Chapter 590 Li Sanqi's Superb Acting Skills
Li Sanqi smiled and replied, "Speaking of which, I first saw this child at the Qi Prince's residence that day. I really want to see him again now."
"I just came in a hurry and didn't prepare a gift for the child."
Qiao Qinghe waved her hand, "What's the big deal? You can send it over when the baby is 100 days old."
Li Sanqi asked in surprise, "The old lady wants to hold a 100-day celebration for the child? Isn't this inappropriate at this time?"
There's a war going on outside, Emperor Xiaozhao is ill in the palace, and the child's mother has only been dead for a few months...
The timing was wrong.
Qiao Qinghe smiled and gave Li Sanqi a reproachful look, "What are you thinking? I just wanted to celebrate with my family behind closed doors."
"You're the child's aunt, so it's understandable to consider you family, right?"
"Or are you trying to treat yourself as an outsider?"
Li Sanqi quickly begged for forgiveness: "Madam, please forgive me. I know I was wrong, okay? Third Sister-in-law's child is naturally my nephew. Madam's grandson is even more so my nephew. We are naturally family."
"Don't worry, Madam, I will definitely prepare a generous gift for the child then."
As she spoke, she smiled with no small amount of pride, "I've received quite a few good things from the Empress Dowager and the Grand Empress Dowager these days. Just pick out a few items at random, and they're all treasures."
Hearing this, Qiao Qinghe couldn't help but laugh.
After Li Sanqi established his own residence, his favorite thing to do was to go to the palace to accompany the Empress Dowager and the Empress, and then leave the palace with their rewards.
This news has spread throughout the capital.
Those who don't know are all wondering just how much Li Sanqi is favored.
Only Qiao Qinghe knew that Li Sanqi was taking advantage of the Empress Dowager and Empress's feelings of guilt to demand compensation from her.
She felt that Li Sanqi was planning to move the Empress Dowager and Empress's private treasury to his own princess residence.
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After turning around, Li Sanqi entered the palace. However, before he even reached the entrance of Emperor Xiaozhao's bedroom, he heard Emperor Xiaozhao's shouts and curses.
"Damn it, you bastard! I'm not even dead yet! And he's already in such a hurry to ascend the throne?..."
Emperor Xiaozhao's shouts were intermittent and weak, clearly indicating a lack of energy. If Li Sanqi hadn't already guessed, he would have thought that Emperor Xiaozhao was truly seriously ill, given his outwardly strong but inwardly feeble shouts.
"This servant greets Princess Huaiyang and wishes Your Highness good health."
The young servant guarding the door saw Li Sanqi coming and hurriedly came forward to pay his respects.
Li Sanqi gave a wink, and Wen Xiu quickly pulled a purse from her sleeve and stepped forward to hand it to Li Sanqi.
Li Sanqi then personally placed the purse into the hands of the young eunuch, saying, "It's cold in winter, Eunuch An, take this and buy some frostbite ointment, and add some charcoal to your fire."
The young eunuch bowed and thanked him, then whispered, "Eight out of ten of the memorials just sent in by the cabinet are requests that His Majesty appoint the Crown Prince as regent. His Majesty is furious right now."
Li Sanqi smiled gratefully at the young eunuch before saying, "Please go in and inform him for me, Eunuch An."
The young eunuch nodded. "Princess, please wait a moment."
After saying that, he turned and went into the hall.
A moment later, the young eunuch followed the chief eunuch Liu Xin out.
"The Seventh Princess is here!" Liu Xin rushed forward as if he had seen a savior.
Li Sanqi also slipped a purse to Liu Xin. It looked similar to the one he gave to the little eunuch, but upon closer inspection, one could see that the pattern on the purse was slightly different.
Liu Xin didn't stand on ceremony and skillfully took it and stuffed it into his sleeve.
"Seventh Princess, His Majesty requests your presence."
Li Sanqi hesitated for a moment, then lowered his voice and said, "Isn't Father angry right now? Is it alright if I go in?"
Liu Xin leaned closer and whispered, "It's alright. These days, His Majesty's expression only improves when he hears news about the princess."
Li Sanqi glanced at Liu Xin with surprise. She knew Liu Xin wouldn't lie to her; it meant her recent actions had pleased her father. If she wasn't mistaken, Eunuch Liu had also played a part in it.
Li Sanqi smiled gratefully at Liu Xin and stepped into the inner hall.
Inside the hall, memorials were scattered all over the floor. Emperor Xiaozhao, with a gloomy expression, leaned against the bed.
Upon seeing her enter, Emperor Xiaozhao asked in a detached tone, "What brings you to the palace?"
Upon hearing this, Li Sanqi's eyes immediately reddened. "Father has been ill for many days, and I have been extremely worried. The last few times I went to the palace, Father refused to see me. Today, I finally managed to see Father, but Father asked me what I had come for..."
Li Sanqi bit his lip and choked back tears, saying, "Your subject has come for Father's health, of course."
Seeing her pitiful expression, Emperor Xiaozhao softened his tone, "Alright, you've seen the person, I'm fine."
Li Sanqi quickly stepped forward, knelt before the bed, looked up at Emperor Xiaozhao, and said with tears in his eyes and a smile on his face, "Father, through the connections of Lady Qinghe, I have invited Physician Mu to treat your illness."
"The Divine Physician Mu is highly skilled. If she treats Father Emperor, he will surely recover completely and regain his health."
"Father, when would you like me to bring this person into the palace to treat your illness?"
"You're so kind." Emperor Xiaozhao took the handkerchief Liu Xin handed him and gently wiped away Li Sanqi's tears. "Father is alright. There are imperial physicians in the palace, so there's no need for doctors outside."
"Are you sure you don't need to?" Li Sanqi took the handkerchief from Emperor Xiaozhao's hand, wiped away his tears, and then looked at Emperor Xiaozhao's other hand, which had not moved at all, with a worried expression.
Emperor Xiaozhao glanced at the hand as well, "It's alright. It won't affect my reviewing of memorials."
Then, changing the subject, he said, "These days, have people been saying that I'm about to die?"
Li Sanqi quickly waved his hands and shook his head, "No! Everyone says that Father Emperor is a wise ruler, and Father Emperor will surely be blessed with great fortune and live a long life!"
After saying that, Li Sanqi quickly covered his mouth and corrected himself, embarrassed, "No! Father is the Emperor! Emperors are all long live! Father will also live a long and prosperous life!"
Emperor Xiaozhao was amused by her, "At this time, you're the only one who wishes me to live a long and healthy life, aren't you?"
Li Sanqi quickly retorted, "How could that be? Crown Prince, Third Prince Qi, Fifth Prince Chu... and everyone else, we all hope that Father Emperor will recover soon!"
"Oh, is that so?"
"Of course!" Li Sanqi said with certainty.
Emperor Xiaozhao smiled, neither confirming nor denying, and changed the subject again, asking, "Little Seven, which of your brothers do you think is the best?"
Li Sanqi was taken aback and replied in confusion, "Why would Father ask such a question?"
He frowned again, looking embarrassed, and said, "My brothers are all very good, so I can't choose one."
Emperor Xiaozhao poked Li Sanqi's forehead. "That's not true! I know that the person you dislike the most is your elder brother, the Crown Prince."
Li Sanqi shrank back, covered his mouth with his hand, and said in a feigned panic, "Father, I didn't say that! If my elder brother, the Crown Prince, finds out, I won't admit it either!"
Emperor Xiaozhao glanced at Li Sanqi, then sneered, "So what if he finds out? Are you afraid he'll make things difficult for you?"
Li Sanqi nodded frantically, "My elder brother, the Crown Prince, will inherit the throne in the future! If Father Emperor doesn't protect me then, I, I..."
Li Sanqi didn't continue, but the fear on his face was clearly visible.
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