Chapter 48
I passed out for three whole days, and when I woke up, I realized that I was no longer in the original courtyard, and the emperor arranged a new courtyard for me, which was next to the Taihe Palace.
Huaibi cried and cried for a long time, before she explained the things of the past few days, her aunt was imprisoned in Zhaohua Palace, all the maids and eunuchs were dismissed, and only Aunt He was left to serve alone, which is said to be begged by Aunt He. His Royal Highness King Yi knelt at the gate of Taihe Hall for three days and three nights, but the emperor avoided it. In the middle of the night last night, His Royal Highness King Yi finally fainted due to physical exhaustion, and was carried out.
I vaguely remember that countless people had come to my bedside in the past few days, and I vaguely remember someone standing in front of my bed for a long time, and then telling me, "I will take you away soon, and I will definitely protect you from harm!" ”
Who is it? I asked Huaibi, and he told me that my second brother, He Zhengqing, Ling Haoqing, and even Ling Haochen had all come to see me, but I couldn't remember who stood in front of my bed for a long time and said something! Since I can't guess, I don't want to think about it anymore, I know that after this incident, Haoxi's position as the crown prince has no hope, and if nothing else, Ling Haoxuan will inevitably become the final winner, I don't have the slightest surprise, but I can't let go, I am depressed, and I don't even want to go out.
It was only then that I realized how useless I was, that I couldn't help Haoxi, and that I couldn't hurt him. can only watch him fail step by step......
The weather has been excellent these days, and the heat has gradually dissipated, leaving only the coolness of autumn. I wore a snow-white dress with a few magnolia flowers embroidered on it, and I didn't pay attention to it because I was too lazy to clean up during this time.
"Miss, let's go for a walk! It's not good for your body to be so stuffy in the room all the time! Huaibi whispered in my ear again. I finally sighed and walked out the door.
I hadn't gone out for many days, and when I went out, I felt a little dizzy, so Huaibi helped me in front of the stone table and poured me a cup of tea.
In the past few days, neither my brother nor Ling Haoqing have come to see me, I know that there must be chaos in the court, and I don't go to investigate, I am afraid of hearing something I don't want to know. However, hiding can't be avoided after all.
"Miss, just now, His Royal Highness King Yi went angrily in the direction of Taihe Palace!"
I sat with my forehead propped up, and there was a sound of hurried footsteps at the door, and I raised my eyes to see that Xiao Dezi ran in in a panic to report. I told them before, as long as there is news of King Yi, they will report immediately, but I didn't expect that there was really news of him, but I was even more worried and afraid.
I got up in a hurry, and I ran out of the palace gate without even bothering to make up, and behind me, Huaibi shouted at me to slow down.
I didn't care about them, so I ran forward quickly, Zi Hualing's palace boots almost let me run away, but it was still a step too late.
The Taihe Hall was in chaos, many guards surrounded the main hall, I vaguely smelled the smell of blood, this kind of invisible but imaginary atmosphere made me unbearable anymore, I pushed away a few palace maids who were dissuaded in front of me and ran inside.
"Ruo'er!" It was Ling Haoqing's voice, I heard it clearly, but I couldn't hear what he said later, I only remember that I pushed him away hard, he was caught off guard, and was pushed away by me, he looked at me in surprise, but I didn't care about it, and after several entanglements, I finally rushed into the hall surrounded by layers.
At this moment, the emperor fainted on the dragon couch, his eyebrows were shrouded in a pool of death, his face was pale, if it weren't for the slightly undulating chest, I would even mistake it for a corpse.
Rui Wang Ling Haoxuan stood with his back to me, his left arm seemed to be injured by a sharp weapon, blood was gurgling down, and his moon-white robe had been dyed bloody. My heart finally became irrepressibly frightened, I looked around, and finally saw Ling Haoxi, his eyes were dark and cold, the sunlight came in through the window lattice, but it only shone not far in front of him, at this moment his whole person was enveloped in a dark shadow without light, and I couldn't see his facial features clearly. All I could see was that he was holding the bow and crossbow I gave him, pointing at Ling Haoxuan.
The noise outside was like that, but the room was quiet and terrifying, they didn't seem to see me, I only saw Hao Xi's pupils shrink suddenly, and then I saw Ling Haoxuan's body had flown out of the air, the silver light flashed, and the cold light had rushed towards Hao Xi's direction, I didn't care much, my body had already pounced towards Hao Xi. It was just a few tens of seconds of what happened like lightning, and I only heard Haoxi's screams, then the tearing sound of the sword suddenly withdrawing and cutting through the sky, and then, I felt a heart-rending pain spread through my body.
I saw Hao Xi take me in his arms, and then his tears kept falling, I looked hard into his eyes, what a beautiful pair of eyes, like obsidian, now he was dim, I saw a small white shadow inside and raised his arm to wipe away his tears, he grabbed my hand, pressed it against his face, tears slid from his cheeks and my palm, it was slippery......
"Save her! Hurry up and save her! Where's the Imperial Doctor?! He shouted for help, and then I saw a lot of people rushing over, Ling Haoqing held me in his arms, and at the moment of going out, I saw Ling Haoxuan looking at me deeply, with a sad face......
Sad...... It was sorrow...... Am I really dying? I even saw a hallucination......
Once again, I successfully fell ill, and I was so sick that it seemed that all the problems accumulated in my body in my life had come out overnight, and I was in a coma for three whole days before I finally woke up after many doctors were busy day and night.
Or, it's not that I'm unconscious, it's just that I don't want to wake up, I can hear the anxiety and worry up and down Fengzhi Palace, but I don't want to open my eyes.
Huaibi was crying beside me, and I was upset to hear it, but I couldn't do anything about it. However, from the busyness of the imperial doctors, I know that the emperor's condition is getting more and more serious, and I don't dare to lie down like this anymore......
"Don't scream!" After the routine consultation, the room finally returned to calm, only Huaibi was left crying at the bedside, I suddenly took a hand, covered Huaibi's mouth, and said softly.
She was so frightened that she almost screamed, but with my serious expression she swallowed back the words that had come to her throat.
"Do you know what's going on in the palace?" I asked in a low voice.
She vaguely told me that I knew from her mouth that seven days ago, the first queen had looked for a short time in the palace, and Aunt He went with her, and when His Royal Highness King Yi arrived, he only saw two corpses, and he went to the Taihe Hall with grief and anger. There was a meeting of King Rui who came to report to the government, in a few words, the two quarreled, King Yi moved first, seriously injured King Rui, and then I rushed over, for King Yi to block a sword, the emperor was angry, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and now I don't know what the situation is.
Without too valuable information, she is just a palace maid after all, and it is impossible to know too much.
"Go find me a palace maid's clothes, I'm going to Taihe Hall to have a look!" There were people everywhere out there, and I didn't want to take the risk, but I had to take the risk, I couldn't stand to hide here like an ostrich and do nothing......
"But, miss!" I covered her mouth and made a muffled voice, "Your injury!" ”
As soon as she reminded me, the wound that I had neglected hurt slightly, but now where can I take care of this, I frowned and endured the pain: "Go quickly!" ”
She wanted to say something, but she was too frightened by my appearance to say anything, and walked out in a hurry.
She came back quickly, and brought back an ordinary palace maid's clothes, and I told her not to tell anyone else the news that I had woken up, so I walked out cautiously. Fortunately, in the past few days, Fengzhi Palace has been full of people, and it is not noticeable, so I picked up the path with few people and quietly approached the Taihe Palace.
The situation was more serious than I imagined, outside the Taihe Palace, Tianyu's courtiers were waiting anxiously, I saw my brother and Zhengqing from a distance, and I also saw Ling Haoqing and Ling Haochen standing outside the door of the Taihe Palace, but I didn't see Ling Haoxuan and Ling Haoxi. Although the hall was crowded, I didn't know what happened in the Taihe Hall that day, and I didn't know what happened in the Taihe Palace that day, and I didn't know what happened to King Rui and King Yi now, but I only vaguely saw the seriousness of the emperor's injuries in the frequent attendants and the frowning imperial doctors.
The courtiers present all had solemn expressions, and at this moment, they didn't just have to think about the status of the monarch's injury? Is there a possibility of improvement, will the crown prince be established? You also have to think about how you will respond if your follower wins this contest, and how you will end up in case you lose. The inner anxiety at this moment is no longer comparable to an early dynasty and a debate with contradictory political views, and these are all confused and impossible to discuss because of the unknown injury of the monarch and the uncertainty of the prince.
The ministers were all pacing silently outside the hall, their brows furrowed, and no one knew what to discuss, but none of them dared to leave. Ministers with a little experience know that during the emperor's critical illness, it is the time when the power of the temple is most likely to overturn, and unexpected huge changes may occur at any time. From ancient times to the present, there are too many stories of this kind of overturning. Therefore, the emperor was seriously injured and critically ill, and the princes and ministers pushed away all state affairs almost without exception, and stayed in the position closest to the emperor every inch. Commanders and local officials, including those who led troops abroad, were driven back to the capital as much as possible and guarded in the central areas. The greater the variables of the power of the temple, the tighter the heartstrings of the courtiers, not to mention that the age gap between the princes of Tianyu is not large, they all belong to the right age, the titles are comparable, and the daily emperor does not show too much bias, and there are followers behind him, so the tension between the forces of all parties is more obvious. This kind of restlessness and tension will continue until the new monarch establishes that the situation is clear, and it is possible to end. Right now, Tianyu's ministers are in this state of anxiety.