"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."
At four quarters past noon, Su Mutianjun, who had not attended the morning court for a long time, finally walked out of the Golden Palace. Qin Shuyao hurried forward upon seeing him.
Hearing Qin Shuyao's cry, Su Mutianjun looked at his wife, whose face was getting older and older, with displeasure. His sharp eyes were filled with undisguised disgust.
"Empress, as the mother of our Zhaoyang Nation, your every word and action represents the majesty of the royal family. Yet, you behaved so unbecomingly in public. How can this be disgraceful?"
"Your Majesty, please forgive me! I really have something important to report to Your Majesty. I..." Qin Shuyao suppressed her anxiety and could only speak patiently.
However, before she could finish her words, Su Mutianjun interrupted her, "As the saying goes, 'A virtuous wife brings less trouble to her husband.' The Queen, as my first wife, not only does she not care about or understand my physical condition from working day and night for state affairs, but she also bothers me with such a noisy nagging. She is truly becoming increasingly ignorant."
Su Mutianjun glanced at Qinshu leisurely, his tone sharp, "I got up early this morning to discuss state affairs with the ministers. I just left court and haven't had breakfast yet. I'm exhausted. Queen, is this the proper behavior a wife should have towards her husband?"
"If the Queen still cannot recognize her own identity and abide by the rules of a wife, then don't blame me for replacing her with a more dignified and decent Queen!"
After saying that, Su Mutianjun didn't bother to look at Qin Shuyao's middle-aged face, and immediately turned around and left. Qin Shuyao saw this, she could only suppress the sadness in her heart and followed closely behind.
"Your Majesty, I know I was wrong. But I really have something important to report."
Recently, the Imperial Preceptor, Ran Qiyue, had brought another batch of beauties from various regions to the Emperor's palace. Su Mutianjun, hurrying back to his chambers to embrace the beauties, walked relentlessly, not even bothering to glance at Qin Shuyao. "What important business can you have, Queen? It's nothing more than the trivial matters of the harem."
"Your Majesty..." Qin Shuyao wanted to continue speaking, but Su Mutianjun had already walked into the bedroom.
Before Su Mutianjun could take a seat in the hall, the palace servants quickly presented him with a breakfast carefully prepared by the imperial kitchen.
Qin Shuyao looked at Su Mutianjun, who was washing his hands while gazing lustfully at the breasts of the palace maid holding the basin of water. However, she suppressed her sadness and said tearfully, "Your Majesty, Han'er...he suddenly fell ill!"
Su Mutianjun snorted indifferently upon hearing this, "Crown Prince? What's wrong with the Crown Prince? If he's sick, just call the imperial physician to see him. I don't know any medicine. Queen, instead of wasting time on arguing with me, you might as well send someone to the Imperial Hospital."
"Your Majesty!" Qin Shuyao knelt down before Su Mutianjun. "I have summoned all the doctors from the Imperial Hospital to the Eastern Palace, but they all said that there is nothing wrong with the Crown Prince's health..."
Su Mutianjun interrupted impatiently, "Isn't it just right that he's not sick? Are you really hoping that the prince will get sick?"
"Your Majesty, you should go to the Eastern Palace to see the Crown Prince in person. He...he seems to have become idiotic..." Qin Shuyao knew very well that the Emperor despised her, so she could only swallow her tears and express her guess.
Su Mutianjun, who wanted to scold Qin Shuyao again, was slightly stunned when he heard the words. His mind immediately recalled the suggestion made by the National Master Ran Qiyue last night.
That is to sacrifice the soul of Crown Prince Su Mulihan to the Demon Lord, and let the Demon Lord take the souls of the two unborn children in the belly of Princess Zhengjun of Laifeng Kingdom, so as to eliminate the hidden dangers that threaten his throne and country.
So, the demon king mentioned by the national teacher has already taken action?
With this in mind, Su Mutianjun abandoned breakfast and rushed directly to the Eastern Palace. His haste made Qin Shuyao, still immersed in grief, believe that the Emperor still held a deep affection for the Crown Prince. She, who had been distressed by Su Mutianjun's harsh attitude towards her, also felt relieved.
Soon, Su Mutianjun arrived at the East Palace and saw Su Mulihan sitting in the garden in the front yard like a child, playing with mud, reciting nursery rhymes, and occasionally throwing the mud in his hands at eunuchs or palace maids, and then laughing to himself.
Su Mutianjun tried to communicate with his eldest son, but found that the prince was mentally confused, with a dull look in his eyes, and he didn't even recognize him as his biological father.
Su Mutianjun's expression immediately turned serious. He realized that it was probably just as the Imperial Master had said, that the prince's soul had been taken away by the Demon Lord. He also understood that the prince was completely ruined.
Just as Su Mutianjun was pondering which illegitimate prince to choose as the new crown prince, Qin Shuyao, seeing him in a daze, thought he was too heartbroken to accept it, so she said, "Your Majesty, I heard that the miracle doctor in Xuanyi Valley is so skilled that he can revive the dead. Could you please send someone to invite him to treat Han'er?"
"Empress, no one has ever known where Xuanyi Valley is. Only doctors who receive invitations from the Valley's two envoys, 'Miraculous Hands' and 'Rejuvenation', every three years are eligible to visit and study in Xuanyi Valley. Where should I...go to find a miraculous doctor for you?"
Su Mutianjun's words were cold and indifferent, like sharp blades stabbing Qin Shuyao's heart. She couldn't believe it. Was this still the man she had always admired, the man who had been so gentle and considerate to her? Even to his own son, he could be so cold and heartless? He wouldn't even try, just rejected her outright?
"Your Majesty..." Qin Shuyao said unwillingly, "Since the imperial doctors are helpless, could you please ask the Imperial Preceptor to come to the palace? Let him take a look at Han'er and see if there's some evil spirit causing this..."
Facing Qin Shuyao's sad and lonely eyes, Su Mutianjun thought that he also had something to ask Ran Qiyue, so he nodded: "Permission granted!"
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