Chapter 116: The Prince's Grievances
Hall of Mental Cultivation.
The emperor woke up after lying down for three days and struggled to see Yang Guifei.
The unfamiliar palace maid who was serving him said to him, "Your Majesty, Concubine Yang has passed away. You should rest well."
When the emperor heard this, he roared that he didn't believe that Yang Guifei was dead, and then fainted again.
He was dizzy for three days.
He Yuanpan brought a group of imperial doctors to give him acupuncture in turns.
The emperor finally woke up, but he was completely confused.
One moment he said he wanted to see Yang Guifei;
One moment he said he wanted to see Hong Yun;
After a while, she pulled a eunuch, called him Ru'er, and asked him if he was willing to enter the palace as a concubine...
In short, the whole person is possessed by a demon.
When he was a little more sober, he saw that the palace servants around him had been replaced with new ones, and he started smashing things and cursing the prince again.
They accused him of treason, of placing the emperor under house arrest, and of plotting to usurp the throne.
She acted crazy all day long, causing great distress to the palace maids who served her.
The Empress Dowager asked He Yuanpan, "Can the Emperor's current illness be cured?"
Judge He looked solemn and shook his head.
"The Emperor's health was already on the verge of collapse, and now his mind is completely confused. I'm afraid..."
The Queen Mother understood.
She stared at the pot of black lilies on the coffee table for a long time and nodded.
"Just do your best."
"I will do my best."
Judge He bowed and retreated.
There is a huge difference between trying your best to cure and being able to cure it.
Gradually, the imperial physician's acupuncture could no longer suppress the emperor's illness.
Now, he is kept alive solely by the most expensive medicinal herbs.
That day, the Queen Mother stood beside the Emperor's dragon bed for a very long time.
When he came out again, he summoned Lord Zhu from the Taichang Temple and Lord Ge from the Ministry of Rites.
The two thought that the Queen Mother wanted to ask about Yang Guifei's consummation of her marriage.
Unexpectedly, the Queen Mother said: "You two go and inspect the mausoleum project again."
Mausoleum?
Only the emperor’s tomb is called a mausoleum?
Zhu Fangxin and Ge Yongkang felt a pang of fear in their hearts.
The two men looked at each other, tacitly left the Cining Palace, and hurriedly led people into the imperial mausoleum for inspection.
After ascending the throne, the emperors of the Great Yan Kingdom would decide the location of their future burial mausoleum.
The project is huge and needs to be built earlier.
The current emperor's mausoleum has naturally been completed, and it is necessary to inspect it again to prevent any minor mistakes.
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A month later, most of the civil and military officials had seen the situation clearly.
The emperor was seriously ill and the prince took control of the power.
The crown prince's ascension to the throne was a foregone conclusion, and no one dared to mess with it.
Even the officials who were on the imperial concubine's side shrank their necks and tried to reduce their presence as much as possible.
Now that Yan Shixu is back in power, his first step is naturally to resolve the subsequent threats from Yang Guifei's party.
Just as the Empress Dowager said, he did not intend to suppress and erase it blindly.
Instead, they adopted means of balance, differentiation and disintegration.
But this is not an easy thing to do.
Yan Shixu discussed the methods of differentiation with his confidants every day and then implemented them one by one.
Although there were a lot of resistance during the implementation process, it was still within the controllable range.
After all this busyness, he realized that he hadn't visited his concubine and children for a long time.
After the morning court session ended that day, Yan Shixu asked Yongtai.
"Did Wen Liangdi write to me?"
Yongtai shook his head and said truthfully, “No.
Upon hearing this, Yan Shixu pursed his lips and felt a sense of suffocation in his heart.
A month has passed, and she doesn't miss him at all?
Not only did she not come to see him, but she also didn't send him a single letter...
At the very least, the palace maids should send him some homemade soups!
Yongtai carefully studied the prince's expression.
He seemed to have a deep resentment.
Yongtai was thinking about whether he should arrange someone to go to Qionghua Palace to ask for the letter.
Before he could think it through, he saw the prince already walking towards the Qionghua Palace.
Yongtai was stunned and hurried to catch up.
Yan Shixu arrived in front of the Qionghua Palace and heard laughter from a distance.
It was so lively! Her laugh was the loudest!
Yan Shixu's forehead was throbbing.
He waved away Wan'an and Wanquan who were about to go in to report, and strode in himself.
Inside the hall.
Wen Li'er, wearing a maroon skirt, was sitting with a group of palace maids.
They sat around the cradle, holding colorful threads in their hands.
On the small table next to it, there was a pile of unfinished dolls.
Kittens, puppies, piglets, rabbits...
Wen Li'er and several palace maids were immersed in a discussion about how to match the colors of these little dolls.
Among the group of people, the first one to discover Yan Shixu was Xiaoxiao, who was happily blowing bubbles.
He uttered a "yay" sound and stared at Yan Shixu curiously with his big black grape eyes.
Apparently, after not seeing him for a month, he had completely forgotten his father.
Seeing her son's eyes staring straight ahead without blinking, Wen Li'er followed her son's gaze and a look of surprise flashed in her eyes.
"Your Highness? Why are you here?"
One stone can cause a thousand ripples.
Several palace maids who were originally surrounding her and seriously discussing color matching turned around and were so scared that they fell off the small stools.
They knelt hurriedly and bowed, "Your servants pay their respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
Wen Li'er also stood up and stepped forward, bowing to Yan Shixu: "I greet Your Highness."
Yan Shixu took a look at the piles of colorful silk threads, and the anger in his heart instantly reached its peak.
He snorted coldly: "You seem to be living a carefree life!"
These words are full of dissatisfaction and accusation.
Wen Li'er looked at him secretly. Why did she feel that His Highness looked a little... aggrieved?
She asked cautiously, "Your Highness, why are you free to come here today?"
"Why can't I come? A month has passed and you haven't even written a letter. I thought you had forgotten me!"
His Highness looks very unhappy.
The palace maids quietly retreated a little further away.
After hearing this, Wen Li'er coughed twice and hurriedly clarified herself.
"Your Highness, I have written you thirty letters..."
Yan Shixu was stunned and a little confused.
"Where is it? Why didn't I see it?"
As he spoke, he looked at Yongtai behind him with an unfriendly look.
Yongtai shook his head violently: "Your Highness, I didn't see it either..."
After being confused for a while, he asked Wen Li'er carefully.
"Dear Wen Liangdi, I wonder which blind servant did you ask Wan'an Wanquan to hand over the letter to? This damned fellow didn't even hand it over! I'll go back and investigate right now, and I'll have that person brought out and give him a good beating."
Having said that, he prepared to leave.
Wen Li'er hurriedly called the person to stop.
"Eunuch Yong, the letter hasn't been delivered to Yuqing Palace yet."
Yongtai was confused, and Yan Shixu was also puzzled.
"Why didn't you send the letter you wrote to me to Yuqing Palace?"
Wen Li'er explained, "Your Highness is very busy, and I was afraid to disturb you. I thought I would show it to you when you are free."
After hearing this, Yan Shixu's anger instantly disappeared and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise.
"Next time you write a letter, just have someone deliver it directly. I'll always be able to spare some time to read it."
Wen Li'er nodded obediently.
"Okay, I obey your command."
Only then was Yan Shixu satisfied.
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