Chapter 47

In the imperial study of the Baihu Empire.

“Your Majesty, Prince Zhan requests meeting you.”

A eunuch hurried inside.

Hearing the report, Xuanyuan Lie was ecstatically happy that his son finally came back.

“Let him in.”

Shortly, Xuanyuan Mo entered the imperial study.

“Greetings, Father.”

Xuanyuan Lie was elated to see Xuanyuan Mo but he didn’t show it on his face.

“You are finally back. You’ve been away for more than half a month and I’ve heard nothing from you…”

As Xuanyuan Lie didn’t mean to let him rise, Xuanyuan Mo stood up on his own.

“I’m back here to return the tiger tally.”

Xuanyuan Mo took out the tiger tally from his arms and put it before Xuanyuan Lie.

What did he mean?

Before Xuanyuan Lie came to his senses, he saw Xuanyuan Mo turned around and meant to leave.

“Stop.”

Xuanyuan Mo stopped as told. Yet, he didn’t speak or turn around.

“Where are you going? Why do you keep going out? Can you just stay at home?”

Xuanyuan Mo knitted his eyebrows, his eyes full of grimness.

“Do I have a home?”

“You…”

Xuanyuan Mo’s question rendered Xuanyuan Lie angry and ashamed.

He knew that his son had suffered a lot of hardships these years. His women all wanted to get rid of his son by all means. The imperial palace didn’t look like home either. Hence, Xuanyuan Mo was entitled Prince Zhan with the endowment of a prince’s mansion.

“I don’t care. Anyway, you can’t go anywhere. Just stay in Baihu.”

Xuanyuan Mo turned around and sneered, “If I want to leave, do you think you can stop me?”

“You brat. Do you want to anger me to death?”

Xuanyuan Lie pressed his chest and seemed unable to get his breath.

Xuanyuan Mo saw his action and slightly frowned.

“Puff…”

Suddenly, Xuanyuan Lie spat a mouthful of blood and directly passed out.

Now, Xuanyuan Mo was flustered. He hurriedly rushed over to hold Xuanyuan Lie and take his pulse. However, he couldn’t feel anything wrong.

“Father, wake up…”

“Somebody summon the imperial doctor.”

Whilst shouting, Xuanyuan Mo carried Xuanyuan Lie onto the bed in the imperial study.

The imperial doctor arrived soon. It was Doctor Liu who specifically treated the emperor.

Doctor Liu took the pulse of Xuanyuan Lie carefully and frowned even more heavily.

There seemed to be nothing wrong with the pulse but Prince Zhan said that the emperor had vomited blood. He was about to say something when he felt itchy in his palm.

He lowered his head and found that the emperor was scratching his palm. Yet, when he looked upward again, the emperor still looked lifeless with his eyes closed.

He had spent years with the emperor, which made him immediately realize that the emperor was malingering.

Since it was the emperor’s intent, as the imperial doctor, he had to cooperate then.

Seeing Doctor Liu kept quiet for a long while with furrowed brows, Xuanyuan Mo thought that Xuanyuan Lie was in a severe situation.

“How is my father?”

Upon hearing the question, Doctor Liu instantly rose.

“Your Highness, His Majesty suffered a heart attack due to anxiety. In addition to constant overwork, he has gone into a coma.”

“When will he wake up then?”

This…

Could he tell that His Majesty was awake now?

He didn’t dare to.

“I can’t be sure of it. I will prescribe a drug first. Let His Majesty have the medicine soup twice. Maybe he will wake up at night.”

Xuanyuan Mo nodded and sent Doctor Liu and the others away.

Xuanyuan Mo walked to the bed. Gazing at the “unconscious” Xuanyuan Lie, he knitted his eyebrows.

Xuanyuan Lie lying in bed didn’t dare to move at all just in case that Xuanyuan Mo would find something wrong.

Alas. If it were not because he secretly made himself spit a mouthful of blood and pretended to pass out, his son would have run away.

It was a good thing. He could take the opportunity to hand over the power of the state governing to this brat so as to dispel the ulterior motive of the empress and Consort De.

After ten minutes or so, the news that the emperor was severely ill was spread throughout the whole imperial palace.

“Your Majesty…”

“Your Majesty, are you okay…”

“Your Majesty, open your eyes and look at me…”

A group of women rushed forward like a swarm of hornets and instantly surrounded Xuanyuan Lie.

The wails and cries incessantly lingered on. Those not in the know would think that Xuanyuan Lie had passed away.

After glancing at the hypocritical women coldly, Xuanyuan Mo turned around, walked to the table and had some tea.

“All of you shut your mouths.”

A majestic shout just sent the imperial study into silence instantly. All the sounds were gone. Not even a sob could be heard.

Xuanyuan Lie lying in bed finally got a moment of quietness.

Gee, he did forget this when he pretended to be sick.

Only the legitimate wife of the emperor, Empress Guo Hui’er dared to shout at these women.

Guo Hui’er, dressed in a bright yellow palace costume, came in slow steps and looked at these false women with her face full of disdain.

“All of you, go away. His Majesty is unconscious now. Why are you crying here?”

The consorts immediately dispersed, their heads all lowered. They didn’t dare to show any disgruntlement.

“Your Majesty…”

A woman in blue walked inside fretfully. Upon seeing Guo Hui’er, she immediately curtsied.

“Greetings, Your Majesty.”

Guo Hui’er saw the pretty face of the woman and a glint of jealousy flashed across her eyes quickly.

“Rise.”

Consort Hui, Zhou Manyun rose slowly and took a worried look at Xuanyuan Lie in bed.

“I wonder what’s the matter with His Majesty. How come he becomes so severely ill?”

Guo Hui’er cast a cold glance at Xuanyuan Mo and a sneer touched her lips.

“Eunuch Hu.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

Eunuch Hu standing aside immediately went forward respectfully.

“How did you take care of His Majesty? Why is he suddenly unconscious?”

She stared at Eunuch Hu kneeling on the ground fiercely.

Eunuch Hu instantly knelt on the ground.

“I’m so sorry. Please forgive me, Your Majesty.”

“You are unforgivable indeed. Tell me what’s wrong now.”

Guo Hui’er glimpsed Xuanyuan Mo who was sitting aside and drinking tea meaningfully.

Seeing Guo Hui’er’s eyes, Consort Hui put on a complicated smile on her face.

Yet, Eunuch Hu didn’t seem to understand what Guo Hui’er meant.

“Your Majesty, I really know nothing.”

Guo Hui’er’s eyes glistened with fierceness.

This eunuch always acted against her intent just because he had served the emperor for a long time. This time, she must teach him a lesson.

“Somebody come and drag him down for 100 hits.”

She must see whether he was a hard nut indeed.

No sooner had Guo Hui’er finished talking than some guards came forward to drag the eunuch away.

“Stop it.”

Xuanyuan Mo slightly narrowed his phoenix eyes.

100 hits? Did this vicious woman want to beat Eunuch Hu to death directly?

It was Prince Zhan…

The guards all released their hands and stood aside, not daring to move at all.

Guo Hui’er put on a cold smile and turned to look at Xuanyuan Mo.

“What do you want to do, Prince Zhan? As the empress, I cannot even punish a servant?”

“This has nothing to do with Eunuch Hu. My father passed out because of me.”

That was what she wanted to hear by all means.

Eunuch Hu kneeling before the empress was taken aback.

What was Prince Zhan doing?

He knew that the empress wanted to find a chance to frame him and yet still purposefully stepped into the trap. The point was that the emperor was unconscious now. What could he do now?

“Prince Zhan, how dare you hurt His Majesty? Somebody come and arrest this brat.”

Guo Hui’er smiled even more happily.

“Brat, no one can help you this time,” she thought.

The guards all looked at each other. None of them dared to go forward.

Everyone knew that the emperor loved Prince Zhan dearly. Besides, as was known to all, Prince Zhan’s cultivation level was unfathomably high. They didn’t want to go forward and court death recklessly.

As the guards didn’t dare to come forward, Guo Hui’er’s face turned dark with rage. She thumped the table and shouted, “A*sholes! All of you want to be sentenced to nine familial exterminations for acting against my order?”

Hearing the punishment of nine familial exterminations, the guards were all bitterly frightened. The empress was so merciless.

Some guards started to move towards Xuanyuan Mo slowly. After all, dying alone was better than implicating his family.

Xuanyuan Mo’s eyes got cold instantly. This woman was vicious as always.

When the guards besieged Xuanyuan Mo, Xuanyuan Lie slowly woke up.

However, none of his consorts found that. They were all watching with intrigue the empress confront Prince Zhan.

They disliked the empress and yet, they hated Xuanyuan Mo even more.

But if it were not for Xue Ruyan, the emperor wouldn’t leave them alone. Although they were not in the cold palace, their situation was not different from being consigned to the cold palace.

Xuanyuan Lie kind of saw through these women’s hypocritical appearances. No one noticed that he had woken up. In this case, he could only…

“Water. I want water…”

“His Majesty is up…”

A consort said, “Hurry. Hurry. His Majesty wants water.”

In a flurry, the crowd finally found that the emperor had awoken.

Hearing that the emperor was awake, the guards didn’t dare to go forward. They just stood in situ, neither going forward nor retreating.

Xuanyuan Mo felt relieved. It was great that his father was fine.

Hearing that Xuanyuan Lie had awoken, Guo Hui’er hurried to the bedside and pushed the consorts around him away.

“Your Majesty, you are finally awake. You’ve freaked me out.”

After saying that, she also wiped the corners of her eyes with the napkin.

Xuanyuan Lie saw her affected look and rolled his eyes inwardly.

“Mo…” His voice sounded extremely weak.

His cry of “Mo” was like a sharp knife stabbed into the heart of Guo Hui’er.

Guo Hui’er squeezed the napkin tightly, her triangle eyes full of malice.

The emperor was lying in bed and still thought of his son. Why did he always neglect her and her son out as long as Xue Ruyan and her son were around?

Xuanyuan Lie’s groan also successfully let the guards make their way.

Xuanyuan Mo scurried to the bedside.

“Father.”

“Leave now. I only need Mo to keep me company.”

His voice was still rather weak.

“Your Majesty…”

“Your Majesty…”

Several cried for their reluctance to leave at the same time.

“Leave now.”

His voice was weak and yet determined.

Guo Hui’er’s face turned purple with rage. Then, she just left with a flick of sleeves without even saying goodbye to Xuanyuan Lie.

Consort Hui stared at Xuanyuan Lie with worry and then curtsied.

“Your Majesty, take care. I’m leaving then.”