【134】(1/2)
In the middle of the night, the rain started to fall again, and the rain fell on the glazed tiles, making the palace look even more empty.
Over the past few days, Acuo has been so tired that both the body and the heart are indescribable.
She had just lying beside Yuan Xun's bed and was sleeping in a daze for a while, and was awakened by the sudden sound of rain.
Once upon a time, her sleep was very stable. Not to mention rain or thunder would not necessarily wake her up.
The first thing she woke up was that she subconsciously went to see Yuan Xun beside her, and she felt a little more at ease when she saw that he was still by her side.
Yuan Xun lay quietly, his eyes closed and his nose was high. If he hadn't breathed too weakly, it would be no different from sleeping.
Acuo stretched out his little hand and gently touched his forehead. After being wet and injured, he had a high fever in the first half of the night.
She finally fed him a bowl of soup, but his heat subsided.
Acuo stood up with his body, twisted a cool veil and covered it on his forehead.
Xiao He looked at her master worriedly and couldn't help but persuade, "Master, you've been waiting for the middle of the night, why don't you go down and take a break first, so the servants here will be there.
What if you get tired too?"
Acuo shook his head and said softly, "It's okay, it's the same if I sleep on my tummy side."
I'll rest after he's fever."
Upon hearing this, Xiaohe couldn't help but sigh.
She knew that her master looked gentle but was stubborn inside, so she didn't say much and retreated silently.
Acuo poured a large cup of cold water, and his sleepiness was reduced a little.
Sitting back to the bed, she held Yuan Xun's hand.
His hands were so cold that it was scary that she had to hold his hand on the side of her face, warming him, and murmured softly, "Your Majesty, the eldest princess has gone to Yangzhou to find the antidote. She will come back in seven days. You hold on for a while, and when the antidote comes, you will be able to recover... The eldest princess will be married next month, you are well, let's congratulate her together."
"There are also children, the wet nurse brought the baby later, and they kept crying when they saw me, and I knew they were worried about you.
Aqi and Jiaojiao even reached out to touch your face. Can you feel it?
They also hope that you will get better soon. In three months, they will be one year old and can learn to speak... Haven't you always wanted to hear them call you Father?"
The more Acuo said, the more sad he felt. Tears couldn't help but slide down from the corner of her eyes. She sobbed quietly, "Don't have something to do, otherwise, I'll be angry... Don't worry, I won't let you have something to do. Even if I try my best to cultivate myself, I will save you."
I don’t know how long I’ve been talking about it, but the rain gradually stopped and the sky outside was white.
As soon as the palace gate opened, Chen Muyun rushed over and patiently persuaded Acuo for a long time. Finally, he moved out old lady Shen, "After hearing about this, my grandmother's eyes were swollen from crying. If we hadn't stopped her, she would have crawled into the palace to accompany you.
Little cousin, we know you are worried about Your Majesty, but you have to take care of your own body."
Chen Muyun was not idle yesterday, so she returned to the mansion to settle Xiaodie and her daughter, so she led her troops to continue searching the whole city, and was busy until this morning.
After returning home to change his clothes, he went into the palace to ask for a visit.
Seeing Chen Muyun frowning and looking worried, Acuo couldn't bear to let them worry and nodded, "Okay, then I'll go to have a nap."
Cousin, grandmother, please take care of you."
Chen Muyun nodded, "Don't worry, my grandmother and aunts have been living in Shen's house these few days with her."
Acuo forced a smile and was silent for a moment. He remembered something again and asked, "The leader of the rebellion Xun Li... and the woman named Mu Qing beside him, how are they?"
"I died yesterday, and the body was piled up with the rest of the rioters."
Chen Muyun paused, and saw Acuo looking thoughtful, and called out softly, "Little cousin?"
Acuo came back to his senses, and Shui Lingling's big eyes looked straight at Chen Muyun, and said softly, "I think I'm just dead like that, it's too cheap for them."
Chen Muyun was stunned.
He heard Acuo look serious and said in a very gentle voice, "They have the right to keep the whole body in this way.
Cousin, can I issue an order to cut them into pieces and then hang my head at the city gate to show it to the public?"
"This..." Chen Muyun met Acuo's calm but still clear eyes. He didn't know what he felt for a moment. The little cousin in her mind was always gentle and simple, but now the little cousin in front of her seemed to have become different all of a sudden.
Although it is understandable to deal with the rebellion in this way, it is normal for these words to be said from the emperor or the eldest princess and the others. Since my cousin said it from the mouth of the young cousin... it was a little surprised.
Seeing that Acuo was still waiting for her response, Chen Muyun pursed her lips and said, "Well, since you have given this order, I will go to the Ministry of Justice later and ask them to do what you said."
"Um."
Acuo smiled slightly.
Chen Muyun thought about it and said that the little cousin was probably stimulated by the events these days, so she was like this.
Her eyes were filled with heartache, and she reached out to pat Acuo's shoulder, with gentleness and warmth in her eyebrows, "Don't be too anxious, Your Majesty is the true dragon emperor, he will definitely not be in trouble."
Acuo focused heavily, "Well, sure."
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In the next three days, the imperial doctor relied on various precious medicinal herbs and acupuncture techniques to maintain His Majesty's life.
Three days later, the imperial doctors had no choice but to rely on the queen.
But the imperial doctor was still very suspicious. After all, the queen, a girl under seventeen years old, isn’t her medical skills higher than the entire Imperial Hospital?
For the next four days, the queen spent an hour alone with His Majesty every day, and no one was allowed to enter and disturb him.
What is amazing is that His Majesty actually survived, and his complexion was even better than the previous three days.
However, the queen's condition was getting worse and worse. Every time she came out of the bedroom, she had to go back to rest for a long time. On the last day, she was so tired that she couldn't even walk, so she still had to carry her back to the bed.
Everyone had their own guesses, wondering if the queen had any magic, or what exclusive secrets that the Shen family cannot be circulated?
But no matter what, if His Majesty survives, that is the best.
The seven days of waiting for the antidote were the most difficult seven days in the entire palace. Not to mention Acuo and the imperial physician, even ordinary palace ladies felt that the atmosphere in the palace was depressing, as if a stone was blocked in his heart, and he was breathless.
Finally, on the seventh night, the eldest princess finally came back.
In the hazy night, the eldest princess came straight to Zichen Palace with a woman in a black robe.
When Acuo heard the news that the princess was back, he waited outside the hall early.
When she saw the eldest princess with a tired look on her face, she hurriedly greeted her, "Sister, come back!"
The eldest princess has lost weight and has a lot of tanning. Her eye sockets are deep and her eyes are covered with black green. At first glance, she knows that she hasn't had a good night's sleep for a long time.
The eldest princess originally thought that she was haggard enough in this way. She never thought that when she saw Acuo, she felt a little shocked and couldn't help but say, "Acuo, why are you...haggard so haggard?"
Under the panic light, the little girl in front of her lost weight, her face turned pale, and a layer of black green was covered between her eyebrows and eyes. She looked sick and sick, and it seemed like the wind was about to fall. Those who didn't know thought that the person who was poisoned was her.
Acuo's slender eyelashes trembled slightly, as if he didn't want to say more, so he just smiled hard, "Sister, I'm fine, I just haven't had much sleep recently."
She remembered the serious matter, and her eyes passed over the eldest princess and fell on the man in black robe with his head hanging behind her, "Sister, this is the cousin of Concubine Zhao, right?
Thank you for coming and helping, this girl.”
The eldest princess pursed her lips and said softly, "Let's go in first and say it."
Several people entered the house together, and the eldest princess waited for the idle people to be removed, leaving only two imperial doctors, Xiao Tao Xiaohe, Chang Xi and others to serve.
Walking into the hall, the woman in black robe slowly took off her wide hood and slowly raised her head.
Under the bright light, the familiar face of Duanli Youhua appeared in front of everyone.
Acuo widened his eyes in disbelief and said in surprise, "Zhao, Empress Zhao?"
The woman in black robe is not someone else, but the former Concubine Zhao and Zhao Qingning today.
There was a calm expression between her eyebrows and eyes. She looked at Acuo who was surprised in front of her and showed a shallow smile, "Empress, I haven't seen you for a long time."
Acuo was filled with shock. The eldest princess took her hand and whispered, "Acuo, I will explain slowly to you later. Let Qingning detoxify Axun first."
"Yes, detoxify!"
Acuo nodded quickly and led Zhao Qingning to the bed.
Zhao Qingning looked at Yuan Xun on the bed and pursed her lower lips calmly.
After not seeing him for two years, his appearance seemed to have not changed much, but his dying look unconsciously reminded her of many years ago.
He was poisoned that time, and he was like this, waiting for her to deliver the antidote.
Unexpectedly, after going around in circles, I returned to this scene. It was really a blessing to make people feel bad.
But at this moment, looking at this man who once made her love crazy, her heart was extremely calm-
Along the way from Yangzhou, she had thought about how she would feel when she saw him again?
But she didn't expect that she would be so calm, as if she was treating an ordinary patient who came to the clinic for treatment.
This time, I really let it go.
She thought about this and no longer wasted time and began to detoxify him.
The eldest princess and Acuo looked nervously, their hearts swelling, and even their breathing was not consciously relaxed, for fear of disturbing Qingning's treatment.
Zhao Qingning took out a pill, crushed the pill, washed it away with boiling water, and took it to Yuan Xun.
Then, she took out a silver needle and pierced Yuan Xun's ten fingers. Little by little, black blood beads emerged from his fingertips.
This is an extremely focused and patient word. Soon, a layer of fine and dense cold sweat emerged from Zhao Qingning's smooth forehead.
To be continued...