Immortal, save me!

She planned to go see her father and mother first.

The palace maids looked at each other secretly, and someone stepped forward and said, "Princess, the Third Prince wants to discuss something with you..."

Chu Xueying sneered and said coldly: "What's so urgent that you don't even give my sister time to rest?"

The palace maids fell to their knees with a plop.

He shouted loudly: "Princess, please forgive me!"

Chu Xueying was about to get angry when she heard her good brother's voice not far away.

"Princess."

Chu Xueying turned around and saw Chu Mingyuan, who was in high spirits and smiling happily, striding towards her.

“Xueying, what’s the matter? Did these servants make you unhappy?”

Chu Xueying smiled and said, "No, it's just that I haven't seen my father and mother for a long time, and I want to go visit them. Since my brother is here, can you accompany me?"

Chu Mingyuan's eyes flickered for a moment, and he smiled and said, "It's naturally good to be with the imperial sister."

The two then went to Emperor Chu's palace together. At present, Emperor Chu, the Empress, other concubines, and princes and princesses had all moved elsewhere.

Chu Xueying smiled faintly and asked, "I wonder what urgent matter my royal brother has for me? I have caused those palace servants to block my way."

Chu Mingyuan smiled awkwardly and said, "I want to talk about my father's affairs. I am afraid that you will worry, so I want to tell you as soon as possible."

As the conversation turned, his voice became more stern, and he said, "But those slaves who upset you should be severely punished!"

Chu Xueying: "There is no need for severe punishment. Brother, please tell me how our father is doing."

Chu Mingyuan looked sad and sighed, "Father must have had a stroke, otherwise he wouldn't have..."

stroke?

People who practice Taoism are physically strong. Except for Liu Ling'er, who is born weak and sickly, she has never seen anyone get sick.

The residence of Emperor Chu and the Queen was a little farther away from the palace they lived in before, but the decoration inside the palace was still luxurious. On the surface, it seemed that at least they were not treated harshly and lived a good life.

Emperor Chu was indeed ill and was currently lying in bed. He was pale, unable to speak, and his body was stiff. Only his eyes revealed pain.

Queen Li Fu was standing by Emperor Chu's side, looking worried. Several imperial doctors treated him, but their treatment only temporarily alleviated his condition.

Chu Xueying entered the room, and before she could move, she saw her mother walking towards her quickly, hugging her in her arms and crying.

"Xueying, your father... wuwu..."

In the soft and warm embrace of her mother, Chu Xueying felt a little dazed, and her heart seemed to be touched.

She patted her mother's shoulder and comforted her: "Don't worry, mother, father will be fine."

Chu Mingyuan also comforted her, "Don't worry, mother. I have found the leader of the Yuling Sect. He will be here in two days and will definitely cure father by then."

When Chu Xueying heard a certain word, her body stiffened for a moment, her face suddenly turned cold, and her eyes were filled with murderous intent.

In two days, Chu Mingyuan will ascend the throne. Why don’t you come earlier or later? Do you want to wait until he ascends the throne before curing your father?

It's a good calculation.

Originally, she didn't care much about who would be the emperor. After all, one of them was her father, and the other was her brother from the same mother. It would be beneficial to her no matter who became the emperor.

Only now she felt she needed to reconsider.

Chu Xueying gently pushed Li Fu away, took her hand and walked to the bedside to look at Chu Huang.

She half-knelt down and held Emperor Chu's hand.

With a worried look on his face, he said, "Father, I am back to see you."

Emperor Chu's face was stiff, and he looked at her with tears in his eyes, but he could not make any expression and could not utter a single word.

Chu Xueying had a sad look on her face but found it ridiculous in her heart. She had mixed feelings towards her father and mother, but under the influence of Tiandao's dreams day after day, her love was already gone. And now she was acting out the act of loving father and filial daughter in front of her father's sickbed?

Ha ha.

She concealed her emotions, stayed with her father and mother and talked for a long time, then left the bedroom with her brother.

Chu Xueying looked at the colorful imperial garden and asked, "Brother, should I move to another place?"

Chu Mingyuan smiled and said, "No, your palace will always be reserved for you. Maybe you want to live in another palace."

Chu Xueying shook her head: "That's not necessary, I'll just stay where I am now."

The two chatted for a few words and then left.

Chu Xueying returned to her residence. The maid came up to serve her quickly and said happily, "Princess, you are back!"

Chu Xueying nodded and asked, "Do you know what the condition of my father's illness is?"

The maid thought for a moment and said, "I'm not very clear, I just know that the emperor suddenly fell ill half a month ago, and then the Third Prince invited countless doctors to treat him but to no avail."

"A country cannot be without a ruler for a day. A few days ago, the Third Prince took the imperial edict to announce to the world that the Emperor abdicated to the Third Prince and ascended the throne today."

Chu Xueying: "Something happened in the palace, why didn't you inform me?"

Upon hearing this, the maid immediately knelt down to apologize, looking embarrassed: "Princess, it's not that I don't want to pass on the message to you, but since the emperor fell ill, the palace has been under strict restrictions."

"In order to avoid offending Your Majesty, I, everyone in the palace, and even other princesses and princes are prohibited from entering or leaving, so I cannot deliver a message to you."

"Please forgive me, Princess!"

Chu Xueying: "Get up."

My father's stroke came suddenly, the palace was immediately under strict restrictions, and then there was the so-called imperial edict... everything revealed something unusual.

What does her good brother want to do?

Is it rebellion?

Humph.

She suddenly thought of a path that had never appeared before - a path where a woman was in charge of everything.

But she did not have the patience of her royal brother. She just wanted to cut the Gordian knot and take the fruit into her own hands as soon as possible.

The next evening.

Chu Xueying came to Chu Mingyuan's residence.

Chu Mingyuan was surprised to see Chu Xueying, but there was a hint of complacency in his eyes that he couldn't hide.

"Why is the imperial sister here at this time?"

Chu Mingyuan's feelings for Chu Xueying are complicated. They were sent to the Yuling Sect to practice when they were very young. Although they are in the same sect, they seldom see each other.

When he occasionally returned to the palace, the imperial sister had always been the apple of his father's and mother's eyes. Not to mention other brothers and sisters, even he, her own brother, sometimes felt jealous.

In addition, there is a big age gap between them and they can't communicate with each other, so their relationship is not close, which is only slightly better than that with other brothers and sisters.

If it weren't for the blood that we share from the same mother, I'm afraid the feelings would be even weaker.

In the Yuling Sect, they were both direct disciples of Song Yan. Song Yan was very cold to him and only did superficial work. He treated him even worse than other ordinary disciples.

Later, when Chu Xueying went to the Yuling Sect, Song Yan changed and became very attentive to her. He often taught her personally, and even in order to prevent them from disturbing her practice, it was difficult for them to see Chu Xueying without Song Yan's order.