Chapter 30 Jin Ling 30
The medicine was indeed effective, but the prerequisite was that the emperor had to go to her palace first.
Unfortunately, he only came that one day that month, and he never set foot in her Xianju Palace again. As the New Year approached, even though the emperor entrusted almost everything to his godfather, he gradually became busy. He only came to the harem three or four days a month, and when he did, he only went to Jin Ling's Chenghuan Palace.
She also tried to send food to the Hall of Supreme Harmony, meet His Majesty occasionally, and even pretend to be sick, but he never gave her any face.
Wan Baoxian, who had been spoiled since birth, had never been ignored so repeatedly, so much so that she felt a little discouraged.
"You, giving up so easily, how can you be like my Sun Jiabi's child?" Mrs. Wan was so disappointed with her that she couldn't help but raise her voice and scold her, "Lift your head up!"
Seeing her daughter's eyes reddened, and her face as delicate as a hibiscus flower looking up pitifully, she felt both distressed and angry: "You usually act like a spoiled child and cling to me, but why don't you know how to treat His Majesty like this too?"
Seeing her daughter blush, she sighed, "What good is it if you're always so arrogant? Men like softer personalities, especially since Your Majesty is the Emperor. If you act so hard in front of him, you'll only end up hurting yourself."
"I... I didn't want to either, but you saw it, mother. It's good enough that His Majesty comes to my place once a month. But when he comes, he treats me like nothing. What can I do?"
"Oh, never mind. This matter still needs your godfather's help." Madam Wan held her daughter in her arms, a fierce look on her face: "After all, we contributed to His Majesty's throne. Your godfather and your father's reputation must be considered."
After saying this, she patted her daughter's shoulder and said, "My daughter, you must do your best and don't let your mother down for all she has planned for you."
The next day, Ma Yuanyi came to the palace to support his goddaughter. For five consecutive days, the emperor entertained the Wan family and Ma Yuanyi at a banquet, with Concubine Xian in the company.
After this incident, Concubine Xian was officially on par with Jin Ling. During the month, the two of them shared the emperor's bed with him almost equally, with Concubine Xian sometimes getting an extra day or two.
Jin Ling didn't notice anything was wrong at first; she simply assumed Li Yi had finally lost control. After all, he was already the emperor, and she had never imagined they could truly be together for the rest of their lives.
However, in order to perfect her character, she still played the role of a sad beauty whose lover had changed his heart. She was slightly ill for a few days, and when she appeared again, she had become a sick beauty with a slightly melancholic look.
She nodded in response to the Empress Dowager's sincere consolation, she was kind and yielded to the virtuous concubine's malicious provocation, and she tolerated and forgave the emperor's words of guilt, ensuring that she always stood on the side of morality.
As winter passed and spring arrived, the emperor suddenly fell seriously ill.
Jin Ling was sleeping soundly at night when Xiao Xiao suddenly walked in and woke her up.
"Um...what's wrong?" Jin Ling, who was awakened from a sweet dream, had already begun to consider whether to deduct Xiao Wei's monthly salary, but was completely awakened by her next words.
"Your Majesty, His Majesty is currently suffering from a high fever in the Xianfei Palace. The Empress Dowager and the Imperial Physician have arrived."
Jin Ling suddenly sat up from the bed, wearing only a coat, and ran into the Xianju Palace in the cold spring wind, rushing straight into the palace.
"Concubine Zhao, you're here." The Empress Dowager was startled upon seeing her. Jin Ling looked utterly miserable: she wore only a moonlit palace gown over her nightgown, her hair disheveled, and her lips, blown bluish-white by the cold wind, looked even worse than Li Yi, who lay in bed.
One can't help but be moved by her sincerity towards the emperor. It can be seen that when Concubine Zhao learned that the emperor was ill, she must have come running as soon as possible.
"It's so cold, why did you come here without putting on proper clothes?" The empress dowager pulled her to the seat next to her. She shivered at the coldness of her hands and hurriedly took the fox fur coat from Xiao Xiao, who had just arrived after running out of breath, and tied it on Jin Ling.
Jin Ling's face was filled with worry and anxiety. She grabbed the Queen Mother's hand with her backhand, her eyes filled with panic. "I just heard Your Majesty smile and report that the Queen Mother has a high fever in the Concubine Xian's palace. How is she now?"
The Queen Mother was reminded of this by her and also thought of the virtuous concubine. She didn't know the reason for the emperor's illness at the moment, but she couldn't help but feel a little angry:
"Go call the virtuous concubine. I want to ask her how she takes care of the emperor!"
Only after the virtuous concubine arrived did Jin Ling give a subtle smile. Taking advantage of the mess in the Xianju Palace at the moment, she hid her smile behind others and soon disappeared.
"I'm asking you, how could the emperor suddenly develop a high fever when he was perfectly fine?"
Jin Ling pretended to look behind the curtain with concern, but her ears pricked up secretly.
Xianfei knelt on the ground, her face filled with worry and fear, as well as a subtle sense of guilt: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty had a fever last night. Your Majesty and I went to bed early, but we didn't expect that Your Majesty would catch a fever last night."
The Queen Mother was about to ask more questions when the Imperial Physician emerged from behind the curtains and interrupted her. Zheng was busy asking the Imperial Physician about the Emperor's health, but she didn't notice the strange look on his face.
"Your Majesty... uh, Your Majesty's sudden fever this time is due to excessive intake of warming and drying products that rob the Yin, coupled with... uh, excessive sexual intercourse, which has led to kidney Yin deficiency and internal heat."
After just a few words, Imperial Physician Jiang was already sweating profusely and seriously considering retirement. Why did he always have to deal with such life-threatening situations? Seeing the Queen Mother's face growing increasingly pale, he hurriedly sped up:
"I'm afraid Your Majesty has been overworked with state affairs these past few days, and your energy has been depleted. This is why the cold evil has invaded and caused the fever."
After saying this, he hurriedly withdrew to prescribe medicine for His Majesty.
Jin Ling sat aside, her expression growing increasingly strange. As someone who had experienced exclusive favor, and who faced Li Yi, who had held back the longest, Jin Ling understood this man's physical strength all too well.
Although the virtuous concubine has been accompanying the emperor for most of this period, it shouldn't have drained Li Yi dry, right?
She tried it last month, but there was no sign of kidney deficiency.
Apparently, the empress dowager also remembered that the emperor had been in the palace of Concubine Xian recently. So, the reason he fell ill was actually because of Concubine Xian?
"You, you are totally clueless!" The empress dowager never expected that the virtuous concubine from a noble family could actually make the emperor sick, while Concubine Zhao had always been very measured in her actions.
She was really sick now. If she hadn't cared about the emperor's reputation, she would have confined the virtuous concubine to the palace and stripped her of her title.
"Empress Dowager, His Majesty has awakened."
Jin Ling got up faster than the Queen Mother, and then looked at her nervously.
"Go, go see him."
Jin Ling immediately turned around and rushed into Concubine Xian's bedroom, throwing herself beside Li Yi's bed.
[Ding! Special medicine found - Warm Love Water]
As soon as Jin Ling grasped Li Yi's outstretched hand, the chip specially placed in the jade bracelet given by the Queen Mother issued a notification in her mind.
Jin Ling opened the introduction of this thing and found that it was a powerful C drug, which was slightly addictive if used for a long time.
[Oh my, look what I found!] Jin Ling's heart skipped a beat, and she immediately understood why Li Yi had suddenly started to favor Concubine Xian. She couldn't help but laugh wildly in her heart, [Concubine Xian, hahahaha, she's really amazing, pfft... She actually dared to drug the emperor and have sex with him, this is really hahaha~]
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