kvmb Chapter 239 He is sick
Chapter 239 He is sick
Xiao Mo did think about dealing with Qi Yue as well, but she was afraid that this matter alone would not be enough to shake him, and would instead expose herself.
Besides, she wanted to find an opportunity to leave the palace and visit Qi Minxiu.
The two looked at each other for a moment, each with their own thoughts, and Qi Yue suddenly laughed heartily a few times.
"Tomorrow, when Qi Minxiu comes to the morning court, I'll ask him about it. I can't just hold him and sleep with him like that."
Xiao Mo's heart skipped a beat, and she pulled the corner of her mouth unnaturally and turned over: "I, I, he, that..."
Qi Yue stretched out his hand and passed it under her neck, holding her tightly in his arms: "Don't be so mean, if you want to hear it with your own ears, go to court tomorrow."
He turned Xiao Mo, who was facing away from him, and gently stroked her cheek with his free hand.
"If you say now that you don't want to be with me anymore, I will let you leave the East Palace."
"No, no, of course I do."
She had endured the pain when she had just left Qi Minxiu. Now that the plan has reached a critical stage, how could she give up?
"I just think that the ceremony between husband and wife should be saved for the wedding night, which is more meaningful."
She paused and snuggled into his arms: "What do you think?"
Qi Yue pressed her head into the crook of his neck and rested his chin on the top of her head: "What you said makes sense, let's do it this way."
Xiao Mo couldn't see his face, so she didn't know what his expression was when he said this. She just felt that he agreed a little too readily.
The next morning, in the court.
Everyone was celebrating Qi Minxiu's capture of the enemy, when suddenly a civil servant stood up and mentioned his marriage.
Then, one by one, civil officials and military generals came forward to discuss the matter between him and Xiao Mo.
These people, on the surface, were urging the emperor to marry them as soon as possible, but in fact, every word they said was about Xiao Mo's long-term residence in the Eastern Palace.
Finally, the emperor threw the question to Qi Minxiu himself.
"When you decided to be together, it was General Xiao who gave me the answer.
Now that you have decided not to be together, let Prince Chen give me the answer."
This was the last sentence the emperor said before leaving court when Qi Minxiu was hesitant.
In the emperor's heart, if Xiao Mo was slightly inferior to him, he would not be reluctant to sentence her to death.
Regardless of her own abilities or the Imperial Astronomical Observatory's interpretation of astronomical phenomena, she is a relatively important existence to his Nan Yao royal family.
Otherwise, what else could a woman who two princes couldn't let go of be but a demon concubine who brought disaster to the country?
In Prince Chen's Mansion, Qi Minxiu sat by the window in his study, staring at the painting he had been working on for two days with great anticipation.
Ling Su brought a cup of freshly brewed hot tea to his hand and reminded him, "Your Highness, the weather is getting cold. Let me get you a coat."
"No need, I'm not cold." As soon as he finished speaking, he covered his chest and coughed twice.
Ling Su quickly raised his hand to pat his back and said, "Your Highness, do you need me to go to the palace to fetch the imperial physician?"
"No need, it's just a cough, it will be gone in two days."
After saying that, he brushed his hand away, stood up and put the scroll of his marriage with Xiao Mo into the painting tube.
"Go out, I want to rest for a while."
Ling Su nodded in agreement and quietly left the room. However, when he turned around, he caught a glimpse of a piece of clothing left at the corner because he had not had time to leave.
Judging from the color of her clothes, she should be a woman. Could she be an assassin?!
He frowned and quickly chased after her, but every time he was about to catch up, the other party would unexpectedly shake him off.
He chased her around corners or through the woods, and even when he was almost out of the house, he still couldn't catch her.
When Ling Su was angry, he suddenly found a piece of cloth hanging on a tree branch. It seemed that it was torn by the person in front.
He glanced at the "assassin" who had long disappeared, took off the tattered clothes and planned to report to Qi Minxiu.
In the room, Qi Minxiu, who was resting with his eyes closed, slowly opened his eyes after hearing Ling Su's report outside the door.
"Come in and answer."
Ling Su handed him the three-finger-wide piece of pink fabric and described in detail again what happened from the first time he saw her to the time he failed to catch up with her.
Qi Minxiu took the thing and looked at it carefully. After a moment, his eyes suddenly lit up. He clutched the fabric and stood up suddenly.
"Go, tell Shen Yun that I'm seriously injured and have a high fever, and I'm still unconscious."
"Shen Yun?" Ling Su looked at him in confusion, but quickly reacted: "I'll go right away."
After Qi Minxiu reminded him, he remembered that the back of the man just now was indeed somewhat similar to Shen Yun.
Perhaps Qi Minxiu didn't look very well, so after the morning court session, Xiao Mo asked her to come and see the situation.
If that was the case, then she should have heard the conversation between him and Qi Minxiu in the room before.
In a teahouse box on East Street, Xiao Mo and Chun'er were discussing the haunted incident in the harem last night when Shen Yun hurried in.
She closed the door like a thief, stood against it and listened to the noise outside for a while before walking towards Xiao Mo.
Xiao Mo pulled out the chair next to her and looked at her expectantly: "How is it? Did you find out anything?"
"I sneaked into His Highness's room and heard him cough a few times. Then I heard Ling Su say he was going to call the imperial physician, but he stopped him."
Shen Yun sat down on the chair, took a few gulps of cold tea, and took a long breath before she felt a little better.
Xiao Mo nervously grabbed her hand and said, "Why are you stopping us from finding the imperial physician? If we're sick, we should get treatment!"
"I didn't hear the rest clearly. I almost got caught after hearing just these two sentences!"
She thought of the scene when Ling Su chased her, and her heart was still pounding.
Xiao Mo lowered her eyes and thought for a moment, then put on a smile again and looked at Shen Yun.
"Yun, change your clothes and go check and see what's wrong with him."
Shen Yun raised her eyes sadly: "Miss, Ling Su has discovered me. If I go back, I will definitely be caught red-handed."
Xiao Mo pursed her lips tightly, looked at her without saying a word, but her eyes said, just go ahead...
Shen Yun swallowed her saliva, pouted and put down the melon seeds in her hand: "Let's go."
This time, she was smart and sneaked into Prince Chen's mansion and stole a set of clothes from a cleaning maid to change into.
When she heard the servants discussing that Qi Minxiu was unconscious and terminally ill, she was so scared that she dropped the broom in her hand.
Incredible!
She hurried back to the teahouse and told Xiao Mo everything she had heard.
Xiao Mo's heart skipped a beat after hearing this, but she didn't think about the suspicious aspects of the matter and changed her clothes and went to Prince Chen's Mansion.
She lay outside the wall, frowning and staring at the movement inside without blinking.
After waiting for half a day, he finally saw Ling Su coming out of Qi Minxiu's room carrying a bowl of medicine.
Xiao Mo seized the opportunity, jumped over the wall into the yard, and sneaked in from the side yard while the guards were not paying attention.