Xie Yizhi's eyes sharpened.
Hu Yuanpan sighed softly: "When the Emperor learned of this, he was so angry that he vomited blood and fainted on the spot."
The sleeping quarters were completely silent, except for the crackling of the charcoal fire.
The eunuch beside him took the prescription from Physician Hu and hurriedly went to brew the medicine, while Physician Hu dared not leave for even a moment, guarding Xie Qiyu's bedside and paying close attention to his condition.
Xie Yizhi stood in front of the bed, looking at the unconscious Xie Qiyu, his heart filled with complex emotions.
During the years he was far away in the northern desert, his elder brother had lived such a difficult life.
Outside the palace, the night was deep and the moonlight was cold.
Xie Yizhi and Xiao Lingchuan stood side by side, remaining silent for a long time.
After a moment, Xie Yizhi looked up at the bright full moon in the sky and sighed slowly: "In a few days, it will be the anniversary of my sister-in-law's death."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Lingchuan also looked up at the bright moon, a hint of sadness appearing in his eyes, and said softly, "Yes, I never imagined that the Emperor had been secretly taking that kind of medicine all these years."
He paused, then smiled wryly, "He's punishing himself in this way."
Xie Yizhi remained silent.
Xiao Lingchuan lowered his eyes slightly, his tone low and wistful: "He's afraid that if he has more children, he'll be letting my sister down."
A gentle night breeze stirred the lights on the palace walls.
The bright moonlight shone down, casting long, drawn-out shadows of the two figures.
Xiao Lingchuan's voice was low and hoarse as he slowly said, "But if my sister knew, how heartbroken would she be?"
Meanwhile, Jiang Luoluo was strolling down the street with Xie Zhichen when suddenly a large hand grabbed Jiang Luoluo's sleeve tightly.
His voice was slightly drunk and hoarse, "Luo Luo, come back to the manor with me."
Jiang Luoluo instinctively turned and kicked out, striking the man squarely in the groin. The man cried out in pain and collapsed to the ground.
Dingdang, Mofeng, and Moyang quickly surrounded Jiang Luoluo and Xie Zhichen, protecting them behind them. Only then did everyone realize that the person who had just grabbed Jiang Luoluo was none other than himself.
It was Gu Boyuan. Gu Boyuan stumbled to his feet, enduring the pain. His tone was filled with sorrow and regret. "Luo Luo, please forgive me. I divorced that poisonous woman Yao Shiyu as soon as I got home. How could I have wronged you? How could I have fallen for her tricks?"
"Young General Gu, if you continue to spout such nonsense and slander the Princess, be careful, our swords will not be so ruthless!" Mo Feng and Mo Yang shouted in unison.
Although Xie Zhichen was small, he stretched out his arms early and stood in front of Jiang Luoluo, saying indignantly, "You big man are such a coward, unable to take it or let it go. My mother was so good to you in the past, but you treated her like a piece of grass."
"Now that you are married and my mother is the Princess Consort of Prince Yi, you two have no relation whatsoever. Yet you persist in this harassment. Be careful, or I, the young master, will order your head to be chopped off."
Jiang Luoluo felt a warmth in her heart when she saw Xie Zhichen's fierce yet protective manner towards her. Although this child was not her biological son, the two of them were indeed very close.
The sharp sword was already drawn; truly, she had never seen such a shameless person.
As long as the princess or the young prince gives the order, she will give Gu Boyuan, that coward, a good scolding.
Just as everyone was at a stalemate, Yao Shiyu rushed out from the crowd, grabbed Gu Boyuan's arm, and said, "Brother Boyuan, why are you so drunk?"
Suddenly, Yao Shiyu's gaze turned cold as she looked at Jiang Luoluo. "Princess Yi, what a grand display! I only bumped into you. Are you going to chop up us common folk in the street?"
Yao Shiyu quickly stirred up the emotions of the onlookers with just a few words, and everyone started discussing it.
"It really is Princess Yi!"
"Good heavens, going shopping with so many guards and such a big entourage, it's going to scare us common folk to death."
"Can't people even enjoy shopping in peace? So what if she's Princess Yi? She can't just kill people in the street."
The crowd was buzzing with discussion, and Xie Zhichen's face puffed up with anger.
Jiang Luoluo curled her lips into a cold smile, while a woman beside her stepped out from the crowd.
She shouted, "I saw it! Just now, General Gu was trying to pull Princess Yi away. He was drunk and didn't know his place."
Several other people in the group chimed in, "That's right, that's right! To flirt with the princess is a capital offense according to the laws of the Great Qi!"
The wind shifted again in Jiang Luoluo's direction. Yao Shiyu's face turned pale and then red. In fact, she had seen everything that had just happened, including every word Gu Boyuan said.
These days, she doesn't know what's wrong with Gu Boyuan, he's started sleeping in separate rooms from her. Gu Boyuan always stays alone in the study, and when she goes to look for him, he even closes the door.
Gu Boyuan would go to court early and wouldn't go home after his shift. He would arrive home late at night, and he would smell of alcohol on his body.
She tried to help Gu Boyuan, but he pushed her away. Yao Shiyu didn't know what happened, and that's how things turned out.
The two of them had been fine before. Could it be that Gu Boyuan found out he was the son of the Prince of Yan, and this sudden news triggered him?
Gu Boyuan had already met with the Prince of Yan at Yuanhua Temple, but he had never told Yao Shiyu about these things.
Whenever Yao Shiyu touched him, he would coldly yell, "Get your filthy hands off me!"
Yao Shiyu thought and thought, but still couldn't understand what was going on. Tonight, after hearing Gu Boyuan say those words to Jiang Luoluo, Yao Shiyu felt heartbroken.
Gu Boyuan has been behaving so strangely these days. What else could it be but that Gu Boyuan has changed his mind and fallen in love with Jiang Luoluo?
She had planned for him for so long, everything was for him, so why did he treat her like this?
Yao Shiyu forced back the tears that were about to spill from her eyes, grabbed Gu Boyuan, and hurriedly left through the crowd.
Jiang Luoluo turned around and slowly bowed to the wife of the Minister of Works who had just spoken up for her, "Thank you, Madam!"
The wife of the Minister of Works was out strolling through the night market with her granddaughter. She smiled slightly and said, "Your Highness is too kind. It was just a casual remark, and it was General Gu who was being unreasonable."
The last time was when Jiang Luoluo saved her granddaughter. The wife of the Minister of Works has kept this matter firmly in her heart. Her family are people who know how to repay kindness. Whenever Jiang Luoluo needs help, she will never stand idly by.
Jiang Luoluo chatted with the wife of the Minister of Works for a while before leaving, and the crowd of onlookers dispersed.
Jiang Luoluo took Xie Zhichen back to the mansion, where the warm water washed away their fatigue.
Jiang Luoluo leaned against the bed, looking at the empty bed next to her without that familiar figure, and couldn't help but feel a faint sense of loneliness in her heart.
She closed her eyes and thought about the plot of the book. Should she tell Xie Yizhi about Xie Qiyu? Xie Qiyu was one of Xie Yizhi's few relatives in this world.
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