But Rong Xi didn't think of all this and thought that he was like this because of the pain in his wound and couldn't get up.
"Come, let me help you. You won't get better if you don't eat."
She ignored his wishes and walked straight to him and helped him up.
The food box was gently placed on the table, the lid slowly opened, and a puff of hot steam rose up. Then, a bowl of porridge that looked a bit thin was carefully placed in front of him.
Although this bowl of porridge is white, there is almost no trace of rice grains in it.
Ji Chengan paused. Was she doing this on purpose?
Rong Xi saw the meaning in his eyes and said apologetically, "Haha, sorry, this is all I have to eat."
As Rong Xi spoke, he took out another dish from the food box. There was almost no smell of oil.
"Didn't you say you were the daughter of the Shangshu Mansion? How did you end up like this?"
Rong Xi lowered his head as if what he said hit the nail on the head, his face full of sadness.
"My father is busy and has no time to take care of me."
This was said very tactfully, but as the emperor, how could Ji Cheng'an not know what it meant? After all, he was just an unfavored daughter.
But what he couldn't understand was that even if she was the least favored daughter in the mansion, she was still the master. How could she live like this? Even the servants in the mansion would not live like this.
He took the bowl from Rong Xi's hand and drank it directly without using a spoon.
Rong Xi looked at him apologetically, "Don't you want to eat something?"
"No."
Rong Xi didn't know what to say at this moment, so he stood up and was about to leave.
"You rest here, I'm leaving first."
"May I have your name."
"Why do you want to know my name?"
Rong Xi was still very vigilant. After all, to her, Ji Chengan was just a stranger.
"How can I give you the silver if I don't know your name?"
"Jiang Rongxi."
After Rong Xi finished speaking, she walked out of the door and returned to her room with the food box. After closing the door, she took out the small bread and chicken legs she had stored in the previous world from the system space and started to eat them with relish.
System [Rong Xi, you'd better be careful, in case someone finds you.]
"What are you afraid of? You have such a big system here. If someone comes, can't you detect it?"
The system shut up, not daring to make a sound, and quietly monitored the surroundings.
Rong Xi ate happily, and Ji Cheng'an quickly contacted the secret guard. He did not stay for long. He left Rong Xi with a hundred taels of silver notes and fifteen taels of silver and left without even a note.
In fact, he originally wanted to leave more silver for her, but he didn't have any on him, so it took the combined efforts of several secret guards to collect enough money.
The emperor immediately launched an investigation into the matter after returning to the palace. The empress dowager was so anxious that she didn't see the emperor come back last night and couldn't sleep well all night.
She also knew that the emperor had gone out of the palace to see a doctor, and she worked with the chief eunuch to cover for the emperor.
I heard that as soon as he came back, he brought people to the Yangxin Palace. When he arrived, the imperial physician just came out, and he was holding a bloody gauze behind him.
The Empress Dowager knew at a glance that the Emperor was injured.
"How is the emperor? Is he seriously injured?"
The imperial physician was instructing the chief eunuch on matters of concern in taking care of His Majesty when he heard the empress dowager's question and quickly kowtowed in greeting.
"Your Majesty, you have injured your abdomen. You are fine now. You just need to rest."
The nanny beside the empress dowager quickly supported her and walked in.
The emperor had just changed his medicine and was lying in bed. When he saw the queen mother, he wanted to get up.
"Emperor, please don't move." The empress dowager said, her eyes filled with tears and her voice trembled slightly.
"Have you found the person behind this?"
"Don't worry, mother. I'm fine now."
The emperor knew how serious his injury was this time. The stab wound in the abdomen was very deep. There were several moments when he felt that he might be in great danger.
But the imperial physician just came in and said that the wound is healing well, so I guess it was due to the good medicine he used.
Suddenly I thought of Jiang Rongxi. It was she who treated my wound, and the medicine she used was naturally hers.
The imperial physician said that if the medicine had not worked, he would not have been able to be sure of success even if it had been delayed until now.
I originally thought that Jiang Rongxi just found me a safe place and gave me a bowl of porridge, but I didn't expect that I owed her such a big favor.
"Emperor, what did the miracle doctor you went to see this time when you left the palace say?"
The emperor's face, which was already a little ugly due to his illness, turned even paler after hearing this.
He examined the man, and the result was the same as the diagnosis of the imperial physician in the palace: he was infertile. According to him, it was necrospermia, which not only made it impossible for a woman to get pregnant, but also because of the injuries he had suffered in childhood, even basic sexual intercourse was difficult for him.
His face looked very ugly when the old voice said that. He originally thought that even if he didn't have children, he could be a normal man, but now he can't even do that.
The empress dowager knew the result from the emperor's expression. At this moment, her chest felt stuffy and she felt like she couldn't breathe.
The nanny serving her quickly took out a pill for her to swallow, and she felt much better.
The emperor saw this and quickly stood up, "Mother, how are you?"
The empress dowager, feeling a little better, leaned half of her body on the nanny behind her.
"What kind of sin is this? Your Majesty, why don't you try again? I'll find you some fertile women. You can't just give away this kingdom you fought so hard for."
The emperor knew this very well. Compared to the empress dowager, he was the most anxious one.
He has been praying to gods and Buddhas, taking medicine and getting acupuncture for so many years. There is a lot of talk in the court about him adopting a child.
He was now thirty-two years old, a time when he was making great plans. The country was safe and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. The only thing he had not achieved as he wished was having offspring.
There is no queen in the palace now. Since he is powerless in sex, there are very few concubines in the palace, only one noble concubine, one imperial concubine, and two noble ladies.
Although he was unwilling, he also wanted to make one last attempt for an offspring. If he still didn't have one this time, then he would really have no choice but to adopt a child.
This was not the first time the Queen Mother had brought up this matter, and he had always refused in the past. This time, she agreed, so she quickly made arrangements before he changed his mind.
In just one day, all the officials in the capital knew that the emperor was going to hold a beauty contest, and all women of marriageable age had to participate.
The Queen Mother even asked her confidants to look for women who had given birth. She didn't care about the other party's identity. As long as there was a possibility, she would not let it go.
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When the news came out, some were happy while others were sad. The officials in the capital all knew that the emperor was already in his thirties and had no children, and they also came to the conclusion in their hearts that the emperor would have no children in the future.
Even whether the emperor can still be humane is a question. The conditions of the noble ladies in each family are very good. Instead of sending his daughters to the palace and growing old uselessly, it is better to marry them into aristocratic families to gain benefits.
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