White Hedge Dream

Chapter 289 Night Pair

Night fell, covering the earth, and the capital city became more noisy at night.

As the soldiers and horses galloped and the city gates were closed, the Li family, the Shangguan family, and the Dongyang Marquis Mansion were besieged and imprisoned, and many officials were taken away from their official offices. The events in the imperial city finally spread.

"Concubine Bai actually did such a thing!"

"The little prince is fake!"

"Actually, it's not surprising. Your Majesty has long been told that he can't have children, so suddenly there is something strange about having a prince."

"Tianye, is your Majesty okay?"

Countless people remembered the old incident of Empress Chiang's execution, which also happened suddenly. Several ministers and King Changyang led troops to surround the imperial city and killed Empress Chiang for confusing the late emperor. The late emperor passed the throne to King Changyang.

It is said to be an old thing, but in fact it is only a few years ago.

Moreover, it has only just settled down now.

Countless people were worried and praying in the dark night. This time, fewer people would die and it would end soon.

Compared to the panic and chaos outside, the night in the imperial city was orderly and quiet.

Hanliang Palace is no longer noisy, and is as quiet as a no-man's land. All the original chambermaids have been taken away, and the new chambermaids have not yet been selected. The Ten Thousand Cavalry Battalion is stationed here, and the imperial physicians and courtiers are on duty.

The king of Chu personally served the emperor.

The groggy emperor slowly opened his eyes. The night made him look a little dazed, but the next moment terrible memories came and his face turned painful.

"Those thieves!" He shouted hoarsely, struggling to get up, but then coughed violently.

A pair of hands reached out in time to support him and patted the emperor's chest.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, all those thieves have been caught, and no one can escape."

Listening to this voice, the emperor looked over with dim eyes. Under the light of the lamp, the young man's face was fair and bright.

"Li Yu." The emperor murmured.

Li Yu responded, quickly raised the emperor's pillow, and picked up the medicine bowl from the table beside him.

"The imperial doctor told your Majesty to take the medicine as soon as he wakes up," he said.

The emperor's expression changed, and his eyes swept across the palace. There was no one in the palace.

It's just a palace maid. Maybe the harem has been controlled by Bai Ying for too long and she can't be trusted.

But what about the courtiers? None?

Also, he was coughing so loudly just now, and no imperial doctor came.

The emperor looked at Li Yu, who was sitting on the edge of the bed with his head lowered and testing the temperature of the medicine with the back of his hand.

"You" he moved his lips, about to say something, then stopped.

"Your Majesty wants to ask me if I am not a good thing?" Li Yu lowered his head and asked, then raised his head.

The emperor's face was very ugly, and his body was shaking slightly. It was unknown whether it was caused by emotion or poisoning.

The incident happened suddenly. He had always only cared about what Bai Ying and Zhang Ze did, but in fact, there were also many strange things about Chu King Li Yu who was present at the time.

"For example, since I already knew that Bai Ying was doing evil, I didn't tell His Majesty in advance?" Li Yu asked, smiled, and handed over the spoon.

Yes, looking back at that time now, it is clear that the King of Chu was prepared to deal with it.

But it was hidden from him, the emperor.

If he had been told earlier that he was wary of Bai Ying, he would not be in this situation.

But now that Concubine Bai is plotting rebellion, the young prince is a fake, and he has been poisoned for a long time. Who benefits the most?

It was the former emperor's eldest grandson who had been restored to his status as a royal son, Li Yu!

It was true that Bai Ying intended to harm him, but Bai Ying's accusation that King Chu had evil intentions was not false!

The real fight is between these two people. Their goal is to get rid of his emperor.

The emperor looked at Li Yu with red eyes, raised his hand, and the spoon handed by Li Yu was knocked to the ground with a crisp sound.

There was still no one else in the bedroom.

"Your Majesty, although my thoughts are indeed wrong and I hid many things from Your Majesty before, there is no need to harm you now." Li Yu said, "This medicine is not poison, and it will not aggravate your condition. It will indeed relieve your body. good medicine.”

The emperor did not listen to his words and only gasped: "Why why don't you-"

"Why didn't I tell His Majesty that Bai Ying was doing evil?" Li Yu took the words and looked at the emperor, "Do you believe what I said? I am your nephew in name, but we have never had any contact. If I suddenly tell you , Bai Ying replaced the little princess and gave you a fake prince, what would you think? "

The emperor shouted: "Don't care what I think, how could you not say it!"

"Why should I say that? Why should I take risks? It's not easy for me to survive!" Li Yu suddenly raised his voice with a cold expression, "It's you who are stupid, you are suspicious, it's you who are indecisive, and it's you who are ruthless, which led to what happened today. , Why should I take risks for you? "

The emperor looked at the young man sitting beside the bed. His face was obviously calm, but his words were so vicious.

He trembled, wanting to refute or reprimand, but in the end he only spit out a mouthful of blood.

Li Yu picked up the towel and wiped it with him.

The emperor pushed him away with angry eyes: "You are also treasonous."

Now that he pushed away, Li Yu didn't wipe him again, but wiped his own hands.

"Rebellion." He chuckled, "Did the emperor's grandfather scold you like this at the beginning?"

The emperor glared angrily and said with grief and anger: "That's all the fault of the late emperor! Who made him so absurd and foolish that he wanted to hand over the Great Zhou Dynasty to a woman, a demon queen? If I am not the emperor, I will die."

If the throne were to pass to Empress Chiang, he, the son of the Li family, would definitely not survive. Thinking about those days, and then thinking about today, I never expected that even after he became emperor, he would still not be able to escape death.

The Emperor let out a whimper.

"I just want to live, I don't want to be the emperor at all."

At this moment, he really wished that he was still in the fiefdom, still living a noisy life with Ayuan.

Li Yu was silent for a moment.

"But I want to be the emperor," he said, looking at the emperor, "I must be the emperor."

The emperor looked at him and seemed to have no strength to curse angrily. He let out a weird laugh: "So, Bai Ying was also deceived by you. You are killing someone with a borrowed knife. You are clean yourself."

Li Yu said calmly: "Then she has to draw the sword first, and then I can borrow the sword." At this point, he stood up and said, "But there is something that is good news for His Majesty."

Does he have any good news now? The emperor laughed at himself and saw Li Yu walking to the end of the couch, leaning over and stretching out his hand.

The emperor's sight was blocked and he couldn't see his feet. He could only see a smile on Li Yu's cold face.

"Nanny, you're awake."

"Why don't you say anything when you wake up?"

"Are you secretly biting your fingers and playing with them again?"

As he spoke, Li Yu leaned over and picked up a baby girl.

Oh, that maid's child, the emperor thought to himself, Li Yu actually took the child with him at this time. It seems that he did take care of the child himself like him.

Thinking of the child, the emperor's heart felt like a knife, and he almost couldn't breathe.

Bai Ying!

Bai Ying!

How could you insult him like this!

His children, his children—

"Your Majesty." Li Yu's voice sounded, "This is your daughter."

The emperor was stunned and stiffened. Then he saw Li Yu sitting by the bed with the baby in his arms. The baby girl looked at him with her big eyes.

"At that time, Bai Ying and Zhang Ze were going to get rid of this daughter, but A Li, Bai Ying's sister, rescued her." Li Yu said, "She has been raised by us and pretended to be my daughter."

After saying this, he smiled, reached out and took off the hand that the baby girl was holding to his mouth to bite.

Is this his daughter? !

Yes, although the little prince is fake, Bai Ying's birth is real.

The emperor suddenly pushed himself up to get up, but the baby girl suddenly rushed towards him, and he couldn't help but fall back. He felt soft hands rubbing his face, and there was a babbling sound in his ears.

"Be careful - she -" Li Yu shouted, reaching out to pick up the baby girl.

But the emperor had already closed his eyes in advance, and at the same time held the baby girl's little hand that reached towards his eyes.

"—She always likes to poke people's eyes lately."

Li Yu just finished what he didn't finish.

The emperor blurted out: "Baolang too, I'm used to it."

The words came out and my heart hurt again.

However, unlike Baolang, the baby girl who was stopped did not cry loudly, but lay down in front of him, opening her mouth to bite his hand.

"This child." The emperor murmured, stretched out his hand to lift her upright in front of him, and looked at the baby girl's face bit by bit, "Like"

"You look like your Majesty." Li Yu took over the words and looked at the baby girl with a smile on his face. "Ali complained that he looked like me and not like her. I also thought he looked like me. In fact, your Majesty and I also have some similarities, so I Naturally, Nannan is also like that.”

The emperor stretched out his hand and gently touched the baby girl's face. The baby girl was babbling and talking to him. The emperor couldn't help but smile and responded in agreement. The baby girl was even happier and waved her little hands.

The emperor looked at it and suddenly shed tears: "Father, I'm sorry for you. I haven't raised you for a day -"

"Nanny has never been wronged. What I said before is not a lie when I take care of the children myself just like Your Majesty." Li Yu said, "Bao Lang has it, and Nanny has it too."

The emperor looked at his daughter's pink face: "She"

"She hasn't given a name yet, A Li and I just call her nanny." Li Yu said, looking at the emperor, "Your Majesty, please give her a name."

The emperor looked at the child who was babbling and waving his little hands: "I want to think about it carefully and think of a good name for her." After that, he looked at Li Yu and said, "Can you take medicine now? Didn't you say you have to take medicine when you wake up? "

Although this medicine may not save his life, it can make him feel better and spend more time with his children.

Of course, these words had another meaning. Li Yu looked at the emperor quietly, stood up, picked up the bowl of medicine from the table, tested the temperature, and said, "It's cold."

After speaking, raise your voice to the outside world.

"Someone is coming."

With his words, the quiet night was broken, and countless footsteps came from outside the palace.

On the third day of September in the sixth year of Xingping, the emperor abdicated due to serious illness, and his ancestral home was Li Yu, King of Chu.

(End of chapter)