After I got into the drama, I led the plot astray

As the time of leaving this world draws closer, my soul and body become more and more repelled. The pain of having my soul and body torn apart is not something most people can endure.

Although the imperial physician prescribed me a lot of pain-relieving medicines, they were not very effective.

I was sometimes awake and sometimes drowsy, and the time I was awake was getting shorter and shorter. Even the imperial physician Sun, who had resigned and returned home, was invited to the palace to treat me, but he just shook his head, indicating that he was powerless. I was like a lamp that had run out of oil, the light was getting closer and closer, and it was about to go out.

When Yiping learned that I was seriously ill, he rushed all the way from the border to the capital crying, fearing that he would not be able to see me for the last time.

The border was far away from the capital, and Yi Ping rushed all the way in a horse-drawn carriage. It took him a full month and a half to get back to the capital.

Fortunately, I have a strong life and I can't die as long as I hold on.

Zheng Bang brought Yi Ping to the palace to see me. She burst into tears and was heartbroken before they even met.

I was also very happy to see Yiping that day. I felt better, and I comforted her not to be sad and asked her to come to the palace to accompany me more often.

Zheng Bang had his own Wuwang Mansion outside the palace, but Yi Ping lived directly in my palace to accompany me. But after living there for a few days, Zheng Bang came to protest, saying that he was the only one in such a huge Wuwang Mansion, and it was really lonely and cold.

I had no intention of stealing someone else's wife, so I had to let Yi Ping go back to Prince Wu's palace.

After Yiping came back, my illness miraculously recovered.

I was no longer drowsy and the pain all over my body was relieved a lot.

Gongsun Wen, who came to my palace to punch in every day, was sitting at his desk and writing furiously.

When this guy was in my palace, he was either reading or writing or drawing. When asked what he was writing, he refused to tell me. However, he would prepare to leave before Zheng Yan arrived. Miraculously, the two of them had never met each other.

At this time, I had just finished drinking the medicine, and my mouth was full of bitterness. I suddenly missed the candied fruits in the south of the city. I said to Gongsun Wen, "I heard that Yongcheng is rich in plums, but those plums are very sour and most people can't eat them, so the people there pickle the plums with sugar and make them into candied plums. I heard from my third sister that they taste pretty good."

Gongsun Wen stopped writing and looked at me, asking, "Do you want to eat?"

I shook my head and said, "I miss my grandmother. I want to go back to Nancheng to see her."

Gongsun Wen tightened his grip on the brush until his knuckles turned white. The brush was about to break. He suddenly loosened his grip and said, "The journey from the capital to Yongcheng is quite long. I'm afraid your body can't bear it."

I smiled and said, "I'm feeling much better now, so it shouldn't be a problem for me to go on a long journey. I'm just afraid His Majesty won't agree. Can you go and talk to him?"

Gongsun Wen didn't say yes or no. He put down his pen, sorted out the manuscript on the desk, stood up and said, "Since you want to go, I will go and talk to His Majesty."

After Gongsun Wen finished speaking, he picked up the manuscript on the desk and turned to leave.

Yang, who was standing at the side, looked at Gongsun Wen's back and said with some concern: "My queen, it's so cold today and you are not feeling well. You should stay in the palace and take good care of yourself. Why don't you stay there?"

I sighed softly and said, "You don't understand. I have an important matter to attend to before I go to Yongcheng."

The bracelet on my hand is the only medium for me to return to the modern world, but in addition to this bracelet, I need to find another thing to open the passage back. I don't know what this thing is, but I have a hunch that this thing must be in my hometown of Nancheng. I can only know what it is when I go there.

Seeing my determined look, Yang knew that I couldn't change my mind, so she sighed and said, "Don't say that His Majesty won't agree. I'm afraid even the Duke won't agree. Not to mention the long journey to Yongcheng, it's already snowing in many places. Now there's a floor heater in this palace and a charcoal stove in this room, but Your Majesty still feels the cold. How can we let you leave the capital and go to Yongcheng with your health like this?"

What Yang said makes sense. I am indeed afraid of cold. After winter comes, it feels like every bone in my body is leaking air. I feel cold everywhere and it hurts my heart.

But if I don’t go to Nancheng, I won’t be able to find the key to return to the modern world. Even if I die in agony, I still can’t go home. My soul will drift to who knows where and I will become a wandering ghost. Thinking of this, I feel my soul trembling.

So, this is why I have to go to Nanning.

Of course, this reason cannot be told to others, lest they know that I want to return to modern times, and they will probably try to stop me again.

In the evening, Gongsun Wen came again.

He looked exhausted, and even his steps seemed unsteady, as if he couldn't control his body.

Gongsun Wen walked up to me and said in a hoarse voice, "Your Majesty has agreed. When are you going to set off?"

I was reading a book in bed. Even with a thick quilt covering me, I still felt cold to the bone.

I gathered the thick white bear fur I was wearing, looked at Gongsun Wen intently, and asked, "Were you beaten by His Majesty?"

Gongsun Wen's face turned serious and he said seriously, "I am your Majesty's teacher. How dare your Majesty hit me?"

I sighed and said, "But you are also his subject. I understand that if the king wants his subject to die, he must die. If His Majesty does not agree, you can just leave. Why bother to take this beating for nothing?"

Gongsun Wen pursed his lips tightly, and after a long while, he said, "Not only was I beaten, but Your Majesty was also beaten."

"What?" I was so scared that the thing in my hand fell to the ground. Yang quickly bent down to pick it up, but after picking it up, she didn't give it to me. It was obvious that she wanted me to rest more.

Gongsun Wen smiled coldly before continuing, "I begged His Majesty to let you go to Yongcheng, but His Majesty got furious and asked me if I had been kicked in the head by a donkey. I was so angry that I said a few words to him, and His Majesty rushed towards me with his fists raised, so we started fighting in the imperial study."

I was totally shocked when I heard it!

A minister actually fought with the emperor in the imperial study?

This is really going against the will of Heaven.

I spat and asked, "You're lucky no guards or secret guards came out to stab you."

Gongsun Wen snorted again and said, "How could there be none? When Your Majesty and I were fighting, the guards wanted to rush in to stop us, but it was the Chief Guard who stopped them from coming in. The Chief Guard knew exactly what we were thinking, so he might as well let us have a good fight and vent our anger."

I asked in confusion, "Why would you two want to let me go and let you guys fight?"

Gongsun Wen rolled his eyes at me, and his expression of wanting a beating returned. He snorted and said, "Don't worry about these. When do you want to set off?"

I thought about it and said, "I may pass the test of His Majesty, but I may not pass the test of my father. I will send someone to tell my father tomorrow and then set a date."

Gongsun Wen looked at me deeply, said, "It's up to you," and turned and left.

Gongsun Wen walked with a limp, probably seriously injured.

I said to Yang, "Go and give Prince Ming some medicine for his injuries."

Yang glanced at Gongsun Wen's back, replied "yes", and hurried to get medicine and chased after him.