The coroner and the concubine doctor pursue the murderer in the Dali Temple

Outside Yongshou Palace.

Eunuch Baochan ordered the young eunuchs to carry a yellow pear wood chair to Emperor Sui Ming and asked him to sit down and wait. Empress Yuan and the Imperial Noble Consort stood beside them, Xiao Mubei and the imperial doctors knelt on the side, and the rest of the concubines and princes were kneeling at the foot of the steps.

The weather at the end of August was still hot. The concubines and princes were sweating all over after kneeling for a while. Some of them could not bear it anymore and started whispering.

"Why is it taking so long? Is Chu Yunxi capable? Is she helpless and dare not come out? She is letting us suffer under the scorching sun."

"Isn't Chu Yunxi the daughter of the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery? How come she also knows medical skills?"

"It's fine that you know medical skills, but why don't you dare let people see you? I've never seen a doctor who treated a patient and then drove the patient away."

"Is it some crooked and evil way?"

"She even drove His Majesty out. How dare His Majesty let her go if she can't cure the Emperor?"

The Imperial Concubine was also in a bad mood. Prince Anyang had just been sentenced to exile today and would leave in three days. She wanted to go to Prince Anyang's mansion to give him some advice and help him with his arrangements. But now, she was detained at the gate of Yongshou Palace and couldn't even leave. She didn't dare to complain and had to put the blame on Xiao Mubei and Chu Yunxi.

"Your Majesty, why hasn't the Dingbei King's concubine come out for so long? She is a traitor, and I am always worried about her treating the Emperor alone in there."

Emperor Sui Ming kept a gloomy face and said nothing. The Imperial Noble Consort was unwilling to accept this and continued, "It's fine if she lets us out, but how can she let Your Majesty out as well? This world belongs to Your Majesty, and you can't even enter the Yongshou Palace? And there's also the Eighth Old Lady, a concubine, and she's riding on your head like this..."

Empress Yuan saw that Emperor Sui Ming's face was becoming more and more gloomy, so she had to interrupt the Imperial Noble Consort and said, "Noble Consort, be careful with your words."

The Imperial Concubine paused, and seeing that Emperor Sui Ming had a bad look on his face, she dared not say anything more. She didn't have so much to say, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to climb up all the way. Today, she was really confused because of the matter of Prince Anyang, and couldn't help but say bad words.

Emperor Sui Ming ignored the Imperial Concubine, but said to Xiao Mubei: "Old Eight, what's wrong with your concubine? It's been so long, you should have a say whether you can cure her or not. How can you let so many people kneel here?"

Xiao Mubei said calmly: "Father, a long time is a good thing. A long time proves that the person can still be cured. If he can't be cured, Yunxi would have come out long ago."

Emperor Sui Ming had no way to refute, so he could only say: "Then can't you go and take a look?"

Xiao Mubei shook his head, "No."

"You..." Emperor Sui Ming's hands were shaking with anger, but he was helpless. As it concerned the safety of the retired emperor, he did not dare to take the risk.

Just as the stalemate was going on, the door of the bedroom creaked open, and Chu Yunxi walked out calmly. She glanced at the crowd of people on the ground and said calmly, "The emperor has ordered, Your Majesty, Empress Yuan and Prince Dingbei come in, and the rest of you can go away."

There was a sudden uproar below the stairs. Although no one dared to speak loudly, everyone was talking in low voices.

"What? Is it the Emperor's order?"

"How is this possible? Even if the emperor is a good person, he can't give an order so quickly, right? I just saw..."

"Be careful with your words. The concubine of King Dingbei would never dare to pass on false instructions."

"We've waited so long, and now we're just...dispersed?"

"What else do you want?"

Amid the whispers, Emperor Sui Ming did not quite believe it, but thinking that Chu Yunxi would not dare to pass on the order falsely, he waved his hand and said unhappily: "Everyone go away, why are you still kneeling?"

The Imperial Concubine pointed at herself in disbelief and said, "Your Majesty, I..."

She was a royal concubine, and she had spent so much time here, but she didn't even have the right to take a look? She was just driven back like that?

Emperor Sui Ming ignored her and hurried into the palace. Empress Yuan followed closely behind him, leaving the Imperial Noble Consort standing there alone. After a while, she stomped her feet in anger and left.

In a short while, the huge Yongshou Palace was cleared out and returned to its former tranquility.

As soon as Emperor Sui Ming, Empress Yuan and Xiao Mubei entered the room, they saw that the gauze curtain in front of the bed had been opened and the retired emperor was sitting beside the bed. Although he was not particularly energetic, he was much better than his sickly state in recent days.

Emperor Sui Ming stepped forward quickly, held the hand of Emperor Xiao Zhongyuan, and said excitedly: "Father, are you really okay?"

"He shouldn't be dead for a while," Xiao Zhongyuan smiled and patted Emperor Sui Ming's hand, "I'm sorry to have made the emperor worried."

Chu Yunxi was watching from the side. The father and son seemed to have a good relationship. It was said that there was no father and son in the royal family, but it seemed that this was not absolute. The original owner's memory told her that Emperor Xiao Zhongyuan had been in power for thirty-seven years and had governed the Dasui Kingdom in an orderly manner. Xiao Zhongyuan valued military generals, but he was by no means a bloodthirsty and warlike person. He advocated peaceful coexistence with other countries. If others did not offend me, I would not offend others. But if others offended me, I would never tolerate it. The Dasui Kingdom had strong soldiers and horses, and rarely lost in wars.

Therefore, other countries dare not touch Dasui easily.

When Xiao Zhongyuan was 57 years old, he suddenly abdicated the throne to the current emperor and retired to Yongshou Palace to become the emperor emeritus, no longer interfering in state affairs. This caught his sons, who were eager to compete for the position, off guard. No one had expected that their strong father would abdicate on his own. By the time they wanted to do anything, it was already too late.

Chu Yunxi felt that the retired emperor was very insightful, as he had nipped the fratricide among brothers in the bud, allowing her to happily enjoy her old age. Throughout history, there were few emperors who did not die from exhaustion, and it was rare to see one as old as the retired emperor.

Those who have picked up power and can decisively let it go are not ordinary people.

However, the retired emperor had a mediocre vision in selecting people. Why did he choose Emperor Sui Ming? He listened to the treacherous and killed the loyal ministers. He was really stupid.

Emperor Sui Ming had no idea what Chu Yunxi was thinking. He looked the emperor up and down several times to confirm that he was really getting better. He couldn't help but burst into tears, "Father, you scared your son to death."

Xiao Zhongyuan smiled even more and said, "Look, you are already the emperor, but you still cry all the time. Aren't you afraid that your son will laugh at you?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Mubei took two steps forward, knelt in front of the Emperor Taishang and Emperor Sui Ming, and choked up and said, "Grandfather, let alone my father, I am also going to be scared to death by you."

"Okay, okay, it's my fault. You two, father and son, I really can't do anything about you."

Empress Yuan also stepped forward and said with a smile: "Father is blessed with great fortune, and will surely live a long life. It is really God's blessing that Yunxi was able to arrive in time, otherwise it would really be..."

Emperor Sui Ming snorted coldly, "Those old guys in the Imperial Hospital only know how to get their salaries. When we really need them, none of them are useful. I will definitely punish them later."