Chapter 341: The Emperor is ill, and the court is in turmoil

Being shackled by official duties, it is impossible to run away from home.

So in order to avoid the limelight, An Xin asked for leave from the old emperor who was looking at her with a teasing expression, and ran away to the farm she had bought in the suburbs.

In the early morning, birds are chirping in the shady green valley, the bright sunlight is shining on the blooming Panzhihua trees, and the milky white morning mist, like a veil, is slowly lifted and surrounds the mountains and forests.

I don’t know if it was a coincidence or someone did it on purpose.

The day after An Xin arrived at the farm, she faced the morning sun, breathed in the fresh air, and came to a lush lotus pond.

Admiring the milky white mist floating on the lotus leaves in the early morning, the dewdrops rolling on the lotus leaves, illuminated by the morning sunlight, as warm and shining as pearls.

Just as An Xin was immersed in the beautiful scenery of mountains and rivers, he heard a man's clear cough coming from behind him.

She turned her head sideways and looked at him, with a hint of surprise in her eyes: "Between your eyebrows..."

The man raised his hand and touched his eyebrows, a hint of regret flashed in his eyes.

When Jiang Xuan learned that she was coming here last night, he hurriedly brought people to follow her. In the early morning, in order to see her earlier, he forgot to cover up the red mole between his eyebrows.

However, when he noticed that An Xin looked at the red mole between his eyebrows with surprise, Jiang Xuan raised the corners of his mouth and felt relieved.

I used to think that it was ugly for a man to have such a mole between his eyebrows, and it was also to prevent certain people from discovering his mole and finding out his true identity, which would cause trouble.

Therefore, he has been hiding this distinctive mole.

An Xin: "You also come here to enjoy the scenery of the countryside."

Jiang Xuan had a smile in his eyes. He raised his hand to his lips, coughed lightly, and nodded: "Well, the countryside is quiet and I can come here to recuperate."

An Xin looked at Jiang Xuan who was walking over and found that he looked fine, unlike the servant who looked half-dead and pale during the time of his injury. Otherwise, she would not have been able to take out such good things to make soup for him.

So the two people who happened to meet in two villages not far from each other started to go up the mountain together to see the scenery and sit by the river to fish together every day.

Sometimes you would encounter someone who was shameless enough to follow An Xin to the farm to eat and drink for free.

As An Xin still saw that the face was pleasing to the eye, she did not order anyone to kick the yandere guy out.

Such leisurely days accompanied by handsome men came to an end when someone from the palace came to inform them that Emperor Sheng An had fallen ill.

Considering the fact that Emperor Sheng An always protected him, An Xin ordered people to pack up and rushed back to the capital overnight.

As soon as she left in the carriage, people in the nearby farm received the news.

Jiang Xuan frowned slightly, then told people to pack up and leave.

Emperor Sheng'an's sudden illness filled the court with an undercurrent of turmoil.

Some people could not wait any longer and started to bring up the topic of appointing a crown prince.

Now, on the surface, there is only one other person, the legitimate prince Si Ye, who was born to the empress who was forgotten by many ministers many years ago and was sent to Huangjue Temple to be raised by Emperor Sheng An in the name of praying for Daqian shortly after he was born.

The only ones left were the unfavored Emperor Si Han and the third prince Si Shuo, born to Concubine Xian.

Now that Emperor Sheng'an is seriously ill, these two princes have become the favorites of all court officials.

An Xin was recalled to the capital and just watched quietly while the officials who wanted to win the credit of following the emperor jumped up and down.

The Anguo Mansion of the Third Prince, the maternal grandfather's family of Concubine Xian, has been bustling with people coming and going during this period.

Even the Du family of the Wuchang Earl's Mansion, which had been suppressed by Emperor Sheng'an some time ago and ignored by other families in the capital, is now in power because their sister is the wife of the Crown Prince of the Anguo Duke's Mansion.

He was also flattered by those who favored the third prince, and became arrogant.

As a chain reaction, the Du family will be affected, and Du Yingying, as the biological daughter, will inevitably be affected as well.

Seeing that Yue's family was becoming prosperous again thanks to his aunt who had married out, Cao Zhiqing quickly climbed up from the concubine and ran home. He apologized to Mrs. Du and begged her for forgiveness, coaxing her to let him re-enter the officialdom for the sake of the child.

Mrs. Du had already been somewhat disappointed with this man who had coaxed her into marrying her with sweet words, but whose true colors were revealed once she fell out of favor in her parents' home.

But when she saw Cao Zhiqing being humble in front of her, she felt filled with satisfaction.

In addition, her two children were also of marriageable age. Under Cao Zhiqing's sweet words and gentle coaxing, Mrs. Du looked down on Cao Zhiqing with pride and reluctantly agreed to go back to her parents' home to plead for him.

Little did she know that in Cao Zhiqing's eyes, she was just a gullible and stupid woman.

The selfish and sensitive Cao Zhiqing hated the feeling of being suppressed by her and her natal family, the Du family.

Mrs. Du thought that since she gave in and asked her parents' family for help, Cao Zhiqing would be grateful for her efforts. It can only be said that the two people were not on the same wavelength.

The emperor fell ill and the court was unstable, and all kinds of evildoers came out to show off.

Because Wuchang Bo was in a good mood and had nothing to do, he went to torture his cousin, Qie, who had been loyal to him until death.

Fan used her understanding of the Marquis of Wuchang to slowly get close to this old man whom she had long since stopped loving, and successfully obtained some benefits for her son and daughter.

Among them, some people actually gave Wuchang Earl some face and allowed Cao Zhiqing to return to his sixth-rank official position because of his sister who married into the Anguo Mansion and became the sister-in-law of Concubine Xian.

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Cao Zhiqing was not satisfied with this level of official. He wanted to at least return to his former position as the Minister of Rites.

So he began to coax Du to go back to her parents' home every day and asked the Earl of Wuchang to continue to seek a higher official position for him.

Meanwhile, Feng Wanyao, the daughter of the Duke of Anguo's mansion, saw Leng Xiangbai, who was returning home on the street, because her family was powerful enough. She was very handsome and elegant.

She ordered people to run to the front to stop him, and insisted that Leng Xiangbai marry her. This move shocked the passers-by who were watching the fun.

Leng Xiangbai usually didn't want to argue with women, so he wanted to leave by bypassing Feng Wanyao. No matter which way he went, there would always be someone blocking their way.

Feng Wanyao's relentless behavior made Jiang Zhou, who was following Leng Xiangbai and had a bad temper, feel that she was blocking the way. He grabbed her by the back of the collar and threw her into the stinky ditch beside him.

Then, without caring about anything else, he dragged Leng Xiangbai, who was surprised by his amazing moves, away.

When the gate of An Xin's house was blocked again, she wondered why these idiots couldn't even get through her house.

Hasn't she heard that the prince who blocked her family's door was dealt with by her? Could it be that she was not ruthless enough last time and did not teach those who like to block other people's doors a lesson?

The wife of the Crown Prince of Anguo, Mrs. Du, was in high spirits. She led her daughter and dozens of guards from her family to block the gate of the An Mansion.

"Let your master come out. I want to ask her and her students how many of them have the guts to throw the third prince's cousin into the ditch."

An Xin just walked to the front yard when he heard these words of a fox taking advantage of the tiger's might.

She wanted to take advantage of the Third Prince, who was in the ascendant at the time and had the highest voice for the crown prince, to pressure her and her students into submission.

An Xin sneered, thinking about when he was summoned back to the palace and saw the weak Emperor Sheng An.

She gave the Tai Shang Xian Fu she had brought from the Nanyu Palace to Doctor Su, who prepared pills for her and gave them to the old emperor.

After Jiang Xuan took half of the medicine, he could see obvious improvement in his health.

An Xin thought that even if the pills made with Tai Shang Xian Fu couldn't completely cure Emperor Sheng An's illness, they should still be able to help him survive this crisis.

The more happily these people jump around now, the more likely they will suffer a heavy punishment when the old emperor gets better and settles the accounts with them.

Besides, Emperor Sheng An protected the dragon egg so strictly, how could he easily give up his position to other princes?

(End of this chapter)