Priceless: A widow with a baby asks the prince to marry again

Chu Shiqi stayed by the emperor's bedchamber for two days without leaving.

He took care of her personally, waiting by her bedside and lying under her bed. Even the emperor's personal eunuchs were not allowed to approach her casually...

All food that was to be served to the emperor had to be tasted three times under Chu Shiqi's supervision.

The servant who served the meal tried it once, Chu Shiqi tried it once himself... and the rest, Chu Shiqi would use as a meal...

The torment and guilt grew in Chu Tianming's heart...

If such a man is from the family of one of the emperor's subjects, he will be praised as a filial son, and as long as he is not stupid, he will be valued by the emperor, because filial sons believe in the relationship between monarch and subject, and father and son, and can be loyal to the monarch.

But Chu Shiqi is not a submissive subject! Instead, he is a prince plotting for the throne!

Chu Tianming also knew clearly that Chu Shiqi's academic performance was not good, and he probably had not learned the Four Books and Five Classics by heart, so Chu Shiqi did all these things sincerely...

Sitting on the soft pillow, Chu Tianming swallowed the warm porridge fed by the boy mouthful by mouthful...

Of course the emperor could order Chu Shiqi to leave, but Chu Tianming never spoke.

The young eunuch walked over lightly, leaned behind Chu Shiqi and whispered: "Your Highness, Concubine Xian is calling you over..."

Chu Shiqi frowned immediately and snorted unwillingly: "No! I want to serve my father all the time..."

"Go."

The emperor spoke, and his wrinkled phoenix eyes drooped in Chu Shiqi's puzzled look...

"I don't need you to guard me."

Chu Shiqi finally had to leave under the emperor's order.

Before leaving, the young prince repeatedly and sternly asked the eunuchs to take good care of and protect the emperor.

Chu Shiqi left, looking back every few steps.

Chu Tianming sighed lightly, as if relieved of a heavy burden, and looked at the bright yellow curtain...

The emperor holds the fate of the world in his hands.

No matter what the reason is, the emperor's bedroom would never be ignored.

One after another, many important ministers and old officials, as well as princes and princesses in Beijing requested to visit.

But unlike Chu Shiqi, everyone was turned away and not even allowed to approach the bedroom...

"Your Majesty, Prince Kang heard about your situation when he was about to set off on his triumphant journey... He is now rushing back and is expected to arrive in Beijing within five days." Xu Jin reported the news dutifully.

"At midnight tonight, you bring the servants on duty in the palace..." the emperor ordered in a calm voice.

The weird command left Xu Jin confused!

But no matter how absurd the emperor's words were, he had to do them. Moreover, according to the emperor's intention, it seemed that he had given them a way out...

Xu Shi.

Under Chu Shiqi's accusation, the Imperial Medical Service carried out a major purge.

Although the mastermind was not found, Ma Yuanshi and several medicine boys were dealt with. For a time, all medicines became unreliable.

However, people may not take medicine, but they still need to eat and drink.

Even if he was an emperor, he had to be extremely meticulous in his food three times a day, as the essence was still to eat the food into his stomach.

Nourishing foods are nothing more than those, such as a bowl of crystal clear bird's nest porridge...

"Eunuch Wang, please try it first. The Eighth Prince has told us to take good care of it. It is our duty to taste the food for the Emperor, don't you think?"

The eunuch who was speaking had a kind face, but his demands were very firm. Although he was of a lower status, as a slave in the palace, his status was determined by the emperor.

"That's natural..."

Wang Hailin responded straightforwardly, picked up the porcelain spoon handed to him, scooped some water from the bowl, and then took it out and put it into his mouth...

The personal eunuch frowned and said dissatisfiedly: "Eunuch Wang, you just took a sip, but it's not even half a spoonful!"

"I thought it was a gift from Concubine Shu to His Majesty, so I didn't dare to taste it too much..."

Fine beads of sweat gathered on Wang Hailin's forehead, but he still looked relaxed. He picked up the porcelain spoon and pretended to scoop more...

"enough."

The emperor stopped him with obvious disgust on his face.

The personal eunuch naturally understood that the emperor was disgusted by Eunuch Wang putting the porcelain spoon back into the bowl after eating... He immediately said sarcastically: "Eunuch Wang has been promoted to a higher position, but he has forgotten to serve the master. Wait for us to get a clean spoon..."

"No need, bring it here." The emperor waved his hand, seeming to have lost his patience.

Everything should be based on the emperor's will. The personal eunuch thought about it quickly and felt that it was no big deal. Although Wang Hailin was not a personal eunuch, if something happened to the things he brought, he would not only be buried with the emperor, but would be cut into pieces!

The bird's nest porridge was placed on the carved table on the emperor's bed, the glass bowl was placed on the rosewood tray, and a white jade spoon was supported by a brocade handkerchief on the right...

The emperor calmly picked up the jade spoon and drank the sweet and delicious bird's nest porridge mouthful by mouthful...

The emperor did not like being fed by others. Over the past twenty years, only the eighth prince made a few exceptions.

In addition to other trivial matters, the eunuchs who had followed the emperor for a long time all felt that the emperor had some preference for the eighth prince.

Chu Shiqi himself probably thinks so too. His usual eccentricity is probably because he is confident in his heart that he is the emperor's favorite...

The bird's nest porridge is almost finished.

Wang Hailin stepped forward to clean up the dishes, and inadvertently, he looked up and met the emperor's eyes!

The cold eyes seemed to see through all the tricks! Everything inside and outside, dirty and unbearable, was all in those Ruifeng eyes!

"Ah!"

The glass bowl was broken beside the couch, shining brightly...

"I am just a servant, but I have lost my composure in front of the emperor time and again. What crime should I be punished for?" The personal eunuch immediately scolded!

Without anyone yelling at him, Wang Hailin immediately knelt down! He didn't feel any pain kneeling on the debris! Guilt, uneasiness, and fear had enveloped him!

"go out."

A cold command without any punishment.

Wang Hailin retreated tremblingly from the suffocating bedroom, still in shock...

That casual glance made him doubt the wealth and glory he was promised... Can he really get away with it?

The ugly time is approaching.

The eighth prince made a big fuss and broke into the emperor's bedroom despite repeated dissuasion!

"Father! Wake up, you can't die!"

The young man rushed to the dragon bed and shook the emperor vigorously, whose eyes were tightly closed and whose life or death was unknown!

Under the violent shaking, the wrinkled phoenix eyes opened a little, but they were not as clear as before, but hazy, as if they were out of this world...

"Where is the antidote? Is there an antidote?!" the young man shouted angrily at the person who followed him in.

"This medicine is called the Great Dream, and there is no cure for it. Even if you try to save him, he will become stupid and crazy."

The old prime minister avoided those auspicious phoenix eyes, even though those eyes were no longer as frightening as usual...

"Your Majesty, you certainly don't want to wake up like this..."

"I told you not to act rashly! Why didn't you listen?"

Chu Shiqi was furious, his eyes red with anxiety! He had already forgotten his usual respect for his grandfather! He immediately grabbed the old prime minister by the collar!

"As long as my father is alive, it doesn't matter if Chu Shikun becomes the crown prince. I still have a chance! I will kill Chu Shikun someday!"

"If that's the case, I'm afraid there will be more trouble than good. By then, your other three brothers may not have a chance to become successful..."

The old prime minister was not angry either. He took out the long box in his hand and subconsciously looked around. He found that there was no servant in the palace except their own people...

Even if it was premeditated and the servants in the palace were sent away, it seemed too smooth?

Although he felt something was a little strange, the arrow had already been put on the string and had to be shot. The old prime minister took out the exquisite bright yellow scroll from the wooden box and placed it on the inside of the dragon bed...