At last the man was appeased, and everyone present breathed a sigh of relief.
Chu Qiuze answered half-truthfully: "Yes, your grandmother is a very good person, and Uncle Immortal likes her very much, so after Uncle Immortal returns to the fairyland tonight, he will find the Immortal King and help your grandmother ascend to heaven smoothly."
An Bei stopped crying, hugged Concubine Wu's neck, and sobbed: "Grandma, when you become a fairy in the future, will you come down to see me?"
"Yes." Concubine Wu felt sad, after all, she was the one who brought him up. "Grandma Queen likes our Anbei the most."
The old and the young snuggled together, talking in low voices.
"Ah." Xiao En, who was watching the show, sighed, "This little girl is so pitiful. You two fathers are so cruel."
An Bei was indeed pitiful. She lost her parents and family shortly after she was born. She was given the title of princess only because of the military achievements of her parents and family.
Although she became Lan An's adopted daughter, Lan An was, after all, a tough straight man who had never been married or had children, and had no idea how to take care of a child.
Only Concubine Wu truly takes care of Anbei as if he were her own baby.
Chu Qiuze and Lan An were accompanying him, and all they were thinking about was how to compensate An Bei more in the future.
They had discussed before whether to bring Anbei to live in the 21st century.
After all, that world can give Anbei a better growth environment and educational conditions, and there is no male superiority or female inferiority. Anbei can freely choose his own lover in the future.
But Anbei's roots are here, her biological parents are buried at the border, and Lan An has the obligation to help her return to her ancestral home after she comes of age.
Let’s wait and see when Anbei is a little older.
Maybe it was because of Anbei, or maybe it was because the plan had come to an end.
Concubine Wu seemed to be in much better spirits in the past two days, but no one believed that she was cured. They were just privately speculating whether it was a last-ditch recovery.
The entire palace was shrouded in an atmosphere of sadness.
At the same time, Lu Ziye led a large group of people, followed by dozens of carts loaded with goods, and entered the capital under the watchful eyes of the people.
Chu Qiu Ze and Lan An got the news, and they both knew that basically all the potatoes had been harvested and were now going to be sent back to the national treasury, and would be distributed according to regions after the Chinese New Year.
This was all expected, and neither of them took it too seriously.
But that afternoon, it was a rare sunny day in winter, and Chu Qiuze and Lan An took Concubine Wu to bask in the sun in the yard.
At this time, the palace's doorman announced loudly: The emperor has arrived.
Chu Qiuze and Lan An looked at each other, and quickly asked the maid to send Concubine Wu back to her bedroom, and then hurried to the main hall.
The emperor did not come alone, he brought the little prince with him, and there were also several large boxes outside the house that contained unknown contents.
"No need to bow, no need to bow." The old emperor was in a good mood today and took the initiative to support Lan An's arms as he saluted.
Lan An didn't force it. The most important thing now was to find out why the emperor left the palace and came to his house.
"Xuan Du." The old emperor patted Lan An's shoulder, unable to hide the joy in his eyes and eyebrows: "The potatoes from Yugou County have all been sent back."
The old emperor had previously learned from Lan An and Chu Qiu Ze that potatoes were a high-yield crop, but he had never seen it with his own eyes, so he was always uneasy. But when the cartloads of potatoes were transported into the imperial city this morning, he finally felt the reality.
"I have heard about it." Lan An asked the servant to serve tea, and sat down in the main hall with the old emperor and the young prince. "What instructions does my brother have?"
The old emperor laughed and said, "Nothing, nothing. I'm just in a good mood today and the weather is nice. I haven't left the palace for a long time, so I wanted to take a look and bring some supplements to the concubine."
Chu Qiuze and Lan An understood what was going on. This really showed that the emperor was very happy and that he had come out of the palace to sympathize with the people.
Lan An first thanked the emperor for the boxes of supplements, but in his heart he wondered how much value these things would have in that world.
After all, his mother was not sick and did not need these supplements. Even if she was really sick, he still understood that a weak body could not be supplemented.
The old emperor said he was going out of the palace for a stroll, but apart from this palace, he didn't go anywhere else.
For the entire afternoon, he kept talking to Lan An and the little prince about the current situation in Dahan and its future development, and he would ask for Chu Qiuze's opinion from time to time.
Lan An left for a while, saying that he wanted to go and see his mother take medicine. The old emperor waved his hand and let him go.
"Qiu Ze." The old emperor stopped talking and changed the subject, talking about the question he raised when they first met.
"I wonder if Qiu Ze has discussed with the Immortal Master at home about taking the Crown Prince as his apprentice?"
The little prince wearing glasses assisted him: "My male god, I really want to be your disciple. I have had the honor of meeting the God of Medicine before, and he was quite satisfied with me."
Chu Qiuze: “…”
He really wanted to say that his brother was not satisfied with the little prince at all. He was clearly satisfied with the information about Lan Euan that he had extracted from the little prince.
However, now that we have come to this, it has been brought up for the second time.
Anyway, the little prince's temperament is quite to his liking, and he has to give face to the royal family.
This is fine, after all, the little prince is Lan An's nephew, and he is also his junior.
When the little prince ascends to the throne in the future, as his teacher, I will always have some face and it will be easier for me to handle things.
"Okay." Chu Qiuze figured out the twists and turns, "I will accept His Royal Highness the Crown Prince as my disciple."
The little prince was immediately excited and wanted to offer tea.
"Wait a minute." Chu Qiuze stopped him, "But I have a few conditions, and I hope His Royal Highness can agree to them."
The old emperor said calmly, "This is as it should be. Qiu Ze will tell the Crown Prince about it first."
Well, what this means is that we need to see what the conditions are first?
Chu Qiuze understood that the royal family was full of cunning people.
"The first condition is to study hard, make progress every day, and never slack off."
This is similar to the teaching of ordinary teachers, except that it is just to urge students to study.
"The second condition is that you must be innovative and not stick to the old rules. I don't like people who are rigid and inflexible. Moreover, people who are inflexible simply cannot learn the knowledge I teach."
This is easy to understand. The amount of knowledge in the fairy world is vast, as can be seen from the previous prescriptions. If you don’t know how to adapt, it will be difficult to understand.
"As for the third condition, I will be frank with you. You are the crown prince now, and you will be the emperor in the future. I hope you can love the people like your own children, seek the welfare of the people, and put the people at the center of everything you do."
This third condition hits the soul directly. This male god did not make any personal requests, and everything was based on Dahan.
There was no reason for the old emperor and the prince to refuse.
"Can you do it?" Chu Qiuze knew the result from their looks, but he still wanted to make it clear first, "There's no rush. I hope His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can think it over carefully."
"Don't think about it." The little prince was very excited, "I agree and I will definitely abide by it, I..."
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted.
"My prince charming, something bad has happened, something bad has happened." The person who came running over in a hurry was Concubine Wu's personal maid. She knelt down as soon as she entered the room, crying bitterly.
"How dare you." The chief eunuch beside the old emperor scolded loudly.
The old emperor raised his hand to stop him. "What happened?"
"Your servant greets His Majesty, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." The little palace maid lay on the ground, not daring to raise her head. "The Concubine Dowager just vomited blood again, and then passed out. The prince asked me to ask the male god to see if he could ask the God of Medicine to come and take a look."
After a long period of cooperation, Chu Qiu Ze instantly understood Lan An's intention. He was afraid that the plan was to be carried out under the emperor's nose, which would be a disaster.
That's fine.
Chu Qiuze stood up in a panic, knocking over the stool with him. He looked anxious, "What are we waiting for? Let's go get a doctor first. I'll go back to the fairyland to find my brother."
After saying this, he turned around and explained to the old emperor: "Your Majesty, I will excuse myself for now."
After saying this, he disappeared, and when I came back, it was already an hour later.
The locator was on Blue Eucalyptus, so it naturally appeared in front of Blue Eucalyptus.
At this time, Lan An was beside Concubine Wu's bed, and Concubine Wu was lying on the bed with her eyes closed and her chest still.
There were many doctors in the room, two of them were even imperial physicians from the palace. They all knelt on the ground trembling with fear, muttering that the queen had passed away and asked the prince to express his condolences.
The old emperor and the young prince were sitting in the outer room of the bedroom.
"Qiu Ze, the God of Medicine." Lan An's eyes were full of haggardness and his face was filled with grief.
Chu Tianze sighed, "Let me take a look first, I'll try my best."
Lan Euan immediately made way.
Chu Tianze stepped forward and examined her in a serious manner, then frowned, "Why didn't the Concubine take the medicine I left for her?"
One of the maids who looked after Concubine Wu climbed up and cried, "I watched the Majesty eat every day, I don't know...I don't know...if the Majesty vomited."
"Vomited, what does vomited mean?" Chu Tianze said angrily, "You know, that medicine can not only make the Concubine Dowager feel better, but also protect her heart and keep her alive."
"Medicine God." The maid was anxious and afraid. "The queen has been unable to eat for a while. If she forces herself to eat, the prince will vomit it out. I'm afraid, I'm afraid she can no longer eat normally."
After hearing this, Lan An sat down at the foot of the bed, speechless for a long time.
"Brother." Chu Qiuze also stepped forward cautiously, "Is there still hope?"
"The Queen Mother's body is already at the end of its strength. If you force her to wake up, she will be in constant pain, and she will only be in pain for two or three days at most." Chu Tianze turned around and patted Lan An's shoulder. "Your Highness only has half an incense stick of time to consider it."
What this means is that being rescued will cause pain all the time, so it would be better to let the Concubine Dowager free him.
"Xuan Du, please accept my condolences. Let the concubine pass away in a dignified manner." The old emperor outside the room spoke up, "It can be considered as a filial piety."
Lan An stood up and bowed to the emperor, then turned around and knelt in front of the bed, kowtowed three times, and ordered: "Prepare your mother's appearance."
"Grandma Empress, wuwuwu." Princess Anbei suddenly ran in from outside and threw herself on Concubine Wu. "You all lied to me. Grandma Empress is dead. Grandma Empress is gone. Grandma Empress will not turn into a fairy. Grandma Empress does not want Anbei anymore. Wuwuwu."
The three-year-old baby learned for the first time what death and separation were, and he cried so heartbreakingly that no one could stop him.