Emperor Tianwu tried his best to recall the past, his expression was very serious, the more serious he was, the more headache he had, finally he let go of the hand that was holding Concubine Yuan Shu, hugged his head and began to hum softly. →EightEightReading,.↓.o≥
This is what Concubine Yuan Shu is most afraid of. Emperor Tianwu always gets a headache whenever he gets stuck in a dead end. This is the sequelae of her secret actions, and it is also a mistake that has not yet been solved. Seeing that Emperor Tianwu was trapped in the memories of the past, Concubine Yuan Shu quickly gave the Eighth Prince a look, and the Eighth Prince understood and quickly picked up the wine glass and said to Emperor Tianwu: "Father, please taste this wine carefully. This is what I secretly buried in the palace when I was ten years old. I have been waiting to open the jar many years later and invite you to taste it together."
Xuan Tianmo successfully used Emperor Tianwu's love of drinking to divert his attention. When he heard about wine and the tomb buried when Xuan Tianmo was ten years old, the man who was trying hard to recall the past immediately raised his head and didn't feel any pain. He asked without hesitation, "It's been buried for more than ten years?"
Xuan Tianmo nodded, "Indeed. Although there are more wines stored in the palace, some of which are hundreds of years old, this jar of wine was carefully blended by someone under the command of your son. It has a pure and rich taste. Father, please taste it carefully."
Emperor Tianwu couldn't resist such temptation, and immediately changed the topic of "how did you celebrate the New Year in the past" and started drinking with Xuan Tianmo. Concubine Yuan Shu was also relieved, but she was secretly anxious in her heart, wondering when Emperor Tianwu could completely put the past behind him and stop having such a headache that made her tremble with fear.
After a few glasses of wine, Emperor Tianwu praised the wine, then embraced Concubine Yuan Shu and said, "Tomorrow is the first day of the new year. There will be a palace banquet in the evening. I will announce in public at the banquet that you will be appointed as the imperial concubine. My beloved concubine has suffered so much in the palace for so many years. I will risk my life to make up for the debt of more than 20 years." As he spoke, he murmured, "How could I bear not to see you for more than 20 years? Damn it!"
"Your Majesty, please don't say such things!" Concubine Yuan Shu quickly covered Emperor Tianwu's mouth gently and said in a tender voice: "As long as Your Majesty can remember me now, let's not talk about the past. What's more, Your Majesty has not let me down. At least he gave me a son. I have a son, and I am content with everything."
"Yes! And our son." Emperor Tianwu looked at Xuan Tianmo and said, "In two years, it will be time to appoint a crown prince. I am already this age, and I am afraid I will not live for many years. I must leave the throne to our Mo'er legitimately while I am still alive. I can't let other brothers bully him."
Xuan Tianmo said with a touching look on his face: "Father, I don't want the throne. As long as you are healthy and our family is together, it is better than anything else. The throne is something outside of the body. If I want the throne at the cost of losing you, I absolutely don't want it!"
Emperor Tianwu was moved and sighed: "What a good child, what a good child! How wonderful it would be if all my children were like Mo'er!" As he spoke, he began to feel dazed again. He felt as if something was missing around him, but he couldn't remember what was wrong. So he subconsciously called out: "Xiao Yuanzi! Xiao Yuanzi, where have you been?"
This shout almost brought out Concubine Yuan Shu's soul. Seeing that the person who came forward to answer her was the eunuch Wu Ying, she began to worry that something might happen tonight.
Wu Ying stood beside Emperor Tianwu and responded respectfully, but Emperor Tianwu looked at him with a bit of unfamiliarity and asked, "Where did you come from, slave? Where is my ignorant little Yuanzi?"
Wu Ying glanced at Concubine Yuan Shu, and seeing that she did not make any special gesture, she gritted her teeth and told the truth: "Eunuch Zhang Yuan made a mistake, and was sent to the Criminal Slave Department by the Emperor ten days ago. Has the Emperor forgotten?"
Emperor Tianwu was stunned, "I sent Xiao Yuanzi to the Criminal Slave Bureau? Strange, when did I send him to the Criminal Slave Bureau? How could I send him to such a place? Didn't you all say that the Criminal Slave Bureau would eat people? Then why did I let Xiao Yuanzi go?" Tianwu showed a panic, he even looked at Concubine Yuan Shu with questioning eyes.
Concubine Yuan Shu's heart sank, but she could only bite the bullet and say, "Eunuch Yuan did indeed anger the emperor at that time. I also tried to persuade him, but failed. If the emperor regrets it and wants Eunuch Yuan back, it's easy. Just send someone to call him back. Today is New Year's Eve, the emperor should not think about those bad things anymore. Be happy on New Year's Eve, so that the new year will be prosperous."
As she finished her words, the sound of fireworks and firecrackers rang out outside. Xuan Tianmo quickly stood up to support Emperor Tianwu, and said, "The fireworks are lit, father, let's go and see it together!"
Emperor Tianwu nodded, and with the help of Xuan Tianmo and Concubine Yuan Shu, he walked out of the palace step by step. As he walked, he muttered, "My memory has been getting worse recently. When did I send Xiao Yuanzi away?"
Listening to Emperor Tianwu's words, Xuan Tianmo and Concubine Yuan Shu were both worried, but there was nothing they could do at the moment, so they could only try to divert his attention with things in front of them, such as fireworks, and the Eighth Prince's description of the beautiful mountains and rivers of Dashun, as well as his own lofty ambitions.
But he didn't watch the fireworks for long, nor listen to the nice words for long, because Emperor Tianwu suddenly sneezed several times and sniffed a few times - he had a cold.
In ancient times, colds were called wind-colds, and more serious ones were called typhoid fever. Seeing that Emperor Tianwu sneezed, Concubine Yuan Shu did not dare to let him stand in the ice and snow for too long, and hurriedly helped him back to the palace with Xuan Tianmo. But Emperor Tianwu was drunk, and coupled with the sudden cold, his head was aching and he sneezed one after another. Concubine Yuan Shu saw that this was not good, and had no choice but to summon the imperial physician.
The imperial physician came to check the emperor's pulse, and the diagnosis was nothing more than typhoid fever. However, Emperor Tianwu was old after all, and each time he was sick, his body became weaker, as if a big hand of disease was draining his body time and time again. In addition, he drank alcohol this time, so the imperial physicians sighed, and some even suggested: "To cure the emperor's illness, it would be best to invite Princess Yu or Yao Xian to the palace. If we only use traditional medical skills, I'm afraid that even if the emperor is cured, his body will be too depleted."
But Concubine Yuan Shu and the Eighth Prince were unwilling to let Feng Yuheng enter the palace to treat Emperor Tianwu, so the imperial doctors could only bite the bullet and do everything possible to make Emperor Tianwu get better as soon as possible.
Tianwu suffered from typhoid fever, a serious disease. He took the initiative to ask the queen to come to Zhaohe Palace to take care of her, and then said to Yuan Shufei: "My beloved concubine, please leave the inner palace quickly. I can't let you get sick. The harem and the former court are still counting on you and Mo'er. Don't worry, I will get better and will definitely not delay tomorrow's palace banquet or your appointment as a noble concubine."
Concubine Yuan Shu pretended to wipe away her tears and was unwilling to leave. She said, "I am not afraid of illness, and I don't expect anything from the imperial concubine. Just let me stay with the emperor all the time. I will not go anywhere, I will stay here."
"No." Emperor Tianwu shook his head firmly. "The position of Imperial Concubine is my promise to you. I have been looking forward to this for so long, and I must do it tomorrow! So my beloved, you must be obedient and take good care of this harem for me. You can't fall ill with me, understand? And Mo'er, think about him. Mo'er is the best candidate in my heart. You have to take good care of Mo'er for me!"
After Emperor Tianwu said this, Concubine Yuan Shu could not say anything else. She could only retreat to the outer hall under the resolute gaze of Emperor Tianwu. She did not leave, but stood in the outer hall and waited for a long time until the empress came in with her maid. Then she stepped forward and bowed, saying, "It's cold outside. The emperor suddenly caught a cold and personally asked you to take care of him. Then I'll trouble you, the empress, to take care of him."
The Queen glanced at her, her expression cold, her head slightly raised, with the aura of a mother of a country. "I am the Queen, and it is my duty to serve the Emperor. If you have nothing else to do, please return!"
Concubine Yuan Shu nodded, but then glanced at the Queen and whispered, "Your Majesty, please serve the Emperor well. Don't let the Emperor down. Don't forget that there will be a palace banquet tomorrow!"
The Queen never liked to talk to Concubine Yuan Shu. The only person in the harem who dared to threaten her was Concubine Yuan Shu. Now that Concubine Yuan Shu was favored to this extent, she felt that it was superfluous for her to say more. Not only could she not gain any benefit, but she was also suddenly threatened and ridiculed by this person. She walked towards the inner hall, but as she walked, she made a plan in her mind: Concubine Yuan Shu looked like she was not happy that she came to serve the sick, but the Emperor listened to Concubine Yuan Shu so much now. If it wasn't Concubine Yuan Shu who asked her to come, who else could it be? The Emperor himself? ℃≡miào℃≡bi℃≡阁℃≡
With all kinds of doubts, she walked into the inner hall of Zhaohe Palace. When she saw Emperor Tianwu for the first time, her heart skipped a beat. She couldn't help but quicken her pace, stepped forward to shake Emperor Tianwu's hand, and whispered, "Why has the emperor become so thin?"
She hadn't seen Emperor Tianwu for a long time, not since Concubine Yuan Shu was favored. Although Emperor Tianwu didn't go to the harem before, she was the queen and had to meet with the emperor every now and then. After not seeing him for so long, she suddenly saw that Emperor Tianwu had lost a lot of weight. Not only was he thin, but his eye sockets were also dark, and he looked very haggard. This kind of haggardness was definitely not something that could be brought on quickly by a cold, but it seemed like the body was hollowed out day by day. This made her think of the nightly pleasures of Emperor Tianwu and Concubine Yuan Shu in Zhaohe Hall.
The Queen's face was not looking good. She wanted to give some advice, but she felt that it was inappropriate to say such things. It sounded like she, the mother of a country, was jealous of a concubine. Not only would it lose her grace, but it would also easily annoy the Emperor Tianwu. So, she swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue and could only say: "Your Majesty should nourish your body more and replenish your vitality so that you can be healthy."
Emperor Tianwu did not understand what the empress said, and he did not even think about it carefully. He just thought that the empress was just asking about his health. So he waved his hand and said to the empress: "I am just a little thinner, it's okay. Isn't it said that losing weight makes you more energetic? I was too fat before, but now I am fine." After saying that, he shook the empress's hand and glanced outside again.
The queen understood what he meant and took the initiative to speak to the eunuch Wu Ying who was guarding the dragon bed: "All of you go down! I have something to say to the emperor alone."
Wu Ying glanced at Emperor Tianwu and saw that he did not object. Although she was reluctant, she had to listen to the Queen. So she led a group of palace servants out of the inner hall. Fang Yi, who followed behind her, closed the door of the inner hall and stood guard at the door.
The Queen then asked Tianwu again: "Your Majesty, do you want to say something to me?"
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