Since you genuinely want to seek immortality and enlightenment, shouldn't you apologize for the mistakes you made back then?
"Somehow, these words reached the Emperor's ears," Ye Shan reported truthfully.
Su Wenyuan sighed and said, "How else could it be spread? Aren't there two treacherous people around the Emperor?"
Those two imperial physicians stayed with the emperor the whole time.
They appeared to be obeying Nian Huaizhong, but in reality, Nian Huaizhong's orders were not entirely effective.
This group of people are not divided into superiors and inferiors; they just have one leader.
When there's little controversy, people tend to listen to Nian Huaizhong and Lian Heng. But when controversy arises, they might not listen to either of them.
Those two in the palace are the same; if they say they won't listen, they won't listen.
Ye Shan asked, "Should I go and fetch them?"
"No need, he's probably already overwhelmed with worry about this too." Su Wenyuan didn't press Nian Huaizhong any further.
Su Wenyuan was aware of the internal disputes among them. She offered reminders, but since no one listened, she saw no point in continuing.
Let's wait and see the Emperor's reaction.
The next day, the emperor still showed no intention of leaving the capital, and Sheng Jingyu continued to handle affairs of state.
Sheng Jingyu didn't have time to deal with these things and didn't even mention them.
Three days later, Su Wenyuan was almost forgetting about the incident. The Emperor hadn't reacted, and the curses in the capital were gradually disappearing. She estimated that in another two days, the incident would be as if it had never happened.
But just then, news came from the palace that the emperor had suddenly ordered the two imperial physicians to be executed.
The speed was so fast that no one had time to react. By the time the Prince Chen's mansion received the letter, the person had already been thrown into a mass grave.
From the moment the decree was issued to the point of execution, it was only a blink of an eye.
The guards who served the emperor were more efficient than ever before.
It's likely they were bribed by the concubines in the harem long ago, who then found an opportunity to kill the two imperial physicians who were bewitching the emperor.
What Su Wenyuan couldn't understand was how the trust had suddenly collapsed. There had been no warning beforehand.
Even more strangely, that very night, the emperor wrote an edict of self-reproach.
He didn't mention that he was in seclusion; the whole thing was about how he had let the Yu family down.
Sheng Jingyu asked the people around the emperor, but no one knew what was going on.
Even Eunuch Hu was unaware that he was not in the palace at that time.
When the emperor returned from the pass, he spoke to the court about building a palace, but didn't mention anything else.
The Emperor did not inquire about the situation in Qikong Kingdom.
No one in the court agreed with what he said, and the emperor left the court with a cold laugh.
"What...what's wrong with His Majesty?"
"Summon the imperial physician! Let the imperial physician examine the Emperor."
"Don't bother calling the imperial physicians. Wasn't the Emperor ruined by those two physicians?"
Sheng Jingyu didn't say anything and went straight to the Emperor's bedroom.
The last time they met was when the Emperor told him about building a palace; this time, it was Sheng Jingyu who took the initiative to see him.
During the morning court session, being too far away, Sheng Jingyu vaguely sensed that something was wrong with the emperor.
Only upon closer inspection did we realize that he had applied powder.
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