"My lady, I beg you to stop mistreating yourself. How can this disease be cured if you don't take the medicine properly?"
Rendong watched An Lingrong spit out the medicine again, then she knelt on the ground and begged her to drink the medicine properly with a choked voice.
An Lingrong smiled bitterly and said weakly: "Lindong, it's not that I don't want to drink it, but the color of this medicine soup reminds me of the night my sister died. The blood looked like this after it dried, and I just can't drink it anymore." She spoke intermittently with coughing.
Ren Dong hurriedly got up and rubbed her back: "My lady, Concubine Yi has passed away. If she knew that you are suffering like this, she would definitely blame you for not taking care of your body."
An Lingrong was sad: "If Sister Fu Cha really had a spirit, she would have come to settle accounts with me long ago. I was too self-righteous and ignorant. I insisted on being an enemy of that person, and ended up hurting Sister Fu Cha."
Seeing that she would not listen to her advice, Ren Dong could only use Fu Cha to explain: "Madam, you also said that they secretly harmed people, so how could they let you know? What you need to do now is to find the real culprit and seek justice for Madam Yipin."
Since Fu Cha's death, An Lingrong's fighting spirit was gone. She thought that she had the experience of rebirth and had the upper hand. She tried to become the chess player and change the fate of others behind their backs. As a result, she dragged Fu Cha into the chess game where the Queen was strangling her, and Fu Cha became the first victim of her resistance to the Queen. If she continued to fight against the Queen, who would be the next to fall?
She was disheartened at this moment: "Ren Dong, I have neither the ability to protect her nor the ability to avenge her. Someone like me is not worthy of Sister Fu Cha's kindness. It turns out that I am too cold-hearted."
Seeing that she had gotten stuck in a dead end, Honeysuckle said no matter how she tried to persuade her, it was useless. She had no choice but to pick her up from the bed and said, "Your Majesty, I am sorry for the rudeness. It is sunny outside. The people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs have sent a few pots of camellia. I will take you outside to bask in the sun and look at the flowers. We still have to live our lives."
An Lingrong let Rendong put her on the lounge chair outside. The camellias were in full bloom, but they did not catch her eyes.
From then on, whenever the sun was shining, Rendong would take her outside to look at the flowers and relax. When feeding her medicine every day, considering that An Lingrong would vomit the medicine, she would directly boil three bowls of medicine at a time, and feed her as soon as An Lingrong vomited. After a few days, An Lingrong was finally able to drink half a bowl of medicine, and Rendong was so happy that she cried.
Outside the Yangxin Palace, Xiao Xia Zi listened attentively to the movements inside the palace.
"Good! Good! Good! It's true that a good father will have a good son!"
The emperor's powerful voice came from the palace, with uncontrollable joy in his voice. Xiao Xiazi's tense spirit relaxed a little. The emperor was very pleased, and the servant felt more relaxed in his job.
Inside the palace, the emperor stroked the memorial with his hand: "Nian Fu, you really lived up to my trust and put down the rebellion in Zhuozi Mountain in one fell swoop."
Su Peisheng was very good at guessing the emperor's intentions. Seeing that the emperor's eyes were fixed on Nian Gengyao's memorial, he asked:
"Your Majesty, it's almost time for lunch. Would you like to have lunch in the Yangxin Palace or in the young lady's palace?"
The emperor then turned his eyes away from the memorial:
"Didn't the imperial kitchen prepare a dish of braised quail with pearl shrimp today?"
Su Peisheng nodded: "Yes."
The emperor finally put down the memorial in his hand and said with a smile:
"I remember that Concubine Hua loves to eat it, so let's go to Yikun Palace."
Su Peisheng smiled and said, "What a coincidence! The people from Yikun Palace just sent someone to invite us."
The emperor's smile drooped slightly: "It seems that I and Concubine Hua are in tune with each other."
In the Yikun Palace, a table full of delicacies that had been prepared with great effort was placed in front of the emperor, and Concubine Hua kept picking up food for him in a coquettish manner.
At this time, no matter how delicious the delicacies were, the emperor could hardly swallow them. However, he could tolerate Nian Gengyao's arrogance because he was indeed a rare military talent. He had fought for him in many battles over the years and made great achievements. He was indeed a great contributor to the country.
Hua Fei was jealous and had often been sour and embarrassed others in the harem. He felt that she was lively and real, and was considerate and attentive when serving him, so he could tolerate Hua Fei's many minor faults.
But now, the Nian family’s appetite is getting bigger and bigger. They even dare to openly ask for titles based on their merits. Will they want to get involved in the imperial power if they make more contributions in the future?
The emperor looked at Concubine Hua's face, which was smiling particularly charmingly because her goal had been achieved, and for the first time he had the urge to kill the Nian family. However, for the sake of the overall situation, he had to endure it.
Hua Fei was very satisfied with the lunch, but the emperor felt aggrieved. He was the emperor, but for the sake of imperial power, he had to compromise with his subjects.
When he returned to the Yangxin Palace and saw the memorial that Nian Gengyao had just submitted to commend the meritorious soldiers at Zhuozi Mountain, the emperor's murderous intent towards the Nian family was even more intense. He said in a cold voice, "The Nian brothers and sisters have exactly the same idea."
"Su Peisheng, do you still want the head of a eunuch like you?"
Su Peisheng looked at the emperor's gloomy face and understood that the emperor was angry with the Nian family. Nian Gengyao relied on his military achievements and never took him, a eunuch, seriously. He had long been aware of the exchange between Nian Gengyao and Concubine Hua, but he had never found a suitable opportunity to bring it up in front of the emperor. Now that the emperor was angry, he could only pretend to be confused and kneel down with a plop:
"I deserve to die, I deserve to die, but I am stupid. Your Majesty, please tell me clearly so that I can die with a clear mind."
The emperor threw the memorial in his hand onto the table and said, "Your eyes are not sharp enough. Someone in this palace has been passing information outside the palace right under your nose, and you are completely unaware of it. You are as confused as I am."
Su Peisheng didn't dare to listen to the last sentence. He knew that the emperor was angry that he was played tricks by the Nian brothers and sisters, but as a eunuch, he didn't dare to persuade him. He could only kowtow and say, "Please forgive me, Your Majesty, and spare me this time. I will strengthen my precautions in the future."
The emperor was furious at Su Peisheng, and the anger in his heart finally dissipated a little. He picked up another memorial:
"If you didn't still have your head to atone for your sins, I wouldn't reprimand you. Get up first."
Su Peisheng stood up timidly and pushed the teacup on the table: "Your Majesty, please drink some tea to calm down."
The emperor ignored him and kept staring at the memorial in front of him. Over and over again, the emperor was extremely annoyed and thought for a moment before speaking:
"Go and call the noble lady Wan."
Su Peisheng was stunned, but didn't dare to ask what was going on, so he turned around and left.
Zhen Huan was also surprised when she heard the summons. She hadn't been to the imperial study to accompany the emperor for a long time. Why was she suddenly summoned today?
An hour later, Zhen Huan came out of the Palace of Tranquil Longevity in a daze.
In the afternoon, the emperor demoted Zhen Yuandao from the fourth rank Dali Temple Shaoqing to the fifth rank Duchaoyuan Yushi on the grounds of disrespecting the holy will and disrespecting meritorious officials. He was demoted two levels at once. Everyone was wondering whether the emperor would dislike Zhen Huan because of Zhen's father.
In Yikun Palace, Concubine Hua laughed loudly when she received the news.
In the Sui Yuxuan, Zhen Huan thought of the emperor's words and smiled.
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