Sick Man Turns Out to be a General

Yan Chengqi stayed in the royal study room for more than two hours, no one knew what conversation he had with the emperor, but according to what the palace servants outside said, when the Second Prince came out of the royal study, his head was lowered, his face was at a loss, as though he was at a loss.    

    

After exiting the Imperial study, Yan Chengqi went to the Zhaoyang Palace.    

    

The Noble Consort Zheng was punished by the empress for copying ten books a day. The next day, the empress sent the most capable palace maids to come and collect them. After bringing them back to the empress for her inspection, she personally burned them in front of the Buddha statue.    

    

Noble Consort Zheng felt that the Queen was intentionally grinding herself, and was extremely unwilling to copy the Buddhist scriptures herself, so she let the powerful palace maids do the work for her. In the end, when the Queen found out that the words weren't hers, she personally came to Zhaoyang Palace and beat the maid who was copying her records into a pulp for thirty years, and even punished her for not eating until she guaranteed that she would seriously write the Buddhist scriptures and not use her fake hands anymore.    

    

She felt that the Empress was taking the opportunity to take revenge on her. Even though she hated the Empress to the bone, she did not dare to do anything untoward, and thus the Empress caught hold of her son, implicating him.    

    

She was lying on the beautiful bed with her personal maid Chu Qing directing the maids to massage her hands and feet. As for Chu Qing, she was also massaging her shoulders and feeding her some washed fruits.    

    

Noble Consort Zheng ate the peach that was about to fall to her lips and said to the palace maid: "On the right side, if you use more strength, have you eaten yet? With such little strength, you can't even squish a mosquito to death. "    

    

The palace maid hurriedly apologized and changed sides, and carefully increased her strength. Seeing that Noble Consort Zheng had a comfortable expression, she then pressed him seriously.    

    

Noble Consort Zheng squinted her eyes in enjoyment, then got Chu Qing to cut a banana for her. "I heard that my son entered the palace, did you find out why he entered?"    

    

However, when she was discovered by Lee Dehai, the Imperial Jade Seal was not in her hands, and she had been biting on it to find the earrings that he dropped. There was no material evidence, so even if the Empress did not believe her words, she could not do anything about it, but what surprised her was that the Emperor did not give the order to thoroughly investigate the matter, nor did he send her to the Cold Palace, but instead, handed the matter over to the Queen. Although she was very dissatisfied with the punishment for copying the book, she had no choice but to punish her for it was much easier than what she imagined.    

    

It was precisely because the punishment was too light that she had always been uneasy. It was because she could not think through the Emperor's thoughts.    

    

Thinking about it, Noble Consort Zheng became even more anxious. She rejected the fruit that Chu Qing brought to her mouth and sat up, "How is the situation with Beauty Zheng? Did you communicate with the Zheng Family? "    

    

Her letter to her elder brother had not received any reply yet, and her invitation to meet with her second sister-in-law at the palace was also rejected. This situation made her feel that the situation was not good.    

    

"Everything is as usual. Beauty Zheng always brings small halls to pay respects to the empress, and occasionally stays in the empress palace for a few hours to chat with the empress." Xi Qing said.    

    

It was fine to pay respects in the empress dowager's palace, but to stay and pay respects to the empress. What was she planning to do? Noble Consort Zheng thought for a while, but could not figure out what she was thinking.    

    

After a while, a young eunuch came to report that the Second Prince asked for an audience.    

    

Upon hearing that her son had come to see her, Noble Consort Zheng immediately got up from her beauty bed. She stretched out her hands to straighten her clothes, and said to Chu Qing, "Chu Qing, is there anything wrong with my hairstyle?"    

    

Chu Qing reached out her hand to help her move the Seven Tailed Phoenix hairpin, replying, "It's not messy, it's very dignified in Athens."    

    

When the Noble Consort Zheng heard this, her face blossomed into a smile. She reached out and stuck the golden hairpin in her head, "Let's go.    

    

Yan Chengqi was placed in the side hall and waited. He sat on the chair, supporting his head with his hands, he stared blankly into the distance. The hot tea that the palace people served was releasing white smoke, and in a moment, the fragrance of the tea filled the entire house.    

    

The fragrance of the tea made Yan Chengqi's mood much better. He raised his head, picked up the cup and took a sip.    

    

"My son, have you recovered?" When Noble Consort Zheng entered, she immediately pounced on Yan Chengqi and touched Yan Chengqi's leg.    

    

Yan Chengqi reached out to stop her, "Mufei, I'm fine."    

    

Yan Chengqi reached out to help the Noble Consort Zheng to sit down. "I heard that mufei was punished to close up and think about it, what's going on?"    

    

His gaze did not move away from Noble Consort Zheng's body for even a second. Upon hearing his words, Noble Consort Zheng's body stiffened for a moment, before his gaze shifted away from Yan Chengqi. She unnaturally lied, "Mufei bumped into the Empress, so she was punished to close her doors and think for a few days."    

    

Noble Consort Zheng held the handkerchief tightly in her hand. She felt that she had found an extremely good excuse, her son would not be able to tell that anything was amiss.    

    

Yan Chengqi had been staring at Noble Consort Zheng the entire time, and after he finished speaking, a pleased expression appeared on his face, he knew that she was immersed in his imagination, thinking that he had been tricked by her. He laughed, and suddenly felt that his mother was too naive, thinking that she was clever.    

    

However, he did not go and poke them. Since those people wanted to use them, he would let them use them to their heart's content.    

    

"Empress, aren't you being a little too stingy? For such a small matter, you actually punished mufei for copying the scripture for a month? You're still not allowed to leave Zhaoyang Hall." Yan Chengqi spoke out for the Noble Consort Zheng.    

    

"That's right, she's using this opportunity to take revenge on me, that despicable, evil woman." Hearing her son's agreement, Noble Consort Zheng felt even more wronged. She couldn't help but speak out her inner thoughts.    

    

Yan Chengqi put down the teacup, patted her back and helped her down, then asked: "Mufei, have you contacted uncle recently?"    

    

"No, your uncle doesn't answer at all."    

    

Yan Chengqi lowered his head, his eyes slightly lowered as he thought to himself, As expected, his uncle did not reply to his letter, nor to mufei's letter. Feeling that he was of no use, he decided to abandon him. Perhaps he even wanted to use him as a target. Uncle really had a good plan.    

    

Yan Chengqi clenched his teeth, he was so angry that his cheeks hurt.    

    

No, he had to calm down and think of a way. In the message Mr. Liu left him, he said that as long as he handled this matter properly, there was still room for manoeuvre. He must not be led astray.    

    

"My son, what are you thinking about? You laugh that much? " Noble Consort Zheng called out to him loudly. When she saw that Yun Che was touching his own leg, she jumped in shock and hurriedly asked, "My son, is your leg hurting again? Someone, someone, hurry and get an imperial physician. "    

    

"Mufei, I'm fine, there's no need to ask for an imperial physician." Yan Chengqi stopped her as he frowned, thinking that the Noble Consort Zheng was making a fuss over nothing.    

    

He got up, adjusted the clothes on his body, and said to Noble Consort Zheng: "Your son is in great health, mufei does not need to worry."    

    

"You're going back to the manor." Noble Consort Zheng also stood up, looking at his son with extreme reluctance. "My son, don't worry, mufei won't let those people who harmed you go."    

    

When Yan Chengqi heard this, he felt a headache coming on. He shook his head and said, "Mufei, I'll take care of my own matters. There's no need for you to worry.    

    

Worried that the Noble Consort Zheng would be restless, he warned her again before leaving.    

    

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King Kang Le Mansion    

    

In the study room, King Kang Le was sitting by the window, reading a book. A boy wearing blue clothes led a gentleman over who bowed at the door.    

    

"There's no need for Mister Zhang to be so courteous. Come in." Yan Cheng'an closed the book, stood up, and made a gesture for Mr. Zhang to sit down and talk.    

    

Mr Zhang cupped his fists in salute, lifted the hem of his robe, and sat down. After the waiter served the tea, he quietly retreated and closed the door. In a short while, there were two bodyguards with faces like Zhong Kui standing guard at the entrance of the study.    

    

"Did something happen to Teacher Zhang for him to come over in such a hurry?" Yan Cheng'an sat down beside the tea table and started talking to Mr. Zhang.    

    

"Your Highness is a wise man." Mr Zhang sipped on his tea and looked at Yan Cheng'an with appreciation. "Second Prince came to the palace early this morning to see the Emperor."    

    

"Oh, a little earlier than I thought." He thought that Yan Chengqi would endure for a few more days. Unexpectedly, after just one day since the King Jing and General Mu had left the capital, he eagerly entered the palace.    

    

Yan Cheng'an laughed, his heart full of disdain.    

    

"I heard that Second Prince's letter to General Zheng was like a stone sinking into the ocean. There was no reply." Mr. Zhang also smiled. He dipped his finger in some tea and wrote two words on the tea table.    

    

Yan Cheng'an looked at the two words, creased his eyebrows, and revealed a smile after a while, "General Zheng is very ambitious, I'm afraid you have other considerations."    

    

"That would be more beneficial to His Highness' plan." Mr. Zhang said.    

    

Yan Cheng'an shook his head, "It's hard to say. General Zheng is a sly old fox, it's not easy for us to use him without letting him find out."    

    

Not only that, once he discovered their plans, he would definitely take advantage of them. This way, although their Great Yan Dynasty would become even more chaotic, they might not be able to gain the upper hand.    

    

"As for the General Zheng, let's not interfere yet." The more ambitious people were, the more suspicious they would be. As long as they could make good use of this point, they wouldn't need to fear that the General Zheng wouldn't fall for it.    

    

Mr Zhang pondered over these words, and in his heart he understood Yan Cheng'an's meaning.    

    

"Mr. Zhang is the Monastery of Guang Lu. Has any problems with the emperor's medicinal cuisine affected you?" Yan Cheng'an asked.    

    

"Your Highness, don't worry. I, Zhang, will take care of this matter."    

    

"That's good." Yan Cheng'an nodded, he stood up and walked to the window, "Since the King Jing and General Mu are not in the capital yet and the Emperor is sick, we should quickly carry out our plan."    

    

He clenched his fists as he thought about how the emperor would soon die in his hands. The excitement in his heart was indescribable.