newbobooks Chapter 312 Reflection
Chapter 312 Reflection
Not long after Wei Xiuchu and the others left, Xie Ling ran to the gate of Prince Yong's Mansion, panting.
The door was closed. Xie Ling walked up and knocked several times, but there was no response.
Xie Ling shouted a few more times, but still no one answered.
Xie Ling thought about it and sat at the door waiting. She had missed the agreed time first, so the uncle might have gone out for something.
The sun gradually sets, leaving the last rays of the setting sun.
Xie Ling held her chin in her hand, staring at the street in boredom.
Wei Zhao Palace, Princess Palace.
The palace maids came in one after another with their heads down, carrying basins of hot water.
Everyone held their breath and dared not make any sound, even their breathing was as light as possible.
The light in the hall was dim, and the crystal jade lamps emitted a faint light.
The palace maids stood behind the thick pearl curtain. The strong smell of medicine filled the entire hall, making people feel dizzy.
A deep and majestic voice suddenly sounded in the silent hall.
"Groom the princess."
The palace maids lowered their heads even lower, walked slowly to the six-foot-wide agarwood bed, and pulled open the shark-toothed gauze curtains.
A young girl in gorgeous clothes was lying on the bed, her eyes closed and she was almost out of breath.
The black hair spread out like clouds, making the small face look as pale as snow, as if it would be blown away by the wind.
The palace maids helped her up, covered her pale face with rouge and powder, and combed her long hair into a beautiful bun.
There was no sound in the hall, and the atmosphere was terribly gloomy.
A maid came out bravely and whispered, "We don't know which dress to put on the little princess."
The hall was silent for a moment, and then an angry voice was heard.
"How can you be a servant? You don't even know what clothes to wear for the princess! What use are you? Take you all out here and beat you to death!"
The emperor wearing a twelve-tassel crown had a majestic look on his face and his voice shook the earth, echoing in the deserted hall.
The palace maid was so frightened that she collapsed all over. She fell to her knees and kowtowed hard. The ground was covered with blood.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty, spare my life!"
Wei Xiuchu pushed the wheelchair over and helped her up. "Your Majesty is in a heavy mood, please go down quickly. For the palace maids inside, please choose the one that Linglong likes the most."
The palace maid survived the disaster and trembled uncontrollably as she quickly crawled out.
Emperor Wei Zhao turned his head quickly, and the sound of the crown tassels colliding made a clear sound. He looked at Wei Xiuchu who was helping the palace maid to stand up.
"Xiu Chu, is a palace maid worthy of your attention?"
Wei Xiuchu lowered his head and said in a gentle voice: "Brother, she is just a palace maid, why bother with her? Linglong is kind-hearted and doesn't like to see such scenes."
The emperor's eyes were gloomy, and he looked at Wei Xiuchu carefully many times.
From his masked face, I could see his legs curled up in the wheelchair.
After a while, he looked away.
He said indifferently: "No wonder father loved you the most when he was alive."
Crown Prince Wei Wuji, who was not far away, frowned.
The emperor's uncle couldn't see his father's sight from his position, but he could see it clearly from here.
The way my father looks at my uncle is so strange...
Cold and condescending, as if jealous and as if mocking.
Completely different from the previous father.
The emperor loves his youngest brother, the imperial uncle, the most and treats him better than they treat other children.
Wei Wuji gritted his teeth, thinking that the light must be too dim and he must have seen it wrong.
After a while, a palace maid lowered her head and walked out quietly, "Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness Prince Yong, Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Your Majesty the Queen, the princess has finished washing up."
As soon as the palace maid finished speaking, the queen began to sob, her voice was sad, her hair was disheveled, and she had no manners at all.
She stumbled to the bed, crying, "My son, my poor son, you are only fifteen years old! Let your mother go with you..."
Wei Wuji tilted his head back, clenched his fists, and stared at the patterns above the hall. He did not blink until his eyes ached.
Wei Xiuchu sighed deeply and pushed the wheelchair towards the bed.
The emperor and the prince also followed slowly.
The shark gauze curtain was lifted, and the little girl lay quietly on the bed. Her face was fresh and delicate with makeup on, as if she was just asleep.
The queen grabbed her hand and cried heartbreakingly.
Feeling Wei Linglong's hands getting colder and colder, the Queen almost fainted, her voice getting louder and louder, "My son! My Linglong!"
Perhaps her voice was too loud, the queen noticed that Lu Linglong's eyelashes trembled slightly.
She stared with eyes wide open, "Look, Linglong's eyes are moving! The eyes are moving! Look!"
"Mother!" Wei Wuji said with tears in his eyes, "You must have seen it wrong. Let Linglong go quietly."
The queen stood up at once, her face covered with tears, as if she was mad, "I didn't! Wuji, if you don't believe me, look, I beg you to take a look!"
Wei Wuji couldn't bear to see his mother in this state, so he gritted his teeth and glanced at the bed.
He could never accept that his lively and innocent little sister had turned into a cold corpse, so he never dared to look at Wei Linglong...
Wei Wuji watched, his eyes widened, and he laughed in surprise: "Really! My sister's eyelashes moved!"
Wei Xiuchu quickly pushed the wheelchair over, took a look, and said in a pleasantly surprised voice, "It's true! Wuji, go call the imperial physician over, we'll call Linglong here and see if we can wake her up!"
Wei Wuji ran out like the wind, bumping into many screens and ornaments along the way.
Wei Xiuchu shouted loudly: "Linglong, I am the emperor's uncle, Linglong! I am the emperor's uncle!"
Wei Linglong's eyelashes trembled more and more violently.
The emperor's eyes moistened, and he shouted, "Linglong, I am your father! I am your father who loves you the most!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Linglong's eyelashes, which had been trembling, stopped instantly.
The Queen looked horrified, "Linglong didn't blink again!"
Wei Xiuchu was worried, "Linglong, Linglong! Open your eyes and look at us!"
Wei Linglong's eyelashes trembled again.
The emperor didn't believe it, and shouted again, "Linglong?"
Wei Linglong's eyelashes stopped trembling again.
emperor:.......
The empress, who had always been afraid of the emperor, could no longer care about anything else at this moment. She turned her head and said, "Your Majesty, please don't speak for now. Linglong reacted strongly to the emperor's voice."
After she finished speaking, the queen realized belatedly what she had said. Her back was instantly soaked with sweat. She lowered her head tightly, not daring to look at the emperor's face.
Fortunately, the emperor was concerned about Wei Linglong and did not get angry. He flicked his sleeves and closed his mouth with a gloomy face.
Wei Xiuchu pushed the wheelchair to the bedside, held Wei Linglong's other hand, and said in a worried tone, "Linglong, Linglong, the emperor's uncle is here, can you hear me?"
"The imperial physician is here, the imperial physician is here!"
Wei Wuji brought in Doctor Hu, the head of the Imperial Medical Bureau.
Doctor Hu immediately knelt down to feel the pulse, with surprise in his eyes, "The condition is much better than before!"
After he finished speaking, Doctor Hu immediately took out a hundred-year-old ginseng from his medical box and put it in Wei Linglong's mouth to keep her alive.
Wei Xiuchu and the Queen kept calling Wei Linglong's name over and over again.
After an unknown amount of time, Wei Linglong opened her eyes slightly and whispered "Uncle Emperor".
Wei Xiuchu hurried over, "The emperor's uncle is here!"
Wei Linglong's face was filled with pain, her whole body was shaking, and her words broke into pieces.
Wei Xiuchu got closer and could vaguely hear a few words.
Wei Linglong was barely able to breathe: "Uncle Emperor... Prince Qi... Father Emperor..."
Wei Xiuchu frowned.
After saying this, Wei Linglong closed her eyes again and fell into the same coma as before.
Wei Wuji opened his eyes wide, "Uncle, what did Linglong tell you?"
Wei Xiuchu put Wei Linglong's hand back on the quilt and said in a low voice, "She said she would try to wake up and asked us not to worry."
The kneeling Doctor Hu shook his head and sighed.
"Your Highness the Princess was just having a last burst of energy, and the ginseng I left there was just barely hanging on, and now..."
The queen cried and asked, "So what?"
Doctor Hu sighed, "About five or six days."
"quack!"
The emperor kicked him and said, "The princess just woke up. It must be because your medical skills are not good enough!"
Doctor Hu knelt on the ground, trembling and not daring to speak.
It's like this again...
Sure enough, it was Prince Yong who rescued him.
"Royal brother, he is the head of the Imperial Hospital. If you spare his life, it will be easier to deal with Linglong if something happens to her in the future."
The emperor said in a cold tone, "Linglong is closer to you, the emperor's uncle, than to me, his father."
Wei Xiuchu lowered his eyes, thinking about what Wei Linglong had just said.
Wei Linglong got into trouble because she broke into Xiyue Palace.
Xiyue Palace was the place where he rescued his brother.
The King of Qi rebelled and the imperial city fell.
Wei Xiuchu still remembered the smoke from the fire that day, which burned the entire sky over the palace red.
After he sent the emperor, the queen and Linglong away, Wuji was left in the fire.
He turned around without hesitation and rushed into the fire again.
In order to protect Wuji, his legs were chopped off by the enemy and all his flesh and skin fell off.
Wei Xiuchu still endured the pain and crawled forward, handing Wuji over step by step to the secret guards who came to pick him up.
After sending Wuji away, he himself was trapped in the raging fire.
The fire burned his face, arms, and skin inch by inch, and burned his legs, which were already completely peeled off, into a charred black color, causing excruciating pain.
why?
Why did Wei Linglong become unconscious and almost die after returning from a trip to Xiyue Palace?
Why would Linglong say such things to herself?
Wei Xiuchu closed his eyes and recalled the dark shadow he saw when he was trapped in the fire.
He originally thought he had seen it wrong, but now he thinks...
Wei Xiuchu felt as if his heart was being tightly grasped by a huge hand, and the pain was so severe that he couldn't breathe.