Chapter 45 Be Nice to Her
On the way back to the palace.
In the sedan chair.
The usually bright and lively woman was now lying on the couch with a pale face and cold sweat oozing from her forehead. Perhaps because she was in pain, she murmured unconsciously.
Through her thin clothes, Xie Chen could feel the scorching heat coming from her body.
He rinsed a clean handkerchief with cold water, wrung it out, and placed it on the woman's forehead. Perhaps it felt a little better, and after a while she calmed down.
Xie Chen lowered his eyes and looked at her.
The first time I looked at her seriously.
The woman lying on the couch had a fair complexion, beautiful dark eyebrows, a delicate nose, and full red lips. There was a faint mole under the corner of her left eye, which added a bit of beauty to her.
He always knew she was beautiful.
But in the past, he had never entered my heart. Now, looking back, the lake of my heart that had been silent for years has begun to ripple.
Xie Chen looked at her for a moment and couldn't help but trace her outline with his hands.
The scene of the cliff appeared before my eyes again.
The figure standing in front was very thin. She was obviously so scared, yet so determined.
Xie Chen brushed away the strands of hair from her forehead and whispered, "So you really meant what you said about liking me that day."
Xie Chen thought, since she liked him so much, he should be nicer to her.
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The moon is at its zenith.
The Chengming Hall was brightly lit.
When the concubines in the six palaces heard that the emperor had been assassinated, they all came to ask for an audience.
Xie Chen didn't see anyone and asked Liang Yao to send the person back.
Not only did he not meet the concubines, he didn't even meet Empress Cui and the Queen Mother. He just delivered the message that he was safe.
After simply treating his injuries, he went to the side hall.
After returning to the palace, he did not have Pei Tingyue moved back to Changle Palace, but placed her in a side hall of Chengming Palace.
The imperial physician has already given her acupuncture, and the fever has subsided a lot. As for why she hasn't woken up, the imperial physician explained that she is too tired and will not wake up until tomorrow.
Xie Chen sat beside the couch, took the dark medicine and fed it to her spoonful by spoonful.
It's difficult to give medicine to an unconscious person.
Every time he fed her a spoonful, most of the medicine would leak out. However, Xie Chen showed unprecedented patience and fed her slowly, wiping away the medicine she vomited bit by bit.
A quarter of an hour passed before the bowl of medicine was finished.
After feeding, he didn't leave, but stayed by the bed, quietly watching the person on the bed.
Liang Yao, who was standing aside, was frightened and a little dazed.
Is this the emperor he has served for more than ten years?
this…
This is obviously interested!
He had nothing to say and could only sigh inwardly at his adopted son's poor taste in choosing a master.
It was not until the palace maid reported that Concubine Song was waiting in the imperial study that Xie Chen got up and left.
Seeing the man, Song Lingyun bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I have confessed."
Xie Chen's dark eyes were covered with a layer of gloom: "Where is Xie Sheng?"
The Xie Sheng he mentioned was the second prince born to the late emperor's concubine Li, and also Xie Lin's biological brother.
In his later years, the late emperor became increasingly incompetent and tyrannical. He indulged his concubines, listened to slander, and turned the court into a mess, causing widespread complaints and resentment among the people.
In the end, he even issued an order to depose the crown prince and enthrone the absurd and domineering second prince Xie Sheng as the successor.
On the night of the usurpation, Xie Chen led his men to surround the palace, intending to kill everyone. Unexpectedly, the emperor's secret guards and assassins had already been coaxed away by Concubine Li and her son. Although Concubine Li was shot to death by arrows, Xie Sheng and his brothers took the opportunity to escape from Kyoto.
The two men led their remaining troops southward, hid in the southwestern mountains, became bandits, and vigorously developed a cult.
After Xie Chen came to power, he immediately sent people to eliminate them. However, it was too difficult to find them in the mountains. Although he chased them down several times and severely damaged their vitality, he was never able to completely eliminate them.
Four years later, when Xie Chen got the whereabouts of Xie Lin, he did not alert anyone, but released him into the capital in order to catch him in the trap.
Leaving Xie Lin alive is to make him confess Xie Sheng's hiding place.
Song Lingyun said in a low voice: "Southwest, Chongming County."
Xie Chen rubbed his swollen temples: "Xie Sheng cherishes his life. I'm afraid he will be gone the moment Xie Lin leaves the mountain."
Song Lingyun frowned and asked, "Should we still send someone there?"
"Of course!" Xie Chen sneered. "Even if Xie Sheng moves, Chongming County has been his home for many years, so there must be many strongholds nearby. It's impossible for all these forces to move at once. I'll have the deputy commander of the Imperial Guards lead the elite Imperial Guards to go there. Even if we can't find Xie Sheng, we must completely eliminate these strongholds."
"good."
After talking about political affairs, Song Lingyun looked much more relaxed. She asked, "How is the little girl?"
Xie Chen raised his eyebrows: "Little girl?"
Song Lingyun rolled his eyes. "It's the one in my palace. Your Majesty, please don't ask me questions even though you already know the answer. I'm so much older than her. What's wrong with calling her a little girl?"
"You have a good relationship with her?"
Song Lingyun nodded: "I quite like her."
A hint of surprise flashed across Xie Chen's face, and he chuckled, "This is unusual. Our young general actually likes delicate little girls."
Hearing this name, Song Lingyun's hair exploded, and he covered his ears and wailed, "Ahhhhhhhhhhh!"
Xie Chen, who was then the crown prince, was ordered to go to the northern border for training.
Since it is an experience, it is not a place to show off or give orders. The late emperor gave him a low-ranking official position.
Song Lingyun, who was guarding the military camp in the northern border at that time, heard that someone had come from the capital. She just thought that the person was the son of another noble family. What made her most angry was this kind of playboy who was all show and no substance, so she led her men to break into the military tent.
Looking at the young man sitting behind the desk, Song Lingyun arrogantly kicked his robe with his foot, his eyebrows flying: "Do you know who I am? I am the major general of the Northern Frontier Camp. Let me tell you, this frontier is not a place for people like you to come and gild themselves..."
…
She couldn't say the rest of the words because someone reminded her that the person sitting there was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
Later, after many twists and turns, their relationship gradually improved, and Xie Chen would occasionally tease her with this name.
But Song Lingyun didn't want to listen, and felt embarrassed for himself when he heard it.
Seeing her going crazy, Xie Chen's eyes flashed with a smile: "She's fine."
Song Lingyun breathed a sigh of relief. "I was scared for a moment. It would be terrible if I really frightened someone to death. I'm glad you're okay. I'm glad you're okay... It's getting late. I want to go back to the palace and sleep."
"Wait a moment." Xie Chen called her, looking at Song Lingyun in familiar clothes, his face straightened, "Your entry into the palace was just a temporary measure back then. I told you from the beginning that you could leave at any time if you wanted. I mentioned it once at the end of the first year of Xining, but at that time you used the excuse that the world was not stable to stay in the palace. Now it's the fourth year of Xining, the world is at peace, Xie Lin has been executed, and Xie Sheng can no longer cause any trouble. Lingyun, don't you still want to leave the palace?"
Song Lingyun was silent for a while, "But the will has not been found yet."
On the night they broke into the palace, their men turned it upside down, but they couldn't find the late emperor's will deposing the crown prince and supporting a new king.
According to the confession of the then Imperial Steward, the will had long been secretly passed on to the late emperor's trusted minister. However, when the minister's residence was searched later, the will was not found. It was unknown where it had been moved to.
This will carries too much risk.
If it falls into the hands of someone with ulterior motives and contacts Xie Sheng privately, it will probably trigger another bloody storm.
"Next year." Xie Chen knew what she was afraid of. "Next year at the latest, I will kill Xie Sheng and make this will useless."
Song Lingyun looked up at him.
Xie Chen's voice was icy. "I have decided to tour the south next year. If Xie Sheng doesn't come to kill me, then I will force him out. During this southern tour, I will send tens of thousands of troops into the southwest. If Xie Sheng wants to survive, he will have no choice but to fight me. Then he will die a miserable death."
Song Lingyun slowly laughed: "Let me do it!"
Xie Chen didn't say anything, which was considered as his agreement.
"If he dies, I will return to Northern Frontier!" Song Lingyun rolled his eyes, "I want a reward!"
"explain."
Song Lingyun was surprised: "I haven't said anything yet, and the emperor has already agreed. Does that mean anything is possible?"
Xie Chen smiled faintly: "If you keep nagging, you won't want it!"
Song Lingyun smiled and said, "Then I want two husbands!"
Xie Chen: “…”
He was at a loss for words. After taking a deep breath, he waved his hand and said, "Go back to sleep!"
Song Lingyun was dumbfounded.
Isn't anything okay?
Is having two husbands too much?
She is the Major General of the Northern Frontier!
The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. Song Lingyun didn't want to swallow this anger. She deliberately made people feel disgusted and spoke in a delicate and elongated voice, "I'll take my leave~"
After saying that, he ran away.
Xie Chen was left shaking his head helplessly.
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