312 The first time, visiting the boudoir at midnight
What the emperor is going to do, perhaps only the emperor himself knows. The eunuch who received Li Xun is obviously the queen's man. He knows the emperor's intention and when the emperor will return, but he will not give Li Xun a definite answer.
The eunuch laughed arrogantly, pinched his fingers, and said hypocritically, "How can we servants know about your majesty's affairs? The emperor has ordered that if you have important matters, you can go to the other courtyard to ask for an audience with the emperor. If Lord Li has any urgent matters, please go to Lishan to report to the emperor. It will be bad if it delays national affairs."
The eunuch particularly emphasized the words "state affairs" and reminded Li that if he went to Lishan Villa just for a trivial matter like Feng Qingchen, he would only deserve death.
Seeing Li Xun standing there, the eunuch laughed and left...
Lishan Royal Court
The emperor was sitting in his study, reviewing memorials sent to the palace. After reviewing one batch of memorials, the eunuch put the memorials in a black iron box, locked it, and after checking it again and again to make sure it was correct, he handed it to the guards waiting on the side.
"Tell the Crown Prince to speed up the process and not delay the important matter. Send the latest news about Jiangnan to me as soon as possible." The emperor put down the imperial pen and turned his sore wrist. The eunuch hurried forward and began to massage the emperor's wrist lightly.
"I obey your command." The guard standing in the center of the hall knelt down with a thud, holding the black iron box in his hands.
The emperor waved his left hand, and the guards immediately stepped down. The eunuch who was massaging the emperor's right hand also stepped back.
In the study, only the emperor and the chief eunuch were left. The emperor leaned on the dragon chair, closed his eyes and thought. The study was quiet, as if there was no one around. After a long while, the emperor finally spoke: "Zhao De, what do you think Old Nine meant by this? The more I read, the more confused I am. Isn't he afraid that Feng Qingchen will die like this?"
It's only the end of August and the beginning of September, what's the point of admiring maple leaves? The emperor's visit to the royal villa is just an excuse.
Upon receiving the news that Feng Qingchen was dying, the emperor decided to take this opportunity to test Dong Lingjiu, or severely suppress Dong Lingjiu. However, he did not expect that Dong Lingjiu would remain silent and did not care about Feng Qingchen's life or death at all.
"Your Majesty, no matter how many thoughts the Ninth Prince has, he cannot escape your control. Your attempt will expose the Ninth Prince's true colors." Zhao De flattered the emperor at the right time.
"Currently? My ninth brother is a fox, how can he be so easily caught? How can a little prince who has no mother to teach him but grows up under my nose not be smart?" Although he said so, a smile appeared on the emperor's face.
He is the emperor, the emperor above all the nine kings, and everything in this world is under his control.
The eunuch chuckled: "Your Majesty, the Ninth Prince's previous efforts to help Feng Qingchen were just a piece of cake, and Feng Qingchen's life was not in danger. But this time is different. Feng Qingchen is in such a state that if he is delayed any longer, even if he is not burned to death, he will be burned to death.
If the Ninth Prince did not take action, it would mean that he did not care about Feng Qingchen at all, and was just using Feng Qingchen as a target to confuse his opponent. After this incident, this chess piece was useless; and if the Ninth Prince really cared about Feng Qingchen and asked the doctor to come to her house regardless of the consequences, it would mean disobeying the imperial decree, which is a capital crime.
No matter what the result is, the Ninth Prince has lost this round. If the Ninth Prince does not save him, the target that he has worked so hard to push out will be useless. If the Ninth Prince saves him, it will be against the imperial decree. Everything is under your control, Your Majesty."
"You old fellow, what you said makes sense. I will give you the lotus seed soup as a reward." The emperor laughed happily, his eyes swept over the soup on the low table, and he said thoughtfully: "I will stay at Concubine Shu's place tonight."
"What about the Imperial Concubine?" the chief eunuch Zhao De asked carefully.
As soon as Concubine Xie arrived at the villa, she said she was not feeling well, which obviously meant that she wanted the Emperor to stay at her place that day.
Although the four concubines were all of the first rank, the Imperial Concubine was obviously the most respected. Whoever's courtyard the emperor stayed in on his first day at the villa was giving face to that person. The emperor went to Concubine Shu's place, which was obviously a slap in the face of Imperial Concubine Xie.
"Hmph, the Xie family has been having so much fun recently. Do they really think I'm blind?" The emperor's face darkened. He felt annoyed when he thought of the trivial things that happened some time ago.
The feeling of not having court officials under his control is really terrible. The Wang and Xie families want to make moves, and the emperor also wants to take this opportunity to rectify the government.
How to send troops to attack the other three countries when the internal affairs are unstable?
The emperor spent more than twenty years slowly planning for this, and the government was gradually under his control. However, when things were about to be accomplished, he lost his patience.
Zhao De wanted to persuade him, but the words were choked down on his lips.
The Thunderous Bomb completely aroused the emperor's ambition. The emperor is already old, and he wants to unify the nine continents in his lifetime. The emperor will not listen to anyone's advice.
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As night fell, Feng Qingchen had been running a fever for a whole day and night. The two maids tried every possible means, but Feng Qingchen's fever did not go down and he was not even conscious. After just one day, the two maids could no longer bear it.
After the commander of the Imperial Guard, Li Xun, hit a hard nail in the palace, he did not dare to take care of Feng Qingchen too much for fear of causing trouble. This made life even harder for the people in the Feng Mansion. Apart from daily food, nothing from outside was allowed to be sent in, and their news could not be spread out.
Except for the Emperor, the Empress, Prince Luo and the Ninth Prince, no one knew that Feng Qingchen was sick and was dying.
There were some ginseng, bird's nest and other things in the Feng Mansion's storeroom. The maid cut some ginseng into slices and gave them to Feng Qingchen to hold in her mouth, but Feng Qingchen felt the fever getting worse and worse, and the bird's nest kept being vomited out after being fed.
Although the two maids knew some simple medical knowledge, a good cook cannot cook without rice. Although Feng Qingchen was a doctor, the Feng family did not even have daily medicinal materials. Besides, Feng Qingchen's condition did not seem to be a simple fever, so the two maids did not dare to act recklessly.
"Tong Jue, I will guard the first half of the night and you will guard the second half. We have to take turns to rest, otherwise we will fall down before Xiu wakes up." Feng Qingchen's two maids were named Tong Yao and Tong Jue when they were in the palace.
Logically, when they arrived at the Feng Mansion, they acknowledged Feng Qingchen as their master, and Feng Qingchen should have given them names. Unfortunately, Feng Qingchen didn't remember this at all and never mentioned it.
The two maids asked Feng Qingchen once earlier, but Feng Qingchen said she needed to think about it, and when she thought about it, she forgot about it again.
Tong Jue went to sleep, and Tong Yao was the only one left in Feng Qingchen's room. The guards who were originally in the mansion were taken to the outer courtyard by the imperial guards. There was no one else in the inner courtyard except the three of them, the master and the servant.
Tong Yao was tired and worried after a whole day. When she was wiping Feng Qingchen's body, she couldn't resist the urge to sleep several times and fell forward. Tong Yao pinched her thigh hard. Under the great pain, Tong Yao woke up and finally regained some energy.
Seeing that the water was hot, Tong Yao was ready to change it to a basin of cold water. However, as soon as she picked up the basin, she felt sleepy and fell asleep on the chair...
"Finally I found an opportunity." Lan Jiuqing, dressed in black and with a silver face, walked in from the darkness, closed the door lightly, turned around and saw Feng Qingchen, whose clothes were torn open, revealing a large area of skin. His ears turned red.
"I never thought that I would become a pervert one day. However, now is not the time to think about these things. Saving people is the most important thing. If we delay any longer, Feng Qingchen will be dead."
Lan Jiuqing walked forward and sat beside Feng Qingchen. Looking at Feng Qingchen, whose face was flushed and whose breathing was rapid, he didn't know where to start for a moment...