Chapter 42
That night, after everyone finished their meal, the emperor and the prince had a quarrel for some unknown reason, which ended with the prince falling to the ground. All the imperial doctors in the Imperial Medical Bureau immediately gathered in the Daming Palace to treat the prince.
Zhou Xuanqing sat outside the side hall with red eyes. Only when she saw all the imperial doctors shook their heads and left did she go back to the bedroom to rest.
The next day, the prince came to the court as usual, but fainted in the court. The emperor left the court early and quickly sent someone to send him to the East Palace.
Because of Zhou Erlan's illness, the emperor sent someone to find Jueming to take care of the prince day and night.
For a while, those who had stopped eating became active again. After the news came that the prince's illness had stabilized,
The concubine happily invited a group of officials' wives to go to Nanshan Temple to pray for blessings, and also brought along the upstart, Tang Mi, the apprentice of Master Jueming.
When the prince fell ill, Jueming arrived and announced that Tang Mi was his apprentice. All of a sudden, officials and businessmen who had sick people at home became active, hoping to establish a relationship with Tang Mi.
This trip to Nanshan Temple just gave these people an opportunity, and the prince just happened to recover from his illness, so it was time to do these things.
Even the three Xirong people who had stayed in the Great Zhou shook off the torture of the poison and revived with full health. Gena followed these ladies and headed to Nanshan Temple together.
She wanted to get close to the Concubine Dowager and seek an opportunity to enter the palace so that she could get close to Zhou Erlan.
Tang Mitang followed the concubine all the way to Nanshan Temple in a carriage. Looking at the group of gorgeous girls behind her, she sighed softly.
How did I suddenly become a noble lady and join the ranks of socialites?
The toffee glanced at Tang Mitang and felt contempt in her heart. Such a vulgar person will be vulgar no matter where he is taken!
If it wasn't for Jueming, why would she bring Tang Mi out?
The concubine put away the disdain in her eyes, turned around and looked at the people behind her with a smile, and said with a smile: "There is only one way to Nanshan Temple. It is sincere to walk into the temple step by step. Thank you all for following me into the temple."
"It's not hard. It's my honor to pray with the concubine." Gena said happily, took two steps forward and stood next to the concubine.
When the other noble ladies heard this, they quickly spoke and slowly followed the concubine's footsteps.
Only Tang Mitang walked at the back with a nonchalant look on her face. If Zhou Xuanqing had not gone to court, she would have found no reason to refuse and would have been lying on the bed long ago.
Looking at the two stone men in the middle of the mountain, Tang Mitang couldn't help but stop and look at them carefully.
These are the late emperor and empress who have always protected Zhou Xuanqing and Zhou Erlan.
Six years ago, Zhou Xuanqing originally wanted to press the stone statues on the top of the mountain, but he didn't expect that the stone statues could no longer be lifted up when they reached the middle of the mountain. Zhou Xuanqing waved his hand and placed the two stone statues here.
Tang Mitang thought of such great fatherly and motherly love, and also thought of her own parents, and could not help but kneel down and kowtow to the stone statue.
It is better to rely on yourself than to pray to gods. She did not want to know what was happening on the mountain. She just felt that after seeing the stone statues on the mountainside, she did not want to go up any further.
Of course, it was impossible to stop here. Before she could stand up, she was shouted at by the concubine.
"Tang Mi, what are you doing?" Toffee's voice came, and everyone looked at Tang Mi Tang.
Tang Mitang stood up slowly, patted her knees, and looked calm. Then she smiled and said, "I am paying my respects to the late emperor and empress. Without them, the Great Zhou would not be so glorious."
When the concubine heard this, her face turned pale. Not many people knew what happened in the palace back then, but everyone knew that she had a feud with the late queen. She had just walked past the mountainside and deliberately didn't look over there. Unexpectedly, when she turned around, she saw Tang Mitang kneeling down to her!
The late emperor would rather die with the late queen than escape with her. Others marveled at this touching love story, but as the second woman in the late queen's harem, the concubine never thought it was good!
If it weren't for the reason of praying to make the people feel her love for the emperor, she would never come here!
Toffee's smile was stiff.
After hearing Tang Mitang's words, Lu Zehua's mother, one of the ladies, knelt down in front of the stone statue and said, "The late emperor and empress fought tooth and nail to protect the emperor and the prince. Even thinking about it now, I'm deeply moved. May the late emperor and empress protect our Great Zhou and bring eternal peace!"
After hearing what Mrs. Lu said, the others also knelt down sincerely.
Actually, there was a path towards the statue for people to pay homage to the late emperor and empress. Unfortunately, Tang Mitang didn't know about it, and thus attracted a lot of hatred for herself.
The concubine knelt down reluctantly, muttered a few words in a pretentious manner, and was then helped to stand up by the palace maid.
Ever since the late emperor passed away, she had never performed a kneeling ceremony! Even when she saw Zhou Xuanqing, she only nodded! Today, she actually knelt again!
Tang Mi! Jueming has no use to her anyway, so why should she endure Tang Mi!
The toffee thought about it, pursed her lips and walked up step by step.
Gena noticed the change in Toffee's expression, and calculated it in her mind. She pretended to go forward to see the scenery, but stopped and distanced herself from Tang Mitang.
Tang Mitang was walking casually. When she saw Gena approaching her, she felt strange, but because there were so many people around, she did not react excessively.
Seeing her indifferent look, Gena thought of Zhou Xuanqing whom she had met at the dinner party. She raised her foot in displeasure, stepped on a small stone, and hit Tang Mitang's knee.
Tang Mitang was walking forward, and when she heard the pain in her knees, she knelt forward, hitting her knees on the steps. The pain made her cry.
"Oh, why are you so careless, Miss Tangmi?" Gena bent down and looked at Tangmi Tang with eyes full of heartache. She said she felt sorry for him, but her hands did not move.
The concubine turned around and saw Tang Mitang lying on the ground. She sneered and said amiably, "Did you fall? Get up quickly and see if you're seriously injured. Can you still walk?"
Hearing the voice, Tang Mitang stood up and looked at the concubine and said, "Nothing, I was just distracted and didn't pay attention to my feet. Thank you for your concern."
"That's good, let's keep going!" The toffee said, and started walking forward again.
Tang Mitang moved her hand away from her knee and saw a dark mark on her lotus-pink skirt. She knew that her knee was torn. She glanced at Gena who was already walking forward and realized that she had been tricked.
But she had no evidence, so who could speak for her? Tang Mitang thought, frowned, stood up, and limped upwards.
Mrs. Lu felt a little distressed when she saw her, and sent a maid to help her.
Tang Mitang thanked the maid gratefully, then smiled gratefully at Mrs. Lu.
Mrs. Lu nodded and walked up again.
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