Listening to Liu Xi's intermittent narration, Leng Yu felt even more indescribable sadness in his heart. Although the emperor was aloof, there was no caring person by his side when he was seriously ill. How tragic is this?
People in the royal family, as Luo Lan said, are all ruthless people.
While the two were talking, Leng Xi hurried over with a solemn expression. When he saw Leng Yu, he stepped forward and asked:
"Fourth brother, is father here? I want to see him."
Leng Yu frowned at him.
"Father is ill and is not suitable to see people. Just wait!"
"What's wrong with him? Let me go in and see him. "
"You can't come in."
Leng Yu's voice suddenly rose. Seeing that Leng Xi was a little excited, he lowered his voice and said:
"Lan'er is treating father. You can go in after father is well!"
Hearing this, Leng Xi's face suddenly dropped,
"Fourth brother, what do you mean? My father is seriously ill. I haven't seen him since he came back from Quan City, but you don't want me to see him now?"
"You can't see him now, Lan'er is treating him."
"snort!"
Leng Xi suddenly waved his sleeves and said in an angry cold voice:
"I heard that you entered the palace so early in the morning? My father is very ill now, but you put him under house arrest and don't let anyone see you. What do you want to do?"
"Xier!"
Leng Yu suddenly raised his voice and roared dissatisfied,
"What are you talking about? It's Lan'er who is checking the cause of my father's illness. When did we put our father under house arrest? Don't listen to rumors. Don't you know who your royal sister-in-law and I are?"
"It's spread all over the palace..."
Leng Xi frowned, lowered his voice and said this, then looked at Liu Xi,
"Eunuch Liu, you have followed my father for many years. Tell me the truth. What happened to my father?"
Liu Xi paused, shook his head and replied with a sigh:
"The emperor's condition is not very good, but Princess Yu is treating him. I hope he can be cured!"
Leng Xi's angry face just now became calm in an instant. He looked at Leng Yu, scratched his head, turned his ball a few times, and said sheepishly:
"Fourth brother, I was a little anxious just now, so I didn't speak politely. Don't mind. As long as my father is fine, that's fine."
Leng Xi's sudden change made Leng Yu a little surprised and puzzled. He looked at Leng Xi and was about to ask him if he had heard anything, but Leng Xi said goodbye to him directly.
"Fourth brother, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first. If your father has news, you must tell me."
After leaving these words, he ran away in a hurry, as if he was in a hurry.
Looking at his back, Leng Yu frowned, and Liu Xi murmured with some confusion:
"What happened to Prince Xi?"
Leng Yu's forehead was furrowed, and he pinched the imperial decree in his sleeves, feeling an indescribable feeling in his heart.
Leng Xi quickly arrived at Liyuan. Concubine Li, who was pacing back and forth in the main hall, saw him coming back and hurriedly greeted him.
"Xier, how are you? Have you found it?"
Leng Xi frowned and looked at her, questioning with some dissatisfaction.
"Mother, concubine, tell me, the fourth brother must have gone to force the emperor to write a will, but what I heard is that the emperor's sister-in-law is treating my father's illness."
Concubine Li's pretty face became deserted in an instant. She held up the handkerchief and wiped it lightly at the corner of her mouth, then half-squinted her eyes and said slowly in a cold voice:
"He is trying to prevaricate you. I have already told you that Leng Yu is your biggest enemy. Your father feels that he is indebted to him, so he intends to pass the throne to him. Originally, when he went to Quan City this time, We had a chance to succeed, but you ran away to Quan City without telling me. Even if I wanted to, I couldn't do it."
"Mother, what do you mean? Do you still want to force me into the palace? Liu Dechang has 100,000 elite soldiers guarding the military camp outside the capital. Even if you win over some people, can you be worth more than 100,000 people?"
Listening to his words, Li Fei gritted her teeth tightly and replied in a vicious voice:
"Even if Liu Dechang has millions of elite soldiers, can he refute the emperor's imperial edict? In the past few days, Concubine Chang took Leng Ming to the emperor to show her courtesy. If I hadn't stopped her, she would have coaxed the emperor to pass the decree. A posthumous edict."
Concubine Li's words caused Leng Xi, who was standing with his hands behind his back, to sink his eyes.
"My concubine is wrong. My father may be terminally ill as you said, but it won't be to the point where someone dares to force him. Besides, maybe the emperor's sister-in-law can cure him."
"Confused."
Concubine Li suddenly raised her voice, "Xi'er, you are confused. The emperor's illness is incurable and the imperial doctors are helpless. Now Leng Yu and Liu Luolan are hiding him. They must be trying to force him to write in the edict of succession. Leng Yu’s name is mentioned, so you have to guard against this matter.”
"There's nothing to guard against."
Although Leng Xi's voice was very low, Concubine Li heard it clearly.
She suddenly shook the handkerchief and shouted angrily:
"You are getting more and more disappointing. Do you know that no matter which one of you becomes the emperor, the other princes will not have a good end. At least they will be kicked out of the capital, like Leng Zian, living in a remote place with no one." If you want to seal the place, you can end your life; more importantly, you can find a reason to kill him directly to avoid future troubles."
"Mother concubine..."
Leng Xi's voice suddenly rose, "I know what my mother and concubine meant, but things have already gone like this. What can I do? Stop Liu Luolan from treating the emperor, and then directly pull the father up and let him pass on the throne. Give me?"
Seeing Leng Xi's words, Li Fei lowered her voice, changed the subject, and said mysteriously:
"My concubine doesn't want you to confront Leng Yu head-on at this time. After all, as you said, the emperor's life or death is uncertain, but I have already arranged manpower in the palace. Once we hear the news of your father's death, we will take advantage of the opportunity. Before Liu Dechang could react, he shot Leng Yu and Leng Ming together, then found your father's jade seal, took out the imperial edict prepared in advance and clasped it, and the matter was settled."
Li Fei's words made Leng Xi freeze in place, and he was extremely conflicted at this moment.
It can also be said that he has always been in conflict.
But his mother-in-law's plan still made him shake his head in fear.
"This must not be done. If the father dies, we may not know it at the first time. Besides, Leng Yu and the people under him are not easy to deal with. Mother and concubine should take a long-term approach."
"I've already arranged it."
Seeing that he was trying to back down, Concubine Li fluttered her long eyelashes dissatisfiedly and continued in a dark voice:
"I will go and watch outside the Yangxin Palace later. Now we have two ways to go. If the Emperor dies, just follow what I just said. If the Emperor is really cured by Liu Luolan, then let the Emperor I decree that Yu Qiaoqiao will marry you and become Princess Xi, so that we and Yu Shiming will become a family. Even if his strength is not as strong as Liu Dechang, his power in the capital cannot be underestimated. "
"I disagree."
Leng Xi directly interrupted Li Fei when she finished speaking, and said loudly and sadly:
"I don't want to marry Yu Qiaoqiao..."
"It's not up to you. I have already requested the emperor's decree. It's just that you are not in the capital. Otherwise, you should have married her at this time."
"I said I disagreed."
Leng Xi stood on his head with his brows and said loudly and seriously:
"I already have a sweetheart, so I won't marry Qiaoqiao."
