliberately instructed the Minister of Rites Liu Xingjian to speed up the marking process and select the talented people of the Great Sun Dynasty as soon as possible.

After hurriedly finishing the morning court, Xiang Yun had not yet had time to reach the imperial study when he was stopped in a panic by a palace maid.

The maid ran over, knelt down and shouted, "Your Majesty, it's bad, the Queen is sick!"

Xiang Yun frowned slightly and asked coldly: "What's going on? Wasn't everything fine yesterday?"

The maid hurriedly reported: "The Queen was very depressed yesterday and was not in a good mood. She fainted early this morning. The Imperial Hospital..."

Xiang Yun didn't have time to listen to the maid's detailed explanation, and shouted angrily: "Go to Kunning Palace!"

As soon as the emperor arrived, Wei Jiyuan, the imperial physician who was treating Zhen Rou, came out immediately and reported: "This old minister is here to see Your Majesty."

"Stop bowing and tell us how the queen is doing!" Xiang Yun said with a frown.

Wei Jiyuan quickly replied: "The Queen is fine, but she has been exhausted these past two days, and her liver fire is too strong. Perhaps she is under too much pressure and suffers from heart disease.

This disease only requires a few days of rest, and you must not get too angry. I will prescribe some medicated food to cool your heart and soothe your liver, and you will be fine after taking it."

"Exhausted? She was living a good life, how could she..."

Xiang Yun was halfway through her words when she suddenly understood something and thought to herself, "This little girl is still too kind. For her to be a queen with such a personality... Never mind, let's just take it one step at a time!"

Xiang Yun waved everyone away, entered the bedroom alone, and sat down next to Zhen Rou.

Zhen Rou, who was lying on the bed, had a pale face, cold sweat on her forehead, her eyes were closed, her brows were slightly furrowed, and she looked very tormented.

After seeing this scene, even though Xiang Yun was still angry, he felt relieved.

He gently wiped the sweat off Zhen Rou's forehead with his sleeve, sighed, and thought carefully, when did he start to feel fearless about killing people?

For him, who came from another world, killing is too sinful and cannot be accepted.

But what happened now? He wanted to take other people's lives at will!

Xiang Yun began to think over every detail of those days over and over again, and suddenly he smiled knowingly and thought of Liu Bu.

This vicious eunuch never gave him the chance to adapt, and the tragic death of Queen Ru'er aroused the beastliness in his heart.

From that moment on, I seemed to know that in this world it was either you or I who died.

Looking at Zhen Rou, Xiang Yun suddenly said, "Xiao Rou'er, it's not easy to be the queen. If you are still so kind-hearted, you may die one day without knowing how. These sisters in the harem are not good people.

I am teaching you this. If you are not ruthless, they will kill you!"

Suddenly, hot tears flowed from the corners of Zhen Rou's eyes. Xiang Yun was stunned when he saw it. Zhen Rou slowly opened her eyes and said aggrievedly: "Your Majesty, I understand the truth, but...I can't do it."

When Xiang Yun saw Zhen Rou looking so pitiful, he couldn't help but pinch both sides of Zhen Rou's cheeks with his hands. They were so tender.

"You are so brave, you even dare to pretend to sleep in front of me. You have become very capable!"

"It hurts~"

Zhen Rou screamed strangely, but Xiang Yun would never let her go. He pinched her cheek and pulled her up from the bed. Then he looked at her closely and said very seriously, "You are my queen. You have to do it even if you can't. Even if it's for me, okay?"

Zhen Rou's tears fell again. This time, it was not because she was sad, but because she was really in pain. She nodded quickly and muttered, "Your Majesty, I know."

Xiang Yun was satisfied, so he put Zhen Rou's cheek down. Zhen Rou quickly covered her cheeks with both hands, rubbing them slowly, and they must have turned red.

The more Zhen Rou thought about it, the more she felt wronged. She scolded him, "Your Majesty is always bullying me. I am a patient, and you are so harsh on me. You don't show any mercy at all..."

"Don't I love you? You should know that I rushed here today without even dealing with government affairs!

Okay, you should have a good rest, don't think too much, just let it go, if you have anything on your mind, come and tell me;

I have something else to do, so I'll leave first!"

After Xiang Yun finished speaking, he left and returned to the imperial study. These days he was very busy as there were many things that needed to be carefully planned and there could not be any mistakes!

Seven days passed quickly, and today was the day when the results were announced. All the scholars in the Great Sun Dynasty had been looking forward to it.

From today on, they will be able to rise to prominence and become famous all over the world!