"It's okay if you don't need to apply the acupuncture. Just prepare the medicine according to the prescription and give it to the emperor. He should wake up after noon."
She went to the side and wrote out another prescription, which she handed to Tachibana Chiyo.
After accepting her thanks, Tachibana Chiyo saw Su Ruojin and the others out of the courtyard and had a servant take them away.
Watching Su Ruojin and the others leave, Tachibana Chiyo's anxious expression disappeared. She then slowly tore the prescription in her hand to pieces and turned to go into the courtyard.
Before Su Ruojin and the others had even left the Imperial Palace, they saw a familiar person hurrying towards them.
Upon seeing the person approaching, Su Ruojin's expression hardened, and she quickened her pace to greet him. "Second Brother, what happened?"
The visitor was none other than Su Ziyang.
Su Ruojin knew that unless there was an emergency, her second brother should be on the large ship, not at the imperial palace.
"Xiao Jin, Mu Yao and Shen Yu are missing. The people on the ship said that the Mufu (a powerful government agency) came to take them away." Su Ziyang looked anxious, guessing that the people had been detained by the Mufu.
Without saying a word, Su Ruojin immediately turned around and returned to the front of the Emperor's house.
Chiyo Tachibana was puzzled to see Su Ruojin return. "Your Highness, is there something wrong with His Majesty's health?"
"Lady, my sister has been captured by Deyi Kangren. I wonder if Your Majesty can help me rescue her?"
Chiyo Tachibana was taken aback and fell silent for a moment.
Su Ruojin noticed Tachibana Chiyo's dilemma, "Never mind, I won't make things difficult for the Emperor."
After saying that, she turned to leave, but was stopped by Tachibana Chiyo. "Your Highness, I am very sorry, but His Majesty is not well and it is really not good to disturb his rest."
"Why don't I come with you? I know Chigen better than you do, and perhaps I can be of help."
Su Ruojin glanced at Tachibana Chiyo; the other woman's appearance didn't seem fake.
Although she was the emperor's concubine, a woman who could stay by the emperor's side for so long could not be an ordinary person.
Just like the chief eunuchs who serve the emperors of various countries in the Nine Provinces, who would dare to underestimate them?
"Then I'll trouble you, lady."
Soon the group rode their horses towards the sea.
The situation is still unclear; it's impossible that just a few of them went to storm the shogunate.
Otherwise, Mu Yao and Shen Yu might get into trouble before they even conquered the shogunate, and she didn't dare take that risk.
Now that they have escaped from the shogunate, Tokugi Yasuhito will definitely take Mu Yao and the others hostage, so Mu Yao and Shen Yu will be safe for the time being.
After Su Ruojin and the others left the Imperial Palace, Izumi Masako, carrying a food box, came to the Imperial Household Department, but was stopped by someone.
"At the Imperial Palace, the Emperor is still asleep."
"May I go in and see him?" Izumi Masako's eyes were full of worry; she had already heard about the Emperor's fainting.
This child has been in poor health since childhood. I haven't seen him for so many years, I wonder what his condition is now.
"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, His Majesty needs to rest. No one is allowed to disturb him."
Upon hearing this, Masako Izumi had no choice but to hand over the food box. "This is taiyaki I made for Your Majesty. Please pass it on to Your Majesty."
"Alright." The servant took the food box and placed it aside.
Masako Izumi glanced at the house; the door was tightly shut, and no sound came from inside. She could only sigh and leave.
Su Ruojin and the others returned to the large ship, where everyone gathered to discuss countermeasures.
Su Ziyang took out a topographical map that he had hastily drawn up after surveying the area in the shogunate the night before, for reference.
Chiyo Tachibana glanced at the topographical map and frowned.
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