"Thank you for your consideration, Your Majesty. I will go back and prepare now."
Concubine Li had a lot to say, but when she heard the emperor say he was going to Li Garden, she stopped talking.
When a man is in bed, he will agree to whatever you say to him, so she saved what she was going to say until night.
The emperor hasn't visited her Liyuan for more than a year. Now that she has used these soups and drinks to win his heart, her efforts have not been in vain.
"cough……"
Liu Xi, who was standing next to the emperor, raised his voice, and Concubine Li immediately frowned in displeasure. She knew that Liu Xi wanted to remind the emperor that it was not appropriate to get close to women now.
She wanted to scold him, but because the emperor was there, she quickly changed her tone.
"Your Majesty, I have long felt that you are in good health. I will go back and wait for you to come to Liyuan."
Leave early to avoid the emperor changing his mind.
After saying this, she glanced at Liu Xi with disdain, turned around, and walked out of the Yangxin Palace with her graceful figure.
Liu Xi said in a low voice with some concern:
"Your Majesty, you have just recovered. You must take it easy tonight."
The emperor drank another bowl of soup, wiped his mouth and waved his hands.
"I know that I saved my life from the brink of death. I won't be stupid."
Liu Xi took a look at the soup bowl and bowed and replied:
"Your Majesty is right. Please take a rest for a while. I will clean up this bowl."
"Tell them to clean up. Didn't I tell you not to do these chores?"
"I know Your Majesty loves me, but I can't just sit there doing nothing. By the way, I heard there's a new pastry shop in town. The plum blossom pastries there are especially delicious. I wanted to buy some for Your Majesty."
"You want to go out of the palace?"
The emperor raised his eyebrows and looked at him.
"Go ahead. I haven't been feeling well lately. You've been staying by my side the whole time and haven't had time to go out. Come back soon."
Liu Xi didn't expect that the emperor would speak to his heart. He nodded repeatedly with some embarrassment.
"Your Majesty understands my thoughts. I will ask someone outside to come in and serve you."
"No, I'll take a nap. You go ahead and just come back early."
"yes."
After Liu Xi bowed, he picked up the bowl on the table and walked quickly out of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.
The reason why he was in a hurry to go out was because he had long suspected that some unspeakable seasonings were added to the soup sent by Concubine Li.
Otherwise, why would the emperor, who was used to eating delicacies from land and sea, be so addicted to this soup?
Thinking of this, he put the bowl into his sleeve, held it carefully against his chest, and ran straight out of the palace.
It was afternoon now. According to the rules set by Princess Yu, she should be at home at this time, so he did not go to Huichun Hall, but went straight to Prince Yu's Mansion.
Leng Yu came back early today because Prince Yu's Mansion was looking for a martial arts teacher. In recent days, many people came to try out lessons. This was no small matter, so Leng Yu attached great importance to it. He always rushed home in the afternoon when he was not busy to give the children a look.
When seeing off the last person of the day, Luo Lan sighed helplessly.
"Some are good at martial arts but have bad character, some are good character but have bad martial arts, some are strong but have bad tempers, some are standard looking but a bit effeminate. I didn't think it was so difficult to find someone before, but now I realize that it is really difficult to find the right person to come to Prince Yu's Mansion."
Leng Yu picked up the tea that Ah Cai had just handed over, took a sip, and the moment he put it down, he said in a deep voice:
"This isn't a good way to proceed. It's a waste of our time. Why not choose a date to hold a competition and find someone who is proficient in both civil and military arts, and who has read the books of sages? He's bound to be a good person."
Luo Lan looked at him with interest.
"Isn't this... a bit too much of a fuss?"
"These past few days, the threshold of Prince Yu's Mansion has been nearly broken down. Instead of bothering to receive these scattered visitors every day, why not have a quick meeting? Let everyone decide based on their abilities, and those who are chosen will stay. This will save us the time of screening each person one by one."
Luo Lan pondered for a moment and nodded.
"What you said makes sense, my husband. I'll do as you say. The Mid-Autumn Festival is in three days, and we need to bring the children to the palace to pay our respects to our father. We need to make more preparations in the next few days, so let's wait until the end of August!"
"Okay, you set the date. Once it's set, have someone post the notice. Don't limit it to the capital, but also to nearby cities. I'll have someone notify the brothers of the Rebirth Hall. Anyone interested can come and participate."
"Okay, admitting the best is fair and just. Finding martial arts teachers for these children is no small matter. If the teacher has good character, the children will also benefit. This is not only related to their martial arts training, but also to their growth."
Leng Yu nodded in agreement.
"Well, the salary offered by our Prince Yu's Mansion is high, so it makes sense to carefully select them."
While the two of them were discussing this matter, Ah Gang came hurriedly to report,
"Prince, Princess, Eunuch Liu is here..."
Eunuch Liu?
Leng Yu and Luo Lan looked at each other in surprise, then stood up together and walked towards the door.
Liu Xi came alone, taking small steps and hurried over.
Leng Yu and Luo Lan both had a bad feeling about his sudden arrival.
When he was still some distance away, Leng Yu couldn't wait to ask:
"Eunuch Liu, why are you here? What happened?"
Liu Xi glanced at the servants around him, winked at Leng Yu and Luo Lan, and walked into the main hall without saying a word.
Luo Lan waved to Agang, and Agang called all the servants to retreat together.
Eunuch Liu looked so nervous that Leng Yu and Luo Lan also became nervous.
They guessed that something must have happened to the emperor.
Although the emperor had hurt Leng Yu before, he had been using Leng Yu very much in the past year, especially when An An was missing. He issued an order to offer a large reward. This made Leng Yu and Luo Lan feel that he had changed, and they cared more about him.
Especially now that Leng Yu is not ready to take over the throne, they are very worried about the emperor's health.
Liu Xi came to the main hall and saw that only Leng Yu and Luo Lan were left there, then he took out the bowl from his sleeve.
His actions made Leng Yu and Luo Lan look at him with puzzled eyes.
"Eunuch Liu, this..."
"Princess Yu, the soup in this bowl has just been drunk by the Emperor. He has been relying on this soup a lot lately. Please check if there is anything unusual in the soup."
Luo Lan looked at the used bowl and asked in confusion:
"Does this person who brought the soup make Eunuch Liu suspicious?"
"It's Concubine Li."
Concubine Li?
Luo Lan glanced at Leng Yu, then said to Liu Xi:
"Last time, because of that little pill incident, she was almost banished to the cold palace. Does she dare to do the same trick again this time?"
"I'm not sure. I'd better check it out first. Otherwise, the emperor drinks the soup she sends him every day, and I'm always worried that something might go wrong."
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