After entering the palace, the fragrance of osmanthus was covered by sandalwood, and the air was filled with the fragrant incense that could only be found in temples. Pei Yunshu followed the waiter in front of him and walked through two exquisitely carved wooden doors before seeing the general standing against the wall with an expressionless face.
The general's expression relaxed when he saw Pei Yunshu. He took two steps forward and said, "Master Immortal."
Pei Yunshu looked around and asked, "Where is the person?"
Zhu You held one of his hands, leaned lazily against his father, and glanced at the general out of the corner of his eye.
The general frowned and said in a deep voice, "The emperor is ill again."
He looked very embarrassed. Until now, Pei Yunshu only knew from him that the emperor had a strange disease, but the general was very secretive about what kind of disease it was.
Pei Yunshu was a little curious, "What kind of illness could cause the general to be so embarrassed?"
The general glanced at him, taking in the look in his eyes that he could see through at a glance. His expression moved slightly, and he turned around and took Pei Yunshu into the room. After Pei Yunshu and Zhu You went in, he stayed behind and closed the door tightly.
There is a large hot spring in this room.
There was a man tied up in the spring, his whole body was tied up with red ropes, his eyes were bloodshot, his expression was ferocious, and he kept struggling and bumping against the corners of the pool. The ropes on his body were tied very tightly, leaving horrifying purple marks on his skin, but what made people even more chilled was that every time this man hit the corner of the pool, the expression on his face would suddenly change, with a flash of comfort, and then become even more ferocious.
It was as if pain was a poison to him that could quench his thirst.
"Your Majesty!" The general clenched his fists, unable to bear to watch any further.
The emperor looked extremely miserable at this moment. He should have a good appearance, but it was impossible to tell whether his appearance was good or bad. The only thing was that he wanted to hurt himself like a madman.
"Get out..." The emperor regained his sanity for a moment after hearing this. He spat out this word from between his teeth, "Get out of here."
He tried his best to control himself and not do such an ugly and disgusting thing under the eyes of his subjects, but within a few seconds, he struggled again and wanted to crash into the surface of the pool.
Pei Yunshu subconsciously controlled his body.
"General," Pei Yunshu looked very calm, ignoring the bloodshot eyes of the emperor who was staring at him fiercely, "Is this the weirdness you mentioned?"
The general nodded heavily.
Pei Yunshu thought for a moment, then turned his head and said to him, "Why don't you go out first, General? I want to take a good look at him."
The general hesitated for a moment, turned around and walked out, considerately closed the door, and stood by the door waiting.
Pei Yunshu set up a barrier and walked to the edge of the pool. He glanced at the extremely embarrassed emperor, took off his shoes and socks, sat by the pool and soaked his feet leisurely, pretending not to notice the emperor's glare.
Not only that, he also invited Zhu You to sit next to him, "Yun Jiao, you should also take a dip. There are herbs added to this spring water. Although it has no benefits for you and me, it is indeed very comfortable."
Zhu You took off his shoes without hesitation, sat next to Pei Yunshu, and nodded as he reached into the spring water, "Daddy is right."
There were also fresh fruits and crystal clear wines placed beside the pool, none of which was not exquisite, and none of which could hurt people. Pei Yunshu thought it was funny, so he laughed out loud, "The emperor was tied up and placed in the spring, with no palace servants serving him. Are these things placed here for me and my son to eat?"
Zhu You pulled the fruit plate to his side, lowered his eyes to look at it for a while, picked two plump and round grapes, and shared them with Pei Yunshu.
The two of them felt as if they were at home, savoring the emperor's fresh fruits with relish and using the spring water that was being used to soak the emperor's feet.
The emperor, whose body was frozen, stared at them for a long time without blinking, until his eyes were sore, and they never looked back. The emperor couldn't stand it anymore and closed his eyes, suppressing his anger and said: "Who are you waiting for!"
Although he was furious, he kept his voice very low, as if he was afraid of alarming others.
Pei Yunshu held the fruit and looked at him, then took another bite of the fruit and said considerately, "This fruit is very sweet, Your Majesty, won't you eat one?"
The emperor was so angry that he could no longer maintain his composure and rolled his eyes at Pei Yunshu.
Pei Yunshu put down the fruit, clapped his hands for the emperor, and then asked in confusion: "Since you are not under a spell, why are you pretending to be crazy?"
He untied the ropes and spells on the emperor.
When the emperor saw that things were going badly, his expression changed slightly for a moment, but he quickly calmed down. He threw the red rope on his body into the water and looked at Pei Yunshu and the other person with scrutiny. Pei Yunshu thought he would say something, but the emperor said nothing. He just walked up, took the last fruit in the fruit plate, and took a big bite.
A neat tooth mark was left on the fruit.
Pei Yunshu originally thought that he would have the upper hand after seeing that the emperor was not ill, and try out the treatment in the storybooks where others were terrified and secretly marveled at his intelligence and wisdom. However, who would have thought that the emperor was so calm, and the only sound in the room was the crunching sound of eating fruit.
Pei Yunshu took a bite, Zhu You took a bite, and the emperor took a bite.
The three of them leaned against the pool and ate a whole basin of fruit. The emperor glanced at the general's back outside the door. He wiped his lips elegantly with his wet sleeves. Pei Yunshu waved his feet up and down and kindly reminded: "This water is for soaking feet."
The emperor's arms stiffened and he said, "This water is running water, idiot."
Zhu You cast his cold gaze at the emperor from behind Pei Yunshu.
The emperor did not look at them. He came out of the pool and changed his expression again. When his face turned pale and his anger was gone, he gave Pei Yunshu and Zhu You a condescending look and asked, "Why don't you get up yet?"
Pei Yunshu didn't understand what he meant. All kinds of contents in the books he had read flashed through his mind one by one. But his feet had been soaked enough, so he stood up and saw what this emperor wanted to do.
Zhu You said beside him, "Daddy, wait a minute."
Zhu You got up from the water, put on his shoes and socks, reached out his hand, lifted Pei Yunshu's calf, and wiped the water droplets off his feet.
As he said, the bigger he grew, the bigger his hands became, and now he could hold Pei Yunshu's ankle with one hand.
Pei Yunshu struggled, Zhu You looked up at him and said, "Daddy, don't move. Mr. Xiucai asked me to be more filial to you."
Pei Yunshu asked: "Mr. Xiucai?"
"Yeah." Zhu You responded casually, his mind focused on his hands. He felt a warm touch, white with pink, like a piece of fine warm jade. His fingers "accidentally" brushed across Pei Yunshu's instep. Pei Yunshu shuddered and said with a smile, "Zhu You, if you want to be filial to your father, you have to be filial to him well. How can you make mistakes?"
After he finished speaking, he also found it amusing, so he jokingly stepped lightly on Zhu You's chest and pretended to kick him rudely.
"You didn't do well, Daddy will punish you."
Zhu You felt as if the place where his chest was stepped on was stung by fire, and his heart was beating violently. He licked his lips and just as he said the word "father", the emperor said without a look, "I don't want to see your deep love for father and son."
It was like a basin of cold water was poured over Zhu You's head, chilling him to the core.
When he came to his senses, Pei Yunshu had already put on his shoes and socks and pulled him up.
When the emperor saw the two of them stand up, he lay down on the ground without saying a word and called out weakly, "Chang Que."
Zhu You was furious at this moment, and said with a smile, "There is a barrier here, who is the emperor calling?"
The emperor stood up without changing his expression, walked to the door and lay down again, kicked the door with his foot, and said with a pale face: "Long que."
This time the general outside finally heard it. He hurried into the room and saw the emperor who had regained his composure.
He squatted down, knelt on one knee, helped the emperor up, and said with a relieved expression, "Your Majesty."
"Thanks to the two immortals," the emperor cast his eyes on Pei Yunshu, "the immortals have profound skills, which has allowed me to have a rare moment of clarity. I am very grateful."
As he spoke, tears welled up in the emperor's eyes.
“…” Pei Yunshu was stunned.
"My Lord," the emperor weakly raised his hand and grasped Pei Yunshu's skirt, looking extremely excited and unable to repay. "My Lord, you have such a great ability, please drive away the evil spirits in me and save my life!"
Pei Yunshu said: "You—"
There is no evil in you.
The emperor suddenly started coughing violently. His cough was extremely frightening, his chest kept heaving, and the scars on his body were even more shocking.
Pei Yunshu shut up and agreed.
The general called for someone to take the emperor's pulse, and then he waited outside the palace with Pei Yunshu and Zhu You. He bowed deeply to Pei Yunshu and said, "Thank you, Immortal, for your help."
Pei Yunshu avoided it, "No need to do that."
The general still insisted. After he finished his salute, he looked up and showed a slightly relieved expression to Pei Yunshu, saying: "I was injured that day and thought I would die, but I didn't expect it to be a blessing from heaven."
Pei Yunshu: “Thank you.”
The general wanted to say something else when he met Zhu You's gaze. His eyes flashed, "Your son has extraordinary aura. I didn't expect that the Immortal looks so young, but already has a son this big."
Until now, Pei Yunshu has not told the general his name, so the general can only respectfully call him Immortal.
Pei Yunshu's lips curled up, and he really felt happy when others praised his son.
Pei Yunshu spoke to him intermittently for a few words, and then a palace servant came out of the room and said that the emperor wanted to see the general.
The general entered the palace. Zhu You looked at his back and asked, "Dad, what do you think of this general?"
Pei Yunshu thought for a moment and said, "He is a man who is loyal to his king and country and knows how to repay kindness."
But Zhu You saw it clearly.
This general is obviously a cold-blooded person who does not know how to repay a favor. He even repays kindness with enmity and is ruthless.
If the person who saved him was not his father, but someone else who was not interested, he would definitely not waste a moment looking for the so-called "savior".
He searched for his father for a long time, wasting his troops and even abandoning his soldiers, not caring whether they were dead or alive, and traveled day and night to find his father.
A vicious wolf, pretending to be a kind and righteous person, wantonly deceives Dad's favor.
Zhu You didn't plan to tell his father directly. He wanted his father to see it with his own eyes.
When his father was terrified, it was time for him to hug his father and comfort him.
Tell daddy again, except Zhu You, everyone else in the world is so hypocritical. Daddy can only trust Zhu You and can only have a good impression of Zhu You.