Li Jinan shook his head and refused.
If it were in the past, he would have stayed, after all, it was the emperor's invitation.
But now he has no wife or children, and his heart is already dead.
He didn't want to deal with anything.
If the Empress Dowager saw him in this dejected state, it would only spoil her mood.
He couldn't laugh, nor could he put on any smile.
The experiences of this period made him unwilling to say any more useless words.
Today, when he entered the palace to meet the emperor, it was the day he spoke the most since Xu Lingyi's death.
"I'll take my leave."
The emperor patted his shoulder and sighed inwardly, "If you don't want to, forget it. Now that you've returned to the capital, stay well here for the time being. I will arrange for someone to take care of you. Don't be too sad."
The emperor looked at the extra white hair on his forehead and felt sorry for him.
"There's still a lot of time to go, and you might meet other women in the future..."
After all, he was his beloved younger brother. If he were a few years older, he could be his father.
Seeing that he was lifeless and had no will to live, the emperor felt a little uncomfortable.
"No!" Li Jinan interrupted, shaking his head: "Besides her, there won't be any other woman."
After Li Jin'an finished speaking, he walked out. The emperor sighed and blamed him for his rudeness.
"Liu Dehai, send someone to look after Prince Changshan and don't let him do anything stupid..."
Liu Dehai took the order and was somewhat surprised by King Changshan's infatuation.
If he really loved her so deeply, why did he marry Cui's daughter...
If I hadn't asked the Queen Mother for permission, none of this would have happened.
Liu Dehai couldn't understand.
"Cousin, Li Jinan has entered the palace!!"
Cui Yu thought of the thrilling incident a few months ago and Li Jinan's hideous face. She still remembers it vividly and is often awakened by it at night.
The queen was upset. The Cui family was now on the edge of a knife. Her position was precarious, but she still had to take care of this cousin who was as stupid as a pig.
"So what if he enters the palace? Would he dare to rush into my palace to kill you? I am his sister-in-law, unless he doesn't want to live anymore."
Cui Yu just shook her head: "Cousin, he really doesn't want to die. He has gone crazy."
The queen's face turned cold. "Stop walking around like a noble lady. Go back to your room."
Cui Yu didn't dare to speak anymore, but his hands were shaking.
It was not until lunchtime when Cui Yu heard that Li Jinan had left the palace that he felt relieved, as if he had survived a disaster.
"Cousin! I'm not dead. That lunatic Li Jin'an didn't come, and His Majesty didn't issue any decree."
Even if His Majesty held her accountable for setting fire to Xu Lingyi, she thought she could put the blame on the Concubine Dowager.
The Queen felt something was amiss. "You said he was determined to kill you, but now he's leaving so easily?"
"Your Majesty treats him much better than other princes. I'm afraid Your Majesty made some promise to him, which made him willingly leave the palace."
The queen speculated, her heart sinking a little.
The Cui family is still around, and killing a Cui girl now would easily cause discussion in the court, even if Li Jinan is a vassal king.
But what if the Cui family is convicted?
"You should behave yourself these days and don't leave my palace again."
"Okay." Cui Yu nodded. She had a lot of questions to ask, but after she opened her mouth hesitantly, she didn't dare to ask.
I had to talk about something else: "Cousin, why do you always kneel in front of the Buddha?"
There are many people who believe in Buddhism, but her cousin never believed in it before.
The queen remained silent, her expression becoming even uglier.
"The Cui family is facing a life-or-death situation, and you, a fool, are the only one who is completely unaware of it."
The queen was upset.
"Instead of worrying about your life, you should worry about the Cui family. If the Cui family is fine, you will be fine too. Even Li Jinan wouldn't dare to kill you. If the Cui family is in trouble, you won't survive either."
A layer of frost covered the queen's face, which made Cui Yu dare not say anything anymore.
She is not well-informed in the palace, and now the Cui family does not dare to pass on information to her easily.
Naturally, she didn't know what the recent situation in the court was, so she could only wait anxiously for the result.
"Did you sleep well?" the emperor asked gently.
Xu Lingyi nodded. She often felt sleepy after she became pregnant. Fortunately, she did not have morning sickness this time.
"Then I'll have food brought over. You're pregnant now, so eat well."
The emperor saw that she had just woken up and was still a little dazed. "Call the master? I have arranged for him to be in the Imperial Hospital."
"Okay, where's Aning?"
"Your servant is here." Aning walked in from the doorway: "Your Majesty."
When Xu Lingyi saw Aning, she thought of A'ran and Doctor Qian. She named Aning because of A'ran.
"Master, can you take Yi'er's pulse again? Can you see if she and the baby are okay?"
Doctor Wu sighed, "Your Majesty, I've taken your pulse four or five times a day. How could I not pay attention to my own disciple?"
"She is really fine, and my disciple is also fine."
How come I never noticed that the emperor was so annoyed before? That day in the suburbs of Beijing, he still looked like an emperor.
Now he is paying attention to the baby in Xu Lingyi's belly every day, to the point of being crazy.
It is really scary for a middle-aged man to be infertile.
"I'm glad you're okay." The emperor clenched his fist and coughed twice.
"Master, do you have time to take a look at my younger brother? He looked very different when he entered the palace today. Perhaps he's been feeling depressed, and most of his hair has turned white."
Doctor Wu put down his bowl and said, "Alright, for the sake of my disciple, your Majesty's brother is also my disciple's brother."
"I wonder which prince it is and when he will enter the palace?" Doctor Wu stroked his beard.
"Don't ask me to wait for him. I don't know how many people have asked me to treat their illnesses before...but I never saw any of them."
Doctor Wu is not afraid of the emperor at all now. It’s not that he is not afraid of the imperial power, but he knows that the emperor will never kill him.
His apprentice was pregnant, which was equivalent to carrying a lump of gold.
The emperor was so old, but he had not had a child for many years.
Now that he finally has one, he must praise his disciple to the sky.
To praise his apprentice is equivalent to praising him.
Now that Doctor Wu is in the capital, he can walk around freely.
In the past, when those who dared to take him to see a doctor dared to do so, he had to hide everywhere. Now, no one dares to force him in the slightest.
"Master, don't worry. I will summon him into the palace in a few days. He is my youngest brother, but now he looks older than me. After all, we are brothers. I can't bear it. Please help him take care of himself."
Doctor Wu became interested and moved closer to the emperor. "What's wrong with him? Is there something I don't know? Why is he older than you think? Your Majesty, please tell me."
The emperor was a little bothered by the word "old", but he still said: "Princess Cui of Changshan started a fire, killing his former princess and two others."
After Li Jinan entered the palace, the emperor asked Liu Dehai to investigate. However, Changshan was too far away from the capital, and time was tight, so the emperor only knew a rough idea.
The jade bowl in Xu Lingyi's hand fell, and her face turned pale.
"Yier?"
The emperor noticed that she looked strange. He held her hand and found that her hand was shaking slightly.
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