Chapter 300: Involuntarily
Pei Xuanyi answered whatever the emperor asked, in a methodical manner. He knew a little about everything.
"There are no similar symptoms outside the palace, only inside the palace."
The emperor sighed.
"It seems that locking the palace gates, so that only people can enter but not leave, is a good thing for the people."
Pei Xuanyi did not comment. He knew that the emperor was most worried about his own illness, so he took the initiative to explain to the emperor.
"Now we have advertised to the world to find a famous doctor. However, we did not mention that this is an epidemic, but simply described the symptoms. If anyone knows, they will naturally come to take the list."
The emperor was still very appreciative of Pei Xuanyi's actions.
"You are right. Although the level of the imperial physician is high, there are also many miracle doctors in the world. It will be safer if more people come to see the doctor."
Pei Xuanyi has always been comprehensive. The emperor likes this grandson very much, and he has already determined in his heart that Pei Xuanyi will most likely take over the throne.
However...
When the emperor thought of this, he remembered the relationship between Pei Xuanyi and Qin Xixi, and suddenly felt a little uneasy.
He needs to start to teach this grandson a lesson from now on.
Pei Xuanyi has been uninterested in anyone since he was a child, and he has no enthusiasm. He always does things indifferently and has no playmates.
But he is not like this with Qin Xixi.
He saw Pei Xuanyi talking and laughing with Qin Xixi, very patient, and doing many things that he would not normally do.
This made the emperor a little suspicious.
Is Pei Xuanyi too nice to Qin Xixi?
Although the emperor himself likes little Xixi very much, this kind of liking is different from Pei Xuanyi's liking.
The emperor only regards Qin Xixi as a pleasing young man, but if Pei Xuanyi has a close relationship with Qin Xixi, then Qin Xixi may be the future empress!
The Qin family is just a merchant family. Although Qin Xixi is good, she is just the daughter of a merchant family. It is really inappropriate for her to be an empress with this identity...
Pei Xuanyi didn't know that the emperor had thought so far. He was still reporting what had happened recently, and was suddenly interrupted by the emperor.
"I saw that you played very well with the little girl from the Qin family?"
Pei Xuanyi raised his eyes in confusion, not understanding why the emperor returned to this topic again.
He did not speak, but just looked at the emperor and let the emperor continue.
"...What do you think of this little girl?"
The emperor could not tell Pei Xuanyi directly that she could not be Pei Xuanyi's lover. After all, the two children were still so young, and maybe they didn't even think about it. How embarrassing it would be for him as the emperor.
Pei Xuanyi seemed to have guessed what the emperor wanted to say, and he found it a little funny.
There were some things he was not considering at all.
After all, little Xixi was still so young, and it would be too hateful if she had any thoughts about love.
So Pei Xuanyi just wanted to protect little Xixi and didn't want Xixi to get hurt.
He deliberately did not respond directly to the emperor's words, but just went around in circles to express his attitude.
"What the emperor said is strange. The emperor likes Xixi, the eldest princess also likes Xixi, and Sun'er also likes Xixi. Since we all like Xixi and Xixi's brother also likes Xixi, then Xixi must be a very good person." The
emperor tried to tell Pei Xuanyi that their likes might not be the same, but he didn't know how to say it after thinking about it.
He simply sighed. Maybe the plague made him think too much, and he even cared about his grandson's affairs.
"Forget it, you go out first."
Pei Xuanyi didn't speculate too much about the emperor's thoughts. He just bowed and went out to find little Xixi.
In fact, Pei Xuanyi himself had some worries, but when he saw little Xixi's cute little face, he couldn't help but smile.
Compared to Pei Xuanyi's smile, Xiao Xixi's expression can be said to be very resentful.
Pei Xuanyi originally wanted to take Xiao Xixi from the palace maid, but unexpectedly, Xiao Xixi pouted and didn't want to be held by the little grandson of the emperor.
She looked unhappy and pointed at her own hand.
Pei Xuanyi looked at Xixi's hand, but didn't find the candy he gave her. He immediately understood that Xixi was complaining that he came out late.
Just as he guessed, Xiao Xixi pouted and was very unhappy.
[It was clearly agreed that he would come out after eating the candy, but Xixi had eaten all the candy for a while, and the little grandson of the emperor still didn't come out.]
Pei Xuanyi laughed muffledly.
"Xixi, be good, it's my fault. I'll buy more candy for Xixi. Xixi, please forgive me, okay?"
Xiao Xixi's heart moved when she heard the words, and she instantly forgave the little grandson of the emperor.
[Well, if the little grandson is willing to buy me a lot of candies, I can forgive him.]
Xixi is so easy to coax. Pei Xuanyi's previous emotions in the palace were swept away, and he took Xixi to his own palace.
Lin Qingye and Doctor Sun left when they were just asked to leave the palace by the emperor, leaving Xixi alone waiting outside the palace.
In fact, the two of them deliberately left first, just to find a quiet place to talk.
The two were silent all the way, especially Doctor Sun, whose expression was very heavy.
In the end, Lin Qingye spoke first.
"I suspect that the situation this time is not an epidemic."
As soon as Lin Qingye said this, the balance between her and Doctor Sun was instantly broken.
Doctor Sun looked at Lin Qingye with an unpleasant expression, and his outstretched hand was trembling.
He pointed his finger at Lin Qingye, and could not say a word for a long time, covering his heart and feeling very uncomfortable.
Lin Qingye could not bear to watch it anymore, and avoided Doctor Sun's gaze and looked forward, but did not change his mind.
"Be careful with your words!"
Doctor Sun was obviously angry, and could be called furious.
"You have to know that it was you who diagnosed the epidemic, and now it is you who says it is not the case. What do you want to do?"
In fact, Doctor Sun was also anxious. She didn't want Lin Qing, who had a bright future, to be ruined here.
Just treat it as an epidemic and solve it quickly. At most, a few people will die, which can calm the emperor's anger. They escaped, so what...
Thinking of this, Doctor Sun felt a little sad, but she couldn't help herself.
"Do you know what the emperor will think if you make this judgment again, and what will you do?"
"Have you ever thought that if you tell the emperor this, you may be beheaded now!"
Lin Qing also knew everything that Doctor Sun said, but she was still stubborn.
"But if we don't tell everyone that this is not a plague, it would be our dereliction of duty, and it would allow the black hands behind the scenes to have no scruples, and it is possible that someone will die because of the conspiracy behind this!"