To Be a Mighty Empress, Or Not to Be - C119

At this time, Li Mu remembered the words Anran had said the night before he left the Intoxicated Heart Pavilion, as if intentionally or unintentionally, it was a hint of something.

However, in the blink of an eye, he had forgotten about it. He slowly said, “It is said that military generals are not as meticulous as civil officials, but I have seen the side of a young general that is both civil and martial.”

Hearing that, Xiang Rongcheng seemingly swept a glance over him, but did not think much of it and replied: “Third Prince is flattering me, as a general, how could I not know military tactics? Doesn’t this make you what people call a reckless person? ”

“The young general’s words are courteous, but since ancient times, it is not uncommon to see a martial general as resourceful and resourceful as the young general!” Li Mu said unintentionally, and then stopped the topic.

On the other hand, Xiang Rongcheng started to carefully mull over these words. Seeing that he did not say anything, he only accompanied him with a smiley face before standing up, “I’ll go check on how the injured soldiers are doing!”

Li Mu slightly narrowed his eyes. Xiang Rongcheng was indeed a rare talent, if Xiang Family held a heavy weapon, it would sooner or later be handed over to him. Presumably, the crown prince was also thinking about how to rope Xiang Rongcheng in. The reason why Li Mu was willing to bring his troops here, was firstly to provide assistance, and secondly to reach an agreement with Xiang Rongcheng, to probe just which side he would stand on.

At this time, the capital was still bustling with activity, but this kind of prosperity was obtained by exchanging the blood of soldiers on the front lines.

This year, the emperor had planned to hold a grand banquet for the empress, but now that the border war had not subsided and the empress didn’t want to cause too much commotion, the matter was put to rest.

“Anran, serve us some tea!” It was only after Eunuch Zhao’s second scream that she regained her senses.

Shi Anran lowered her eyes and placed the teacup onto the table, then said softly, “Anran is feeling a little unwell, Your Majesty, please forgive me.”

“I didn’t say I would punish you, what about it?” Haven’t you recovered after all these days? ” He could feel that Shi Anran was a little different than before, especially today, where he was a little absent-minded.

“Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. Anran is actually much better now.”

“Although the empress’s birthday banquet isn’t going to be held, we can’t let her down. After all, she’s the mother of a nation. Tell me, how should I make the empress happy?”

Eunuch Zhao pondered before his eyes suddenly lit up. “Your majesty, didn’t the empress always chant buddha during Ramadan? This servant heard that there was a temple outside the capital called Hanshan Temple. Countless people went to burn incense to worship Buddha and all said that it was very successful.

Hearing this, the emperor happily nodded his head. “This method is very good. I’m sure the empress will like it, so it’s decided!”

A lot of things still happened … Shi Anran still remembered that in his previous life, the Emperor stayed in the temple for three days and three nights, and at the same time, used the reason of him blessing the young generals to sightsee. In his previous life, Shi Anran had been tortured by the Li sisters to the point where she had almost died. Now that those who could protect her as her backer were not by her side and the Imperial Noble Consort Zhao couldn’t protect her, what could she do now?

After Shi Anran returned to the Palace with a heavy heart, she felt extremely tired, so she took an afternoon nap, and before she could even wake up, she heard some people arguing outside.

“Aunt is taking a nap. If there’s nothing else, you can’t disturb her!” Cui Yu stopped the palace maid who wanted to barge in.

At this time, Shi Anran had already woken up. She slowly walked out, and her tone carried a trace of laziness. “What’s going on?”

“This servant is from Imperial Noble Consort Lan’s side. It’s already past noon, and the Empress still hasn’t seen any trace of Aunt, so she called this servant over to take a look.” The palace maid spoke in a neither humble nor haughty manner, it was obvious that she relied on the Imperial Noble Consort Lan’s support, and did not place Shi Anran in her eyes.

Shi Anran used a gentle and gentle voice to speak slowly, “The emperor has granted me the privilege of not being able to serve for three days. Go back and tell this to Imperial Noble Consort Lan when you return!”

“Aunt, don’t make things difficult for this servant!” If he couldn’t get her to come, and the Imperial Noble Consort Lan wasn’t happy about it, she would be punished.

Shi Anran ignored the pleading eyes of the little palace maid and covered her mouth while coughing, as if she was in great pain. Cui Yu quickly supported her body and asked worriedly: “Aunt, is your illness worse now?”

“Cough, cough …” Shi Anran only replied with an even more hurried cough.

Seeing Shi Anran being supported in, the young palace maid stood there stunned for a moment, then rushed back to report to Feng Yi Palace.

After hearing this, Li Ruolan questioned: “You didn’t lie to me?”

“This servant doesn’t dare, Aunt Anran seems to really be sick, and very sick as well.” The young palace maid explained in detail.

If she was not truly sick, the Emperor would not have let her rest. Thinking about it, Li Ruolan immediately became happy, she stood up and slowly walked forward: “This Shi Anran always looks to be extremely arrogant, but now that she is sick, isn’t it something to be happy about? However, if that’s the case … It’s far from enough! ”

“Empress, what do you want to do?” Pearl, the personal maid, came over and asked.

Li Ruolan looked at the canary hanging by the window, stretched out her hand and teased, then said with a meaningful smile, “Your majesty wants to go to Han Mountain Temple with the Empress early tomorrow morning to stay for a few days, are you afraid that you won’t have the chance to kill Shi Anran then?”

Pearl smiled and added, “What the Empress said is true!”

“Alright, since she’s sick, how can I not go see her? “Zhu Er, go prepare some bird’s nest porridge to mend your body. I will head over right now.” As he said that, the smile on Li Ruolan’s face gradually became deeper.

Shi Anran knew that Li Ruolan would not let it go so easily. After knowing that she was sick, she would definitely bring people with her to mock and ridicule him. However, Shi Anran was just pretending to be sick, and now she was using a rock to smash her own foot.

Cui Yun said softly: “Aunt, do you want to take a bath now?”

Shi Anran shook her head, and then laughed lightly: “Cui Yun, go and bring me two steamed buns that just came out of the furnace, and also some ointment grass.”

“Yes …” Cui Yun lowered his eyes and agreed.

Shi Anran used a hot towel to cover her face, under her arms, were two steamed buns which made her whole body hot, and after the wormwood was burnt, the room was filled with the strong smell of herbs. Presumably, Li Ruolan was already there, she handed a towel to Cui Yun and covered herself with it, pretending to be asleep.

“When I heard that Anran is sick, I specially brought an imperial physician for you to see!” Accompanied by the still loud voice, Li Ruolan already slowly walked in.

Cui Yun bowed respectfully, “This servant pays respects to the imperial concubine!”

Li Ruolan swept a glance over her and then walked in: “Doctor Zhou, I’ll leave it to you!”

“As you command!” Doctor Zhou walked over to check, checked Shi Anran’s forehead and then opened her eyelids, immediately beginning to check her pulse.

I hope my aunt doesn’t get caught… Cui Yun clenched her fingers anxiously. This was too infuriating!

After a while, Doctor Zhou shook his head and sighed, “The illness of Lady Anran…”

“How is it?” Li Ruolan was afraid that she was faking it, hence she brought the imperial physician.