An Lingrong's Rebirth: Red

Su Peisheng turned around for who knows how many times before the emperor woke up slowly under the acupuncture of Imperial Doctor Zhou. Su Peisheng hurried forward and called out several times before he got a response from the emperor.

"What time is it?"

The emperor's voice was extremely hoarse. He tried to get up, but found that he had no strength at all.

"Your Majesty, it is already the 9th hour." Su Peisheng spoke hurriedly. When the emperor heard the time, his expression changed immediately.

"Si Shi? Why do you wake me up at this time? Su Peisheng, don't you want your head anymore?"

"Your Majesty, it's not that I don't want to ask you to go to court, but you fainted early in the morning and just woke up because of the acupuncture of Doctor Zhou.

As for the matter of attending court, I have already explained it to you all, Your Majesty, please do not worry too much."

He glanced at the bed and saw Doctor Zhou waiting beside him. He nodded and signaled Su Peisheng to help him up.

After sitting up, the emperor felt dizzy and saw double when he looked at Doctor Zhou. He shook his head and blinked for a long time before he could see clearly.

Without waiting for the emperor to speak, Doctor Zhou stepped forward and explained the emperor's physical condition one by one. At the end, he carefully spoke to comfort the emperor, asking him not to take Wu Shi San anymore.

"I understand this matter, please don't elaborate on it." Upon hearing the words "Wushisan", the emperor interrupted Zhou Taiyi impatiently, "Treat me as soon as possible, and tomorrow's morning court must not be delayed. Do you understand?"

"I understand, but Your Majesty, in your current condition, should not work too hard. In my humble opinion, Your Majesty needs to rest for half a month or even a month before he can recover 10% or 20%. "

"There is not enough time to rest. National affairs cannot be delayed for a moment." If the emperor was not still dizzy and uncomfortable, he would have gone back to the Yangxin Palace long ago. "Think of a way. I need to get my body back in shape as soon as possible."

Imperial Doctor Zhou looked embarrassed. He glanced at Su Peisheng, hoping that the latter could help persuade the emperor.

But the emperor's decision has always been unshakable, and even Su Peisheng didn't dare to say anything more at this time.

He could only shake his head secretly, signaling Doctor Zhou not to say any more.

“I will ask other imperial doctors to work with me to develop a prescription for His Majesty to regulate his body as soon as possible.

It may take a little longer, so Your Majesty should go to bed early and practice martial arts more during this period to ensure good health."

Doctor Zhou did not say everything. The emperor had taken too much Wu Shi San, and it was impossible for him to recover to his previous appearance through medication in a short time.

The emperor clearly knew the serious side effects of the Wu Shi San, but he still took it in private, harming his own body and making things difficult for the imperial doctors.

The imperial physician is not a golden immortal, so the act of actively submitting a visiting card to the King of Hell means that there is really no way for him to save the patient.

"I understand. Please go down and boil the medicine. I will summon the ministers to discuss state affairs in an hour. We must not delay."

After one difficult question was answered, the Emperor gave a second one. Doctor Zhou frowned, regretting that he should not have come alone today.

"Doctor Zhou, please let the emperor rest first." Su Peisheng made a gesture of invitation, indicating that Doctor Zhou should leave.

It was impossible for Doctor Zhou to disobey the Emperor's order, so he had to go back to the Imperial Pharmacy immediately to get some medicine to refresh the Emperor.

Su Peisheng also followed him out and informed the Empress and Concubine Wan of the emperor's condition. Of course, he also mentioned the emperor's persistence in refusing to rest. His words implied that he hoped the Empress and Concubine Wan would comfort the emperor.

The queen was naturally worried, and rushed over immediately when she learned that the emperor had woken up.

But Concubine Wan looked unconcerned, thinking that the Emperor knew her body best and that Eunuch Su was just worrying too much.

"My Lady Wan, I am not exaggerating. Imperial Physician Zhou also said that the Emperor will need at least half a month to recover.

Right now, the emperor cares most about you, Concubine Wan. If you can offer some words of comfort, the emperor will surely listen."

Concubine Wan rolled her eyes slightly, looked at Su Peisheng, and slowly shook her head.

"After all, the Queen is the Emperor's wife, and what she says is much more useful than what I can say, so you don't have to worry too much, Eunuch Su.

Besides, the emperor is the emperor after all, and every decision he makes is right, and we don’t need to question it.”

Concubine Wan waited in the main hall for a while, and estimated that the Queen and the Emperor had probably finished their conversation, then she got up to visit the Emperor.

However, her judgment was a bit wrong. When she walked to the door, she heard the Empress comforting the Emperor to take care of his health. So Concubine Wan had to stop at the door and wait until the two of them finished talking before going in.

However, only the Queen's voice could be heard in the room. Concubine Wan waited for a long time but did not hear the Emperor say even a word.

Concubine Wan was wearing flower-pot bottoms and felt a little tired after standing for a long time, so she went straight in to visit the emperor.

"I pay my respects to the Emperor and Empress."

The Queen did not respond, and did not even turn to look at Concubine Wan.

The emperor, on the other hand, immediately looked at Concubine Wan and not only asked her to stand up immediately, but also asked her to come to his side and sit down in front of the couch.

Concubine Wan looked at the Empress standing beside her, and without even a moment's hesitation, she immediately sat down obediently beside the Emperor and asked in a low voice about his health.

"It seems that I frightened Wanwan," the emperor held Concubine Wan's hand and spoke in an extremely gentle tone, "The imperial physician was making a fuss. I am fine, Wanwan doesn't need to worry too much."

"Your Majesty! You must not continue to destroy your body. You trust Imperial Physician Zhou the most, so why do you not believe the Imperial Physician's diagnosis now?"

The Queen spoke with anger and glared at Concubine Wan, but the latter seemed unaware and just gently shook the Emperor's arm, as if trying to comfort him not to be angry.

This gesture was obviously done intentionally for the Queen to see, but the Emperor did not care and did not even try to stop Concubine Wan.

"I have already said that the Imperial Hospital will take care of your health, so please don't worry too much, Queen."

The emperor almost suppressed his anger. He also turned his head away, refusing to look at the queen again, "Wanwan, I am a little thirsty."

At the command of Concubine Wan, she immediately stood up and poured a cup of tea for the emperor.

The tea was icy cold, obviously left over from last night, but she wasn't going to drink it herself, so she handed it to the emperor without a second thought.

The emperor was really thirsty, so he picked up the cup and took a sip without thinking. The cold tea was not tasty. The emperor frowned because of the bitter taste. If he hadn't paid attention to his image, he would have vomited it out.

"Your Majesty, you are the ruler of a country. You must not be so casual and ignore the dragon's body."

The Queen ignored the Emperor's refusal and continued to persuade him earnestly, but the Emperor didn't care at all and handed the teacup to Concubine Wan.

"The Queen has been running around for a long time, so go back to Jingren Palace and have a rest. I have Concubine Wan to serve me, and that's enough."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Concubine Wan took the teacup, looked at the Empress and smiled brightly.

But the emperor had already ordered them to leave, and the queen had no choice but to keep them. She looked at Concubine Wan and said, "Concubine Wan, take good care of the emperor. Don't let the situation like last night happen again."

Concubine Wan raised her eyebrows. She first glanced at the Emperor, then turned around and said yes to the Empress.

The Queen was so angry at the sight of Concubine Wan and the Emperor knowing each other that her temples twitched. She felt her head, which had not hurt for a long time, began to ache again. If she looked at the two of them any longer, she was afraid she would go completely crazy.

The queen left angrily, and on the way she met Concubine Tian who had rushed over after hearing the news. She deliberately did not tell Concubine Tian about the emperor's current condition, which caused Concubine Tian to also be frustrated.

As for Ling Rong, she had no plan to visit the emperor at all. If the emperor was in the Palace of Tranquil Longevity, she could go with everyone to see him.

Lingrong really didn't like the Yongshou Palace, so she tried not to go there if possible.

However, Aunt Fangjing advised Lingrong to show up in front of the emperor, which would be good for the prince and the princess.

Although in the past people competed for favor for themselves, after having children, they competed for favor for their children.

How could Lingrong not know this, but Zhen Yurao, like Zhen Huan, was someone Lingrong didn't want to see. Moreover, the Emperor fainted in Yongshou Palace this time, and until now there was no news of punishing Concubine Wan.

I'm afraid the emperor brought this upon himself, so he didn't get angry with Concubine Wan, and he probably didn't want everyone to know the details.

"Forget it. Ask Zhaoshui to go to the Imperial Hospital and ask Doctor Zhou. The Emperor is not feeling well right now, so it's better not to disturb him too much."

Seeing that she could not persuade him, Aunt Fang Jing said no more. She was busy going downstairs to take care of the princess. The emperor's health was not something a servant like her should worry about.

Ling Rong poked a grape on the plate and stabbed it repeatedly with the sharp fork until the grape oozed juice.

Zhaoshui saw it all, and she asked tentatively, "My queen, do you still need to send the aphrodisiac incense to Yongshou Palace?"

"Of course, since the emperor doesn't want others to know that he is in poor health, then we can help him and make him look healthy.

But now we can be sure that the emperor really took the Five Stones Powder. Even if there was no effect of the aphrodisiac incense, the emperor would not be idle in Yongshou Palace. "

Ling Rong poked another grape and put it in her mouth. The grape skin was thin and could not be peeled off. She took a light bite and said, "But I always feel that the origin of this Wushisan is strange. How did the emperor get infected with it?"

Zhao Shui hummed, and she frowned for a long time, "Your Majesty, could it be that the ministers presented it to the emperor?"

“Which minister has such courage? This kind of thing can damage the dragon’s body and make people addicted. If they dare to offer it to the emperor, they will be charged with murdering the king, and their entire clan will be in danger.

But it doesn’t make sense that the emperor would take the initiative to look for him. There must be something we don’t know about.”

“But our people in the palace have inquired about the news many times, but we still don’t know the specific situation.

Your Majesty, why don’t we call Eunuch Su here? He must know what happened in the Yangxin Palace. Maybe we can find out what Your Majesty wants to know from him.”

Zhaoshui couldn't figure it out either, but she was quick-witted and immediately brought up Su Peisheng. "Besides, Eunuch Su is now the queen's man, and he will definitely not hide anything from the queen. But he is too busy to remember so many things."

"I am only busy today. According to my understanding of the Emperor, after lunch, the Emperor will call the ministers to discuss matters.

Then, we will go for a walk around the Yangxin Palace and ask Eunuch Su who the emperor has met recently."

"I will always keep an eye on the emperor's movements, please rest assured, Your Majesty."

"I'll be at ease with you doing the job." Ling Rong nodded and fed herself another grape. After a moment, she remembered something else, "Zhao Shui, have you contacted the Fifth Prince?"

"The guards at the Prince's Office are strict now. I have sent messages several times but received no response. The Emperor is ill today, so I think the guards at the Prince's Office will be a little lax. I will go over to take a look later."

"You've made a lot of trips. If you want to kill the Fourth Prince, you must let the Fifth Prince do it. If he wants the throne, he should fight for it himself."

"But would the Fifth Prince really do something like the Empress killing her siblings?"

"Whether he does it or not is up to him, but the Fourth Prince will do it anyway, right?

The Third Prince is the best example. With such a precedent in front of him, I don’t believe he can’t figure it out.”

Lingrong was able to be so confident because of the emperor. After all, the emperor was the one who did the most in terms of fratricide.

As the emperor's son, the Fifth Prince must be even better than him.

But this is just Linglong's guess. Whether the Fifth Prince wants it or not, we will have to wait until Zhaoshui asks him to find out.

"Your Majesty, I am worried that if I speak too bluntly, it may cause Fifth Prince to rebel, which would delay Your Majesty's plan."

"He might refuse to do it himself, but he would never refuse someone to help him. He was raised outside the palace since he was a child, and he did not have any brotherly love with the third and fourth princes. The so-called brotherly blood relationship was maintained by the emperor.

But now, the emperor wants to choose one of them as the crown prince, and this little bond is in jeopardy.

We only need to give it a slight push and it will snap and break completely.”

Zhaoshui nodded thoughtfully. In fact, she didn't understand Lingrong's meaning at the moment, but when she saw the Fifth Prince and heard his agreement, she completely understood.

There is no father and son in the royal family, and no brothers in the fight for the crown prince. It turns out that what the queen said was true.

"Did you bring the medicine that Concubine Sheng mentioned?"

"This time I came here just to ask what Prince thinks, and I haven't brought the medicine yet. After I report back to Her Majesty, I will bring the medicine to Prince."

The Fifth Prince nodded and pondered for a while. Zhaoshui thought he was hesitating, but he didn't expect that the next moment, what the Fifth Prince said scared Zhaoshui.

"The Fourth Prince is very alert, you should be more prepared."