The First Empress - Chapter 45
Chapter 45 Strange Disease
“Your Majesty, my parents are quite old. I want to go home to see my father. I hope that Your Majesty will allow me to do so.” Lan Sou Yu went to Gan He Palace to pay her respects and sobbed as she pleaded as much as she could.
“There is no such precedent in this dynasty, but–” Hui Qi placed the folds on the table as he looked at Lan Sou Yu and said, “Judging from your pitiful appearance, go back for two or three days. I will send someone to protect you.”
Lan Sou Yu was overjoyed as she bowed and stood behind Huiqi, sending the folds with cinnabar to the bottom of Huiqi’s sleeve.
Hui Qi was slightly impatient. “Forget it, since you’ve already been granted permission, you can go back. Zhaifu is also an old man. If there’s anything that you don’t take good care of at home, you can just go to the Taiyuan Hospital to get it. Zhaifu is, after all, a minister of the Zhu Kingdom and a pillar of the country.”
Lan Shuyu was relieved when she heard the Emperor praising her father’s benefits. “Probably it doesn’t matter if the doctor in the house looks at it. However, the illness is strange. It was originally caused by the wind and cold that became more and more intense, but it was actually a sign of” tuberculosis “.”
After the Emperor gave a few more instructions, Lan Sou Yu knelt down and went.
Lan Sou Yu and He Shu Fei originally planned to never interact with each other, but they didn’t want to meet on a narrow path today. However, Lan Sou Yu could only stand under a camphor tree and wait for He Shu Fei to arrive gracefully.
Concubine Heshu had some things in his hand. “I heard that when my cousin is ill, he will send them back. My sister wants to go back, and my sister has nothing else to offer. Take these back,” he said. Lan Shuyu was naturally afraid that there would be a problem after receiving the private gifts. She was also afraid that the origin of the things inside would be unknown. She waved her hand repeatedly, “Sister is bad. I didn’t conceal anything from you this time. Naturally, the fewer things you brought, the better. As for the things that sister has, I can only accept them from you.”
He Shufei caged her hands and nodded, “Alright, help me bring my cousin a good day.”
Seeing that He Shufei was about to leave, Lan Shuyu gestured for He Shufei to stay behind. The two of them went to a remote corner. Lan Shuyu said, “Big sister, watch out. Big sister must be careful of those three people when she leaves the palace.”
He Shufei nodded and said coldly, “You just need to fuck you. Don’t tell me that big sister doesn’t know that hidden arrows are hard to defend against?”
Originally, he had left since the morning, but on the one hand, there was the ancestral system of the palace rules pressing down on him, while on the other hand, he needed to take care of things everywhere. It was already evening when he returned home.
Lan Shuyu put on her cloak and knocked on the door of her house. A butler had already come to welcome her. Lan Shuyu could not wait to see her father in the inner hall.
At this time, there were many officials who came to visit Lan Zhenglin with boxes in their hands. Before they reached the room, they could already hear the greetings inside. Their lively words were not like visiting a patient.
“The Pavilion Elder will definitely turn the tide. This lowly rank wants to discuss with the Pavilion Elder about Rou Ran defending against the enemy.”
“Elder Blue Pavilion is a strong old man. He is a member of the Emperor’s Benevolence Society. I’m afraid it’s impossible for him to get sick too often.”
These greetings seemed to be sincere and sincere, and their wording was not hypocritical. However, it sounded so hypocritical. Luckily, Lan Zhenglin did not find it strange. He nodded as he replied with these flattering words. This room was talking, and a little girl had already reported that Empress Zhaoyuan had come back to visit her.
Lan Zhenglin did not expect his daughter to come back. Even the sour rots who were visiting looked at each other. After hearing Zhu Yulinlang’s fragrant breeze, they already knew that it was Empress Zhaoyuan.
A few ministers waved their horseshoes and greeted him. Lan Shuyu was so anxious to see her father like this that she could only wave her hands repeatedly. “Father, there is no need to be too polite. The family is no longer comparable to the palace. Furthermore, father is sick, so there is no need to salute him.”
It turned out that there was an unwritten rule in the Dali Dynasty. If a girl came to the palace, she would return home like a royal sister-in-law after her promotion. Lan Zhenglin naturally had to bow. Lan Sou Yu pressed down on the back of her aged hands.
The ministers below did not dare to raise their heads, and they left on an excuse.
“Father, why are you so sick? Have you invited a good doctor? What did the doctor say?” Lan Shuyu was so anxious that she couldn’t do anything about it. She held Lan Zhenglin’s hand and sighed to herself that her father was so old and sick that he was so haggard.
Lan Zhenglin looked at Lan Sou Yu. I just feel that this daughter hasn’t seen each other in five or six years, ‘”Life and death are destined to be rich and honorable in heaven. Father has been holding onto Ying Baotai for the past few years. However, his health has probably deteriorated day by day. It’s not easy for you to come out once. Go meet your mother,” Lan Zhenglin said with tears streaming down his cheeks.
Just as she was speaking, her mother was already standing behind her. Lan Sou Yu took over her mother who was about to salute and cried loudly.
After crying for a while, he always felt that something was wrong and asked, “Father, what kind of illness is this? Did the doctor also say it?”
“As I said in my previous letter to you, it was just a cold wind. Later on, it became even more intense and looked a little” tuberculous “.”
Lan Shuyu knew that what Lan Zhenglin said was true. Looking at this situation, she thought about it for a while and asked, “Father, have you thought about when did this strange illness start?”
Lan Zhenglin wiped away his tears and nodded as he thought about it. “Probably at the beginning of the twelfth month, the Seventh Prince invited someone over to ask his father to come to the Seventh Prince’s Mansion to have a drink. This is how he came back.”
“Seventh Prince? Huiye?”
Lan Zhenglin coughed twice as he said, “Yes, I wore too thin a dress for my father that night. I didn’t want the heavens to be unfair. I was eating wine. Who knew that when Xiaolou listened to the wind and rain all night, it snowed, and it started to get cold …”
Lan Sou Yu secretly asked a few more questions and memorized them one by one in her heart before walking into the house to rest.
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It was another cloudy night. It snowed on the first night, and the doors of the palaces were closed early.
Only in Cloud Phoenix Hall, Bu Linglong lit a lantern herself and went outside. “Don’t follow me anymore. This palace is just casually walking, will it get lost? Don’t make a fuss about it.” Linglong refused to let the little inspector and Qin’er chase her as she walked into the snow.
Xue Mo Zi shattered. She walked to the Upper Forest Garden. Originally, she had nothing to do but come to the Upper Forest Garden to take a look at the Veluriyam World. She did not expect that she would see Li Chong Yuan when she had just arrived at the Bamboo Forest that Hui Qi had visited with her last time.
Li Chongyuan was also alone, and she could tell that she was full of worry.
“Sister is actually here alone?”
Li Chongyuan turned around and saw that it was Bu Linglong. She smiled sweetly, “They said that my sister and I begged each other at the same time. I didn’t expect that even our hobbies would be the same. Don’t you bring a servant with you?”
Linglong looked behind her and held Li Chongyuan’s hand. “It’s a bad thing to bring them along. The constraints are very powerful. This is something big sister learned from you.”
Li Chongyuan smiled faintly and covered her lips with her hand. “Big sister, you should pay attention to your daughter’s body.”
“What kind of daughter is not daughter? She’s just the same person.” Linglong reached out and held Li Chongyuan’s hand. “Little sister should put on more clothes. It’s not a joke to catch a cold.” Li Chongyuan felt that Bu Linglong was exceptionally affectionate like a big sister of his. She hurriedly pulled Bu Linglong’s hand and said, “Thank you, big sister. I didn’t expect that I would actually meet a person who can truly cut my heart in Zi Hua City. It’s also my sister’s good fortune.”
Seeing Linglong holding the jade flute, Li Chongyuan clapped her hands repeatedly and said, “Sister, play that song from last time.”
Just as Linglong was about to play, she was interrupted by a rustling sound of footsteps. The two of them turned their heads and saw He Shufei dressed in fat clothes.
He Shufei sneered, “I didn’t expect Li Chongyuan and Bu Jieyu to be in a good mood. I don’t know what kind of staircase they were talking about in the middle of the night. Could it be that there’s something shameful that they have to avoid?”
Concubine Heshu said coldly. Linglong recognized the irritation in Concubine Heshu’s words. She only smiled faintly and looked at the moon in the sky. “Greetings, Imperial Concubine Shu.”
“This concubine greets Your Highness.” Li Chongyuan also went to the front to salute.
He Shufei suddenly attacked Li Chongyuan’s hair bun. “Don’t you need to think about what I said?”
Concubine Heshu thought that he could let the two of them fight. He was skimming the array, but he didn’t expect that Li Chongyuan and Bu Linglong would actually hit it off. Not only did the two of them not fight, they also became a good pair of sisters. Seeing this, Concubine Heshu felt angry.
Seeing He Shufei’s sudden attack, Linglong was unable to save her. However, Li Chongyuan’s reaction was faster and she avoided He Shufei’s claw of Mount Lu. Bu Linglong stood in front of Li Chongyuan and said, “What is Your Majesty doing? As one of the Third Consort, is this the demeanor that Your Majesty should have?” Speaking of which, Li Chongyuan’s eyes widened. He had a few experience in fighting, but after being attacked, he was still a little dull. He did not know what He Shufei meant at all.
“Since I am one of the Third Concubine, what I want to do is naturally my business. If there is anything you want, then I have not taught you a lesson.” Concubine Heshu’s domineering manner made people feel that these things were as if they should be. Linglong looked sideways, first at Li Chongyuan and then at Concubine Heshu. “Big night, if this matter gets out, it won’t look good. We’ll take our leave first.”
Li Chongyuan was so frightened that she was stunned that she reached out and held Linglong’s hand.
But just as she was about to leave, He Shufei said again, “Are you leaving now?”
“Otherwise what?” Linglong asked.
“How do you know that you are not discussing something shameful here? You must tell this palace what you said here just now?”
“Can the people of Lipa understand what you said? Why don’t you ask the Empress to go back to the palace and have a good look at the Ming History Scriptures?” “Chicken and duck, why don’t you go back to the palace and have a good look at the Ming History Scriptures?” Linglong really felt that Li Chongyuan was wronged and continued to help Li Chongyuan speak.
Moreover, she reached out and held Li Chongyuan’s frozen fingers. Li Chongyuan felt that Linglong’s palm was warm and comfortable, but Li Chongyuan, who had always been kind and easy to talk to, did not say a word.
“Impudent, is this the tone of speaking to the concubine?” Concubine Heshu raised his eyebrows and looked at Linglong coldly.
Linglong sneered again and again, “Your Highness, you’re right. Since you know that it’s not useless to talk to your concubine so much, let’s go first.” After saying that, he turned around and Imperial Concubine He Shu stamped her feet in anger in the snow. “You can leave. Let Li Chongyuan stay. This palace has two words to say to Li Chongyuan.”
Linglong looked at Li Chongyuan. Li Chongyuan’s cheeks were flushed red. Obviously, he did not want to be alone with Concubine Heshu.
Linglong knew what Li Chongyuan meant and said, “There’s something you can’t say during the day. But at this time, you’re in a hurry. Your Highness should get up early tomorrow and go to Chongyuan Sister Palace to talk. How much more can you say?”
Concubine Heshu saw that the two of them were about to leave and stopped them. He stood in front and asked, “What do you mean?”
Bu Linglong was neither humble nor arrogant. “Please step aside, Your Highness. I want to go back with Sister Chongyuan.”
“Just now, Bu Jieyu said that everything he said that night was shameful. Then, could it be that you were saying something shameful just now? Are you trying to harm someone or something?” Concubine Heshu was very good at finding fault. Linglong tilted her eyes slightly and didn’t want to argue with Concubine Heshu. She said coldly, “No matter what we said, I won’t bother Imperial Concubine Shu to inquire about it.”
With that, he walked to the front.
It was at this moment that a cold wind blew over. Linglong did not feel anything. Li Chongyuan was frightened and Xue Mo Zi poured it down her collar. After returning, she felt uncomfortable and fell ill in less than two days.
