Volume 1 Princess Taiping Grows Up Chapter 79 Inquiry
In Luoyang City, a large number of dignitaries gathered at the city gate, waiting for the emperor to return.
What happened today was too big to be kept secret. As the palace received the news, they all knew about it too.
The princess has been found and will be back soon.
After a while, as the crowd watched, they saw two teams of Qianniu Guards on both sides, protecting the emperor as he rode his horses towards them.
The roads in the city have already been cleared to ensure smooth traffic.
It was not yet dark, and many people saw Li Yuechen being held in the emperor's arms from afar.
It didn't matter if the emperor held her, the key point was that the emperor himself was only wearing a middle garment, and the dragon robe he was originally wearing was actually wrapped around Li Yuechen.
People who saw this scene couldn't help but gasp, which was enough to show the status of this princess in the emperor's heart.
It can be said that if the princess was a man, Li Hong would not be able to sit on the throne of crown prince for long.
Seeing the emperor rushing into the city gate on horseback, people on the roadside bowed their heads and saluted.
Li Zhi acted as if he saw nothing and did not slow down at all. He rode his horse past them quickly and headed straight for the palace.
When he arrived at the gate of the imperial palace, Li Zhi did not stop and rode all the way to the gate of Renshou Hall.
Seeing Li Zhi holding Li Yuechen, Wu Zetian trotted over to him and said, "Your Majesty, how is Chen'er?"
"It's not clear yet, has Liu Shenwei arrived?" Li Zhi asked.
"Not yet. I've sent someone to call him."
Li Zhi was just about to send someone to urge them to come, but he suddenly saw a carriage entering the palace and going straight to the gate of Renshou Hall.
The Qianniu Guards were on alert, and Liu Shenwei had already jumped down : "Your humble servant greets you..."
"No need for that, come and see how Chen'er is doing!" Li Zhi urged.
"Yes." Liu Shenwei came over and took the unconscious Li Yuechen from Li Zhi's arms. He first took her arm to check her pulse, then raised his head and said, "Your Majesty, it would be better to put the princess on the bed first."
Li Zhi waved his hand and said, "Enter my inner palace."
After saying that, he took Liu Shenwei and walked in first.
The brothers and sisters also wanted to follow, but Wu Zetian waved her hand and said, "You don't have to go in. I will notify you when there is news."
After saying that, he followed Li Zhi into the inner hall.
Li Hong and others were worried. Although Li Yuechen had returned, he was obviously not in good condition, so they did not leave and decided to stay and wait.
"Gu..."
Li Xian's stomach made a noise and he looked up and smiled embarrassedly.
"If you're hungry, go eat something first." Li Hong turned his head and said, "Since we've decided to wait for news here, we can't let ourselves get into trouble."
"Yes." Princess Yi Yang nodded, "Chen'er doesn't want us to have problems with our health because of her, so go eat something."
Li Xian nodded a little embarrassedly, but still went into the main hall of the palace to eat something to fill his stomach.
In the inner hall, Liu Shenwei placed the unconscious Li Yuechen on the bed, carefully felt his pulse, and reached out to test the temperature of his forehead.
Li Zhi and Wu Zetian watched nervously from the side, fearing that Liu Shenwei would say something bad.
During the examination, perhaps because of the severe fever in his head, the unconscious Li Yuechen began to mutter to himself.
"Chen'er!"
When Li Zhi saw his daughter mumbling to herself, he immediately ran to the bed and squatted down to listen to what she had to say.
But now Li Yuechen was completely unconscious, just like someone talking in his sleep, and it was impossible to hear clearly.
After asking Liu Shenwei, Li Zhi put his ear close to Li Yuechen, wanting to hear what she said.
"Grandpa, don't worry about me. Be careful... or I might get sick..."
After hearing her whispers clearly, Li Zhi couldn't help but have tears in his eyes. He grabbed his daughter's hand and patted it gently: "Don't worry, Grandpa is fine and won't get sick!"
Wu Zetian, who was standing behind her, looked worried at her daughter and asked cautiously, "Liu Fengyu, how is it?"
Liu Shenwei's expression was very relaxed: "Your Highness and the Queen, don't worry. Your Highness has practiced martial arts since he was young, and his energy and blood are strong. Now it's just that the cold has entered his body. He will recover in two or three days!"
As he spoke, he turned to Zhang Chengxin and said, "Eunuch Zhang, please bring a towel and a basin of cold water."
Zhang Chengxin agreed and brought everything over soon.
Liu Shenwei soaked a towel in cold water and placed it on Li Yuechen's forehead to cool her down.
Then he raised his head and said, "Your Highness, it's best to have someone guard you tonight and use cold water to cool your head. But you have to wrap yourself up thicker. I'll write you a prescription. You can drink the medicine and wake up tomorrow."
“Okay, okay…” Li Zhi nodded, and his originally nervous expression finally relaxed. “It’s good that nothing happened, it’s good that nothing happened, hahahaha…”
After hearing these words, Wu Zetian, who was standing behind him, finally breathed a sigh of relief. Her legs went limp and she fell to the side.
Thanks to Li Zhi's quick reaction, he hugged her waist and prevented her from falling.
"Mei Niang, what's wrong?" Li Zhi looked worried, as his daughter and his wife just happened to have problems.
Without saying a word, Liu Shenwei grabbed her wrist and began to feel her pulse, then he grinned and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, the queen is fine. She just held her breath before, and now she is relaxing, so she didn't stand steadily for a moment."
"That's good..." Li Zhi also laughed.
After a while, Liu Shenwei opened the door, asked the pharmacy to prepare the medicine, and then hurriedly fed Li Yuechen a little at a time.
Then he observed for a while before getting up and leaving.
As soon as Liu Shenwei came out, Li Hong and others surrounded him.
"Liu Fengyu, how is Yuechen doing?"
"Your Highnesses, please rest assured. The princess is fine and will recover in two or three days." Liu Shenwei replied.
"Hahaha, I said Yuechen would be fine!" Li Xian opened his arms and gave his eldest brother a hug.
After spending a long time with Li Yuechen, I’m now used to this kind of hug.
If it was any other time, Li Hong would have probably lectured him, but this time he just smiled and turned around and said, "Chen'er should stay in Renshou Hall tonight. The two sisters should go back first and stop disturbing us here."
"Yes." Princess Yiyang nodded: "I will greet the two adults and then go back."
Hearing that Li Yuechen was fine, everyone became relaxed.
Li Xian walked out and asked, "By the way, have you found out who assassinated Yue Chen? If he's caught, we'll..."
"Don't think about it, they all committed suicide." Li Xian shook his head, "I have ordered the Dali Temple to conduct a thorough investigation!"
Li Xian and Li Lun nodded, still looking angry.
Only Li Hong said nothing. He knew very well that since everyone committed suicide, it would be impossible to find out anything about the matter. After all, there can be no evidence without evidence.
But... it's hard to say whether my father can get away with it. If the emperor really wants to kill someone, he doesn't need any evidence.
But Li Hong didn't want him to do that, because that would not win the support of the people and would not only leave a name as a tyrant in history, but would also likely shake the foundation of the country.
…
On the other side, at Liu Rengui's home.
Liu Huang also ran back home excitedly: "Ah, His Highness found it! The Saint brought it back personally just now..."
"I already know." Liu Rengui waved his hand.
"Why doesn't Aung go to visit?" Liu Huang asked.
Liu Rengui suddenly opened his eyes, stared at him with squinted eyes, and said nothing.
Liu Huang felt a little scared when he was stared at. He subconsciously took a step back and asked, "Why is Aung looking at me like that?"
"Don't have any inappropriate thoughts about His Highness!" Liu Rengui warned in a cold voice.
"This..." Liu Huang turned his head unconsciously and looked to the other side. "Don't think too much, Uncle. I'm just worried. Why do you say that, Uncle?"
Liu Rengui didn't say anything, just waved his hand to let him leave, and continued to close his eyes and rest.
Of course he was also worried about his disciple, but the palace must be very busy right now, and there would definitely be news about what happened tomorrow.
…
Not long after, Li Zhi and Wu Zetian walked out of the inner hall.
Seeing that the children were still waiting for news here, Li Zhi couldn't help but nodded in his heart.
"Don't worry, Chen'er is fine." Li Zhi looked relaxed, "It's getting late, you guys should go back first."
"Grandpa, can we go in and see Chen'er?" Princess Yi Yang asked.
Li Hong and others had the same idea and looked at him with questioning expressions.
Li Zhi waved his hand and said, "Let's talk about it after we wake up tomorrow. Let's go back tonight."
"Yes!" the children agreed, greeted each other and went back.
After the children went back, the couple returned to the inner hall, looked at Li Yuechen lying on the bed, found a few palace maids and told them to take care of her, then went to the main hall.
The two sat down at the table, boiled a pot of tea, and the smiles on their faces were completely gone.
"These people are getting more and more courageous!" Li Zhi said gloomily, "Do you really think that I am too old to kill them?"
Wu Zetian added some seasoning to the teapot: "What do you plan to do? Now that all the assassins have committed suicide, there is no evidence. If there is no evidence..."
"Hmph! I am the emperor. Do I need evidence to kill someone?" Li Zhi asked back.
Wu Zetian nodded: "That being said, if I really do this, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the public."
She knew that Li Zhi's words were spoken in anger, so she had to give him a way out at this time.
Although she was also angry about her daughter's assassination, as a queen, she could not act on impulse.
Otherwise, she would not be able to become the queen.
"No." Li Zhi shook his head, his expression becoming a little ferocious. "All the ministers know that I love Chen'er very much. If this matter is left unresolved, where will my face be?"
Wu Zetian nodded, this was indeed a problem.
The royal family cannot be humiliated in vain, otherwise, won’t more people do the same in the future?
But we still need to figure out how to do it specifically.
After thinking about it, she reminded him, "There's no rush anyway. Why not wait until Chen wakes up tomorrow and ask about the details?"
“…”
Li Zhi remained silent, his expression still ferocious and a little confused.
Wu Zetian knew her husband very well and knew that he was eager to take action right away, but as an emperor, he had to consider many things, so she felt indignant about this.
Finally, Li Zhi nodded and said, "Okay, let's discuss it tomorrow."
…
On the other side, in Anfu Palace, Shangguan Wan'er was lying on the bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep.
Zheng lay beside her and patted her back gently: "Don't worry, didn't the two princes just say that everything is fine?"
"I am just worried about your Highness's condition." Shangguan Wan'er replied, "Why would someone assassinate your Highness?"
"Alas..." Zheng sighed, "You will understand the implications of this in the future..."
Listening to her mother's comfort, Shangguan Wan'er pulled the cup, curled up her body, closed her eyes and stopped talking.
Zheng gently stroked her back and coaxed her into falling asleep.
Of course, it wasn't just Shangguan Wan'er who couldn't sleep tonight. Many people in Dongdu couldn't sleep.
Today's events have spread throughout the court. Originally, it was thought that there would be action tonight, but until midnight, there was no movement in the palace.
However, the news that the princess was fine did spread, and many people breathed a sigh of relief.
But everyone knew that this was just the calm before the storm, and the emperor would never let this matter go.
It depends on how far you want to go.
…
When Li Yuechen slowly opened his eyes, he saw an unfamiliar ceiling. This was not Anfu Hall.
I felt something wet on my head, so I reached out from under the quilt and grabbed it. It was a wet towel.
"Your Highness is awake?" The maid on duty squatted down immediately. "How do you feel?"
"Where is this?" Li Yuechen asked softly.
The maid quickly took the towel from her hand and changed the water: "Your Highness, this is the Renshou Palace."
Li Yuechen still felt a little dizzy, but it was much better than yesterday.
He let the maid put the re-wet towel on his head and whispered, "Bring me some water. Also, where are my parents?"
"The Saint and the Empress were both sleeping in the main hall last night," the maid replied, "I don't know if they are awake now."
Hearing that his parents actually slept on the floor, Li Yuechen was a little touched and nodded slightly: "I'm a little hungry, bring me some porridge."
"Yes, Your Highness, please wait a moment. I will go right away."
Not long after the palace maid left, Li Zhi and Wu Zetian came in. It was probably the palace maid who told them that she was awake.
"Chen'er, how do you feel?" Li Zhi asked as he came to the bedside.
Wu Zetian reached out and touched her face to test the temperature.
"I'm fine, just a little dizzy. Thank you for your concern." Li Yuechen smiled, "I heard that the two adults fell asleep in the main hall last night, so I..."
"Okay, you don't have to worry about this." Li Zhi tucked her arm into the quilt. "Take some more medicine today. Liu Shenwei said that you will be fine in two or three days."
Li Yuechen smiled and said, "Thank you for your concern."
Wu Zetian touched her face and said, "Child, who should I worry about if not you?"
"Then give me a hug." Li Yuechen stretched out her hands from under the quilt.
"Let's talk about it later." Wu Zetian taught her a lesson and put her arm back into the quilt.
Seeing that his daughter was still cheerful and obviously not frightened, Li Zhi smiled with relief.
After a while, the palace maid came over with a bowl of porridge. Li Zhi asked her to lean on him and fed her with a spoon himself.
After eating something, Li Yuechen felt warm in his stomach and felt much more comfortable.
Seeing that she was in good spirits, Li Zhi sat down beside the bed and rolled up his health ball: "Chen'er, tell me the details of what happened yesterday."
