After the imperial doctor left with Jinping, Mrs. Hu ordered someone to close the palace door and said softly: "Your Majesty? Your Majesty?"
Under Hu's call, Xianyue opened her eyes, sat up with Zhichun's support, and said, "How is the situation? Is everything going well?"
Mrs. Hu sighed and said: "The empress pretended to faint before, which indeed attracted the attention of the guards and gave them a chance, but no one expected that Zhao Hui would suddenly come and save Wu's life.
life, the latter only suffered some injuries."
When Xianyue was pretending to be unconscious, she also heard Zhaohui's voice and frowned: "Why did Zhaohui appear in Yongqing Temple?"
Mrs. Hu shook her head and said: "I don't know, if he hadn't appeared today, Mrs. Wu would have gone to the Palace of Hell with the concubines and the others, and she would still be alive."
Xianyue was silent for a moment and said, "Where are your people?"
"The concubines are one step ahead, so they don't know what will happen next, but don't worry, Madam, they are loyal to my Hu family and will never confess." Before Hu could finish his words, Li Si walked in and bowed: "
The Empress, Master, and servants have just received the news that the Emperor ordered General Zhaohui to exterminate the White Lotus Sect. As for the four assassins captured before, they had already committed suicide by taking poison when they were in Yongqing Temple, and none of them survived."
"I know." After ordering Li Si to go, Hu said: "It seems that our plan worked. The emperor thought those assassins were from the White Lotus Sect."
"With the emperor's decree, Zhaohui will pursue him personally. The White Lotus Sect won't be able to hide for long." As she said this, she said to Qi Kuan on the side: "You try to spread the news that the White Lotus Sect's home base is in Wen County, Datong, Shandong, so as to avoid Zhaohui's troubles.
Kei wastes time in irrelevant places.”
After Qi Kuan agreed, Mrs. Hu said again: "By the way, Mrs. Wu... what are your plans?"
Xianyue's eyes turned cold and she said coldly: "Anyone who dares to hurt the emperor should not be alive." After a pause, he added: "She is injured now and has to take medicine every day. This is not good for us.
Said, this is a good opportunity, the imperial concubine can ask the Song Dynasty doctor about this matter."
Mrs. Hu nodded knowingly, "I know, I will take care of this matter." After saying that, she took a breath and said: "I have been living for so long, and finally I have some results. I hope Zhaohui will catch it soon."
Those who come to the White Lotus Sect can undo the witchcraft on the Emperor and restore everything to its original state."
Xianyue didn't speak, but frowned tightly. Mrs. Hu asked doubtfully: "What's wrong with you, Madam?"
Xianyue looked at the autumn rhododendrons in a square vase with two ears on the small table by the window, and said softly: "I am wondering why Zhaohui appeared. Is it a pure coincidence, or...is it the emperor's instruction?"
"Your Majesty?" Mrs. Hu exclaimed in surprise, then shook her head and said: "Impossible, this matter is so confidential, the Emperor cannot know about it, and if he knew about it, he would have already been blamed by now, and there would be no sound at all.
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Xianyue nodded and said, "Indeed, but how does my sister explain Zhaohui's appearance?"
"This..." Just when Mrs. Hu didn't know how to answer, a palace attendant came in and said, "Master, the fifth manager is here."
The palace man's words made Mr. Hu's eyelids twitch. Could it be that... Hongli really knew about their affairs, so he asked Xiao Wu to come and investigate?
While Mrs. Hu was in confusion, Xianyue said, "Go and invite him in."
"Hey!" Shortly after the palace attendants left, Xiao Wu, dressed in the attire of a fifth-grade palace steward, walked in, bowed and said, "I have seen the empress and the noble concubine."
"No courtesy." Xianyue looked at him and said, "I wonder why the fifth manager is here?"
Xiao Wu said respectfully: "Replying to your Majesty, the Emperor was very worried when he knew that your Majesty was frightened and fainted, so he specially ordered his servants to come and visit her." After that, he said with concern: "I wonder if the imperial doctor has come to see her?"
His words made Xianyue and Hu feel at ease. It seemed that Hongli did not doubt them. Xianyue said with a smile: "I've been here before. I said I was just frightened for a moment. It's nothing serious."
Hearing this, Xiao Wu smiled and said, "It's good that everything is fine. Your Majesty, you can feel relieved."
Mrs. Hu stared at him and said: "Since the emperor is so worried, why doesn't he come in person?"
Xiao Wu was startled, then he smiled and said, "The emperor is busy with state affairs and really has no time to do anything else."
Mrs. Hu had already noticed the discomfort on his face, brushed her skirt, and said coldly: "When did the fifth manager learn to tell lies with his eyes open?"
Her words made Xiao Wu extremely embarrassed, and he smiled and said: "How dare I tell lies in front of your Majesty? Your Majesty..."
Before he could continue, Mrs. Hu took over and said, "The emperor went to see Lan Guiren, right?"
Xiao Wu didn't know how to answer, so he could only stand there and laugh. Seeing him like this, Mrs. Hu knew that she had guessed correctly, and she immediately became angry. However, it was too difficult for Xiao Wu to say anything, so she could only sulk alone.
Seeing that Xianyue and Mrs. Hu were both silent, Xiaowu could only bite the bullet and said: "My dear, please don't take it to heart. Your Majesty, he just heard that Lan Guiren was seriously injured, so he went to take a look first. It should...should pass."
We will come to Zhaoyang Palace soon." He said this last sentence with great confidence. Hongli's current thoughts and actions were becoming more and more unpredictable to him. For example, he was coughing up blood just now.
But he also said that he was so well that even the imperial doctor refused to tell him about it.
Xianyue smiled and said: "I know that the fifth manager has made a special trip to make this trip. Zhichun, please send the fifth manager out."
"Slave, please leave." When he was about to reach the palace gate, Xiao Wu turned back and said hesitantly: "You two ladies, if it is convenient at any time, please advise the emperor to send the imperial physician to see you."
Hearing this, Xianyue suddenly became nervous and said hurriedly: "What happened to him, Your Majesty?"
"I can't see anything yet, but when I was talking to General Zhaohui just now, I saw the emperor coughing up blood."
"Coughing up blood?" Mrs. Hu was frightened and panicked, "What did the imperial doctor say?"
Xiao Wu said in a seductive voice: "As soon as the servant saw the emperor coughing up blood, he said that he was going to ask the imperial doctor. But the emperor said that there was nothing wrong, he was just a little angry, and he refused to call the imperial doctor." After a pause, he said again:
"Before this, the Emperor had several nosebleeds. Since last year, the Emperor's memory has become worse and worse. He often forgets what he just said in the blink of an eye, which really worries me."
Xianyue listened to his words carefully and said: "I know this. After I get better, I will go and persuade the emperor not to worry too much."
Xiao Wu said gratefully: "I would like to thank the Queen in advance."
After Xiao Wu went out, Ms. Hu frowned and said, "It seems that the emperor's condition is getting more and more serious. If we can't find anyone from the White Lotus Sect to help the emperor with his witchcraft, the consequences will be disastrous." At this point, she said
He also said with some annoyance: "But when I think that the emperor would rather visit the Wu family than come to the Zhaoyang Palace to visit the empress, I get very angry."