Because the illness came so suddenly and violently, all the doctors in the palace were helpless.
There was even vague news in the court that Liu Che was about to die.
This is definitely not good news for everyone.
Because Liu Che still has no children who can inherit the orthodoxy, the only good news that is not good news is that Wei Zifu is pregnant, and the child will be born in the next spring.
But even if the eldest son is born, what will happen?
The young master suspected that it would be better not to have children at all.
For a time, there were many different opinions in the court, and the waves were strange.
At this point in time, especially when there are still minor frictions outside the customs, returning to Chang'an City is really not a wise choice.
But everyone was back, and Wei Qing was helpless.
And because Liu Che was ill, he didn't see anyone these days. He didn't even go to court for many days!
This intensified the suspicion in the court!
Wei Qing is in Chang'an City, whether he wants to go or not, he is in a dilemma!
If he leaves, what if Liu Che recovers from his illness? Then he will inevitably be punished.
But if we don't leave, if we keep dragging on like this and something happens at the border, everything will be over!
If the Xiongnu rush into the pass at this time, I am afraid that the world will be in chaos!
The days passed by, and Liu Che had been ill for ten days, and not even the slightest news came out in the court.
Wei Qing was so worried that he didn't think about food or food all day long.
Due to Liu Che's illness, Huo Qubing has not been able to go to the palace to accompany Liu Che recently. He stays at home all day long, reading and riding horses, doing nothing.
But seeing Wei Qing's expression of not thinking about food and tea, I felt really distressed.
After thinking about it, he ran into the house and took out the fruit from before.
"Uncle, give this to you!"
Wei Qing was shocked when he saw the spiritual fruit in Huo Qubing's hand.
He recognized at a glance that the fruit was exactly the same as the one given to him by Qin Tian!
"Where did you get this fruit?" Wei Qing's eyes widened: "Didn't I ask you to get rid of it before?"
Huo Qubing was a little scared, worried that his uncle would blame him.
"This... I originally planned to throw it away, but after thinking about it, it was better to keep it. I also want to see if this fruit will really last for a long time without spoiling!"
Huo Qubing said cautiously: "It turns out that what the man said is true. This fruit is really not bad for three months, and it still has a strange fragrance to this day!"
“If you don’t believe it, just listen to it!”
With that said, Huo Qubing put the fruit in his hand in front of Wei Qing.
Sure enough, the fruit looked the same as it had a few months ago.
Wei Qing even felt that this fruit looked exactly the same as the spirit fruit he had eaten before, and there was almost no difference at all!
"I was thinking that since my uncle has been in trouble now, although I can't help him much, I think this fruit should be of some use!"
"So I took it and gave it to my uncle first."
"It's useful... is it useful?" Wei Qing's eyes flashed as he saw the spiritual fruit handed over by Huo Qubing.
"I'll accept the spirit fruit." Wei Qing said, "You don't have to worry about this matter."
"Remember, no matter who asks you, you don't know anything."
Just when Huo Qubing was about to leave, Wei Qing seemed a little worried and called him back.
"wrong……"
Wei Qing thought for a long time, and then he tapped his head with his fingers very irritably.
He didn't know how to explain that Huo Qubing still had a spiritual fruit in his hand.
I had clearly told His Majesty before that Huo Qubing had eaten the spirit fruit!
Wei Qing now regrets that he was too honest.
As long as I concealed it even a little bit, I could easily figure out the ins and outs of the spirit fruit now!
But it happens to be this time...
"In this way, no matter who comes to ask you, you will say that you don't know anything about it. You have already eaten the fruit before!"
Wei Qing said with a serious expression.
Huo Qubing nodded obediently: "My nephew, I remember!"
After much thought, Wei Qing decided to give his subordinates a huge fortune!
Before leaving, Huo Qubing seemed to be hesitant.
"What? Are you still busy?"
Huo Qubing simply said, "Uncle, why can't you tell the truth to Your Majesty?"
"Tell the truth?" Wei Qing smiled bitterly: "It's too late now!"
"Stop asking, it's none of your business."
Waving his hand, Wei Qing added: "This credit should originally belong to you, but now my uncle has taken it upon himself to give him to others. Don't... mind."
Huo Qubing shook his head obediently: "Why uncle? What's my nephew's belongs to my uncle. It's only up to my uncle to make the decision!"
"Not to mention giving it to others, even if my uncle throws it away, I will never complain." Huo Qubing said with a smile, "My nephew is just a little worried about my uncle."
Wei Qing was a little relieved: "It's good if you understand, it's good if you understand..."
When Huo Qubing left, Wei Qing immediately wrote a letter to Vice General Chen who was far away at the border.
The content of the letter was also very simple. It was for Vice General Chen to remember honestly that the spiritual fruit was given by an immortal. He thought of His Majesty, so he wanted to dedicate the spiritual fruit to His Majesty.
On that day, the immortal helped the Han army to defeat the Xiongnu. He was impressed by the bravery of the Han army and specially rewarded him with spiritual fruits.
After sending the letter, Wei Qing got up and headed to the palace. He knew that he could not delay it any longer!
In order to ensure that the envelope could be delivered in time, Wei Qing specially arranged for his confidants to work hard to deliver the letter to Vice General Chen.
On the way to the palace, Wei Qing smiled bitterly.
When you tell a lie, you need countless lies to fulfill the first lie!
Wei Qing was definitely loyal to the Han Dynasty and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, otherwise he would not be willing to give the spiritual fruit to His Majesty to treat his illness.
He could just pretend not to know and let Huo Qubing eat the spirit fruit. What does it have to do with whether Liu Che dies or not?
But Wei Qing still cares about Liu Che and this prosperous man in his heart!
But at the same time, he is also the head of the Wei family and the backbone of the Wei family. He is also responsible for the hundreds of people in the Wei family.
He could not bear the slightest risk of offending Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
At a small scale, Wei Qing has selfish motives, but at a serious scale, it is the crime of deceiving the emperor!
Therefore, Wei Qing didn't dare to gamble, and he didn't dare to bet on whether someone would use this incident to attack him in the future.
So he could only use countless lies to make up for the little lie he told before.
People are complex, and everyone has multiple identities.
A person can be someone's father or someone's son, and at the same time be a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty.
From different standpoints, you will naturally have different choices when dealing with the same thing.
Often at this time, the choices of different positions are contradictory, so there is the saying of the dilemma between loyalty and filial piety.
Who could have known that things would turn out like this?
If he had known this, Wei Qing would definitely not have told that seemingly insignificant lie just because he didn't want to be involved.
When he arrived at the palace, Wei Qing bluntly said that he had something important to see and asked the eunuch to inform him.
Originally, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had ordered that no one should be seen, but Wei Qing insisted on standing outside the palace, waiting for Liu Che to summon him.
Coincidentally, the eunuch turned out to be the eunuch who had sent Wei Qing a letter before.
Seeing Wei Qing standing outside the palace in such a cold day, he felt a little unbearable.
Perhaps out of some flattery, he actually agreed to inform Liu Che.
"I can only inform the general. Whether His Majesty will see you or not is not my decision."
Eunuch Li said helplessly: "General, please don't blame me."
"Housekeeper Li is joking. I know that my Lord Chamberlain will risk angering His Majesty by helping me report this." Wei Qing said gratefully.
"I would be very grateful if the chamberlain is willing to help inform the general. How can I blame you?"
Eunuch Li sighed, turned around and walked into the palace.
After a while, Eunuch Li came out and said, "Your Majesty agrees to see you."
Wei Qing said quickly: "Thank you sir, I am deeply grateful! I will keep it in my heart until the end of my life!"
Eunuch Li said helplessly: "I just hope that the general will not offend His Majesty, otherwise the villain will also suffer the same fate."
Entering Liu Che's chamber, Wei Qing did not dare to raise his head and quickly bowed.
"Get up." Liu Che's voice revealed a hint of weakness.
"I don't know General... Ahem, what's so important, General, that he insists on insisting on me at this time?"
There was a hint of displeasure in Liu Che's voice.
Wei Qing did not dare to speak, but took out a box from his arms. There was silk in the box, and on top of the silk was a bright spiritual fruit.
"Back to your majesty, I heard that your majesty is not feeling well. I have always wanted to give this spiritual fruit that I got unintentionally to your majesty, but I never got the chance!"
"I was really too worried today, so I insisted on asking for a meeting. I hope your majesty will forgive me!"
Liu Che's eyes suddenly lit up when he saw the spirit fruit.
"Oh? But didn't you tell me before that your spiritual fruit had been eaten on the spot?"
In fact, Liu Che didn't believe Wei Qing's story about meeting an immortal at all. He always suspected that Wei Qing was planning something.
Therefore, when Wei Qing came back, Liu Che had no intention of seeing him at all.
He was guarding Wei Qing!
"This..." Wei Qing replied honestly: "I dare not deceive Your Majesty. In fact, this fruit was not obtained by the general."
Then, Wei Qing told him the excuse he had compiled.
"So this spiritual fruit is actually what Vice General Chen wants to contribute to His Majesty. The last general...the last general does not dare to be greedy for credit."
"Your Majesty, please punish me!"
Wei Qing said with a face of shame.
It was as if he really wanted to take credit from Mo's subordinates, but was discovered by Liu Che instead.
"So, you didn't do anything wrong."
Liu Che waved his hand and asked the chamberlain to take the spirit fruit.
As soon as the spirit fruit came to Liu Che's mouth, he smelled a refreshing fragrance.
Just by smelling it, he felt refreshed, as if his symptoms had been alleviated a bit!
"Is this the spiritual fruit you ate before?" Liu Che asked curiously.
"Your Majesty, it looks exactly like this." Wei Qing replied honestly: "This spiritual fruit is very similar to the one I ate before. They are absolutely the same."
"It is precisely because the general has seen it with his own eyes that he firmly believes in what Vice General Chen said."
"If that's the case, then I'll accept it."
Liu Che was not worried that Wei Qing would poison the fruit, so he took the fruit out and seemed to eat it directly.
But then, Liu Che put down the fruit.
"Since it was sent by the general, why not enjoy it with the general."
Wei Qing refused repeatedly: "The last general will not dare to be greedy."
"Why, you didn't even listen to what I said?" Liu Che smiled faintly, and then asked the chamberlain to bring a knife, and he actually cut the spiritual fruit open himself.
In just a moment, juice splashed everywhere and the air was filled with fruity aroma.
This smell reached Wei Qing's nose, making him salivate and stare directly at the spirit fruit in Liu Che's hand.
Taking the half piece of fruit, Wei Qing no longer hesitated: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward!"
Then Wei Qing didn't hesitate and bit down hard.
How could Wei Qing not know that Liu Che was sharing this for himself? He is clearly doubting himself!
Otherwise, he wouldn't have cut the spiritual fruit into pieces himself and given half of it to himself!
"How is it? How does it feel?" Liu Che asked calmly.
"Such delicious food is really rare in the world." Wei Qing ate the spirit fruit three times, not even sparing the juice on his hands, sucking it clean one by one.
Seeing Wei Qing's eating look, Liu Che couldn't help laughing, followed by a series of hungry coughs.
Wei Qing even saw with his peripheral vision that Liu Che had coughed up some bloody phlegm!
Seeing that Wei Qing didn't feel anything strange after eating it, Liu Che no longer had any doubts, picked up the spirit fruit and stuffed it into his mouth.
But compared to Wei Qing's eating, Liu Che is much more elegant.
He ate it in small bites. Before half of the fruit was finished, his face turned rosy!
After eating half of the fruit, Liu Che found that his originally weak body was filled with strength again!
When he stood up, the cough that had been bothering him for so long was gone forever!
"It's amazing, it's really amazing!" Liu Che stood up and said cheerfully.
"It is indeed a reward from the Immortal Family, otherwise it would never be so magical!"
Liu Che sighed: "General, you still have me in your heart!"
As he said this, Liu Che felt a little dissatisfied.
If I had known that this fruit was so magical, I shouldn't have given half of it to Wei Qing just for testing!
If you eat them all, how much benefit will you get?
But it's a pity that things have happened, and it's too late to regret it now.
Liu Che asked someone to bring him a square towel and carefully wiped the juice off his hands.
Naturally, he couldn't lick his fingers like Wei Qing, but he made up his mind to use the juice-stained towel to boil water for drinking.
Add some herbal supplements to it, I think it must be a great supplement!
After eating the fruit, Liu Che finally believed that what Wei Qing said was true.
Otherwise, where did he get such a magical spiritual fruit?
Before, Liu Che looked at Wei Qing with a hint of suspicion, but now the suspicion was lifted, and all the previous doubts had reasonable explanations.
Immortals come and go without a trace, so it was just a coincidence that Wei Qing met an immortal.
Who knows where the immortals have appeared? Wei Qing must not be the only one in this world who has encountered an immortal.
Liu Che remembered a folk rumor he had heard before about an immortal healing diseases and saving people. The two facts confirmed it, which further strengthened his inner thoughts.
Suspiciousness may be a problem of all emperors, but in Liu Che, this disease is more obvious.
(End of chapter)
