Li Qingzhou, overwhelmed with gratitude, grabbed Qi Jingxuan and said, "Your Majesty, I thank you so much! Your Majesty, you are the best to me. I have no relatives or friends in this harem, and I am so grateful for your care!"
Qi Jingxuan patted Li Qingzhou on the shoulder, and the two talked for a while. Then a eunuch came to deliver a message, saying that Consort Shuyuan was making a big fuss and that the Emperor was invited to go over.
"Oh? I was just about to go find her! Kiyosu, I'm coming over in a bit!"
Qi Jingxuan, filled with anger, stormed into Geng Yulin's Jiayu Palace.
"Aa ...
"Aa ...
Before they even went inside, they could hear screams coming from outside, and the palace maids passing by were also in a panic.
Hua Jian quickly knelt before the Emperor, "This servant greets Your Majesty. Your Majesty, please go and see the Empress. The wound is too large, and we servants do not know how to treat it."
"What's with the fuss? Nothing was wrong this evening, how did it become so serious in such a short time? Come with me inside and take a look!" Qi Jingxuan strode forward. He hadn't even settled accounts with her yet, so why was she acting so tough?
"Aaaaaaah!!"
Hua Jian rushed in first and knelt down in front of Geng Yulin, saying, "Your Majesty, the Emperor has arrived."
Sweating profusely, Geng Yulin began to endure the pain in his body, trying not to let his screams frighten the emperor.
Upon entering the room, the first thing you smelled was a nauseating, foul odor, and there was Geng Yulin lying naked on the bed.
"Your Majesty, you've finally arrived! I was seriously injured today while protecting the eldest prince! Your Majesty, you are a veteran of many battles, you must be experienced in bandaging wounds. I am still a virgin since entering the palace, and I do not wish for the imperial physician to apply medicine to me! Your Majesty!"
Before he could even speak, Geng Yulin started playing the victim.
Qi Jingxuan frowned as he saw Geng Yulin covered in blood. "Where is the imperial physician? Where is he? Apply medicine for me first. Her wounds cannot be left untreated."
Qi Jingxuan took the handkerchief and patted it a couple of times. Was the molten iron burn really that serious?
Qi Jingxuan, who had originally intended to confront Qi Jingxuan, suddenly found himself at a loss for words.
Even those two blows caused Geng Yulin excruciating pain. "Your Majesty, please don't! I'm afraid you'll despise me in the future!"
Qi Jingxuan rolled his eyes. What's there to complain about? He didn't like her in the first place!
"Your Majesty, your old minister has arrived." The imperial physician came again, carrying a box.
"Why are you alone? I think Geng Yulin's injury is quite serious. Go to the Imperial Hospital and call a few more people over!" Let's treat the injury first, no matter what.
"No, Your Majesty! I come from a noble family, and I cannot let a man see my body!" Geng Yulin struggled, trying to cover her body with the quilt beside her, but to prevent her flesh from sticking together, the little palace maid next to her immediately took it back.
"You guys, hold her down and apply the medicine!"
After saying this, Qi Jingxuan left. He really didn't want to see this scene, as it always reminded him of when Ruan Yumu had a difficult childbirth with her first child, and he wasn't by her side.
In fact, Qi Jingxuan gradually realized that he was beginning to forgive Ruan Yumu and was starting to consider her in many things. Perhaps he himself did not realize it.
"Get away from me! Get away from me! You lowly slaves, how dare you touch my noble body?" Even though Qi Jingxuan had already walked away, Geng Yulin still couldn't accept it. She was a person who had undergone strict ideological education, and a woman's chastity was more important than anything else.
"Your Majesty, the Emperor has issued an order, and we, as his subjects, dare not disobey!"
Thanks to the forceful methods of the imperial physicians and palace maids, the wound was finally treated.
"Your Highness, please go to sleep. I'll stay here and watch over you. It's almost dawn." Hua Jian brought hot water and carefully wiped her face.
"Huajian, go and fetch some gold. Place it by my pillow. If any palace maids or eunuchs come to the Emperor's court, I'll have a way to appease them."
"Your Majesty, you need not worry about this matter. This servant will take care of it..."
Geng Yulin immediately flew into a rage, “How dare you! Just go and get it! How dare you dictate my affairs?”
Hua Jian knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, "Yes, this servant knows her mistake, this servant knows her mistake, this servant will go and fetch it for Your Highness right away."
Only after Huajian placed the gold beside Geng Yulin's pillow did she allow Huajian to rest to the side, satisfied.
Huajian was exhausted after working for a whole day and night, and she fell asleep leaning against a pillar.
Geng Yulin called out tentatively a few times, but there was no response.
Looking at Jinzi beside her, she shed tears of regret. "Father, brother, Yulin can no longer be by your side. Since entering the palace, the Emperor has never come to Jiayu Palace. Now, several eunuchs have seen my naked body. I, Geng Yulin, have long since lost my reason to live. I suppose the Emperor is disgusted with me too. Mother, I've come to be with you."
Thinking of all this, tears streamed down her face, and she committed suicide by swallowing gold.
A woman who had dominated the imperial harem for two years died because of her chastity and because she could not wait for her husband.
"Your Highness, this servant will help you with your washing!" A young palace maid came to relieve Hua Jian and brought in a basin of hot water.
"Ah, how did I fall asleep here? Don't wake the Empress anymore, let her sleep a little longer, then go out."
"Yes, Miss Huajian!"
Hua Jian walked up to Geng Yulin and looked at the wound, which was still swollen and had not subsided at all. Her eyes were full of heartache, and many parts of it had even started to fester. The scene was quite shocking.
Hua Jian reached out to hold her master's hand.
"Ah ...
"Your Majesty, a report has come from Jiayu Palace that Consort Shuyuan has gone away."
"Where did you go?" Qi Jingxuan, who had just finished court, was changing his clothes to prepare for the spring banquet.
"He's gone!" The old man's voice trembled, and he could barely speak.
"What?" Qi Jingxuan stopped what he was doing and gestured for his men to leave. "Xiao Shunzi, seal off the news. We'll talk about it in three days. Today, all the officials and their families are coming to the palace. It will be difficult to explain then. Tomorrow the army sets off, and it might be seen as an ominous sign. Quickly go to Jiayu Palace and bring everyone who knows the news..."
Qi Jingxuan made a kill gesture at Xiao Shunzi, determined to shut down the news.
Qi Jingxuan had long since stopped being merciful towards people who were insignificant yet could disrupt his plans.
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