Book with Emperor

Chapter 52

When Xiao Sheng just came back from the palace, he noticed something was wrong when he entered Qin Guanyue's room.

The room was quiet, Qin Guanyue was wrapped in a thick quilt on the messy bed, the window was slightly opened, and the cold wind blew through, making a whirring sound.

He glanced at the snow outside the window, then closed the window, and a hoarse voice sounded behind him.

"Did you find the medicine?"

"..."

Seeing that he didn't speak, Qin Guanyue knew the result, pulled the corners of her mouth and got up from the bed.

Xiao Sheng hurriedly stepped forward to help her up, "I'm sorry."

"It's me who should say sorry, I lost the medicine."

"I'm going to find Ning Zhao—"

"I'll ask him for it in a few days."

Qin Guanyue's eyes were calm, "It's just after the Son of Heaven sacrifice."

Xiao Sheng looked deeply, "Can't we find the antidote directly?"

"It's never poison that makes us involuntary, but power. If you have power, so what if you get the antidote? You will be fed new poison."

Qin Guanyue's eyes were cold, "Besides, people can't hold no grudges at all, it would be too wronged to live like that."

"..."

Xiao Sheng asked in a hoarse voice, "Then what are you going to do? Keep going like this? You will only be 25 in ten years. Are you willing to die?"

"Didn't I get through it? Besides, I got another palm lotus now, maybe I can research the real antidote."

Qin Guanyue reached out and touched the corners of his red eyes, and asked with a smile, "Why are you still crying at such an age?"

Xiao Sheng avoided her hand and said hoarsely, "Don't take advantage of me."

"..."

Qin Guanyue laughed, and suddenly remembered something, "Find a chance to deal with that maid named Yichun."

Xiao Sheng's eyes were slightly cold, "What did she do?"

"No, it just made her see something she shouldn't have seen, and let her leave Jiyun Palace logically before Ning Zhao knew it."

Qin Guanyue glanced at the three thick quilts covering her body, the corners of her mouth curled up, "Go to sleep."

"……Um."

Xiao Sheng responded but did not leave, but looked at the messy bedding on her bed with strange eyes, "Why... are there two pillows?"

"..."

Qin Guanyue picked up the extra pillow and said with a dry smile, "I can hold this when I'm in pain, so as not to hurt myself."

As soon as she heard her mention of poisonous hair, Xiao Sheng's eyes suddenly softened, "You have a good rest, I'll ask Hua Wukong about the antidote."

"and many more."

Qin Guanyue stopped him and asked, "Is there any news about Princess Qing's whereabouts?"

Xiao Sheng's eyes dimmed, "It may be related to Zheng Guogong's residence."

Qin Guanyue was startled, "The Duke's Mansion..."

Inside Zhemei Hall.

Lei Yu watched his master return to the room covered in cold, and hurriedly poured a cup of hot tea and handed it over, "How is it?"

Bai Chan was taken aback, "How about what?"

Lei Yu was surprised, "Didn't you go to find the future princess?"

"..."

Bai Chan looked away, "What future princess, don't talk nonsense."

Lei Yu nodded, "Yes, after all, you haven't officially taken over the throne yet."

"..."

Bai Chan didn't intend to talk to him any further, and asked, "Do you know what kind of illness is the severe pain all over the body and extreme fear of cold?"

"That's too broad. Are there any other symptoms?"

"……do not know?"

Lei Yu became interested, "But Miss Qin? This symptom sounds like poisoning, or it may be a natural cold syndrome. I can't be sure."

"She has never committed a crime before..."

Bai Chan shook his head and changed the subject, "How about Zhanyu Pavilion? Have you found the news?"

Lei Yu immediately became serious, "I found out, it is said that the old concubine may be in Zheng Guogong's mansion."

Bai Chan frowned, "Impossible."

"I know that man has saved the young master, but he... that's all. I will continue to follow up on this matter and report to the young master at that time."

"... Let someone check Qin Guanyue again."

Bai Chan said in a low voice, "She once said that she didn't like Qin Tianjian, and she also said that she didn't want to step into the court. I thought it was a lie, but now..."

Lei Yu looked at him jokingly, "How is it now?"

"..."

Bai Chan glanced at him, "The Son of Heaven Sacrifice is just around the corner, and the Five Kingdoms gathered in Daxi to compete for the Shining Gold Map, but the snare is hidden in it. It can't be ruled out that she deliberately pretended to be injured and poisoned to lure the snake out of the hole."

Lei Yu pouted, "Then you were so nervous just now."

"..."

Bai Chan glanced at him, and took out an exquisite porcelain bottle carved with cloud patterns from his waist, "Do you know what kind of medicine this is?"

Lei Yu sniffed, and frowned slightly, "They are all treasures of heaven and earth, I have never seen a few of them, but they are not poisonous, you can keep them."

As soon as he finished speaking, he caught a glimpse of the wound on his hand, and immediately called out.

"What happened to your hand? Was it plotted against?"

Lei Yu found a golden sore medicine to put medicine on his hand, but he looked at the bloody wound more and more strangely, "Why does this look like a bite?"

Bai Chan twitched his hands uncomfortably, "I was bitten by a puppy."

"Why is the dog's mouth so small? Why do I look like someone bit me?"

"……To shut up."

Zheng Guogong's mansion.

He Mian stood quietly in front of the door watching the falling snow, and he didn't turn around until the doctor came out of the room behind him.

"how is he?"

"My lord, Mr. He's life is safe, and there are flesh and blood wounds on his forehead, it's just..."

"Say."

"It's just...the bone of the pipa is broken, so I can no longer practice martial arts, nor can I join the army."

"..."

He Mian closed his eyes, and asked his servants to send the doctor out, and heaved a long sigh when he saw a group of women crying heartbreakingly around the unconscious He Sheng's bed.

"Second Uncle, you have to make the decision for Sheng'er..."

He Sheng's mother cried and knelt in front of him, "Since his father died, I have only one son, and now a white-haired man gives a black-haired man..."

"okay!"

He Mian looked at her coldly, "He's not dead yet, why are you talking about a white-haired person giving a black-haired person?"

The woman cried even more miserably in an instant, "The doctor said that Cheng'er will not be able to join the army in the future, how can he be an official! His future will be ruined!"

He Mian didn't know that his father saved the life of His Majesty on the battlefield back then, and suddenly he had the glory of the Duke's Mansion today, but this glory will eventually disappear with his father's departure. The government has no one to join the army, and it can only go into decline in the future.

"Since you can't join the army, go to Congwen. Isn't he self-willed? Let him go his own way!"

"Second uncle, you can't ignore Sheng'er, he is the only heir of the He family..."

"What do you want me to do!"

He Mian scolded angrily, "Do you know that he personally led people to push Young Master Qin down the stairs, and then assassinated Young Master Qin in full view!"

The woman yelled, "Then what kind of young master, she's just a brat, why should he hurt me, Cheng'er, how dare she..."

"The one who hurt him was not Young Master Qin, but Daxia's Dragon Girl!"

He Mian looked at her sullenly, and said word by word, "If He Sheng can save his life under her hands, you should thank Young Master Qin and General Lou, understand?"

After he finished speaking, he ignored the woman's cries, turned around and was about to leave the yard.

But the servants came to report that General Ling Yun was visiting.

"Lou Binghe..."

He Mian's eyelids twitched, and he led people to the front hall, but he saw not only Lou Binghe, but also several Ling Yunqi.

His heart skipped a beat, but he still smiled, "I don't know what's important for General Lou to come here late at night?"

Lou Binghe bowed his hands to him, "Master He must have heard about what happened in Dongyinglou today. Nephew Ling colluded with the rebels to murder Young Master Qin, and I was ordered to take nephew He Sheng away."

He Mian suppressed his nervousness, "Sheng'er has always been willful and reckless, I neglected to teach him, but he will never collude with the rebels. As for the murder of Master Qin, he just..."

"Lord He, I came here to arrest Nephew Ling at the order of Your Majesty."

Lou Binghe interrupted him lightly, "Is Master He trying to resist the edict?"

He Mian clenched his fists and watched helplessly as he led people to carry away He Sheng who was still in a coma, and the house was in chaos.

"Master, do you want to send a letter to the Duke?"

"No, father is stationed on the frontier and is not allowed to enter Beijing without authorization. I will handle this matter."

"……Yes."

(End of this chapter)