Chu Yingluo turned around and asked, "Then the Emperor also answers a question for me."
"You ask."
Chu Yingluo narrowed her eyes: "Why does the emperor pretend to be sick?"
The emperor looked up at her with a smile on his lips: "Because I want to see you."
When Chu Yingluo saw the emperor smiling at her, she was startled and jumped out, one meter away from the emperor.
The emperor's expression froze, and he suddenly didn't know why.
Chu Yingluo bit her lip and looked at him in disbelief, angry and distressed: "Your Majesty, I am your son, and you actually..."
This old crook.
Could it be that he fell in love with her beauty? !
Three thousand beauties in the harem are not enough for you...
Emperor Long Yan was startled, and then hurriedly explained: "No, no, no, that's not what I meant."
Chu Yingluo frowned: "Then what do you mean?"
The Emperor: "I want to see you, and I called you here because I have something I want to tell you."
Hearing this, Chu Yingluo breathed a sigh of relief, but she was still very cautious.
She thought to herself, why should she pretend to be sick? Is it necessary to say something in the Nourishing Heart Hall?
Seeing that things were developing in an incredible direction, the emperor couldn't help but sigh and explained in a deep voice: "Did Eunuch Zhao tell you that I executed six imperial doctors?"
Chu Yingluo nodded.
"I told you." She thought to herself, does this have anything to do with you wanting to see me?
The emperor raised his head and looked at her. Seeing that she had retreated from one meter to two meters, he couldn't help asking: "What are you doing so far away from me? Come here."
Chu Yingluo was not that easy to fool. She did not listen to the emperor's nonsense and quickly changed the topic to the previous topic: "Your Majesty, how did you kill six imperial doctors so well? Does the Emperor kill people when he is in a bad mood? ah?"
The emperor understood immediately: "So you are afraid of me! Do I look like a tyrant?"
Chu Yingluo thought yes, but she didn't dare to say: "Hey, it's okay, this is very... mighty and domineering!"
The emperor was very impressed by the rainbow fart, and a cheerful smile appeared on his lips. When he was in a good mood, he naturally explained it patiently.
"Among these six imperial doctors are people from the prince's family, and they treated the fourth child three years ago."
"Ah?" Chu Yingluo looked surprised, suddenly frowned, and listened carefully.
The emperor said slowly: "At the beginning, the people from their Imperial Hospital colluded with the Ministry of Revenue. One of them withheld salary, another withheld medicinal materials, and lied about their illness. Those six people committed the crime of deceiving the emperor, so I used the excuse of pretending to be sick to have them executed. Including the Minister of Household Affairs who deducted the salary of the fourth child, I also dealt with them."
Chu Yingluo was suddenly shocked.
"So the emperor is pretending to be sick to execute those who deserve to die?"
Because you can't execute someone blatantly, you can only find a suitable reason.
Moreover, that is the prince's person...
Could it be that the emperor wanted to take advantage of the prince's expedition to eradicate his dissidents?
The emperor added: "If you understand medicine, you should know the principle of balance of yin and yang. If yin and yang are balanced, people will be healthy. If yin and yang are imbalanced, people will get sick, premature aging, and even die. In order not to get sick, I can only maintain the balance of yin and yang."
Chu Yingluo frowned and thought for a moment, then asked tentatively: "The emperor has gone around in such a big circle just to say that you, the prince and the fourth prince, are both reluctant to part with each other. I understand, the palms and backs of your hands are all flesh, and they are all emperors." His biological son, right?"
The emperor paused for a moment, then shook his head and said: "I know that the fourth child has been wronged. I have already dealt with the people who persecuted the fourth child. As for the prince, he is the future prince. For the sake of peace in the world, stability of the court, and for my Jiangshan Sheji, so I can’t rely on you, I have to do this.”
"But the fourth child is bearing the humiliation now. If I am partial to him, it will only make him stand out and attract more enemies."
"Who do I favor and who do I care about? Do you understand now?"
Chu Yingluo opened her watery eyes and had a lot of thoughts in her heart.
In this way, the emperor actually favored the fourth prince. The second prince was sent to suppress the bandits, and the prince was sent to go on an expedition...
After a long time, Chu Yingluo said: "I understand..."
The emperor said again: "You still don't understand enough. I did this because of you!"
"I?"
Chu Yingluo pointed at herself in surprise. Could it be that the emperor's favorite person was actually her?
The emperor nodded: "If it weren't for you, I would have felt that the fourth child was useless and he had become an abandoned son. How could he endure the humiliation and bear the burden? It was you who made me see hope in him again."
While talking, the emperor took out a gold medal from his waist and handed it over: "Here, here you go..."
Chu Yingluo quickly stepped forward and held the gold medal in both hands: "Your Majesty, what is this?"
The Emperor: "This is your death-free gold medal. With my gold medal, you can enter and exit the palace freely. It can protect you from death, and it can also protect you and the Four Princes' Palaces from everlasting peace."
Chu Yingluo couldn't help but open her eyes wide, stars appeared in her eyes.
Wow wow wow...
"Your Majesty, this is too valuable. How can I be so virtuous as my wife..."
The emperor snorted softly, with an arrogant look on his face: "Keep it, I reward you, and you won't have to embarrass me anymore."
"Okay~" Chu Yingluo stuffed the gold medal into her arms, "The Emperor really misunderstood, how dare I embarrass the Emperor."
With that said, Chu Yingluo took out two cans of loquat dew from her sleeves: "Here, this is loquat dew. It can cure the emperor's throat disease. Please reciprocate as a courtesy."
The emperor took it with a happy face: "Is there any more?"
"Uh (⊙O⊙)..."
Chu Yingluo: "No, wait until the emperor has finished drinking before looking for me. It will also take time to make..."
The emperor got the loquat dew, immediately sat up from the bed, and began to wave people away: "Okay, please step back."
"My wife, please retire."
Chu Yingluo held the gold medal for immunity from death given by the emperor in her arms, and she left the Yangxin Hall happily. The fourth prince had a letter from Emperor Taizong, and she had the gold medal for immunity from death. There were so many treasures that it was overwhelming.
With this gold medal to avoid death, wouldn't she be able to walk sideways through the entire palace in the future?
Chu Yingluo was thinking happily when a man suddenly appeared in front of her.
Wearing an official uniform, he stood in front of her and asked in a low voice: "Girl, have we met somewhere?"
Chu Yingluo looked up at him, couldn't help but touch her chin, and thought, "Boy, you look familiar to me."
Su Mingxuan raised his eyebrows and smiled. He thought he was smiling gracefully, and he started teasing her: "Little beauty, it turns out that you are just like me. After our quick farewell last time, I couldn't forget the girl. We meet again today, which means that you and I are destined~"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk..."
Chu Yingluo circled around him and looked at him carefully: "Young Master is handsome and talented, and his speech and behavior are also extraordinary. What's your surname?"
Su Mingxuan raised his chin, with a haughty look on his face: "I am the son of the Taifu, a first-class minor security officer, and the right deputy of the Imperial Censor, Su Mingxuan."
Hearing this, Chu Yingluo's eyes widened in surprise: "Mingxuan?"
This...not only looks familiar, but the name is also familiar.
