Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family

Chapter 824: Chapter 824: Sisi Enters the Palace Again! (Seeking Monthly Votes)
 

“The Imperial Physician said His Majesty’s illness requires time to heal. With patience, there will eventually be improvement; haste won’t help,”

“How could this happen?”

Upon hearing the eunuch’s words, tears began to swirl in Liu Sisi’s eyes again.

Seeing this, the eunuch quickly tried to comfort her, “Princess Ruyu, please do not cry anymore. It would be bad if you were to harm your health.”

“My health is of no concern. It is Father Emperor, the old man…”

Liu Sisi, while wiping her tears, instructed the eunuch, “Ruyu has noticed Father Emperor becoming frightfully thin. He has been ill for only a few days, how did he become like this… Right, what about the boiled medical drinks you prepared for Father Emperor? Why don’t I see anyone serving the medicine?”

“Princess Ruyu, do not worry. The medical drinks have always been attended to by us servants, we dare not make the slightest error. His Majesty has just taken his medicine a moment ago, and it is not yet time for the next dose.”

While speaking, they prompted the palace maid beside them to hurry the Imperial Physician, “Go, quickly urge the Imperial Physician to see when His Majesty can take his next dose of medicine.”

“Yes, I will go and urge them right away.”

The palace maid took her leave to carry out the command.

Even so, this action did not ease Liu Sisi’s furrowed brows but caused her to grip the towel in her hand even tighter.

What exactly is going on here?

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Waiting until the Imperial Physician arrived and felt His Majesty’s pulse again, Liu Sisi was still waiting outside the sleeping palace. Seeing the Imperial Physician emerge, she quickly approached him with questions.

“Imperial Physician, how is Father Emperor’s condition truly?”

“To report back to Princess Ruyu, His Majesty’s illness… can only be recuperated slowly, but there will be good news,”

Hearing the Imperial Physician’s words made Liu Sisi’s heart turn cold, and she felt as though it had sunk into an abyss.

“Is there really no other way?”

The Imperial Physician hesitated for a while, then looked up at the two eunuchs beside him, and soon lowered his head, stammering, “Perhaps, unless the heir of the Golden Chest Divine Needle from 40 years ago is still alive… However, His Majesty is the Son of Heaven and will surely be blessed by the heavens to turn peril into safety and disaster into fortune!” His words weren’t so definitive.

But these words were clearly just platitudes!

Liu Sisi watched as the eunuchs served His Majesty the freshly boiled medicine, and only then did she retire from the sleeping palace.

“How is it?”

Di Yelei suddenly approached Liu Sisi and quietly asked her.

Liu Sisi glanced at him and silently shook her head.

She couldn’t help but turn to look back at the brightly lit sleeping palace, as bright as daylight, surrounded by countless Imperial Guards, each clad in silver armor and holding long spears, standing alertly around the area, showing no sign of disturbance caused by the death of Yang Yikun.

Her brows furrowed even more deeply as she exchanged a glance with Di Yelei before silently heading out of the palace.

At the moment, the daylight was already bright outside!

Just as the group of three had turned out of the sleeping palace, they saw a woman dressed in red standing near the Yuying Pavilion from afar.

This was a woman Liu Sisi had seen before; she was no stranger, but rather the purple-clothed woman she had met during her first visit to the palace, who had harbored deep hostility towards her.

Without waiting for Liu Sisi to approach, the woman walked over quickly, “How is it? Did you see Father Emperor? How is his condition, can he speak?”

The woman bombarded her with a barrage of questions right away.

It was Taoist Master Zhu beside her who was quick-witted, bowing to the red-dressed woman, “Poor Taoist pays his respects to Princess Ruwan.”

So, she was Princess Ruwan?

Liu Sisi finally understood from whence the hostility from the other party originated.

Princess Ruyu did not bother with Taoist Master Zhu. Instead, she tilted her head back with a cold hum through her nostrils, scolding Liu Sisi once more.

“Hey, I’m talking to you! How is Father Emperor’s health?”

Liu Sisi glanced at her, with no intention of speaking, and simply walked past her, continuing towards the outside of the Palace.

“Stop! I’m talking to you. You’re not allowed to leave without answering!”

Princess Ruyu became angry, quickly stepping in front of Liu Sisi again, even stretching out her arms to block her path.

With a roll of her eyes and a cold laugh, Liu Sisi retorted, “You’re a princess, but so am I. Moreover, I’m older than you, and right now, you’re the one who needs me. Is this how you ask for help?”

After speaking, she reached out, brushed the other’s wrists aside, and resumed her brisk walk outside the Palace.

Princess Ruyu stamped her foot, “You… you stand still! Hmph! Just because you entered the sleeping palace doesn’t mean anything great!”

Wanting to follow but unable to swallow her pride, she could only watch helplessly as Liu Sisi and the two others disappeared around the corner, up the ramp, heading outside the Palace gate.

Liu Sisi didn’t actually wish to ignore her. Considering the other party’s demeanor, she was just an innocent young girl, and it was really rare to maintain such a pure heart in a place like the Palace. However, her way of speaking had greatly infuriated Liu Sisi, and at the moment, Liu Sisi’s mind was too troubled to entertain any answers.

“Sisi, to the left!”

Suddenly, Di Yelei’s voice rang in her ear. Instinctively, Liu Sisi looked up and saw there was a small earthen slope backed against the city wall on the left, planted with a grove of apricot trees, among which stood a thatched pavilion. In that pavilion, a group of people were gathered, led by none other than the Empress!

The Empress stood in front of the pavilion, gazing down upon Liu Sisi and others without speaking a word.

The three of them hurriedly knelt down at a distance to pay their respects.

Although they were too far away to see the expression on the Empress’s face, Liu Sisi felt a chill descending upon her, reaching all the way to the soles of her feet.

The Empress remained silent as if she disdained to speak with Liu Sisi and the others.

“Let’s go! Don’t just stand there.”

Di Yelei called out to Liu Sisi, who then got up and continued walking towards the outside of the Palace.

Liu Sisi seemed to awaken from a dream. Without even performing the proper courtesies, she followed Di Yelei, and only after turning the corner of the ramp did the omnipresent chilling aura finally vanish.

“Hehe, what a pity indeed. Lin Xiner was such a clever person, yet she gave birth to such a foolish daughter.”

Atop the apricot hill, the Empress smiled faintly, her eyes lingering on the disappearing backs of Liu Sisi and the others for a long while.

Her imperial nanny leaned in to whisper, “Your Majesty, what shall we do next?”

“What to do? Naturally, we’ll proceed as planned. Make the arrangements.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

“And, have the arrangements on that side been made too?”

“Rest assured, Your Majesty, everything has been arranged. This time, no matter how capable they are, they will never escape from Your Majesty’s Five-Finger Mountain!”

“Hmm, that’s good,” the Empress nodded satisfactorily.

The imperial nanny had just turned to leave when she seemed to remember something, quickly bowed her head and asked, “What about Commander Yang… What shall we do about him?”

“What to do? Hah, when has he ever taken me seriously? If he has ended up in his current predicament, it’s no more than his fate.”

The Empress pondered briefly: “Instruct them that Commander Yang has suffered a great misfortune and I am overcome with grief, so much so that I’ve fallen ill and confined to bed. Then hand over this matter to Mr. Imperial Uncle to manage the aftermath.”