The sound of Granny Ling wetting the towel seemed to be amplified infinitely, Gu Lin's Adam's apple bobbed up and down, and his hidden eyes were filled with scarlet.
Jiang Yu seemed somewhat unsatisfied with the previous touch and tried to look up again, but Gu Lin dodged her.
Their breaths mingled, and Gu Lin's entire body was as tense as a string.
"It's so hot..." Jiang Yu's lips were dry, and her hands were pressed down again, causing her to groan in discomfort.
Granny Ling worked very quickly to wipe Jiang Yu's body, but she still couldn't alleviate Jiang Yu's pain.
In the short time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Jiang Yu's eyes turned very red, and even her slender finger joints turned pink.
On the other side.
Just as Gu Heng was about to get up and walk toward Jiang Yu's tent, a little eunuch ran over, sweating profusely, completely disregarding etiquette.
"Your Majesty, something terrible has happened! The Hall of Longevity is on fire!"
The little eunuch knelt down with a thud, and Gu Heng, who was somewhat drunk, didn't react at first.
"The Hall of Longevity is on fire?" Gu Heng sobered up considerably after realizing the seriousness of the situation. "What are the guards in the palace doing? Prepare to return to the palace!"
When the Hall of Longevity caught fire, he was afraid that his ancestors would appear in his dreams at night and curse him mercilessly.
"Your Majesty, you must not," Deng Yu said, forcing himself to speak. "If it is a natural disaster, Your Majesty will not stop you from returning to the palace. But if it is a man-made disaster, Your Majesty, the palace is not safe at the moment."
Gu Heng's expression hardened upon hearing this; Deng Yu's words made sense.
So he turned and went back to his own tent.
Gu Qingling and Gu Qingyan had obviously heard the news and came to Gu Heng's place without delay.
"Didn't Yan'er just escort the Empress back to her camp?"
Gu Heng suddenly thought of Jiang Yu at this moment, and the veins on his forehead throbbed violently. Seeing that some officials had already gathered outside the tent, Gu Heng was so anxious that blisters appeared on the corners of his mouth.
"The Empress Dowager is not feeling well, and the nanny said she has gone to rest." Gu Qingyan smirked, his eyes filled with mockery.
Seeing that Gu Heng was anxious and agitated, Cen Hai quietly left the tent.
Under the cover of night, Cen Hai's apprentice crept up furtively.
"Is there any movement at the Empress's place?" Cen Hai was also a little flustered. It was supposed to be a near-perfect night, but then the Changsheng Palace caught fire.
"Master, Wanji has secretly transported a lot of ice and is heading towards the hunting grounds."
Upon hearing this, Cen Hai breathed a sigh of relief. "Don't stop them. Make sure the ice is delivered to the Empress's tent as soon as possible."
Fortunately, Wanji, that bastard, was clever enough to save the lives of everyone in Zhaoning Palace.
......
Inside the tent, ice blocks were placed around the bed. Jiang Yu was only wearing her undergarments, and Gu Lin could clearly hear the sound of her teeth chattering.
Jiang Yu had completely lost consciousness. Her body was burning hot, but her skin was shivering with cold.
"Mr. Huo, if this continues, I'm afraid the Empress won't be able to hold on."
Ling Mama's voice was trembling with sobs as she watched helplessly as Jiang Yu's face went from flushed to deathly pale.
A few breaths later, the restraining motion turned into a tight grip, and Gu Lin grasped Jiang Yu's hand.
Surrounded by icy blocks radiating coldness, Gu Lin silently wiped Jiang Yu's hand, the romantic thoughts in his mind long gone, replaced by a dull ache in his heart.
Ah Yu, don't be afraid.
Granny Ling turned around abruptly. Why did she see an almost obsessive devotion in Mr. Huo?
A delicate balance was formed inside the tent. Behind Granny Ling, two people who had both suffered greatly clasped their hands together, and a barely perceptible warmth flowed between them.
It wasn't until sunrise the next day that all the ice that had been brought in melted completely.
Jiang Yu's breathing had become steady, but Gu Lin's eyebrows were still covered with tiny icicles. The moment he stood up, Gu Lin almost lost his strength and fell to the ground.
"Mr. Huo!" Granny Ling seemed to have seen something, and her expression changed drastically.
"Your Majesty has caught a chill and will likely need several days to recover," Gu Lin said in a very weak voice. "If Your Majesty wakes up and asks about me, just say that I have urgent business at home and need to return to Heng County for a while."
The bluish-black color had spread to the back of his hand, forming a vibrant flower.
The familiar pain began to spread from his limbs and bones. Gu Lin bit his tongue to keep himself awake. In the end, his reluctance overcame his reason. Gu Heng bent down and placed the jade pendant at his waist next to Jiang Yu's pillow. "Before I leave, this jade pendant should be returned to its rightful owner."
"My lord!"
Dragging his last bit of strength, Gu Lin left the hunting grounds, already coughing up blood.
"Ling Shan, remember my words, you must not leave Daqing, the capital. You must protect... protect them, mother and child." Gu Lin said intermittently.
How could he just stand by and do nothing while Ah Yu lay in such pain before him?
Gu Lin used his internal energy to protect Jiang Yu for an entire night.
"Linghai, convey my order: all soldiers must launch an attack as quickly as possible... first, attack Hengxian."
He needs to create chaos in Daqing so that his wife and children will have more opportunities.
"We must be very careful of the Di Kingdom; once..."
Before he could finish speaking, Gu Lin collapsed completely.
"Mei Chu, quickly take a look at the master." Both Ling Shan and Ling Hai, two burly men, had bloodshot eyes. Ling Hai couldn't help but kick the wall hard. "Damn Gu Heng, I'll go kill him right now!"
"Come back!" Ling Shan was clearly more rational than Ling Hai. "Do you think the Imperial Guard, which has been a tradition in Daqing for hundreds of years, is just for show?"
To assassinate an emperor, one must plan meticulously.
Mei Chu's brows were furrowed so deeply they could trap a fly; the poison spread to the back of his hand, and he was helpless.
"Should we take the Master up to Mount Ling again?"
"No!" Mei Chu sighed. "The cold air this time has fully activated the poison. If we go to Mount Ling again, I'm afraid we won't even find the master before the lord..."
"The only thing we can do now is to keep him alive with medicine and see if we can invite the master down the mountain."
......
When Jiang Yu woke up, it was already the third day.
The fire at the Hall of Longevity was exaggerated to an extreme degree, and rumors inexplicably spread in the capital that the current emperor was immoral and that Heaven had punished him for it.
"Was there something wrong with the wine Cen Hai poured for me that night?"
Jiang Yu looked at Ling Mama, her eyes filled with indifference, "How was my poison cured?"
“Wanji secretly brought a lot of ice. I surrounded the bed with ice so Your Highness could stay there all night.”
Jiang Yu did not respond to Ling Mama's answer, but instead lowered her head and clutched the jade pendant beside her pillow.
After an unknown amount of time, Jiang Yu's somewhat hollow voice rang out:
Where is Huo Xiang?
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