Beauty has a disease

Chapter 80

Although this banquet was not as pure as the great Confucianism's lectures, it also made up for the regrets of the scholars who went to Beijing.

Although I couldn't meet Cui Ru, I met many talented and insightful people like Cui Xuan, and I gained a lot.

So a banquet, the host and guest enjoy themselves.

Ember returned to the mansion only to feel exhausted, lay down on the bed and soon fell asleep.

When it was getting dark, Ember was awakened by the knock on the door.

Suddenly startled by a dream, Ember gasped violently, stroked her forehead and rubbed it, and said in a hoarse voice, "Come in."

Lian Ying clasped her fists in salute and directly explained her intentions: "Miss, Mr. Ge invites you to come over."

Ember glanced at the sky through the window, the moon was hollow, and it was already late at night, so it was not just a narration.

Ember didn't hesitate, she simply tidied up, put on her clothes, and entered the dark room through the secret door.

"Have you rested?"

Seeing Ember coming, Duan Chang beckoned to Ember, "I don't need training today, I need you to do something."

Ember didn't ask any more questions, and bowed her head with her hands folded: "But I'm on my grandfather's order."

A moment later, a black shadow left from Duan's mansion.

In the dark night, Yu Jin covered herself tightly with night clothes, ran at high speed in the deserted streets and alleys, left the city under the behavior of the city gate guards turning a blind eye, and went straight to Linyang.

Not long after, an uninvited visitor came to the princess' mansion.

"Are you sure you're out of town?"

"Going back to the Princess, the subordinates are sure that they left the city, and they seem to be heading towards Linyang Road."

Yan Li snipped the candle wick, and the bean-sized fire split into two, one point staggered and stood up and became more and more prosperous, but the bean candle on the scissors was dimly extinguished a few times, leaving only a wisp of thin gray smoke overflowing.

Yan Li's pupils reflected the candlelight, and his eyelids drooped slightly, making it difficult for people to see her expression clearly.

"Have you seen who is leaving the city?"

The person who came shook his head, "That person is wrapped up tightly, and his subordinates don't know who he is."

Yan Li hummed, no longer born, and did not dare to disturb anyone who came, and kept his posture motionless.

After a while, Yan Li said: "In the past two days, investigate the situation of Duan's mansion carefully, remember to be careful, don't rush in, otherwise you will never return, I will not send someone to rescue you."

Yan Li waved his hand, "Go."

The wind blows and the candlelight shakes, and one shadow on the window disappears.

After his subordinates left, Yan Li blew out the candles, lay on the bed but couldn't feel sleepy, his eyes stared at the curtains absentmindedly, silently counting the time in his heart.

After about a cup of tea, the Princess's Mansion was in chaos.

The whole house ran up and down, stepping on their feet, and the lights and candles were lit up one after another.

Yan Li tossed off the quilt and ran out wearing only her jacket. She hurriedly stopped a maidservant, "What happened?"

The servant girl replied: "Back to the princess, it is His Royal Highness the eldest princess who is unwell, slave girl..."

Before the maid could finish speaking, Yan Li ran to the eldest princess's residence with a look of shock on her face, coaxing: "Hurry up and announce the imperial physician!"

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There have been two days of peace between Beijing and China, and new rumors spread again.

One was that the eldest princess was poisoned in the middle of the night, and the other was that Miss Duan was suffering from a serious illness. At first, it was just a rumor, but under the impetus of caring people, it gradually evolved into a theory of gods and ghosts.

"I'm afraid there is something unclean in this capital."

"Don't talk nonsense, the emperor's feet are protected by the emperor's dragon spirit, what can happen."

"Heh, don't you believe it, otherwise why did the eldest princess and Miss Duan have accidents all of a sudden? Or just..." At this point, the man looked around, lowered his voice worriedly, and beckoned the listener to come over , and then continued: "I hit evil!"

"Come across something unclean."

"It's an evil attack!"

"How could it be evil?"

In just three days, the rumors that the eldest princess and Ember had collided with each other intensified and spread throughout the entire capital.

"Returning to Your Majesty, it's hard to say whether the incident of running into evil is true or not, but the poor Daoist can make a calculation, and if there is a grievance in Beijing, it is true if there is no complaint."

"However, the poor Taoist made a calculation, and if there is a grievance in Beijing, it is true if it is not complained."

The emperor was already an old man with gray hair. He wanted to live forever, but he failed repeatedly. He was even thinner than the old man of the same age, with sunken cheeks and a haggard complexion.

The emperor's bedroom is not furnished with the luxury of royal nobles, but with simple decoration, which is quite Taoist. The only conspicuous luxury decoration is the huge alchemy stove in the center. The emperor's already muddy eyebrows, against his thin figure, it seems that he really has a bit of fairy spirit.

"Resentment?"

It took the emperor a while to respond. He leaned against the bed and coughed twice, and said weakly, "Can Taoist priests find out any grievances?"

"Let's give it a try, poor Taoist." After a while, the Taoist opened his eyes, swung his whisk, and saluted the emperor, "Return to your majesty, poor Taoist can't figure out the specific grievances, but can only be calculated as the grievances pointing directly to the southeast. ——Jiao'e is in distress, she doesn't know who to give her, she has already been taken by others."

"Why?"

"Identities have been taken over by people."

The emperor closed his eyes and fell silent. If his chest was not still heaving, he might give people the illusion that this person is dead.

"To the southeast, I remember that is the Zhuangzi I gave to my elder sister."

Although the emperor was obsessed with seeking immortality and asking questions, he was not blinded. He had heard rumors in the capital for a long time, and he also knew that the eldest princess was not in good health. Never woke up.

The emperor had a calculation in his mind.

"Bring the medicine."

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The emperor went out of the palace to set off at the princess mansion.

Yan Li led people to welcome Sheng Jia in front of the mansion.

"No need to be polite, how is the eldest princess?"

Yan Li followed behind the emperor, heard the words and replied respectfully: "Return to Your Majesty, Your Highness is now in good health, but still asleep and not awake."

The emperor's energy and spirit at this moment looked much better than when he was in the bedroom. He was full of energy, and the majesty of the superior was unconsciously revealed, making people dare not look directly at him.

It's just that when the senior man who has been in power for many years came to the eldest princess's bed, his back was bent.

"Elder Sister, Elder Sister?" The emperor called softly, but got no response.

"Come here, Taoist priest, come and help my eldest sister to take a look and see where the problem lies. Why have you been asleep all this time?"

The Taoist leader took the order to step forward, but instead of feeling the pulse for the eldest princess, he paced back and forth around the eldest princess's bed with his fingers, his lips moving and chanting.

After a while, the Taoist priest put down his hand and shook the fly whisk, and saluted the emperor: "Return to Your Majesty, the Eldest Princess is indeed in good health, as for falling asleep... I don't dare to speak nonsense."

The emperor waved his hand, "The priest said yes, I forgive you for your innocence."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The Taoist stood up straight, stroked his beard, and said, "Does your majesty still remember the 'grievance' I mentioned earlier?"

Emperor: "Really?"

"Pindao calculates that there is indeed a connection between the two, but whether the result is accurate, whether you believe it or not, depends on your Majesty's decision."

"The Taoist priest has refined the elixir for me for many years. Every time I take the elixir, I feel much lighter and more energetic. I naturally believe in the Taoist priest."

The emperor paused, "Eldest sister is the person closest to me. Since the Taoist priest is considered one of the key points, I will trouble the Taoist priest with this matter."

"Poverty will not disgrace the holy order."

　This chapter has been merged and revised (3.28)

　　
　
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