Chapter 485 The monkey’s face is clear, just like many years ago
Li Shao asked eagerly.
Eunuch Guo said respectfully: "Your Highness, I don't know much about what's going on ahead, and I don't know much about the situation in Yumen's battle. I just remember that you mentioned before that Yumen won the battle. However, no news is considered good news?"
Li Shao suddenly understood and nodded repeatedly: "That's the truth."
He was also panicked.
What Eunuch Guo can understand is all what he talked about before.
And until a few days before he went to the paddock, he was at the Ministry of War to observe the political affairs. If there was any progress in Yumen, he would not miss it.
The news sent back at that time was still orderly and interactive.
After that, Li Shao never went to the Ministry of War again, but he never heard any "bad news".
As for the past few days, Li Shao secretly thought that Li Du, the troublemaker, was dead, Su Yi was busy running for his life, and no one was holding Yumen back.
In October, the capital is full of autumn, but in Yumen, winter is about to begin.
Dashun's march plan is clear, that is, wait until the weather turns cold and the enemy's military support cannot be provided, then open and close the door to fight out.
Once the alliance between Xiliang and Gu Yue fails, the crisis will be resolved.
Judging from this, it won't be long.
Li Shao calculated in his mind that the distance between the two places was long, but Xu Jian should return to Beijing to celebrate the New Year. If he catches up, he might be able to arrive in Beijing in the twelfth lunar month.
That's just two or three months.
He only needs to hold on for two or three months and wait for Xu Jian to come back...
Previously, he was punished by his father and kept in the East Palace for a longer period of time.
This time, I will definitely be able to hold on.
In the court, some disputes subsided for a while because the Holy Emperor banned Yuqing Palace.
Although, as the old saying goes, "beat the drowned dog hard", if His Highness is not beaten until he cannot get up, there will still be worries.
But another sentence is "It depends on the owner to beat a dog." The Holy One has already followed their wishes and placed His Highness under house arrest. At this moment, he is unreasonable and continues to be aggressive, which really pisses off the Holy One...
That is making wedding clothes for others.
Both the Liu and Gu families had this concern, so they gave up on the situation for the time being, and secretly hoped that the other party was a fool, so they continued to charge forward.
Half a month passed like this, and everything was calm in Beijing.
On the contrary, Yumen sent back two battle reports, both of which were wins.
This also made the atmosphere in the Jinluan Palace less dull.
Lin Yunyan still goes to Cining Palace every few days.
"It seems that His Highness has been at peace these past half months."
The Empress Dowager took a sip of tea and said: "He is very restless. Li Shao just doesn't care about the beginning and end of his work, but when he calms down and assesses the situation, it won't be a problem."
"It's better to be more honest," Lin Yunyan smiled, "if he continues to make trouble, he may ruin the relationship between father and son."
The Empress Dowager deeply agreed.
The Holy Spirit was indeed determined to imprison Li Shao, but this was also the best way to protect him in the chaos.
Lin Yunyan has been thinking about what exactly Princess Derong and Li Rong communicated with? When do they plan to take action?
This answer actually didn’t take long.
At the end of October, winter suddenly entered the capital.
The cold wave rolled in, the sky became terribly gloomy, and it became cold overnight.
A charcoal pot was placed in the hall.
Yuqing Palace also received charcoal.
Even though Li Shao was banned, no one dared to shortchange him on all daily expenses.
The palace is accustomed to praise the high and suppress the low, and is afraid that what is low today will be high tomorrow. Others may not say it, but it would not be strange at all for His Highness to be "lively and energetic" one day.
After all, His Majesty has been favored by His Majesty for so many years.
Although he had a charcoal basin, Li Shao still caught the cold.
He didn't take good care of himself during the cold weather last month, and he was also traumatized by the confinement. In the end, he only treated the symptoms but not the root cause.
This time, I developed a low-grade fever and kept coughing.
Guo Gonggong reported to the Imperial Study Room.
After careful questioning, the Holy Emperor only asked the imperial physician to see the doctor and did not move to Yuqing Palace.
Li Shao coughed and his throat hurt. After waiting for a long time, he didn't see the Holy Emperor and asked Mr. Guo: "What did the emperor say?"
"The Holy One has arranged an imperial doctor for you," Guo Gonggong said.
Li Shao was extremely disappointed, and even looked at Eunuch Guo more and more unhappy.
Next to him, Yutang wiped his hands and handed him a cup of tea: "Your Highness, you should feel better if you take a sip of it in your throat."
Li Shao took it and said to Mr. Guo: "You can retreat and let Yutang take care of you."
Eunuch Guo only "retreated" halfway. After leaving the dormitory, he stood behind the curtain. He could hear the movement inside with his ears raised.
Li Shao knew it well and didn't care anymore. Anyway, out of sight is out of mind.
Yutang carefully served Li Shao for two days. She didn't eat a few mouthfuls of food, but stayed up for two long nights. Her originally beautiful face became much haggard.
Eunuch Guo saw this and said to Li Shao: "Your Highness, you have to let Miss Yutang rest for a while."
Yutang hurriedly shook his head: "Your Highness, I am fine, please don't drive me away..."
Li Shao saw her timid look, and before she could say a word, Yutang swayed and fell to the ground.
Jingle bells——
With this fall, the tea cup and medicine bowl on the table were knocked over and fell to the floor.
Eunuch Guo stood far away and reached out to help but failed to catch up.
Li Shao saw this and whispered: "Go and call the imperial doctor."
Eunuch Guo was stunned: "It's against the rules."
Li Shao looked at him gloomily: "Whatever happened, it will be blamed on me later."
Eunuch Guo thought, "Yes."
Today, Yuqing Palace is no different than in the past. It can do a little more, but not a big thing.
Furthermore, although Yutang is a palace maid, she is still employed by His Highness. Even if she has used Bizi Tang, if something happens...
You can also make plans in advance.
The doctor came soon.
The dormitory has been tidied up, the water stains have been wiped away, and the debris has been cleared away.
Yutang sat on the chair with a cautious look on his face.
The imperial physician checked his pulse and said, "Don't you know you have a fever?"
Yutang opened his eyes wide, touched his forehead with his other hand, and said at a loss, "I don't know."
Li Shao heard this and asked, "Did you get sick from me?"
"Your Highness," the imperial doctor replied, "she is more ill than you. It is better not to let her take care of you these days."
Li Shao didn't care about this.
He saw that Eunuch Guo and Eunuch Gao were angry, but they would not embarrass the sick Yutang.
"Just go back to your house and take good care of yourself." He said.
Yutang asked softly: "I'm seriously ill? Can I still stay in Yuqing Palace? Do I have to go elsewhere to take care of myself and come back after I'm well?"
Before the imperial doctor could speak, Li Shao raised his voice and asked: "What do you mean? Seeing me in trouble, you want to run away? You don't even think about it, besides Yuqing Palace, where else would you stay?"
Yutang's little face turned pale with fright, and she shook her head repeatedly and said, "No, Your Highness, that's not what I meant. I'm just going to recuperate. I'll come back to serve you when I get better. I won't run anywhere."
Li Shao had no patience to listen to her words and didn't believe a word she said.
He said to Eunuch Guo: "Kick her out, and anyone else who doesn't want to stay in Yuqing Palace, get away! Anyway, once the palace gate is closed, there won't be so many people inside, and I'm annoyed by it!"
"
Yutang wanted to say something else, but was stopped by Eunuch Guo's look.
The imperial doctor did not interfere with Li Shao's affairs. He watched his nose and heart with his eyes, wrote the prescription and left.
Eunuch Guo invited Yutang out of the bedroom and said, "Please pack some things."
Yutang's eyes filled with tears.
"Your Highness is so angry that there is no need to say anything more," Eunuch Guo advised, "We can wait until you recover."
What is your temper, Your Highness?
Eunuch Guo had seen Li Shao draw his sword and chop with his own eyes, and he was afraid that he would ignore him if he got angry.
Yutang cried so hard that she couldn't breathe, but she still obeyed and packed up Xinruan and left Yuqing Palace.
As for the "others who don't want to be kept" in Li Shao's words, how could Eunuch Guo dare to let them go casually?
Just pretend there is no such sentence.
There is a maid's room in the palace, which is specially used for the temporary care of sick maids, so as not to stay in the master's palace and get out of the illness.
Not many people who can be raised well will return to their original place. On the contrary, if they are not raised well, more people will die of illness.
Yutang stayed here for three days. As soon as her health improved, she tried her best to seek help from Eunuch Guo again.
Eunuch Guo asked Li Shao for instructions.
Li Shao's anger subsided a lot, and when he saw Yutang actively begging to come back, he agreed.
There was another heavy snowfall this night.
In the darkness, Yutang quietly left the house and struggled to move a ladder to the wall.
Not long after, a man climbed in from outside, dressed as a eunuch.
After landing, the two of them moved the ladder back to its original position.
Yutang led people into his room and said in a low voice: "You hide here first, I will find a way for you to enter the main hall tomorrow."
The man nodded, and when he spoke, his voice was old and shrill. He was indeed a eunuch: "Be careful."
Snow had fallen all night, covering any footprints outside.
When it gets dark again, it will be much easier to move around.
The snow was falling heavily, and there were few people walking around in the courtyard. Occasionally, a eunuch would pass by, but since he couldn't see clearly, he wouldn't attract anyone's attention.
The eunuch took advantage of the darkness and heavy snow to arrive outside the main hall.
Eunuch Guo was called inside by Li Shao. Yutang came out and said to the young chamberlain guarding the palace door: "We have run out of hot water. Let the kitchen bring more for His Highness to wipe himself with later."
The waiter came to answer.
The old eunuch took advantage of the situation and entered the main hall. Following Yutang's instructions, he went to the side hall opposite the sleeping hall.
The study was decorated here, but Li Shao was recuperating from illness and had been vacant for a few days. Except for someone coming in to clean it in the morning, it was pitch dark at the moment and he couldn't even light a lamp.
The old eunuch is hiding behind a major case, unnoticed.
In the dormitory, Li Shao had dinner, washed himself, and went to bed as it was getting late.
Yutang stayed vigil all night and slept on a couch nearby.
She was not sleepy at all, counting the hours with her eyes open and listening to her violent heartbeat.
She is actually very timid.
It is not easy for a little palace maid to survive in the palace.
She didn't know how she fell into the eyes of the eldest princess Derong, and after going round and round, she was arranged by the eldest princess to work as an errand in Yuqing Palace.
Princess Derong’s requirements for her are also very simple.
Serve His Highness well. Whatever His Highness said or did, you must report it to the best of your ability.
This time, the request she received from the palace maid's office was to bring a eunuch into Yuqing Palace.
The time was arranged, all she had to do was move the ladder.
Yutang didn't know the eunuch, so he just did what he did.
But she couldn't figure it out. The eunuch looked very old and didn't seem to move very quickly. What role could such a person have?
Yutang waited until halfway through the third watch with her heart in mind, and then she heard very light footsteps.
She suddenly sat up from the couch and stared in the direction of the curtain with wide eyes.
The figure of the eunuch appeared in sight.
Yutang sensed some clues at this time. Although the eunuch moved slowly, he didn't touch anything when he came from the study, which showed that his night vision was very good.
The eunuch also saw her, walked straight to the couch, and said softly: "Light the lamp later and give it to me."
Yutang nodded.
In the darkness, what she heard was Li Shao's breathing and his own heartbeat.
She lit the oil lamp with trembling hands, followed the old eunuch's instructions, walked to Li Shao's bed, and opened the curtain.
Li Shao slept soundly.
The old eunuch took the oil lamp and went over, urging Yutang with his eyes.
Yutang called softly: "Your Highness? Your Highness?"
Li Shao frowned and said angrily: "What to do?"
He was woken up, and he was at a loss, and then slowly opened his eyes.
The oil lamp was not far away from him. He subconsciously squinted again, then suddenly opened his eyes again as if he thought of something.
Li Shao didn't see Yutang. He only saw one person in his entire line of sight - the old eunuch holding the lamp oil.
"Your Highness, do you want to pee now?"
The old eunuch smiled with his eyes bent, but there was no smile, only viciousness and cunning.
Under the oil lamp, the monkey's face is clear, just like it was many years ago.
His mind seemed to explode, and Li Shao stared at him in disbelief.
The old eunuch put the oil lamp closer to Li Shao's place again: "Or, do you want to take this lamp? The oil lamp is hot to your hands. You must hold it carefully this time, otherwise it will fall to the ground and start burning again, but no one will be around.
Saved you."
Involuntarily, Li Shao trembled all over.
He didn't even hear what the old eunuch said, he only saw the mouth opening and closing.
The memory of his childhood rushed into his mind again. Unlike the last time he remembered it in Qianfu, this time, he really saw the monkey-faced eunuch who set fire!
"You, you!" Li Shao instinctively pushed him, "Get out of here! Ahhhhhh!"
The old eunuch chuckled: "I forgot all the useless things back then, but now? Have I forgotten or am I going crazy? You are crazy! You are still crazy!"
Beside, Yutang was already stunned.
She had no idea why this was happening until the old eunuch stepped out from the curtain and handed her the oil lamp.
"You've never seen me!" he said.
Yutang nodded numbly.
The old eunuch changed his previous slow motion, quickly left the dormitory, and hid in the study again.
Yutang then opened the curtain again and leaned in: "Your Highness? Your Highness?"
Li Shao heard the woman's voice and came back to his senses: "Where are the others? Where is the monkey-faced eunuch?"
"What are you talking about?" Yutang asked in a trembling voice, "What monkey-faced eunuch? There is no one else, only slaves here."
"Nonsense! You're talking nonsense!" Li Shao exclaimed, "I clearly saw him! I clearly saw him! Ah——"
Yutang still shook her head and staggered to her feet: "My slave, go call Eunuch Guo."
Li Shao was yelling loudly in this room. Eunuch Guo and the others had been awakened long ago and came over wearing their clothes.
Yutang was panicked and scared, with tears streaming down her face: "Your Highness was having a nightmare in his sleep, saying he saw a monkey-faced eunuch, what should I do..."
