The young emperor had already mastered the skill of hiding his emotions, and it took him many years to trim away all the intricate branches and leaves in the palace, and only then did he dare to show his true emotions in the palace.
But in all these years, Cao Yu had never seen the emperor's face so ugly. The storm in his eyes was enough to tear him apart.
Cao Yu hurriedly got up from the ground, realizing that the emperor was still concerned about her. Although the kick looked fierce, he did not use all his strength. He knelt on the ground and banged his head on the ground: "Master, Master, I was wrong. I will go and bring Miss Wan back now..."
"I'll deal with you when I come back!" the emperor said, and strode out of the hall.
As soon as the emperor walked out of the palace, he saw Qin Lin, who was soaking wet. "Where is she?"
Qin Lin said: "I will lead the way for His Majesty."
…
Xiao Qianzi held an umbrella and almost jogged to keep up with the emperor. In the wind and rain, the emperor's moon-white robe was soaked, but he was completely unaware.
From a distance, I saw two people kneeling there.
It seemed as if the rain was hitting them so hard that they couldn't even kneel straight. Both of them were bent over, almost lying on the ground.
When the emperor saw the slender figure kneeling in the heavy rain, the rage burning in his heart instantly turned into heartache. The dull pain as if someone was clutching his heart almost made his eye sockets swell and ache.
"emperor!"
Amid Xiao Qianzi's exclamation.
The emperor rushed out from under the umbrella, rushed into the rain regardless of anything, and rushed towards the kneeling figure there.
Li Wan was frozen stiff. It was the first time she realized that it hurt when raindrops hit her body. After a long time of pain, she became numb. She went from being full of hope to being disappointed. At first, Cuizhu comforted her, saying that the emperor would be here soon, but later, she couldn't say anything.
Until then I heard Xiao Qianzi's voice.
Cuizhu raised her head suddenly, and then shouted hoarsely: "Master, it's the emperor! The emperor is here!"
Li Wan slowly raised her head, and her curled up body also slightly lifted up.
The rain rushed down along the forehead and slid down along the flattened eyelashes.
Li Wan saw in the distance, a moon-white figure breaking through the rain curtain and running towards her. The rain blurred her eyes and she could not see the man's face clearly until he finally rushed in front of her. He carefully embraced her in his arms as if she were a fragile treasure and held her tightly. The rain on her body soon soaked his clean moon-white outer robe. His warm face pressed against her cold cheek covered with rain, and there was a hint of trembling in his voice: "I am late."
Qin Lin silently held the umbrella over the heads of Li Wan and the emperor.
The palace servants behind were no longer shocked and gathered around, covering Li Wan with a blanket, including Cuizhu.
Cuizhu had a good physique. Although she looked very disheveled after being drenched in the rain for half an hour, she was still able to stand up with the help of the palace servants.
Li Wan was completely frozen, his face and even his lips were frozen, and he couldn't speak.
The emperor hugged Li Wan tightly.
The palace servants dared not speak.
Finally, Qin Lin said, "Your Majesty, please go back to the palace first. Miss Wan needs medical treatment."
The emperor then woke up as if from a dream and whispered, "I will take you back." As he spoke, he picked up Li Wan from the ground and carried her sideways.
Li Wan was wrapped in a blanket and the rain was wiped off her face. The little bit of colour that she had managed to regain during this period had now faded completely. Her face was pale and her lips were frozen blue. Only her eyes were red. She hugged the emperor's neck, her cold arms resting on the back of his neck, and she obediently pressed her face against his chest.
The emperor felt the cool skin on the back of his neck, but his chest was burning hot. He hugged Li Wan tightly and strode towards the Queen Mother.
…
Jubilee Palace.
Concubine Yi, who was drinking bird's nest porridge, suddenly raised her head and asked, "What did you say?"
"The Emperor brought Miss Wan back to the palace personally." The personal maid raised her head and said, "I heard that the Emperor brought her back personally."
Concubine Yi's fingers holding the spoon suddenly tightened.
At the same time in Xiwu Palace.
The Queen Mother raised her eyebrows in surprise: "The Emperor went there in person?"
Yu Ma said: "Yes, the emperor brought the baby back personally."
The Queen Mother was silent for a while, then laughed with an ambiguous meaning: "Has he fallen in love with Li Wan?" She threw the chess piece in her hand onto the chessboard, and said with a bit of sarcasm: "Could it be that he has learned from the late emperor and is still a lovesick person?"
Nanny Yu lowered her eyes and said nothing.
…
Li Wan was not taken back to the West Palace, but was carried by the emperor into his own bedroom.
The palace servants were coming in and out, and although they were busy, they were well-trained and prepared in an orderly manner.
Only Cao Yu remained kneeling outside the hall.
Li Wan was helped by the palace maids to take a hot bath. Her hair that was soaked with water was wrung out, and then she was placed on the bed. The palace maids brought her ginger soup. Li Wan's hands had no feeling, and the hand holding the spoon was trembling slightly.
"I'll do it." The emperor frowned and snatched the ginger soup and spoon from her hands. He sat on the edge of the bed, scooped a spoonful with the spoon and brought it to her mouth.
Li Wan was wrapped in a quilt. She looked at him with a pair of wet eyes on her pale little face. Then she lowered her head and put the ginger soup in the spoon into her mouth. She immediately shrank her mouth back because of the heat, her beautiful brows tightly furrowed.
The emperor immediately looked at her nervously: "Too hot?"
Li Wan nodded and opened her mouth to inhale the cool air to cool down.
The emperor scooped another spoonful, and this time he put it to his lips to cool it down before bringing it to Li Wan's mouth.
The emperor fed her mouthful by mouthful, and Li Wan drank it mouthful by mouthful, her wet eyes always looking at him, her eyes full of emotion and dependence. Every time the emperor met her eyes, his heart trembled a little.
The palace maids stood on both sides, holding their breath and concentrating.
Li Wan suddenly stopped and asked Xiao Qianzi who was standing at the side: "Where is Cuizhu?"
Xiao Qianzi hurriedly said, "Don't worry, Miss Wan, Qiao'er has gone back to the West Palace with Sister Cuizhu to change clothes."
Li Wan nodded, opened her mouth and drank the ginger soup that was fed to her by the spoon.
Although Cuizhu's health was much better than hers, she still knelt in the rain for more than an hour and was helped back by the palace maids.
When the imperial physician rushed over, all wet, he saw Cao Yu kneeling outside the palace gate and looked at him in surprise: "Eunuch Cao?"
Cao Yu knelt on the ground motionless.
The imperial physician then followed the young eunuch across the threshold and into the inner hall.
As soon as the imperial physician entered the hall, he saw the emperor feeding soup to Li Wan lying on the bed. He was startled and then lowered his eyes.
The emperor fed the boy a bowl of ginger soup before allowing the imperial physician to come forward and take his pulse.
Li Wan's health was very poor. She had been weak and sickly since childhood. In addition, she didn't like to eat and was picky about food. The elders in her family spoiled her, and the more she was spoiled, the worse her health became. She had fallen ill three times in less than three months since entering the palace.
The imperial physician said, "No matter how healthy a person's body is, it can't stand such torture. Moreover, the girl's foundation is weak and she should be well taken care of... If this continues, I'm afraid, I'm afraid it will be difficult to recover."
The words "the situation is beyond redemption" made the emperor's expression change suddenly.
The late queen was like this. She had been weak since childhood. Although the imperial physician had been taking care of her after she entered the palace, she was always suffering from minor illnesses. Later, she became too worried. The imperial physician said that her condition was irreversible. Not long after that, she left him and Yuan Rong and died of illness.
Li Wan didn't want her health to be in such a bad state, but she was calm about it because she didn't ask for a long life anyway.
When the emperor went to see her, he saw that she looked calm, without any sadness at all.
He felt a dull pain in his heart.
…
evening.
The emperor's decree arrived at Princess Anyang's Pingyang Palace.
The purpose is brief.
The princess was immoral and was confined to her house for a month.
This is the purpose.
Both the front court and the harem were shocked.
Princess Anyang was the only daughter of the late emperor and the only sister of the emperor. She had an extremely noble status. Both the late emperor and the emperor loved the only princess of the Yuan Dynasty very much. Not to mention punishing her, she had never heard a harsh word from her childhood to adulthood.
Being confined to the house for a month was like a slap in the face to Princess Anyang.
When the imperial eunuch arrived, the Xuan paper eunuch had not left yet.
Princess Anyang smashed her favorite vase in front of him.
"I want to see my brother!"
My brother obviously hates that woman! How could he confine himself to his room just for that woman?
The eunuch who announced the decree remained calm and said indifferently: "The emperor's order has been issued. If Your Highness wants to see the emperor, please wait until the confinement period is over." After that, he ordered the guards who accompanied him to guard the gate of Pingyang Palace.
Princess Anyang had never suffered such humiliation and contempt. As soon as the eunuch who announced the decree left, she smashed all the utensils in the palace.
The Queen Mother laughed heartily after hearing the news. She covered her mouth and said, "Anyang is used to being arrogant and domineering, but now he has fallen into trouble. I didn't expect that the Emperor, who used to be the most indulgent towards Anyang, would actually confine Anyang to his home for Wan'er..."
Nanny Yu also smiled and said, "Young Miss has done the Queen Mother honor."
The Queen Mother smiled and said, "Go to the storehouse and get some precious medicinal herbs to send to Wan'er."
…
Li Wan fell asleep after drinking the medicine.
I woke up in the evening, ate something, went back to sleep, and woke up again at night.
My body was wet and when I touched it, my hands were covered in blood.
Li Wan was so cold that her period came early.
The bed was covered with blood.
The point is, this is the emperor's bed.
Li Wan was unusually flustered and called the palace maid in.
The palace maid was also confused.
Since ancient times, even if the concubines in the harem wanted to come to the emperor's bedroom to serve him, they would calculate the day and it would be impossible for them to sleep in the emperor's dragon bed when their period came.
The dragon bed was stained with blood, including the blood from women's menstrual period.
I'm afraid this is the only time this has happened since ancient times.
The palace maid panicked after being deceived and had no idea what to do. Normally, she could ask Cao Yu for advice, but today Cao Yu was beaten with a stick and had been taken away to recuperate.
Seeing her panic, Li Wan calmed himself down and told her not to panic, then called two palace maids to come in and clean up.
The palace maid hurried out and came back soon with new palace clothes and bed sheets.
Cuizhu also hurriedly brought the menstrual supplies to Li Wan.
Li Wan went to the inner room and changed into clean palace clothes and menstrual belt.
The palace maids went out with the changed sheets and quilts.
Unexpectedly, he ran into the emperor who came to the study to visit Li Wan.
The maid panicked and her hands trembled, causing her to lose her grip on the object. The bloody bed sheet wrapped in the quilt fell out.
When the emperor saw the blood on it, his expression suddenly changed: "Where did the blood come from?"
The palace maids immediately knelt down, trembling and unable to speak.
The emperor's heart suddenly tightened.
Could it be that Li Wan vomited blood?
He was anxious and angry, and walked straight past them into the inner hall: "Li Wan!"
Li Wan was standing there. When she heard his voice, she turned around in surprise.
The emperor strode over, grabbed her shoulders, and looked her over from head to toe. He stared at her lips for a few more times, but there was no trace of blood. He frowned and asked, "Are you hurt?"
Li Wan blinked: "I am not injured."
The emperor didn't believe it: "Nonsense! I saw it clearly, the bed sheet was covered with blood. Where did you bleed? Why didn't you tell me?"
Li Wan looked at the anxious and nervous emperor in front of her, and after a moment of silence, she said, "I am having my period, and I accidentally got it dirty..."
The emperor froze for a moment. His beautiful phoenix eyes flickered unnaturally twice, and red appeared on his cheekbones and spread rapidly.
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