Chapter 420 Master, are you really not going to reply to the Emperor?
Chi Heng shook her head, rubbed her temples, and said with some puzzlement, "I feel strangely dizzy for a while now. I slept well yesterday, and I've been eating and drinking well today. Why am I like this?"
Sun Wu, standing nearby, poked his head out and said, "Could it be that you asked for too much just now, and the Divine Healer is unhappy?"
Halfway through his sentence, he noticed Chi Heng's unfriendly expression, swallowed hard, and slapped himself in the face.
"Even if the Divine Healer is unhappy, she will punish you for your disrespect first."
Sun Wu immediately turned around and bowed repeatedly, saying, "Forgive me, forgive me, Divine Physician, please don't listen."
In a daze, he suddenly covered his head and said, "Darkness, I feel dizzy too."
Chi Heng rolled his eyes, then mounted his horse: "Stop pretending, hurry up and go, I need to go back and get some sleep and rest."
"yes."
As soon as Chi Heng entered the post station where he was staying, he saw Eunuch Qian, dressed in a purple-red robe and holding a whisk, walking towards him.
"Oh, my Lord Duke, we've been waiting for you to come back!"
With the imperial edict in his hand, Eunuch Qian greeted Chi Heng with a broad smile as soon as he saw her.
Chi Heng frowned and looked at him: "Why is Eunuch Qian here?"
"Naturally, I'm here to deliver the Emperor's decree. Duke Dingguo, Chi Heng, receive the decree!"
Chi Heng glanced at it, then lifted his robe and knelt down: "Chi Heng is here."
Eunuch Qian took small, quick steps and stood beside Chi Heng. He unfolded the imperial edict and read in a high-pitched voice: "By the grace of Heaven, the Emperor decrees: It is now known that an epidemic has broken out in Yuguan, and the situation is critical. Therefore, the Duke Chi Heng is hereby ordered to go to Yuguan to assist the local government in treating the sick, to control the epidemic, and to ensure the safety of the region. This is the imperial decree."
Upon hearing this, Chi Heng's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately kowtowed: "Your humble servant obeys the decree."
Eunuch Qian immediately handed over the imperial edict, then stepped forward with a fawning smile: "Lord Duke, His Majesty also has a secret letter personally written by him for you, which he specially ordered this old servant to deliver to you in person."
Chi Heng frowned and stood up. Eunuch Qian immediately stepped forward to help him brush the dust off his robe. After taking care of him, he presented the envelope with both hands, looking at him with a smile on his face.
Chi Heng casually accepted the gift and stuffed it into his pocket. Then, seeing Eunuch Qian staring at him expectantly, he narrowed his eyes and said, "What are you doing? You've finished delivering the decree, why aren't you hurrying back? Do you want me to keep you for a meal?"
Eunuch Qian rubbed his hands together: "Your Excellency, the Emperor is waiting for your reply. In fact, the Emperor has always been thinking of you, Your Excellency, what do you think..."
"Why reply? Haven't I already received the imperial decree? I'll be heading to Yuguan soon. Just reply like this."
Eunuch Qian immediately gave a smile that was more like a grimace: "Your Excellency, His Majesty has instructed this old servant to wait here for you to finish reading the letter, and then return after receiving your reply."
As he spoke, he secretly glanced at the man's expression: "This old servant is not in a hurry. Please write slowly, write slowly. This old servant can wait as long as it takes."
Chi Heng pursed her lips, ignored Eunuch Qian, and went straight into the post station.
He kicked off his shoes and then lay down on the bed.
"Your Majesty, why don't we take a look at what the Emperor wrote in his letter?"
Sun Yat-sen frowned and said, "If there are any other matters, we can make preparations in advance."
Chi Heng tossed and turned several times without falling asleep. Finally, she gritted her teeth, got up, took the letter from her bosom, and handed it directly to Sun Wen.
"My lord, this is a secret letter from the Emperor to you."
"What nonsense are you talking about? I don't want to correspond with him. Read it to me!"
Sun Wen wanted to offer some advice, but then decided against it and reluctantly opened the letter. He read it quickly, then his pupils constricted sharply: "Your Majesty, the Emperor says that a princess is currently stranded abroad and requests that you handle the affairs at Yuguan and go with the young princess to welcome the princess back to the capital."
"Princess? A concubine's son!!!" Chi Heng's voice suddenly rose, and she sat up straight in bed, exclaiming, "He really is... shameless!"
Chi Heng gritted her teeth in anger: "Having such a crippled body hasn't stopped him from leaving his seed everywhere! I..."
"Master, Master!" Sun Wen was so frightened that his face turned deathly pale, and he was almost ready to kneel down and kowtow to his master at any moment.
Chi Heng barely managed to retract her even more outrageous words, only gritting her teeth: "They actually want me to go with that crazy woman Xiao Nianjun?"
Then, he grabbed the letter and read it quickly.
He then slammed the letter down on the table, breathing heavily, without saying a word.
"My lord, please don't be angry. What should we do now?"
Sun Wen frowned and looked over, then brought over a cup of cold tea.
Chi Heng took the drink and downed it in one gulp: "He's treating me like a cow! I'm the one investigating cases, I'm the one fighting the epidemic. And now, I'm the one picking up his mistress? He even specifically asked me to bring my sister-in-law along, haha, he really isn't ashamed! No wonder he's so sick, with all these scheming thoughts, why doesn't he just die of illness?"
"Master, Master, please keep your voice down!" Sun Wen glanced furtively at the door and forced a smile that looked more like a grimace.
Chi Heng gritted her teeth inwardly: "I should have prayed to the Goddess of the Goddess on his behalf, and asked her to hurry up and take him away! Ugh!"
"My lord, you really shouldn't say such things," Sun Yat-sen almost cried.
Seeing his master's anger, he immediately changed the subject: "You mean the Emperor wants you to bring Physician Jiang along? How does the Emperor know about Physician Jiang's medical skills?"
Chi Heng narrowed her eyes, then sneered, "Our emperor is truly exceptionally clever. I wonder what kind of wicked scheme he's plotting this time. Who is he planning to kill?"
He then pursed his lips and tossed the letter aside: "Tsk, headache, I'm going to sleep."
Sun Yat-sen: "."
After a long while, he finally mustered up the courage to step forward and ask, "Your Majesty, are you really not going to reply to the Emperor?"
“I won’t write it! Just tell that eunuch Qian that I’ve already read the letter and know about it. I’ll soon act according to his wishes and obey him completely. I’ll give him my life.”
Hearing his master's sarcastic words, Sun Wen wiped the sweat from his forehead: "Master, even if you're angry, you still have to reply to this letter, lest someone else relay the message inappropriately and ruin your intentions. Don't be angry, I'll write it for you and say that you injured your hand?"
Chi Heng turned over without saying a word.
Sun Wensong sighed, then kicked Sun Wu: "Go prepare paper and pen!"
Sun Wu scratched his forehead: "Brother, but the master didn't agree."
Before he could finish speaking, Sun Wen kicked him: "Just go when I tell you to. Why are you talking so much?"
Soon, Sun Wu prepared pen and ink. Sun Wen picked up the pen and then said, "Your Majesty, I would like to apologize to the Emperor again. I was worried that if we went to fetch the Princess after the epidemic was resolved, the journey would be unsettling, and the Princess would have to return later to avoid causing the Emperor any worry."
"Tsk!"
Chi Heng squinted at Sun Wen in a daze: "I only realized today that you really talk a lot!"
"master."
Chi Heng rolled her eyes: "Whatever!"
Sun Wen breathed a sigh of relief, carefully considered his words, and after writing the letter, he approached Chi Heng and asked, "Take a look?"
"Get out of here, don't disturb my sleep. And that guy surnamed Qian, tell him to get out of here too!"
(End of this chapter)
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