Raiders of the Duke and Duchess

Chapter 915: Just a Trivial Skill
Even Ji Wuyan found it hard to accept. She really didn't know what the old man and the young were trying to do by arguing about such trivial matters at this time and in this place.

Look at the emperor. His face was already dark to begin with, and now he was so angry at these jokes that his face turned from black to white, then from white to blue, and then from blue to red. It was a brilliant scene... The most important thing was that it looked like he was breathing out more than he was breathing in.

After finally pulling someone back from the gates of hell, Ji Wuyan watched as one of her feet was about to step onto the Naihe Bridge again. She shook her head repeatedly. Her identity had already been exposed, so she no longer concealed it and helplessly called out, "Grandfather..."

The ferocious old man suddenly became obedient, and even turned around and smiled awkwardly at the little girl. After laughing, he turned back and glanced at Ning Xiuyuan with an unfriendly look, his expression was somewhat childish.

The emperor was breathing rapidly. Li Yiwei was surprised by Ji Wuyan's identity, but also by Ning Xiuyuan's promise. Was he really going to follow Ji Wuyan to Yunzhou to be a son-in-law? He just gave up this power, this status, this opportunity to bring honor to his family? Did the Duke really have no objection?

Although Li Yiwei had heard about this before, it was just word of mouth and he never took it seriously. He didn't believe that a man with a promising career would really give up everything for a woman and become her son-in-law! What's more, that man was Ning Xiuyuan.

This is also good news for me.

In this case, we might as well help. Li Yiwei thought so, lowered his eyebrows and rubbed the ground with his toes, smiled suddenly and took a step forward, "Father, what Xiuyuan said is not without reason. Miss Ji is Miss Ji. It doesn't matter to us whether she is the young master of the Ji family or someone else. Besides, as a minister, he will not come to you to tell you the name of his wife who has not yet married and where she came from... I guess, even if he wants to tell you, you are not interested in listening, right?"

At first glance, there is nothing wrong with this statement. The affairs of the women in the inner chambers of an official's house naturally do not need to be and cannot be brought before the emperor.

But can Ji Wuyan be the same? Can Shangguannu be confused with ordinary women in the inner house? ! However, he couldn't explain the reason clearly, so even his rage seemed a little inexplicable.

The emperor's breathing became rapid and he opened his mouth several times, but in the end he still couldn't make out a clear idea - he was afraid of Shangguan Shou, but he also needed Shangguan Shou. He issued an imperial decree to order the whole family to move south, but he never relaxed his surveillance on the Shangguan family. It can be said that he knew every move of everyone in the Shangguan family over the years!
He was so confident.

It was not until today that he realized that he had not heard anything about the two daughters of the Shangguan family. Shangguan Shou was already standing in front of him, but he had not received any news about him secretly leaving Jiangnan!

What about before? In the past few years, when I was sitting in Yanjing and feeling complacent, how much news from Jiangnan had I missed? When I still believed in Yu Shangguan Shou's loyalty, how many times did he betray me in places I couldn't see?

Once these doubts were formed, any explanation would be powerless. The emperor sneered, staring at Shangguan Shou with his cloudy eyes, and finally looked at Ji Wuyan for a long while, "I heard that I was able to wake up this time thanks to Miss Ji's acupuncture?"

Ji Wuyan stood behind the old man with his head lowered and his knees bent slightly, very modestly, "It's just some trivial skills, not worth mentioning."

“A trifle…” The emperor leaned against the soft pillow and pulled up the quilt. Even though it was just such a small and effortless movement, he took a few breaths after finishing it. Then he said lazily, “If it is really just a trifle, then the doctors standing here don’t even know how to do trifles.” He slowly looked at the trembling doctors and sneered, “I… really have a bunch of useless people!”

As soon as he finished speaking, the imperial doctors who were already worried and fearful suddenly knelt down together, trembling and unable to speak clearly, and only knew to kowtow and beg for mercy, "Your Majesty, please forgive me! Your Majesty... I am an old minister with little talent and knowledge, and I am not up to the important task, Your Majesty!" After saying this, they kowtowed again.

The emperor didn't really want to punish them. Compared to punishing a group of incompetent but obedient servants, he wanted to kill Shangguan Shou more. The emperor who ruled the country was threatened by a commoner in public and had to swallow his anger. If this matter were to spread, he, the emperor, would become a joke for all eternity! However, it was a fact that Ji Wuyan had just saved him. If he ordered Shangguan Shou to be punished at this time... it would be somewhat unreasonable.

After all, the crime of deceiving the emperor can be big or small. Now that no one from the Shangguan clan is serving as an official in the court, there is naturally no need for the clan's descendants to report it in detail... It was an understatement in the past, and this is nothing more than the Shangguan clan's private matter.

Most importantly, he felt that his body was getting worse day by day, and he was afraid that he would need Ji Wuyan and Chen Song sooner or later. It was not a wise move to punish Shangguan Shou at this time. The emperor leaned on the soft pillow with his eyebrows drooping, thinking about how to get some benefits first. After a moment of silence, he said "hmm", "Yesterday, I heard Yi'er talk about something. I heard that the miracle doctor has a miracle medicine that can cure all kinds of poisons and diseases... I wonder if this is true?"

The intention of bringing this up at this time was very obvious. It was obviously to tell Ji Wuyan that if he wanted to get away with the crime of deceiving the emperor lightly and make the matter less serious, he had to show some "sincerity", and this sincerity was naturally the legendary magic medicine.

Ji Wuyan lowered her eyebrows and pursed her lips, then raised her head and smiled frankly, "Your Majesty, the rumors are just groundless, how can you believe them? If I really had this magical medicine, I would have presented it to Your Majesty to seek a bright future. Why wait until Your Majesty asked in person? Don't you agree?"

Who wouldn't love a bright future? At first glance, this sounds like nothing wrong...

But the emperor didn't believe it.

At this moment, he could no longer trust anyone. He trusted Shangguan Shou, but Shangguan Shou had already betrayed him when he couldn't see. He trusted Ning Xiuyuan, but Ning Xiuyuan was also hiding things from him and doing private things under his nose. How could he possibly trust Ji Wuyan?
"Heh... It seems that this genius of the Chen family is just a name for nothing..." He laughed, his voice was hoarse and he looked like he could pass out at any time. His eyes slowly turned to look at Shangguan Shou, "By the way, what did the head of the Shangguan family say just now? Bullying the king?"