Before stepping into the gate of the East Pole Palace, Xia Taozhi faintly felt that something was wrong.

The entire Dongji Hall is very tightly guarded, with three layers inside and three layers outside, and even a fly can't fly, and the guards are as strict as a prison. The strangest thing is that the current head of the guards is no longer Shangguan Yunqing, but has been replaced by a strange face she has never seen. It stands to reason that the leaders of the guards in front of the emperor are all the emperor's henchmen, and it is impossible to change people quietly.

Although she didn't grow up in a deep palace family, she has been with the tsundere prince for so long, and she still learns to be more clever than others. When even if she kept an eye on it, she asked Begonia to go back to get it under the pretext that something had fallen in the house, and she quickly whispered to her to do two things.

First, find a way to send a message to Song Yuanxi, who was already on the way to Gyeongju.

The second is to go back to the Prime Minister's Mansion to find Xia Xiang.

Although Begonia is hairy on weekdays, it is still very reliable at the critical moment, and immediately received the order.

Xia Taozhi took a deep breath and stepped into the door of the East Pole Hall with the peony.

The courtyard was almost full of people, the imperial doctors were huddled in a pile, all with solemn expressions, and the palace maids and attendants were even more spinning around like headless flies. Xia Taozhi saw Li Huai standing in the corner at a glance, standing there with his head down, not moving.

When everyone saw Xia Taozhi coming in, they hurriedly stepped forward to salute in unison. She waved her hand away, letting everyone go their separate ways, and then beckoned to Li Huai, who was standing in the corner. Li Huai trotted over and bowed to her, "Niangniang, what do you command?" ”

Xia Taozhi asked him in a low voice, "What's going on?" Why did the emperor suddenly become critically ill? Why is this East Pole Hall suddenly guarded by so many people? ”

Li Huai made a bitter face and replied, "The minions don't know either." The emperor was fine yesterday, but today suddenly there was news that he was seriously ill and was bedridden. Gonggong Fu passed all the minions over and has been waiting here......"

“…… What is the emperor's condition? ”

"The minions don't know, the minions haven't even entered the inner sanctum. But Concubine Shuniang and His Royal Highness King Rui have been in there all along...... Oh yes, and Ning Guohou and Lord Xue. ”

Xue Cheng?

He's here too?

Li Huai looked sideways and looked around, and when he saw that there was no one around, he whispered worriedly: "His Royal Highness King Ling is not in Beijing this time, and there is only one prince by the emperor's side, His Royal Highness King Rui, if the emperor has any accidents, the slave is afraid ......."

Indeed, Emperor Chu is too sick, as soon as the tsundere prince leaves, he will immediately become critically ill, and he is menacing, will there be such a coincidence? Now that the tsundere prince is so far away, if something happens, he won't be able to come back for a while......

At this moment, the curtain was lifted, and a man bowed down and walked out of the hall.

It is the Fu Gonggong by the side of Emperor Chu.

"Princess Ling, can you count it as coming......" Father-in-law Fu walked quickly, blessed her body, and said hurriedly: "You can go in quickly...... The emperor has been shouting His Royal Highness the King of Tomb......"

At this time, Li Huai secretly gave her a look.

She understood it and knew that there must be a cat in the temple. But after thinking about it, she still raised her feet and walked towards the hall, and she could only go in. Although none of the people in it were good, she felt a little relieved when she thought of Xue Cheng being there.

Stepping into the hall, the strong smell of medicine smoked the tip of Xia Taozhi's nose and blinded her eyes. She said in her heart that she was okay now, and when she was going to play the role of a filial daughter-in-law, she was not afraid that she would not be able to cry.

As soon as I entered the dormitory, I heard a woman's cry, bypassing the screen, and seeing a bright yellow dragon bed, a bunch of people surrounded in front of the bed, with different looks.

It was Concubine Shu who was crying in front of the bed, holding a bowl of medicine in her hand, crying so sadly that she didn't notice her coming. Song Yuanmin was whispering something to the side of the original judge of the Tai Hospital and the old marquis Xiao. And Xue Cheng stood aside, looking at his nose and nose, and his heart was motionless, like an old monk in a fixed place.

Father-in-law Fu stepped forward to make a report, and everyone raised their heads and looked at her.

Concubine Shu put aside the medicine in her hand, twisted up the handkerchief and wiped her tears, turned back to Emperor Chu and said, "Your Majesty, Princess Ling is here, ......" She got up and moved to the side, Xia Taozhi saw Emperor Chu lying on the bed.

Emperor Chu's condition was indeed not very good, his face was blue and black, his eye sockets were deep, and even his eyes were a little cloudy, and he turned his head to look at her with difficulty, and let out a "babbling...... Ahhhhh......h

Xia Taozhi was secretly frightened, she didn't expect Emperor Chu to be so sick at all...... Unexpectedly, can't even speak anymore?

Concubine Shu wiped her tears and said, "Princess Ling, the emperor called you...... Seems to have something to say to you......"

Xia Taozhi: "......" Concubine Shu, isn't she talking nonsense with her eyes open? How did she see that Emperor Chu was calling her? And even if Emperor Chu really had something to say to her, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to say it......

But before she could say anything, Concubine Shu said to the people next to her, "Let's go out and avoid it......"

So all the people in the dormitory withdrew, as they had been told. Before leaving, Concubine Shu handed the bowl of medicine to Xia Taozhi and told her to feed the emperor. Xia Taozhi took it in a daze, a little at a loss, she raised her eyes to look at Xue Cheng, wanting to exchange looks with him, but found that Xue Cheng's head had been hanging down, and she hadn't looked at her from beginning to end.

This kind of Xue Cheng made her feel too strange.

Soon, only she and Emperor Chu were left in the huge dormitory.

Emperor Chu still maintained a sideways posture, his eyes looked at her without blinking, and many things flashed in his cloudy eyes that she couldn't understand. She remembered that she was the daughter-in-law of someone at this moment, and she remembered Concubine Shu's instructions, so she had to take the medicine and walk over slowly.

"Father's ......"

She called tentatively.

Emperor Chu just looked at her and didn't react.

She sat down on the edge of the bed, scooped up a spoonful of medicine, handed it to his mouth, and said softly, "Father...... Take a sip of the medicine......"

Emperor Chu's lips were closed tightly, and the brown liquid flowed down his mouth and into the placket of his clothes.

She was startled, quickly took out the handkerchief and wiped it for him, thought about it, folded the handkerchief again, and carefully put it on the placket of his clothes. After some manipulation, she scooped up the second spoonful of medicine and fed it again.

"Father, can you drink some...... If you drink it, you will be cured......"

Emperor Chu still refused to open his mouth.

She had no choice but to say: "Father, His Royal Highness has now gone to Gyeongju for disaster relief, and he can't serve at the bedside, so the concubine has done this filial piety for him." If Your Highness knows that you are sick but refuses to drink the medicine, you will blame the concubines......"

She was talking nonsense to herself, but she didn't want Emperor Chu to suddenly react after hearing her mention the tsundere prince. Suddenly raised his hand and grabbed her wrist holding the spoon, the blue tendons on his head burst out, and his eyes seemed to be about to burst out of his sockets, and he spat out a sentence with difficulty.

"Hee...... Splendid...... Xi'er ......"

She was startled and wanted to withdraw her hand, but Emperor Chu held it tightly, staring at her with his eyes, and his appearance was very terrifying.

"Father, Father......"

"Hee...... Xi'er ...... "She couldn't hear the words clearly, so she had to get closer, so she could barely hear the emperor saying two words repeatedly: "Tree...... Turtle...... Tree...... Turtle ......"

Xia Taozhi was stunned for a moment, tree turtle?! What tree tortoise? Could it be that Emperor Chu is scolding the tsundere prince for being a turtle? That's too unreliable, isn't it?

She frowned and looked at Emperor Chu, only to see that he was still squirming his lips and repeating those two words repeatedly.

She suddenly blessed her heart, "Father, do you want His Highness to come back soon?" If yes, you blink your eyes......"

Emperor Chu blinked.

“……”

She secretly scolded herself for being stupid like a pig, phew! What tree tortoise? It's a quick return!!

Emperor Chu wanted the tsundere prince to come back soon!!

"Father, don't worry, I have secretly asked my personal maid to find a way to report to His Highness, and he will definitely come back soon after receiving the news."

Emperor Chu's eyes showed a look of joy, and the hand holding her wrist tightened.

"Father, you drink the medicine first...... Hurry up and take care of yourself, otherwise Your Highness will be worried when he comes back......"

As she spoke, she pushed her spoon-holding hand forward.

Unexpectedly, Emperor Chu's face was like a sunny day in June, he changed when he said it, and he turned his face when he said it, and suddenly he burst out and knocked the medicine bowl in her hand out.

With a "bang", the medicine bowl fell to the ground and shattered.

"What's going on?!"

The people from outside rushed over, led by the lady concubine. Her expression was shocked, she looked at Emperor Chu, then at Xia Taozhi, and finally at the bowl of medicine that had fallen to the ground and had been shattered, her eyes became very frightened, she stroked her chest, pointed to the ground with the other, and screamed.

"Ah......!!! This medicine, this medicine......"

Xia Taozhi's heart had already been pinched when she screamed, and her heart was beating like a drum, vaguely feeling that something bad was about to happen.

Everyone looked at Concubine Shu's hand, and saw that the bowl of medicine on the ground was bubbling with fine white bubbles, and with Xia Taozhi's shallow experience in walking the rivers and lakes, they could also see at a glance that this medicine was poisonous.

Before she could react, Song Yuanmin stepped forward and grabbed her hand, his eyes were furious, and he said sharply: "Princess Ling, you dare to poison?!" ”

She was flustered in her heart, subconsciously struggling, and confessed: "...... I didn't poison it! That bowl of medicine was handed to me by the lady lady! Even if it's poisonous, it's not me! ”

When these words came out, the faces of all the people in the temple changed.

Concubine Shu's face instantly turned pale, pointed at her, and said angrily in a trembling voice: "Okay, you princess Ling, you actually spew blood and slander to this palace!" Before you came, the palace also fed the emperor some drinks, why is the emperor okay? Why is it your turn to feed the medicine, and the medicine is poisonous? It must have been you who took advantage of the fact that there was no one in the palace just now and took the opportunity to poison the emperor!! ”

She spoke as if she had practiced it countless times.

No matter how stupid Xia Taozhi is, she should understand that this is a trap, a trap set specifically for her.