The prince's eyes were red, and when he stepped out of the imperial study in a daze, he almost stepped on empty air and fell over.
The Emperor Father today is different from the Emperor Father yesterday. There is not the slightest fear or disappointment in the eyes when he looks at him. Instead, there is care and love, and more of a sense of regret.
The incident with the Jade Cream lasted only a moment, but the Emperor actually listened to his incoherent apology patiently, remained silent for a long time, and closed his eyes without saying a word.
After an unknown amount of time, the Emperor said to him, "Baocheng, I have made a big mistake as well."
…
After saying the three words "Yurong Cream", Kangxi looked at the prince steadily, and suddenly felt a sharp pain in his head.
Fragmented memories come to mind, they are "his" past memories in this time and space.
Yinreng had always been tied to Suo'etu. There was only endless party struggle in the court, and the rift between father and son gradually widened, and finally turned into irreconcilable suspicion. It was not until the 47th year of Kangxi's inspection outside the Great Wall that the prince committed the heinous crimes of mobilizing troops and peeping into the imperial tent, and witnessed the death of the eighteenth prince without any sadness, which finally prompted "him" to decide to depose the prince.
Kangxi closed his eyes, his hands trembled slightly, and waves of horror surged in his mind.
There was a voice in his heart that kept telling him that everything that happened in this time and space was real.
The prince had been at odds with Yinzhi since childhood, and the two of them had been fighting like a pair of chicken eyes; he did not get quinine from the missionaries and travel thousands of miles to attend to the sick.
And in another time and space, if there was no Xiuxiu, if Yinreng's personality had not changed imperceptibly... they, father and son, would most likely have reached the irreversible point they are in now.
Thinking of this, Kangxi's whole body stiffened and he could no longer sit still.
Since God had sent him into this body, how could he just sit there and watch his sons fight for the throne and his brothers quarrel with each other
But time was running out and he couldn't delay any longer.
He wanted to go back urgently and see his imperial concubine. Wulinzhu was just a toddler, how could he leave his father
It was not known whether his body was possessed by a ghost or he had lost consciousness and suddenly passed out, neither of which was what Kangxi wanted to see.
In addition, there is Xiuxiu in this time and space—
He picked up a blank imperial edict and wrote it down quickly. With a glimmer of hope in his heart, he said in a hoarse voice: "Go to Yikun Palace!"
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The other end.
Early in the morning, the Yikun Palace was in chaos.
With the words "Concubine Yi, you are so insolent", Ruizhu, who was serving in the inner room, did not react for a long time. She was still in a daze, and then the panicked voice of the Imperial Noble Concubine rang out: "Someone come! The emperor is in a nightmare, and has hysteria that makes him unable to recognize people. Imperial physician, please call the imperial physician!"
After Yun Xiu finished speaking, she got off the bed in a hurry and even shed tears in a state of panic.
Liang Jiugong was shocked and quickly agreed.
The Imperial Concubine is the treasure of His Majesty, and her words are sometimes more effective than the imperial edict. Over the years, His Majesty has done everything to please His Majesty, and has never even scolded her. Yesterday, he even summoned the Imperial Astronomical Observatory to divine the matter of the Empress, and now he coldly calls her "Concubine Yi". What else could this be but hysteria
When Kangxi heard the word "hysteria", the words he wanted to say were stuck in his throat.
The corners of his mouth twitched, and the joy of regaining life was replaced by anger. "You are so bold to make up stories—"
"Your Majesty!" Yun Xiu interrupted him, hiding the coldness in her eyes, crying even more sadly, "Your Majesty, you suddenly become like this, how can I live?"
She continued, "The emperor is in poor health and even I can't recognize him. Liang Jiugong, send someone to Yuqing Palace to invite the prince. Don't waste a moment..."
There was a lot of noise from footsteps in the room, and there were also sad cries. Kangxi couldn't even utter a complete sentence.
Seeing the palace servants obeying Yun Xiu's words, including Liang Jiugong who had served him in his early years, he felt his temples throbbing and laughed angrily, a sense of absurdity sweeping over him.
When did Liang Jiugong win over Concubine Yi
"This is outrageous." With a gloomy face, he turned over and got off the bed. Just as he was about to let the dog servant roll over, he heard the words "Yuqing Palace" and "Crown Prince". He was stunned on the spot for a moment, his lips trembled, and he remained silent for a long time.
Yes, now it is the 32nd year of Kangxi's reign, Baocheng is still well, and his father-son relationship has not been severed.
For a moment, he no longer cared about Concubine Yi's crime. He thought to himself that this was fine. I... couldn't wait to see him.
In Liang Jiugong's eyes, the emperor was angry and dazed at times, which was very different from his usual behavior. He believed more and more that Yun Xiu was talking about hysteria, and he was running around like an ant, getting anxious and angry.
Fortunately, there was no grand court meeting today, so he called a young eunuch and whispered in his ear, "Hurry up and go to the Qianqing Gate to inform all the officials that the emperor is ill. Go quickly!"
…
Not long after, Court Judge Chen arrived in a hurry, followed closely by Crown Prince Yinreng, who couldn't stop worrying: "Father, Mother Yi."
When they arrived, Yunxiu dismissed the palace maids. Kangxi saw the child he cared about the most as he wished, staring at him blankly, deep joy and complex emotions intertwined, and he didn't speak for a long time.
But this look was indescribably strange to the prince. Worry finally prevailed. He frowned, helped Kangxi sit in front of the couch, and said anxiously: "Chen Yuanpan, please take a good look at the emperor's father."
"No need, you can leave." Kangxi said calmly, his eyes like a sword shot at Chen Yuanpan, "Whether you have hysteria or not, I know it best, go down."
Chen Yuanpan's heart trembled, his gray beard quivered, and he was suddenly in a dilemma, "My Lady Imperial Concubine, this..."
Yun Xiu wiped the tears from her eyes and whispered to him, "Please take shelter for now. I will summon you later."
In the blink of an eye, there were only three people left in the bedroom.
"Concubine Yi, you are so bold." Kangxi narrowed his eyes. Chen Yuanpan just called her Imperial Noble Concubine, and Baocheng called her Yi E'niang. When did her power reach the point where she could cover the sky with one hand and confuse right and wrong without anyone questioning it
He said coldly, "For the sake of Yinqi and Yinlu, I will spare you..."
Before he finished speaking, the prince was extremely shocked and couldn't help but say, "Father, I will ask Court Judge Chen to come in right away."
If this isn’t hysteria, then what is!
Yun Xiu shook her head slightly towards the prince, wiped away her tears, and said slowly: "I have always been very courageous."
"You are just a wandering ghost who has taken over the emperor's body. How can you be so bold and arrogant!" She said coldly, "Yinreng, I don't know where your father has gone. He is not him. How could I have mistaken him?"
The prince's breath was choked, and he slowly opened his eyes wide. Yun Xiu sneered and continued, "No matter how hard a ghost pretends, he can't pretend to be half as powerful as the emperor. Not only has he forgotten me, I'm afraid he even forgets Wulinzhu!"
The prince was startled, his mind was in a mess, and a layer of frost suddenly formed in his eyes.
No wonder, no wonder the Emperor gave him an inexplicable sense of disharmony today.
Hearing this, Kangxi was first startled, then suddenly realized, and then became furious: "Guo Luoluo!"
A gentleman does not talk about strange and supernatural things. Moreover, Baocheng was raised by him personally. How could he believe a stepmother whom he had not seen for a long time
And he and the original soul are
It's the same person. What a lonely ghost, what a coward, no one has ever dared to call him that!
"Father." The prince clenched his hands at his sides and interrupted Kangxi. He lowered his eyes and asked softly, "Father, do you still remember the name you gave to your eldest grandson?"
Kangxi's face darkened, which meant he didn't believe him.
"What? You don't even recognize your own eldest son? I personally gave him the name Hongxi—"
Yun Xiu's smile deepened when he heard that, but it made people's backs chill; the prince's heart skipped a beat and his expression became completely solemn.
He said sternly, "Mother Yi, what should we do now?"
"Ask the Imperial Hospital to prepare a tranquilizer that will not harm the body, and have it poured down your throat." Yun Xiu said calmly, "Give it once every three days. If the ghost still refuses to leave, then continue pouring it down your throat. This palace is waiting for the real emperor to wake up."
He turned to look at the prince and said softly, "I'm here in the harem, but you'll have to work hard in the court."
A shocked and angry cry of "rebellious son" came to his ears, but the prince turned a deaf ear to it.
He bowed solemnly: "I will listen to Yi'er Niang. Someone come!"
…
The emperor was suffering from hysteria but refused to drink the medicine, struggling and unwilling to open his mouth. Liang Jiugong was really worried. His Majesty was his master, and he couldn't force him to drink it. Seeing Yunxiu staring at the brocade curtain in a daze, he said with tears in his eyes: "My Lady Imperial Concubine."
"Let's find seven or eight maids to come in." Yun Xiu came back to her senses and sighed softly, "If the emperor wakes up, he won't blame me."
After all, this is Yikun Palace, her territory.
The tranquilizer was finally successfully swallowed. Three days have passed since then. Yun Xiu sat in front of the couch with a somewhat cold look in his eyes.
She stroked the face of the person on the bed, and in an instant, her expression became as gentle as if she were wrapping her fingers around him. Her tone was filled with a hint of complaint: "They look exactly the same, but that lonely ghost makes me sick when I see him."
The spirit of the "lonely ghost" was floating in the air, and his expression was distorted with anger when he heard this, "Guo Luoluo, you are so brave!"
No one responded in the void, and the endless loneliness could even drive people crazy. As time went by, every second felt like a year. It was only three days, but the emperor who had been in office for many years gradually lost his imperial demeanor, staring at that gorgeous face, and hated her so much.
But after witnessing how deep Concubine Yi's love was for "him", his soul began to feel uncomfortable.
Hearing the voice calling him, Kangxi felt as if his eyelids were weighed down with a thousand pounds.
He slowly opened his eyes with great effort, and saw the pair of peach blossom eyes that he had been dreaming about. He was surprised and happy, and said in a hoarse voice: "Xiu Xiu, I had a dream."
Yunxiu tucked the corner of the quilt for him, and did not refute Kangxi's self-righteous "dream". She smiled and said, "I am listening."
"In my dream, I went to the Yikun Palace. She looks like you, but she's not you." Recalling that day, Kangxi took a breath, his eyes blazing, "... I know I can't delay any longer, I'll deal with the Tonggiya and Hesheli families soon, cut the Gordian knot... I'll stop the eldest brother and his people from thinking about it, and order the crown prince to be the regent."
In the dream, he had tried his best to correct Baocheng's temper, but he was still a little worried. Later he thought, well, his children and grandchildren have their own blessings, and no matter how much more, it is not up to him to control.
Xiuxiu is still waiting for him.
…
The sentence "She looks like you, but she is not you" made Yun Xiu's eyes red and she didn't say anything for a long time.
"I am unique." Her eyes were gentle, "So is Your Majesty?"