The doctor hesitated for a moment and said, "Forgive me for my incompetence. Your Majesty just vomited blood again. If he continues to vomit blood like this, I'm afraid, I'm afraid..."

The imperial physician didn't dare to say any more.

Zheng Yan's eyes turned red when he heard this, and he shouted, "Why don't you go find a way to heal my father? Why are you all gathered here?"

The imperial doctors all knelt down and said in panic, "We are just thinking of a solution. Please calm down, Your Highness!"

Zheng Yan ignored the group of imperial doctors and strode in with a dark face.

Gongsun Ning and I followed Zheng Yan in.

There was only Wei Yi serving in the inner room, and no other palace maids or eunuchs.

When Wei Yi saw us walk in, he hurried forward and saluted Zheng Yan.

Zheng Yan waved his hand and strode to the bedside. Looking at the dying Zheng Xian, Zheng Yan's face became darker and darker, as if ink could drip out of it.

I followed him and saw that Zheng Xian's face had become paler and his lips had turned red and black, making him look even more terrifying.

I said to Wei Yi, "Can I take your pulse?"

Wei Yi looked at me hesitantly, then at Zheng Xian, and said with some embarrassment, "Your Majesty doesn't seem to be very happy about A'man diagnosing him."

I was so angry that my head was buzzing. I rolled my eyes and said, "Your Majesty, do you not trust my medical skills? I was indeed not well prepared when I performed surgery on Concubine Yu, but that doesn't mean my medical skills are bad..."

I was about to continue when Zheng Xian opened his eyes with difficulty and said, "Ah Man, come here."

I hurried over and Zheng Yan took the initiative to give me his seat. I knelt in front of the bed and looked at the skinny Zheng Xian. I felt that he had aged by ten years after not seeing him for just one day.

I tried hard to hold back the tears in my eyes and said with a sob, "Can I show you?"

Zheng Xian pulled the corners of his mouth. I guess he wanted to laugh, but he didn't even have the strength to laugh. Zheng Xian said in a hoarse voice: "See."

When I heard that, I quickly took Zheng Xian's pulse.

At this time, Zheng Xian's pulse was extremely weak. I felt for a long time but couldn't find the pulse. My heart sank to the bottom.

I stood up, flipped Zheng Xian's eyelids, and asked him to stick out his tongue. My heart ached.

I put my hands on his cold face and said word by word: "The road to the underworld is difficult to walk, please don't leave us alone."

Zheng Xian closed his eyes, rubbed his face against my hand and said, "A'man's hands are so warm."

I pulled my hand back, turned my head, and tears suddenly fell.

I took off the jade pendant from my neck and put it back on Zheng Xian's neck.

I said, "You said it could keep me safe. Now I am returning it to you. You can be sure it can keep you safe, too."

Zheng Xian called out softly, "Little Weizi."

Wei Yi hurried forward, took out a silver bracelet from his sleeve and handed it to me, saying: "His Majesty asked me to return this silver bracelet to you. His Majesty said that he could not decipher the secret of the silver bracelet. From now on, you can only rely on yourself."

Looking at the silver bracelet, I almost couldn't stop crying. Is this to make arrangements for my funeral?

I quickly pushed my hand away and said, "I don't want it. Even if I want to return it, I have to wait until His Majesty is well again and return it to me personally."

Wei Yi looked at me awkwardly, then at Zheng Xian. Zheng Xian waved his hand gently, and Wei Yi had to put the silver bracelet away.

Gongsun Wen stood behind me and didn't say anything, but Zheng Xian called him, "Zi Yan."

Gongsun Wen quickly stepped forward and knelt down, lowering his head and saying, "Zi Yan is here."

Zheng Xian sighed softly and said, "Prince, I'll have to trouble Zi Yan to take care of you from now on."

Gongsun was stunned for a moment. He thought as I did, that Zheng Xian had given his instructions.

Gongsun Wen choked up and said, "Your Majesty is blessed with great fortune. You will surely survive this disaster and live as long as heaven and earth."

Zheng Xian smiled bitterly and said nothing.

Wei Yi approached and said, "Your Majesty is not feeling well. You should rest more. I am sorry to bother you. The Crown Prince will stay. Lord Gongsun and Ah Man, please go back."

Gongsun Wen bowed respectfully to Zheng Xian again before he stood up and walked out with his head down. After a few steps, he realized that I hadn't followed him, so he hurriedly pulled me. I was reluctant to leave at first, but Gongsun Wen finally dragged me away.

We walked into the main hall and saw Doctor Sun, with disheveled hair and only one shoe on, running in frantically with a pile of medical books in his hands.

We were about to say hello to him, but Doctor Sun seemed to not see us and ran into the inner room like a gust of wind.

Gongsun Wen and I looked at each other. I was about to follow him into the inner room, but Gongsun Wen grabbed me and dragged me away.

It was late at night, the dew was heavy, and the autumn wind was bleak. Many ministers' servants huddled in a corner to keep each other warm, while the palace guards stood straight as if nothing had happened, scanning the surroundings with sharp eyes, fearing that an enemy would attack.

Gongsun Wen and I returned to the Chang'an Palace. We went back to the main hall and sat on stools, like two puppets, with empty eyes and no movement.

After a long time, I said, "It's late at night and there's a curfew. You can't go back home. Just stay here. I'll have the servants clean up an empty room for you."

Gongsun Wen actually responded: "Okay, I'm really tired too."

Yiping had already fallen asleep, and I didn't have the heart to wake her up, so I had to wake up Yingchun, who was sleeping in the outer room, to clean up the house.

Fortunately, in addition to the main house, the Chang'an Palace had many side rooms. Gongsun Wen did not mind and did not think it was inappropriate for a great tutor like him to sleep in a side room.

I had been training for a whole day and was extremely tired. My eyelids were drooping and I couldn't open them.

In the end, I didn't care about Gongsun Wen and slipped back to the inner room to sleep. I didn't even know when Gongsun Wen left.

Early the next morning, Wei Chang dutifully woke me up by beating gongs and drums outside the house.

I got up sleepily with two big dark circles under my eyes, washed up simply and hurried out.

Wei Chang was very perverted. As long as someone didn't show up within the time he specified, he would use all kinds of punishment methods to punish him.

I walked into the hall and found that Yiping had prepared breakfast early and packed lunch in a lunch box.

In addition to food, there were two letters on the dining table.

I took them curiously. One was addressed to Ah Man, and the other to Second Young Master Zhao. It turned out that both letters were addressed to me.

At this time, Yiping came in with a pot of ginseng chicken soup. She put the chicken soup in front of me and said, "Second sister, you have been very tired recently. I got up early in the morning to stew chicken soup for you. Drink it before going to the horse training field."

Yiping said as he filled a large bowl for me.

I took a sip and it was fragrant and delicious. You could tell it had been simmered for quite some time.

As I opened the letter, I said, "From now on, if you have anything to do, just let Yingchun do it. You don't have to be so tired."

Yi Ping also sat down, filled a bowl of millet porridge, and said, "I only cook for you. I don't have to wash our clothes or clean the house. Why should I be tired?"

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