Actually, it's not that he hasn't seen His Majesty's heart flutter before, but he used a few tricks to quickly make His Majesty dislike him.
At first, he genuinely believed he was quite capable and could handle his rival in love, but later he discovered that someone else was pulling the strings besides himself.
He just couldn't find the person behind the scenes who was helping him until one day someone accidentally gave themselves away, and that's when he started to suspect Chi Heng.
"Why aren't you saying anything?" Luo Ziyun's tone was a bit angry, and she was particularly anxious when she saw his silence.
"Ziyun, you should go back now." Chi Heng finally put down her teacup without saying anything more.
"You! Hmph! Fine, go then, but don't regret it later." After saying that, Luo Ziyun turned and left.
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After Luo Ziyun left completely, a servant walked up to Chi Heng.
"What's going on?" Chi Heng asked in a low voice.
The servant knelt on the ground and replied, "I heard that the Empress had caught a cold and developed a high fever. After he fell ill, the Empress went to visit him. Yesterday, she also brought many rare medicinal herbs to the Imperial Hospital and asked the imperial physicians to treat the Empress well."
After he finished speaking, the servant spoke again: "I heard that the Phoenix Lord's health is very poor now, and he may not live for more than a few years."
"I understand. You may leave." Chi Heng propped her head up with one hand and tapped her fingers on the table.
So His Majesty is being so gentle and kind to him now because he's about to die? And he feels guilty?
The servants had all left, but then they remembered something important and turned back.
"Is there anything else?"
The attendant spoke up again, saying, "There's a rumor that His Majesty possesses an antidote left behind by the Medicine Sage."
"An antidote pill left behind by the Medicine Sage?" Chi Heng frowned slightly and repeated the question, her heart filled with doubt.
If His Majesty truly possessed the antidote pills left behind by Yao Sheng, how could he allow such a thing to be spread? What an incredibly precious medicine that is!
The attendant was equally puzzled, but said, "It seems that Steward Mu sent someone to deliver the message, but we don't know the specific reason yet."
"Then investigate, find out what His Majesty's intentions are?"
"Yes," the servant replied obediently and then left.
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Ci Xingxuan sat by the window, gazing at the plum blossoms before him, a smile unconsciously curving his lips. Meanwhile, Wan Ge had been summoned away by Steward Mu for some business.
"Young Master, Consort Luo has gone to see Consort Chi." The one who spoke was a servant beside Ci Xingxuan.
Ci Xingxuan merely gave a curt "hmm," his gaze still fixed on the plum blossom in his hand, and slowly said, "Find a nicer vase, no... bring me the jade vase I brought."
The servant obediently answered yes, but in his heart he was thinking, this jade bottle is a rare piece of jade, and it can even be made into a vase. This jade bottle is priceless. Didn't the young master value it quite a lot before?
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Soon the servant brought the vase. The plum blossom that Wange had picked for him was particularly beautiful. Although there was only one branch, it didn't look out of place in the vase. The single branch stood out beautifully.
Seeing that the young master was still admiring the plum blossom, the attendant didn't understand what was so interesting about it and asked again, "Is there anything the young master needs to do for the two noble ladies?"
"No need. You can go down now." Before marrying Wan Ge, Ci Xingxuan had already tested their bottom line and understood their thoughts.
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