Chapter 123 Tenderness
During the time when Yang Junyi was away, Yang Junyi's stand-in almost never went to the harem. When he went there occasionally, he would just go to a certain palace and chat with the concubines. As soon as Yang Junyi himself came back, he visited Concubine Ying and Concubine Rong's palaces, but did not stay overnight. He came to Xia Lu's place and stayed for seven days.
On the seventh day, Concubine Ying could no longer sit still and said directly that the Second Prince was not feeling well and asked the Emperor to come over and see him.
Speaking of the Second Prince, Concubine Ying was also extremely angry. Originally, the Emperor had no prince, and she thought she had secured the position of the eldest prince's mother, but then suddenly Chu Yun showed up.
Concubine Ying thought that Chu Yun’s mother was an ominous person, and the emperor, with his suspicious character, would definitely not acknowledge this son. But she didn’t expect that the damn Prince Lu would rebel and take out the imperial seal. Chu Yun’s blood could actually open the imperial seal!!!
Through this blood recognition, Chu Yun became the true eldest son of the emperor!
Fortunately, her son is also very capable and has the same bronze eyes as the emperor. As long as she trains him well in the future, he will definitely not be worse than Chu Yun. This is Concubine Ying's plan.
Before the palace coup, Concubine Ying was the concubine with the highest status in the palace and the highest position in the emperor's heart. After the Prince Lu incident, Concubine Ying vaguely felt that this inconspicuous Xia Lu seemed to have emerged.
Xia Lu's sister Xia Xue is Chu Yun's godmother. It was they who let the emperor discover Chu Yun's existence. When Concubine Ying thought of this relationship, she was so angry that her teeth itched.
She thought that if the Second Prince had a mother like her, he would be several times better than Chu Yun. But if Chu Yun had the Xia family and Chu Zhenxuan, then she would have no chance of winning.
However, what Concubine Ying didn’t know was that due to Yang Junyi’s physical condition, he couldn’t wait until his second son grew up.
When the eunuch came to report that the second prince was feeling unwell, Xia Lu, who was soaking the medicine barrel to give acupuncture to Yang Junyi, began to tremble.
Yang Junyi closed his eyes and had no intention of opening them.
Xia Lu hesitated for a moment, but still spoke, "Your Majesty, why don't you go and take a look?"
Yang Junyi did not answer, but gestured for her to continue. Xia Lu continued to insert the last few needles, and then lit a stick of incense, "Just one stick of incense today, the emperor should go and take a look."
"If you feel unwell, please ask the imperial physician. I'm not an imperial physician, so I can't do anything for you even if you go." Yang Junyi said impatiently.
In the past, whenever the concubines in his palace felt unwell, they would ask him for help. In the past, he didn't care and was full of vigor. He just wanted to make his concubines happy and asked them to cooperate. But now he knew his physical condition clearly and there was no need for him to care about whether they were alive or dead. What he wanted most now was for that woman to be by his side.
But he couldn't. Some emotions can be expressed, but some can only be hidden. He didn't think that emperors who robbed their ministers or even their sons' wives were good role models. They would only become the laughing stock of future generations.
"Yes!" The eunuch who reported the incident was stunned for a moment when he heard the emperor's reply. Then he reacted and bowed as he was about to reply when Xia Xue called him, "Wait!"
"Your Majesty, the Second Prince is still young, and his discomfort may be a minor matter. Moreover, the palace has lost many concubines, and the remaining concubines are all watching the wind direction. Your attitude towards the Second Prince at this moment directly determines the attitude of the other concubines and even the servants towards him." Xia Lu said patiently.
Yang Junyi raised his eyebrows, "So?"
"So, I ask Your Majesty to go and see what's wrong with the Second Prince. Of course, it would be best if the child is not feeling unwell, but Concubine Ying has already been wronged in the Prince Lu incident, so I hope you can go!" Xia Lu said slowly. Although she was very reluctant for the Emperor to go to another woman's palace, the Emperor's care was a guarantee for a child's survival. It was impossible for her to have children in this life, but her love for children was indeed getting stronger.
Yang Junyi sighed. Xia Lu and Xia Xue were a strange pair of sisters. Xia Xue was quirky and calm when faced with things, but she would never show mercy to those who bullied her or bullied her indirectly.
Xia Lu is kind and soft-hearted. If someone who has bullied or hurt her asks her for forgiveness or shows kindness to her, she will quickly forgive them.
Qian Jiaojiao is, and so is Concubine Ying.
If he remembered correctly, Xia Lu had helped Concubine Ying before, but later on Concubine Ying did not play any good role in Xia Lu's affairs. However, Xia Lu did not care about it. Instead, Xia Xue secretly retaliated against Concubine Ying and protected her sister.
Sighing, Yang Junyi looked up at Xia Lu with a tender smile in his eyes, "I remember when Hong Liangdi was here last time, you had a conflict once, and it seemed that Concubine Ying did not help you."
Xia Lu frowned and thought for a while, "That was a long time ago. Lady Ying was the head of the harem at that time. She must be fair in everything. How could she break the rules for just one person like me?"
Yang Junyi laughed. This "stupid" and cute Xia Lu prevented him from getting really angry. If her smart sister was in the palace, his harem would be in chaos.
Thinking of Xia Xue, a gentle smile that he had never seen before appeared on Yang Junyi's face.
Xia Lu blushed, "Your Majesty, what have you thought of now? You are just making fun of me."
"I was thinking, I will listen to my wife and go see the second prince." Yang Junyi said, looking at her tenderly.
Xia Lu and Xia Xue are so alike, even their blushing expressions are so similar.
"Your Majesty is talking nonsense again. Who is your daughter-in-law? If others hear it, I will be in big trouble." Although Xia Lu said this, she felt sweet in her heart.
After a while, when the incense stick had burned out, Xia Lu pulled out the silver needle, wiped Yang Junyi's wet hair, and then let him out.
After being soaked in medicine, Yang Junyi became even thinner. His previously strong muscles were no longer visible, and only a bunch of bones were visible.
With tears in her eyes, Xia Lu wiped his hair clean and applied some medicine to prevent skin dehydration before helping him put on his clothes.
Her father said that the emperor only had a few months to live, but she didn't believe it. She wanted to use her own method to detoxify the emperor!
Feeling the cool air behind him, Yang Junyi knew that Xia Lu was crying again. Every time she helped him change clothes, she would shed tears several times. He also knew that he had lost weight very quickly recently. The pounds he had put on with so much effort had almost all gone away. Xia Lu felt distressed seeing this.
Yang Junyi stretched out his long arms and held Xia Lu in his arms, "I haven't left yet, but my beloved misses me already. How about I not go!"
Xia Lu gently hit him twice on the chest, "Your Majesty has bullied me again. I will ignore you."
"Are you really not going to care?" Yang Junyi said, tightening his arms instead.
Xia Lu struggled for a few times, then stopped moving. The two of them stayed affectionate for a while before Yang Junyi left Xia Lu's door.