Chapter 244 Dispute

Pei Luoshu had been missing these few days again. Chen Shiyi had no idea what he had been doing recently. After court, he would stay in the study. Sometimes when he was called for dinner, he would eat first.

Once, Pei Luoshu had not returned home yet, and she went to his study and found noises inside.

She was startled. Who could be in there?

She held the lantern and slowly approached in the dim light.

"Uncle Ninth Prince cannot stay. I have made my decision."

Um?

This is Pei Luoshu's voice.

When did he come back?

"Now is not a good time to get rid of him. If you do something wrong, the whole body will be affected. The Crown Prince should think twice before acting."

"Good timing? What is good timing? He killed my father, and now he insults my wife with his words. He deserves to die."

"Uncle Ninth Prince has an excellent army of Death Guards, and he also controls the Imperial City's Capital Guards. We don't have the strength to contend with them right now."

"Look for an opportunity. I just want him to die."

"I'm sorry, but I can't obey your order."

"Why?"

"Grandson Emperor, our plan does not include killing Uncle Nine. Moreover, Uncle Nine may be your helper in your future comeback. If Uncle Nine said something unpleasant to you, and Grandson Emperor got angry for his beloved, it would not be the behavior of a wise ruler."

"Then don't start over, and don't come to me again."

"Grandson Huang, why are you so willful? Your father's former subordinates have been suppressed by the man now and are almost drowned in dust. They are now enduring humiliation and bearing heavy burdens, just waiting for your return to restore the orthodox country."

"Teacher, I couldn't protect my mother back then. Now that I'm grown up, can I still not protect my wife?"

"Grandson, Uncle Nine has arranged for people to search for you. If there is any clue that points to you as the Grandson of the previous emperor, they will spare no effort to kill you. Now, we have erased all traces, and no one knows your past. But if you make a move now, it will be exposed, and they will use all means against you. It is tantamount to hitting a rock with an egg."

"Okay, if you don't want to kill me, I'll do it myself."

"Grandson Huang, love can confuse people's minds. Besides, your current wife is not worthy of you. She is only a county head. She has no foundation, no big family background, and no complicated connections in the court. How can she help you recover? Besides, if you didn't marry those women from the aristocratic families as a bond of in-laws, how could they work hard for you?"

"Whether I am worthy or not is not up to you to decide. You are just using my rebellion as an excuse to enrich your own family. Why are you bringing this up to lecture me?"

"Grandson Huang, you are too willful and reckless. When you married the county lord, you did not discuss it with us at all. You just arranged the marriage privately. We are still looking for help for you, but we didn't expect you to cut off your own path like this. You have failed in your duty as a king."

"Teacher, there is no need to question the murder of Uncle Nine and my wife."

Later, there was no sound in the study. After a while, the door opened, and Pei Luoshu saw Chen Shiyi standing outside the door, holding a lantern. The yellow light dyed her dress, and her beautiful eyes looked at him quietly.

He smiled at Chen Shiyi, took the lantern from her hand, put it over her shoulder, turned around and walked outside.

"Have you had dinner yet?"

"It has already been used."

"I haven't, you can accompany me to use more."

"good."

The kitchen was very quiet, with only the sound of clinking bowls and spoons being heard; neither of them spoke a word.

"eleven…"

"A Luo, was it Uncle Nine who killed your father?"

Pei Luoshu nodded solemnly.

"Yes, it was he who sent people to surround the East Palace and slashed my father's throat with a knife."

Chen Shiyi pondered for a while.

"A Luo, I'll help you kill him."

Pei Luoshu frowned slightly.

"How can I let you get involved in these things? I'll do it myself. You just need to take care of yourself. Old Qin will be here in the next two days. Take good care of yourself, otherwise I will have trouble sleeping and eating."

Chen Shiyi stirred the rice with the chopsticks in his hand.

"Ah Luo, will we die?"

Pei Luoshu held her hand tightly to prevent her from having any wild thoughts.

"No, I'm here to keep you safe."

When Lao Qin came, he brought a lot of herbs. Chen Shiyi found a corner for him to dry the herbs.

"Help me check, is my cold still serious?"

Lao Qin took her pulse.

"It's okay, I'll give you another prescription."

Chen Shiyi muttered to himself.

"You said it's fine, but you want to change the prescription. Isn't that contradictory? If it's fine, can't you stop taking the medicine? Why do you want to change the prescription? Lao Qin, tell me the truth."

Old Qin sighed.

"You, don't think too much. People's illnesses are all caused by random thoughts. You have a cold, but having a cold doesn't necessarily mean you will die. You are just a little more afraid of the cold than others, and it is a little harder to have children. But it is not impossible. Just take a good rest and don't run around and tire yourself out. Slowly your illness will heal."

Chen Shiyi looked Lao Qin up and down, making Lao Qin feel creepy.

"Lao Qin, you told me the same thing last time."

Lao Qin opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

Chen Shiyi sat back in his chair.

"Bai Ling, go outside and ask a doctor to come into the house for me."

Lao Qin's face changed slightly and he spoke hurriedly.

"Bai Ling, don't go."

After saying that, he turned to Chen Shiyi and spoke again.

"You still don't believe me?"

Chen Shiyi laughed.

"Are you and Pei Luoshu hiding something from me?"

“No.”

Chen Shiyi nodded.

"Well, you still don't want to tell the truth, right? Bailing, quietly, don't alarm anyone, invite the doctor in through the back door, I want to see what you are hiding, Pei Luoshu actually convinced you to join him in deceiving me."

The doctor who was called in from outside took Chen Shiyi's pulse and then bowed respectfully to him.

"Madam, you have a serious cold. You need to take good care of yourself and keep warm."

Chen Shiyi nodded.

"Apart from this, is there anything else wrong with my body?"

The doctor pondered for a moment.

"Can I see the dregs of the medicine you are drinking now?"

Chen Shiyi nodded.

Lao Qin standing by couldn't sit still any longer.

"What are you looking at? How can you just look at someone else's prescription?"

Chen Shiyi said to Bailing.

"Go and get the dregs."

The doctor looked through the dregs of the medicine that Chen Shiyi often drank and frowned slightly.

"Ma'am, your medicine contains Kuding tea."

Chen Shiyi asked doubtfully.

"What do you mean?"

"This is because Kuding tea cannot be taken for a long time, otherwise it will make women unable to have children."

Chen Shiyi glanced at Lao Qin with a cold look.

"What on earth are you doing?"