allonlinenovel Chapter 362 Princess Rouan 12
Chapter 362 Princess Rouan 12
"How is Father?"
The palace was dimly lit with its doors and windows tightly closed.
As soon as Ling Yi entered the room, she saw the Crown Prince sitting at a table reviewing memorials.
The Crown Prince was startled by her disheveled appearance. Rou'an had always been pampered and exquisitely beautiful; she had never looked so disheveled before.
He quickly grabbed Ling Yi, who was about to rush inside, and whispered, "Father is alright, but what happened to you? Didn't the eunuch explain things to you clearly?"
The Crown Prince narrowed his majestic eyes slightly, suspecting that someone was using this as an excuse to cause trouble.
Ling Yi frowned: "I've explained it clearly, but Father is sick. I can't just put on makeup, change clothes, and slowly walk over, can I? That would look disrespectful."
Prince: "..."
He looked at the riding whip that Ling Yi hadn't yet thrown down: "So you rode back on horseback?"
"Yes, Wang Suizhi taught me yesterday. It's quite easy to learn, and I've mastered it."
The crown prince calculated the distance and thought to himself, "You don't really know how to do it at all."
Anyone with slightly worse riding skills would still be eating dust on the road right now.
"Is it Rou'an who's back?"
As the two were talking, the emperor's not weak voice came from inside the bed curtains.
Ling Yi breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.
She shoved the riding whip in her hand at the Crown Prince, then lifted the bed curtains to look at her powerful yet fragile father: "It's me. What's wrong with your illness?"
The emperor was equally surprised to see Ling Yi's disheveled appearance.
After undergoing the same interrogation, Ling Yi finally understood the reason for the emperor's current state.
After the Wang family incident yesterday, the emperor summoned the relevant documents and memorials concerning the envoys over the past few years.
It's fine if you don't compare them, but just looking at them infuriates the emperor.
In just a few years, the number of times the envoys filed complaints reached thirty-six, and several countries even went to war with each other after returning home, resulting in the destruction of the countries.
Such things only happen two or three times a year. In addition, the status of a small country is not important and the rise and fall of nations is commonplace. The emperor, who is busy with other matters, really doesn't care much about such trivial things.
However, when the events of time and the various coincidences of the destruction of a country are put together, the situation becomes somewhat shocking.
This area has always been the Wang family's private territory!
These good-for-nothings accomplished their task in this way!
The emperor grew angrier and angrier, even starting to think that his daughter had killed too few people. He slammed his fist on the table and was about to order Wang Dao to come see him when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his heart and lost consciousness.
Hearing this, Ling Yi took a deep breath: "Why are you so angry? If the Wang family can't do it well, just find another one."
"If there's trouble at the border, send someone to quell it; if they're not happy about it, cut off the heads of the Wang family!"
"You've gotten so angry over something so simple!"
She already has a heart condition, and she gets so angry. Isn't she just asking for trouble?
Emperor Tianwu was momentarily stunned by his daughter's reprimand.
His daughter was more delicate and adorable than he thought, and when she cried, she reminded him of the late empress, breaking his heart.
But now, after hearing about these matters of state, why is he not only not angry enough to cry, but also says such unyielding and even extremely assertive things?
He glanced at his son behind Ling Yi, wondering if breaking off the engagement would really bring about such a big change, while also thinking that Wang Ying had really died a lucky death.
Ling Yi frowned: "Why are you looking at my brother? I can't even be bothered to talk to you!"
"Have you forgotten how your grandfather passed away? You clearly have the same symptoms as your grandfather, how dare you get angry so easily? And your brother too!" Seeing the emperor lower his head, Ling Yi turned her gaze to the crown prince, whose smile had not yet faded, with full force: "Didn't I say you were?"
The prince's back stiffened as he heard Ling Yi's mouth spit out like a crossbow bolt: "Your health isn't much better, and you're still staying up all night. Don't you want to die?"
The crown prince opened his mouth, wanting to retort: With the palace in such a state now, what can he do if he doesn't stay up all night?
Why not just sleep soundly and let the palace descend into chaos, spreading the news throughout the streets and letting everyone know that the emperor is dying?
Just as he was about to retort, he saw his sister, who had been so stubborn just moments before, redden her eyes and choke out, "You two are my only family. If something happens to you and I'm left all alone in this world, what will I do?"
The slight embarrassment that had arisen in the hearts of the Crown Prince and the Emperor due to being reprimanded vanished instantly. The Emperor quickly stood up, pressed his daughter down, and handed her a handkerchief: "It was my fault. Those matters of the court will be handled by someone sooner or later. I shouldn't have gotten so angry."
As he spoke, he gave the crown prince a wink, signaling him to say something as well.
The Crown Prince coughed and said in a low voice, "Don't say that. Don't you still have Cong-ge'er?"
Ling Yi rolled her eyes: "What can that little brat do? He's even weaker than you!"
The prince, who had just pushed open the door, was caught between a rock and a hard place, and said weakly, "Aunt, I heard you."
Ling Yi glared at him: "Where have you been? Why aren't you here guarding Grandfather?"
Seeing his father winking at him, Congge'er grinned and whispered, "I'm not feeling well. Father told me to go and rest, saying that a family always needs someone who is healthy and can take care of things in a critical moment."
Despite his young age, the child was quite sensible, which lessened Ling Yi's desire to slap him whenever she saw him.
She glared at the crown prince who had instructed the child to lie, and said, "Where is the imperial physician? Father has woken up, why hasn't he come yet?"
Seeing that she had finally stopped cursing, the three of them exchanged a glance, and Cong-ge quickly said, "I'll go find her!"
This child is too clever for his own good. He didn't even come in with the imperial physician, so as not to get scolded by his aunt again.
Standing at the doorway, looking at his uncles and aunts in the porch, he gave them a simple, honest smile.
I don't know what's wrong with my aunt. She used to be so gentle.
The princes and princesses were furious at the sight of the family's close-knit relationship.
Is there any father in this world who is more biased than the Emperor?
Inside the palace, the imperial physician lowered his eyes and took the emperor's pulse under Ling Yi's intense gaze.
After a long while, he spoke slowly: "As long as Your Majesty's heart ailment does not flare up, it is not a big problem. You can be said to be in good health now."
The emperor glanced at Ling Yi and cleared his throat: "Did you hear that?"
Ling Yi ignored him and asked directly, "Is there really no way to prevent this disease?"
The imperial physician shook his head in distress: "For hundreds of years, I have never heard of any prescription that can cure this disease. The best we can do now is to have someone watch over us at all times and treat us as soon as the disease strikes. There is still a glimmer of hope."
Just like last night.
If it weren't for the imperial physicians keeping a close watch on the emperor because of his chronic illness, by the time they arrived from the Imperial Hospital, the emperor's body would probably have already hardened.