Dong Gong Mei

Chapter 498
With his heart full of worries, Zhao Xiwei couldn't lift his spirits for two consecutive days, until the seventh day of the first lunar month, news came from the palace that Lingxi's cold symptoms had improved.

Zhao Xi let out a long sigh of relief, but he relaxed his tense nerves a little, and then saw a servant rushing over again, saying that the emperor was ill.

The emperor is sick, which is no small matter.

Li Xuanye stood under the porch, his face pale.

It was the first time Zhao Xiwei saw his expression like this, and after a moment of panic, he suddenly came back to his senses: At this time, no matter what you say, you can't mess up!

He hurriedly arranged for the servant who sent the news, and ordered Yuan Ce to prepare the chariots and horses. After everything was properly arranged, he and Li Xuanye went to the palace to visit.

In front of the Zichen Palace, there was silence.

A group of imperial physicians stood guard outside the gate of the palace. When they saw the prince striding forward, they hurriedly waved their hands and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, he is asleep. It is not appropriate to disturb him at this time."

Li Xuanye's footsteps stopped, and his face softened a little: "What's going on?"

The imperial physician then reported in detail.

The emperor wasn't seriously ill, he was just tired from taking care of Lingxi.

Li Xuanye frowned again, and asked in a deep voice: "Didn't the Imperial Medical Office be on duty? How can His Majesty take care of it personally?"

The chief of the Imperial Medical Office hurriedly bowed down and said in panic: "Your Majesty has been wronged! Your Majesty is on duty in front of the Princess Hall day and night according to His Highness's order, but Your Majesty is worried and insists on coming to accompany him... ..."

Before he finished speaking, he was reprimanded coldly: "If His Majesty wants to accompany you, let him accompany you?"

"The next official is guilty!"

"Damn the lower officials!"

Immediately, the imperial physician knelt down on the ground.

Zhao Xiwei hurriedly tugged at his sleeves, and softly persuaded: "Your Majesty has been tired for two days, and it's hard to get a good night's sleep. Such a group of imperial doctors guarding him, on the contrary, disturbed His Majesty's sweet dreams..."

His Royal Highness raised his hand: "Let's all step back."

"Yes--"

A group of imperial doctors wiped the cold sweat from their brows, only thinking that the Crown Princess was simply a bodhisattva who came to save all living beings, and when they got up, they couldn't help but all cast admiring gazes.

It is said that accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger, and they are accompanying a prince like a tiger.

Thinking that the princess would be with such a tiger day and night, they felt that some of them were not the worst people in the world.

After only one more glance, the prince gave him a cold look and said, "Why don't you get out of here?"

"Yes Yes Yes!"

In an instant, the group of people retreated completely.

Several concubines also rushed over in a panic.

The emperor's harem had few people, and there were few intrigues. Although these women did not enjoy the glory of being loved by three thousand people, they lived a comfortable and comfortable life.If the emperor really has three ups and downs, and they have no favors and no children, who will they rely on?

So they knelt outside the hall in twos and threes, unable to bear the grief from their hearts, even though they tried their best to hold back the sobs, they still came in through the fan intermittently.

Li Xuanye rubbed his eyebrows.

Seeing this, Zhao Xiwei took the initiative to turn out of the palace door, stood in front of the steps, and comforted him: "Ladies and gentlemen, don't be impatient. Your Majesty is just tired for a while. The imperial doctor has checked the pulse and said that he will be fine after a short sleep. It's a cold day. It's cold, girls should also take care of themselves, it's better to go back first."

A dozen or so concubines were stunned, hesitating whether to get up or not.

The emperor was ill, and it was their duty and affection to visit them. Most importantly, it was the best time to show their loyalty.

If no one saw him and went back like this, not to mention that he had lost his post, even the emperor would be chilled. He was not favored so much, wouldn't he be even more neglected in the future?

The other concubines thought so, but they didn't dare to show it.

Concubine Xian and Concubine Ming felt a little displeased because they were favored by the Empress Dowager and had some status. They raised their chins slightly and gave Zhao Xi a slight look.

Although he was silent, the resentment on his face was not concealed at all.

One seemed to be saying: "The princess is really good, why don't you eat minced meat, you are pampered by the prince every day, how do you know what it's like for us to sit alone?"

One seemed to be saying: "That's not true. Your Majesty is very ill. We came to visit in a hurry, and she is going to send us back like this? Why don't you worry about it!"

With a leader, one after another hummed in disbelief, lifted their skirts, and knelt a little more forward.

Zhao Xiwei was helpless.

How could she not know what they were thinking, but she had to choose the right time to express her loyalty, how could the emperor feel just kneeling like this dryly?
Then he persuaded with a smile: "Women are worried about Your Majesty, I know this intention, but Your Majesty is only going to sleep now, I don't know when he will wake up, logically speaking, I shouldn't say more if you want to kneel down , It's just that it's so cold today, if His Majesty sleeps until midnight, will the ladies also kneel until midnight?"

Looking at Concubine Xian and Concubine Ming again, she raised her eyebrows and said: "Ladies, you should think about it, after a while I will go back, no one will ask you to get up again."

"This……"

The concubines are just acting politely, who really wants to kneel here all night?
Immediately, she took out her handkerchief, wiped the corners of her eyes, and stood up awkwardly: "Sisters, the princess is right, let's all get up."

The deep palace is lonely, if you have no ability, you can't live a peaceful life.

Zhao Xiwei didn't want to embarrass them either, so he nodded with a smile and said, "Go home, ladies, and when His Majesty wakes up, I'll ask Eunuch Cao to deliver a letter to everyone right away, how about it?"

The faces of a group of concubines showed a bit of gratitude: "Then I would like to thank the princess."

Everyone left hand in hand, and couldn't help muttering as they walked: "Don't tell me, this princess is a better person than Concubine Shu."

"Yes, this Concubine Shu, His Majesty dotes on her so much on weekdays, and now she doesn't even come over when His Majesty is sick! Sister Lan sent someone to call her, and she said that the little princess didn't sleep well last night, so she couldn't come to visit with all the sisters. Ill—listen, what a daughter, what a great thing?"

"Yeah, yeah, didn't you say that on purpose to annoy the rest of us? But her tone was so gentle, I just couldn't find anything to say..."

"Hey, Concubine Shu's gentleness is gentleness, but people can't see through it. It's better for the Crown Princess to be so frank."

"Who says no? No wonder the prince likes the princess. If it were me, I would like this too."

Then another person snorted disapprovingly: "She is honest because she is favored now, and in a few years, the prince will have a new love, or her father will lose power, so she has to learn to act like us! "

"That's right..."

The sound was broken and scattered in the wind.

Zhao Xiwei stood on the white jade steps, thoughtful.

If one day, Zhao Ziyi loses power, what will happen to her?

(End of this chapter)