"Gonggong Li, you give us a truth, what happened to the emperor, if the emperor said this himself, we will go back, if not, we will question, why don't you ask us to visit?" Concubine Zhao asked.

Gonggong Li hurriedly said: "The emperor is fine, there is no shortage of people around to serve, the prince is afraid that the princes will work too hard, so he asked them to rest first, and there is no other meaning, don't misunderstand." ”

"The emperor has been in a coma for so long, if you say that he is fine, we can't believe it, isn't it that even the imperial doctor is helpless?" Concubine Zhao said reluctantly, "What is the reason why the prince doesn't call us, is he the only one who is qualified to fulfill his filial piety?" ”

Concubine Zhao has a princess who is a few years old, and it is not good to say, the emperor doesn't necessarily know what she looks like, so she is most anxious to fight for herself, more anxious than anyone else.

Li Gonggong said: "Concubine Zhao's words are wrong, the emperor has not woken up, and it is useless for the princes to be in front of him, and the prince is sympathetic to ask everyone to go back, and there is no other meaning." ”

Gonggong Li is an old oilman in the palace, he knows what to say and what not to say, Zhao Concubine is not relenting, he just takes turns to talk, and Zhao Concubine has not caught a word.

On the contrary, Concubine Zhao couldn't hold her breath and said a lot of things that shouldn't have been said.

"Gonggong Li, the emperor took you a lot, and you actually helped the prince and the Marquis of Qiyang to deceive and hide from your subordinates? Obviously, the emperor is already going to be bad, so you have to whitewash the peace and not ask people to visit, what are your intentions! ”

"Concubine Zhao, the emperor is still very good, you shouldn't say this." Gonggong Li straightened his face, and his tone became cold, "I advise you, it's better to go back to the palace and wait for the news." ”

"It's impossible for us to go!" Concubine Zhao deliberately amplified her voice, probably to wake up the emperor, "If the emperor doesn't wake up for a day, I won't leave for a day!" In the future, if the emperor wakes up and blames him, I will ask the emperor for guilt! ”

"That's it, if we don't leave, we must wait for the emperor to wake up!"

A few concubines were noisy outside, and those who didn't know thought that the emperor was going to be gone, and a few brothers were going to divide the family property.

Xie Ruqing frowned in the hall, she glanced at Qi Wanru, and the other party looked at him helplessly, "Sister Ruqing, how is this good, I look at Yu Ning is annoyed, I can't help if I want to, do you have any way to tell them to go back first?" If they are really waiting here, what will others think? ”

This does not have a good impact, Yu Ning's current status is very embarrassing, although the extermination of the former prince has established some majesty, but there are still many people who are not convinced of him, and all forces are staring at his every move, just waiting to find out his handle or weakness, if you really let these concubines stay outside the palace, it doesn't take much, one or two hours is enough to be criticized. Tomorrow, everyone will know that the new crown prince is a good old man without majesty, and he will compromise as long as he makes trouble.

Besides, if the emperor wakes up tomorrow, those concubines will immediately bite back, saying that the prince deliberately spread rumors that the emperor's limit is approaching, and that it is a big crime.

If Xie Ruqing was to stay, he would not let those princes stay from the beginning, the so-called inch by inch, one has two, if they don't deter them at the beginning, they will only make more unreasonable demands.

But then again, Qi Wanru is not the crown princess yet, and her name is not right, so she can't be demanded.

That's it, Xie Ruqing thought, even if she replaces Qi Wanru, she doesn't care about her reputation anyway, and if it's bad, it's worse.

She stood up, opened the door of the hall, and scolded the concubines who were still talking: "Please don't talk yet, the emperor is recuperating, why are you making such a noise?" ”

The concubines were stunned for a moment, as if they didn't expect Xie Ruqing to come out.

Lun's identity, Xie Ruqing, a lady Hou, is not as noble as the harem concubines, but she can't stand Qi Yanzhi's power now, and she has prestige among the people. Speaking of it outside, almost everyone knows Mrs. Qingyang Hou, but they don't necessarily know what the virtuous concubine Zhao Concubine is, and in front of the emperor, it is not necessarily who has more face, so in fact, when everyone respects and gives face, identity is not so important.

"Yo, Mrs. Qingyang Hou is also there." Concubine Zhao is yin and yang weird - there are many people in the harem concubines who don't look down on Xie Ruqing, after all, a Mrs. Hou oppresses them everywhere, and no one is happy. "The prince is filial piety and loyalty in front of the emperor all night, I don't know what the Marquis of Qingyang is for? I don't know, I thought when the emperor had an illegitimate child. ”

"Concubine Zhao Niangniang," Xie Ruqing didn't answer her words, there was something like Qingyang Hou being an illegitimate child, and one wrong sentence after another, not to mention the best response. "I just heard from you, the emperor is going to be bad, I don't know where you came from?"

Concubine Zhao also regretted that she had just said this, and she had long regretted it, but she didn't expect this woman to come up and grab her words, it's really hateful!

"It's not that I'm disrespectful to the emperor, it's really the prince's actions that make us suspicious, if you can give a convincing word, or ask us to say a word to the emperor, we naturally don't think so." Concubine Zhao is also smart, she didn't say that the princes suspected it after they went in and saw it, in short, the emperor can't say it, it's better not to come out of his mouth, otherwise it's a handle.

Xie Ruqing said: "The emperor is not awake now, I'm afraid I can't tell you in person, but the emperor said before that he doesn't like people to be noisy when he is resting, and you are filial, shouldn't you still let the emperor rest?" Such a blind trouble, but it makes people wonder if you really want the emperor to be good. ”

Concubine Zhao hated it very much in her heart, and Mrs. Qingyang Hou buttoned down a big hat every word, but it was still impossible to refute.

"What did Mrs. Qingyang Marquis say, how could we not want the emperor to be good, you are right, we are reckless, we shouldn't make noise to the emperor, just shut up and wait quietly for the emperor to wake up." Zhao Concubine is the general of Xie Ruqing's army, she expected that Xie Ruqing would not dare to bombard them away, so there is no fear, depending on how you deduct the charge, we just won't leave.

Xie Ruqing smiled, and said in her heart that this Zhao Concubine is smart, being a concubine is really condescending, if she has a prince, sooner or later she will be the second concubine.

"Grandpa Li," she said in her usual tone.

"Hey! Mrs. Qingyang Hou. Gonggong Li replied.

"I'll tell you a guilty first," Xie Ruqing said politely, "If there is a transgression later, you don't have to blame or stop it, when the emperor wakes up, I will go to confess." ”

Gonggong Li bowed his head and said very respectfully: "Mrs. Hou is serious. ”

Looking at the attitude of Gonggong Li, you can know the attitude of the emperor, and the status of the Marquis of Qingyang can be seen from this.

"Someone!" Xie Ruqing called the guards loudly, "Please all the ladies and princes go back to their respective palaces, if anyone dares to make noise again, they will all be tied up!" ”

The people in front of the emperor will look at the direction of the wind, the Marquis of Qingyang now almost controls the government, and the prince must take his opinion as the standard, and there is no reason for everyone to be disrespectful. Besides, these people usually take the eyes of Gonggong Li as the standard, to a certain extent, Gonggong Li can replace the emperor, and Gonggong Li acquiesces if he doesn't stop him, so Xie Ruqing gave an order, and all the guards listened to him, and they all stepped forward to force the concubine and the prince to leave.

"Xie Ruqing, you are so bold!" Concubine Zhao pointed at Xie Ruqing and shouted, "What is your identity, you dare to show off your might here and command the palace guards!" ”

"You let me go...... It's the other way around, it's the other way around! Are you all sick in the brain, and you actually listen to her command! ”

Several concubines who refused to leave were forcibly taken away by the guards, and they were disgraced, so they couldn't care about their image, and they all pointed at Xie Ruqing and scolded. He said all kinds of ugly things, and said that he would put her to death.

"Come, come, come! Are you all dead, tie me up this woman who doesn't know how thick the sky is! Concubine Zhao tried to ask the guards, eunuchs, and grandmothers to tie up Xie Ruqing, but no one listened to her.

Gonggong Li stood beside Xie Ruqing, watching the concubines in the emperor's harem being blown away by the guards without saying a word, and only bowed his head slightly at the end and said, "Congratulations to all the mothers." ”

"Thank you, Master Lee." Xie Ruqing, who was still standing in the middle of the main hall with a majestic body, turned his head and thanked Gonggong Li, and returned to his former gentle appearance, almost making people think that the scene of Fang just giving orders was an illusion.

Gonggong Li hurriedly bowed and said that he didn't dare, "Mrs. Hou, you are serious, thank you for helping me out of the siege, they are all masters, and it is not easy to say heavy words, and I can't explain to the prince when I turn around, I don't please both ends, if you don't come out, I really don't know what to do." ”

Smart people know that this is not a kind word when they hear it, but this is Gonggong Li's sincere gratitude. Gonggong Li doesn't have a reason why he doesn't know what to do, because he has no lord now, the emperor hasn't woken up, and the prince hasn't treated him as a confidant, so it's not easy for him to overcome. And Xie Ruqing indirectly represents the prince, so Gonggong Li is so grateful to Dai De for his cooperation, and from this aspect, Xie Ruqing did help him out of the siege.

Gonggong Li urgently needs to gain the trust of the prince at this time, and cooperating with Xie Ruqing is equivalent to cooperating with Qi Yanzhi or Miss Qi Wanru, which is equivalent to standing firmly on the prince. Xie Ruqing's move seemed unreasonable and reckless, but it helped everyone, Gonggong Li thanked her, Qi Wanru thanked her, and the prince naturally missed her well.

"Sister Ruqing, you are so amazing!" Qi Wanru was terrified when she heard it inside the door, and kept sweating for Xie Ruqing, for fear that she would offend those concubines. "I told you that I was scared to death, if it were me, I was afraid that I would be scared to the bottom of my legs."

Xie Ruqing smiled and said, "I'm not afraid to die yet, if it weren't for Lord Li's help, where would I be able to hold up." ”

"Anyway, Sister Ruqing, you are really powerful, I admire you very much anyway." Qi Wanru said.

Qi Yanzhi took care of today's business, came out of the study and stretched out his hand to Xie Ruqing, "Let's go back, you didn't sleep last night, you have to go back and have a good rest." ”

Xie Ruqing handed his hand to him, and the two of them held it naturally, making Qi Wanru envious.

"I'm fine, I slept for a while, but you haven't closed your eyes for two days, you must be tired, go back and ask Ru to make you a ring of soup to drink." Xie Ruqing knew that Qi Yanzhi still had a lot of things to do, and this was to make her go home early, and she must have been extremely tired.

"I don't need the soup." Qi Yanzhi approached Xie Ruqing, his fingers lightly hung on the tip of her nose, and whispered, "It's good to sleep with Mrs. in your arms for a while." ”

Xie Ruqing slapped him lightly, "It's still there." ”

The emperor's condition is actually not very good, he has been in a coma for so long, and he has not woken up even after exhausting his medical methods, saying that if he doesn't wake up again, he will probably wake up and become a waste. Qi Yanzhi had already prepared for the worst, so he had been guarding the palace for the past few days, afraid that if something happened, the prince would not be able to cope with it, but he couldn't bear to see Xie Ruqing accompany him here, so he wanted to settle her down and come back.

However, when the two were about to leave, the emperor woke up.

"Sir!" Yu Ning looked excited, he personally ran out and called Qi Yanzhi, "Father is awake!" ”

Qi Yanzhi hurriedly went to the emperor's inner bedroom, the imperial physician was checking the emperor's situation, the imperial physician stroked his beard and frowned for a long time, but he didn't say good or bad, only asked someone to cut off the medicine to feed the emperor to drink.

"Father?" Yu Ning bowed down and stood in front of the bed and greeted the emperor, "What do you think?" ”

The emperor was still a little unconscious, he looked at Yu Ning blankly, as if he didn't know him, and he didn't speak for a long time.

Yu Ning chuckled in her heart, the emperor hadn't eaten for a few days, he had lost a lot of weight, and he looked haggard, living up to his tough appearance. He asked the Imperial Doctor how it was, and the Imperial Doctor only said that the pulse was stable and there were no bad symptoms.

Probably because people have been in a coma for a long time, Yu Ning thought.

Yu Ning personally fed the emperor a few spoonfuls of decoction, and after a while, the emperor's eyes rolled, but he looked at Qi Yanzhi next to him. Immediately, his eyes widened suddenly, looking at Qi Yanzhi's face and mouth constantly open, I don't know if he was surprised or what.

"Ah Tang Ah Tang ......"

The emperor muttered a name in his mouth, and his eyes were fixed on Qi Yanzhi.