Chapter 217 Who do you plan to choose as the Crown Princess?
Mo Hua is one of the palace maids who has followed Luo Qinghan the longest. She is two years older than Luo Qinghan and just turned twenty this year. She has delicate features and a tall figure.
She is neither like Huixiang who likes to meddle in other people's affairs, nor like Sizhu who only wants to climb up the social ladder.
She strictly adheres to the principle of saying less and doing more, and is a very competent palace maid.
Xiao Xixi didn't have any special impression of this senior palace maid, but Baoqin was closer to her, and the two often studied cooking and needlework together.
The next day, the emperor and Queen Qin came to the Linde Hall in person.
The two men did not have an appointment. They came from different directions, but they happened to meet at the door of Linde Hall.
Queen Qin's expression remained calm: "Your Highness, I pay my respects to you."
There were many imperial doctors watching around, and in order to save face, the emperor's attitude was much gentler than in private.
"You don't have to be so polite, Queen. Why are you here too?"
Queen Qin: "The prince's illness has not been getting better. I am worried, so I came to see him."
Emperor: "I feel the same way. Thinking that the Crown Prince's illness has dragged on for half a month and he still hasn't recovered, I am really worried."
The emperor and the empress chatted for a few minutes as if no one was around, and then went into the bedroom hand in hand.
The prince dragged his sick body out of bed and bowed respectfully.
"Your son pays respects to your father, the emperor, and your mother, the queen."
The emperor said gently, "You are still sick, don't move, go back to bed and lie down."
Two young eunuchs came forward and helped the prince lie down.
The emperor first expressed his condolences to the prince, then called the imperial doctors to inquire about the prince's condition.
The imperial doctors said a lot of things, but to sum it up:
"The prince has caught a cold. Judging from the symptoms, the condition is not serious and should not be difficult to treat. But for some reason, he has not gotten better."
After hearing this, the emperor looked unhappy: "If it is not difficult to treat, why hasn't it improved after so long? You are a bunch of quacks!"
The imperial doctors were terrified and knelt down to apologize.
It was impossible for the emperor to drag all these imperial doctors out and behead them, so he could only fine them one month's salary, not too severely, and then drive out all these annoying guys.
The emperor sighed, "Tomorrow is the banquet for all the beauties, but you are still sick, what should we do?"
Luo Qinghan said weakly: "It's just a cold. I'll wear more clothes tomorrow and I can still go out."
"Well, actually I shouldn't force you like this, but the invitation for tomorrow's banquet has already been sent out, and the princes and nobles in the capital have also received the news. It's really not good to postpone it any further, so I can only inconvenience you for the time being."
"Father, please don't say that. It's my poor health that's to blame."
The emperor was pleased with the prince's good behavior and comforted him.
Queen Qin looked at the father and son talking coldly, with no change in expression on her indifferent face.
It was not until the emperor left that Queen Qin spoke calmly.
"What is wrong with you?"
Luo Qinghan: "I don't know either."
Queen Qin always felt that his illness was too strange, but she couldn't find any evidence, so she didn't want to dwell on it.
She waved her hand to dismiss all the palace maids and eunuchs.
When they were the only two left in the bedroom, Queen Qin asked seriously.
"Who do you plan to choose as the Crown Princess at the banquet tomorrow?"
Luo Qinghan lowered his eyes and said, "I will follow the arrangements of my father, the emperor and my mother."
"But the candidate for the Crown Princess that the Emperor and I prefer are different."
Luo Qinghan stopped talking.
(End of this chapter)
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