a pillow in autumn

Several personal guards guarded Zhou Mubai and hurried to the palace. Shen Youtang had been in the scholar's mansion in the palace, and received the news one step earlier than her. At this time, he was standing under Kang Di's gate in the front hall together with several staff members of Prince Rui's mansion. Seeing Zhou Mubai He jumped off his horse and greeted them together.

"Your Majesty is now in Jinyu Palace, and the Empress has passed on all the high-ranking empresses in the harem, and the imperial physicians from the imperial hospital are also gathered in the palace." Shen Youtang said hurriedly as he walked along the walls.

"The queen mother passed on all the imperial father's concubines?" Zhou Mubai frowned, and walked quickly ahead.It is normal for the emperor to feel unwell, and it is common for concubines in the harem to be ill, but it has been passed on... I am afraid that this time the illness is dangerous.

"Yes." Shen Youtang followed her footsteps and turned around the corridor, with a dignified expression, "I heard that the fifth prince's troubles in Yaozhou were not serious, and the ministers in the court whispered that His Majesty was just venting his anger."

Mu Bai furrowed his eyebrows, and asked casually, "Why are you venting your anger?"

Shen Youtang lowered his voice and said: "It is said that His Majesty received a handwritten letter from His Highness the Crown Prince, that the Crown Prince intends to go to Yizhou."

Zhou Mubai stopped abruptly, turned his head and cast a glance at Shen Youtang, "Who did you listen to?" Before he finished speaking, he heard a few servants singing hello, and after walking two more steps, he saw that he had reached the front hall. Those who are going to the harem come to Yimen.

Shen Youtang stopped together with several staff members, bowed and stood by the door with hands down, Zhou Mubai brushed off his robe, and walked in.

No matter where the rumors come from, right and wrong are already in sight.

Just before the gate of Jinyu Palace, I saw the chubby figure of the Fifth Prince Zhou Muyu kneeling outside the door with his head bowed, saw Zhou Mubai walking to the steps, looked at her with tears in his eyes and said, "Third brother, come here!" Yes. You help me to intercede with the emperor, those county guards framed me, I really didn't know that this matter would turn into such a mess."

Mu Bai sighed, and patted his shoulder.

Above the main hall, Concubine Meng, Concubine Jin, Concubine Rong, and several high-ranking concubines all arrived, each with their maids, and Wu Ya knelt down on the ground.Seeing Prince Rui coming in, they all bowed to each other.Zhou Mubai lowered his eyebrows respectfully, and walked towards the sleeping hall, a young talented man knelt in a corner of the hall, sobbing lowly, Mubai turned his gaze to look at that thin figure.

The imperial physicians gathered in the sleeping hall, presumably they had already diagnosed the pulse, and the hospital envoy was kneeling in front of the dragon couch to give the emperor an injection.Empress Zheng was sitting in an armchair beside her, her face still covered with traces of make-up that had been slipped by tears, holding her heart in one hand and resting on Aunt Lu's arm beside her with the other.

Mubai stepped forward to kowtow to greet her, Zheng Xuan stretched out his hand towards her, and called out with red eyes: "San'er..."

"Mother's queen." Mu Bai hurriedly got up and held her hand, standing beside her.

The envoy of the Supreme Hospital took the needle, knelt down and kowtowed, Zheng Xuan wept and shook his hand and said: "I don't care about the emperor's illness, is it important?"

"Your Majesty's body is clear, qi is stagnant and chest is blocked, phlegm and turbidity are intertwined, and pulse condition..." The envoy tremblingly wanted to quote scriptures, Zhou Mubai had already shouted in a deep voice: "Don't talk about that, just talk about how it is now!"

"Yes. The old minister has just given acupuncture to His Majesty, dredged the blocked meridians, and sorted out the blood of the camp and guard. Your Majesty's dragon body disease has been temporarily stabilized. It's just that His Majesty's heart disease has worsened since last year. A lot. Your Majesty has worked so hard for the country, resulting in a loss of heart energy. The acupuncture and moxibustion medicinal stones of external force may only be able to suspend the illness. I hope that your majesty and Your Highness will comfort Your Majesty, and wish to worry less to preserve your health, and you must not suffer from the persecution." After finishing speaking, the emissary kowtowed again, and took two steps back slowly.

Zhou Mubai understood in his heart that the matter of venting his anger on the fifth prince for the sake of the prince might be true.It was inconvenient for the court envoy to say it clearly, so he had to use this language to say it tactfully, and the emperor must not be hurt again.

Zhou Mubai did not return to the mansion that night. In the morning of the next day, Princess Rui and Princess Bao entered the palace, together with the crown princess and the grandson of the emperor, they went to Jinyu Palace successively, and accompanied Empress Zheng to attend to the illness in front of the imperial court.

At noon, Zhou Lin gradually regained consciousness, and the imperial doctors did not dare to leave without authorization.Concubine Meng Gui, Concubine Jin and Concubine Rong were all concubines who had heirs of dragon descendants. They took turns to visit in the bedroom, and saw that the emperor was still very weak, his eyes were blurred and he could not speak.All the concubines felt sad, but they didn't dare to show it, so they had to comfort each other.The other Jieyu talents with lower status failed to see Tianyan, but they all let out a long sigh of relief when they heard that the emperor had woken up.

The concubine's pregnancy was already showing signs of pregnancy, and no one dared to tire her out. Zheng Xuan ordered her to take Zhou Yuanyu back to the East Palace to rest, but he himself was unwilling to leave the bedroom, but Zhou Mubai, seeing her tired expression, advised her to go to the warm pavilion to rest for a while.

It was not until the early morning of the fourth day that the emperor was fully awake.Taking some light medicinal diet every day, the spirit gradually improved, and the hearts of the imperial doctors who had been hanging for many days finally had to let go.

In the afternoon, Zhou Mubai escaped from the mountain of memorials and went to Jinyu Palace to say hello. Seeing Zhou Lin's white hair that seemed to have aged overnight, his heart ached.

Zhou Lin was lying halfway on the dragon couch, and after listening to her talk about some important matters in the court, she listened to the report from the small pool outside.Zhou Lin's expression was already exhausted, Shang barely held on and talked for a while, the imperial hospital envoy came to ask for pulse, begging the emperor to take care of the dragon's body.Zhou Lin nodded, pointing at Zhou Mubai and said that in the future, he will discuss with Prince Rui more about state affairs.

Several important ministers exchanged glances with each other, and they all answered yes.

Returning to Prince Rui's Mansion again, Zhou Mubai felt so tired that his whole body was weak, he went to the side hall bath to freshen up, and when he came out, he saw Shen Xianxun holding a large soft towel in the room, apparently waiting for her.

Mubai sat on a chair, closed his eyes and let Xianyan twist his long hair with a towel. When it was half dry, Xianyi took the towel aside and put it on the shelf. Bai's long hands caught it.

"Hey!" Xian Xun cast a reproachful look at her.Mubai hugged her waist with a smile and let her sit on his lap, first kissed her on the cheek, then kissed her soft lips, continued to make further progress, chasing her lilac tongue, entangled and played.

Xian Xun refused for a while, remembering how little time she spent together these four or five days, and even rarer such intimacy, so she half-pushed and half-agreedly let her kiss.

After a while, Mu Bai let go of her fragrant lips, and rubbed his cheek against her forehead affectionately.

Xian Xun nestled in her arms, clinging to her for a while, before asking: "Is Father better when you return home?"

"It's better. It's just that the spirit is short and the state affairs are heavy. The imperial physician has repeatedly begged the father to take care of the dragon's body. There have been a lot of things recently, and the memorials of various ministries are full of loads. I can hardly come back." Mu Bai pouted. There was a look of grievance around Xun that he hadn't seen for a long time.

"Is there any news from His Royal Highness?" Xian Xun touched her earlobe to comfort her.

"The fastest messenger was sent to Qiongzhou to report the news that day. Qiongzhou is more than ten days away from Ruijing. Even if the post station travels day and night, it will take seven or eight days."

Xian Xun nodded and touched Mu Bai's shoulder. "I heard that the fifth prince named Wen'an Marquis?"

"Yeah." Mu Bai sighed: "He's still young, and he can't be entirely blamed for the mishandling of Yaozhou's affairs."

"Really?" Xian Xun raised the corners of her mouth and smiled mischievously, "When my husband was 15 years old, he was already in charge. He could not only go to Qiongzhou to make the people safe, but also go to Hezhou to supervise the border city defense. Lead the army to quell the chaos of the Tu tribe in the west, and unite with the soldiers of Shangshan to fight together." At first, she just said it for fun, and slowly a look of admiration appeared on her pretty face, and there was a slight smugness in the admiration "So, my husband is a great hero whom everyone admires."

"Really?" Mu Bai also imitated her tone and raised the corners of his mouth, seeing her pair of clear eyes overflowing with love.Mu Bai chuckled lightly: "The hero wants to kiss you, do you agree?"

Xian Xun's beautiful eyes bent into crescent moons, put her arms around her neck and said, "No. All heroes are serious."

Mu Bai tightened his arms, hugged her and stood up.Xian Xun was startled, and hurriedly hugged Mu Bai's neck, but saw her walking towards the bed step by step, whispering in his ear as she walked: "Your hero will occasionally be sloppy for a while, for example ,Now."

Xian Xun pursed her lips and smiled blushingly. Under the candle, she saw her eyes moving like hibiscus blooming on a embroidered curtain.

More than ten days later, the messenger sent to Qiongzhou flew back to Beijing to meet the saint in Jinyu Palace.Everyone was surprised to see that the prince did not come back with the courier, Zheng Xuan was uneasy, and immediately sent someone to report to Prince Rui's residence, inviting Prince Rui to enter the palace immediately.

Fortunately, the emperor woke up after a short rest, and the courier did not dare to disturb him, so he waited outside the hall for a long time, after the imperial physician had diagnosed the emperor's pulse and administered some medicine, Liu Debao cautiously replied that the courier to Qiongzhou had returned.

When Zhou Mubai arrived at Jinyu Palace, the courier had just entered the bedroom for a while, Zheng Xuan supported Aunt Lu's wrist and stood outside the palace anxiously, really worried that the prince would cause some trouble at this time.Seeing Mu Bai coming, he hurriedly glanced at the door of the bedroom.

Mubai walked a few steps to the door, saluted Zheng Xuan, Zheng Xuan supported her, opened his mouth, and heard the sound of cups and plates falling from the bedroom.

Zheng Xuan grabbed Mu Bai's arm tightly, Mu Bai patted the back of her mother's hand, and winked at Liu Debao who was waiting outside the door, Liu Debao swiped the whisk, and said in a high-pitched voice: "Prince Rui, please see me."

In the bedroom, Zhou Lin said calmly, "Come in."

Mu Bai pushed open the door of the bedroom, supported Empress Zheng, and walked in together.

Turning around the six glazed screens, I saw Zhou Lin sitting on the bed, his face turning blue with anger.Mu Bai immediately stepped forward and knelt down on the ground, and said honestly: "I don't know what troubled my father, your illness has just recovered, and I beg my father to take care of the dragon's body."

Zhou Lin clutched his chest and gasped, pointing to the courier kneeling on the ground, "You, tell them yourself!"

The courier turned around on his knees, kowtowed to the Queen and Prince Rui, and said in a bitter voice: "I have been traveling day and night, and when I galloped to Qiongzhou, I heard about His Royal Highness..." His voice trembled, "Your Highness It’s been several days since we left for Yizhou.”

Zheng Xuan heard her body shaking, and Aunt Lu who was next to her supported her, and saw Zhou Lin pointing at Zhou Mubai and said angrily: "Go yourself, and bring this arrogant rebellious son back to me!" He grabbed it casually. A jade pillow hit the hall stone, making a loud and shattering sound. His eyebrows and hair were raised, and he shouted anxiously: "Go immediately!"

The author has something to say: I received two landmines from Jiang Xia;

Received a mine from Meow Meow.

The author asked with sparkling eyes: Can I add a fried egg to my lunch?

There is no manuscript left in my hand, and my heart is broken when I write, I still need to stick the little heart with transparent glue, and continue writing. /(ㄒoㄒ)/~~