Female martial arts fanatics only love to fight, while men fight for their lives.

45

When Lou Xiao went to ask for advice on Li Huaiqing's matter, someone in the palace naturally informed him.

Youshan King Xiao Zhengdu was fine, as he was busy with his own things. He just laughed as if he was watching a good show, "I'm afraid my royal brother will be furious."

Xiao Zhengze, who was ordered by the Queen to take care of his health, also heard about Lou Xiao's movements from Ji Heng.

His face immediately darkened, as if a storm was about to fall. He stared at Ji Heng intently, "Did you go to look for Li Huaiqing? Did you return only when the sun was setting?"

Ji Heng lowered her head and nodded, "Yes. But if Master Lou Jiahong follows, it should be..."

"Lou Hong..." Xiao Zhengze sneered, "He hates Li Huaiqing, but what else can he do? This kind of person only cares about the Zhenguo Mansion."

He didn't know what he was thinking of, and he sighed, "It's a pity that he was born in the wrong mansion, and happened to be a member of the Lou family."

Before Lou Xiao came, the head of the Zhenguo Mansion was not good enough, and Lou Hong was the only person in the mansion who was acceptable.

She was married off casually as soon as she came of age to win people's hearts, which was a waste of such talent.

It’s not unfair that the Duke Zhenguo’s Mansion fell into decline.

Lou Hong disliked Li Huaiqing because of some past events. He believed that Li Huaiqing had ulterior motives towards the Lou family.

If one day, Li Huaiqing's entry into the mansion could bring great convenience to the Lou family, Lou Hong would probably change his attitude immediately.

"Li Huaiqing is a man who is always successful among women. How many people in the capital would not be convinced? We should have killed him at the beginning... to prevent future troubles."

Xiao Zhengze murmured to himself, filled with regret.

Ji Heng raised her face slightly, and saw Xiao Zhengze's beautiful profile. She frowned in anxiety, pursed her lips, and looked very indignant.

"If the person your Highness loves is easily deceived, it only means that she is not worthy of your Highness's favor." Ji Heng's heart and eyes were filled with her Highness.

She wanted to say that Lou Xiao was not worthy of her, but she knew that this would make him furious and he would abandon her.

She met His Highness after Lou Xiao, but she was very clear about how much unspeakable feelings His Highness had for Lou Xiao in the past when she was not involved.

"It's none of your business to interfere in my relationship with her!" Xiao Zhengze said angrily, blaming Ji Heng unreasonably.

"I asked you to spare his life, but he only had minor injuries and he was alive and kicking after only a few days of lying down. What the hell did you do?"

Whenever he thought of Lou Xiao chatting affectionately with another man where he couldn't see her, he became furious.

Xiao Zhengze felt an itch in his throat and covered his mouth with his hands while coughing. Immediately, another round of chaos broke out.

Ji Heng's pale facial features revealed anxiety. She and the other palace servants poured water, boiled medicine, and rushed out to ask for the imperial physician.

The Queen heard the news and came to visit. Before she even stepped into the palace gate, she heard his cough and stopped in front of the palace.

The imperial physician who came out noticed the empress and knelt down as his knees weakened.

"Your Majesty, your humble servant Zhu Liangyu pays respect to you!"

The queen strode into the palace, "Zhu Liangyu... come here and tell me, how is the health of King Hanhai now?"

Because of her arrival, everyone in the hall stepped more cautiously and was too scared to speak.

Zhu Liangyu stood up, still with his head down, and after a moment's deliberation, he decided to tell the truth.

"Your Highness is in a very poor health. He was born with a deficiency and was weak from birth. If he is well cared for, he can be no different from an ordinary person.

It's just that you've been overworked recently and your emotions have fluctuated too much, so your Highness has fallen ill. You need to rest and recuperate before you can get better."

Xiao Zhengze also heard it in the palace and said anxiously, "Nonsense! Quack! This prince does not need to rest!"

The so-called rest means that he is not allowed to go out. How can he stop Li Huaiqing from hooking up with Lou Xiao?

Zhu Liangyu raised his head awkwardly, wanted to say something, then lowered his body again, just asking His Majesty to make the decision.

The Queen waved her hand, "Get up and wait."

She heard Xiao Zhengze coughing again, and she opened the curtain and entered his bedroom, which was crowded with servants.

He was half lying on the bed, his face was pale, his lips were pale and dry, and his eyes were red due to coughing.

When she came in, she looked up with eyes wet as if she was about to cry.

So delicate and pitiful.

The Queen sighed, "You are still trying to be strong even in this state. The doctors said that your emotions fluctuate too much, and it seems to be true."

Xiao Zhengze's eyes followed the Queen's figure to his bedside. With his sister here, he didn't need to bow.

Asking the servants gathered around the bed to leave, Xiao Zhengze whispered, "It's just an old problem anyway. It will be fine after taking some medicine. Why bother with all that nonsense?"

Talking about emotions and rest is just nonsense.

"Who has offended you to make you so angry as soon as you get back? If you are sick, just take care of yourself. Which servant is so blind to talk nonsense in front of you, making you worry too much."

The Queen's eyes slid across Ji Heng, who was kneeling inconspicuously among the servants, with a cold look in her eyes.

Xiao Zhengze reached out and grabbed her sleeve, and said coquettishly, "Royal sister, I only have these few capable people around me..."

Once he pretended to be wronged, no one would be willing to tolerate him. Besides, as her own brother, the Queen knew how much he had suffered in the past.

Even this congenital weakness is caused by her.

Since he was born, the Queen felt guilty towards him, so she granted him everything he asked for within her power, except one.

"Your people, you take care of yourself. But as for your body, if anything goes wrong again, I won't care about your feelings."

She waved to the imperial physician to bring the freshly brewed medicine, held it in her hands, scooped up half a spoonful of the bitter medicine with a spoon, blew it gently to cool it, and handed it to his mouth.

Xiao Zhengze opened his mouth reluctantly, but the Queen saw through his trick with just one glance, "If you hold it in your mouth and don't swallow it, I'll ask them to boil a whole vat of it."

"Hmm," the willful brother drank it obediently. Used to bitter medicine, he didn't change his expression no matter how bad it tasted.

"My 100th birthday is just a few days away. You are my closest relative, how can you be absent? Take good care of yourself, there will be something exciting to watch then."

Xiao Zhengze was difficult to coax when he was young, but he listened to his sister very much. He would take medicine when he was told to, and would not roll around or make a noise.

Everyone only knows that the siblings have a deep affection for each other, but only Xiao Zhengze knows that

When he was young, he was making a scene and refused to take medicine. No one could comfort him. Then, he happened to meet his sister coming back from her morning class.

After she asked everyone to leave, she stood by the bed with the bowl in her hand and asked him one last time, "Do you want to drink?"

He was so willful that he rolled around on the bed with a high fever and refused to drink. But the imperial sister put down the bowl, rolled up her sleeves, stepped on the bed to hold him down, and forced him to drink with a cold face.

Although his fever subsided and he recovered, he was afraid of her from then on.

The queen was feeding him spoonful by spoonful, chatting about her daily life.

"I asked Xiaoxiao to write a calligraphy piece as a birthday gift, and forced her to write well for me. You are all troublesome, and I have to use some tricks to make you do it."

After saying that, Xiao Zhengze hurriedly grabbed the medicine bowl and drank it all, then wiped the brown medicine from the corner of his lips with his sleeve. He was so well behaved.

The Queen nodded in satisfaction, "That's right, the clothes made for you by the Clothing Bureau are ready, try them on, it will be festive when you all dress beautifully for me."