Chapter 193 Comfort
Xie Tingzhou drank a lot. Chen Yu helped him onto the bed and gently stroked his eyebrows with her fingertips. Xie Tingzhou closed his eyes but held her fingers.
"Are you leaving again?"
"Yeah." Shen Yu said softly, "The situation in the palace is unstable, I have to stay by the side."
"Stay with me for a while, just a little while." Xie Tingzhou pulled her to lie on his chest and ran his fingers across her hair.
Shen Yu put her face against his chest and said, "Your Highness will be fine, don't worry too much."
"Yeah." Xie Tingzhou felt so powerless, he was at a loss as to what to do.
Chen Yu said slowly: "When I was little, whenever my father cried, he would comfort me and sing a song for me. Every time he sang, I would stop crying. In fact, it was because his voice was hoarse and his five notes were not complete. Every time he sang to me, it was very painful. I didn't cry because I didn't want to listen, but he thought I liked his singing."
"How do you sing it?" Xie Tingzhou's voice was very soft.
Chen Yu thought for a moment, "I can't remember the lyrics, because he himself doesn't seem to remember them either, he sings them differently every time, but I remember the tune, I'll hum it for you."
The song she hummed was very nice and soft, as if she was keeping him tenderly in her heart.
Xie Tingzhou fell asleep peacefully and soundly to the sound of her humming.
Chen Yu stood up and pulled out the corner of his clothes. His fingers moved as if he was looking for something, but he was eventually defeated by sleepiness and fell asleep quietly.
Shen Yu's foundation is not as deep as Jiang An's, and less than 20% of her followers are people who have some opinions about Jiang An.
Chen Yu couldn't stay outside the palace for long. Li Zhaonian gave her an hour and she had to go and come back quickly.
After leaving the house and getting on the carriage, Shen Yu went back home again and met Shen Zhao.
"This is a letter from Hezhou." Chen Yu put the letter on the table, "Take a look."
Shen Zhao opened it and read it, "Grandma is sick?"
"Yes." Chen Yu nodded, "It's a letter from Shopkeeper Lu. Brother, I can't leave now, so you have to go to Hezhou."
Shen Zhao hesitated, "But how can I feel at ease leaving you alone in the palace?"
Chen Yu smiled and said, "Before we met again, I had always been like this. Wasn't it fine? Don't worry, Xie Tingzhou is still here, he will protect you.
"
Chen Zhao snorted coldly, "He is an outsider after all, why would I protect you so wholeheartedly?"
"It can't be helped." Chen Yu pulled his sleeve and shook him, "Brother, brother, big brother..."
"Don't shake it." Chen Zhao glared at her, "Don't use this trick, you won't be cute when you grow up."
Shen Yu curled her lips, "I know you can't bear to leave Miss Yu."
"That's not the case." Shen Zhao denied.
Shen Yu looked towards the door, "Miss Yu?"
Shen Zhao stood up quickly, turned around and saw that there was no one at the door, then he realized that there was a trick.
"You're so brave, you dare to tease your brother."
Shen Yu's head shook when he poked her, she stopped smiling and said seriously: "It's not a bad thing that Master Yu was dismissed for abolishing the crown prince. Now is a time of trouble, and avoiding the cusp of the storm is the right choice. Don't worry, brother, I will take care of Miss Yu for you, and the crown prince is a kind person and will not embarrass them."
Shen Zhao nodded, "I know."
"Please talk to my grandmother and ask her not to be angry with A-Yu."
"Grandma won't do that. She loves you the most." Shen Zhao said.
Chen Yu said that it was almost time to leave, so she stood up and said, "Say goodbye to Sister Yu tonight, and leave early tomorrow morning. It has been raining a lot recently, and the road is not easy to walk on. Be careful along the way, and remember to bring Kong Qing with you."
Shen Zhao touched her head and said, "Brother will come back to see you after visiting grandma."
"Yeah." Chen Yu nodded and said, "Not necessarily. Maybe I'll finish here soon and come find you."
Chen Yu left the yard, and Si Xi drove the carriage to take her to a place about a hundred meters away from the palace gate.
"Come in."
Si Xi got into the carriage upon hearing this, "Master, what do you want?"
Chen Yu said: "Tomorrow you will watch my brother leave the city. After confirming that he has left, you will do one more thing for me."
"The master ordered." said Si Xi.
Si Xi was smart. He understood after Chen Yu said it once. He nodded and said, "I remember it."
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Candles were lit in the Xuanhui Hall day and night. Li Zhaonian stayed here without leaving and had not left the Xuanhui Hall for many days.
The Empress of Emperor Tongxu died young, and he later married a successor who was also not good.
She passed away after two years, and there was no queen after that. All affairs in the harem were handled by the imperial concubine.
Previously, a concubine of Emperor Tongxu came to Xuanhui Palace to cry and make a fuss, but after being sent away by the crown prince, she dared not come again.
There was a couch in the corner of the bedroom, and Li Zhaonian had been resting on this couch these days.
He lay on the couch, looking at the beams on the roof of the hall, which seemed to have decayed along with the fate of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
He has not yet completely sat on the throne, but he has begun to feel tired. He does not understand why so many people would risk their lives to fight for such a suffocating position.
Li Zhaonian gradually fell asleep and heard rapid breathing in his dream again.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."
Li Zhaonian suddenly woke up and heard the palace maid say in panic: "Your Majesty seems to be dying."
"Nonsense!" Li Zhaonian jumped off the bed and rushed to the dragon bed. He saw Emperor Tongxu's chest heaving violently and the sound coming from his throat was like a bellows.
"Call the imperial physician!"
Li Zhaonian hurriedly helped Emperor Tongxu up and patted his back, but Emperor Tongxu's condition did not improve at all.
"Chen Yu." Li Zhaonian raised his voice, "Chen Yu!"
Shen Yu pushed the door open and walked in, "What's wrong, Your Highness?"
Li Zhaonian forbearingly said: "It seems that my father is not doing well."
Shen Yu quickly stepped forward and observed, "It seems that he can't breathe."
She hesitated for a moment, then controlled her strength and raised her hand to strike the Emperor and Empress Tongxu in the heart.
"Wow--"
Emperor Tongxu suddenly spat out a mouthful of black blood.
"Father!" Li Zhaonian shouted.
Emperor Tongxu's breathing slowed down after he exhaled, and he even gradually opened his cloudy eyes.
Li Zhaonian looked down and saw that there were blood clots mixed in with the black blood. Emperor Tongxu must have been having his breathing blocked by the blood clots.
"Father." Li Zhaonian said in a trembling voice.
Emperor Tongxu's cloudy eyes gradually focused, "Zhao Nian."
He slowly raised his hand, and Li Zhaonian immediately grabbed it, "Father, I am here."
"I have something to say, you...you send your attendants away."
Li Zhaonian ordered: "All of you retreat."
"Yes." Chen Yu led the eunuchs and palace maids out of the bedroom.
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