Chapter 143 Is there someone else on the princess’ bed?

Su Yunyao rubbed her eyes and pointed out the window. "Zhenzhu, look, aren't there many heads hanging on that tree, each with a peerless beauty?"

pearl:? ? ?

With a strange look in her eyes, she turned her head fearfully and looked towards the tree that Su Yunyao mentioned.

Next second.

"Princess, Princess, what's wrong with you?"

Xuan Qing, who was hiding in the dark, stood up obviously when he saw Su Yunyao falling on the bed.

Realizing something, he quickly retreated.

The news of Su Yunyao's fainting soon reached the emperor's meditation room.

This time of day on weekdays is the time for morning prayers in Huguo Temple.

At this time, all the monks in the temple were walking in a hurry.

When the accompanying imperial physician heard that the princess was ill, he staggered, rolled, and crawled as he rushed in, sweating profusely.

He carefully felt the pulse and knelt before the emperor. "Your Majesty, the princess has caught a cold and has a high fever, which is why she fainted. I will go down and make medicine for her."

The emperor frowned deeply, sat on the edge of the bed, and stared at Su Yunyao's flushed face.

"It's all my fault."

Everyone looked at each other in surprise when they heard this.

Is it true that the emperor dotes on the eldest princess to the point of obsession?

The eldest princess was ill, yet he blamed himself like this.

"Your Majesty, the medicine is ready. I will feed the princess the medicine."

Pearl came in with a bowl of medicine.

Huo Xiao had been standing nearby for a long time, but the emperor was sitting next to the princess, so no one could get in.

He could only watch.

I finally got a chance.

Huo Xiao moved his lips, but before he could say anything, the emperor had already taken the medicine bowl from Zhenzhu's hand.

"No need, I'll do it."

The emperor fed it himself.

Everyone fell silent again, only the imperial physician came forward cautiously with a worried look on his face.

"Your Majesty, the eldest princess has contracted a fever, and the symptoms of fever are fatal. Your Majesty's health is important, so please let Aunt Pearl administer the medicine."

The emperor looked calm as he scooped a spoonful of medicine and placed it on Su Yunyao's lips. "No need to worry."

The bitter medicine juice fell into his mouth.

Su Yunyao's heart twisted in an instant and she instinctively vomited outside.

He was still mumbling.

"So many heads, so many handsome heads...so many heads..."

The emperor paused while feeding the medicine, very puzzled, "Royal sister, what are you talking about?"

Su Yunyao was drowsy and didn't seem to hear him at all. She just continued to talk to herself, "One, two, three... so many heads!"

The emperor became even more confused.

At this moment, Pearl seemed to have thought of something and said, "Your Majesty, just before the princess fainted, she told me that there were many human heads hanging on the tree outside."

Everyone: ...

emperor:? ? ?

Almost the moment Pearl's voice fell, everyone in the Zen room turned their heads to look at the tree outside the Zen room.

Xuan Qing: ...

He tiptoed lightly and jumped onto the roof.

His movements were so fast that no one noticed him.

Xuan Qing is the leader of the Xuanyi Guards, and his lightness skills are among the best in Daxia.

Otherwise, the emperor would not have sent him to the eldest princess to protect her.

No matter how powerful his lightness skills were, he could not escape Huo Xiao's sharp eyes.

Upon hearing this, the imperial physician's eyes widened in shock. He quickly walked to the emperor's side, knelt on his knees, and placed his fingertips on Su Yunyao's wrist.

Could it be that he diagnosed the pulse incorrectly?

The princess's current symptoms are not caused by a cold, but by an evil spirit entering her body?

But he took Su Yunyao's left and right pulses.

Lost in thought.

"What happened to the eldest princess?" The emperor's expression became more serious.

Taiyi was in poor health, sweat wiping off his forehead, and tremblingly said, "Your Majesty, the eldest princess's pulse is floating and tight, indicating an invasion of wind and cold that is blocking her defensive Qi. She hasn't been invaded by any evil spirits. It's just that the meditation room in the temple is too cold, and the eldest princess is weak, making it difficult for her to recover. Furthermore, when I first arrived, I only prepared some commonly used medicinal herbs. Please, Your Majesty, take the princess back to the palace as soon as possible."

The emperor's expression finally softened a bit, "Let's go back to the palace."

After he turned and left, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Huo Xiao took the medicine bowl from Zhenzhu's hand and said, "You go and pack the princess's things. I will feed her the medicine."

Zhenzhu bowed and left.

Su Yunyao was feeling drowsy and didn't like these bitter medicines in the first place.

Huo Xiao had no choice but to feed her mouthful by mouthful.

In the past, when soldiers in military camps caught a cold, due to limited conditions or a shortage of medicine, they would wipe their bodies with hot towels to dissipate the heat and cold quickly.

After feeding the medicine, Huo Xiao went to get a basin of hot water, helped Su Yunyao wipe her body, and changed her into a clean set of underwear.

Just as he was covering her with the quilt, his fingertips touched something.

He took it out from the quilt with some suspicion and examined it carefully.

It is a button belonging to a man's underwear.

The light blue buttons did not match the pink inner garment that the princess had just changed out of.

Even though this is a temple, the meditation room where the princess lives must have been lived in before.

But before the princess went to sleep, Pearl and Agate should help her make her bed again.

How could something so obvious fall back onto the bed without being noticed?

Could it be that there was someone else in the princess's bed last night?

Huo Xiao's eyes darkened.

Lu Mingfeng is now in the Dali Temple, investigating the person who poisoned the princess.

He would definitely not chase him to Huguo Temple in the middle of the night.

Who could that be?

At the moment Huo Xiao lost consciousness, Zhenzhu came in with her things packed. "General Huo has packed everything. The emperor is already waiting at the gate of Huguo Temple. The carriage is outside the meditation room."

In fact, she wanted to ask if she still needed to change the eldest princess' clothes.

After thinking about it, I still don’t know how to start.

Huo Xiao nodded lightly and picked up Su Yunyao from the bed along with the quilt. "Bring the princess's cloak here."

Pearl was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood.

Su Yunyao was moved away along with her blanket.

The carriage was bumpy, and she didn't sleep very soundly. Plus, she was already feeling unwell, so she was groaning all the way, which made Huo Xiao feel mixed emotions.

He never knew that the road from the Huguo Temple to the Imperial Palace was so long.

The emperor did not utter a word on his way back.

He still believed in his heart that Su Yunyao's illness must be related to the previous massacre of the princess's mansion and the deaths of so many people.

He did not let Su Yunyao return to the princess's mansion, but rushed all the way into the palace.

When passing by Xuanzheng Hall, Shen Qiu Nian was kneeling in front of the hall.

Seeing this, Wu Jixiang dared not fail to report it.

He knew the emperor was in a bad mood, but he still said, "Your Majesty, the Dali Temple has already come to the conclusion. Lin Miaomiao has confessed everything about drugging the princess."