Xie Jingrun's eye twitched slightly, probably because he hadn't expected that being served good food and drink every day would still make him faint from hunger.
He slammed his hand on the table and roared, "How were they serving her? She's not eating, why didn't anyone report this to me?"
Changlin was at a loss for words. "Actually, I did report to you..." He dared not say the rest aloud, only thinking to himself: "Your Majesty was too confident, thinking the Princess wouldn't possibly starve herself, so you ignored it." After a few times, the palace servants of Yuxian Palace stopped taking it to heart. But this time, the Princess was determined to starve herself and fainted from hunger.
Upon hearing this, Xie Jingrun remembered and asked with a stern face, "Has the imperial physician been summoned?"
"I've already sent someone to invite them," Changlin said hurriedly.
Xie Jingrun immediately walked outside.
Changlin quickly followed.
Yu Xian Palace.
When Xie Jingrun saw the girl lying motionless on the bed, having fainted from hunger, he was both anxious and angry.
This brat, she can't stand not to mess with herself, can she?
Physician Lin was treating Rong Qingqing when he discovered that she had simply fainted from hunger, leaving him speechless.
"How is the princess?" Xie Jingrun asked.
Physician Lin lowered his head and said, "It's nothing serious. The princess just fainted from hunger and has no strength. Feed her some rice porridge, and she will wake up naturally once she has the strength." He paused, glanced at Xie Jingrun's face, and said cautiously, "But the human body has its limits. If this happens often, even the best body will be ruined."
Xie Jingrun nodded. "I understand."
"Your humble servant takes his leave." Imperial Physician Lin bowed and then withdrew.
"Go and boil a bowl of rice porridge," Xie Jingrun instructed the palace servants.
"Yes." The palace servant immediately went to do so.
Once everyone else was in the hall, Xie Jingrun sat down by the bed, his brows furrowed as he looked at Rong Qingqing's pale face.
Why would she suddenly leave the capital? Is she planning to never see me again?
What is she really thinking?
He locked her up here and didn't see her for a long time because he was angered by her behavior and wanted to put her in the cold and deflate her arrogance.
But he never expected that she would go on a hunger strike in protest.
On the other side, several ministers reported Xie Jingrun's intention to make Rong Qingqing empress to the retired emperor and the great empress dowager.
When Emperor Zhaojing heard this, he gave a lukewarm "oh" and then said nothing more.
The ministers looked at each other in bewilderment.
Was the Emperor Emeritus not surprised at all?
Does the retired emperor think this is normal?
Emperor Zhaojing's reaction was normal, but the Empress Dowager was extremely surprised when she heard it, and after the surprise, she was furious.
"Absurd! What was the emperor thinking? How could he possibly make Rong Qingqing empress?"
Upon hearing this, the ministers breathed a sigh of relief.
This is the normal reaction from the Empress Dowager.
Finally, someone is standing with them.
"Yes, this old minister was also quite surprised when he heard this." Another minister immediately echoed, "We hope that the Empress Dowager can advise the Emperor not to act willfully, lest he incur the ridicule of the people!"
Upon hearing this, Emperor Zhaojing could no longer remain seated and asked, "Your Majesty and the Princess are both unmarried, so why are people around you laughing at us?"
The minister twitched his beard. "After all, the princess was once the widow of the late Marquis Weiyuan..."
"You're talking nonsense!" Emperor Zhaojing couldn't help but swear.
The minister's face darkened, but he dared not refute, his beard trembling, clearly indicating that he was extremely angry.
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