Chapter 27: The Sick Emperor, I Pity Him
The next morning, the civil and military officials were waiting in the hall for the emperor to come to court as usual, but what they received was the news that the emperor was not feeling well and ordered everyone to adjourn the court.
Song Yunchu thought, could it be that the dog emperor is having a heart attack again?
In order to show her "loyalty to the emperor", she walked up to the eunuch chief and asked with a worried look on her face: "What is the situation of your Majesty now? Can I go and check on him?"
"His Majesty did give instructions and does not want to be disturbed, but if it is Lord Song you want to visit, His Majesty is willing to meet you. Please come with me."
Song Yunchu followed Steward Li to the emperor's bedroom. When they stepped over the threshold, they saw Jun Liluo leaning on a rattan chair. He had his eyes closed and it was unclear whether he was asleep or not. His handsome face was pale and looked lazy and fragile.
Song Yunchu's eyebrows raised slightly.
[No wonder many romance novels like to write about sickly pretty men. Some characters are even given the setting of being beautiful, strong and miserable. This kind of good-looking but sickly and pitiful appearance is indeed pitiful, and there is an indescribable feeling of... brokenness.]
[Yes, it is the feeling of being broken, like a delicate porcelain doll that can fall over with a push and break with a touch.]
[Although the dog emperor's character is not very good, I have to admit that when he closed his eyes and didn't speak, I felt pity for him.]
Jun Liluo heard all of Song Yunchu's thoughts: "..."
He was not asleep, he was just resting his eyes.
He really didn't expect that Song Yunchu would have such messy and ridiculous thoughts in his mind.
A sense of brokenness? A porcelain doll? A sense of pity?
Jun Li Luo sneered at these words. He suddenly opened his eyes and shot a gaze at Song Yunchu like a cold sword.
He is the Son of Heaven! Why does he need others to pity him? What he wants is everyone's obedience and respect!
Song Yunchu and Jun Liluo looked at each other. When they saw the coldness in his eyes, they suddenly felt a little puzzled.
The dog emperor suddenly opened his eyes and looked at her with a chilly look, as if she had done something wrong.
Although I knew he was a man with ulterior motives, he seldom showed such a fierce demeanor on a normal day. His sudden aura washed away the feeling of brokenness that made people want to pity him just now.
Sure enough, being weak and sick was just an appearance. The Dog Emperor was still a vicious villain at heart. She should not pity anyone except her hateful boss.
"Your Majesty, I am here to see you. I heard that your Majesty is not feeling well, and I am very worried. How do you feel now?"
Jun Liluo was quite satisfied when he saw that Song Yunchu was influenced by his aura and changed his ridiculous thoughts, and his expression softened a little.
He ordered someone to give Song Yunchu a seat, and said leisurely: "My old illness flared up this morning, and I felt uncomfortable in my chest. I feel much better now. Yunchu, don't worry. You came at the right time. I need to get answers from you for some questions."
Song Yunchu looked puzzled, "Your Majesty, please speak."
"Yesterday evening, you saved a woman who fell from a building on the street, and subdued the culprit who hurt her, the thief Zhu Tao, right?"
"It is true."
"Do you know who that woman is?" Jun Liluo stared at Song Yunchu's face. "Do you know that you hit too hard and caused the thief Zhu Tao to die from his injuries? The Dali Temple Minister originally wanted to try him, but he didn't have the chance. Last night he came to complain to me about you, saying that you were suspected of intentionally killing a criminal."
"The thief is dead?" Song Yunchu frowned after being surprised. "Your Majesty, I didn't need to use all my strength to deal with the thief. I just beat him so hard that he couldn't fight back. I definitely didn't kill him! I knew that he was a criminal with a high reward from the government, so how could I have taken his life directly? If, as the Dali Temple Minister said, the thief died of serious injuries, then there is only one possibility, that he was beaten again after he left my sight."
She didn't expect the thief to die.
In the original novel, this person is just a cannon fodder to advance the plot. His appearance is only to allow Jun Tianyi and Shangguan Yun to get acquainted, and he has no more role to play after that.
For a minor character like this, the author was too lazy to even mention him for the sake of plotting, and never explained that he died.
Song Yunchu was very sure that she did not use such heavy hand. The murderer who killed the thief was either the thief's enemy or her enemy.
The dog emperor said that it was the Dali Temple Minister who filed the complaint. That guy didn't have much of a presence in the original novel, and she wouldn't have cared about such a minor character if she had read the original novel. She only remembered that this guy ended up standing on the male protagonist's side.
Thinking of this, Song Yunchu's thoughts suddenly became clear -
Yes, when Shangguan Yun fell from the building, Jun Tianyi was also watching there.
Even if the Dali Temple Minister is not Jun Tianyi's man in this timeline, his relationship with Jun Tianyi should be friendly. After all, both of them dislike her. One regards her as a political enemy, and the other regards her as a love rival. It is not impossible for them to join forces to deal with her.
Coming back to his senses, Song Yunchu asked Jun Liluo, "Your Majesty must trust me, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't ask so bluntly."
"Yes, if I believed the Supreme Court Minister, I would have ordered someone to investigate you secretly. I chose to talk to you face to face because I was sure that I could hear the truth from you."
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