Chapter 240: Lost in Love with Women (Part 1)

As night falls, palace lanterns light up.

When Concubine Ru came to the imperial study and saw the door was still closed, her heart tightened.

"My Lady Concubine."

The eunuch who was serving outside walked forward calmly and bowed. Although he had a smile on his face, his body directly blocked the road.

"His Majesty has ordered that no one may enter without his summons. Please go back."

Concubine Ru frowned slightly and spoke with some worry, "I am just worried about your Majesty's health. It's cold in autumn and it would be bad if you get hurt. This is the pear and Sichuan Fritillaria stewed by me specially to moisten your throat and clear your lungs. Could you please -"

Before she could finish, she heard a deep and powerful voice coming from inside.

"Let her in."

Concubine Ru was delighted and personally carried the bowl of Sichuan Fritillary and Pear into the imperial study.

The door slowly closed behind her. Concubine Ru looked inside and saw Emperor Mu Wu sitting back in a chair with his eyes closed, dozing off.

In the candlelight, his face showed a bit of fatigue.

"His Majesty."

Concubine Ru put the things down carefully, came behind him, and began to massage him spontaneously.

She controlled her strength very well, and Emperor Mu Wu's brows gradually relaxed. He let out a long sigh and gently patted her hand.

Concubine Ru then spoke softly, "Your Majesty has not gone out for the whole day. He is really too tired. Although the affairs of the court are important, your Majesty's health is more important."

She didn't mention what happened today.

Emperor Mu Wu was silent for a long time, then he seemed to ask and murmured: "Is it really my fault?"

Concubine Ru's heart skipped a beat, but she showed no sign of it. She said angrily, "Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven. How can the Son of Heaven be wrong?"

Emperor Mu Wu did not respond to her. He seemed to be reminiscing about the past, or as if he was distracted.

Ru Guifei knew that he was thinking about Ye Zheng.

She had countless questions in her mind, but she couldn't say them out loud - those were not things she, a concubine in the harem, was qualified to ask.

“By the way, I heard that the second prince entered the palace today?” Emperor Mu Wu came back to his senses and asked.

Concubine Ru quickly explained, "Yes. He wanted to come and pay his respects to Your Majesty, but later learned that you were busy, so he didn't dare to disturb you. He just talked to me for a while and then left."

After listening to this, Emperor Mu Wu said "hmm" lightly.

"He has always understood my heart best."

Without further questioning, Emperor Mu Wu ate half a bowl of Sichuan Fritillary and Snow Pear and let Concubine Ru go back.

As she walked out of the imperial study, a cold wind blew over, and Concubine Ru suddenly felt the chill enter her body.

She couldn't help but look back. For some reason, she felt a stronger sense of uneasiness in her heart.

She couldn't tell where this feeling came from. Everything was clearly perfect, and even His Majesty treated her the same as always.

No one else is allowed to come, only she can come, this is the favor that others can't ask for.

Maybe... I'm thinking too much?

Concubine Ru thought back over and over again about what had just happened, and only after she was sure that there was nothing wrong with His Majesty did she force herself to collect her thoughts and suppress the uneasiness that was surging in her heart.

"My lady?"

The palace maid reminded quietly.

Concubine Ru gathered her sleeves and turned around, her pretty and charming face still showing a gentle and calm expression.

"Go back."

…

This night is destined to be a sleepless night for many people.

Ye Shixian waited for a long time, and finally waited for Ye Mingze's high fever to subside a little.

Unexpectedly, just an hour later, Ye Mingze had a fever again, and it was more severe than before.

Ye Shixian had no choice but to keep sending people to change the water and wipe Ye Mingze's forehead and palms over and over again.

After doing this several times, she was extremely tired and sleepy, so she had to call Shaoyao and the others to serve her.

But now the Ye family is in a panic, and the servants and maids are no longer willing to serve wholeheartedly. They are often careless when looking after Ye Mingze. One of them was so clumsy that he spilled half a basin of water on Ye Mingze, and then he just casually pulled a quilt to change his body.

The night was long, Ye Shixian kept her eyes open, clearly tired and sleepy, but she couldn't fall asleep.

She was even afraid of dawn, because no one knew what would be waiting for her tomorrow.

Everything was fine a few months ago. How come they ended up in this situation in the blink of an eye?

…

Murong Mansion.

"Did you turn a deaf ear to what I said to you before?!"

A low, cold and stern voice of reprimand sounded, with obvious anger.

Murong Ye knelt on the ground, his knees ached and his calves were already numb.

He has been kneeling since daytime.

"My son doesn't dare!" he replied with his head down.

Murong Yang sneered: "You don't dare? I think you dare! If I hadn't sent someone to follow you, I wouldn't know how you dared to sneak into the backyard of the Ye family! Do you think those guards are fools!?"

Murong Ye couldn't help but look up and argued for himself: "Don't worry, my son acted carefully and was not noticed by them--"

Bang!

A loud slap was heard, and Murong Ye was stunned. It took him a long time to recover.

Murong Yang laughed in anger: "Who do you think you are? How capable are you? Don't forget! The people stationed at Ye's house right now are Chen Yanchuan's people!"

These words instantly aroused Murong Ye's disgust.

His jaw was clenched and his teeth were clenched, but there was still fire boiling in his chest.

"In your eyes, Chen Yanchuan is better than me in every way, right?"

The whole capital city knew that Murong Ye was arrogant and competitive by nature. He was a first-rate rider and archer and would never yield to anyone.

But few people know that the person he really regards as his mortal enemy is not his peers and classmates in the capital, but Chen Yanchuan who has been away from Beijing for several years.

Since childhood, Murong Yang has compared him with Shen Yanchuan countless times, which has long caused Murong Ye's dissatisfaction.

He had no idea why Chen Yanchuan made his father so afraid.

Of course he was unwilling to accept this!

However, Murong Yang was not moved at all, and just looked down at him coldly.

"At least, Chen Yanchuan would not be so foolish for a woman and do such a stupid thing! You know that the Ye family is a hot potato now, but you still rush to do it?! I really don't know what kind of magic potion Ye Shixian has given you! Don't forget! Her father is still in prison!"

Murong Ye refuted strongly: "Those rumors are all false! How could he harm his own brother? This is definitely a frame-up!"

(End of this chapter)