Su Yan smiled bitterly. After going through so much, especially with her senior sister lying on her sickbed.
To be honest, Su Yan had long lost interest in promotions and was now only hoping that Wang Ruofu would wake up soon.
However, not wanting to offend the Crown Prince, he said humbly, "Your Highness is too kind. Investigating the case in Suizhou is simply my duty..."
The Crown Prince, who had been perceptive since childhood, immediately noticed that Su Yan was distracted and looked at Shen Yao beside her with a puzzled expression.
Upon seeing this, Shen Yao immediately stepped forward to explain to Su Yan, "Your Highness, please don't be offended. Commander Su is worried about Wang Ruofu's condition. The crisis in Suizhou would not have ended so quickly if it weren't for Wang Sizhi."
Although the Crown Prince had never met Wang Ruofu, he had heard of her deeds in the capital.
He also felt genuine respect for Wang Ruofu. "So that's how it is. Minister Wang has made great contributions to the Great Liang. Li Dehai..."
The crown prince called out the name of the chief eunuch.
"This servant is here..."
A plump, fair-skinned eunuch entered the hall and knelt before the crown prince.
The Crown Prince looked at Li Dehai and ordered someone to draft an imperial edict.
"By order of the Empress, the Imperial Medical Academy shall spare no effort to save Minister Wang's life."
Upon receiving the imperial decree, Li Dehai took it and left the palace, departing in a grand procession from the Eastern Palace and entering the Imperial Hospital.
His Majesty is currently bedridden and Crown Prince Li Shen has taken over the reins of government.
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, Lee Shin will be the next king.
However, Li Shen's position as crown prince was not secure, as he was not born to the current empress Xie Guanyin, but to the former empress Xie Lanyi.
Xie Lanyi and Xie Guanyin were both women from the Xie family.
When Xie Lanyi married the current emperor, she was only a princess. Unfortunately, she was short-lived and died after giving birth to Li Shen.
In order to consolidate their power, the Xie family arranged for Xie Guanyin to remarry and replace Xie Lanyi. Five years later, the emperor ascended the throne, and Li Shen was also made crown prince.
In the current political situation, the Xie and Ye families are vying for power, and the powerful Ye family seems to prefer the tenth prince to succeed to the throne.
This is because the tenth prince, Li Yan, was born to Ye Xiangjun, the eldest daughter of the Ye family, and the current empress dowager is also a woman from the Ye family.
Meanwhile, the Xie family behind Li Shen was constantly suppressed by the Ye family.
With the Emperor's health gradually declining, Chang'an will soon be plunged into a bloodbath.
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With the assistance of the Imperial Medical Academy, Su Yan was able to prepare the contraceptive incense, and finding the necessary medicinal materials was no longer a problem.
Half a month later, Wang Ruofu, who was lying in the hospital bed, finally woke up.
When Wang Ruofu opened her eyes, she seemed to have lost her soul. She stood barefoot in the courtyard, her eyes devoid of any light.
She let the scorching sunlight fall on her.
It was the height of summer, and the midday temperature was scorching hot, which startled Su Yan, who had just come in from the kitchen carrying medicine.
Wang Ruofu has just woken up and her body is not fully recovered, making her susceptible to heatstroke.
Su Yan quickly stepped forward, wanting to bring Wang Ruofu back into the house, "Wang Sizhi, why did you come to the yard? Come inside quickly, it's not good to catch a cold."
Wang Ruofu remained expressionless, not answering Su Yan's question, but simply gazing up at the sky.
The sky was a clear blue without a single cloud, and birds occasionally flew over the rooftops.
After a long while, Wang Ruofu finally said, "How long have I been unconscious?"
Su Yan knew that her senior sister had gone through a lot, as if she had crawled out of hell and been reborn. Seeing her lonely and lost look, Su Yan didn't know how to comfort her.
After all, what's done is done and can't be undone.
"It's been three months."
Su Yan left Chang'an for Suizhou in May and returned to Chang'an from Suizhou in July. Now it is early September.
Time flies!
Upon hearing that three months had passed, Wang Ruofu gave a bitter smile and asked again, "How is he?"
Su Yan naturally knew who her senior sister was referring to when she said "him".
"After Luo Yan's death, Luo Sang succeeded him as the chieftain of Suizhou. Wang Sizhi, the past is dark and cannot be retrieved, but the future is bright and promising."
Upon hearing Su Yan's words of advice, Wang Ruofu seemed to chuckle self-deprecatingly, saying, "What a bright and promising future..."
After saying that, Wang Ruofu turned to look at Su Yan, his eyes filled with pain and despair. "My trip to Suizhou was a nightmare. Those painful memories haunt me like demons. I've become neither human nor ghost..."
Wang Ruofu's gaze pierced Su Yan's heart deeply. She could only watch helplessly as her senior sister suffered.
Seeing Su Yan's sympathetic gaze, Wang Ruofu could no longer hold back her emotions. She suddenly squatted down, tears streaming down her face, and cursed, "Waaaaah... What did I do wrong? Why did this happen to me?"
Seeing this, Su Yan couldn't help but tear up, her eyes instantly reddening. She carefully approached Wang Ruofu and gently comforted her, "Senior sister, you did nothing wrong..."
She knew that a few words could not heal her wounds.
All he could do was watch as Wang Ruofu squatted on the ground, curling herself up into a ball, like a lone boat lost at sea, yearning for a sense of security.
But Su Yan could do nothing about it.
Ever since Wang Ruofu had a good cry, Su Yan started thinking of ways to cheer up her senior sister.
Wang Ruofu, after all, was a man who had seen much of the world, and gradually emerged from the shadows.
Because of Wang Ruofu's greatest contribution during the trip to Suizhou, he has been promoted by the Crown Prince to Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, a leap of three ranks, and now holds the official rank of the third grade.
She became the first female official in the history of the Great Liang Dynasty to reach the rank of third grade, and she was also the youngest among all those who succeeded as Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review.
However, the shadow cast by Suizhou did not dissipate. Wang Ruofu's temperament became increasingly cold and ruthless, especially towards men who broke the law. The sentences he handed down were not just severe, but cruel.
Su Yan was the first to notice Wang Ruofu's change.
She knew that her senior sister had always been fair, but because of Luo Yan, she had come to deeply hate men in the world. Not only did she gradually stop associating with Shen Yao, but she herself was also affected.
Su Yan regretted dressing up as a man; otherwise, her senior sister would see her as a monster.
Su Yan was originally trying to salvage her image in front of her senior sister when another case occurred in Chang'an.
And it's not an ordinary case.
The current Empress Dowager has been poisoned and remains in a coma.
Su Yan, the head of the Surveillance Bureau, was hastily brought to the inner palace in the dead of night.
The Oversight Council maintains a neutral stance, remaining loyal only to each reigning emperor and not siding with any faction within the government.
Although Su Yan did not associate with the various factions in the court, she was very clear about the current situation in the court.
Now that His Majesty is bedridden, the Xie and Ye families will inevitably vie for power and profit.
Anyone with eyes to see could know that the Empress Dowager could not have been poisoned for no reason.
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