Sixty-five
The staff in the palace were busy the whole night. Even the left prime minister was afraid that Ling Junyan would go crazy and be buried with him.
After all, in Dagan, although the emperor's feelings for the queen were not known to everyone, they were well-known and no one would question them.
Time passed quickly and it was noon the next day.
A large group of people gathered outside the house. They were all in the mansion last night, including a dozen imperial doctors. They were guarded by the imperial guards brought by Shi De, and no one was allowed to leave.
After the four most skilled imperial doctors had treated Yun Qi's injuries, they had been standing by on standby for several hours without being allowed to rest.
Fortunately, the arrow didn't hit a vital part, so resting wasn't really that important. At least my life was saved...
The man sitting by the bed at this moment had not slept all night and was frightened and his will was weakened. His eyes were already bloodshot, but he still stared at the bloodless face of the person on the bed and refused to move his eyes. The number of times he blinked also decreased inadvertently.
The whole room was eerily quiet.
Ling Junyan carefully held Yun Qi's injured right hand in his palm and rubbed it, trying to warm him up.
At this time, Shi De gently pushed the door open and came in, then closed it again.
Ling Junyan didn't look over, his eyes were always on Yun Qi.
After Shi De got closer, he wanted to say something but hesitated because there were outsiders around.
Ling Junyan said calmly: "Just say it."
Shi De then said, "Your Majesty, the man is dead."
Ling Junyan was not surprised by this. He slowly exhaled and said, "If you die, then die."
He spoke as if it were just a trivial matter.
"He left a letter, saying he committed suicide out of fear of punishment. Here is the letter."
Shi De was just about to take it out and hand it to him.
Ling Junyan said, "No need to show it to me."
Shi De was stunned for a moment and had to stop and wait for Ling Junyan's instructions.
I thought this matter would have to be discussed later, but unexpectedly, Ling Junyan said directly the next second: "Anyone related to him, whether relatives, colleagues, or those who have had recent contact, will be killed."
Shi De suddenly looked up, "Your Majesty!"
The imperial physician next to him also felt a chill spreading from the soles of his feet when he heard this, and did not dare to make a sound.
"What? You want to disobey orders too?"
Shi De immediately knelt on one knee with his fists clasped. "Your Majesty, this cannot be done. This matter has not been thoroughly investigated. Such a large-scale punishment may implicate innocent people. I hope Your Majesty will reconsider!"
"Innocent?" Ling Junyan muttered to himself, then leaned forward slightly, freeing one hand to feel the temperature of Yun Qi's forehead, which was still a little hot.
Fortunately, there were some medicines left by the drunkard and his friends, otherwise Ling Junyan really didn't dare to think about it.
He continued, "There are no such things as innocent people. Those who hurt him have dirty blood."
At this point, something flashed through his mind, and he suddenly withdrew his hand as if frightened, and then muttered to himself: "Even me."
For a moment, Shi De really felt that there was something wrong with the Majesty in front of him. He was sitting here alone, but why did he have the illusion that this Majesty was not that Majesty?
Shi De felt that he must have overthought in a hurry.
Just as he was about to continue persuading her, Ling Junyan's voice suddenly lowered, and he spoke before him, "Don't challenge my patience."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ling Junyan finally turned to look at him, a cold light flashing in his eyes, "I don't mind a few more 'innocent' lives."
Shi De's clenched fist instantly left a white mark.
He looked up in disbelief. In his field of vision, the other person's expression and demeanor were so cold that there was no trace of emotion. This made Shi De's heart fall to the bottom.
But I just couldn't say the word "yes".
However, at this moment, the imperial doctors next to him suddenly fell to the ground for some reason. Shi De quickly looked over and realized that something was wrong. He quickly stood up and prepared to protect the emperor.
But at that moment, it was as if his head was congested with blood, and his whole body swayed. With his unclear vision, he saw that Ling Junyan was also on the verge of collapse.
Shi De was anxious to go forward, but suddenly a figure appeared from the side and supported him. Shi De was startled and opened his mouth but couldn't make a sound.
The man looked at him, and at the same time, something was bounced into his mouth. He was caught off guard and swallowed it directly.
Then he could see clearly.
"You!" Shi De pointed at the man, feeling angry and surprised.
"Shhhhhh!"
Shi De: “…”
In fact, the moment he saw who was coming, Shi De was no longer worried, but it was just that this was a bit sudden after all, and he couldn't accept it for a while.
This person really appeared in the room out of nowhere.
Although Shi De had long known that he was not an ordinary character.
The drunk madman looked at Shi De who was in a daze and said, "Don't just stand there. Go and get those people outside away."
Shi De recovered and even though he subconsciously believed him, he still asked, "What do you want to do?"
"What are you doing? Haven't you noticed that something is wrong with your Majesty? Hurry up."
Shi De subconsciously glanced at Ling Junyan who was now unconscious.
Seeing he was still hesitating, the drunkard continued, "You've already investigated everything. That man committed suicide for his crimes. Regardless of whether he had any relatives, some of his colleagues once worked for the Emperor. You know most of them and have had contact with them. You can't just go and buy something and then kill the shopkeeper, right? What else do you want now?"
After hearing this, Shi De finally chose to trust him once, and went out to take the person to another yard.
After coming back, he was completely unable to calm down.
"stop!"
He rushed forward and grabbed the drunkard's arm. The drunkard was so frightened that the rope in his hand fell.
"Hey, what are you doing!" The drunkard slapped Shi De's hand hard.
"How dare you!" Shi De stared at him angrily.
The drunkard tsk-tsk-tsked, "I'm telling you, if we don't tie him up, when he wakes up, both you and I will die here, understand?"
Shi De was not persuaded and did not let go.
"Do you know why I gave you the antidote? It's because I need you to keep it a secret for me. Do you want others to see him like this?"
"That's not possible..."
"Oh, alright... since you don't know anything, just don't bother me, okay? My time is really limited." The drunkard spoke earnestly, already thinking of knocking this guy down if he got in the way again.
After all, he brought enough equipment this time and he is not afraid of anyone.
Shi Desi thought about it for a long time, and finally had to make concessions, "If you dare to harm the emperor, I will not forgive you."
"Okay, okay, got it."
The drunkard shook off Shi De's hand.
"Come, help me."
Shi De: “…”
As the drunkard tied him up, he said, "The only way now is to wake Yunqi up quickly, otherwise it will be a waste of our efforts."
Only then did Shi De ask the drunkard his initial doubts: "What happened to the emperor? And why did you suddenly appear here?"
The drunkard glanced at him, thinking he was going to explain, but he said, "Even if I tell you, you won't understand."
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