I became the tyrant's only belief.

Chapter 449 Staying to Treat the Illness
Bai felt a tearing pain in her chest, her face was as white as paper, and everything in front of her spun faster and faster, getting darker and darker. Finally, she closed her eyes and fell backward.

"Mother!" Chu Liuzheng hurriedly hugged his mother, his face turning pale with fright. He said urgently, "Siyue, come and take a look at my mother."

Si Yue quickly stepped forward to take Bai's pulse.

"Sister, what's wrong with Mother?" Hearing the shout, Chu Yuxin rushed in like a cannonball, with crumbs of pastry still stuck to the corner of her mouth.

Chu Qin also walked to the screen with concern and asked in a loud voice, "Youmiao, what's wrong with your mother?"

"Mother has fainted." Chu Liuzheng held Bai Shi in his arms, staring intently at Si Yue's face, and asked anxiously, "How is my mother?"

"He's so angry he's hurting his heart, his pulse is very erratic." Si Yue frowned slightly, glanced at Bai Shi whose face was as pale as paper, took out a small medicine bottle from her sleeve, poured out a pink pill and fed it into Bai Shi's mouth, using a little trickery to make Bai Shi swallow it.

Just then, Chen Xing arrived with Qin Shu.

Chu Liuzheng was overjoyed and hurriedly ordered people to carry Bai Shi onto the bed, making room for Qin Shu to treat her.

Outside the screen, Xiao Anzi tried her best to stop Chu Qin. Chu Qin didn't want to cause trouble for her daughter, so she could only pace anxiously in the hall, asking about Bai Shi's condition from time to time.

Xiao Jingfan arrived at this time.

After the court session ended, he was busy summoning his ministers to discuss matters, and only now did he have a little free time.

Since he values ​​Chu Liuzheng so much, her parents should naturally come and meet her.

"May your Majesty be safe!"

Amidst the chorus of greetings throughout the hall, Chu Qin hurriedly knelt down. Seeing the exquisitely embroidered black robe stop in front of her, she lowered her head even further, wondering if the emperor had been disturbed by the commotion, whether he would blame her daughter, or whether he would blame them.

For a moment, my heart pounded like a drum, as if the person standing before me was not an emperor but the Grim Reaper.

Xiao Jingfan glanced at them and said, "Get up, all of you."

Everyone stood up, but Chu Qin was lost in his own thoughts and forgot to get up. It wasn't until he felt a force on his arm that he subconsciously followed the force to stand up. When he looked up, a fair and handsome young man's face came into view.

It's the emperor!
The emperor actually helped him up himself!

Chu Qin's legs went weak, and if Xiao Jingfan hadn't held on firmly, he would have fallen back down.

"Ouch!" Zhou Yuande, who was standing nearby, stepped forward to help her up. "Please take it easy."

He helped Chu Qin back to a chair not far away and sat him down, his chubby face beaming like a Maitreya Buddha.

—This is Chu Liuzheng's father, the emperor's father-in-law. We'll be dealing with him a lot in the future, so it's always good to curry favor with him now.

Under the emperor's gaze, Chu Qin didn't know where to put his hands and feet, and sat stiffly on the side, as if he could jump up and kneel down to kowtow to the emperor at any moment.

Before he could jump up, Chu Liuzheng pulled Chu Yuxin out from behind the screen and gave him a reassuring look.

Oh my, Father's still the same as before, still so strong.

Eldest daughter!
Chu Qin's eyes lit up, and the word "Youmiao" was on the tip of his tongue, but he quickly swallowed it back when he saw Chu Liuzheng bowing to the emperor, almost choking himself so badly that his eyes rolled back.

He gripped the armrests of the chair tightly, staring intently at Chu Liuzheng's profile, his nose stinging with emotion.

During the years he was away, this child suffered the most.

"Your Majesty, may you be well." Chu Liuzheng curtsied to Xiao Jingfan, while Chu Yuxin obediently knelt down and kowtowed three times.

This was taught to her by Chu Liuzheng, and the little girl learned it very well, kowtowing quite readily.

Xiao Jingfan gently called out to her and rewarded her with a longevity lock in the shape of a necklace, made of pure gold with a large piece of jade in the center, which looked very valuable. "Thank you, Your Majesty." Chu Yuxin smiled so broadly that her eyes disappeared. Even though she didn't know that the person in front of her was temporarily her brother-in-law, she quickly included the emperor in her heart as a good person.

[Oh ho, the tyrant actually knew to prepare a gift for our first meeting.]

Chu Liuzheng glanced at his younger sister and immediately put on the necklace around her neck, feeling both surprised and amused.

Could it be that the emperor inquired about this girl's love of money and prepared this on her own?
Otherwise, given the emperor's taste, on their first meeting, he should have presented something elegant yet playful, rather than a large gold lock that looked like it had been confiscated from a nouveau riche's house.

Xiao Jingfan had indeed made a special preparation. He heard from Zhou Yuande that Chu Yuxin was so happy when she received a reward last time that her smooth little face almost wrinkled from smiling. Thinking that Chu Liuzheng was also often obsessed with money, he ordered someone to take this thing out of the storeroom.

He lowered his eyes to examine Chu Yuxin's appearance closely.

The little girl's face hadn't fully developed yet; her hair was just above her eyebrows, her face was round with baby fat, her features were well-proportioned, and her almond-shaped eyes were almost identical to Chu Liuzheng's, which made Xiao Jingfan feel a bit fond of her because of her love for Chu Liuzheng.

Chu Yuxin was also tilting her head to look at him.

The tea master is wrong. The emperor doesn't have three heads and six arms at all. He's a handsome man, rich and good-looking. No wonder he could marry so many wives, three thousand of them.

If Xiao Jingfan knew what she was thinking, he would probably want to vomit blood.

The imperial harem had three thousand beauties, but that wasn't actually three thousand; there really weren't that many!
As the two, one big and one small, gazed at each other, Chu Liuzheng brought up the matter of inviting Qin Shu to come and treat Bai Shi's illness.

"Your Majesty, Physician Qin is performing acupuncture on my mother, and she cannot move easily right now. Could you allow her to stay in the palace a little longer?"

Xiao Jingfan readily agreed.

He also knew that Bai had a chronic illness. Since treatment had already begun, he might as well cure the illness before leaving the palace. There was no shortage of accommodation in the palace, and it was more convenient to take medicine there than outside.

He turned and instructed, "Zhou Yuande, have the Imperial Household Department tidy up Qingliang Palace so that Madam Chu can recuperate."

Chu Liuzheng was stunned.

[Funny! The tyrant actually agreed so readily, and my mother was left behind?]

[If I had known the tyrant was so easy to talk to, I should have brought my mother to the palace for treatment sooner. All this time has been wasted.]

[But, won't Mother be in danger staying in the palace? I have my secret guards protecting me, so those people can't harm me, but what if they attack Mother?]

【How about I move to Qingliang Palace to live with Mother? It's been so many years since we last saw each other, I can spend some quality time with her.】

Thinking of this, she secretly glanced at Xiao Jingfan.

[Since the tyrant is so easy to talk to, he should agree, right?]

Xiao Jingfan: Don't even think about it!
Hmm... they should be able to agree. Hehe, I'll have someone move the stuff over in a bit.

Chu Liuzheng was making his own plans, completely unaware that the emperor's face had darkened.

Chu Yuxin noticed, quickly tugged at her sister's sleeve, and hid behind her.

—The emperor with a stern face is a bit scary.

Chu Liuzheng then remembered that he had not yet expressed his gratitude, and hurriedly knelt down to say, "Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty."

Before her knees even touched the ground, Xiao Jingfan reached out and pulled her up, then sat her down beside him. He said gently, "I've told you before, don't kneel so easily. The Imperial Household Department doesn't know Lady Chu's preferences. I'll have Wang Jinzhong come over in a bit to give you instructions. Just tell me what you need, don't be afraid of the trouble."

(End of this chapter)