Chapter 26: Censor Qian: A hat falls from the sky while you sit at home
This Miss Ah Jiu... could it be that she is really the "magic mirror" summoned by the Empress Dowager?!
Looking at Liu Ruoyan's embarrassed back as she left, and then looking at Ajiu, who was being held in the Empress Dowager's arms like her own granddaughter and curiously tugging at the gold thread on the Empress Dowager's sleeve, the other noble ladies present had different thoughts...
Chu Xuanyi was completely numb. He felt that the only thing he could do at this moment was to pray that this "Hongmen Banquet" would end quickly, and then he would immediately, immediately, take Ah Jiu back to the Imperial Master's Mansion and never come out again!
Your Majesty the Queen Mother, your "preference" for Ajiu is really... too terrible!
Seeing that the banquet was finally coming to an end with the Empress Dowager's "reward", Chu Xuanyi almost crawled to take his leave with Ajiu, fearing that if this little ancestor stayed a moment longer, he would comment on the entire "scenery above" of the imperial garden.
In the carriage, Chu Xuanyi felt as if he had been pulled out of the water, completely exhausted. He tried to have a "profound" conversation with Ah Jiu, teaching her the importance of "social etiquette."
As a result, Jiu blinked his innocent big eyes and said seriously that he understood - in the future, if he saw something above someone's head, he could speak in a low voice or tell only an adult.
Chu Xuanyi's solar plexus throbbed, and he felt like his blood was about to burst out of his seven orifices. What's the difference between this and not saying anything?! No, there is a difference. It went from a "public execution" to a "small-scale precision strike," and the target of the attack went from an unspecified majority to him, the unfortunate Imperial Master!
Just when Chu Xuanyi was on the verge of collapse, Ajiu happily shared with him a "more interesting discovery" - a shocking secret about the uncle who was "dressed like a big rooster, with a pointed nose and small eyes", wearing a "big green hat" on his head, with a "little turtle that spitted at him" lying on the hat.
Chu Xuanyi's head buzzed, as if a hundred bells were ringing at the same time.
Big rooster...pointed nose...small eyes...green hat...spitting little turtle...
Isn't this the Imperial Censor Qian Sheng, renowned for his stern impartiality, unyielding integrity (and henpecked henpecked personality)?! Because his wife was incredibly jealous, Qian Sheng dared not even keep a single beautiful maid in his household, making him a renowned henpecked husband in the capital. This "cuckold" and "spitting little turtle" scene is incredibly graphic and incredibly devastating!
Chu Xuanyi felt his vision go dark, and a sweet, fishy taste surged up his throat. He tried hard to say something, but in the end, he only uttered a short "Uh...", and then...
“Plop!”
He finally lived up to everyone's expectations and fainted straight, neatly and completely on the soft seat of the carriage.
"Oh! Sir! Sir, why did you fall asleep too?!" Ah Jiu was startled by this sudden change and quickly went over to push Chu Xuanyi, "Sir, wake up! We haven't reached home yet! If you fall asleep, who will pay for the taxi?"
The coachman heard the commotion outside and asked cautiously, "Master Imperial Master? Miss Jiu? Do you have any instructions?"
Ah Jiu stuck his little head out of the window and said worriedly, "Uncle driver, the adult has fallen asleep and we can't wake him up. What should we do?"
The driver was also stunned. How could the Grand Master fall asleep as soon as he said so? He hesitated for a moment and said, "Then... shall I take you two back to the Grand Master's residence first?"
"Yeah! Okay!" Jiu nodded vigorously.
So, with Ajiu constantly muttering "Master, please wake up", "Master, are you hungry?", and "Master, if you don't wake up, Ajiu will eat all the sugar people you secretly hid", the carriage drove all the way back to the Imperial Master's Mansion.
When the housekeeper and servants of the Imperial Master's Mansion saw their master being "carried" out of the carriage by the coachman and several guards like a dead dog, the entire Imperial Master's Mansion was in an uproar!
"Oh my God! What happened to you, sir?!"
"Quick! Go get the doctor!"
"Miss Jiu, is the master...is he okay?"
Ah Jiu looked at the crowd that gathered around him with an innocent look on his face and whispered, "The master is asleep, I can't wake him up."
The housekeeper was extremely anxious. While ordering the servants to carry Chu Xuanyi into the bedroom, he also sent someone to the palace to urgently call for the imperial physician.
Soon, the imperial physician was "invited." After a thorough inspection, he stroked his beard and said to the concerned butler with a strange expression, "Master Imperial Master...there's nothing serious. It's just...it's just that your anger has taken its toll on your heart, your liver is overheating, and...well, you're exhausted, so you fainted. I'll prescribe a few doses to calm your mind and replenish your qi. You should rest for a few days and you'll be fine."
The housekeeper was bewildered. Was he furious? Was he overly angry? Was he exhausted? Hadn't his master gone to the palace for a banquet today? How could this have happened?
He glanced suspiciously at Ajiu, who was drooling at the imperial medicine box, and had a bad feeling in his heart.
After the imperial physician finished writing the prescription, he whispered a few words like "Don't make the Imperial Master angry again" and "Be sure to maintain a calm state of mind," and then hurriedly left. He always felt that there was something strange about the Imperial Master's illness.
The Imperial Master's Mansion was thrown into chaos because of Chu Xuanyi's "sudden illness".
At this time in the palace, Xiao Yu was listening to the secret guard's report on the subsequent details of the flower viewing banquet, especially the "private conversation" between Ajiu and Chu Xuanyi in the carriage.
Even Xiao Yu couldn't help but twitch his lips slightly when he heard Ah Jiu's accurate description of Censor Qian as a "cuckolded little turtle".
Qian Sheng was henpecked, his wife often bringing up his affairs in the bedroom, a fact not entirely unknown in certain circles in the capital. But this "green hat" and "little turtle"... this little girl's observations were truly... shrewd and just the right amount of snarky and mean.
"Send someone to the Yongning Marquis' Mansion to check if there's really been any 'worm-eaten' trouble lately," Xiao Yu instructed calmly. "As for Censor Qian... ignore him."
He wanted to see how much of this little girl's "prophecy" was true.
The secret guards also brought some new clues to the investigation into Master Xuanxu.
"Master, we've discovered that before leaving the capital, Master Xuanxu had contact with the doctor at the Baicaotang in the west of the city. It's said that he asked the doctor about a...very rare drug that can temporarily block part of a person's memory."
Xiao Yu's eyes suddenly darkened: "Drugs that seal memories?"
"Keep a close eye on Baicaotang, and... continue searching for the whereabouts of Xuanxu Zhenren." Xiao Yu's voice was chilling. "I want to know what secrets he's hiding from Ah Jiu!"
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