After entering November, the heavy snow has not stopped, and the weather is getting colder and colder. Zhu Yunxuan has not recovered from the wind and cold intermittently, and stopped again in the morning. Become extremely slack.
The seven-month-old belly was wrapped under heavy clothes, which was not conspicuous. Zhu Yunxuan ate little, and the child in her belly was pitifully small. Doctor Fang looked at his belly many times and hesitated to speak, but he didn't dare to say it.
Zhu Yunxuan didn't care about this child, no matter how much she said, it would only annoy him.
Ganlin Palace has been closed for many days, and all the officials who came to ask for an audience were blocked outside. Various rumors outside the palace began to spread wildly. After many days, the worried Shu and the eldest princess entered in person. Gong Lai finally saw Zhu Yunxuan's face.
Zhu Yunxuan retreated all the palace servants in the hall, seeing the princess, a rare relaxed smile appeared on her pale face: "Don't worry, aunt, I'm fine."
"But Your Majesty, you are like this..."
How could the eldest princess not be worried, before she could express her full of worries, Zhu Yunxuan shook her head and interrupted her: "It's really fine, the wind and cold will be gone long ago."
"You haven't been in court these days and you haven't seen your foreign ministers. There are all kinds of rumors outside..."
"I know."
It was rumored that he was seriously ill, that he was under house arrest by Liang Zhen, there were all kinds of rumors, it was not the first time this happened, it was only because of him that he dealt with two of Liang Zhen's cronies this time, and then fell ill Sealing the palace caused many speculations. Now that rumors have spread all over the city and people are panicking, even if Zhu Yunxuan doesn't walk out of this palace gate, he can guess what's going on outside.
"...Then you are still so unhurried, aren't you afraid of any disturbance?"
Zhu Yunxuan's eyes darkened slightly, but the corner of his mouth raised an inconspicuous arc: "I did it on purpose..."
He pretended to be sick, did not go to court, closed the palace gates, and even deliberately spread those rumors, just to convince the officials that Liang Zhen really put him, the emperor, under house arrest.
Hearing this, the eldest princess was even more worried: "What exactly do you want to do?"
Zhu Yunxuan raised his eyes and looked at the misty snow mist outside the window. For a moment, a touch of confusion slipped through the deep black pupils, and then there was a bottomless gloom: "Auntie, in a few days, brother and Duke Ding will meet again." We're going to Beijing."
Although the Eldest Princess is a girl, she was born as a royal princess, so she realized what he wanted to do almost instantly: "Are you sure?"
"Of course there are... Auntie, I need you to do me a favor with this matter. I can't trust others, the only one I can trust is my aunt."
The Eldest Princess nodded without hesitation: "As long as I can help you, my old lady will risk her life."
Zhu Yunxuan smiled softly: "I won't ask my aunt to risk her life. I just want my aunt to help me send out a secret decree. Just send it to Duke Ding before my brother and the others enter Beijing."
"This matter is simple. I will send the most trusted person around me to deliver it. I will set off today, and I will definitely help you get things done."
"good."
Zhu Yunxuan's expression became more relaxed, and he took out the secret decree hidden in the dark compartment at the head of the bed and handed it to the eldest princess. The eldest princess unfolded it, saw the contents of the secret decree clearly, and her expression became more serious: "Can this be done?"
Zhu Yunxuan said: "It depends on man's effort, you have to try everything."
The Eldest Princess stopped asking, and rolled up the imperial decree and hid it in her sleeve: "Don't worry, since I have agreed to you, I will definitely deliver this secret decree to Duke Ding."
Zhu Yunxuan nodded: "I believe in my aunt, and I am waiting for good news from my aunt."
After the Eldest Princess left, Gao An brought over the anti-fetal medicine, Zhu Yunxuan glanced at it and then turned his gaze coldly: "Go and call Imperial Physician Fang."
The old doctor came soon, kneeling on the ground without raising his head, he could feel the chill from the top of his head: "Old minister..."
"How long has it been? Where is the abortion drug I want? Are you planning to drag on with me until this evil seed is born?"
"Your Majesty... a child who is more than seven months old is beaten, and it is no different from birth to you. Why do you need to..."
With a 'bang' sound, Zhu Yunxuan threw the teacup in his hand directly: "What do you mean, do you want me to give birth to this thing and then strangle it to death? What's the use of you, an incompetent useless imperial doctor?!"
"Your Majesty! After all... after all, it is still a living life!"
Zhu Yunxuan suppressed the anger surging in his heart, and ordered in a deep voice: "I will give you another half a month, if you still can't think of a way, weigh the head on your neck, get out!"
After sending Imperial Physician Fang away, seeing that Zhu Yunxuan still refused to drink the medicine, Gao An had no choice but to order someone to take out the medicine bowl and pour it out. After a while, Liang Zhen, who hadn't appeared in Ganlin Palace for a long time, came in and asked Zhu Yunxuan, "Why doesn't Your Majesty take medicine?"
Zhu Yunxuan said coldly: "Is it related to King Zhao?"
"Is Your Majesty still in good health? Why haven't you been in court for so many days?"
"Heh, it's enough to have King Zhao, the pillar of the country, on the court. What difference does it make if the emperor is here or not?"
There was unabashed sarcasm in Zhu Yunxuan's tone, Liang Zhen pretended he hadn't heard it, and slowed down his voice to persuade him: "No matter what, the medicine must be drunk..."
"Okay," Zhu Yunxuan cut off his words directly, "If King Zhao came to talk nonsense to me, there is no need for it. You step back, I am going to rest."
Liang Zhen didn't do what he wished, instead he walked forward, stopped a step away from Zhu Yunxuan, narrowed his eyes slightly, and carefully scrutinized the expression on his face.
Zhu Yunxuan frowned slightly, and was about to say something when Liang Zhen suddenly grabbed his wrist and put his fingers on his pulse.
"what you do?!"
Zhu Yunxuan was about to pull out his hand subconsciously, but Liang Zhen didn't let go, and looked at him with darker eyes: "Your Majesty is not sick."
"...I didn't know that King Zhao would still treat people."
"It's just a little superficial. Although your majesty's pulse is a little weak, there is no sign of illness. The baby in the womb is still fine..."
Zhu Yunxuan has been sick since she got pregnant. In the past few months, Liang Zhen and the imperial physician have learned a lot about pharmacology, and even learned a lot when they went to Yuzhou to treat the plague. He couldn't get up because of the serious illness rumored outside, and he didn't even need to go to the imperial physician to confirm this point: "Your Majesty, why did you say you were sick and couldn't go to court, and you sealed the palace gate?"
"I'm tired and exhausted. I think it's boring to be the emperor. I don't want to do it. Is it okay?" Zhu Yunxuan sneered, "Isn't this just what King Zhao wants? King Zhao can control the government as he wants now, without me, a useless emperor. Wouldn't it be good to hinder you?"
Liang Zhen clasped his wrist tightly, looking at Zhu Yunxuan's dark eyes with intense emotions constantly rolling. Zhu Yunxuan looked back at him calmly, endured the pain from his wrist, and didn't say a word.
After a moment of stalemate, the waves in Liang Zhen's eyes returned to calm, and he let go of Zhu Yunxuan's hand: "Your Majesty, if you want to rest, rest, you should rest more if you are heavy, and the rest will wait for a few months before the child is born." .”
Zhu Yunxuan ignored him, got up and went back to the inner hall.
Liang Zhen went to the side hall, since Zhu Yunxuan's body became heavier and heavier, Imperial Physician Fang has been living here, waiting for summons at any time. The table was full of medicinal herbs scattered and mixed together. When Liang Zhen came in, the old imperial doctor was writing a prescription. Hearing the sound of footsteps, he looked up and saw that it was Liang Zhen. There was a flash of panic in the old imperial doctor's eyes, and he quickly gathered a few pieces of paper under his hand. One piece was buckled back, and then he stood up and greeted Liang Zhen.
Liang Zhen's eyes slid over the messy medicinal materials on the table one by one, and landed on the few pieces of paper, paused, and reached out to pick them up.
"My lord..."
Physician Fang blurted out, intending to stop him, but Liang Zhen's eyes were cold: "What? Can't I watch it?"
Carefully flipping through the papers one by one, he can only scratch the surface, most of the content on it is incomprehensible, but he still sees some clues: "Is this a prescription for His Majesty? Why? These medicines that pregnant people can't take are also included?"
The old doctor's forehead was already dripping with cold sweat. Facing Liang Zhen's suspicious gaze, he knelt down on the ground with red eyes after struggling: "Your Majesty... go and persuade Your Majesty! Your Majesty insists on beating the fetus in the womb. I really... really can't do anything! These are the prescriptions for women to abort, and if they can be used on men, they will only kill two people. Even if I die, I will never dare to use it for Your Majesty!"
Liang Zhen's hands holding those pieces of paper gradually tightened, and after a long silence, he asked in a hoarse voice, "When did His Majesty ask you to do this?"
"Two months ago, the lower official studied the prescription of the fertility medicine, but he had no clue. The medicine is both medicine and Gu. It is very overbearing. Once the child is planted, it is planted. It doesn't matter if you don't want it. Yes, there has never been an exception in the past two hundred years, the officials are incompetent, and they really can't prepare the abortion medicine His Majesty wants, let alone fool His Majesty with other terrible things... "
Two months ago... It turned out that since then, Zhu Yunxuan has made up his mind to cut off all ties between them.
Liang Zhen didn't ask any more questions, turned around and went back to the main hall.
Zhu Yunxuan had already fallen asleep, Gao An stood by, and when he saw Liang Zhen coming in, he immediately became vigilant and refused to back down.
"Go down, I don't do anything, I just look at His Majesty here, are you afraid that I will fail to assassinate His Majesty? How can I be willing to..."
He said this while looking at Zhu Yunxuan who was sleeping soundly, his voice was gentle and low, as if he was muttering to himself, and the light in his eyes almost overflowed like water.
Gao An was stunned for a moment, and after hesitating, he finally retreated.
Liang Zhen sat down by the bed, quietly looked at Zhu Yunxuan's restless sleeping face, and gently stroked his slightly furrowed brows with his fingers, sighing silently.
If that's what you want... I'll give it to you.