Chapter 206: Like Arranging Funeral Affairs
The emperor used to be somewhat indecisive and would consider many things before doing anything.
But today he dealt with the Second Prince so efficiently that it gave Wei Qingyan the feeling that he was arranging his affairs after his death.
This feeling made Wei Qingyan feel very depressed.
She attributed this dullness to her own powerlessness. She didn't know what was wrong with the emperor's body, whether he would faint next time, and if so, whether he could be saved with her and Shi Yu's blood.
Mother has just decided to stay with the emperor. If the emperor is gone, mother will be sad. Wei Qingyan doesn't want to see mother sad.
Wei Qingyan also didn't want anything to happen to the emperor. There were only three adult princes. The deposed crown prince and the second prince were not suitable candidates. The third prince was a smiling tiger and was not a good person either.
The Wei Dynasty still needs an emperor, so she has to think of a way.
Shi Yu noticed that she was in a bad mood, walked to her side, and took her hand under the cover of his wide sleeves, "Let's go, let's go see the emperor."
They had just used their blood to wake the emperor up, and the emperor must want to know the truth.
But when they followed the emperor to the imperial study, the emperor did not ask anything. He ordered Feng Ruobao to find out who was Concubine Ning's spy, and then asked them to leave the imperial study.
Because he was preoccupied, Wei Qingyan didn't go shopping with Shi Yu anymore and went straight back to Anyuan Marquis Mansion.
Not long after, the palace sent various fine silk head ornaments and ten bottles of jade face cream.
Yuyan Cream is an excellent scar removal medicine and a palace secret recipe. Due to the preciousness of the ingredients, the Imperial Hospital can only prepare ten bottles a year at most, making it extremely rare.
When she made a contribution, the emperor rewarded her with a bottle of jade cream, which she gave to Madam Wei. Because of this, Madam Wei rarely praised her as a good child.
Because the Jade Face Cream could not be bought with silver, but now the emperor sent her ten bottles, probably giving her all the cream prepared this year.
Why?
Why did the emperor send scar-removing ointment?
Wei Qingyan thought about it for a moment and vaguely understood that his mother must have said something in front of the emperor, and the emperor felt guilty and probably wanted to make amends.
It’s a pity that no matter how good the ointment is, it can’t remove the scars on her body. Wei Qingyan asked Wu Qiu to give a bottle to Xiaoxiao, Yan Lan and Wei Shiran respectively.
Women are good-looking, but they are bound to have some bumps in the road, so it is better to be prepared.
She put the rest into the cabinet. The emperor was willing to treat her well, and she appreciated it.
Just thinking about the emperor's health, her brows furrowed again. She closed her eyes and recalled the contents of the fat monk's note, trying to find some ideas.
This thought seemed to make him enter a state of meditation, and when night fell, Wei Qingyan slowly opened his eyes.
For the next three days, she ate a vegetarian diet and abstained from meat. Every night, after bathing and burning incense, she drew ancient symbols with her blood.
The notes record that this ancient talisman can ward off evil and solidify souls, but the person drawing the talisman must be completely sincere and must concentrate all their mental energy to pray for the person being protected in order to complete the drawing.
Knowing the emperor's situation and considering things from the emperor's perspective, Wei Qingyan actually no longer hated the emperor, but he still couldn't be completely free of resentment.
Therefore, the ancient symbol was finally drawn on the third night. That night, she went to the palace and gave it to Lan Shu, asking her to pass it on to the emperor to wear.
Lan Shu had not left the palace for the past few days because she was worried about the emperor. Seeing Wei Qingyan's face was a little pale, she touched her daughter's face and asked, "Are you feeling unwell?"
Wei Qingyan didn't dare let Lan Shu know that she had lost a lot of blood in the past few days drawing talismans, which made her feel distressed, so he just passed it over vaguely.
Although the emperor might have guessed that Wei Qingyan knew something about the mystical arts, he did not ask, and Lan Shu would not bring it up on her own initiative. She only said that the talisman was a peace amulet given to him by Wei Qingyan.
When the emperor heard that it was sent by Wei Qingyan, he was very happy and carefully put it in his arms. Then he urged Feng Ruobao to take inventory of his private treasury as soon as possible, as he wanted to prepare a dowry for his daughter.
After Feng Ruobao left, he took out the ancient talisman again, took a look at it, and said to Lan Shu, "You are right, this child is very kind and can't stand others being nice to her.
I was such a jerk before, and now I'm just a little nice to her, and she's thinking about me..."
Lan Shu felt a little strange looking at the emperor who was so talkative, but she also felt that perhaps this was the real him.
If he were not an emperor but just an ordinary father, he would probably be a good father.
After waking up from fainting that day, he did not ask any more questions about his daughter. He just found an excuse to reward Du Xueyi and carried more than twenty boxes to the Du Mansion.
It is filled with priceless treasures.
The Anyuan Marquisate was not wealthy and could not afford any good dowry. The emperor knew very well that with Du Xueyi's love for his daughter, he would definitely give the rewards he brought to the Anyuan Marquisate as a dowry for Qingyan.
The emperor's chattering stopped at some point. Seeing Lan Shu's absent-minded look, he assumed she was just missing her daughter, so he said, "I should be fine now. You can go back and spend time with the child on New Year's Eve."
Lan Shu was pulled back to her thoughts and was silent for a moment. "We'll see when the time comes."
Although the emperor had not been in a coma these days, she could see that his spirit was obviously not as good as before. Even if she stayed, she could not help at all, but at least she could discover his condition as soon as possible and then go find Qingyan.
The emperor secretly hoped that Lan Shu could be by his side on New Year's Eve, so he said no more and buried his head in the pile of memorials to continue handling official business.
In the blink of an eye, it was New Year's Eve.
In previous years, there would be a palace banquet on New Year's Eve. This year, the emperor canceled the banquet because the empress dowager was unwell and the emperor was worried about her health. He asked everyone to celebrate the New Year in their own residences.
Although this reason is a bit far-fetched, all the civil and military officials are still happy to be able to spend time with their families at home and have a warm reunion dinner.
This was especially true for Shi Yu, who arrived at Anyuan Hou Mansion early with food and fireworks.
Yan Lan and Cui Yingying were also called by Wei Qingyan to celebrate the New Year together. Du Xueyi missed Wei Qingyan's barbecue skills in the army, so he took the opportunity to make a request during the New Year.
Wei Qingyan had always been good at grilling meat, and after following the fat monk, he improved a lot under his picky taste. Soon, the air above Anyuan Hou Mansion was filled with the fragrance.
Old Monk Wangchen, who had stayed in the courtyard ever since he moved into Marquis Anyuan's Mansion, finally stepped out of the courtyard.
When Shi Yu came to Anyuan Hou's Mansion, Xiao Zhian naturally had to follow him. He was the only prince in the Fengzhao royal family, and he didn't have many playmates. He had been following Lin Lanting since he was a child.
When she arrived at Prince Rong's Mansion, she was polite to Shi Yu at first. But after spending two days together, she found that Shi Yu was just like Lin Lanting, both of them were cold on the surface but were actually very easy to get along with. Then she started to treat Shi Yu as the second Lin Lanting.
As long as Shi Yu did not go into the palace, he would almost always follow him, because he found that Prince Rong of Wei was more approachable to him than his nosy uncle.
Shi Yu didn't like a man being so clingy with him, but this was his own brother, and he came to a foreign country just to find him, so he could only endure it.
There was only one thing he couldn't stand, that was Xiao Zhian always liked to get close to Wei Qingyan, just like now, Wei Qingyan was roasting a whole lamb, and Xiao Zhian was jumping up and down beside him with an oil brush.
He stepped forward and took the oil brush from Xiao Zhian's hand, pointing to Xiaoxiao who was also clinging to Wei Qingyan, "Take the kids to set off some fireworks."
Jingzhe knew what his master was thinking, so he quickly pulled the two of them to get the fireworks.
Xiao Zhian was a child at heart, so he just wanted to play and happily followed along.
Monk Wangchen, who was standing nearby, took a sip of his wine and said, "Ouch! The vinegar has made my wine sour."
Shi Yu knew that he was making fun of him, so he just said to Wei Qingyan, "The mansion has received another batch of good wine."
Upon hearing this, Wang Chen quickly changed his tone, "I think that little brat is too shortsighted. Look at you two, a talented man and a beautiful woman, made for each other, what a perfect match..."
Wei Qingyan listened to Wang Chen's nonsense for Shi Yu's wine, and couldn't help but think of the fat monk again. He wondered where he was now.
Thinking of this, he subconsciously looked out the gate and saw a man coming in, looking exhausted...
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