Reborn as a Sickly Child: The Emperor's Beloved

"Thank you for your help, doctor," Xiao Jingzhan said with a pale face and absent-minded tone.

Seeing this, Doctor Chu knew that he was worried about the girl.

"Well, your poison has been completely cured, and it's time for me to leave the capital."

"The miracle doctor is leaving now. Why don't you stay for two more days?" Xiao Jingzhan came back to his senses after hearing this.

"I have something else to do, so I won't stay in the capital any longer. I have only one request, and that is that you treat that girl well!" Doctor Chu looked at him with a serious tone.

"Don't worry, doctor." Xiao Jingzhan knew that he would not stay long, so he did not stay any longer.

After a while, Song Taifu and Wu Qingfeng rushed to the Yangxin Palace. When they saw Xiao Jingzhan waking up, they were overjoyed. He finally woke up.

"Your Majesty, you are finally awake?" Tutor Song's eyes were filled with tears.

Wu Qingfeng also breathed a sigh of relief. If he didn't wake up, there would be chaos in the court.

"What happened after I fell into a coma? How could Yanyan go to the Western Territory?" Xiao Jingzhan said in a cold tone with a solemn expression.

The two looked at each other and told each other what happened after he fell unconscious.

Xiao Jingzhan's brows furrowed more and more, and he felt uneasy in his heart.

Wu Qingfeng looked at his gloomy face and felt guilty. "News came from the Western Territory that the Queen Mother borrowed troops from other states, intending to counterattack Xiliang. Beidi Helianfu withdrew from the battlefield many days ago and led his troops back to Beidi. Those people in Xiliang are no match for the Queen Mother. Don't worry." In the final analysis, it was because of his uselessness that Shen Yanyan, a woman, was sent to the battlefield.

"Is Li Chenyan awake?" Xiao Jingzhan asked.

Wu Qingfeng shook his head. “The miracle doctor said that the poison he was poisoned with was unusual. The poison in his body has been cleared, but he has not woken up. If he wants to wake up, he can only rely on fate.” When he was first sent back, people thought it was just a simple poisoning. Unexpectedly, the recurrence kept happening over a long period of time. Later, when Miracle Doctor Chu went to see him, the best time for treatment had been missed. The poison had penetrated into his bone marrow. Although his life was saved, it was hard to say whether he would wake up or not.

"Change clothes and go to the dark cellar!" Xiao Jingzhan stood up and said, and Li Defu on the side hurried forward to help His Majesty get dressed.

Inside the dark prison, the once powerful Prime Minister Gao and the once powerful King Wu were in tatters, with no trace of their former glory.

The two men saw Xiao Jingzhan standing outside the cell in high spirits and were somewhat incredulous as to why he wasn't dead yet.

He shouldn't have survived.

"You are surprised to see that I am still alive. Do you think you will die for sure after being poisoned by the insect?" Xiao Jingzhan exuded coldness all over his body, and his eyes were full of murderous intent as he looked at the two of them.

"You traitors, you are colluding with Xiliang and Beidi and selling out your country! I tolerated you for a while, but you have such thoughts. Do you think that you can overthrow the Li Kingdom and me with just these little tricks?"

Xiao Jingzhan looked at the two people who were full of anger but speechless, and a cold smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

That night, three imperial edicts were issued in the Yangxin Palace.

1. Gao Xiang plotted treason and his nine clans were executed, as were all his accomplices.

Second, the King of Wu plotted a rebellion and was demoted to a commoner, sentenced to death, deprived of his surname Xiao, and all his family members were executed.

Third, Concubine Wu poisoned the late emperor, moved his tablet out of the royal family, moved his remains out of the imperial mausoleum, and left his body exposed in the wilderness.

As the end of the year approached, the capital city underwent a major reshuffle, and many people suddenly disappeared from the court.

After His Majesty recovered from his illness, he took drastic measures to completely purge the entire court. From then on, the entire Li Kingdom truly belonged to Xiao Jingzhan.

On the third day after Xiao Jingzhan woke up, there was silence inside and outside the court.

Xiao Jingzhan ordered that Wu Qingfeng and Tutor Song continue to temporarily manage the court officials, while he himself went to the western border to deal with the affairs of Cangyou State.

Everyone knows that His Majesty is going to pick up the Queen.

On the third day after Xiao Jingzhan left, urgent documents from Cangzhou were delivered to the palace.

Wu Qingfeng read the contents of the letter, and the color on his face instantly faded.

The fingers holding the letter turned pale.

Westbound.

The whole city of Cangzhou was in chaos.

The street in front of the provincial government gate was filled with people kneeling and wailing.

The people of Cangzhou City all know that it was the Queen Mother who led the troops to save Cangzhou City and the people of the city. It was the Queen Mother who led the troops to stop the Xiliang army outside Cangzhou City and drove them out of Yangzhou Mountain.

Inside the mourning hall.

Shen Zhimo had a face full of stubble and looked extremely shabby.

Looking at the complicated ice coffin, his eyes were filled with grief.

It was all his fault that he was useless and had implicated his sister. He felt sorry for his sister, and sorry for his father and mother, for not protecting his sister well.

General Feng looked at the coffin in the mourning hall, his eyes filled with grief.

The letter sent back to the capital should have arrived, and it is time for them to escort the Empress' coffin back to the capital.

On the Yangzhou Mountain outside Cangzhou City, Helian Fu looked at the plain scenery in Cangzhou City in amazement.

After leading the cavalry out of Xiliang, he returned to Xiliang. With Shen Yanyan's strategy and methods, the defeat of Xiliang was a matter of time.

After hearing the news of Shen Yanyan's death, he thought that the people of Xiliang spread the news in order to stabilize the morale of the army.

How could she die on the battlefield? With such high martial arts skills, how could she die?

He hurried to the outskirts of Cangzhou City and saw a piece of white pickaxe on the city wall. Then he realized that something might have happened to her.

How could she die? She shouldn't die. How could such a beautiful and powerful woman die?

He didn't believe it. This must be Shen Yanyan's conspiracy, a conspiracy to make the Western Territory relax its vigilance.

At night, Helian Fu secretly entered the city and came to the gate of the provincial government. Looking at the people kneeling on the streets, his uneasiness gradually deepened.

After entering the government office, he dodged the government soldiers all the way and looked for the direction of the mourning hall.

After a while, Helian Fu looked at the mourning hall which was heavily guarded, and the little hope in his heart disappeared completely.

It's not an act, she is really dead.

Who killed her and how did she die?

Helian Fu stayed on the rooftop all night long. His eyes showed neither sadness nor pain, but lacked focus.

As the sky was about to brighten, he took a last look at the coffin in the mourning hall and left Cangzhou.

On the other side, Youzhou was also covered in white.

The two states launched a counterattack against Xiliang at the same time. Murong Yao was extremely difficult to deal with. Wei Chi and Wei Ji drove the Xiliang army back to Luoping City, but they could only stop there. At least they drove the Xiliang army out of the territory of Li State.

The war is over.

Three days later, a letter came from Cangzhou saying that the Queen had died of a sudden illness during the counterattack against Xiliang.

The two were stunned for a long time, and Wei Chi couldn't believe it.

How could someone like Shen Yanyan suddenly fall ill and die? She came from the Divine Doctor Valley, and she didn't look sick.

The ministers close to His Majesty all know her background and that she has a close relationship with the Valley of Divine Doctors. If she had not invited the Valley Master of the Valley of Divine Doctors, His Majesty would have been in trouble long ago.

Did something happen in this?

Wei Chi wanted to rush to Cangzhou, but without a transfer order, he could not leave Youzhou at will.

He looked at the heavy snow in the west and felt sad. He thought that the world situation was about to change drastically.

Your Majesty, it’s time to wake up.

On the fourth day after Xiao Jingzhan left the capital, he and a group of secret guards took a detour by water to Jinchuan City. They could no longer take the water route further down. As they approached the western border in winter, the water surface was frozen, so they had to take the land route.

Behind Jinchuan City is Jizhou, at the border of Jinchuan City. An Yi released the carrier pigeon in his hand and opened the note in his hand. After just one glance, his expression changed drastically.

Looking at His Majesty not far away, An Yi quickly stepped forward, knelt on the ground, and presented the note with both hands.

Seeing his expression, Xiao Jingzhan frowned.

After taking the note from his hand and opening it, after a while, the man's hand holding the note trembled slightly, his face expressionless, he turned around, mounted the horse, and galloped all the way.

The rest of the people quickly mounted their horses and followed.

Two days later, the group arrived in Cangzhou at maximum speed.

There was no rest during the whole process.

The whole city of Cangzhou was covered in white.

General Feng, who was on the city wall, saw the people below the wall, his eyes widened, and he ran down to open the city gate himself.

"Your Majesty!" General Feng knelt down quickly when he saw the person coming.

Xiao Jingzhan's eyes were red, and his tone was grim: "Lead the way!"

After a while, the ground in front of the provincial government's mourning hall was filled with people kneeling.

Xiao Jingzhan stood outside the mourning hall, blood from his palms dripping down one by one, landing on the white snowflakes like red plum blossoms.

Her eyes were red and her body was trembling slightly. He didn't even have the courage to go in and see if it was her.

The man's back was slightly hunched as he walked inside step by step. Just those few steps seemed to have exhausted all his strength.

Walking to the coffin, his eyes fell on the person in the ice coffin. Xiao Jingzhan reached out and gently touched her pale cheek. The cold touch made the last trace of hope in the man's eyes suddenly disappear.

Xiao Jingzhan waved his hand, and the door of the mourning hall closed tightly, isolating the two people inside.

He slowly picked her up, feeling her cold body temperature and lifeless body, tears streaming down his red eyes one after another, crying silently.

He pressed the girl's face close to his, and knelt on the ground holding her in his arms. There was silence as if both of them had stopped breathing.

Xiao Jingzhan was trembling, and Shen Yanyan in his arms was also trembling slightly.

He hugged her tightly, and his body temperature warmed her, as if this would give her body temperature.

A day later, His Majesty still hadn't come out.

Everyone dare not disturb.

Two days later, His Majesty still did not come out.

No one dared to leave and knelt at the door.

Three days later, His Majesty still did not come out.

Shen Zhimo looked at the closed door, full of worry.

Just when everyone thought that something had happened to His Majesty, Xiao Jingzhan opened the door and said, "Get ready. I will take the Queen back to the capital!"

Ten days later, Xiao Jingzhan brought them back to the capital, and the whole city was in chaos.

The streets on the way back to Beijing were lined with people kneeling.

Inside the palace, everyone in the Shen family looked at the coffin wrapped in white cloth, filled with sorrow.

Mother Shen fainted immediately.

Shen Qingqing and Shen Lingling helped their fainted mother up. Their eyes were red and their faces were covered with traces of tears.

On the fifth day after Shen Yanyan was buried in the imperial mausoleum, Xiao Jingzhan led his troops to the western border.

One month after Shen Yanyan's death, Xiao Jingzhan led his troops to the capital of Xiliang Kingdom. He ignored opposition from the court and the public and exhausted all the manpower and resources of the country.

Four months after Shen Yanyan's death, the Spring Examination began.