The emperor looked at her unnaturally and muttered: "Are you still a woman? How can you say such a thing..."
Li Wan was somewhat helpless: "Your Majesty, you asked me yourself."
Li Wan didn't notice and used my self-proclaimed name.
The emperor didn't notice it, but was choked by her words. He glared at her: "You are still talking back to me!"
Li Wan now had a good idea of the emperor's temper. She was not panicked at all. Instead, she smiled, and her bright eyes on her pale face sparkled: "I dare not. I now feel that Your Majesty is the best person in the world. I am grateful to you and admire you so much. How dare I talk back to you, my master?"
The emperor felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by Li Wan's bright eyes. He didn't know how to respond to her sweet words. After a long while, he said awkwardly, "You are so smooth-talking."
It's not about flattery.
It's just smooth talking.
Neither are good words.
But Li Wan saw that although the little emperor had an awkward expression on his face, he was clearly not unhappy.
She was about to speak when she suddenly felt a cramp in her stomach. She frowned and said to the emperor in a somewhat uncomfortable tone, "Master, I am not feeling well. I will return to the West Palace first."
The emperor was stunned, thinking that she was unhappy because he had called her smooth-talking.
Before he could react, Li Wan went out of the hall.
Li Wan went outside, called Lu Zhu, and they returned to the West Palace together.
…….
Early the next morning, all kinds of rare tonic medicinal materials were continuously delivered to the West Palace from various palaces in the harem.
Putting aside those given by the harem, it would take Cuizhu half a day to count just those given by the emperor.
Seeing all kinds of rare tonic herbs filling up half the room, Cuizhu no longer felt dizzy and her knees no longer hurt.
The emperor gave Li Wan five days off so that she could recuperate.
Li Wan did not go on duty. He slept for half a day, curled up in the quilt and did not move.
Cuizhu forced her to eat a few bites, and then she lay down again, feeling uncomfortable.
Li Wan felt cramps in his stomach and was sweating coldly from the pain.
The imperial physician came to see him and prescribed a prescription for pain relief, but Li Wan didn't feel better after taking the medicine and could only endure it.
Cuizhu looked at Li Wan, who was sweating coldly from the pain, and immediately forgot about the half room full of rare tonic herbs. She cried with heartache and anxiety.
The emperor attended the morning court, returned to the Ganzheng Palace, had lunch, and could not help but go to the West Palace.
I saw Li Wan curled up in the quilt with his eyes closed, his face pale and covered in cold sweat.
The emperor's face was cold and his eyes were worried: "What happened to her?"
Cuizhu said tearfully, "My master caught a cold yesterday, and her period came earlier than last month. Maybe it's because of the cold, and now she's in severe pain."
The emperor asked, "Have you called the imperial physician?"
Cuizhu said, "The imperial physician examined me and prescribed a pain-relieving prescription, but it didn't work for the master."
The emperor touched Li Wan's face and felt a damp and cold sensation under his hand. Li Wan subconsciously pressed closer to his palm. His heart tightened and he turned to Cuizhu and said, "Go get a hot water bottle."
Cuizhu was stunned and hurried away.
The emperor touched Li Wan's face with a tenderness that he himself was not aware of.
It was the first time he had this feeling. Seeing someone suffer, he felt a sour and bitter pain in his heart.
A tear suddenly fell from the corner of Li Wan's eyes, and she murmured a name through her dry lips: "Ming Yi..."
The emperor froze and abruptly retracted his hand.
…
When Cuizhu hurriedly came back with the hot water bottle, she found that the emperor was gone. She felt a little surprised, then stuffed the hot water bottle under the quilt and put it on Li Wan's abdomen to warm it.
Li Wan's eyelashes trembled a few times, and she slowly opened her eyes. Her eyes were confused for a while, and then gradually focused.
Cuizhu tucked the quilt in a little tighter: "Master, put the hot water bottle on your stomach, it will feel better."
Li Wan smiled weakly: "Yeah."
Cuizhu said, "The emperor just came to see the master."
Li Wan was a little confused: "When?"
Cuizhu said, "It was there just now."
Li Wan didn't take it seriously and curled up with the hot water bottle.
…
Xiao Qianzi carefully brought the tea to the emperor.
He didn't know what was going on. When the emperor came out of the West Hall, his face looked extremely bad. Now he was sitting behind the desk with a gloomy expression. The whole hall was covered with dark clouds, and it looked like a storm was brewing.
The emperor sat behind his desk, holding a memorial in his hand, but he could not read a single word. His mind was filled with the tear that fell as Li Wan murmuring that name.
Ming Yi.
Song Mingyi.
The eldest son of Earl Yong'an.
Now he is working in the Dali Temple. If the Queen Mother hadn't sent Li Wan to the palace, Li Wan should have discussed marriage with him. If nothing unexpected happened, Li Wan would have married into the Yong'an Earl's Mansion...
She actually called out his name while she was asleep and even shed tears for that man.
Did she already have a crush on Song Mingyi before entering the palace? Otherwise, why would she call out that man's name even in her dreams?
Ming Yi.
Ming Yi.
It's such an intimate call.
The emperor unconsciously clenched the memorial in his hand.
Then what is he?
Were the things she said about liking him and admiring him all lies?
She said that she would leave the palace after what she said was accomplished. Was it also for Song Mingyi?
The emperor felt a dull pain in his chest.
"Qin Lin!"
The emperor suddenly called Qin Lin into the palace, his face gloomy: "Go and help me investigate something."
…
Qin Lin is very efficient in his work.
It only took half a day to finish the investigation.
Li Wan had only met Song Mingyi once before entering the palace.
But Song Mingyi fell in love with Li Wan at first sight at that banquet. The Yong'an Marquis's Mansion did have the intention of forming a marriage alliance with the Li family, but before there was any result, Li Wan was sent to the palace by the Queen Mother.
After hearing this, the emperor did not feel relieved at all.
It makes me feel worse.
In his opinion, it was not just that Song Mingyi fell in love with Li Wan at first sight, but that Li Wan also fell in love with Song Mingyi at first sight.
We only met once.
She was obsessed with him and even cried and called his name in her dreams. How unwilling was she to enter the palace?
No wonder she wants to "turn from darkness to light".
It’s a pity that this “Ming” is not him, but Song Mingyi’s Ming.
…
By the third day of rest, Li Wan had almost recovered.
Cuizhu felt a little sad and uneasy.
"Why doesn't the emperor come to see the master?"
The emperor had not set foot in the West Palace in the past two days, nor had he sent anyone to inquire about Li Wan's situation.
It was as if she was banished to the cold palace overnight.
Li Wan was also a little strange.
The emperor clearly seemed to care about her and was worried about her that day, so why did he suddenly change his attitude?
Although she suspected that the emperor was just putting on a show for the empress dowager, there was no such thing as a half-show.
She couldn't figure out what was going on, so on the fifth day, she decided to go and check it out.
Unexpectedly, he met Song Mingyi who had just been summoned by the emperor.
Song Mingyi was summoned suddenly. He was dressed in official uniform, tall and graceful, and elegant. The moment he saw Li Wan, his expression changed slightly. He stared at her for a while and subconsciously called out, "Sister Wan..."
Li Wan's eyes were bright, he bowed slightly and called out, "Master Song, I haven't seen you for a long time. Are you okay?"
A trace of pain flashed across Song Mingyi's eyes when she called him "Sir Song", but he was also awakened by Li Wan's call of "Sir Song". He knew very well what Li Wan's current identity was.
He suppressed all his emotions, restored his gentlemanly demeanor, cupped his hands, and said gently, "Song is fine, and I hope Miss is also fine."
This is a smart man.
Be restrained and polite.
Li Wan looked at Song Mingyi, feeling a little regretful, but she just smiled and said, "I'm fine too, thank you Sir Song for your concern."
Song Mingyi knew clearly that she was not well at all, but in just less than three months, she had already been sick three times. She was weak to begin with, and now her face looked even paler and her figure looked even thinner.
If it weren't for those troubles, she would have been his fiancée now, waiting to be married, just waiting for him to marry her. He would hold her in his heart and cherish her in his hands, not letting her suffer any hardship, let alone so much pain. He felt a hidden pain in his heart, but a slight smile appeared on his face, but the smile did not reach his eyes and was even a little bitter.
Their identities were not suitable for further discussion at this point, and if he stayed any longer, he would cause her more trouble.
He said in a deep voice: "Song has official business to attend to, so I'll take my leave first. Miss... take care of yourself, and everything goes well."
Li Wan bowed slightly, then slowly stood up and watched him walk away.
When she came to her senses, she turned around and was suddenly stunned.
Under the porch not far away, the emperor stood there in a gorgeous red robe, looking at her expressionlessly, his phoenix eyes as cold as ice.
Qin Lin behind him still had that calm and cool face, looking at her without any emotion.
Li Wan's heart skipped a beat.
No one knew how long he had been standing there, nor how much he knew about her and Song Mingyi's past, and no one knew if he would misunderstand anything when he saw this scene.
She calmed herself down and walked towards him.
But the emperor suddenly turned around and walked away.
Qin Lin also turned around and left without hesitation.
Li Wan chased for a few steps and then stopped.
Even if she chased after him now, she wouldn't know what to say.
The emperor walked back into the palace with anger. When he turned around, he didn't see Li Wan chasing him. He went back to the bedroom and kicked over the stool.
The palace servants knelt on the ground, trembling.
The emperor clenched his palms and his eyes turned red with anger.
Did she know that he had summoned Song Mingyi, so she rushed here in such a hurry?
He summoned Song Mingyi, and it was the first time he met the eldest son of the Earl of Yong'an. He stood in the hall and answered his questions neither humbly nor arrogantly, what an elegant gentleman.
But the more neither humble nor arrogant, and the more calm and composed Song Mingyi was, the more uncomfortable the emperor felt.
He really has the qualifications to make Li Wan never forget him.
If Li Wan wasn't there, he would also look up to Song Mingyi. He liked such a minister.
But unfortunately.
He is the person that Li Wan always thinks about and keeps in her heart, and she even calls his name with tears in her eyes in her dreams.
Whenever the emperor thought of Li Wan's tear, his heart burned.
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