Chapter 38: Blessing with a Hand
Emperor Qingling frowned unhappily, looked up at the Empress, and said solemnly: "Empress, I just said that the Princess must wake up before Concubine Xian can get up. Don't you take my words seriously?"
Concubine Shu raised her hand to hold Emperor Qingling, and opened her lips weakly: "Your Majesty, I want to see Ying'an."
Emperor Qingling turned his eyes away from the Empress and looked at Wei Weiran on the side.
Wei Weiran nodded in response, stepped forward and stood directly in front of the Empress, bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty, please hand Princess Ying'an to me, I
will take her to your Majesty and Concubine Shu to see." The Empress smiled bitterly, sent Ying'an forward, and placed her safely in Wei Weiran's arms.
Wei Weiran knelt again: "Thank you, Queen."
Then, he turned around, carried Ying'an to Emperor Qingling's arms, and left.
Seeing Ying'an's weak little face, Emperor Qingling and Concubine Yao's hearts were clenched, as if a heart that had been hanging for a long time finally fell to the ground, but fell into a deep pit and sank a little more.
Emperor Qingling's eyes were heavy, and he said in a stern voice: "Concubine Shu, don't worry, I will give you an explanation for this matter."
Concubine Shu cried, but she was still gentle and virtuous, like a sick beauty.
Nestled in Emperor Qingling's arms, the family of three ignored the people in the room and the Queen with a sad face. This scene was absolutely beautiful.
Everyone lowered their heads tacitly, except for the empress, who looked at this scene with a look of loneliness in her eyes. She
had been in the palace for many years and had been with him for many years, but they had never had a child.
In this life, she and he were destined to be respectful and get along with each other at times.
For the sake of the empress dowager, the Wuya clan, and the Daling Dynasty, he would protect her as the empress.
But she wanted more.
What should she do?
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern. In this harem, Yao He only has Your Majesty."
Concubine Shu leaned on Emperor Qingling's shoulder and pressed her whole body on him.
But to Emperor Qingling, it was nothing special.
Only then did he realize that his Concubine Shu had lost weight again.
"Shufei, I see you have lost weight again, but haven't you eaten well this month?"
Shufei lowered her eyes, concealed her expression, and said in a tearful voice: "I miss the emperor, I miss the emperor, I miss the emperor, I lose weight and become weak when I am sick, and I know that the emperor has me in his heart, but I can't come often because of my busy affairs, but the emperor, all I want is your sincerity. Although I miss you, I can only digest it by myself. In this Guangling Palace, I hope that the emperor's thoughts will be smooth, the government will be prosperous, the Daling will be prosperous, and... the emperor will be healthy and happy."
She held out her sincerity and handed it to him. Even if she complained in her heart, she could only persuade herself to suppress her discomfort and still act like she loved him and couldn't live without him.
Ying'an said that Xianpin had stolen her favor.
She did not think that favor could be snatched away. It was nothing more than that Concubine Xian had some things that she had and some things that she did not have.
For example, Concubine Xian's heartfelt words just now blurred the class status. She did not treat the emperor as the emperor, but only as a sweetheart, and said that they would stay together forever. Even she was quite moved when she heard it, let alone the emperor.
She always knew the emperor's heart. He wanted sincerity, but he was suspicious and thoughtful. He wanted to break the conventions, but because of his status, he had to stick to the rules and sit on the throne.
The education she received from childhood did not allow her to blur the class status, but this sincerity, she had no less than Concubine Xian.
Isn't it just saying that you love him, what's the difficulty?
Emperor Qingling held Ying'an in one hand and Concubine Shu in the other. At this moment, his heart seemed to be filled and he was quite satisfied.
"Cheng Lin, where is the imperial physician who treated the princess?" Emperor Qingling's voice was cold and gloomy, as if he was going to freeze the entire Guangling Palace into an ice palace in the next second.
When Cheng Lin went to look for Ying'an, he brought the imperial physician with him. After finding Ying'an, he immediately made a diagnosis, and then he quickly came to Guangling Palace to report.
It was the imperial physician who said that the princess might not wake up.
Listening to Emperor Qingling's words, Cheng Lin suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness as if his head and neck were about to separate.
But after all, he was the chief eunuch serving the empress dowager, and he had seen a lot of such scenes. Although his legs were weak and his heart was pounding, he still stepped forward to answer in a dignified manner.
"Replying to the emperor, I'm waiting outside."
"Call!"
Cheng Lin nodded: "Yes."
"Call Imperial Physician Lin--" Wei Weiran's long-drawn voice rang out.
A very handsome scholar with delicate features came out of the house. He was dressed in the uniform of an imperial physician, but his temperament was outstanding and superior, not inferior to that of the emperor.
He knelt down and saluted with dignity: "I am Lin Mo, your humble servant. I have met the emperor, the empress, and the concubine."
Emperor Qingling looked at him carefully, his eyes full of scrutiny and fear. He opened his lips and said coldly: "I think I have seen you somewhere before. Do you think I look familiar?" Imperial
Physician Lin raised his head and looked at Emperor Qingling. There was humility and respect between his eyebrows. He shook his head and said in a deep voice: "I have just joined the Imperial Hospital and have not yet entered the palace to meet the emperor. This is the first time. Previously, I have always been... I have never had the opportunity to meet the emperor because I am a common doctor. Perhaps it is because the emperor is blessed with great fortune and is like a dragon in the sky. In the emperor's heart, all the people in the world are engraved in his heart and he has never forgotten them for a moment, so I feel familiar with him."
His voice was full of respect. Although he put himself in a lower position than the other party, between the lines, it was as if he was talking to Emperor Qingling as a friend. This look made Emperor Qingling very happy.
He waved his hand and said, "Reward! 1,000 taels of gold! Wei Weiran, ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to select a mansion for Doctor Lin."
Wei Weiran lowered his eyes and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."
Doctor Lin kowtowed and thanked him, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward."
The doctors in the room looked at Doctor Lin with extremely envious eyes. He had just entered the palace and won the favor of the emperor. With a wave of his hand, he was rewarded with 1,000 taels of gold and a mansion personally.
With this honor, he will have a smooth career in the Imperial Hospital in the future.
Even the queen looked at Doctor Lin with a sad look.
"Doctor Lin, when will the princess wake up? There is no way to keep a two-month-old baby in a coma like this." The queen pretended to be worried and walked forward, worry hidden in her voice.
Doctor Lin stepped back and whispered to the empress, "Your Majesty, the princess has inhaled a large dose of drugs and may not wake up for a while. Moreover, I found that the princess' pulse is weak, as if she had lost her body and spirit before being drugged. Children have limited energy and are weak, so the condition is so serious. If you want the princess to wake up quickly, you can only use medicine, but the princess is too young, and medicine is three-point poison. I am afraid..."
He did not say the rest, but everyone present knew it.
A two-month-old baby drinking a large dose of medicine would undoubtedly accelerate her death.
Emperor Qingling's eyebrows suddenly fell, and he lowered his eyes to look at Ying'an in his arms with concern.
The hostility in his body reached its peak after hearing Ying'an's exact condition.
"Come here, give Concubine Xian fifty strokes on the hand, and pray for the princess."