A series of horrified shouts came from the dusk-shrouded imperial study. Hearing the sound, Tao Shihai hurriedly ran in, only to see Yi Huaiyu sitting in a chair sweating profusely. There was nothing wrong with him.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty is having a nightmare? It's okay, nothing is wrong. Your Majesty, look, everything is fine..." Tao Shihai took out a soft golden sweat towel and wiped Yi Huaiyu's forehead. Yi Huaiyu looked around in panic. It took a long time to settle down.
He was used to falling asleep while reviewing memorials in the imperial study, but this was the first time he had a nightmare. In fact, Yi Huaiyu's overwork made him not know what dreaming was like for a long time, and for some reason, he happened to be taking a nap right now. I was haunted by nightmares, and the dreams were so lifelike that I felt like I was actually there.
Rubbing his severely painful forehead, Yi Huaiyu groaned in pain: "I saw... I saw Jun Fang covered in blood..."
"Your Majesty, Guoshi Shen is having a good rest in his room. I just asked someone to check on him a moment ago." Tao Shihai poured a cup of tea and handed it to Yi Huaiyu with a bow, and winked at the young eunuch and guards who came in together. After retreating, he turned back and whispered, "The imperial doctor said that Master Shen's condition was not very good. The lights in the imperial hospital had not been turned off for three days and nights, but Master Shen was sick from overwork, and the doctors were helpless, so they could only... It depends on God’s will.”
"God's will... God's will has not allowed me to be the emperor, haven't I still sat on the throne? I don't want to listen to any pretentious words and let those quack doctors give me a result. If it can't be cured, there will be no need for them in this palace. !" There was a cluttered sound, and the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the desk were read one after another, and all the unread memorials were pushed to the ground.
Yi Huaiyu's anger was somewhat inexplicable and came out of the blue. Tao Shihai responded repeatedly and still stood aside with his bow.
There are not many people in the palace who can really understand Yi Huaiyu. Perhaps the only one is Ou Suiliang. However, Ou Suiliang is increasingly reluctant to enter the palace to talk to him. He will only listen to his orders in silence, and then fulfill his duties to complete the task. Yi Huai Yu knew that even the people who were most loyal to him were complaining about his debt to Su Shiyun, Sima Dulan and Shen Junfang.
"Are the carriages and horses ready?" As he got older, Yi Huaiyu's temper became more and more unstable. One moment he was roaring and angry, and in the next moment he returned to being calm and indifferent.
Tao Shihai nodded, with some hesitation on his face: "The carriages and horses have been prepared, waiting to take Master Shen away tomorrow. Your Majesty, I have something that I shouldn't ask, but it's very uncomfortable to hold it in my heart. I don't know Your Majesty..."
"Say." Yi Huaiyu threw his hands away irritably.
Tao Shihai took a deep breath and asked cautiously: "The emperor sought medical advice privately and tried every possible means to cure Shen Guoshi. He invested a lot of manpower and material resources in this effort. Why didn't he tell the empress and the general I all these things? Everyone said that The emperor has abandoned good talents and even related the empress’ empress’s banishment to the cold palace. Wouldn’t it be better for the emperor to explain something?”
"Explain what? To whom should I explain? Tell the queen that I didn't intend to kill Shen Junfang. Did he think about it all day long and make himself sick?" Yi Huaiyu put down the tea cup with a cold face, "They know that I am I can't bear to part with any talented person, and I should know that my face has been almost completely lost by the two of them. What do you expect me to do? Let them be together legitimately? Even the imperial doctor is helpless about Jun Fang's illness. Now the only hope is that he can Stay away from the place of right and wrong and find a worry-free place to rest and recuperate. If he can recover, I would rather bear all kinds of infamy."
"But doesn't your Majesty feel aggrieved? Even General I..."
Yi Huaiyu laughed dumbly.
The most bitter smile.
When he planned to eliminate Yao Junxian that year, Ou Suiliang once told him that in order to perform a play well without being exposed, he had to deceive even the people closest to him. Many years later, when he understood this truth and staged a good play
At that time, as expected, Ou Suiliang, the person closest to him, was also deceived.
Yi Huaiyu understood that the root cause of Shen Junfang's illness lay in the choice between Sima Tulan and him, emotion and loyalty. These two unbreakable bonds entangled Shen Junfang tightly, and he could not escape.
Of course, he was also angry and angry. He was furious about the relationship between Sima Duran and Shen Junfang, thinking it was their most despicable act of betrayal. I don’t know when the jealousy in this anger slowly dissipated.
, when he looked back at what he had done, he suddenly discovered that those two people were actually in more pain than him and had no choice.
It was he who showed off to Shen Junfang that he had a smart queen. It was he who neglected Sima Tulan and left her to grieve. It was he who made the two people meet and interact. He gave Shen Junfang the opportunity to let the lonely Sima Tu
Lan felt that the warm and gentle person was still him.
"I thought Tu'er was the most cold-blooded and stubborn person, and everything would be the same even without me, but I forgot that she is also a woman who needs people's care..."
A hoarse and vague voice sounded low in the imperial study. Tao Shihai did not hear clearly what Yi Huaiyu was saying. He leaned a little closer to hear more clearly, but Yi Huaiyu shut his mouth and stopped talking until a panicked message came from outside the room.
"Your Majesty, the Queen insists on visiting Master Shen despite the ban. The servants really can't stop her!"
Sure enough, would she rather disobey his will and go see Shen Junfang?
Yi Huaiyu closed his eyes for a long time and let out a long sigh.
"Tao Shihai, have you done everything as I ordered?"
Tao Shihai was stunned and bowed his head deeply: "The arrangements have been made. Your Majesty... I have wronged you."
Dusk fell and the moonlight rose in the west. In a side hall where Shen Junfang lived, Sima Tulan stood blankly.
There was no one in the room where someone was supposed to lie down quietly. The bed was clean and tidy, and the desk that was originally filled with books and ink was empty. He called out softly, and only his own desolate voice echoed.
"Where's Master Shen..." Sima Duran's face suddenly turned pale, and she stumbled back a few steps. If it weren't for the support of Yuzhi, she might have fallen to the ground.
"Come on, where is Master Shen? Didn't he just leave early in the morning? Where did he go?" Yuzhi couldn't hold back his temper and shouted angrily at the little eunuch in charge.
The little eunuch fell to his knees and kowtowed repeatedly: "I forgive you, Master Shen was taken away by the emperor earlier today. As for where he went, I really don't know!"
"Why take him away?" A feeling of coldness in his chest made Sima Duran come up with many terrifying speculations one after another, and the hand holding the jade branch trembled slightly.
"To prevent you from seeing him."
Behind her, Yi Huaiyu suddenly appeared, standing with his hands behind his back, his eyebrows cold and indifferent, still the ruthless cruelty she believed.
With just one look, Yi Huaiyu made others tremble and leave the room. He walked slowly in front of Sima Tulan, not looking at her, but looking at the empty bed indifferently, his tone calm.
"I won't give you the chance to make the same mistake again and again. Since there is nothing wrong between you, it doesn't matter if we don't see each other for the last time."