Yu Ce didn't want to startle the snake, and planned to enter the palace the next day and ask for a private face-to-face.It's just that he didn't expect that the emperor suddenly contracted a high fever that night, was bedridden, and even canceled the morning court.Empress Lin was also ill, and Concubine Xiao stayed by the dragon bed to wait on the sick. She refused everyone's visits on the grounds that the emperor needed to rest, and Yu Ce's request for peace was returned.
Yu Ce returned in vain, and went to Yu Sheng to discuss: "As soon as the First Prince appeared, the Holy Majesty fell ill, how could it be such a coincidence?"
The emperor was seriously ill, and the favored concubine controlled the common goods in the palace, not allowing others to face the saint, and at the same time doing some tricks, Yu Sheng has seen such plots in novels and TV dramas.He thought for a while, and said: "Could it be that other than us saw the First Prince yesterday?"
Yu Ce looked anxious, "If this is the case, he will be in danger."
If the people who colluded with the Destiny Group to kill Li Zhan were indeed Concubine Xiao's party, they would be in chaos when they learned that Li Zhan was still alive, and they were afraid that he would bring the matter to the emperor. Attack the emperor.After all, as long as the emperor dies and Li Zhan has not returned to the throne, Li Yang can naturally ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor.
"If you can't see the emperor, what about the queen?" Yu Sheng asked.
Yu Ce shook his head, "Foreign ministers are not allowed to enter the harem without an edict."
Although Yu Sheng has been to the harem several times, he was ordered by the emperor to paint for the concubines.Unless the queen personally said that she wanted to see him, he couldn't even enter the palace, let alone the harem.The fact that Li Zhan is not dead is a top secret, they can't let others convey it, and they can't write it in a letter and send it to the palace.So, how can they escape Xiao Guifei's eyes and sneak into the harem?
The two thought for a long time, and Yu Sheng suddenly said, "Brother, I have an idea."
"What way?" Yu Ce asked.
Yu Sheng only said two words: "King Shu."
In Prince Shu's mansion, Li Luan was teasing a thrush with melon seeds.This is a bird with bright feathers and singing, which is extremely rare.Li Luan teased for a while, and the pretty maid came forward and said, "My lord, the second young master Yu has already had his third cup of tea, why don't you leave him alone?"
Li Luan said leisurely: "That little guy, every time I see this king running faster than a rabbit, it's rare for him to take the initiative to come to the door. If this king doesn't frustrate his spirit, I don't know when it will be the next time. Give him something to eat and let him wait."
When Yu Sheng drank the fifth cup of tea, Li Luan came late, and with a flattering smile, he said, "What kind of wind brought the Second Young Master Yu here today, and it really made this king very terrified."
Yu Sheng saluted Li Luan generously, "Yu Sheng has met the prince."
Li Luan pushed back his clothes and sat down, raised his chin towards the seat opposite, "Sit."
"Thank you, Lord."
Li Luan took a sip of his tea and said, "Finally, why did you come to see me today?"
Yu Sheng said: "My lord asked me to paint for you last time, do you remember?"
"Remember." Li Luan said lightly, "Didn't you say that you are very busy and have no time?"
Yu Sheng touched his nose awkwardly, "I'm free now."
Li Luan smiled and said, "Really, then what do you want to draw for this king?"
Yu Sheng pretended to think about it, "Isn't Concubine Chen's birthday coming soon? The prince can let me make a painting for the concubine as a congratulatory gift."
Li Luan was a little surprised, "How did you find out about the concubine's birthday?"
"I went back to the harem to paint for all the empresses, and I overheard someone mentioning it." In fact, Yu Sheng knew everything about Concubine Chen from the original work.Li Luan, as the male supporting role who is absolutely infatuated with the protagonist, has a lot of roles in the original work, and even brought his mother concubine Chen Taifei into the scene several times.
Li Luan laughed "heh", "Xiao Yusheng, I really want to thank you for being so kind."
Yu Sheng thought that the matter was over, and was overjoyed, "My lord, you're welcome."
Li Luan looked at Yu Sheng, with a slight smile, "You don't really think that this king is so easy to deceive, do you?"
Yu Sheng was dumbfounded, "My lord?"
"Let me guess," Li Luan said slowly, "You use the pretext of painting for the mother and concubine, but you actually want to enter the palace, and you want to enter the harem, right?"
"..." It's not good for you as a male supporting role to have too high an IQ, it embarrasses the protagonist group.
"However, this king really can't figure out the reason why you would rather come to beg this king than sneak into the harem."
Yu Sheng lowered his head, "I, I want to see the queen."
Li Luan raised his eyebrows slightly, "Why?"
"The queen is kind to me. I heard that he has been ill in bed for a long time. I want to visit him."
Li Luan obviously didn't believe his words, "It's that simple?"
"Yeah." Yu Sheng's expression looked extremely sincere, "I also ask the prince to grant me this little wish."
Li Luan was silent for a while, and said: "This king can take you into the palace."
Yu Sheng knew that Li Luan must have the conditions, and asked: "Then what does the prince need me to do?"
Li Luan grinned when he heard this, "I want you to order another gui in front of me."
Yu Sheng stared, unable to speak.He had already guessed that Li Luan had doubts about his identity, but he didn't expect the other party to say it so openly.Yu Sheng decided to pretend to be stupid first, "This... the lord, hasn't he been to my banquet? I'm an ordinary man, so what else is there to fix?"
"How does this king know, was the real jade gui you used at that time, or the fake yu gui you ordered in Jin Shiyuan?"
Yu Sheng got a little angry, and asked back: "What if I am an ordinary person, so what if I am a brother, what does this have to do with the prince?"
"Why doesn't it matter?" Li Luan half-truthfully said, "If you are a brother, I will marry you as my princess."
Yu Sheng became angry from embarrassment, "Impossible, you are dreaming!"
Li Luan was in a good mood when he saw that the kitten was being teased by him, "If you were an ordinary person, this king would definitely not marry you. Why are you so excited?"
Yu Sheng looked sullen, and said coldly: "As an upright man, Yu Sheng was naturally a little excited when he was molested like this. Please don't take offense, my lord."
"Since you are so sure that you are an ordinary person, why not order the gui again?" Li Luan said with a smile, "If you don't decide the gui, the king will not help you. You should think about it carefully. When will you think it over clearly? When will you come back again?" My king."
Yu Sheng stared at Li Luan's leaving back with hatred, bit her lip, and said, "Your Majesty, stay here."
Li Luan raised a triumphant smile at the corner of his mouth, turned his head and raised his eyebrows and asked, "What?"
Yu Sheng knew that if Li Luan really wanted to know his identity so much, he could have tied himself up on the spot and let some blood out, and he didn't dare to do anything with his identity.But Liw Luan clearly wanted to help him, but he had to make him anxious to be happy.How could there be such a person in the world.
Yu Sheng took a deep breath, "I agree to the prince. But you have to take me into the palace to meet the queen first."
Li Luan snapped his fingers, "Deal."
Yu Sheng and Li Luan agreed to enter the palace early the next morning.That night, after Yu Sheng finished washing, he did not go to bed to rest. Instead, he came to the study after a long absence, spread rice paper on the desk, and ground the ink.After everything was ready, he picked up the pen and dipped it in the ink. The ink dripped from the tip of the pen, and black plum blossoms bloomed on the rice paper. He looked at it for a long time, but he still didn't write.Until Qiu Nian's voice sounded behind him: "Second Young Master? It's so late, why don't you go to sleep?"
Yu Sheng woke up like a dream, put down his pen, smiled at him, "Go ahead, help me clean up here." After finishing speaking, he almost ran away from the study.
Qiu Nian looked at his back, feeling a little strange in her heart.He walked to the table, looked at the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on it, and suddenly remembered one thing - since the second young master was injured, he hadn't drawn any more.
On the second day, Yu Sheng first went to Prince Shu's mansion to meet Li Luan, and the two entered the palace together.
Li Luan was wearing a black dragon robe today, with a tall and straight figure and clear eyebrows. If he didn't like to bully people with nonsense, he would be considered a handsome man.Li Luan is a first-rank prince, and his mother concubine Chen Taifei is the only one among the four concubines of the former emperor who is still alive, and is quite respected in the palace.Not long after Concubine Chen gave birth to Li Luan, the late emperor left, and the emperor was very gracious and allowed her to continue raising the youngest son. After Li Luan left the palace to build a mansion, maybe he could visit the palace at any time to visit Concubine Chen.
After Yu Sheng followed Li Luan into the palace, he didn't go directly to the harem, but went to greet the emperor first.Yu Sheng asked: "I heard that the Holy Majesty is recovering from illness and won't accept anyone's request to see him. Can the prince see him?"
The old God Li Luan said: "Whether the emperor sees or not is his business, and whether I go or not is my business." He patted Yu Sheng on the shoulder, "Let's go."
The two came to the Tai Chi Palace where the emperor recuperated, and after explaining their intentions to the father-in-law, they stayed in the side hall to wait for the transmission.
Not long after, they didn't wait for the emperor to be summoned, but they waited for an expected person—the second prince, Li Yang.
Since Li Zhan's "death", Li Yang's family is the only one, and it can be said that half of his buttocks have already sat on the dragon chair.Now that the emperor is ill again, the court affairs are completely controlled by him and Concubine Xiao.It should have been a time when he was in high spirits, but he seemed to be a little out of spirits, with a half-hearted smile, "Uncle Emperor, who is this young master?"
Royal Li's genes are still good, and all of them look good.Although Li Yang is not as tall and imposing as his father and elder brother, his facial features are fairly correct, but his temperament is too vain.
Li Luan introduced: "The second son of the Yu family, Yu Sheng."
Yu Sheng bowed to Li Yang and said, "Yu Sheng has seen His Highness."
Li Yang sized Yu Sheng up and down, "So it's Young Master Yu, I heard my concubine mention you, and it is said that you are a good painter."
"The second prince has won the prize."
Li Luan smiled and said, "Young Master Yu, you don't need to be modest. If you weren't so good at painting, this king wouldn't ask you to paint for my concubine."
"Since the emperor's uncle is here to see Concubine Chen, instead of going to the harem, why come to Tai Chi Palace?"
The smile on Li Luan's face faded a bit, "I heard that Brother Huang is ill, so I came to the palace to visit."
Li Yang said: "Father just finished drinking the medicine and fell asleep."
"What a coincidence?" Li Luan said regretfully, "I don't know about the illness of the emperor..."
"Uncle, please don't worry, Father is just caught with the wind and cold occasionally, the imperial doctor said that he can recover after a few days of rest."
Li Luan raised his eyebrows, "Yes, that's good."
Li Yang and Li Luanxu exchanged a few words with the committee member, and got up to say goodbye: "There is still something to do in the court, and several ministers are still waiting in the imperial study, so I will not accompany the emperor's uncle."
Li Luan nodded, "Second prince, let's go."
Both Li Zhan and Li Yang are Li Luan's nephews, but Li Luan is obviously closer to Li Zhan, just by the names he calls them.Although Li Luan bears the title of prince, he never asks about government affairs, does not participate in party disputes, and at most occasionally picks up unimportant jobs from the emperor to pass the time, and his days are free and easy.
Yu Sheng asked him: "The emperor is only cold, so he can't even see people. Don't you find it strange?"
"Strange, but it's none of your business." Li Luan said, "Kids have to look like kids, draw well, and don't worry about other things."
Yu Sheng's body is ten years younger than Li Luan's. In Li Luan's eyes, he might really be a child.Yu Sheng said angrily: "Since the prince thinks I'm young, why do you still say you want to marry me as the princess?"
Li Luan half-truthfully said: "Because you are a brother, you are so good at giving birth."
Yu Sheng was disgusted by this kind of remarks, "I am not."
"Aren't you, you'll find out later."
Yu Sheng had no affection for Li Luan, but for the sake of the overall situation, he still endured the attack.The two came to the harem, and first went to the Shoukang Palace where Concubine Chen was located.
Concubine Chen is only in her early forties, and looks younger than Jiang Huamei due to her proper maintenance.The mother and son were talking while Yu Sheng was fiddling with painting tools.
Concubine Chen said with a smile: "I'm already old, what else can I draw."
Li Luan said: "Mother and concubine, this young master Yu's painting skills are even admired by the emperor. Last time on Qixi Festival, the emperor asked him to draw a picture for each of the empresses. Mother and concubine don't want to see it." ?”
"I've seen the paintings of all the empresses, and they are really good. They are wonderful and beautiful, and they penetrate three points." Dowager Chen said, "If this is the case, I will trouble you, Young Master Yu."
Yu Sheng said respectfully: "Your Majesty, you are serious."
Concubine Chen sat down, and the pen, ink, paper and inkstone were all ready.Yu Sheng walked before committing the crime, looked at the blank rice paper in front of him, and suddenly broke into a cold sweat.He forced himself to be calm, chose an easier-to-operate wolf hair brush, and was about to write, but his hand trembled uncontrollably as if he had lost control.
Concubine Chen cast a puzzled look at him, and Li Luan also narrowed his eyes.Sweat ran across the scar on Yu Sheng's forehead and dripped onto the table.Yu Sheng held his right hand with his left hand, trying to stop the shaking of his right hand, but it was in vain.
Yu Sheng put down his pen, wiped off his sweat, and said, "My lord, empress, please give me a little time, just a little."
Concubine Chen looked at her son, "Luan'er, this..."
Li Luan thought for a while, and said: "There is no rush, Young Master Yu probably hasn't picked up a pen for a long time, so he's not used to it. Concubine, let him take it easy."
Concubine Chen said, "I'll listen to Luan'er."
Yu Sheng stared blankly at his right hand, feeling that it was not a part of his body.
Li Luan said again: "By the way, mother and concubine, I heard that the queen's phoenix body has been slightly ill recently. My son specially asked someone to find the Tianshan snow lotus from the Western Region. It is said that it can cure all kinds of diseases. I also ask mother and concubine to present this object to the queen."
Concubine Chen nodded, "Luan'er has a heart."
Li Luan ordered someone to hand over the snow lotus to the court lady beside Concubine Chen, "Go now, don't delay."
The palace maid bowed, "Yes."
"Mother and Concubine, it's windy outside, let me help you in." While speaking, Li Luan secretly winked at Yu Sheng.Yu Sheng, who had been relieved, was mentally aware, and for the sake of convenience, he quietly left Shoukang Palace while others were not paying attention, and followed the maids who had gone to offer gifts all the way to the Palace of Longevity where Queen Lin was.
The eunuch who received the maid was somewhat familiar. He was the one who carried Yu Sheng to the Palace of Eternal Life last time when he was in a climax.After the maid sent the snow lotus away, Yu Sheng popped up from behind the big tree where he was hiding, "Eunuch He!"
The eunuch was taken aback, and when he saw that the person calling him was Yu Sheng, he was taken aback, "Young Master Yu?! Why are you in the harem? Are you here to draw pictures for the girls again?"
Yu Sheng shook his head, "Eunuch He, I have something important to report to the Queen! It is about the eldest prince, please pass it on for me, Eunuch."
Hearing the word "Elder Prince", the eunuch didn't dare to delay, and immediately turned around and entered the Hall of Longevity, and came back soon to invite Yu Sheng in.
Walking into the Hall of Eternal Life, Yu Sheng felt a little more secure.
Lin Hou stood in the hall, compared to the last time Yu Sheng saw him, Lin Hou was much lighter, with dry and pale wrists exposed under the wide sleeves, like a branch of lotus in the autumn pond.
Seeing Yu Sheng coming in, Lin Hou hurried up to meet her, grabbed Yu Sheng's front lapel, with a scorching light in his eyes, tremblingly said: "Yu Sheng, Zhan'er..."
Yu Sheng couldn't bear to make Empress Lin sad even for a moment, so she simply said: "Prince, he is not dead! Queen, he is still alive!"
Lin Hou tightly grasped Yu Sheng's clothes, like a drowning man hugging driftwood.He closed his eyes, his long eyelashes trembling uncontrollably.
"Queen?" Yu Sheng called out.
Lin Hou shook his head lightly, the strength in his hand gradually weakened, and the person also slipped down.Yu Sheng hurriedly hugged him, and knelt down on the ground with him, "Queen! Are you, are you okay? Imperial physician, I'll let someone pass it on to the imperial physician!"
Queen Lin grabbed his arm, "No...I'm fine."
Yu Sheng had no choice but to stay by Lin Hou's side. After a long time, Lin Hou gradually calmed down. "I know, I've always known," he said, "my son, there's no way he's going to die that easily. He's got a lot to do and he's not going to die."
Yu Sheng told Empress Lin in detail how Li Zhan was betrayed, how he escaped from birth, and how he returned to the capital. "Empress, the emperor is currently ill, Concubine Xiao is not allowed to visit, we..."
"Yu Sheng, don't worry." After losing control just now, Empress Lin returned to her usual calm and self-possessed look, "Let's go and have a look."
"But Concubine Xiao..."
Empress Lin's tone was light, "I'm still here, she will always be just a concubine."
This sentence gave Yu Sheng a reassurance.Empress Lin has been acting so nonchalant that Yu Sheng even forgot his dignity as the mother of a country.
Empress Lin called Eunuch He, gave some instructions, and then said to Yu Sheng, "Let's go, I'll take you to Tai Chi Palace."
Yu Ce returned in vain, and went to Yu Sheng to discuss: "As soon as the First Prince appeared, the Holy Majesty fell ill, how could it be such a coincidence?"
The emperor was seriously ill, and the favored concubine controlled the common goods in the palace, not allowing others to face the saint, and at the same time doing some tricks, Yu Sheng has seen such plots in novels and TV dramas.He thought for a while, and said: "Could it be that other than us saw the First Prince yesterday?"
Yu Ce looked anxious, "If this is the case, he will be in danger."
If the people who colluded with the Destiny Group to kill Li Zhan were indeed Concubine Xiao's party, they would be in chaos when they learned that Li Zhan was still alive, and they were afraid that he would bring the matter to the emperor. Attack the emperor.After all, as long as the emperor dies and Li Zhan has not returned to the throne, Li Yang can naturally ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor.
"If you can't see the emperor, what about the queen?" Yu Sheng asked.
Yu Ce shook his head, "Foreign ministers are not allowed to enter the harem without an edict."
Although Yu Sheng has been to the harem several times, he was ordered by the emperor to paint for the concubines.Unless the queen personally said that she wanted to see him, he couldn't even enter the palace, let alone the harem.The fact that Li Zhan is not dead is a top secret, they can't let others convey it, and they can't write it in a letter and send it to the palace.So, how can they escape Xiao Guifei's eyes and sneak into the harem?
The two thought for a long time, and Yu Sheng suddenly said, "Brother, I have an idea."
"What way?" Yu Ce asked.
Yu Sheng only said two words: "King Shu."
In Prince Shu's mansion, Li Luan was teasing a thrush with melon seeds.This is a bird with bright feathers and singing, which is extremely rare.Li Luan teased for a while, and the pretty maid came forward and said, "My lord, the second young master Yu has already had his third cup of tea, why don't you leave him alone?"
Li Luan said leisurely: "That little guy, every time I see this king running faster than a rabbit, it's rare for him to take the initiative to come to the door. If this king doesn't frustrate his spirit, I don't know when it will be the next time. Give him something to eat and let him wait."
When Yu Sheng drank the fifth cup of tea, Li Luan came late, and with a flattering smile, he said, "What kind of wind brought the Second Young Master Yu here today, and it really made this king very terrified."
Yu Sheng saluted Li Luan generously, "Yu Sheng has met the prince."
Li Luan pushed back his clothes and sat down, raised his chin towards the seat opposite, "Sit."
"Thank you, Lord."
Li Luan took a sip of his tea and said, "Finally, why did you come to see me today?"
Yu Sheng said: "My lord asked me to paint for you last time, do you remember?"
"Remember." Li Luan said lightly, "Didn't you say that you are very busy and have no time?"
Yu Sheng touched his nose awkwardly, "I'm free now."
Li Luan smiled and said, "Really, then what do you want to draw for this king?"
Yu Sheng pretended to think about it, "Isn't Concubine Chen's birthday coming soon? The prince can let me make a painting for the concubine as a congratulatory gift."
Li Luan was a little surprised, "How did you find out about the concubine's birthday?"
"I went back to the harem to paint for all the empresses, and I overheard someone mentioning it." In fact, Yu Sheng knew everything about Concubine Chen from the original work.Li Luan, as the male supporting role who is absolutely infatuated with the protagonist, has a lot of roles in the original work, and even brought his mother concubine Chen Taifei into the scene several times.
Li Luan laughed "heh", "Xiao Yusheng, I really want to thank you for being so kind."
Yu Sheng thought that the matter was over, and was overjoyed, "My lord, you're welcome."
Li Luan looked at Yu Sheng, with a slight smile, "You don't really think that this king is so easy to deceive, do you?"
Yu Sheng was dumbfounded, "My lord?"
"Let me guess," Li Luan said slowly, "You use the pretext of painting for the mother and concubine, but you actually want to enter the palace, and you want to enter the harem, right?"
"..." It's not good for you as a male supporting role to have too high an IQ, it embarrasses the protagonist group.
"However, this king really can't figure out the reason why you would rather come to beg this king than sneak into the harem."
Yu Sheng lowered his head, "I, I want to see the queen."
Li Luan raised his eyebrows slightly, "Why?"
"The queen is kind to me. I heard that he has been ill in bed for a long time. I want to visit him."
Li Luan obviously didn't believe his words, "It's that simple?"
"Yeah." Yu Sheng's expression looked extremely sincere, "I also ask the prince to grant me this little wish."
Li Luan was silent for a while, and said: "This king can take you into the palace."
Yu Sheng knew that Li Luan must have the conditions, and asked: "Then what does the prince need me to do?"
Li Luan grinned when he heard this, "I want you to order another gui in front of me."
Yu Sheng stared, unable to speak.He had already guessed that Li Luan had doubts about his identity, but he didn't expect the other party to say it so openly.Yu Sheng decided to pretend to be stupid first, "This... the lord, hasn't he been to my banquet? I'm an ordinary man, so what else is there to fix?"
"How does this king know, was the real jade gui you used at that time, or the fake yu gui you ordered in Jin Shiyuan?"
Yu Sheng got a little angry, and asked back: "What if I am an ordinary person, so what if I am a brother, what does this have to do with the prince?"
"Why doesn't it matter?" Li Luan half-truthfully said, "If you are a brother, I will marry you as my princess."
Yu Sheng became angry from embarrassment, "Impossible, you are dreaming!"
Li Luan was in a good mood when he saw that the kitten was being teased by him, "If you were an ordinary person, this king would definitely not marry you. Why are you so excited?"
Yu Sheng looked sullen, and said coldly: "As an upright man, Yu Sheng was naturally a little excited when he was molested like this. Please don't take offense, my lord."
"Since you are so sure that you are an ordinary person, why not order the gui again?" Li Luan said with a smile, "If you don't decide the gui, the king will not help you. You should think about it carefully. When will you think it over clearly? When will you come back again?" My king."
Yu Sheng stared at Li Luan's leaving back with hatred, bit her lip, and said, "Your Majesty, stay here."
Li Luan raised a triumphant smile at the corner of his mouth, turned his head and raised his eyebrows and asked, "What?"
Yu Sheng knew that if Li Luan really wanted to know his identity so much, he could have tied himself up on the spot and let some blood out, and he didn't dare to do anything with his identity.But Liw Luan clearly wanted to help him, but he had to make him anxious to be happy.How could there be such a person in the world.
Yu Sheng took a deep breath, "I agree to the prince. But you have to take me into the palace to meet the queen first."
Li Luan snapped his fingers, "Deal."
Yu Sheng and Li Luan agreed to enter the palace early the next morning.That night, after Yu Sheng finished washing, he did not go to bed to rest. Instead, he came to the study after a long absence, spread rice paper on the desk, and ground the ink.After everything was ready, he picked up the pen and dipped it in the ink. The ink dripped from the tip of the pen, and black plum blossoms bloomed on the rice paper. He looked at it for a long time, but he still didn't write.Until Qiu Nian's voice sounded behind him: "Second Young Master? It's so late, why don't you go to sleep?"
Yu Sheng woke up like a dream, put down his pen, smiled at him, "Go ahead, help me clean up here." After finishing speaking, he almost ran away from the study.
Qiu Nian looked at his back, feeling a little strange in her heart.He walked to the table, looked at the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on it, and suddenly remembered one thing - since the second young master was injured, he hadn't drawn any more.
On the second day, Yu Sheng first went to Prince Shu's mansion to meet Li Luan, and the two entered the palace together.
Li Luan was wearing a black dragon robe today, with a tall and straight figure and clear eyebrows. If he didn't like to bully people with nonsense, he would be considered a handsome man.Li Luan is a first-rank prince, and his mother concubine Chen Taifei is the only one among the four concubines of the former emperor who is still alive, and is quite respected in the palace.Not long after Concubine Chen gave birth to Li Luan, the late emperor left, and the emperor was very gracious and allowed her to continue raising the youngest son. After Li Luan left the palace to build a mansion, maybe he could visit the palace at any time to visit Concubine Chen.
After Yu Sheng followed Li Luan into the palace, he didn't go directly to the harem, but went to greet the emperor first.Yu Sheng asked: "I heard that the Holy Majesty is recovering from illness and won't accept anyone's request to see him. Can the prince see him?"
The old God Li Luan said: "Whether the emperor sees or not is his business, and whether I go or not is my business." He patted Yu Sheng on the shoulder, "Let's go."
The two came to the Tai Chi Palace where the emperor recuperated, and after explaining their intentions to the father-in-law, they stayed in the side hall to wait for the transmission.
Not long after, they didn't wait for the emperor to be summoned, but they waited for an expected person—the second prince, Li Yang.
Since Li Zhan's "death", Li Yang's family is the only one, and it can be said that half of his buttocks have already sat on the dragon chair.Now that the emperor is ill again, the court affairs are completely controlled by him and Concubine Xiao.It should have been a time when he was in high spirits, but he seemed to be a little out of spirits, with a half-hearted smile, "Uncle Emperor, who is this young master?"
Royal Li's genes are still good, and all of them look good.Although Li Yang is not as tall and imposing as his father and elder brother, his facial features are fairly correct, but his temperament is too vain.
Li Luan introduced: "The second son of the Yu family, Yu Sheng."
Yu Sheng bowed to Li Yang and said, "Yu Sheng has seen His Highness."
Li Yang sized Yu Sheng up and down, "So it's Young Master Yu, I heard my concubine mention you, and it is said that you are a good painter."
"The second prince has won the prize."
Li Luan smiled and said, "Young Master Yu, you don't need to be modest. If you weren't so good at painting, this king wouldn't ask you to paint for my concubine."
"Since the emperor's uncle is here to see Concubine Chen, instead of going to the harem, why come to Tai Chi Palace?"
The smile on Li Luan's face faded a bit, "I heard that Brother Huang is ill, so I came to the palace to visit."
Li Yang said: "Father just finished drinking the medicine and fell asleep."
"What a coincidence?" Li Luan said regretfully, "I don't know about the illness of the emperor..."
"Uncle, please don't worry, Father is just caught with the wind and cold occasionally, the imperial doctor said that he can recover after a few days of rest."
Li Luan raised his eyebrows, "Yes, that's good."
Li Yang and Li Luanxu exchanged a few words with the committee member, and got up to say goodbye: "There is still something to do in the court, and several ministers are still waiting in the imperial study, so I will not accompany the emperor's uncle."
Li Luan nodded, "Second prince, let's go."
Both Li Zhan and Li Yang are Li Luan's nephews, but Li Luan is obviously closer to Li Zhan, just by the names he calls them.Although Li Luan bears the title of prince, he never asks about government affairs, does not participate in party disputes, and at most occasionally picks up unimportant jobs from the emperor to pass the time, and his days are free and easy.
Yu Sheng asked him: "The emperor is only cold, so he can't even see people. Don't you find it strange?"
"Strange, but it's none of your business." Li Luan said, "Kids have to look like kids, draw well, and don't worry about other things."
Yu Sheng's body is ten years younger than Li Luan's. In Li Luan's eyes, he might really be a child.Yu Sheng said angrily: "Since the prince thinks I'm young, why do you still say you want to marry me as the princess?"
Li Luan half-truthfully said: "Because you are a brother, you are so good at giving birth."
Yu Sheng was disgusted by this kind of remarks, "I am not."
"Aren't you, you'll find out later."
Yu Sheng had no affection for Li Luan, but for the sake of the overall situation, he still endured the attack.The two came to the harem, and first went to the Shoukang Palace where Concubine Chen was located.
Concubine Chen is only in her early forties, and looks younger than Jiang Huamei due to her proper maintenance.The mother and son were talking while Yu Sheng was fiddling with painting tools.
Concubine Chen said with a smile: "I'm already old, what else can I draw."
Li Luan said: "Mother and concubine, this young master Yu's painting skills are even admired by the emperor. Last time on Qixi Festival, the emperor asked him to draw a picture for each of the empresses. Mother and concubine don't want to see it." ?”
"I've seen the paintings of all the empresses, and they are really good. They are wonderful and beautiful, and they penetrate three points." Dowager Chen said, "If this is the case, I will trouble you, Young Master Yu."
Yu Sheng said respectfully: "Your Majesty, you are serious."
Concubine Chen sat down, and the pen, ink, paper and inkstone were all ready.Yu Sheng walked before committing the crime, looked at the blank rice paper in front of him, and suddenly broke into a cold sweat.He forced himself to be calm, chose an easier-to-operate wolf hair brush, and was about to write, but his hand trembled uncontrollably as if he had lost control.
Concubine Chen cast a puzzled look at him, and Li Luan also narrowed his eyes.Sweat ran across the scar on Yu Sheng's forehead and dripped onto the table.Yu Sheng held his right hand with his left hand, trying to stop the shaking of his right hand, but it was in vain.
Yu Sheng put down his pen, wiped off his sweat, and said, "My lord, empress, please give me a little time, just a little."
Concubine Chen looked at her son, "Luan'er, this..."
Li Luan thought for a while, and said: "There is no rush, Young Master Yu probably hasn't picked up a pen for a long time, so he's not used to it. Concubine, let him take it easy."
Concubine Chen said, "I'll listen to Luan'er."
Yu Sheng stared blankly at his right hand, feeling that it was not a part of his body.
Li Luan said again: "By the way, mother and concubine, I heard that the queen's phoenix body has been slightly ill recently. My son specially asked someone to find the Tianshan snow lotus from the Western Region. It is said that it can cure all kinds of diseases. I also ask mother and concubine to present this object to the queen."
Concubine Chen nodded, "Luan'er has a heart."
Li Luan ordered someone to hand over the snow lotus to the court lady beside Concubine Chen, "Go now, don't delay."
The palace maid bowed, "Yes."
"Mother and Concubine, it's windy outside, let me help you in." While speaking, Li Luan secretly winked at Yu Sheng.Yu Sheng, who had been relieved, was mentally aware, and for the sake of convenience, he quietly left Shoukang Palace while others were not paying attention, and followed the maids who had gone to offer gifts all the way to the Palace of Longevity where Queen Lin was.
The eunuch who received the maid was somewhat familiar. He was the one who carried Yu Sheng to the Palace of Eternal Life last time when he was in a climax.After the maid sent the snow lotus away, Yu Sheng popped up from behind the big tree where he was hiding, "Eunuch He!"
The eunuch was taken aback, and when he saw that the person calling him was Yu Sheng, he was taken aback, "Young Master Yu?! Why are you in the harem? Are you here to draw pictures for the girls again?"
Yu Sheng shook his head, "Eunuch He, I have something important to report to the Queen! It is about the eldest prince, please pass it on for me, Eunuch."
Hearing the word "Elder Prince", the eunuch didn't dare to delay, and immediately turned around and entered the Hall of Longevity, and came back soon to invite Yu Sheng in.
Walking into the Hall of Eternal Life, Yu Sheng felt a little more secure.
Lin Hou stood in the hall, compared to the last time Yu Sheng saw him, Lin Hou was much lighter, with dry and pale wrists exposed under the wide sleeves, like a branch of lotus in the autumn pond.
Seeing Yu Sheng coming in, Lin Hou hurried up to meet her, grabbed Yu Sheng's front lapel, with a scorching light in his eyes, tremblingly said: "Yu Sheng, Zhan'er..."
Yu Sheng couldn't bear to make Empress Lin sad even for a moment, so she simply said: "Prince, he is not dead! Queen, he is still alive!"
Lin Hou tightly grasped Yu Sheng's clothes, like a drowning man hugging driftwood.He closed his eyes, his long eyelashes trembling uncontrollably.
"Queen?" Yu Sheng called out.
Lin Hou shook his head lightly, the strength in his hand gradually weakened, and the person also slipped down.Yu Sheng hurriedly hugged him, and knelt down on the ground with him, "Queen! Are you, are you okay? Imperial physician, I'll let someone pass it on to the imperial physician!"
Queen Lin grabbed his arm, "No...I'm fine."
Yu Sheng had no choice but to stay by Lin Hou's side. After a long time, Lin Hou gradually calmed down. "I know, I've always known," he said, "my son, there's no way he's going to die that easily. He's got a lot to do and he's not going to die."
Yu Sheng told Empress Lin in detail how Li Zhan was betrayed, how he escaped from birth, and how he returned to the capital. "Empress, the emperor is currently ill, Concubine Xiao is not allowed to visit, we..."
"Yu Sheng, don't worry." After losing control just now, Empress Lin returned to her usual calm and self-possessed look, "Let's go and have a look."
"But Concubine Xiao..."
Empress Lin's tone was light, "I'm still here, she will always be just a concubine."
This sentence gave Yu Sheng a reassurance.Empress Lin has been acting so nonchalant that Yu Sheng even forgot his dignity as the mother of a country.
Empress Lin called Eunuch He, gave some instructions, and then said to Yu Sheng, "Let's go, I'll take you to Tai Chi Palace."
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