When Jiang Suizhou woke up the next day, the first thing he saw was an unfamiliar bed.
Just as he was about to sit up, he felt a terrible headache. Even the slightest movement caused him to feel dizzy.
He frowned and rested on the bed for a moment until the world was no longer spinning in front of his eyes. Then, he slowly sat up.
His surroundings were bright, and there was a sense of familiarity amidst the unfamiliarity. He was actually in Huo Wujiu's room.
This is …?
Jiang Suizhou felt a little dizzy. He lowered his head and held his forehead for a long time before he managed to recall some of his memories.
Last night, he had been drinking at Huo Wujiu's place. However, the alcohol was strong, and his alcohol tolerance was poor. He had only drunk half of it before he passed out.
No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't remember what had happened after that.
So … he had slept at Huo Wujiu's place last night and even occupied his bed?
While Jiang Suizhou was still feeling dizzy, he heard the door to the bedroom open. It was Huo Wujiu who had just washed up. His face was still wet as he pushed his wheelchair into the room.
"You're awake?" he heard Huo Wujiu ask.
Jiang Suizhou looked up and saw Huo Wujiu sitting upright in his wheelchair. Although he was expressionless, he looked refreshed. Meanwhile, he was lying on the bed, leaning against the headboard dispiritedly. No matter how he looked at it, the atmosphere was a little off.
"I drank too much last night. I didn't know I spent the night at your place," Jiang Suizhou said as he pressed his forehead with one hand.
Huo Wujiu looked at him indifferently and said, "It's fine."
Then, he pushed his wheelchair out of the room and called Meng Qianshan in.
Meng Qianshan had been waiting outside for the whole night. When he heard Huo Wujiu's voice, he quickly pushed the door open and entered. He arranged for someone to bring in the sobering tea that had been prepared beforehand.
Jiang Suzhou was served sobering tea by him. Finally, he was not as dizzy as before. He got up and changed his clothes. Just then, he saw Li Changning and Wei Kai coming in from outside.
Seeing him sitting on the bed in Huo Wujiu and drinking tea, the two of them were stunned. Then, Li Changning hurriedly lowered his head and pretended not to see, but he didn't forget to follow behind and look at the Wei Kai in Jiang Suizhou.
"Just now, this lowly one went to the main room and didn't see Prince. I didn't expect Prince to be here with Madam." Li Changning stepped forward and bowed.
Jiang Suizhou gave a light hum and said, "It's fine. If the dosage of the decoction is not allowed to be adjusted today, just get someone to boil it directly. "
Li Changning responded.
Jiang Suzhou helped Meng Qianshan to stand up. When he stood up, he still felt dizzy and almost lost his balance.
He thought to himself, 'I still need to go back and get some sleep.'
He raised his hand and ordered, "Do what you need to do. This prince is leaving."
The two of them hurriedly sent Jiang Suizhou off.
Jiang Suizhou nodded at Huo Wujiu, then turned and left.
Jiang Suizhou's feet felt weak as he walked out. The door closed from the outside. Just like before, there were only the three of them left in the room.
Wei Kai immediately raised his head and looked outside. He watched until Jiang Suizhou walked far away. Only then did he hurriedly look at Huo Wujiu. His eyes were about to pop out of their sockets, "General, he's …!"
Huo Wujiu glanced at him indifferently. He knew what this kid was thinking.
He frowned and said, "Don't think too much."
When Wei Kai heard this, he hurriedly let out a sigh of relief.
Although he didn't know much about human affairs, he still felt alarmed when he saw Prince Jing's appearance.
Why did he spend the night at the general's place? Why did he look even weaker than usual? Could it be that something really happened between him and the general last night?
Fortunately, since the general told him not to think too much, then everything was fine.
Wei Kai was shocked for a long time. Now that he finally let out a sigh of relief, he couldn't help but blurt out, "This subordinate knew it! What kind of person is the general? How could he be the same as him! "
As he spoke, he raised his eyes and looked at his general with sparkling eyes.
However, he saw his general's eyes suddenly turn cold.
Wei Kai was shocked. He saw the general frown and coldly say, "Watch your mouth."
Wei Kai immediately shut his mouth and nodded repeatedly.
The general didn't look at him anymore. He stood up with the help of his wheelchair and slowly walked to the bed. He tactfully retreated to the side and took out the medicine bag that Li Changning had brought. He began to boil the medicine for Huo Wujiu.
Wei Kai clearly knew that he had said something wrong and angered the general.
However …
He was puzzled.
He didn't say anything wrong. What was the general angry about?
Meanwhile, in the main room of Anyin Hall, Jiang Suzhou was slowly lying down on the bed with the help of Meng Qianshan.
He was used to sleeping on his own bed. He didn't expect Huo Wujiu's bed to be so hard. His waist and back ached from sleeping on it all night. Meng Qianshan helped him eat some food and then helped him put down the bed curtain so that he could take a nap.
Jiang Suzhou still couldn't figure it out.
He pondered for a long time, then asked, "How did this prince sleep there last night?"
Meng Qianshan heard this and exclaimed, "Your Highness, how would this servant know? Yesterday, this servant kept watch in the corridor until the middle of the night. It was Madam who came to the door and said that you wanted to sleep there. "
Jiang Suzhou frowned, "Madam Huo said that?"
Meng Qianshan nodded.
"Your Highness doesn't remember?"
Jiang Suzhou grunted after a while, then said, "I drank too much. I don't remember."
Meng Qianshan acknowledged.
Jiang Suzhou paused, then said, "It's just that …"
Meng Qianshan hurriedly asked, "It's just what?"
Jiang Suzhou frowned and pondered.
From what Meng Qianshan said, it seemed that he had asked to stay there. However, he didn't remember saying such a thing. Instead, he vaguely remembered that the world was spinning, and he seemed to have been picked up by someone and placed on the bed.
However, that memory was like a hallucination in his dream. The more he thought about it, the more his head hurt. He rubbed his temples and said softly, "It's fine.
It's nothing. "
It must be a hallucination. He thought to himself. Huo Wujiu's legs were still disabled. Moreover, even if he wasn't disabled, why would he carry him?
— —
Even though it was confirmed that Jiang Suzhou was seriously ill, Jiang Sunheng still didn't let down his guard. Every once in a while, he would send an imperial physician to check on Jiang Suzhou's condition.
Gu Changyun's medicine was quite effective. When the medicine came, it was like a mountain, causing the physicians and imperial physicians in the estate to be at a loss. When the medicine wore off, it wore off step by step until it was maintained in a state where his body and pulse were weaker than before, but he could still maintain his daily life.
Therefore, after a period of time, even though the imperial physicians sent to Jiang Suzhou were highly skilled, they couldn't find any clues.
In the past few days, the imperial physicians went back and told Jiang Sunheng that although His Highness Prince Jing's illness was mostly healed, it had damaged the foundation of his body. Now, the estate had a few mountain physicians who came out of nowhere to help him recuperate.
However, they didn't have any results.
Hearing this news, Jiang Sunheng was very happy.
"He's really desperate." Jiang Sunheng said lazily.
That imperial physician repeatedly agreed.
Then, Jiang Sunheng said, "Since he's mostly healed, he should be brought into the palace for me to take a look. That way, I can persuade him. There are all kinds of physicians in the Imperial Academy of Medicine. Why should he believe in the wild? "
The eunuch on the side understood and quickly smiled apologetically. He asked Jiang Sunheng when he planned to invite Prince Jing into the palace so that he could pass on the imperial edict.
Jiang Sunheng had been in a bad mood recently and wanted to have some fun.
Seeing how sick Jiang Suzhou was and then speculating about when this sickly person would die was his biggest source of amusement.
Therefore, within two days, Jiang Suzhou entered the palace.
Under the effects of the medicine, his body was already very weak. Because he was drunk two days ago, his complexion hadn't recovered yet. Therefore, when he entered the palace, he looked even weaker than usual.
The imperial prince's imperial robe was thick and black. It was thick and wide and graceful, but it made his cheeks look even thinner and paler. When he knelt on the ground to pay his respects, he looked swaying as if he would fall if no one pushed him.
His appearance was similar to his mother's appearance before she died.
When the previous emperor died on the way to the south, the imperial concubine also fell ill along the way. When the previous emperor died, Jiang Sunheng immediately gave the order to imprison the imperial concubine. He didn't allow anyone to serve her, and he didn't allow any imperial physicians to treat her illness. Before she died, Jiang Sunheng went to see her once. He saw that seductive face was so thin that it was out of shape. Her eye sockets were sunken, and her skin was pale. It was like heaven and earth compared to the proud appearance of being pampered in the past.
Jiang Sunheng felt very satisfied when he saw her.
Now, the son she gave birth to looked like he was going to follow in her footsteps.
Jiang Sunheng was very happy and asked Jiang Suzhou a few questions in an eccentric manner.
Jiang Suzhou knew that this day would come, so he made preparations before he came. He only put on a sickly appearance and answered perfunctorily.
Sure enough, his appearance greatly pleased Jiang Sunheng.
Now that Jiang Sunheng was happy, he was able to let him go in advance. It wasn't even noon, but Jiang Sunheng was already in a good mood. He raised his hand and dismissed Jiang Suzhou.
Jiang Suzhou stood up and was about to bow when he heard Jiang Suzhou speak again.
"Since Fifth Younger Brother's body is better, why don't you return to your duty at the Ministry of Rites?" He said with a smile. "Without Fifth Younger Brother in the Ministry of Rites, we will feel uneasy."
Uneasy my ass.
He only had an idle position in the Ministry of Rites. It didn't make much of a difference whether he was there or not. Jiang Suzhou said this only because he saw that Fifth Younger Brother's body was weak and his complexion was ugly. Jiang Suzhou wanted Fifth Younger Brother to work hard and lose a few years of his life.
But fortunately, this was also what Jiang Suzhou wanted.
He and Pang Shao had a lot of exchanges and made Pang Shao suffer a few losses. After this, Pang Shao would definitely not let his guard down. If Jiang Suzhou was in the imperial court, he would be more well-informed.
As Jiang Suzhou thought about this, he put on a troubled expression and feigned civility. In the end, he reluctantly agreed to end his leave under Jiang Suzhou's forceful order.
Jiang Suzhou was even happier.
Only then did Jiang Suzhou leave. As he walked out of the hall, he saw Jiang Suzhou cross his legs on the table with a satisfied expression on his face.
Jiang Suzhou calmly retracted his gaze.
Empress Dowager Pang was indeed short-sighted. She really came from the same family as Pang Shao. She deliberately taught her son how to hate the concubines who competed with her for favor and how to kill his brothers for fun. But she never thought of teaching her son to be a qualified emperor.
She only thought that the imperial court would last for thousands of generations and that the previous dynasty had Pang Shao's support, so she could sit back and relax.
She really only had herself to blame.
Jiang Suzhou pondered as he walked out of the hall. The sun was gradually rising. He needed to hurry out of the palace and go back to find Xu Du and Gu Changyun to make some plans.
But at this moment, he saw a person in the spacious square in front of the hall.
That person was striding in this direction. He was probably heading to the hall where Empress Dowager was. An eunuch trotted beside him and tried to persuade him with a bitter face.
"Minister, Minister, please wait. His Majesty is busy right now. I'm afraid he doesn't have time to see you …"
Jiang Suzhou stopped in his tracks. His entire body tensed up.
Pang Shao was walking towards him.
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