Chapter 158 Chu Lanwu
What can Lan Wu rely on?
Her greatest reliance was on herself; she was gambling that Chu Mingheng wouldn't want her to die. Not just death, Chu Mingheng couldn't even bear to hear news of her illness or injury.
So when Lan Wu used this self-destructive method to fight against him, he was first taken aback, and then quickly reacted.
Chu Mingheng hurriedly got up and followed Lan Wu, not daring to block her way or hold her hand, but he kept talking.
"I do not need to sleep. I want to sleep. Awu, quickly spit out that mouthful of tea."
"If Awu wants me to sleep, she can just say so. Why do you have to say such things to scare me?"
Chu Mingheng couldn't hold back any longer. He stood in front of her, frowned, and said in a deep voice, "Quickly spit out the tea."
She had already swallowed it, so how could she just vomit it up? It was only half a cup of tea, and its effect wouldn't be that good for Lan Wu. After all, last time she drank three cups of tea and still felt drowsy under the influence of the calming incense.
Lan Wu glared at him with a stiff face: "So you're going to sleep, right?"
"..." Chu Mingheng dared not refuse her, so he could only nod.
However, she didn't sleep well that night. With her mind preoccupied with her thoughts and because of that half-cup of tea, Lan Wu couldn't fall asleep for a long time.
She turned to look at Chu Mingheng, and by the dim light of the candle still burning in the hall, she could see Mingheng's face clearly.
It's unclear whether Chu Mingheng was actually asleep or not, since he was exceptionally good at pretending to be asleep.
The night was deep, and she slept in a daze for several hours. When she woke up again, it was already broad daylight.
Chu Mingheng was no longer by the bedside.
That means Chu Mingheng did sleep last night, otherwise he wouldn't have been away from her.
But where did they go?
Lan Wu sat up, rubbed her slightly dizzy head, and pulled back the curtain but still couldn't see anyone. In a moment of distraction, she remembered something and frowned strangely—could Chu Mingheng still be avoiding her?
One couldn't wait to keep her under his nose all day long, never leaving her side; the other, worried that she would mention going to Changyong Mountain to him, simply avoided seeing her.
Did Chu Mingheng think that hiding would solve everything?
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"Your Majesty, perhaps we should call the imperial physician to take a look?" Chen Kang'an offered freshly brewed hot tea and, seeing Chu Mingheng still pressing his temples with his eyes closed, spoke with some concern.
Chu Mingheng, who was sitting in the chair, suddenly opened his eyes and swept his cold gaze across the room.
Chen Kang'an immediately understood his meaning and hurriedly replied, "Your Majesty, rest assured, this servant has already ordered the palace servants to keep quiet and will certainly not spread Your Majesty's affairs."
If you're sick, you should summon the imperial physician for treatment...
Chen Kang'an inwardly groaned, but His Majesty refused to allow the imperial physician to be summoned. How many times had this happened already?
His Majesty has always been in good health, how could he have suddenly fallen to this state?
Chu Mingheng casually looked away and asked him again, "Has the Imperial Concubine woken up?"
Chen Kang'an had long anticipated that His Majesty would inquire about the Imperial Concubine's condition, so he had already sent someone to investigate the situation at Yilan Palace. Upon hearing His Majesty's question, he immediately replied, "Your Majesty, the Imperial Concubine has already woken up, but she seems to lack energy and has not had breakfast."
Chu Mingheng frowned slightly: "Didn't she have breakfast? What did the people in her palace say?"
"Well, they said that the Imperial Concubine felt a little dizzy and had no appetite when she got up early, so she ordered her breakfast to be taken away."
Feeling dizzy and having no appetite?
Chu Mingheng pondered these words: "Did the imperial physician go?"
Chen Kang'an shook his head: "No, Princess Yilan did not call the imperial physician."
If you're feeling unwell, why don't you call the imperial physician?
The words Lan Wu had spoken to another man last night flashed through his mind, and he became somewhat cautious.
Chu Mingheng sighed and said helplessly, "Go to the Imperial Hospital and call a physician over."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The imperial physician and the emperor's carriage arrived at Yilan Palace from both ends. Even the palace staff of Yilan Palace did not expect that His Majesty would return after only an hour.
What was even more unexpected was that Lan Wu refused to see the imperial physician or have her pulse taken.
Even with the palace doors closed, the sounds of the two masters arguing inside could still be heard.
"Chu Lanwu! Come here to me!" Chu Mingheng called her by her new name for the first time, and with such force that it made people tremble with fear.
Kelanwu wasn't afraid at all.
"Didn't you say no one would call me by my full name? So giving me the imperial surname was just so you could vent your anger on me—" Lan Wu stood behind the brocade screen, hiding from Chu Mingheng, and shouted, "I'm not going over there!"
Chu Mingheng was so angry he almost laughed. He had chased her around the house twice, but Lan Wu was harder to catch than a cat. He just couldn't catch her, and then he heard her say that. His head was throbbing with anger.
"You're sick but don't seek medical attention, you're hiding, and you don't even eat. What are you trying to do?" Chu Mingheng stopped and asked her through the screen that cast shadows.
Lan Wu's voice followed immediately: "Why can you do what I can't? You still refuse to treat your illness and avoid me!"
"I've figured it out. Since you refuse to get treatment, let's all just give up. Life's too short to live for today, let's all just quit—"
Hearing her utterly baseless and absurd words, Chu Mingheng was so angry that he stepped forward, forcibly moved the screen aside, and grabbed Lan Wu, who had no time to run away.
"Ah—!" Lan Wu was caught off guard and tried to run away in a panic.
Chu Mingheng restrained her: "Awu!"
Lan Wu stopped moving, glanced at him slightly, and said to herself, "I think what I said is all correct."
Since Chu Mingheng is going to act recklessly like this, then none of us will have an easy time.
Anyway, she came into this life because of Chu Mingheng, and now she has gotten her revenge. If Chu Mingheng wants to die, she won't stop him. At worst, they'll die together in the end.
Thinking of this, Lan Wu suddenly had another idea in her mind.
Before Chu Mingheng could say anything, she suddenly looked at him seriously, scrutinizing him from head to toe. As if to discuss something with him, she coughed lightly and, thinking herself being solemn, began to speak:
"Or there is another way."
"If Your Majesty insists on your own opinion, and Your Majesty really reaches the point where you can no longer wake up, then I will naturally cry my heart out for Your Majesty."
"However, as Your Majesty also knows, I have died once and have become indifferent to life and death."
She changed the subject: "Although I've become indifferent to life, I still want to live."
"Once His Majesty is gone, I'll escape the palace, find an honest and handsome young man to marry, and become someone else's legal wife." With that, Lan Wu, her plans quite grand, stared into Chu Mingheng's eyes and continued, "Serves you right for not listening to me! I'll have three or five children with someone else and make you furious!"
"Chu Lanwu—" Chu Mingheng seemed to have never thought that she could come up with such a thought. He was obviously stunned at first, and then quickly realized the meaning of her words. Sure enough, he was so angry that he gritted his teeth and called her by her full name again.
Lan Wu touched her ear, nodded, and said she heard it.
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