Even the fastest and most vigorous goshawk needed a full 18 days to fly from Dashun's capital to Gu Shu's imperial palace.
And in these 18 days, the situation in the capital stabilized for a period of time. And because it was the new year, Emperor Tianwu sealed his seal and did not attend court, delaying this holiday until the 16th of the first month. Therefore, during this period of time, people were more idle and no one entered the imperial palace, the liveliness in the imperial palace also quietened down.
Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui and Emperor Tianwu were very loving, spending the entire day together, walking around the imperial palace from time to time and did not cause any trouble. And the Eighth Prince Xuantian Mo used the excuse of recuperating to stay in Sheng Palace all day, and announced to the outside world that he was allergic to food and would not be able to receive guests in the short term.
With regards to the Eighth Prince's illness, people had some doubts. Everyone remembered the Eighth Prince's sudden relapse during the palace banquet on the first day of the new year, and there were even people who remembered that his legs were clamped tightly together, like he was twisting non-stop, looking like he was in great pain. But no one knew what the symptoms of allergy were, and someone secretly asked a physician. The physician also said that allergy symptoms could manifest anywhere, but as long as one did not come into contact with allergic substances and recuperated for a period of time, it would be fine. Only then did the Eighth Prince's faction relax.
Feng Yu Heng did not enter the imperial palace to nurse Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui's body, Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui visited all the imperial physicians in the imperial hospital, and everyone gave her many prescriptions based on her "desire to have a child". She drank bitter medicine all day and drank until she was vexed.
Emperor Tianwu advised her: "Why don't you let Old Ninth's wife enter the imperial palace to help you adjust it? Her medical skills are still good, those old fellows in the imperial hospital are not as good as her. Look at the things you drink every day, We feel bitter just by looking at them, I heard that Old Ninth's wife has that kind of medicine in tablets, it's not bitter, you won't suffer from eating it. "
But Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui did not dare to let Feng Yu Heng enter the imperial palace. Ever since Feng Yu Heng left the last time, she had been panicking, and with the Eighth Prince's illness, her anxious heart had never been at ease. Now that Emperor Tianwu mentioned this again, she just spoke her thoughts: "Your Majesty, that Royal Consort Yu is His Ninth Highness's person after all, you know that His ninth highness has always coveted the throne, letting her enter the palace to nurse This Concubine's body, it is not justifiable."
"Old Ninth's coveting the throne?" The Emperor frowned and snorted coldly, "It's useless for anyone to covet it. We have already decided to pass the throne to Mo-er and will not allow him to covet it." After saying this, he sighed: "Mo-er has not entered the imperial palace for some days, I wonder if his allergies have gotten better."
Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui also sighed, saying: "This Concubine is also worried all day and cannot sleep well at night."
"We can tell," He used his large hand to caress Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui, "Seeing you become more haggard by the day, We also feel heartache, how about this! We allow you to leave the imperial palace, you can personally go to Sheng Palace to visit Mo-er, so you don't have to keep worrying about him. We also want to know about Mo-er's situation, you can come back and tell Us after visiting him. "
"Your Majesty allows This Concubine to leave the imperial palace to visit my son?" Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui was very happy. The concubines in the imperial palace were not allowed to leave the imperial palace, unless they had the Emperor's special permission, but normally, this kind of special permission was rare. Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui also wanted to see Xuantian Mo and ask him how his illness was, but she could not leave and Xuantian Mo did not come in at all, she was really anxious these few days. Today, Emperor Tianwu actually gave her this favour, she was so happy that she quickly knelt down and kowtowed three times to Emperor Tianwu.
Emperor Tianwu helped her up and even put his cloak on her personally, then let his personal Head Eunuch Wu Ying accompany her. Then he watched Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui leave Zhao He Hall, suddenly saying: "Xiao Yuan Zhi, accompany Us for a walk."
After saying this, he waited for a while, but no one replied. He was stunned and was a little confused as to why he would say such a thing, who was Xiao Yuan Zhi? For a moment, his mind was in a mess.
A young Eunuch serving in the hall came forward and stood next to Emperor Tianwu, quietly waiting for orders. After a while, Emperor Tianwu finally spoke: "Accompany Us for a walk outside, the charcoal fire in this hall is burning too brightly, it is giving Us a headache."
The Emperor said that he wanted to take a walk outside, there must be a lot of people following him. For a moment, the palace servants serving in Zhao He Hall all followed, some near and some far away, creating a huge commotion.
Emperor Tianwu did not stop them, only walking at the front with his hands behind his back, taking large strides, ignoring everyone.
He strolled around aimlessly, but it was nothing more than walking around the palace. He walked from Zhao He Hall to the inner palace, then entered the garden from the inner palace, then circled out of the garden, walking around the ice lake. This walk took close to two hours, the palace servant following him could not help but remind him: "Your Majesty, it is cold outside, let's go back!"
Emperor Tianwu did not say anything, only lowering his head and walking on the small path continuously. But in reality, he was thinking, thinking about the muddle-headed feeling that he would occasionally have recently, what was going on? Now that Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui was not by his side, he noticed one thing, whenever Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui was not by his side, he would think about random things very easily, thinking about the matters in the palace, thinking about how he spent his days in the past? Why did he feel like he had forgotten many things? He also thought about what Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui said just now, the Ninth Prince also had intentions on the throne. These messy thoughts would only arise after Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui left, and as long as Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui returned to his side, that kind of happiness would follow, making him feel that Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui was the best person in the world, and the Eighth Prince was the person he sincerely wanted to pass the throne to.
Emperor Tianwu felt that he was sick, suffering from an illness that could not be separated from Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui, he was really glad that he had such an imperial concubine by his side! If not, no one would be able to treat this illness of his and he would have to be like this all day long, walking around like a headless fly, always feeling uncertain. Saying some flirtatious words, he was like duckweed, without roots and did not know where to lean towards.
Circling around to a small garden again, Emperor Tianwu stopped, looking at the thick snow in the garden, suddenly muttering: "Am We really so old that we cannot continue? This should be some Alzheimer's disease, right? "After he said this, he was stunned for a moment, Alzheimer's disease? Where did he learn to say that? In his memory, someone seemed to have said this to him before, but he could not remember who said it to him.
The Eunuch beside him did not understand what he said, quickly asking: "Is something the matter, Your Majesty?"
Emperor Tianwu waved his hand and was about to say that it was nothing, but at this time, he saw someone walking over from the other end of the small path, dressed as a Eunuch, his head lowered the entire time. Only when he got closer did he notice that there was someone in front, when he raised his head and saw himself, he could not help but be stunned, then lowered his head again, walking forward respectfully, kneeling down, saying: "This servant greets Your Majesty! I did not know that Your Majesty was here, this servant has disturbed Your Majesty, please forgive me, Your Majesty. "
Emperor Tianwu looked at this person and called out in a daze: "Zhang Yuan? Why are you here? "Then he subconsciously added:" The ground is so cold! Why are you kneeling? "But after saying this, he suddenly reacted, shouldn't servants kneel when they see him? So many people have kneeled before, why did he have to worry that this Eunuch would catch a cold? He wanted to change his words, but for some reason, he felt that this Eunuch did not need to kneel when he saw him in the past. He did not know where this thought came from, but it made him very surprised.
When the person kneeling heard this, his heart also felt sour. But sour was sour, Zhang Yuan was already afraid, he no longer dared to be impudent in front of Emperor Tianwu. He knew that the current Emperor was no longer the person he had served since he was young. Although the surface was the same, the inside was completely different. It was very likely that he would be sent to the Department of Guilty Servants again, and that place, was something he did not want to go back to in his life. Those days, would probably become the most terrifying memory of his life.
"Your Majesty, this servant is not afraid of the cold, this servant just needs to kneel." He spoke respectfully and cautiously, his head never lifted up at all. The unfamiliarity in his words was completely different from the Zhang Yuan of the past. Emperor Tianwu looked at this Eunuch and began to feel absent-minded again, he began to feel that he had really forgotten a lot of important things.
The two of them quietly waited like this, one kneeling and one standing. After a long time, Emperor Tianwu sighed heavily and said to himself: "I am old, there are a lot of people and things that I don't remember. I always feel that you, this servant, are very close and familiar, but I just can't remember why I have this feeling. I've forgotten everything in the past, I've forgotten everything! "As he spoke, he reached out his hand in front of Zhang Yuan and pretended to help him up, saying:" You can get up! Go do your work, I want to be alone for a while. "
Zhang Yuan respectfully and cautiously kowtowed to Emperor Tianwu and said: "This servant will take his leave." Then he got up, retreated a few steps, turned around and left.
Emperor Tianwu subconsciously shouted: "Xiao Yuan Zhi!" As soon as he called out this name, he immediately remembered that he used to call this Zhang Yuan Xiao Yuan Zhi! He finally remembered who Xiao Yuan Zhi was, but … what was the use of remembering? Other than this name, he could at most remember that this Zhang Yuan had indeed served him for a period of time, but he had no recollection of anything else. It was like there was a rag in his mind, as soon as he remembered something, someone behind him would wave the rag to wipe away a little, making him forget it as soon as he remembered.
But, who was that person who waved the rag?
He was endlessly conflicted, but when Zhang Yuan heard the name Xiao Yuan Zhi, he stopped walking and finally raised his head to glance at Emperor Tianwu, but it was also this glance that made his tears surge out, and he couldn't control them anymore.
Emperor Tianwu saw this and was even more puzzled. He asked in a daze: "Why are you crying? Why are you crying when you see me? Did I scare you? "
Zhang Yuan shook his head and took another step back, not saying anything.
Emperor Tianwu saw him take a step back, and he couldn't help but take a step forward. He always had an urge to persuade this little eunuch to stop crying, because his crying made his heart feel uncomfortable and a bit distressed. It was like seeing one's own child crying in front of them, and he always wanted to go up and coax him. But for an emperor to coax a eunuch, wasn't this a bit too strange?
At this moment, suddenly, behind Emperor Tianwu, the empress' voice rang out: "Zhang Yuan is now chenqie's servant. Your Majesty, since the past has already been forgotten, then … you should let him go!"
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