When he saw Song Yin and Hu Yong, Sun Qi knew that he had been taken out of the Royal Court and was not much surprised.
When Song Yin told him not to resist, he guessed that Song Yin would go to his rescue.
“To cut a long story short ……”
Song Yin pointed at Xiao Qian, “You tell him about Yang Lin’s habits.”
Sun Qi and Yang Lin had been in the same forbidden army for many years and had quite a good understanding of each other, so he spoke in great detail.
After listening, Xiao Qian put his human skin mask back on and imitated Yang Lin’s walking posture.
It was almost exactly the same.
Sun Qi nodded his head.
Only, the voices were slightly different.
If he had been facing someone else, he might have been able to muddle through, but “Yang Lin” would have gone straight back to the palace to report to the emperor, and given his suspicion, he might have seen the flaw.
Without hesitation, Xiao Qian took out his dagger and slashed his neck near the throat, and blood immediately gushed out.
Doctor Yao took the bleeding medicine and put it on him, and wrapped him in gauze.
Xiao Qian spoke again, obviously with a dark mute, and even if the Emperor heard the difference, he would have thought that his injury had caused it, and would not have suspected that he was being faked.
Afterwards, Song Yin, Sun Qi, Hu Yong and one other man changed into the clothes of the Praetorian Guard, mounted their horses, went around the southern city to the main street, swung their horses to the entrance of the palace, flew off their horses and headed straight for the palace. Sun Qi followed behind and told Xiao Qian the route. Xiao Qian, with the wind at his feet, arrived outside the Emperor’s bedchamber and left them outside while he went inside to repeat his orders.
“My subordinate has already charmed Sun Qi and handed him over to the chief steward of the other court, telling him to feed Sun Qi medicine every three hours.”
As soon as he entered the room, the emperor saw the gauze wrapped around his neck, with blood faintly seeping out.
“Let the eunuch doctor take a look at you.”
“Thank you, Your Majesty, my subordinate is unharmed.”
“Really unharmed?”
“Yes.”
The emperor was relieved, “I’ll leave my safety in your hands, deploy a thousand archers to guard this place, anyone who approaches without my summons will be killed!”
“Yes.”
“Stand down.”
“Yang Lin” bowed and withdrew.
The emperor was now completely at ease.
“Huang De ……”
“The minion is here.”
“You go and pass the decree for Consort Xian and the Crown Prince to come and accompany me for dinner in the evening.”
“Yes.”
……
Kunli Palace.
When she received the decree, Consort Xiao was overjoyed and asked the aunt in charge to reward the young eunuch who had come to deliver the decree. She also said to Song Wan Yue, “In a moment, Miss Song will go with this palace, so that she can take the Emperor’s pulse.”
“Thank you, Your Majesty, I will not go, so that His Majesty will not be able to eat when he sees me thinking of certain things.”
When she said this, Consort Xiao Xian also thought of the big bowl of sticky medicine, and hurriedly picked up her tea and took two sips to suppress the nausea that was coming up.
“Alright then, what would Miss Song like to eat, I’ll order it down and have the imperial kitchen bring it to you earlier.”
“Good.”
Song Wangyue unceremoniously made a list of eight dishes and one soup.
“I’ve long heard that the food in the palace is delicious, I’ll start with these tonight and change to something else tomorrow.”
Consort Xiao Xianfei didn’t say she was wasteful either, handing the list to the aunt in charge and asking her to send it to the imperial dining room, “Tell them that these are all what Miss Song wants to eat, have them make it finer.”
“Yes.”
Aunt Steward took the list and went out.
It was getting late and there were still two quarters of an hour before the evening meal, so Consort Xiao Xianfei dressed up carefully and went to the Emperor’s bedchamber.
The Prince had arrived even before her.
I don’t know what he and His Majesty were talking about, but his little face was full of smiles.
“What are Your Majesty and the Crown Prince talking about, let me hear it too.”
“Mother Consort.”
Hearing the voice, the Crown Prince rose, “Father is telling me about his trips out when he was Crown Prince.”
“Your Majesty has never told me about it, and I would like to hear about it.”
The emperor laughed out loud.
His mouth was still lopsided, his speech still dribbled outwards, and laughing was even more impossible.
But he no longer hid it, as he had done in previous days.
There was even a touch of mischief, “Your Highness wants to hear it?”
Consort Xiao Xian nodded with a look of anticipation.
“I will not tell you.”
Consort Xiao Xianfei froze slightly in a rare moment.
The emperor laughed again, saliva flowed out from the corners of his mouth, Xiao Xianfei returned to her senses and took out a handkerchief to help him wipe, the emperor subconsciously dodged back a little, Xiao Xianfei’s hand stalled in mid-air.
The emperor reacted quickly and moved forward again, with the corner of his mouth right on the handkerchief, looking as if he was teasing her.
“Your Majesty ……”
Consort Xiao Xian quit, “How dare you tease me, I’m not happy, the kind that is not easy to coax.”
“Feng’er, see, this is your mother consort.”
The prince stood still, his little mouth slightly open and his eyes wide, looking at his father and then at his mother consort, it was the first time he had seen his father and mother consort laughing and joking so much in all his life.
“Look, Johnnie is frightened by you.”
“It’s not that I’m frightened by my concubine, it’s clearly that I’m frightened by Your Majesty.”
“Well, well, it is by me that you are frightened.”
As he spoke, the emperor beckoned towards the crown prince, gesturing for him to come to the bed, laughing, “When your mother consort first entered the palace, she often pampered her father like this, but he ate her words and rested in her palace for half a month, and then when he had you, he never saw your mother consort pampered again.”
“Your Majesty ……”
Xiao Xianfei’s face flushed red, “What are you doing talking to Feng’er about this.”
“Okay, okay, okay I won’t say anymore, I won’t say anymore, I’m hungry, set the meal.”
The prince and Consort Xiao helped the emperor down from the bed, left and right, and helped him sit at the table. Eunuch Huang led the men in, set out the dishes and was about to try them when the emperor stopped them, “Go down.”
“Your Majesty ……”
Eunuch Huang was startled.
The Emperor glanced at him, “What, you think Consort Xian and the Crown Prince will plot against me?”
Eunuch Huang was so frightened that he knelt down, “I dare not!”
“If you don’t dare, then go away, don’t disturb my pleasure of eating.”
“Yes.”
Eunuch Huang knelt and retreated.
The emperor didn’t even look at him, pointing to his favourite dish and gesturing for the crown prince to give him a bite.
The prince first put some into his mouth and chewed and swallowed it without any problem before he picked up the dragon chopsticks and gave some to the emperor.
“No need to do so, give the gang in the imperial kitchen a hundred guts they wouldn’t dare to poison the food, eat it together or the food will get cold.”
Outside the bedchamber, Eunuch Huang stood at the door with lowered eyebrows, but his ears were pricked up, listening to the movements inside the bedchamber.
……
Eight dishes, each of which was eaten in a small half-plate, Song Wangyue was bursting at the seams.
She stood up with difficulty and skipped back and forth in the house.
The palace maids serving at the side lowered their heads and held back their laughter.
The people in the palace had made this Song girl look fabulous, but now they saw that she was just an ordinary little girl who couldn’t control her mouth when she saw something delicious.
“No, I have to go for a walk outside.”
As Song Wan Yue walked outside, a palace maid hurriedly took the cloak hanging on the side and put it on her, “The day is not yet warm, so Miss Song should wear more.”
Song Wan Yue took the note she handed her as usual and smiled as she thanked her, “Thank you, sister.”