Just as Yun Nian was about to decline, she suddenly remembered that the Empress Dowager and the Emperor had been at odds recently. Why not take this opportunity to let His Majesty show his filial piety? Perhaps their relationship would be reconciled.
She nodded, bowed, and withdrew, quietly closing the door behind her.
Jun Zhe carefully looked at the Empress Dowager's face. It had been a long time since he had looked at her face closely. Since he ascended the throne, he had met with her less and less often, and there seemed to be a distance between them. The days when they could look at each other quietly like this were becoming fewer and fewer.
He tucked the blanket around the Empress Dowager.
The Empress Dowager's cheeks were slightly flushed; she was not sleeping soundly and kept calling out, "Zhe'er? Zhe'er?"
Jun Zhe hurriedly replied, "Mother, your son is here!"
"My beloved, my beloved, do you know how much your mother misses you?"
Jun Zhe felt a pang of sorrow in his heart, and tears almost welled up in his eyes.
"Your Majesty, it is I who have been unfilial and caused you worry."
"Do you know why you are called Zhe'er? When I gave birth to you, I had just been demoted. His Majesty was unwilling to name you. In a fit of anger, I named you Zhe'er. It's all my fault. It was the name I gave you that ruined you. If I hadn't been called Zhe'er, but Fu'er or Gui'er, would you still be alive?"
Confused, Jun Zhe hurriedly said, "Mother, I am not dead. I am alive and well."
“My dear child, my dear child, it is your mother who has harmed you. Hate me if you want. If there is an afterlife, may you be reborn in my womb again, with that cinnabar mark on your back, so that I can recognize you at a glance.”
Jun Zhe was startled and couldn't help but take two steps back, looking at the Empress Dowager with suspicion. He knew his body clearly and there was no cinnabar mark at all.
He was clean from head to toe, as white as jade, with no cinnabar mark whatsoever.
He couldn't believe it, but still wouldn't give up, so he knelt down beside the Empress Dowager's bed and said in a trembling voice, "Mother, please look at your son carefully. Am I not a banished son?"
Touching her, the Empress Dowager's palms were extremely hot.
Jun Zhe was startled. Without asking any more questions, he quickly got up, opened the door, and shouted, "Summon the imperial physician! Quickly summon the imperial physician!"
A moment later, the imperial physician rushed over.
He exclaimed, "Oh no, it's on fire!"
Immediately, someone was ordered to rush to fetch the 'medicine'.
In an instant, everyone was in a state of chaos. Jun Zhe walked out haphazardly, leaving Xiankun Palace, feeling lost and unsure of where to go.
He kept replaying the Empress Dowager's words during her illness in his mind, and suddenly it seemed as if he had discovered a shocking secret.
letter?
Don't believe me?
He was extremely bewildered.
He wandered around aimlessly.
The eunuch following behind was Zhou Anyuan's apprentice. He was unaware of the emperor's temperament and dared not speak recklessly, so he followed the emperor wherever he went.
Before we knew it, we had arrived at Suning Palace.
When the young eunuch saw that the emperor had stopped, he hurriedly ordered that the emperor be received.
When Linghu Lan came out, she saw Jun Zhe looking distraught.
She walked up to Jun Zhe and waved. Seeing that he was in a daze and she didn't know what had happened to him, she took his hand and led him to the dormitory.
Once I got to the dorm, I drank a cup of hot tea.
Jun Zhe finally came to his senses, looked around, and calmly said, "All of you, step back!"
Everyone responded and hurriedly went out, closing the door behind them.
Jun Zhe looked at Linghu Lan, blushed, and resolutely took off his clothes one by one.
"Pfft!" Linghu Lan spat out a mouthful of blood.
We can talk things over. If you take off your clothes without warning, let me tell you, I'll be incredibly horny.
Besides, I only play with big eagles and small birds...
Jun Zhe's face was flushed crimson, but his eyes were filled with tears. He solemnly said, "Come and examine my body carefully. Tell me, do I have any cinnabar marks on my body?"
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