Empress: The Old Emperor's Way to Pursue His Wife

Chapter 161 Authority (4)

Xiao Yi and Rong Delang left the imperial study one after the other, Xiao Yi turned around and looked at the empty space in the lobby, her brows were tightly frowned.

"Mother's queen, mother's queen..." Xiao Xi'er ran all the way from the outside with a worried expression on her small face.

"What's the matter?" Xiao Yi glanced at Wei Wei and the two teaching nuns who were following her.

"Didn't my palace tell you to teach Her Majesty the court etiquette well? Why are there still so many rules and no boundaries? How decent is it?"

With tears in her eyes, Xiao Xi'er hugged Xiao Yi's thigh and swayed back and forth, yelling: "Mother, don't worry about the indecency, can you let me go out of the palace? Mother, I beg you, let me go out!" How is the palace?"

A pair of teary eyes are dim, the eye sockets are slightly red, the pink face is covered with tears, and there is such a small pursed mouth... Alas, she doesn't know that Xiao Xi'er is also suffering these days.

"What's the matter? Is it because the queen mother doesn't have time to accompany you these days, so she's bored?" Xiao Yi knelt down, rolled up her sleeves and wiped away tears for Xiao Xi'er.

Xiao Xi'er cried even more fiercely, she just shook her head vigorously, she couldn't hear something clearly because she was choking so hard.

Wei Wei also stepped forward with a worried face and said, "Empress, Mr. Mei, Mr. Mei has been ill for a few days."

Mei Qing is sick!

Xiao Yi's face turned pale, she felt dizzy for a while, then stabilized her mind, and asked softly, "Wei'er, Mr. Mei hasn't come for a few days?"

These days, she has been busy dealing with Sanata, so she didn't care about other things. She didn't expect... Wei Wei's words were quite euphemistic.

But Mei Qing's temperament, as long as it is not because of the serious illness, he will definitely not let go of the responsibility on his shoulders.

"Since Xi'er School's court etiquette regulations, Mr. Mei never came again."

Calculate the time, not short.

Xiao Yi immediately waved her phoenix robe and prepared the car to leave the palace.

The carriage soon stopped in front of the former Mo Xiang Mansion, and Xiao Xi'er jumped out of the carriage first, and went straight to the mansion.

"Mr. Mei! Mr. Mei!"

Wei Wei followed closely behind, and the two small figures quickly disappeared at the gate of the mansion.

Li Zhongli stood under the carriage, bowed and raised his hand, "Empress Empress."

Xiao Yi supported Li Zhong's wrist, jumped out of the carriage, looked up at this mansion that made people feel lonely even in the scorching summer, her brows never dissipated worry.

Xiao Xi'er and Wei Wei went straight to Mei Qing's bedroom, and before they stepped into the door, they heard a violent coughing sound from inside.

"Mr. Mei!" Xiao Xi'er panicked and ran inside.

I saw curtains hanging down to the ground, layer upon layer, and saw two figures inside.

Xiao Xi'er raised the curtain and wanted to go in, but was blocked by a person, she looked up.

"Sister Qiu, what's wrong with Mr. Mei?"

Qiu Zhu drove Xiao Xi'er out of the room without saying a word, "Mr. Mei is seriously ill and sees no one else."

Xiao Xi'er opened her mouth and retorted: "This palace is not an outsider, this palace wants to..."

"Xi'er!" Xiao Yi scolded, Xiao Xi'er stopped cooking immediately, but stared at Qiu Zhu viciously.

Seeing Li Zhong behind Xiao Yi, Qiu Zhu opened his mouth slightly, and finally changed his mouth and said, "Empress, why are you here?"

Xiao Yi heard the coughing in the room, and her heart tightened, "I heard that Mr. Mei has been ill for a few days, Xi'er and I have a look, how is he? Have you seen a doctor? Do you want me to send you to the hospital?" The imperial doctor is here?"

Just now I left in such a hurry that I forgot to bring the imperial doctor with me.

"My minister kowtowed to see the empress." Bao Shuhua walked out of the room, clasping his fists in salute.

Xiao Yi: "Emperor Bao is also here."

Bao Shuhua has asked for leave for a few days, could it be that he has been here all this time?
Soon Bao Shuhua confirmed Xiao Yi's guess. Bao Shuhua and Mei Qing were old acquaintances, and it was a relationship between a doctor and a patient. Mei Qing was seriously ill and asked him to see him.

It's just that she didn't expect Mei Qing's illness to be so violent this time.Allowing Bao Shuhua to change his prescription to prescribe the medicine would not be able to stabilize his condition.

Bao Shuhua told Xiao Yi about Mei Qing's condition one by one, Li Zhongzheng followed behind, but Qiu Zhu dragged him away.

As soon as Xiao Xi'er saw that there was no one guarding her, she immediately slipped into Mei Qing's bedroom. Wei Wei was going to stop her, but in the end she was 'instigated' to guard her.

Xiao Xi'er raised layers of curtains and walked slowly inside, calling in a low voice as she walked, "Mr. Mei?"

I don't know when the violent cough will stop, only an indirect light cough remains.

Xiao Xi'er approached slowly, and when she raised the last curtain, she saw Mei Qing lying on her side on the bed, in a light sleep.And beside the bed...

Xiao Xi'er's already big eyes seemed to double in size, staring closely at the blood stains on the side of the bed.

Some of the bloodstains were crimson and formed into scabs.Some are still bright red in color and have not formed blood clots.And where the bloodstains are concentrated, the thick blood...

It takes how many times he vomited blood to accumulate this layered perception.Especially with the footprints run over on it, the thickness of the pool of blood can be seen even more.

Mei Qing seemed to have noticed something, and opened her eyes slightly, "Xiaozhu, I'm a little thirsty...cough cough...give me...cough cough...give me...cough cough..."

Coughing violently, Mei Qing crawled on the head of the bed, blood gushing out from his mouth, instantly covering the footprints.

Blood splattered, and a piece of blood bounced to the center of Xiao Xi'er's eyebrows, and then slid a little down the bridge of her nose.

With the scarlet in front of her eyes and the coughing in her ears, Xiao Xi'er came back to her senses in a panic. She frantically searched for the teapot in the house, then poured a cup of tea and walked to the side of the bed.

Not caring that the blood all over the floor would stain her clothes, she brought the water glass to Mei Qing's mouth.

Mei Qing suppressed her cough, took a sip of water, raised her chaotic eyes, and the figure in front of her gradually became clear.

"Xi'er! Why are you?"

Xiao Xi'er twisted her sleeves and wiped away the bright red from Mei Qing's face, her small eyes showed fear, worry and unknown.

Mei Qing smiled slightly, raised her hand to touch her head, saw the red color of her fingertips, and lowered her hand again.

"Xi'er, I'm fine, don't worry."

"But Mr. Mei, you..." Xiao Xi'er looked sadly at the blood stains on the ground.

Mei Qing shook her head, with a smile on her lips: "It's okay, Mr. Mei's body has always been like this. If I have a few days of stability, it will come out to make trouble once before it will stop."

"Really?" Xi'er didn't believe it. Although she had never seen anyone die in the palace, she had seen people who she saw yesterday, and she would never see them again after waking up from sleep.

She was afraid, afraid that Mr. Mei would...

"Well, really, cough." Mei Qing finally couldn't hold back and touched Xiao Xi'er's head, but the red on her fingertips had already been wiped off a lot.

"Don't worry, Xi'er. Although Mr. Mei is not in good health, his life is tough. If you really want to..."

If he really wanted to die, he would never die in front of her.

Mei Qing fell silent.

Xi'er was afraid, so she grabbed Mei Qing's arm and shook it, calling urgently, "Mr. Mei, Mr. Mei..."

The sound continued, as if if it stopped, the life of this person would also end.

The smell of blood was rampant, and the smell in the room even smelled a little musty, and the air was a bit suffocating.

Well, it's airtight.

When Xiao Yi entered the room, she saw through layers of curtains that the man was raising his hand to caress Xiao Xi'er's head, his movements were so gentle and gentle.

It suddenly occurred to her that a few years ago, when she clung to him every day to listen to the piano and study, she remembered that there were so many naps because the sun was warm and the breeze was cool.

In the sleepiness, it seemed that a palm had gently stroked the top of her head.

It's just that when she opened her eyes and woke up, if she didn't see him playing the piano and admiring the scenery, then she saw that it wasn't him who was touching her head.

But the feeling of touching is different.Even if she fell asleep.

Fate is coming soon.

Xiao Yi heard these four words from Bao Shuhua's mouth with her own ears. Until she saw the bright red and weak Mei Qing beside the bed, she still couldn't believe that this man was finally coming to the end of his life.

The one who left without saying goodbye three years ago, the bird who has been in the past three years has no news, and the reunion in a different way three years later.

If she hadn't met again, she had guessed whether he would have passed away on that rushing journey because of his body, so there would be no news from him.

But I didn't expect this reunion to be...

"Mr. Mei, what's wrong with you?" Xiao Xi'er anxiously called out Xiao Yi who was in a daze.

Xiao Yi raised the heavy curtains, her steps were extremely light, and even her voice was softer than ever before.

"Xi'er, Mr. Mei is not in good health, don't bother Mr. Mei."

Xiao Xi'er turned her head and saw it was Xiao Yi, she was stunned for a moment, tears dripped from her big round eyes, and softly called 'Mother Queen'.

Fearing that Xiao Yi would blame her for sneaking in here, Xiao Xi'er obediently stopped talking and just kept crying.

Xiao Yi squatted in front of Xiao Xi'er, raised her hand to wipe away the tears on her little face, and said, "Xi'er, go and open the window."

Xiao Xi'er stared at her mother, her pure eyes were full of puzzlement.

"No need." Mei Qing stopped her, a pair of dull eyes stared straight at Xiao Yi's direction, as if she was looking at her, but it seemed to be looking at a further place through her.

Only he himself knew that he was looking at Xiao Yi, the girl from a few years ago.

During this period of time, except for the time when Chuanlou was on the brink of death, he had the courage to look directly at this woman who was already a queen of a country, there was only the last peep.

Xiao Yi ignored Mei Qing, and told Xiao Xi'er that opening the window for some air would make her health better.

Because the air in this room is really too turbid, it's really not good for Mei Qing.

Xiao Xi'er obediently opened the window, Xiao Yi called Wei Wei in and asked him to take Xiao Xi'er out.

During this period, Mei Qing did not speak any more.

Seeing the two little fellows leave, Xiao Yi turned her head to look at Mei Qing, unexpectedly met Mei Qing's eyes staring at her in a daze.

Xiao Yi's body shook.

If it was said that she couldn't see whether Mei Qing was looking at her just now, then now she is absolutely sure that this man has been staring at her all the time.

Sensing Xiao Yi's discomfort, Mei Qing pursed the corners of her pale lips, glanced away, speechless.

Time stood still, space was silent, and the two of them were speechless.And the two people in another room of this mansion were also silent for a long time.

Li Zhong sat there for a long time. Out of the corner of his eye, he could see the little girl next to him who seemed to want to speak from time to time, but then swallowed it back into her stomach as if swallowing coptis.

Seeing the passage of time, the sun gradually changed its brilliance, and Qiu Zhu swallowed the 'Huang Lian' nearly hundreds of times, Li Zhong stretched out his hand to hold Qiu Zhu's little hand.

"But I haven't seen you for a few days. How did my Xiaozhu become a dumb woman from a gossip?"

Qiu Zhu stared sadly at the hand tightly held by Li Zhongda, feeling a lot of emotion in his heart.Hearing Li Zhong's joking words, Qiu Zhu pulled his hand and slapped Li Zhong's palm hard.

"Gossip woman! This lady is not even a wife, this name is not appropriate. As for the dumb... la la la..." Qiu Zhu stuck out his tongue and made a grimace.

"Unless you, Li Zhong, become deaf, I, Qiu Zhu, will become dumb."

"Pfft, if I'm deaf, how can I hear that my Xiaozhu became a gossip?"

Li Zhong held Qiu Zhu's little hand again, and his fingertips kept rubbing against the delicate skin that belonged exclusively to the girl.

Two blushes climbed up her cheeks, Qiu Zhu lowered her head shyly, and at an angle that Li Zhong couldn't see, her eyes sparkled with crystal.

Gossip, gossip, if possible, she will be his gossip.

Even one day is fine.

Qiu Zhu looked up at Li Zhong's face in a daze, and called out in a low voice, "Li Zhong."

"Huh?" Li Zhong replied with a smile, "What's wrong with my Xiaozhu? Since I entered the mansion today, you look not so good. Is it because you are too tired to take care of Mr. Mei?"

Qiu Zhu shook his head and pursed his lips.

"If you are too tired, I will ask the emperor and queen to take care of you together, how about it?"

"No, I'll take care of it." Qiu Zhu hugged Li Zhong's arm and leaned his head on his shoulder, "Li Zhong, you won't blame me for not coming to see you these few days, right?"

There was an indescribable meaning hidden in the deep voice, but Li Zhong regarded it as Qiu Zhu who felt guilty because of it, tilted his head, and leaned against Qiu Zhu's small head.

"How could I blame you? It's my fault. If it's not because of my duty, I should be looking for you every day. But don't worry, Xiaozhu, the days like this won't be long."

"Yeah, it won't be long." A very small voice came out of Qiu Zhu's mouth, but Li Zhong didn't hear it, because he said, "Xiao Zhu, when I can come to find you every day, you will be my friend." How is your gossip?"

When Li Zhong said this, his voice dropped several degrees involuntarily. If it wasn't for the close distance between the two, Qiu Zhu might not have heard it.

(End of this chapter)