Chapter 335: Death
Chu Linglong's father received a reward after he went back to Yingzhou to suppress bandits. Later, there was an incident where her brother raped a commoner girl. Although it was later found out that nothing happened, Chu Linglong's father was riding a horse when he heard the news. When he got off the horse after hearing the news, he was not careful and fell off the horse. He was also extremely unlucky and hit the back of his head and fainted on the spot.
Someone nearby immediately called for medical treatment for him. He woke up and seemed to be doing fine, but he had a headache.
This disease caused Mr. Chu's father to suffer from frequent headaches and to have trouble sleeping at night. In recent months, the symptoms had become more severe. No doctor could do anything about it. Even the imperial physician was consulted. The imperial physician's diagnosis was that the fall had caused a blood clot in Mr. Chu's brain, and the blood clot had not dissolved. If it continued for a long time, his life would be in danger.
Chu Linglong was in the palace, and her brother didn't want her to worry in the palace, so he didn't inform her. Now that the letter has reached Chu Linglong's hands, it means that her father's condition is really not optimistic.
This happened so unexpectedly that Chu Linglong could not have imagined it at all. She thought that incident was over at that time, but now there is such an episode.
I panicked for a moment: "I want to see my father."
"You can't be a noble lady." Ming Su saw Chu Linglong suddenly stand up with her belly bulging and hurriedly supported her: "According to the rules, only concubines are eligible to visit their parents."
Moreover, even if she was a concubine, it was not easy to leave the palace. It is said that once you enter the palace, it is like entering a deep sea. It is indeed so. After a woman enters the palace, she is no longer a daughter of her family, but a royal wife. Many of them will never see their parents in their entire lives. If they are lucky, the emperor may be willing to take them on tours, so they can go out. Otherwise, some will be buried in the palace for their entire lives.
Naturally, Chu Linglong is of such status that she cannot leave the palace, not to mention that she is now pregnant with the royal heir. If she leaves the palace, who can guarantee that nothing unexpected will happen to the royal heir?
"I'll go and ask the Emperor for help."
"My noble lady..." Ming Su felt very uncomfortable when he saw Chu Linglong's appearance. If he didn't let my noble lady go, he was afraid that she would feel unhappy.
Chu Linglong thought about it and asked Ming Su to arrange a sedan chair.
Xuanyuan Ling actually knew this too. The minister was dying, and was going to submit a memorial to the emperor. The memorial only said that Chu's father was seriously ill. Xuanyuan Ling thought that Chu Linglong was pregnant, so it was not necessary to keep this from her. He would have to reward her and comfort her by then.
As he was thinking this, Chu Linglong came to the imperial study.
Xuanyuan Ling knew that she had probably heard the news as well, and she came to ask for help just to see her father.
It's not that he couldn't understand her desire to see her father. This time, he didn't think Chu Linglong was being unruly. It's just that since ancient times, concubines below the rank of imperial concubine were not allowed to even attend funerals. The rules of the palace did not even allow them to hold memorial services. He would not break these rules for Chu Linglong.
"Go and tell Concubine Yi that I know she misses her family very much. I will have people keep an eye on her father's affairs and send a royal doctor to try his best to treat him. Also, have the royal doctor feel Concubine Yi's pulse and send some rewards to comfort her. If she is really dead, order the funeral to be grand."
It was obvious that this person didn't want to see me anymore.
Zhao Hai responded: "Yes."
He went out and reported to Chu Linglong what Xuanyuan Ling had just said, but Chu Linglong wanted to kneel down.
Zhao Hai was shocked. This wouldn’t do.
He looked at her big belly and wondered what would happen if she got hurt from kneeling.
I didn't feel sorry for her at the moment. This noble lady Yi was indeed missing her family, but you can't be so stupid. The emperor was very sympathetic. Life and death are determined by fate. Can you go and see if the person can still be alive? Although I know that this is just a thought in my heart, after all, it's different after entering the palace. The palace has its own rules and there is nothing I can do about it.
Zhao Hai could only hurriedly shout: "Don't do that to Concubine Yi, be careful." He then called Ming Su beside her: "Help Concubine Yi up."
"Eunuch Zhao, Eunuch Zhao, I know this is against the rules and may not be accommodated. I just want to leave the palace to see my father. It doesn't count as a visit to my parents. I just want to go out quietly and don't let others know..."
According to the rules, she is naturally not allowed to go out, but in private, it depends on personal relationships. Chu Linglong doesn't know that Shen Qing has met Shen Zhizhuo and the like, but when she was touring with Xuanyuan Ling, it was not against the rules for Xuanyuan Ling to take Shen Qing out to play. So, since the emperor favors her, she can go out. In the final analysis, it's just a word from the emperor.
"This... Your Excellency, please wait here for a moment." What else could Zhao Hai do after hearing this? He couldn't afford to take responsibility if something went wrong, so he went in to report to Xuanyuan Ling.
Xuanyuan Ling frowned when he heard this. He thought that she was relying on the baby in her belly to accommodate him.
Last time, he asked her to enter the imperial study because he was worried about her having a child. Did he make her bolder? Did he think that he would agree as long as she asked? Did he ask her to leave the palace in private? Chu Linglong made such a request just because she was pregnant, and he didn't like it.
Xuanyuan Ling's tone was not good at this moment: "Ask her brother to come to the palace to meet her. There is no need to thank her. Let her go back to take care of the baby."
Well, the emperor is unhappy.
It's obvious that he's not happy with it.
Zhao Hai went out and told Chu Linglong: "The emperor has granted your brother the privilege of entering the palace to meet you. You don't need to thank him."
"This..." This was to shut her up so that she couldn't continue begging.
Chu Linglong felt extremely bitter in her heart. The emperor was always unwilling to let her leave the palace.
"I understand. Thank you, sir. Sorry for bothering me."
Ming Su stuffed a purse into Zhao Hai's pocket, but Zhao Hai didn't plan to take it. He didn't want to make others feel uneasy. Now that others were uneasy, he must be afraid that something might happen, right?
In the end, he still accepted it, but turned around and stuffed it into Xiao Xiazi's pocket. It was really embarrassing to ask for such money.
Chu Linglong knew there was no way out, so she turned around and started crying.
Ming Su felt bad seeing Chu Linglong crying like this, so she could only comfort her: "Don't cry, my dear. At least you can see your family now."
"Yeah, it's good to see my brother."
Chu Linglong thought so, but she didn't expect that on the day when Chu's brother entered the palace, Chu's father passed away.
10.3 The author has a cold and a fever. I wanted to write, but I can't. My eyes are sore and tears are flowing. My head hurts. I can't update today. Sorry, I'll take a rest.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com