Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 233 The Emperor's Temptation

At the beginning, Imperial Physician Shang and Gu Lingqing were both worried about Zhao Min's condition, so they didn't worry too much, but in fact, Imperial Physician Shang had been living in the Xian Wang's mansion for ten consecutive days, which directly attracted the emperor's attention.

On this day, Imperial Physician Shang inspected the emperor's body as usual and was about to leave, but when he reached the entrance of the main hall, he heard the emperor's faint voice.

"I heard that Imperial Physician Shang has been living with Ling Qing recently, is there such a thing?"

Imperial Physician Shang paused, turned around, and walked in front of the emperor again: "This is indeed the case."

"Oh?" The emperor lay sideways on the couch, playing with the beads in his hand, his eyes full of interest.

"I don't know when, the imperial physician and Ling Qing got so close?" The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly, and there was a bit of threat in his words.

Doctor Shang didn't seem to be aware of the danger, and he still said in a flat voice: "A few days ago, a girl in the mansion of the young prince Gu was seriously ill, so I begged my minister to come and treat her. It took me 10 days to develop the antidote for the strange poison of the Western Regions."

The emperor made a gesture to get up, but the maid beside him quickly stepped forward and helped him sit up.

"Oh? The girl in Ling Qing's mansion, I don't know where she came from? She's recovered now?"

Doctor Shang deliberated in his mind, and chose the language he thought was the most appropriate: "She is just a commoner woman, she has recovered, and it is her blessing to have the emperor ask her personally."

The emperor stretched his waist, yawned indistinctly, and waved his hand at Shang Taiyi: "Okay, I understand, you should step back first."

"Yes, Wei Chen retire."

After Taiyi Shang saluted respectfully, he turned around and walked outside the hall, only to hear the emperor behind him murmur: "Ling Qing is indeed not young."

Imperial Physician Shang suppressed the strange feeling in his heart, and walked out quickly, at the gate of the palace, Jia Mingyun was waiting for him there.

This is a habit that the master and apprentice have formed long ago. Whenever the doctor Shang went to examine the emperor's body, Jia Mingyun would wait for his master in the carriage at the gate of the palace.

After getting into the carriage, Jia Mingyun found that his master's expression was very gloomy.

"Master, but what did His Majesty the Emperor tell you?"

Doctor Shang stroked his beard: "A few days ago, your master and apprentice have been living in the little prince's mansion, which has attracted the attention of the emperor. Today, the emperor is testing me openly and secretly. I am afraid that he will come to me in person soon." Prince Xuan Xiao is here to see you."

Hearing this, Jia Mingyun frowned: "What should I do?"

Doctor Shang lifted the curtain of the carriage, looked at the road in front of him, put it down, and said to the groom in front, "Stop at the intersection ahead."

The carriage came to a steady stop at the fork in front, Doctor Shang said solemnly, "Master, it's inconvenient to come out now, you go to Prince Xian's Mansion, and tell the young prince what happened today, so that he can prepare himself."

Jia Mingyun also knew that this matter should not be sloppy, and his expression was very serious: "Okay, master, this disciple will go now."

After Jia Mingyun got off the carriage, he also looked around. After finding that no one was paying attention to him, he entered a side alley in front and parted from the carriage.

Jia Mingyun came to the alley at the back door of Prince Xian's Mansion, knocked on the door, stepped in, and went straight to Gu Lingqing's courtyard.

In the past few days, Gu Lingqing's life can be said to be very comfortable. Although the poison on Zhao Min's body has been cured, his body still needs to rest. These days are the coldest time in winter. Susceptible to cold, the body becomes weaker.

So he went to accompany her every day when he had nothing to do, and accompanied her to read books and practice calligraphy in the house. As for Zhao Min's strong desire to go outside to play, Gu Lingqing dismissed them one by one.

After this incident, Gu Lingqing strengthened her belief in her heart, the world is like this, I will not offend anyone, but there will always be villains who come to the door by themselves, if it is against her, it's fine, but Zhao Min was injured again and again.

Previously, Gu Lingqing was only secretly cultivating his own power in case of emergencies, in order to protect himself, but after this incident, his state of mind changed drastically.

"Ling Qing! Ling Qing!"

Gu Lingqing in the room was playing with a very exquisite wooden bird in his hand. This was a good thing he ordered his subordinates to collect from various places in the imperial city. He was also afraid that Zhao Min would be bored in the room all day, so he just wanted to put this bird to death. The most interesting things in the world are delivered to her eyes.

Before seeing him, he heard his voice. After hearing Jia Mingyun's anxious cry, Gu Lingqing put down the wooden bird in his hand and walked out of the room quickly, just in time to see him coming in out of breath.

"What happened, why are you so panicked?"

Jia Mingyun first walked to the table, poured himself a cup of tea, drank it, and then felt a little more comfortable in his throat.

Gu Lingqing was even more surprised that Jia Mingyun's forehead was covered with hot sweat in this cold winter, it can be seen that he ran all the way here just now.

As soon as Gu Lingqing sat down beside Jia Mingyun, Jia Mingyun couldn't wait to speak: "Ling Qing, Zhao Min has already attracted the emperor's attention."

"How do you say that?" Gu Lingqing's expression became serious.

Jia Mingyun told Gu Lingqing in detail what the master said to him this morning.

After hearing this, Gu Lingqing didn't look as flustered as Jia Mingyun's face, but calmly thought about countermeasures in her heart.

"The master said that the emperor will send you into the palace to inquire about this in a few days, so you should be mentally prepared."

After Jia Mingyun left the palace, Gu Lingqing took the goodies collected by his subordinates and rushed to Yutingxuan.

From a distance, Gu Lingqing heard laughter and laughter coming from the yard, and after walking in, she saw Zhao Min kicking shuttlecock with Qinlan in the yard.

Wearing such heavy clothes, after a while Zhao Min felt a little powerless, and waved her hand at Qin Lan: "No, no, I can't kick anymore."

Gu Lingqing has been hiding outside the courtyard looking at Zhao Min, and after hearing what she said, she walked in and coughed twice.

Seeing the tall figure walking in, Zhao Min immediately turned around and walked into the house, pretending not to see him at all.

Gu Lingqing felt a little dumbfounded, and knew in her heart that she was "guilty for being a thief".

Holding the shuttlecock in her hand, Qinlan swallowed unconsciously, feeling very nervous.

Earlier, Gu Lingqing specifically told her to take good care of the young lady and not let her stay outside for too long. Today, Qinlan looked at the sky better, and she couldn't match Zhao Min's pleading. That's why she played just now. that scene.

"My lord, miss, she..."

Gu Lingqing didn't mean to blame Qinlan, she raised her hand to stop her from continuing: "You go down first."

(End of this chapter)