The person sent by the emperor to investigate Lou Jinchuan's background was very efficient and got to know his background clearly in three days.
The emperor took a look and found that Lou Jinchuan had nothing to do with Lou Ji. Although he was born a beggar, he was still General Chen's adopted son. To some extent, they were both children of aristocrats with clean family backgrounds.
Now that the truth has been revealed, the emperor no longer worries about it, and the vague uneasiness in his heart completely dissipates.
But he needed an obedient subject, a chess piece that he could use for personal purposes.
And Lou Jinchuan is the best target.
Because he had no father or mother, no relatives at all, even his adoptive father, General Chen, had passed away.
Lou Jinchuan has some of General Chen's old subordinates around him. If he can use this person, it will be the best help in consolidating the imperial power.
So in the following days, the emperor would always bring Lou Jinchuan to his side intentionally or unintentionally, and he almost had "I'm rooting for you" written on his face.
Because of this, Lou Jinchuan was envied by many people in the court.
However, the emperor had no intention of helping and wanted to see how Lou Jinchuan could cope with the situation.
Fortunately, Lou Jinchuan did not disappoint his expectations. He handled the situation very properly and saved himself from the trouble with just a few words.
The emperor was very satisfied with this. In order to further make Lou Jinchuan work for him, he thought of marrying his daughter to him.
But after selecting, it was found that only the seventh princess Li Yulan was still in the boudoir. The other princesses were either married or too young and not yet adults.
The emperor wanted to visit the seventh princess in her bedroom and talk to her and her mother about the marriage.
I never thought that I would be so shocked when I saw it.
When the three of them were having dinner together, the seventh princess felt nauseous and vomited frequently. The emperor thought she was sick and called the imperial physician to see her.
During the imperial physician's diagnosis, the Seventh Princess looked pale and panicked.
After the imperial physician finished his diagnosis, his expression became extremely unnatural.
When the emperor saw this, he dismissed everyone and asked in a gloomy voice, "What happened to the Seventh Princess?"
The imperial physician trembled and said, "Reply... Replying to the Emperor, the Seventh Princess' pulse indicates a pregnancy, and the fetus is already three months old."
As soon as these words were spoken, the Seventh Princess's face turned as pale as a dead person's, lifeless.
The Seventh Princess's mother scolded her in disbelief, "Nonsense! The Seventh Princess is still in the boudoir, how could she be pregnant? This quack doctor is really misleading!"
The imperial physician was terrified and quickly knelt down, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please have mercy. I have been practicing medicine for over a decade and I will never make a mistake."
The Imperial Concubine frowned and looked at him coldly, "You..."
As soon as the word "you" came out of her mouth, the emperor turned his head and stared at her with serious eyes.
The imperial concubine fell silent immediately and lowered her eyes.
The emperor looked at the pale Li Yulan lying on the bed, then at the trembling imperial physician kneeling on the ground, and said coldly: "Imperial Physician Zhang, you should just pretend that you have not seen or heard anything about what happened today. If not, bring me your head!"
Doctor Zhang kowtowed quickly, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace! I will keep my mouth shut!"
"Go down."
"I'll take my leave." Doctor Zhang was as if he had been pardoned. He picked up his medicine box, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and hurried away as if he was running for his life.
The emperor thought that finding out that Li Yulan was pregnant before marriage was infuriating enough, but who knew that what happened next made him so angry that he vomited blood and fainted on the spot.
It turns out that the seventh princess Li Yulan has been having an affair with the third prince Li Yanhua for many years, and this time she is pregnant.
Both the Emperor and the Imperial Concubine asked Li Yulan to abort the illegitimate child, but Li Yulan and Li Yanhua refused and begged bitterly, saying, "We truly love each other."
The emperor was furious and cursed at the two of them. Li Yulan was forced to drink the abortion pills.
Heartbroken, Li Yulan blurted out, "Father, why are you so partial? You don't care about Sixth Sister keeping a lover, but you are so cruel to me. I won't accept it!"
"What did you say?" The emperor's angry face froze for a moment, his head buzzing, "Does Ling'er have a lover?"
Li Yulan, who had lost her child and was forcibly separated from Li Yanhua, laughed crazily, "Yes, your beloved daughter is a slut! She is not a pure and innocent girl at all! Hahahaha..."
"You are really my good daughters...Puff..." The emperor spat out a mouthful of blood on the spot, his face turned pale and he fainted. The scene was suddenly in chaos.
Yan Xi heard the news that the emperor had suddenly fallen ill during the morning court session. The eunuch beside the emperor waved his whisk and solemnly announced in the conference hall that the emperor was ill and could not attend the court session. The ministers had written a petition to adjourn the court session.
After leaving the court, he heard other officials whispering about the real reason why the emperor suddenly became seriously ill on the way.
Yan Xi's three perspectives were shattered when he heard this. His heart was in turmoil and he couldn't calm down for a long time.
I have to say, the royal family is really chaotic.
He thought it was outrageous enough that cousins were getting married and a father was marrying his son's wife, but he didn't expect the reality to be even more outrageous.
Yan Xi was still lamenting the impermanence of life, but when he arrived at the palace gate, he lost his composure.
It was only because he met Lou Jinchuan and Li Yancheng who had returned from Suzhou at the same time.
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