Chapter 19 The Best of Both Worlds Aunt, I'll wait for you.
Not long after, the Crown Princess also rushed over, surrounded by a group of palace maids. When she saw Zhao Changning, tears immediately fell from her eyes.
Zhao Changning immediately stepped forward to support her, and comforted her softly, "Don't worry, His Royal Highness is fine. The imperial physician said he will be fine after taking a few doses of medicine."
The Crown Princess choked up and shook her head, "He's already this old, and I told him not to get involved in these things, but he just wouldn't listen. How could his body handle it..."
Zhao Changning listened in silence. Compared with the old emperor's mood swings, the prince was a very kind person, except that he was in poor health.
After she exchanged pleasantries with the Crown Princess and sent her to the Crown Prince, Yun Hui came over to greet her, her face full of nervousness and fear, "Aunt, the Emperor has woken up and wants you to come in."
Zhao Changning warned them not to tell the dragon's descendants first, and immediately turned around and went into the bedroom.
The old emperor had indeed woken up, and was now lying there with a weak look on his face. His wrinkled face looked even older, and his eyes were dull, rising and falling slightly like a piece of dead wood.
Zhao Changning ran over and asked with great concern, "Your Majesty, do you feel unwell?"
The old emperor slowly came back to his senses, looked at her sideways, and remained silent for a long time.
Zhao Changning looked around anxiously. If something happened to the old emperor, and she still wouldn't let his sons and grandsons meet him, she would probably be beaten to death.
"Who hit you?" The old emperor's voice was weak and hoarse, and his cloudy eyes stared straight at Zhao Changning's face.
Zhao Changning immediately tilted his head, pursed his lips and said softly, "I knocked it on myself. Your Majesty, how do you feel about me?"
The emperor's face was expressionless, and his tone was desolate. "To be old and not die is to be a thief. I have lived too long."
He slowly raised his hand. Zhao Changning understood him best and quickly moved his face closer.
"Old Six beat me, didn't he? Oh, he really cares about me. It's also a blessing that you have a good temper and don't like to complain."
Zhao Changning gently stroked his red and swollen cheek and said softly, "It's just a slap. It doesn't hurt."
The old emperor shook his head, his mood low, but his words were extremely gentle. "Although I'm unconscious, I know everything you've done for me. Even my own daughter couldn't do more than that. All these years, I'm so grateful to you. Without you, I wouldn't be an emperor at all."
When Zhao Changning heard the old emperor's heartfelt words, he felt complicated for a moment. It seemed that being a slave for all these years had its value.
"Your Majesty, it is Changning's blessing to be able to serve you."
"Let the Imperial Hospital prescribe some medicine for you." The old emperor's old, dry hand gently stroked the fair, plump cheek, panting, "You bastard, you're so cruel."
Zhao Changning shook his head. "The Fourteenth Prince just gave me a bottle of medicine, saying it's from outside the palace and is better than the ones in the palace."
She held it before the old emperor like a treasure.
The emperor rarely saw her looking so cute and innocent, and he couldn't help laughing.
He vaguely recalled what happened before he lost consciousness and asked, "Where's Hu Gou'er?"
"He was kneeling in the palace..." Zhao Changning recounted the situation in detail. "Your Majesty, I still need your decision on how to deal with him."
The old emperor looked at Zhao Changning with a smile, showing a rare kindness and generosity. "Changning, you are still too kind. You should learn from Hu Gou'er and be more ruthless. What happened today could have been avoided."
Zhao Changning lowered her head, knowing that the old emperor was saying that she was slow in handling this matter.
It is not difficult to kill Hu Gou'er. The difficult part is that she doesn't want to get involved, and her hatred for him is not deep.
She felt that she had done a great job in this matter.
Zhao Changning had actually anticipated what would happen in court today, but he didn't expect it to happen so soon.
What I didn't expect was that Mingxuan was abandoned so quickly.
She had asked the Fourteenth Prince about Mingxuan in vague terms that day on purpose, in order to pass on the message to the Crown Prince through him, letting them know the Emperor's true attitude towards Hu Gou'er. It would be much easier for them to deal with Hu Gou'er than for herself.
The fourteenth prince was standing behind the crown prince. His biological mother was a lowly palace maid. The old emperor was very happy to have a son in his old age. Unfortunately, the palace maid was unlucky and died of heavy bleeding after giving birth to the fourteenth prince. The crown princess then took over to take care of him. Over the years, their relationship could be said to be like that of a mother and son.
Zhao Changning thought it would take some time, but unexpectedly, the result made her very satisfied.
Once she releases the news about the witness, she can also win the favor of everyone in the cabinet, thus having the best of both worlds.
As the saying goes, "Birds of a feather flock together." She also learned this technique of manipulating chess pieces without getting a single leaf on her body from the old emperor.
It seems that gaining power is not a difficult thing.
Zhao Changning knew what he was thinking, but he couldn't show it on his face and had to pretend to be stupid and frightened.
She quickly knelt down and kowtowed, "It is my humble servant who is dull and unfit for such a task. I have disappointed the Emperor."
"You have a kind heart, great blessings, and long-lasting happiness. Over the years, you haven't changed much. You are a good person." The old emperor sighed and asked her to stand up. "Have you found out the location of the witness? Do you know what to do next?"
Zhao Changning nodded, feeling that the emperor had become a cunning old man and had everything under control.
Perhaps that is why a person who only likes to be in control is so angry with Hu Gouer.
"Then go ahead." The old emperor waved his hand. "I also need to meet those unworthy descendants, lest they think I'm dead..."
For some reason, the old emperor was in a bad mood when he woke up this time. Zhao Changning heard the sound of death from his tone and emotions.
After Zhao Changning left the palace, he went to the side hall to find the group of dragon sons and grandsons, and asked them to go in and visit one by one.
He also carefully instructed the people who went in to serve to be careful.
She went back and changed into ordinary clothes. She saw a bit of green clothes behind the willow tree. Her heart moved and she walked over to take a look. It was indeed the sneaky Yunsheng.
"Why are you still here?"
Yunsheng was caught red-handed, his face dripping with embarrassment, and he didn't know what to do with his hands and feet.
"Aunt, I, I..."
"Forget it. Follow me to the Jingshan Palace." Zhao Changning looked him up and down. "Did you get beaten?"
Yunsheng's smile immediately turned into panic again, and he stammered to explain, "Auntie, it doesn't hurt. They didn't hit me that hard. I, I..."
Zhao Changning didn't know how he managed to get by with such a temper. He shook his head and said, "Let's go."
Although the palace was turned upside down, the Jingshan Palace remained the same as before, with no changes.
Zhao Changning saw Yunsheng was still cheerful, but he felt it was glaring and outrageous, so he couldn't help asking, "Don't you hate me?"
If the cabinet had not acted quickly and was eager to bring down Hu Gou'er, he would have been beaten to death sooner or later.
Yunsheng shook his head in grievance, "Auntie spent so much time and effort to help me and Yunpei, why should I hate her?"
At this moment, Zhao Changning was finally convinced that this man was a fool and would not play any scheming tricks.
"Okay, go see your Yunpei. I have to go do something. Wait for me to come back."
Yunsheng nodded vigorously, with a look of anticipation on his face, and said happily: "Aunt, I'll wait for you."
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