Chapter 490 Zhao Lingmeng went to the Royal Courtyard overnight
Fan Yong signaled Chunshui and Chunmu to help His Highness get into the carriage, while he followed You Yu and directly climbed onto the horse.
The moment the carriage started, Zhao Lingmeng hurriedly asked Qiuyue about the affairs at the mansion, "Has everything been arranged at the mansion?"
Qiuyue knew His Highness was worried, so she immediately replied, "Don't worry, Your Highness. I've made all the arrangements. I've also arranged for people to secretly protect the three young masters, and I've also taken the initiative to assign one person to each young master. Tomorrow, when the three young masters get up, someone will be on duty beside them."
Zhao Lingmeng patted Qiuyue's hand and praised: "I trust you when you do things!"
"I hope Your Highness doesn't blame me for acting on my own!"
After Qiuyue replied this, she looked at the sky outside and knew it was still early, so she quickly took out a thick cloak from the secret compartment of the carriage.
Qiuyue quickly helped Zhao Lingmeng lean against the carriage wall, "Your Highness, it's still early, please take some time to rest. We will call you if anything happens."
At this time, Zhao Lingmeng still didn't know why the emperor was so anxious to see her.
So Qiuyue asked her to rest, and she obediently closed her eyes, "Well, thank you for your hard work."
Qiuyue carefully covered His Highness with a thick cloak and stared outside nervously.
Seeing Qiuyue like this, Chunshui felt that this was not a good idea. They still didn't know what the situation was like at the Royal Courtyard, but they couldn't afford to be exhausted by then, as it would be bad for His Highness to delay important matters. "Qiuyue, you should take a nap too. Chunmu and the others will keep an eye on this place."
Qiuyue knew that she didn't know martial arts and couldn't help with the road security, so she didn't argue with Chunshui. She obediently closed her eyes and took the time to rest.
Fan Yong rode the horse side by side with You Yu for a while. When he realized that You Yu didn't know what was going on, he got on Zhao Lingmeng's carriage without hesitation.
As soon as Fan Yong got on the carriage, Qiuyue, who had her eyes closed, woke up and was about to salute. Fan Yong made a gesture to silence her, and Qiuyue tactfully retreated to the shaft of the carriage and sat with Chunshui, the driver.
Seeing that Zhao Lingmeng was sleeping soundly, Fan Yong carefully sat down not far from the prince and helped the prince sleep in his arms.
After he finished all this, he leaned against the carriage wall and squinted his eyes. Although Fan Yong looked like he was resting, one of his hands was tightly gripping the sword, ready to fight at any time.
Fan Yong was so anxious to get out of the city that he was more worried than anyone else that this was a trap for His Highness. So he couldn't sleep at all. He closed his eyes only to make his hearing more sensitive.
Fortunately, nothing happened along the way. When they were about 1 kilometer away from the royal villa, Fan Yong woke up Zhao Lingmeng.
"Have you found out what happened?" Zhao Lingmeng woke up and immediately asked Fan Yong the question that concerned her most.
"You Yu doesn't know the details, but the emperor, empress, and all the princes in the palace have gone to the royal villa. Several princes have also been notified to rush to the royal villa overnight, and Princess Huaishu has also been notified."
Although Fan Yong didn't directly say what happened, Zhao Lingmeng had a bad idea in her mind after he said that.
She leaned closer to Fan Yong and lowered her voice, saying, "It seems something has happened to the Emperor."
Fan Yong nodded without hesitation, indicating that he thought so too.
Zhao Lingmeng was very puzzled. A few months ago, she went to the villa to see the retired emperor. At that time, the retired emperor did not look sick at all. What big thing had happened?
The emperor brought everyone here, as if he was going to make arrangements for his final affairs.
Fan Yong gently adjusted the hairpin on Zhao Lingmeng's head and said, "Don't worry, Your Highness. You'll know soon."
Zhao Lingmeng could only nod, what else could she do?
Zhao Lingmeng and Fan Yong had just finished talking when they heard You Yu outside shouting, "Princess Funing is here, open the door!"
Zhao Lingmeng thought she was going to get off the carriage, so she sat up straight, ready to get off at any time.
But what Zhao Lingmeng and Fan Yong didn't expect was that the carriage actually drove straight into the villa. Zhao Lingmeng and Fan Yong could only look at each other in surprise.
Fan Yong tried to guess what the emperor was thinking. In Fan Yong's opinion, the emperor was very anxious to see His Highness. What could have happened that could make the emperor so anxious?
Before Fan Yong could figure out what was going on, he felt the carriage stop, and then You Yu bowed outside, "Respectfully welcome Princess Funing and Prince Consort Fan."
Zhao Lingmeng knew that You Yu was anxious, so she didn't try to be polite and quickly let Fan Yong help her out.
The first thing Zhao Lingmeng did when she left was to ask the people who were paying their respects to stand up: "Master You, there's no need to be so polite. The Emperor wants to see me. Please lead the way!"
You Yu quickly asked for instructions, "Your Highness and the Prince Consort, please follow me."
Chunshui and the others were worried and wanted to follow, but were stopped.
Zhao Lingmeng knew that this meant that only she and her husband were allowed in, so she didn't think much of it. Mainly because it wasn't time to abandon her, the royal family wouldn't do anything to her.
Zhao Lingmeng gave this instruction and followed the anxious You Yu away, "Just find a place to rest and wait for me to come out."
When they arrived at the gate of a courtyard, they saw the prince, princes, and other people waiting at the gate. When Zhao Lingmeng saw this scene, her heart skipped a beat. Could it be that the emperor was about to die?
When the Crown Prince and Prince Ruihe saw Zhao Lingmeng coming, they immediately stepped forward to greet her, but their faces showed no joy. "Aunt, you're here!"
Fan Yong personally supported the Crown Prince and Prince Ruihe, preventing them from performing the ceremony.
Zhao Lingmeng asked directly: "What happened?"
The prince was about to explain the situation when a eunuch came out and said, "The emperor has ordered that Princess Funing be summoned to the throne."
Zhao Lingmeng patted Fan Yong's hand to reassure him, and then she followed the eunuch into the yard.
As she walked, she looked at the people around her and saw that they were all very serious. No one was talking and they walked without making any sound.
As soon as Zhao Lingmeng entered the inner room, she saw the emperor, the retired emperor, and the imperial physician were all there. However, the retired emperor was lying on the bed, looking very bad.
She immediately stepped forward and saluted, "Greetings to the Emperor, Father. Greetings to the Emperor, Brother! What's wrong with you, Father?"
Zhao Lingmeng looked very anxious and surprised at this time. In fact, she was also very anxious in her heart. After all, the emperor was really nice to her.
The emperor ordered in a hoarse voice: "Imperial sister, come forward quickly. You are the only one father has never seen."
Zhao Lingmeng immediately moved to the side of the Emperor's bed and knelt, looking at him helplessly, "Father, what's wrong with you?"
"Fu Ning is here!" The emperor was at his last moment of life after the imperial physician had used strong medicine, but even so, he could no longer see.
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