Concubine Xie was helped back to her bedroom. At this moment, she was unconscious and her whole body was cold. Ning Yuxi hurriedly asked Doctor Li to treat her.
She went to the outer room and waited. After a while, Doctor Li came over and said, "Mrs. Ning, Concubine Xie has caught a cold and damaged her body. I'm afraid she will need to be carefully recuperated for a few years.
Besides, Mr. Xie's legs will probably hurt from kneeling in the snow for a long time."
Ning Yuxi asked, "Is there no way to cure it?"
Doctor Li shook his head: "I'm afraid it's difficult."
The imperial physician went downstairs to boil the medicine. Ning Yuxi walked to the bedside and looked at Concubine Qin's pale face, feeling mixed emotions.
I still remember Concubine Xie at the palace banquet on New Year’s Eve last year. She was dignified and generous, and her every move was calm and confident.
Now, in just one year, he has become like this. This palace is really a man-eating den of devils.
It was already late at night when she returned to Shuqing Palace. Thinking that she had to get up early to pay her respects tomorrow, Ning Yuxi forced herself to sleep.
On the evening of the second day, Ning Yuxi was watching the fat boy Cheng Zhao trying his best to perform a somersault for her when a little palace maid came in and announced, "Master, the Emperor has arrived."
Ning Yuxi was slightly startled. Why did the emperor come at this time? Just as she was about to get up and go out to greet him, she saw the man striding in.
Ning Yuxi smiled and saluted: "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."
"Get up, have you had your meal yet?"
She stood up and took off his cloak: "I have used it, has the emperor used it?"
"I have no appetite. I came here right after reviewing the memorials." There was still a war going on in the north, and he really couldn't eat.
Ning Yuxi disagreed, "Your Majesty is busy with state affairs and should take care of his health. How can you not eat? Why don't I accompany Your Majesty to eat a little more?"
Gu Qilan didn't say anything, and Ning Yuxi didn't ask him any more questions. She turned directly to Song Tong who was standing not far away and said, "Eunuch Song, please go to the imperial kitchen and serve the meal. The emperor can't go without eating."
Song Qu hesitated for a moment, and seeing that the emperor did not object, he said happily, "Yes, I will serve the meal right away."
Just now, he tried to persuade the emperor in many ways but he just refused to eat, which made him very worried.
Song Qu turned around to serve the meal. Gu Qilan's face showed no emotion. "You know how to make decisions for me?"
Ning Yuxi heard that there was no blame in the words and smiled, "Nothing in my heart is more important than the emperor's health."
"Oh? It seems Xier cares a lot about my health." Gu Qilan said meaningfully.
"Of course, your humble servant..." Ning Yuxi was halfway through her words when she saw the mischief in the emperor's eyes and finally reacted.
This old pervert!
She said with a hint of resentment: "Your Majesty~"
Seeing this, the emperor couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips.
At this time, little Chengzhao on the bed cried loudly, as if he was very excited to see the emperor.
Gu Qilan walked to the bed and teased the little fat boy. Little Chengzhao was not afraid at all when he saw the emperor's serious face. He danced and babbled something.
The father and son got along very well, leaving Ning Yuxi alone with a gloomy face like a resentful woman.
After a while, the meal was served and Ning Yuxi asked the wet nurse to take Cheng Zhao down to feed him.
She had been eating for a while, and now she felt that she could eat a lot more, and the emperor's meals were not something that could be eaten casually.
Gu Qilan looked at the woman who was eating with gusto and said, "Haven't you eaten yet?"
She swallowed a mouthful of meat and said, "Even if you've already eaten, it doesn't prevent you from continuing to eat."
As she spoke, she picked up the serving chopsticks and picked up a lot of dishes for the emperor: "Your Majesty, please eat more. You must finish all these."
She could see that the emperor didn't like to have food left in his bowl, so he would definitely finish what she picked.
Gu Qilan looked at the pile of food in the bowl, a trace of helplessness flashed across his face. This audacious woman.
Thinking of this, he still finished eating those dishes. Ning Yuxi saw this and secretly revealed an expression of success, which flashed by but was still caught by the emperor.
He planned to punish this woman later.
After dinner, Gu Qilan naturally stayed. Ning Yuxi was thinking that it was over and she would have to endure the trouble again.
Song Qu's voice came from outside the door: "Your Majesty, someone from Yuxiu Palace said that Concubine Zhou has a stomachache. Your Majesty, please go and take a look."
Gu Qilan frowned and said nothing, obviously unhappy that his interest was disturbed.
Ning Yuxi breathed a sigh of relief, but she put on an expression that showed she was reluctant to see the emperor go, but had to do so for the sake of the overall situation: "Your Majesty, please go and see Concubine Zhou. The heir to the throne is important."
Gu Qilan looked at her expression and felt pity for her: "I will come to accompany you tomorrow night."
Ning Yuxi said softly, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
After placing a kiss on her forehead, the emperor turned and left.
Ruyi was afraid that her master would be upset, so she consoled him, "Master, this Concubine Zhou has gone too far. She's taking advantage of her pregnancy to bully others. Don't be sad. The Emperor is only concerned about the dragon fetus. Without the dragon fetus, how can she compare to you?"
Luoying could see that her master was not sad.
Ning Yuxi said with a smile: "Which eye of yours saw that I was sad? The emperor is gone, so he is gone. I sleep better alone."
"Okay, you two should go down and rest."
After saying that, Ning Yuxi curled up in the quilt.
Ruyi and Luoying looked at each other, lowered the bed curtain for her, and then turned and left.
…
On the second day, on the way to pay her respects to the Empress, Ning Yuxi somehow ran into Concubine Zhou. She remembered that their residences were not in the same direction, right?
This was a Y-shaped fork in the road. She and Concubine Zhou came from two different directions and were about to converge on one road ahead.
Both of them sat in sedan chairs, and the eunuchs carrying them arrived at the intersection at the same time.
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