Xiao Yuehan was absolutely furious.
"She, they're talking complete nonsense!" Xiao Yuehan was so angry she wanted to smash the table.
However, this is a pavilion for enjoying the scenery, and the table placed here is also carved from stone. Although it looks quite exquisite, it is not something that Xiao Yuehan, a weak woman, can push or move. Even if she wanted to smash it, she couldn't.
Xiao Yuehan became even angrier, gritting her teeth as she stared in the direction Lin Wanyue and the others had left, her eyes practically spitting fire.
Consort Su was worried that she would be caught in the crossfire, and it turns out that her words came true.
But whether you stick your neck out or pull it back, you still get cut.
Consort Su had no choice but to cautiously ask, "Sister Xiao, they've left, shall we go back now?"
"..." Xiao Yuehan seemed to have suddenly lost all her strength. Her eyes were still cold and dark, but she no longer had the angry madness she had just shown. Instead, she calmly asked Consort Su, "How much of what they said just now do you think is credible?"
Consort Su felt as if her heart was about to jump out of her chest.
She cautiously raised her head, wanting to see Xiao Yuehan's face.
It was indeed a beautiful and flawless face, but time waits for no one. Now in her thirties, Xiao Yuehan still looks stunning, but wrinkles have quietly crept up around her eyes.
This is unavoidable.
Besides, the child is only five or six years old, so it doesn't seem unreasonable for him to call a woman in her thirties "auntie".
Before Consort Su could figure out how to flatter Xiao Yuehan without compromising her conscience, she heard Xiao Yuehan say, "Could those people really be after a fortune teller? I don't believe someone like Bai Shitao would believe a five-year-old girl."
So that's what she meant!
“Sister is right! That’s what I was thinking too. That little girl… I reckon she just knows how to please the Emperor. Bai Shitao may look honest and kind, but he might just be trying to flatter His Majesty. He’s nothing special.” Consort Su breathed a sigh of relief and quickly continued along with Xiao Yuehan’s words.
Consort Su calmed down a bit, but still said with some displeasure, "How dare she flatter a little maid! Let's see how long that little maid can enjoy the Emperor's favor. Let her be smug for a few days."
...
Bai Shitao, whom they considered to be purely flattering, took the things and ran home. He immediately burned incense and prayed, and then asked his wife to prepare two hundred catties of rice to distribute porridge in the suburbs.
Madam Bai had no idea what he was up to, so she had the steward bring him two hundred catties of rice and told him, "You can do whatever you want. Whether it's cooking porridge or distributing the rice, I won't interfere. But you can rely on me all you want!"
“Madam, I just wanted to invite you out for a walk. I want to do good deeds and accumulate merit, so I naturally have to do it myself. I'm just afraid that you'll get bored staying at home every day.” Bai Shitao said with a simple smile.
"?" Madam Bai was still somewhat doubtful when she heard his words, but she was also quite happy inside, so she reluctantly nodded and agreed: "Then wait a while, I'll have your two sons go with you, so they can see how hard life is outside and have more compassion."
Bai Shitao readily agreed and took his wife and son to the suburbs to do good deeds.
Perhaps doing good deeds really works, or perhaps he was so tired after a day's work that he fell asleep as soon as he got back, unlike his usual insomnia.
…
He was sleeping soundly, but Lin Weiming was hurriedly dragged off the bed by Eunuch Liu before it was time for court.
Lin Weiming rubbed his eyes, still unable to understand why Liu, an old eunuch, would suddenly appear in his house.
Then they heard Eunuch Liu hurriedly say, "Lord Lin, where is the little princess? You'd better bring her to the palace quickly!"
"What happened to Eunuch Liu? Why are you in such a hurry?" Lin Weiming searched around his house and finally found his wife's jewelry box. He took out a gold bracelet and wanted to bribe Eunuch Liu.
But Eunuch Liu had seen all sorts of fine things, so why would he be interested in such a gold bracelet? He quickly pushed it away and said anxiously, "Lord Lin, please don't think about these things. Please take the little princess to the palace as soon as possible. His Majesty... His Majesty is not feeling well, and I am really worried about him!"
Now that he knew it had nothing to do with his family, and that it was just that the sickly emperor was ill again, Lin Weiming finally felt relieved.
He took Lin Wanyue with him when he entered the palace.
Lin Wanyue was woken up once, but on the way to the palace, she snuggled into Lin Weiming's arms and fell asleep again.
Upon entering the palace, the first thing they saw was Qi Sichen guarding Qi Yuan's bedside, his face full of anxiety.
Seeing Lin Weiming bring Lin Wanyue over, his brows relaxed slightly, and he said to them, "Quickly call Wanwan over to see what's wrong with Yuan'er?"
It turned out that Qi Yuan had developed a fever again, and they had already summoned everyone from the Imperial Hospital. However, acupuncture and medicine were of no use.
It seems that ghosts must be causing trouble again.
Lin Wanyue immediately took out a talisman from her sleeve, burned it, and put it in the spiritual spring water so that someone could feed it to Qi Yuan.
Qi Yuan kept his eyes tightly closed and couldn't even drink the spring water. In the end, Lin Wanyue came up with a solution and had someone find a hollow bamboo tube to give him some talisman water to drink.
Qi Yuan gradually woke up after his fever subsided and smiled at Lin Wanyue.
Seeing that the person had finally woken up, Qi Sichen was relieved. He left only two young imperial physicians outside to guard the area, and the rest of the physicians were called back.
Most of these imperial physicians were quite old; if they stayed out all night in the dead of winter, they would probably die the next day.
After everyone else was sent away, Qi Sichen asked Lin Wanyue, "Did you see anything you shouldn't have seen just now? I've been so busy these past few days that I didn't take care of you for a moment, and I didn't expect you to get a fever."
"Uncle, I think I saw a shadow float past me while I was sleeping just now, but when I asked other people, they didn't see it either... I'm actually not afraid." Qi Yuan took Qi Sichen's hand.
Qi Sichen patted him and said, "I know you're definitely not afraid of these things."
Lin Wanyue climbed to the edge of the bed by herself, pondering with her little brain: "Logically speaking, everyone around here has been replaced, so how could someone still take advantage of the situation?"
"I've already checked everything, and I didn't see any ghosts or vengeful spirits. Could it really be just a fever or a cold? After all, the weather is quite chilly." Lin Wanyue wondered if she should call Hu Jiuyuan over for help.
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