Her Highness Doesn’t Want to Work Hard Anymore

The eunuch came in with the freshly cooked soup.

Concubine Zhen stretched out her hand: "Give it to me."

However, before she could catch the medicine bowl, she heard the Queen Mother ask.

"Have you tried this medicine?"

Zuo Ji who was beside him immediately responded: "If you go back to the Empress Dowager, someone has tried it first, and the medicine is fine."

After Wu Wang died, Zuo Ji was the most useful eunuch by the emperor's side, and he had been injured in rescuing him before.

Hearing what he said, the Empress Dowager felt relieved and said nothing more.

Concubine Zhen walked to the bed with the medicine bowl in her hand, and said softly.

"Your Majesty, it's time to take some medicine."

Since being paralyzed in bed, the emperor has lost a lot of weight. Even though he nourishes his body with a lot of precious medicinal materials every day, his body muscles are still inevitably shrinking day by day.

But because of his relatively large skeleton, his current body looks very deformed.

There are many wrinkles on the face, and the hair is also graying a lot.

The whole person has a decayed atmosphere that is getting old.

At this time, he was completely different from the high-spirited emperor he once was.

Concubine Zhen scooped up the decoction with a white porcelain spoon, blew it lightly, and handed it to the emperor's mouth after making sure that it would not burn her mouth.

The emperor frowned.

Since he was paralyzed in bed, he had to drink medicine every day.

Even though the imperial physicians tried their best to reduce the bitterness of the decoction, good medicine tastes bitter, and as long as it is medicine, it cannot taste good.

Over the years, the emperor had already been tortured physically and mentally by drinking medicine.

But even though his heart was full of disgust, he still opened his mouth and drank the medicine.

Because he still held on to the last glimmer of hope.

He didn't want to be a useless person for the rest of his life.

He wanted to stand up and change back to his previous high-spirited self!

A bowl of medicine soon bottomed out.

Concubine Zhen helped him wipe the corners of his mouth with a silk handkerchief, her movements were extremely gentle and careful.

The emperor said weakly: "I heard that Li Xun was rescued?"

Concubine Zhen paused for a moment, with a look of shame on her face.

"It's the concubine who is incompetent and failed to take good care of Xun'er. The concubine has already asked Yu Linwei to go out of the palace to find someone."

The emperor was very dissatisfied: "I said at the beginning that Li Xun should be imprisoned in Dali Temple, but you have the kindness of a woman and insisted on keeping Li Xun by your side. This is good, let people run away."

Concubine Zhen lowered her head, choked with sobs and said, "It's my fault, I am willing to be punished."

The emperor was indeed angry.

Li Xun is Li Ji's only son, if he can be controlled, why worry about Li Ji not falling into the trap?

It happened that something happened to Concubine Zhen.

But the emperor couldn't bear to punish Concubine Zhen.

Since he was paralyzed, imperial concubine Zhen came to serve him every day, bringing tea, water, medicine and food.

She also learned massage herself and massaged his limbs.

Sometimes he accidentally pulled him on the bed, and she would help him clean up. She was extremely patient and meticulous, and never showed any dislike for him.

If it's only ten days and half a month, it can still be said that she is in disguise.

But it has been like this every day for the past six years.

That can only show that she really loves him and is willing to tolerate everything about him.

Even though he was paralyzed in bed and became a useless person, she still loved him wholeheartedly.

How can such deep and sincere affection make people feel unmoved?

The emperor was naturally more tolerant towards her.

He slowed down his expression: "Take this incident as a lesson for you, so don't be confused again in the future."

Concubine Zhen wiped the corners of her eyes with a silk handkerchief, and replied tremblingly.

"I know I'm wrong, I will definitely listen to Your Majesty in everything from now on."

The emperor said with satisfaction: "It's good to know the mistake."

The Queen Mother suddenly interrupted.

"Concubine Zhen, let's go down first, the Ai family has something to talk to the emperor alone."

Concubine Zhen stood up and blessed her body: "I will resign."

When she left, the Queen Mother immediately began to complain.

"You are too used to Concubine Zhen, she is not just a concubine, she can actually intervene in the affairs of the court, even the guards of Habayashi listen to her orders.

If this goes on like this, won't she have to cover the entire front and back palace with her single hand? ! "

The emperor: "What the empress mother said is too exaggerated, Qingqing, did she and meddle in the affairs of the court?

As for the Habayashi guards, I plan to select a group of them to serve as the prince's guards.

Qingqing is the biological mother of the prince, and she is smart and thoughtful.

I asked her to help choose the right person, so I temporarily handed Habayashi into her hands.

Mother, please rest assured, after this matter is over, I will take Habayashi back. "

He said too many words in one breath, he was a little weak, and his complexion became worse.

The Empress Dowager hurriedly stroked his chest to help him smooth his breath.

When he regained his strength, the queen mother withdrew her hand and said with a frown.

"The Ai family knows that you like Concubine Zhen, so in your eyes, that woman is naturally good for everything.

But you have to understand that those who can survive in the harem cannot be fuel-efficient lamps.

That woman is not as simple as you think. "

The emperor was very helpless: "I am not a three-year-old child, I know it well."

The Queen Mother lowered her voice: "The younger sister of Concubine Zhen is the Princess Regent. They have always had a deep relationship between the sisters. The Ai family is worried that she will secretly inform the Prince Regent for the sake of the Princess Regent."

The emperor is very confident about this.

"No, since the death of the regent, Qingqing hasn't had much contact with the regent. The relationship between the two is very cold. Even the prince is very dissatisfied with the regent. It is impossible for them to help the regent."

Empress Dowager: "Although I say that, but people's hearts are far away, who knows what Concubine Zhen is thinking in her heart?"

The emperor asked back: "What do you want your son to do?"

The queen mother did not answer directly, but said meaningfully.

"It's too early to say these things now, Aijia just wants you to be careful, don't let a woman affect the foundation of our Dazhou Jiangshan."

After the queen mother left, the emperor fell asleep under the influence of medicine.

He had a dream. In the dream, he had died of illness and the throne was handed over to Li Qiong.

It's a pity that Li Qiong was young and didn't understand anything, and all matters big and small were listened to by the imperial concubine, which led to the fall of the power, the relatives were powerful, the great Zhou country was in turmoil, and the century-old foundation was almost destroyed.

After waking up from the dream, the emperor was sweating all over.

He called Zuo Ji and gave instructions.

"It is passed on to the Grand Master of the Imperial Academy, and I want to draw up an order."

"Here."

Soon the Hanlin University scholar came in a hurry and greeted him respectfully.

"My humble minister pays homage to His Majesty."

The emperor asked people to prepare their pen and ink, and said in a deep voice.

"I want to draw up an imperial decree. You help me to write the pen. After it is finished, don't make it public for the time being. I will put it in your place and keep it. When I am no longer here, you can take out the imperial decree."

The academician of the Hanlin University was sweating profusely when he heard this, and said in panic: "Your Majesty is as blessed as the sky, and your life is as long as the sky!"

The emperor didn't want to listen to these hypocritical clichés, so he began dictating the imperial decree directly.

The academician tremblingly picked up the pen and recorded it word by word.

After finishing writing, the Hanlin University scholar dried up the ink, walked over with the imperial decree, and asked the emperor to check it in person.

After confirming that the content was correct, the emperor asked Zuo Ji to take out the jade seal and stamp a red seal at the end of the imperial decree.