0p0 Chapter 130 The Old Emperor
Chapter 130 The Old Emperor
If the old emperor passed away, Baili Jun ascended the throne, and Empress Guo became the empress dowager, wouldn't she be even more powerful? The unjust case would never be redressed.
Zhaoyang had originally planned to let it go. After all, he had lived for most of his life, and when he was old, how could he have the time to worry about other things?
But every time I see Xianyin and learn about the humiliation she suffered while wandering, I cannot rest in peace.
In addition, Lu Huaihe still has a long time to go as an official in the court, and the existence of Empress Guo is always a cancer.
It’s better to cut it off at once!
Only then did Su He understand the purpose of Queen Guo calling them to the palace.
What do you mean, long time no see, want to chat?
all fake.
She was clearly using the excuse of a small talk to warn the princess that if she did anything rash, no one would know what would happen in the future.
After all, Lu Huaihe's every move was under her eyes.
"Good sisters are naturally missed when they are no longer in this world. I am not like the queen who does not care about sisterhood." Zhaoyang's eyes squinted and his words were suggestive.
When she first ascended the throne of Queen, the Guo family's foundation was still unstable, so her family sent a younger sister to the palace to serve the emperor together with Queen Guo.
In the blink of an eye, the younger sister became pregnant with the heir to the throne, but Empress Guo suffered a miscarriage. Fortunately, the child was born from the Guo sisters' bellies after all, which consolidated the status of the Guo family.
But on the day of her sister's birth, she died of hemorrhage, leaving behind only her poor son. The emperor was kind-hearted and worried that outsiders would not be able to take good care of the prince, so he adopted him to Empress Guo, now the Crown Prince.
As to whether she died from hemorrhage during childbirth or had some other agenda, there is no way to find out now.
Queen Guo took a deep breath and smiled coldly.
"It's a rare opportunity to enter the palace, so you should go and see His Majesty. We don't know when the next visit will be."
She started to chase people away.
Zhaoyang stood up and said, "I am also tired of sitting here, so I'd like to go out for a walk. Queen, there is nothing to do in your palace, so you can light some more incense."
"Why?"
"I feel a little sick when I smell the smell on you."
Zhaoyang said this without hesitation and left.
Hua couldn't wait to stand up and take the blame, but was glared at by Empress Guo.
"Who are you? Who is she? Do you want to curse back?"
Hua Shi sat down weakly, her voice as small as a mosquito: "It's not impossible."
"What did you say?"
"No! I didn't say anything!"
Hua quickly shut up, not daring to provoke her when she was angry.
After a few seconds of silence in the hall, Hua suddenly remembered that her husband had sent a letter back from the frontier at full speed, and had asked her to hand it to the queen personally.
Hua's mind was a mess and she couldn't understand anything, so she took out the letter and handed it to Empress Guo.
Empress Guo took it coldly and glanced at it.
After a moment, his brows furrowed and his expression became even more serious.
"This is……"
"Empress, what's written on it?" Hua asked.
Empress Guo said absentmindedly, "They are just some letters asking about relatives and friends."
Hua was puzzled: "But why did my husband ask the Queen to write to him personally? I thought it was something important!"
Empress Guo's eyebrows jumped, and she used the excuse of being tired to send Hua out of Kunning Palace.
Then he took out the letter and looked at it carefully.
That's right.
There is a secret message on the letter paper, which will become a sentence after being deciphered.
【The dynasty changed, and the Guo family could be established. 】
Queen Guo held the letter in her hand for a while, then threw it into the fire.
After coming out of Kunning Palace, we were led by a special person to Zijin Palace.
The palace gate was wide open, and many palace servants were walking in and out, each holding a lot of delicious food in their hands.
"The emperor has been resting all morning and has just woken up and is having dinner," the eunuch reported.
Zhaoyang asked: "How is His Majesty doing recently?"
"Not bad, much more energetic, and can even get off the bed and walk without the help of the palace servants."
"He was bedridden before, but now he can walk, not bad." Zhaoyang thought of the time when His Majesty was healthy, he galloped on the battlefield, hunted thousands of miles away, and was no less capable than the young Erlang. Now he has been sick for two or three years, and has only recently recovered.
Seeing that no one was around, the eunuch boldly whispered to Zhaoyang: "The princess doesn't know, it's because the emperor stopped taking the medicine that he got better, otherwise why would no one know about his current situation!"
"Stop taking the medicine? What's going on?"
"You don't know, Princess, that since His Majesty was diagnosed with the disease, he has been taking the medicine given by the Empress for many years. A few days ago, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince found a wandering Taoist priest to come to the palace to see Him. The Taoist priest asked His Majesty to stop taking the medicine and recited a few spells. In addition, the Crown Prince has often sent people to bring ginseng soup recently. As expected, His Majesty looked radiant after drinking it, and he could run and jump without any problem."
Zhaoyang was actually surprised: "What kind of ginseng soup is this?"
The father-in-law whispered something in my ear.
"Human blood?"
"That's right. The prince is keeping this a secret. But in the palace, what news is impenetrable?"
Su He, who was walking behind, felt a slight movement in his heart.
She clearly just asked the Taoist priest to make up stories, but unexpectedly she found someone with real kung fu skills by accident!
Amitabha.
She didn't mean to hurt anyone.
They are all just debts from previous lives.
Entering the Zijin Palace, the air was filled with a faint medicinal fragrance.
The old emperor leaned back in a gold-inlaid purple armchair and ate quietly.
His hands were shaking so badly that the palace servants had to feed him meals and give him soup.
When Zhaoyang saw that he was in good spirits, which was indeed in stark contrast to his previous decadent appearance, he began to have some faith in the human blood ginseng soup.
"Royal brother, I haven't seen you for a long time. It seems that you have recovered well."
In front of his younger brother, Zhaoyang was not bound by etiquette. Su He, who was following behind him, bowed and shouted, "Your Majesty."
"Sister, why are you here?"
The old emperor pushed the soup bowl in front of him, and the palace servant immediately handed him a handkerchief to wipe his mouth. The dishes on the table were then taken away, and the whole process was smooth and seamless.
No one made a sound during the process of removing the dishes, even the footsteps were silent.
Su He secretly lamented that the rules in the palace were too strict.
"Is this Huai He's new bride?"
The old emperor had a smile on his face and was particularly friendly when he mentioned Huai He.
"I, Su He, pay my respects to His Majesty."
"No need to be so formal. Look at your mother. She treats the Zijin Palace as her own home." His slightly joking tone made Su He relax.
Looking at Zhaoyang again, after entering the inner hall, he glanced around and looked at all the palace guards on duty. Finally, he walked up to the old emperor and asked, "Did you change people?"
"Ah."
"Have you stopped taking the previous medication?"
"Correct."
Su He listened quietly to the questions and answers between the brother and sister, not daring to say a word.
A palace maid came in with freshly made lotus root cakes.
Zhaoyang knew at a glance that the person was from Kunning Palace.
Therefore, the conversation was left unsettled.