"Your Majesty's appetite has not been very good these days. When he got up in the morning, he only drank half a bowl of milk. He refused to eat anything else if asked." Li Wei looked worried.
The noble concubine said hurriedly: "It looks like I'll have to starve for a few days, maybe it will be fine."
"Let the emperor starve? No, no. If the nutrition can't keep up, you won't have the strength to fight the disease. Your physical strength will only become weaker and weaker. No matter what, you have to eat something."
Li Wei talked about his own opinions. There is still a big difference in concepts between recuperating in this era and recuperating in that era.
Some of the new words that came out of Li Wei's mouth were not quite understood by the concubine Jinggui and others. They all felt that the empress dowager in front of them seemed to be a little different, but they couldn't tell what was different.
Li Wei looked at Concubine Qi, and she asked with a faint smile: "Concubine Qi has become stronger and stronger recently."
When Concubine Qi heard about it, she smiled and said, "Maybe it's because the weather is getting warmer, and I feel like I'm alive again. But Doctor Zeng said that if you want to cut off the roots, you can't stop taking the medicine."
"In order to be cured, the root must be cut off. The concubine will just take care of it slowly."
Concubine Dun looked at Li Wei's face carefully and said with some distress: "Your Majesty, you have lost weight in the past few days. There are personal eunuchs, maids, and wet nurses around the emperor. There are many people serving you. You don’t have to do everything yourself, you look obviously worse.”
Li Wei covered his face and said, "Are you really looking bad?"
Even Concubine Qi also said: "Yes, her face is sallow, and her eye circles are a little blue."
Fu Guang had to wake up several times in the middle of the night these past few days, and Li Wei didn't dare to sleep too deeply. He didn't have much time to catch up on sleep during the day, so he suffered from a serious lack of sleep. At this time, I felt my eyes were dry, and then I started to yawn.
Everyone advised Li Wei to take care of himself and pay attention to rest and recuperation. Li smiled and nodded. Now that Fu Guang was ill, she felt a little uneasy leaving the emperor in the care of others. Before the eldest sister died, she took her hand and solemnly entrusted Fu Guang to her. As an adoptive mother, she must fulfill her responsibilities and raise Fu Guang to adulthood. Only when he takes charge and gets married can she finally let go.
A few people talked for a while, and then a palace maid came to report: "Queen Mother, the Emperor is awake."
Li Wei got up and went to the room over there, and the concubines followed.
Fu Guang took a nap, but when he woke up, he was covered in sweat. Li Wei asked someone to bring him clothes to change out of his sweaty clothes, and then took a comb to comb his hair.
Everyone saw that Fu Guang was slightly better than the previous two days, and they were relieved. After sitting with him for a while, they left one after another.
Concubine Qi sat on a carriage and returned to Xukun Palace. Concubine Shu was writing the calligraphy. When she heard that her mother-in-law was back, she hurriedly put down her pen and went out to greet her.
Concubine Qi returned to her dormitory. Concubine Shu stepped forward to support her and said with a smile, "Concubine, it's been a hard journey for me."
"That's where the hard work comes from. Where is the prince?"
"He just went out."
"Are you leaving the palace again?"
Princess Shu nodded, and Princess Qi sighed: "I told him not to run outside all the time, but he didn't listen. I'm going to have a rest and come see me as soon as he comes back."
Princess Shu agreed, and Princess Shu went back to her bedroom and planned to lie down for a while. Princess Shu still went back to the study to practice calligraphy.
Half an hour later, there was a strong wind outside, dark clouds soon gathered, and soon the raindrops fell down. It got cold again just a few days after it got warm.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the sky was completely dark. Zhao Fushou hasn't come back yet. Princess Shu was a little worried and sent someone to wait in front. She was also afraid that she would not be able to come back after the palace gate closed. Concubine Qi was also very worried, fearing that something would happen to Fu Shou outside.
It wasn't until watch time that Zhao Fushou came back. But I saw him wearing a bamboo hat and coir raincoat, looking like a fisherman. He took off his bamboo hat and raincoat on the corridor. When he entered the house, he was still wearing a gray feather gauze cloak. After entering the house, he opened the belt, revealing an apricot-white brocade satin gown underneath.
Princess Shu hurriedly walked out and said to King Shu: "Your Majesty is back, but my mother and concubine have been worried all afternoon."
The King of Shu hurriedly asked: "Is there anything going on in the palace?"
Princess Shu said: "It's nothing, but my mother may have something to discuss with you. Please follow me to see my mother."
The couple joined hands and turned around the screen and went out through the back door, then followed the corridor to Princess Qi's bedroom.
When he arrived, the King of Shu respectfully saluted Concubine Qi: "My son is back."
"You still know how to come back. You have forgotten everything I told you in the past, right?"
"My son has made my mother and concubine worried, so I should make amends to my mother and concubine."
"You didn't encounter any obstacles when you came back, right?"
"Everything is going smooth."
"That's good. Have you eaten? I asked someone to keep it for you."
Zhao Fushou said: "Go back to my mother and concubine. My son and I have already eaten."
Princess Shu clearly smelled the faint smell of alcohol on Zhao Fushou's body, frowned, and asked uneasily: "Where is the prince drinking?"
"I had to have a drink."
After hearing this, Concubine Qi, who was sitting on top, couldn't help but said angrily: "How dare you drink while you are in prison? If people find out, you will be unable to eat and carry around. I said, why don't you control it?"
"Don't worry, mother and concubine, I know the severity of this, and I will never do it again in the future."
Seeing that her son was speaking sincerely, she couldn't say anything more. Besides, there were more important things to discuss, so there was no need to worry about trivial matters.
She and her daughter-in-law said, "Hui'er, please go down first. I'll have a word with Fu Shou. Let the people who are serving you retreat to the corridor. No one is allowed in."
Princess Shu's heart trembled, something big was about to happen. She calmed down and said yes.
After sending Princess Shu away, only the mother and son were left in the room, accompanied by the candlelight dancing on the candlestick.
Concubine Qi lowered her voice and asked her son: "You have been running outside these days. Have you taken care of both the Wen family and the Gu family?"
Fu Shou said: "The two families naturally have nothing to say. It's just that the emperor's uncle is pressing hard and we don't have much time left."
Concubine Qi said: "Time waits for no one, and we can't achieve great things without being ruthless. We can't delay it any longer. It's time for us to discuss it."
Concubine Qi has made up her mind since her son expressed his determination. The reason why Prince He failed was because of stupidity. They have also learned lessons and summed up their experience, and know that if they want to succeed, they have to work together inside and outside. They also roped in a partner, the noble concubine, who was also on their side. They are not alone.
"Lao San, this time we are fighting against the odds. We can only succeed and cannot fail."
"Don't worry, mother and concubine, I will definitely be fully prepared and will never allow a mistake."
(End of chapter)