The Beloved in the Palm

Chapter 287 I volunteer to serve you!

Xu Zhi also felt embarrassed and stopped talking.

A cold wind blew across the courtyard.

The two of them were silent for a while.

Ning Que suddenly raised his head: "Why didn't Madam let me in? Is it because you don't want me to go to this place of death with you even if there is only a possibility of infection?"

Xu Zhi said: "Of course it's because of the Xu family's affairs, how can it involve others?"

"What if I am willing?"

Xu Zhi was shocked and speechless.

She moved her lower lip and whispered: "Even so, you will not be allowed to die."

Ning Que nodded: "I know."

Xu Zhi was a little anxious. What did he know? How did he know?

"If Madam dies, I will also help Queen Xuan to die." Ning Que said.

Xu Zhi was stunned: "What are you talking about? I didn't mean that just now... I just... People like you shouldn't die like this."

Ning Que's heart was moved.

He couldn't help but take a step and took a step towards her.

He knelt on the ground with a "thump".

Xu Zhi was even more shocked: "What are you doing?"

Ning Que bowed his head and said: "...My legs are weak."

Xu Zhi: "..."

Ning Que said in a hoarse voice: "Madam just scared me."

Xu Zhi laughed helplessly again, with a bit of relief in her smile: "You are really..." She stretched out her hand to him and said: "Let me help you up."

Ning Que looked at her flattered, and the embarrassment disappeared.

Although it was a joke, the two of them suddenly became much closer.

Xu Zhi's hand supported his forearm through his sleeve.

Ning Que hesitated for a moment, thinking of the grief at the moment of misunderstanding just now... He gritted his teeth, and his backhand also through his sleeve... but grabbed Xu Zhi's wrist.

Then he borrowed the force and stood up steadily.

"You..." Xu Zhi blurted out the words, and finally swallowed them back.

She said nothing.

The two of them faced the heavy night, and no one spoke again.

But the invisible barrier disappeared just like that.

The palace.

Emperor Liang De had summoned his close ministers, and some people who were not close to him but held important positions.

Emperor Liang De did not mention the epidemic in the palace, but only said that he had a cold, and when he woke up, he heard about the raging bone steaming disease outside the palace, and he was so worried about the safety of the people... After that, he assigned his duties and ordered people to investigate.

Although the ministers had doubts in their hearts, they did not dare to think worse when they saw that the emperor was still full of energy and spirit when he spoke.

As long as the emperor was in charge of the overall situation, the epidemic in the capital was only a temporary crisis. They got the direction, and naturally knew how to maintain the overall situation.

The eunuchs sent away several ministers one after another, and when they returned to Emperor Liang De, the emperor, who was no longer young, showed a trace of exhaustion and fatigue.

Imperial Physician Wang knelt at his feet and said in a trembling voice: "I, I can't see the root of the disease... I am incompetent..."

Emperor Liang De closed his eyes and did not scold him. He only asked: "How is the seventh prince?"

"He is on the verge of death." Imperial Physician Wang said.

A little anger flashed across Emperor Liang De's face, and then he regained his composure: "Are the other heirs safe?"

Imperial Physician Wang said: "There is no news from the Imperial Medical Bureau."

"Well, then it must be fine." Emperor Liang De said this, and he felt that he couldn't breathe again, so he could only lie back for the time being.

He thought that after the two imperial doctors diagnosed him, they would say that he also had bone steaming disease, which would be the worst result.

But the fact is that they were also confused and didn't know what the disease was.

Is it a disease caused by suspicion?

When Emperor Liang De thought of this, he felt a blockage in his nose, and when he took a breath, it seemed to be blocked all the way to his chest. Then he had a splitting headache and his eyes went black.

He fell backwards, and Wang, the imperial physician, rushed over to him in fear, and immediately called for medicine.

Feng, the imperial physician, knelt farther away, and he was lying on his stomach, and he said nothing.

His Majesty seemed to have caught a cold.

But it shouldn't be that simple...

His Majesty still felt that he was having difficulty breathing, and there seemed to be blood clots in his chest that he wanted to vomit but couldn't.

Feng, the imperial physician, was really afraid of making a wrong conclusion and causing the genocide of his clan, so he suppressed that thought. Think about it again, think about it again! What went wrong!

Another day passed.

He Songning still came to see Emperor Liang De.

The imperial guard was surprised and said, "Didn't you tell the young master a long time ago? Your Majesty hasn't been seen in recent days."

He Songning said, "I may have a way to cure the disease, please summon me, Your Majesty."

The imperial guard looked at him suspiciously, and didn't dare to refuse He Songning just like that, so he turned back and reported it.

Not long after, He Songning was finally brought into the palace again.

He walked step by step on the stone road, passing through the palace walls painted in heavy colors.

He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth.

He knew that there might be bone steaming disease in the palace now. Of course, he had no way to cure the disease. It was just an excuse for him to step into this door...

But he was going to be a gambler today.

He had always been very clear that to his biological father, he, a son without a name, was really insignificant...

Although his love for Xue Qingyin reminded Emperor Liang De of his past self. But it was not enough, not enough!

Only by sharing hardships and life and death together, could he truly stand out from his descendants.

He Songning was brought into the palace.

Across a screen, he choked and said, "Your Majesty, I ask to serve you."

The news of the epidemic in the capital soon spread to Fengcheng.

Xue Qingyin's face changed slightly: "I wonder how my mother and the others are doing..."

Du Hongxue, who was standing by, immediately volunteered: "Why don't we go and investigate?"

Xue Qingyin: "No. Wait..." Xue Qingyin remembered what King Xuan had said to her, "There's no rush to enter the city, wait a few more days."

Xue Qingyin turned to look at King Xuan, but said to the others: "You all go down first."

Du Hongxue was puzzled, and had to lead everyone to withdraw first.

"Did you know that there would be an epidemic in the capital?" Xue Qingyin said in surprise.

"Yinyin, I don't have such a great ability."

Xue Qingyin tilted her head and guessed: "That is... the unrest in the city is your work?"

King Xuan was very honest and responded lightly: "Yeah."

Xue Qingyin: "..." "You still say you don't have a great ability, this is obviously more than the ability to predict!"

She breathed a sigh of relief when she said that.

She knew that with King Xuan's personality, this matter must be well planned, and Xu Zhi would definitely be fine...

Xue Qingyin was just a little curious: "Will the emperor... die in this epidemic?"

King Xuan said: "No."

"Why? The epidemic does not distinguish between high and low status, unless..." Xue Qingyin thought of something, "unless there is no epidemic."

King Xuan looked at her.

Xue Qingyin asked in confusion: "Why are you looking at me?"

King Xuan said: "Yinyin knows me."

Xue Qingyin immediately said: "Am I right? The epidemic is just a cover? To kill those who should be killed?"

She couldn't help thinking that if she praised King Xuan, she could only say that he was a worm in her stomach.

It has to be King Xuan who can say it.

King Xuan responded: "Yes. When the previous emperor was alive, he paid the price of tens of thousands of people, and finally made the bone steaming disease disappear without a trace. How could I use such means and the flesh and blood of others to pave a smooth road."