However, Meng Yuzhou lunged directly at Ah Li, his sanity teetering on the brink of collapse. He said, "Your Majesty, I need you right now."
“Well, I am right here.”
Ah Li seemed a little nervous, unsure of what to do with himself. Meng Yuzhou sensed it and also noticed how fragrant the person smelled.
"Grand Preceptor, why are you taking off my clothes?"
"Imperial Advisor, why are you carrying a stick?"
"Imperial Preceptor... um..."
Meng Yuzhou couldn't take it anymore, so he directly kissed Ah Li's incessantly chattering lips.
After a deep kiss, he felt Ahri calm down. He breathed slightly and said, "Your Majesty, didn't you ask me before why you didn't give birth to a princess? Now the time has come."
Ahri no longer seemed inclined to refuse. "Oh, so the Imperial Advisor is treating my illness? Well then, Imperial Advisor, please continue."
In Meng Yuzhou's last memory, all that remained was Ah Li's complete trust in him, and he hugged her tightly.
...
Yelü Su, who was guarding outside the dense forest, was toying with a bottle of medicine in his hand and said, "If the Grand Preceptor is not dead tomorrow, give this medicine to him and let him take it back."
With this leverage over him, he'd probably be completely obedient to her.
Yelü Su smiled again at the thought that she would be invited back to ascend the throne as empress.
"Yelü Li, I hope you won't cry too badly when the time comes!"
Dawn broke sometime earlier, and the carriage, which had been moving non-stop all night, finally came to a stop.
The little boy, who was lying on the ground, rubbed his neck. He stood up in a daze, "Strange, how did I end up sleeping here?"
"Oh no, young master!"
The boy hurriedly went to the carriage and quickly lifted the curtain. He saw Meng Yuzhou wearing a robe and slowly drinking a cup of tea.
There was a strange fragrance inside the carriage, but before the boy could smell it properly, Meng Yuzhou said, "Let's go back."
"Aren't we going to Qingzhou?"
"I'm not going."
The man wasn't poisoned, and he ran away so fast that he even had time to boil a pot of water for him.
The boy didn't dare ask any more questions. He hadn't slept well last night and felt like he'd caught a cold. Also, he clearly saw a woman hug the young master and get into the carriage last night.
This...was it that woman who saved the young master?
The carriage started moving, and the boy slowly turned the horse around, returning along the same route.
Inside the carriage, Meng Yuzhou put down the tea and raised his hand to his neck, where there were several teeth marks, all from the bites inflicted by the person who couldn't take it last night.
That person applied medicine to him this morning, so it doesn't hurt.
He wasn't gentle enough last night; he was too reckless.
I wonder if she felt uncomfortable riding the horse today?
Meng Yuzhou blushed slightly, put on the clothes she was wearing, and pulled the collar up quite high to cover the marks on her neck.
As Ah Li led her horse slowly along, she occasionally gritted her teeth and cursed, "Sure enough, men who take drugs are all awful."
On the other side, Yelü Su hummed a little tune and entered the dense forest again.
As a result, all that was left were the extinguished fire and the traces left by the carriage.
A robust woman came running from a distance and reported, "Report! The Imperial Preceptor and his young apprentice have just left."
"Are the young boy and the Imperial Preceptor still alive?"
"Yes."
Yelü Su looked at the medicine in her hand, then smiled again. "Interesting, very interesting. Have someone send the medicine to him, and tell him that I'm waiting for his good news."
When Yelü Su's men caught up with Meng Yuzhou, the little boy shouted angrily, "What else do you want to do!"
The woman who stopped the carriage threw the porcelain bottle in her hand into the boy's arms. "My lord said that when she returns to the palace, she will have to rely on the Grand Preceptor. We will also escort you back."
Sitting in the carriage, Meng Yuzhou thought it was good that Yelü Su had sent everyone to his side, so as to avoid running into Yelü Li.
"Young master."
The boy took the porcelain bottle into the carriage, and Meng Yuzhou took it directly from him, even opening it and smelling it. It was indeed the antidote.
Did she think that he had taken Chinese medicine last night, and that she had caught him red-handed?
Meng Yuzhou put the porcelain bottle away and said, "Let's continue on our way."
He desperately wanted to go back, to see the Empress; he missed her.
The boy drove the carriage onward, followed by several women on horseback.
A woman kept glancing at the child. The child's movements were normal, and he showed no signs of discomfort. Could this person be exceptionally gifted?
Meng Yuzhou was drugged last night, and all of them witnessed it.
In the past, Yelü Su had also drugged other men, and watched as those men initially resisted to the death, but in the end they all begged Yelü Su to love them.
Once Yelü Su became their woman, they were even more obedient to her. Several of them were even sent into the palace by Yelü Su to become the Empress's male consorts.
Rumors also circulated that the Empress seemed to have a hidden ailment, as she never touched them when summoned, but simply told them to lie down.
Yelü Su laughed about this several times, and even said, "Could it be that the woman thinks that lying down and sleeping together will make her pregnant?"
Three days later
Ah Li returned to the palace, had someone help her wash up, and then lay down to sleep.
The female official then withdrew from the hall, her expression shifting. The datura flower at His Majesty's waist had blossomed; His Majesty had favored a certain man!
"His Majesty went out and didn't even order anyone to record who he favored upon his return. What if His Majesty becomes pregnant and the father of the child is some nobody? Wouldn't that be terrible..."
The female official narrowed her eyes, beckoned someone over, and said, "Prepare red nameplates tonight, and have all the male concubines get ready. His Majesty will begin hiring servants tonight."
The female official was loyal to the Empress and she would minimize any influence that was detrimental to the Empress.
So, without Ah Li's knowledge, the red plaque was sent into the palace.
The female official stood outside the dragon bed and asked in a low voice, "Your Majesty, who would you like to come over tonight?"
Then, not much sound came from the dragon bed, so she nodded and said, "Yes, I will go and make the arrangements."
Ah Li was half asleep. Did she just talk in her sleep?
Perhaps so, she was just too tired.
I went out and didn't get any rest. Instead, I had a long battle with someone who was on medication all night. I'm exhausted.
The female official randomly selected one from among the red nameplates and sent someone to announce the imperial decree, summoning her to serve her.
On the other side, it took Meng Yuzhou five days to return to Zhaixing Tower, where he went to see his master.
Yelü Su knew his 'identity', but he didn't know who had leaked the information.
Meng Yuzhou's master, an elderly man, held a candle in his hand, lighting the seven lamps in front of him, and said, "You mean, Prince Qing knows your 'identity'?"
"Yes, I'm worried she'll make a fuss about this."
Meng Yuzhou's master, Feng Mingzi, lit the last lamp and said, "Let her go, there's no rush."
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