It was not until later when he saw the imperial concubine walking towards him holding Tang Yu's hand outside the imperial study that he suddenly realized what was going on.
Later, when the news of the imperial concubine's death came, her father, who had been an official at an early age and was highly valued by successive emperors, became unusually depressed for a while.
If his father had not carried the portrait with him wherever he went, he would probably have thought that his father had forgotten all that.
Naturally, after Zhao Yuanqi rushed to Jiangnan, he also kept his father's advice firmly in mind.
"Be patient and wait, the opportunity is still lacking."
This wait lasted several years until Huo Cenji finally defeated the enemy and the time came when he prayed for the country to become rich and the people to become strong.
At this time, the little emperor and Huo Cenji just happened to be estranged, and even the heavens were telling them—
"It's time to take action."
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"Mr. Liu, please go in and see His Highness."
A group of military generals and staff winked at Liu Ziqing, and finally pushed Liu Ziqing to the front reluctantly but with sincere expressions.
Liu Ziqing: "..."
That's enough.
Ever since he took the pill back that day, he has been staying indoors all day without sleep or food, busy trying to find out the ingredients of the medicine. Today, he finally made some progress and wanted to tell His Royal Highness the Regent the result, but he was blocked by a group of people.
Well, he had actually secretly heard about the little emperor being abducted, but considering how much His Highness cared about the little emperor, he naturally had nothing to worry about.
However, the group of people in front of him must be worried. They only dared to stay outside the palace and did not dare to go in to report. This was enough to show that they did not even find a hair of the little emperor.
Look, now I want him to test His Highness's attitude first.
Oh, why are you smart now?
He still remembered how those ruffians were so clever as to send beauties to His Highness.
Liu Ziqing rolled his eyes in annoyance. He had been studying day and night recently, and there was a big bruise under his eyes.
"Stop pushing!" Liu Ziqing lowered his voice and scolded softly, then straightened his robes, walked up to the guards guarding outside the hall and said in a gentle voice:
"Please tell me that there is some progress on the pill issue."
"Yes." The guard nodded and hurried in to pass on the message.
Sure enough, within a moment, the guard came out quickly and invited Liu Ziqing in.
So, under the expectant gazes of the crowd, Liu Ziqing calmly stepped into the hall.
The first thing you see is the lingering scent of sandalwood, which lingers in the house for a long time and makes the already dark palace even quieter.
Liu Ziqing looked for a long time but couldn't see Huo Cenji. Just as he was about to call out "Your Highness" when the fox fur blanket on the couch moved.
I saw a slender hand lifting the blanket, and then the tired face hidden under the blanket reluctantly opened his eyes and looked in the direction of the footsteps.
Huo Cenji's eyes were like inky black spots, and when he looked at someone quietly, there was always a hint of depth in them, as if they could suck people in.
Liu Ziqing saw Huo Cenji's eyes move, staring at him and asking in a hoarse voice:
"What exactly is that medicine?"
"Your Highness, that medicine is life-saving, but long-term use will make you weak." Liu Ziqing paused, then explained in detail: "This medicine is called Ningxiang Pills. It should be a medicine developed by my master. I searched through all the medical books left by my master and finally found information about this medicine."
"The book mentions that if the patient still has a breath left, this medicine might give them a glimmer of hope."
"But the price is constant bedridden illness, and the inability to truly be healthy in this life."
"But Tang Yu was like this when he was born..." Huo Cenji was more concerned about Tang Yu's health than Tang Yu himself, so he went to see the midwife who delivered Tang Yu at that time and carefully inquired about Tang Yu's physical condition.
All the answers we got were that Tang Yu had the deficiency since he was born.
Therefore, he was careful in everything he did, fearing that he would hurt Tang Yu in the slightest.
So how can we talk about saving our lives?
Liu Ziqing sighed and simply made his words clearer:
"Your Highness, what I mean is—"
"Perhaps the little emperor should not have been able to come into this world."
"So taking that medicine really saved the little emperor's life."
After he said this, there was a long silence.
Huo Cenji's body swayed as he sat on the couch, which made people feel frightened, as if he would fall down in the next second.
So Liu Ziqing watched with his own eyes as the "calm" His Highness managed to steady himself, then looked up at him with a bit of confusion in his eyes:
"you mean--"
"Was Tang Yu unable to survive at first?"
"Yes..." Liu Ziqing replied with a sigh.
He didn't expect that the little emperor had suffered so many disasters and almost had no chance of survival.
Later, even if they barely survived, they would still suffer from illness.
He was concerned about His Highness, so he didn't say, "The reason why the little emperor fainted and vomited blood from time to time was because of the medicine."
Now it seems that it is a good thing that he did not say everything in one breath.
Huo Cenji suddenly felt a little empty in his heart, and even felt a little scared.
If he hadn't had this medicine, would he have never been able to see Tang Yu?
If I hadn't met Tang Yu, naturally, none of what happened later would have happened. All that tenderness and affection was just a bubble, so how could there be any hatred afterwards?
Huo Cenji knew very well what Tang Yu had done to him. It was obvious that Tang Yu had abandoned him without hesitation after using him, and even resorted to sweet words to deceive him in order to achieve his own goals.
It is not an exaggeration to call Tang Yu's behavior "despicable", but even though he knew Tang Yu's despicableness, he still couldn't help but feel a little pity for her.
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