Hibiscus Tent: The Prime Minister’s palm is reborn

Inside the Taiji Hall, many people were kneeling with their heads bowed, but there was silence.

Gao Hao's body felt very heavy. He wanted to turn over, but he could hardly move.

There was a bitter taste of medicine and a sweet taste of blood in my mouth. It was a really unpleasant feeling.

He struggled to open his eyes and couldn't help coughing a few times: "Cough cough... water..."

I didn't expect that the moment I opened my eyes, I would see someone in front of me.

She was dressed simply and had an indifferent expression. She stood quietly beside the bed, looking down at him condescendingly.

In a daze, Gao Hao licked his lips, feeling a little uncertain.

"Liang...Liang Qian?"

"The emperor shouldn't call me by my name." Liang Qian didn't look at Gao Hao, put away the silver needle and stepped aside.

A eunuch brought a cup of warm water to the emperor from behind.

Gao Hao ignored her and just stared at the person in front of him who was not wearing any makeup.

"You, why are you here?"

After he asked this question, he was stunned, as if he remembered seeing a woman in plain clothes coming late before he completely fainted.

With a cold rebuke, she interrupted the person who was about to harm her.

"Yes... you saved me?"

Liang Qian glanced at him calmly: "Could there be someone else?"

After saying that, she handed the silver needle bag in her hand to Gu Ya who was standing beside her, and then she looked at him straight in the eye.

"Instead of wondering who saved you, the emperor should think about how to deal with those who have evil intentions."

Gao Hao frowned.

In the Liuhua Garden, he accidentally drank poisonous soup and vomited blood. Lu Wanying and Ao Rubin came with the imperial guards and pointed out that it was the queen and Sun Liangping who poisoned him with the intention of killing the king...

When Gao Hao thought of Lu Wanying, his eyes darkened a little, and his pale face showed ferocity. He was about to speak, but his face suddenly changed due to anger, and he spat out a large mouthful of blood, and the dark red blood splattered everywhere.

Even so, he still couldn't stop coughing.

The eunuch hurriedly put down the cup in his hand and gently patted Gao Hao's back to help him calm down.

After Gao Hao stopped coughing, the eunuch carefully helped him lie down again.

Liang Qian stood aside and watched coldly.

He looked even weaker than when he woke up last time, and was barely able to breathe.

Gao Hao closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and then raised his head: "Where is the imperial physician?"

Someone who was kneeling on the ground stood up, looked at Liang Qian, walked towards the bed tremblingly, and knelt down again a few steps away.

"Your Majesty, I am here."

Gao Hao covered his chest and looked over: "What is my current situation?"

"This..." The imperial physician's lips turned pale, he lowered his head and said, "Your holy body..."

Seeing the imperial physician hesitating like this, Liang Qian sighed slightly and simply took over the conversation.

"The poison in the emperor's body has penetrated deep into his lungs. I'm afraid it's impossible for him to recover. Right now, all the imperial physician can do is to help the emperor hang on to his life day by day."

"You, what did you say?"

Gao Hao was shocked upon hearing the bad news, but a moment later, he started coughing again, even more violently than before.

The eunuch hurried forward to serve.

The imperial physician kowtowed anxiously: "Your Majesty, please do not get angry, otherwise it will only speed up the poison—"

"That's enough," Liang Qian glanced at the imperial physician and palace maids kneeling on the ground, "You can leave for now. I have something to say to the emperor."

Everyone was shocked. She called herself "Yu", which clearly meant she was the empress dowager. But on second thought, the empress and concubine were both imprisoned, and the emperor was on the verge of death. Now in this huge palace, there was really no one who could make the decision.

If anything happens to the emperor, the former dynasty and the harem may return to her hands.

When it comes to her methods, who in the palace doesn't know about them?

Everyone no longer hesitated, lowered their eyes and bowed in response.

Just as everyone was leaving, a cold voice was suddenly heard.

"Watch your mouths. If I find out who is talking about the emperor's serious illness in private, I will kill him without mercy."

Everyone shuddered and responded in unison, not lingering any longer.

Gao Hao, who was lying on the bed, saw this scene and his expression changed again and again.

I still remember clearly that Liang Qian was lying on the couch in the wooden house, half dead, but now my life is hanging by a thread...

Thinking of this, Gao Hao started coughing again, and blood overflowed from the corners of his mouth as his chest vibrated.

Seeing that there was no one else around, Liang Qian sighed faintly, walked to the dragon bed, took out a silk handkerchief from her sleeve, bent down, and gently wiped it for him.

"Gao Hao, you really let me down. I thought you could be a wise monarch. In the end, you are no different from them."

Her tone and expression were gentle, but the coldness in her eyes made people recall for no reason the charming figure sitting high up in the court. She was graceful and had a moving voice behind the beaded curtains, but her face could not be seen.

Gao Hao did not avoid Liang Qian's hand, but narrowed his eyes and looked carefully at the person in front of him.

Perhaps, they all underestimated the person sitting behind the bead curtain.

He gritted his teeth and grasped the wrist in front of him.

"What exactly do you want to do?"

Liang Qian looked at her wrist that was grabbed, and brushed Gao Hao's hand away with a light flick.

She threw away the handkerchief in her hand, ignored the people staring at her, and said to herself: "The emperor should know that King Pengcheng is very dissatisfied with what you have done and has joined forces with King Langya--"

Gao Hao sneered: "Humph, it's just an excuse to rebel."

Liang Qian nodded: "The emperor is right, so I have ordered people to kill Sun Liangping. Now they have no excuse."

"You... killed him?"

"Yes."

Gao Hao frowned: "He and the Queen did not poison, all this is simply——"

Liang Qian interrupted: "The emperor is right. Yuan Shi and Sun Liangping did not poison you. They were wrongly accused. All of this was set up by Lu Wanying. She was the one who really wanted to kill you, but so what?"

Liang Qian paused and asked, "The emperor didn't kill Sun Liangping. Does that mean he wants him to accompany you to lead the troops to quell the rebellion?"

Gao Hao didn't say anything, just closed his eyes and gasped.

He doesn’t even know how long he can live, so how can he care about others?

Liang Qian glanced at him and sighed, "Fortunately, I arrived in time today and stopped Lu Wanying, so they didn't succeed. Now that people outside the palace don't know about this, the emperor still has time to think about how to deal with it. In my opinion, the current plan is how to stabilize the situation. What do you think?"

“How to stabilize the situation?”

Gao Hao opened his eyes and looked at Liang Qian's eyebrows and eyes. She was like a hunter, luring him step by step into a trap that had been set long ago.

Sadly, I am powerless to resist.

……

Before leaving, Liang Qian took out a bottle of medicine from her sleeve and threw it beside Gao Hao's pillow.

"This medicine was found on Sun Liangping. I thought you might need it, Your Majesty."

Gao Hao glanced at the medicine bottle, didn't take it, and just looked at the back of the person turning and leaving.

"I thought you wanted to take back the position of Queen Mother, but you... Liang Qian, what do you want?"

Liang Qian smiled and walked out the door without looking back.

*

In front of the wooden house, the setting sun shines obliquely on the wintersweet forest.

Liang Qian and Guya were cleaning up the dishes together.

Gu Ya sighed softly: "The retired emperor didn't have many days to live, but this new emperor - I thought you would move to Renshou Hall after the new emperor ascended the throne, but who would have thought that you would honor Meng Guangyou (you)..."

The eldest prince Gao Zitun (tun) ascended the throne five days ago, honored his biological mother Meng as the empress dowager, and moved to Renshou Hall.

Liang Qian looked at her with a smile: "Don't worry, Meng Shi won't do anything to us."

Gao Zitun was of a dull character and was never taken seriously by Gao Hao. Meng was of a mild nature and her family background was not prominent enough. If she had not had a son, she would have been buried in the harem and ignored.

Gu Ya was about to speak when she saw someone striding towards her.

"Lord Ram?"

Liang Qian stood up and looked over. Gong Yangjing approached and bowed, lowering his voice: "Queen Mother, General Wang has something urgent to discuss with you."

Liang Qian couldn't help but be surprised. What important matter did Wang Tingyue have to look for her at this time?

When will the hero and heroine meet again? Well, it should be in the next chapter. I am writing it now~