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Runzhi Palace is so quiet, the palace people are all scared, try to put their steps as lightly as possible when walking, and don't even dare to cough.

Concubine Zeng Li was a little haggard, and the dark shadows under her eyes were obvious on her fair cheeks, indicating that she had not rested well recently.

It's not that she's sick, it's that the emperor has suddenly committed an old illness in the past few days, and it's much worse than before.

The doctors were helpless, and had already changed several prescriptions, but none of them worked.

Zeng Lifei's previous method could only be slightly relieved, and it was no longer possible to let the emperor sleep peacefully through the method of massage aromatherapy as before.

Therefore, the early dynasty of the past few days has also stopped, and the queen and other concubines are even more distracted and insufficient, and they can't do anything except come to visit, feed water and soup every day, and the emperor is upset and doesn't like to have many people with his predecessors, and they are only driven out after visiting for a while every day.

On this day, Concubine Zeng Li easily fed the emperor half a bowl of lotus seed soup and ate a plate of spring bamboo shoots, and the emperor saw that she was really tired, so he said: "I feel better now, you go and take a rest, just ask the people to serve." ”

But Concubine Zeng Li just didn't feel at ease, and stubbornly shook her head and said, "The concubine is not going anywhere, just guarding you here." ”

The emperor touched her hair lovingly and said, "You, you are the most sensible, but as soon as I feel uncomfortable, you are stubborn." Do you have to wear yourself out of the sick? ”

"The concubine is fine, not tired at all." Concubine Zeng still refused to leave.

"The most wholeheartedly for me in this world, except for the Queen Mother, I'm afraid it's only you." The emperor said and took Concubine Zeng Li into his arms.

"No, Your Majesty. The queen and the concubines, as well as the crown prince and princesses, they are also wholeheartedly for you. Concubine Zeng Li said softly: "You are the son of heaven!" ”

The emperor didn't speak, but just hugged Concubine Zeng Li tighter, Concubine Zeng Li would never say anything bad about anyone in front of the emperor, she was always considerate and docile, and refused to ask the emperor to worry about her.

"Your Majesty, I'll stew lily soup for you at dinner." Concubine Zeng Li said: "This is also calming." ”

"Just ask the imperial dining room to do it, you don't have to do everything," said the emperor, "beware of being tired." ”

Concubine Zeng Li didn't insist anymore, and rubbed the emperor's temples for a long time, and then the eunuch Taishi of Qintian asked the eunuch to see her, and Concubine Zeng Li retreated.

The current Qintian eunuch Taishi Ling is the previous Hong Taishi, originally Yuan Taishi was older than him and had older qualifications, but because he had wind paralysis and was sick, the emperor let him do the Taishi Ling.

This one is the Taishi who was injured by the second prince's accidental shooting, but the injury was not serious at that time, and it was fine after recuperating for a while.

The emperor has not seen many ministers these days, and the ministers also know that there is no need to report to the emperor unless there is an urgent matter, and they are all handed over to the prime minister to deal with.

Therefore, the emperor tried his best to meet all the ministers who came to see him.

After Hong Taishi came in, he carefully greeted An.

The emperor was lying on the bed and asked him directly: "Why did you come to see me?" ”

"On the Holy Gift, the minister is because he watched the sky at night and found that the Ziwei Star Palace was dim, and the Holy Dragon Body has been quite unwell recently, so he didn't dare to hide the guest to report." Hong Taishi said.

"I am indeed very uncomfortable, what is the reason for the dimness of the Ziwei Star Palace? When will it be good? The emperor asked.

"According to the minister, it is the Yin Star that hinders the lord," Hong Taishi said: "It is that there are women who are not good for Your Majesty." As for when it will be good, it must be removed from the yin star, or kept away from it. ”

"What kind of woman is that?" The emperor frowned and asked.

"I don't know if this minister is, but it must be a woman who is very close to His Majesty, at least in this harem." Hong Taishi said: "The ministers are shallow in their studies, and they can only see so much, don't think about it, you might as well invite a master to take a closer look." ”

"Alright, I know, you go down. I'll tell you something else. The emperor had a splitting headache, and after hearing the news, he became even more impatient, and waved his hand to tell Hong Taishi to retreat.

After Hong Taishi left, Concubine Zeng Li came again, and gently scrubbed the emperor with a brocade handkerchief dipped in warm water.

Under her service, the emperor barely slept for a quarter of an hour.

Then the imperial physician came in with the decoction. The emperor didn't want to drink it, but he thought that if he didn't use medicine, he was afraid that it would not be able to alleviate it, so he reluctantly drank the decoction.

At dusk, Concubine Zeng Li brought another bowl of lily soup and carefully served the emperor to drink.

After only taking a sip, the emperor felt that the taste was wrong, and asked, "Why does this soup taste strange?" It's different from every time. ”

"This soup is made by the concubines, please use some more for the emperor's face." Concubine Zeng Li held the soup bowl in both hands and said earnestly.

The emperor took another sip, but he really couldn't drink it, and said: "Ai Concubine, in the future, these things will be done in the imperial dining room." You don't have to do it yourself. ”

Concubine Zeng Li couldn't help blushing, nodded and put down the soup bowl.

The emperor couldn't bear to see her, and held her wrist and wanted to pull her to his side.

Who would have thought that Concubine Zeng Li suddenly pulled her hand back as if she had been branded.

"What's wrong with you? Reach over to me and look at it. "The emperor noticed that something was wrong with her, so he wanted to see her hand.

"It was accidentally scalded when I was cooking the soup just now, and it has been dealt with, Your Majesty don't worry." Concubine Zeng Li smiled hard and said, "It's weird, Your Majesty won't look at it." ”

When the emperor saw her say this, he didn't force it.

Who would have thought that after a day or two, the emperor's condition would become more and more serious, with headaches and restless day and night.

The queen was naturally very anxious, and she didn't dare to let the queen mother know, for fear that the old man would be anxious after hearing it.

I don't know who mentioned it, the emperor's illness, since taking medicine has no effect, is it related to the passing of the year.

The queen then called Tai Shi Ling to come over and ask, and only then did she know about the Yin Star obstructing the Lord.

But I can't be sure who it is, I only know that it's a woman, but there are tens of thousands of women in this harem, how can I determine who it is?

The queen strives to be stable, so she does not dare to judge easily.

Someone quietly reported one thing: Concubine Zeng Li always made some strange soup for the emperor to drink, and every time she made soup, she would drive out the people around her, leaving no one behind.

And the soup she made tasted very strange, and the emperor didn't like to drink it every time. But she still did it every time, and begged the emperor to drink more, but the emperor's illness became more and more serious.

When the queen heard about it, she was inevitably suspicious, the emperor trusted and doted on Concubine Zeng Li, and always lived in her palace, if Concubine Zeng Li wanted to attack the emperor, it would be too easy.

But if you question her on the basis of this one thing alone, it is probably useless, so the queen just asks people to keep an eye on her.

After thinking about it, it was a bit slow, so it was better to ask Concubine Zeng Li directly to bring her soup when she went to visit the emperor and see how she reacted.

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