Li Qishang hadn't expected his elder brother to come to the Cold Palace, so he quickly stood up from the table and weakly called out, "Royal brother."
Li Qiji glanced at his younger brother and said with some surprise, "What are you doing here? Didn't you have some business to attend to at the palace?"
"Oh, I came over after I finished dealing with that. I originally came to see Yue'er..."
Li Qishang suddenly realized he had said the wrong thing, so he quickly raised his hand to cover his mouth and looked in Li Qiji's direction, saying somewhat awkwardly, "I came to see my sister-in-law to discuss matters related to opening a shop."
When Li Qiji heard his younger brother call his woman Yue'er so affectionately, he felt a strange displeasure, and even a sense of unease, on his handsome face.
But when he heard him call her "sister-in-law" again, the joy in his heart rose again. He walked to Guan Zhiyue's bedside. Just as Physician Han was about to kneel down to pay his respects, Li Qiji raised his hand to stop him.
"How is the Empress now?"
Everyone knows that on the day of the Emperor and Empress's wedding, the Empress was banished to this Cold Palace. Since then, no one has mentioned the Empress again. Everyone knows that the Empress was not favored as soon as she entered the palace. In fact, the Emperor never came to see the Empress when she had a fever for a short time. Now, however, he has come here in a hurry and even had his guards personally run to the Imperial Hospital to carry her to this Cold Palace.
"Your Majesty, Her Majesty is currently very weak and needs..."
What do you need?
Physician Han said somewhat reluctantly, "We need ginseng soup to nourish ourselves."
Upon hearing this, Li Qiji remained silent, his face expressionless, his eyes fixed on Guan Zhiyue's flushed face on the bed, lost in thought.
The kneeling physician, Han, was somewhat at a loss. It seemed like an eternity had passed before Li Qiji finally spoke calmly, "Then nourish her daily until she recovers!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Physician Han then got up from the ground, examined Guan Zhiyue again, and left when he found that there was nothing seriously wrong.
"Your Majesty, I will immediately prepare the medicine to lower your fever."
"Hmm!" Li Qiji responded softly.
Seeing his elder brother like this, Li Qishang awkwardly craned his neck to look at Guan Zhiyue lying on the bed, then looked at his elder brother again, not knowing what to say. He walked awkwardly to the corridor by the door and lay down on Guan Zhiyue's rocking chair.
Seeing that no one was in the room, Li Qiji walked to Guan Zhiyue's bedside and sat down gently beside her. Looking at Guan Zhiyue's flushed face, he actually personally changed her cold water towel.
"See? You won't listen to good advice, will you? I told you to change your clothes before coming back last night, but you wouldn't listen. Now look what happened! You're suffering now, aren't you?" Li Qiji muttered to himself as Guan Zhiyue lay on the bed.
Although Guan Zhiyue couldn't open her eyes, she could still hear sounds. Just thinking about last night made her blood boil. Was that something she could touch, and for free? She never imagined that the emperor's body was so good.
When Li Qiji saw the woman's face on the bed, which seemed even redder than before, he was somewhat at a loss.
"The imperial physician..."
Upon hearing the shouts, Physician Han hurriedly dropped his palm-leaf fan and ran towards the source of the sound.
"Your Majesty, what has happened?"
Li Qiji quickly stood up from the bedside and told the imperial physician to take Guan Zhiyue's pulse immediately.
"Your Majesty, it seems to be even more serious than before." Li Qiji's voice trembled slightly.
Imperial Physician Han quickly took Guan Zhiyue's pulse, took a deep breath, and said, "Your Majesty, Her Highness's fever has subsided considerably. There is no need to worry. I will go and prepare the medicine."
Upon hearing the imperial physician's words, Li Qiji breathed a slight sigh of relief and relaxed, waving his hand to indicate that he could leave.
"It's alright, it's alright."
Guan Zhiyue, who was lying on the bed at this moment, really wanted to get up and beat this arrogant guy up. He had scared her to death with his sudden outbursts.
Li Qiji didn't say anything more, and mechanically changed Guan Zhiyue's towel until the imperial physician came in from outside with the medicine.
"Your Majesty, shall I go and fetch someone to give the Empress her medicine?"
Li Qiji looked at Guan Zhiyue on the bed and said calmly, "Give it to me!"
The imperial physician seemed somewhat reluctant and unsure of what to do.
"Give it to me!" Li Qiji snapped unhappily.
The imperial physician quickly handed over the bowl of medicine, saying, "Be careful, it's hot."
When Li Qiji first touched the bowl, it was indeed a bit hot, but his calloused hands quickly got used to it.
He looked down at the dark, murky medicine in the bowl, and its bitter taste that made him want to vomit.
Why is this medicine so bitter?
Physician Han quickly clasped his hands in a salute and said, "These are all good medicines for reducing fever, so naturally they are much more bitter than other medicines."
Li Qiji didn't say anything more, and continued to stir the medicine in the bowl. After a while, when the imperial physician saw that Li Qiji had not yet fed Guan Zhiyue the medicine, he said somewhat anxiously, "Your Majesty, the Empress is still feverish. Please feed her the medicine quickly."
Then he thought that perhaps the emperor had never given medicine to anyone before and didn't know how to do it!
"Your Majesty, please scoop a small spoonful and feed it directly to the Empress." Imperial Physician Han looked at Li Qiji, who was still stirring the medicine.
Li Qiji glanced at him coldly and said with some displeasure, "Too hot."
Imperial Physician Han: "..."
"Get out." Li Qiji looked at the Imperial Physician Han standing to the side, somewhat displeased. How could someone so hot from the medicine dare to feed it to Yue'er?
Li Qiji was startled by his own thoughts. What was wrong with him?
He then shook his head, gently scooped a small spoonful from the bowl, blew on it lightly to cool it down, and then fed it to Guan Zhiyue's lips. Perhaps because Guan Zhiyue was unconscious and unable to open her mouth, or perhaps because she smelled the extremely bitter medicine, she refused to open her mouth no matter what.
Li Qiji frowned in displeasure when he saw that he couldn't get the medicine to go down.
Thinking to himself, "What should I do? If she can't take the medicine, the fever will definitely not come down." After thinking for a moment, he tilted his head back and drank all the medicine in his hand. He then bent down and leaned over to look at Guan Zhiyue, who was lying motionless on the bed.
Li Qishang wanted to check on Guan Zhiyue, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw his older brother kissing Guan Zhiyue who was lying on the bed.
He stood frozen at the doorway, as if struck by lightning, unsure whether to retreat or enter. Bilian came over with a basin of cold water, and just as she was about to say something, she saw the Emperor still gently kissing Guan Zhiyue.
Her hand holding the basin of water staggered and almost dropped it. She quickly steadied the basin and quietly retreated, not forgetting to tug at the petrified Li Qishang before leaving.
Guan Zhiyue felt as if something was covering her lips, and soon a bitter taste filled her mouth. She moved her tongue, trying to push the bitter medicine away, but Li Qiji did not give her the chance, thus deepening the kiss as he fed her the medicine.
After feeding Guan Zhiyue all the medicine he was holding into her mouth, Li Qiji pulled away from her lips and looked at her lips, which were now slightly red from his kiss.
Li Qiji swallowed hard; the bitter taste in his mouth jolted him awake. He glanced at Guan Zhiyue on the bed, blinked somewhat helplessly, then got up and left without a word...
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