Raiders of His Royal Highness

Noticing the strangeness, Lu Zhenglan was slowly falling behind the other ministers. He turned to look at Eunuch Cheng who was wiping his forehead in cold sweat, and asked, "Eunuch Cheng, I wonder how the emperor is doing? What did the imperial doctor say?"

Hearing this, Eunuch Cheng quickly put down his sweat-wiping hands, and said with a smile, "The imperial doctor only said that he needs to rest, so you don't have to worry about Master Lu."

Lu Zhenglan shook his head: "Thank you, father-in-law, for letting me know, and I'm taking my leave."

Lu Zhenglan always felt very weird according to the appearance of his father-in-law just now, but he couldn't figure it out for a while, so he didn't ask any more questions, thinking it's better to be honest at this time.

Originally, after he found out that Concubine Rou was a spy and put a green hat on the emperor, he thought that the emperor would attack him secretly. After all, the emperor is so concerned about face...

So even if he noticed something strange at this moment, he didn't want to make more troubles.

……

The snow that had been falling for many days gradually became lighter, and the thick snow accumulation also melted a little, rolling down on the surrounding trails, dripping wet.

There are many branches of wintersweet in a delicately painted white jade porcelain vase by the window. The buds are small and fragrant.

The ground dragon in the house was burning hot, and Yu Ling, who was wearing a moon-white brocade robe, was sitting sideways on the bedside.

She held a warm veil and gently applied the wound on Qin Zhirong's arm for Qin Zhirong who was still awake on the bed.

Those red marks are shocking, showing teeth and claws.I don't know how much pain she must have had.

After wiping it clean, Yu Ling sprinkled the medicine carefully, and wrapped her gently with a long sackcloth.

Qin Zhirong was awakened by the cool touch on his arm.

As soon as she opened her eyes, her vision was still a little blurry. She thought that the person holding her hand was the disgusting Emperor Jing Ming, so she tried her best to break free.

"Let go...I..." She felt very uncomfortable, she had no strength at all, and even her mouth hurt so badly when she opened her mouth.

After being struggled by Qin Zhirong, Yu Ling let go of the hand that was bandaging her, and stared blankly at her pale face.

Then I heard her say in a very weak and painful way: "Don't... touch me..."

At this moment, Yu Ling's heart seemed to be broken into pieces, piercing every inch of her body sharply, causing her to tremble in pain.

"Rong'er, it's me."

Qin Zhirong's terrified appearance made Yu Ling even more worried. She touched her hand lightly, and said with a sob: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid..."

Qin Zhirong, who was curled up on the bed, recognized that the person in front of him was Yu Ling.

She raised her head, and saw His Highness whom she had been thinking about for a long time.

Seeing that His Highness's originally cold eyes were covered with bloodshot eyes, and there was a faint blue color in his eyes, he looked extremely haggard.

Qin Zhirong's eyes gradually became moist, and he slowly stretched out his hand to Yu Ling: "Hug..."

Seeing that Qin Zhirong's face showed no trace of disgust towards her, Yu Ling hurriedly took her hand and hugged her into his arms.

Because she was worried about her body, Yu Ling only hugged her weakly, "I'm sorry, it's my fault."

Qin Zhirong buried her head deeply in Yu Ling's arms, smelling the faint fragrance of her body with nostalgia, and hugged her tightly with both hands.

Hearing her self-blaming words, Qin Zhirong endured the pain and said: "I... thought... I would never see... you again..."

At that time, in order not to be tarnished by Emperor Jingming, when she bit her tongue, she was determined to die.

Before she fell into a coma, she thought that she would never see His Highness again, that she would never be able to fulfill what she said to His Highness, that she would be with her for the rest of her life...

"I know." When Yu Ling treated her bite wound, she had seen her determination to die.

That's why she hates herself so much.

If she was not so careless, not so arrogant, and thought that the whole palace was under her control, so she could safely leave Rong'er in the palace, then Rong'er would not have suffered such a catastrophe.

It's her fault.

Yu Ling felt the moisture on her chest, and felt that the tears seemed to flow into her heart, which was both cold and painful.

"Don't be afraid, Rong'er, no one will hurt you again in the future."

She didn't want to talk about that person in front of Qin Zhirong, because she was afraid that Qin Zhirong would not be able to bear it, and she was as helpless and sad as when she just woke up, like an abandoned little animal, which made her heart ache.

Also... afraid that she would not be able to suppress the monstrous killing intent in her heart.

The baby she cared for tenderly was treated so cruelly by that man, if he were to simply die, it would really be a disadvantage to him...

Just when Yu Ling lowered her eyes and was thinking about how to torture Emperor Jingming, Qin Zhirong in her arms moved slightly.

Withdrew a little from Yu Ling's arms, Qin Zhirong looked at Yu Ling quietly, with a crystal teardrop hanging from the corner of his eye.

She opened her mouth, but the wound in her mouth hurt so much, she had no choice but to take Yu Ling's hand, and wrote stroke by stroke in her palm.

"I am very glad to see Your Highness again."

Yu Ling read this sentence word by word in her heart, only feeling more guilt and self-blame towards Qin Zhirong.

There was some moisture in her eyes, and she choked up and said, "I'm sorry for you."

"I knew his thoughts early in the morning, but I still left the capital arrogantly... I thought that I would hide in the dark, pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger, and control everyone, so that I could guarantee your safety..."

Before she finished speaking, Qin Zhirong shook his head and continued writing in the palm of her hand.

"Your Highness, this is none of your business. You have done enough. And it is enough for me to see Your Highness again."

Qin Zhirong didn't want to think about the painful experience that day, she just wanted to bury that unbearable memory deeply in her heart, and wait for time to pass away.

Yu Ling also saw her thoughts, so she stopped talking about that day.

She took her back into her arms, gently stroked her blue hair, and said softly: "The snow is a little lighter today, I went outside and broke some plum blossoms for you and put them in a jade vase."

"Look, does it look good?"

Qin Zhirong leaned on Yu Ling's shoulder and looked at the jade porcelain vase next to the dowry.

A few pale pink plum blossoms were inserted in the bottle, each blossoming delicate and delicate, with a delicate fragrance in the nostrils.

She took Yu Ling's hand and wrote slowly on her warm palm.

"nice."

……

For several days, all the ministers did not see Emperor Jing Ming again.Doubts gradually arose in everyone's hearts.

Just when the ministers wanted to urge Song Guogong to visit Emperor Jingming who was ill, an urgent report came from outside Beijing.

"Several unidentified troops appeared in Suizhou..."

As soon as the news reached Beijing, it immediately exploded.

"This Suizhou is on the edge of Yunzhou, not far from the capital! How could an unidentified army suddenly appear?!"

Some ministers were very worried, for fear that once the capital was breached, they would become souls killed by swords.

Some ministers with relatively clear minds were thinking in their hearts, could it be possible that the army that appeared out of nowhere had something to do with the prince who left Beijing?

But counting the time, the team led by the prince should have passed Suizhou long ago.

People who couldn't figure it out gathered at the entrance of the Xuanzheng Hall, asking to meet Emperor Jingming.

Knowing the news, Eunuch Cheng appeared in front of everyone, because he hadn't asked Huaining in advance, so he didn't dare to easily agree to the request of these ministers to meet Emperor Jingming.

I had to try my best to persuade them to go back.

"My lords, go back first. The emperor just took the medicine and fell asleep..."

However, before Eunuch Cheng finished speaking, he was interrupted by these ministers.

"The emperor has been ill for so long, but he still hasn't recovered?"

"Is the emperor really sick or are you Cheng Zhong imprisoning the emperor in an attempt to meddle in the government?!"

Some very anxious courtiers just wanted to see Emperor Jing Ming as soon as possible, so they began to talk nonsense.