Chapter 138: Let Him Become a Eunuch
The next morning, the emperor was late for court again. The reason for his lateness today was that he overslept!
After drinking Li Tianzhuo's bowl of chicken soup yesterday, the emperor suddenly felt clear-headed and clear-eyed.
I no longer had any auditory or visual hallucinations at midnight. It was just like before the rain. I fell asleep at night and slept through the night.
For a middle-aged or elderly person who has suffered from insomnia for a month and a half, the emperor feels happy just to have a good night's sleep.
He knew that it was all due to the effect of that bowl of soup!
"Tian Zhuo, there's no need to hide it from me. What happened to the bowl of soup you sent me yesterday?"
"Who came up with this method to cure me?"
After the morning court session, the emperor called Li Tianzhuo to the imperial study and asked him about the matter.
Li Tianzhuo was a little frightened, but he didn't dare tell him that it was Ningning's idea.
"Your Majesty, it was the Ninth Prince. He was once a disciple of Medicine King Valley, so he could see your majesty's condition. He knew that you were unwilling to treat it, so he came up with the idea of adding the antidote to the chicken soup."
Li Tianzhuo then moved Jun Chenyi out.
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The emperor doesn't believe it!
"It's true that he learned medicine in Yaowang Valley, but I'm poisoned and even the imperial doctors are helpless. If he really has this ability, I might as well hand over the entire Imperial Hospital to him."
Although he is not close to Jun Chenyi, how could he not know his own son's capabilities?
"If I'm not mistaken, this method and the antidote were both the ideas of County Master Youning, right?"
Being able to become an emperor, he would certainly not be fooled by a few juniors.
The more Li Tianzhuo tried to cover up, the more it proved that the person who offered the medicine was the one he wanted to protect.
Deng Youning, Deng Youning... Ever since this little girl returned to Beijing, even the emperor has been hearing her name all day long.
It was as if she had stirred up the whole capital.
Hearing the emperor's words, Li Tianzhuo was so shocked that he knelt down immediately.
"Your Majesty, the county lady is also worried about your health. She doesn't have any other thoughts."
The emperor closed his eyes. He hadn't said anything yet. Why was Tian Zhuo so scared?
"Don't worry, as long as she doesn't take you away from me, I won't cause any trouble for her!"
He sighed and continued:
"I have never spoken to her before. Now is the best time. Bring her here and let me see her."
Li Tianzhuo had no idea what the emperor was thinking, and he didn't obey the order, just standing there in a daze.
He did not frown, but looked so bitter and resentful that the emperor shook his head.
"What are you waiting for? Go now!"
"You saved my life, I must reward you well!"
The emperor's word "reward" was very sinister.
What is the reward?
Beheading or confiscating property and exiling? !
Li Tianzhuo didn't dare to bring Deng Youning here. "Your Majesty, I heard that Princess Youning grew up in the Nanxin cult, doesn't know etiquette, and has a vicious heart. I'm afraid she might offend Your Majesty or harm you."
"She's like a firecracker, she could explode at any time. We should not meet such a dangerous person."
He used both coaxing and deception to prevent the emperor from touching Ningning.
The emperor was not fooled by him.
"It's okay. No matter what she said or did today, I will forgive her."
The emperor's heart is fickle, and all his promises are false. They are all empty promises. Li Tianzhuo doesn't believe them at all.
Seeing that he was still indifferent, the emperor became angry and said, "Don't let me go and invite her in person!"
Li Tianzhuo shuddered.
He planned to have the Silver Dragon Guards guard outside the palace gate and prepare a fast carriage. If anything happened, he could take Deng Youning out of the palace and send her to the Nanxin Kingdom.
In Dongji, the emperor can cover the sky with one hand, but when he goes to other countries, the Emperor of Dongji is completely helpless!
Nanxin is still his territory!
When Deng Youning learned that the emperor wanted to summon her, she was not as worried as Li Tianzhuo, but she just couldn't understand the reason.
Life and death are determined by fate, and she has always taken her own fate lightly.
I just hope that if anything happens to me, it won’t implicate my family and Li Tianzhuo!
"Don't worry, I will go with you to see the emperor. No matter what happens, I will keep you safe!"
Li Tianzhuo took Deng Youning's hand and confirmed.
Now Deng Ren, Deng Yan'an, Jun Chenyi and others have gone to the suburbs of Beijing to provide disaster relief, and Li Tianzhuo is afraid that he can't protect her.
"Don't worry, good things will come to you!"
Even if she is unsure, Deng Youning will always act as if she is confident of winning.
She wore the most gorgeous bridal gown and the crown that best displayed her status, and entered the palace with confidence.
Hall of Mental Cultivation.
"Your humble servant Deng Youning pays respect to His Majesty. Long live the Emperor."
Deng Youning kowtowed to the emperor respectfully.
However, the emperor was busy reviewing the memorials in his hands at that time and did not even glance at her.
From the afternoon until the sun set, Deng Youning knelt for two hours.
During this period, Li Tianzhuo wanted to remind the emperor, but was stopped by Deng Youning himself.
He couldn't help and felt useless. He wanted to be punished to kneel with her, but was rejected by Deng Youning as well.
First, there is no need for this.
Second, if Li Tianzhuo’s legs became numb from kneeling, and the emperor got angry and wanted to kill her, who would lead her out?
At five minutes past the hour of You, the sun sets and the sky gradually darkens.
In winter, it gets dark early.
Seeing that the sunlight had disappeared, Eunuch Fu hurriedly asked the palace servants to light the candles.
The emperor seemed to have finally finished reviewing the memorial. He put down his pen and glanced at Deng Youning who was kneeling in front of him, as if he had just seen her. He said repeatedly:
"County Master Youning is here?"
"Why are you still kneeling? Get up quickly."
Deng Youning was finally able to get up. Two hours was not a long time for her.
But Li Tianzhuo felt just as heartbroken.
He even had to avoid suspicion in front of the emperor, so he couldn't even go forward to support Deng Youning.
The emperor raised the corners of his lips in triumph.
"County Lady Youning, I heard that when you were young in Nanxin, you and Commander Li were childhood sweethearts."
"I summoned you here today to ask your opinion on Tian Zhuo's marriage."
"I intend to marry the eleventh or twelfth princess of marriageable age to Tian Zhuo."
The emperor finally explained why he asked Deng Youning to come here.
But his words made Deng Youning and Li Tianzhuo feel as if they were struck by lightning, and their internal organs felt as if they were about to fall off.
Everyone knows that the twelfth princess is Jun Wenying.
But the Eleventh Princess Deng Youning did not understand and was not sure whether the Emperor really wanted to grant the marriage or was deliberately testing her opinion on the matter.
"Your Majesty, I am not yet twenty years old. It is not appropriate to grant you a marriage now, right?" Li Tianzhuo took the initiative to explain.
"Alas, this is wrong. I gave birth to a prince when I was only eighteen!"
The emperor was quite proud.
Li Tianzhuo wanted to say something, but Deng Youning interrupted him:
"Your Majesty, I think this is inappropriate. Please think twice!"
Li Tianzhuo was shocked when she said this. He didn't expect Ningning to care about him so much and help him reject the marriage even at the cost of offending Shengyan.
The emperor also looked like he had taken the bait and had already picked up the stick, ready to break up the couple.
Unexpectedly, Deng Youning’s next sentence shocked the whole audience even more!
"Your Majesty, I think that the two princesses are of noble birth, and Li Tianzhuo is just a villain with unknown origins who got to the top through trickery. He is not worthy of the two princesses, let alone all the noble ladies in the capital!"
"If you want this knife to be more useful and more obedient, you might as well make him a eunuch. That way he will have nothing to worry about and will be loyal to you for the rest of his life!"
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