Divine Doctor: Daughter of the First Wife (Yang Shi Liu) 801

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After the Empress vented her anger, there was no reaction from inside. The sound of the crying also lowered in volume. The imperial physician stood outside for a while before departing. Not long later, Zhang Yuan, who had gone inside earlier, came back out. With a complicated look on his face, everyone became worried.

“His Majesty had a verbal instruction.” Zhang Yuan said this expressionlessly, attracting everyone’s attention to himself. He cleared his throat then said: “His Majesty said that the case of the northern part of the city will be blamed entirely on Zhu Kongshan, who smashed her head in court, alone. The eighth prince is to be found innocent and let go. Command of the imperial guards will be returned to the eighth prince, and the entirety of the Zhu family in Peng Zhou will be executed. At the same time, the 30 thousand troops from the Northeast stationed outside the capital will be placed under the eighth prince’s command. The sixth prince is ordered to return to the capital for the new year to hand over the tiger tally.”

This imperial decree left everyone that heard it in a complete daze, including Feng Yuheng, Xuan Tianming and Xuan Tianhua. They looked at each other. None of them could understand. Why had this happened? The Emperor’s sudden change left them with a bad feeling. It should not be that the eighth prince and Imperial Concubine Yuan Shu had threatened the Emperor, right?

Feng Yuheng’s gaze revealed this thought; however, Xuan Tianhua said: “It should be impossible. Father Emperor has so many hidden guards at his side. Even if the two wanted to do something, it would be impossible. This matter… should be Father Emperor’s own idea.”

Feng Yuheng did not say anything further. She just quietly turned around and did not even bring along Huang Quan, walking toward an isolated area. Huang Quan wanted to follow her but was stopped by Xuan Tianming, who said: “Your princess has her own matters to take care of. You just need to follow this prince.” He understood quite well that Feng Yuheng wanted to go inside to take a look. This was also good. Feng Yuheng would be the only person to be able to get inside the main hall at a time like this. Letting her get a clear understanding would let them develop an understanding. This situation had come quite strangely, and they needed to figure out what was happening.

The atmosphere inside Zhao He Hall was very different from the atmosphere outside. When Feng Yuheng stood in a corner and looked at the three people around the imperial bed, she suddenly felt her heart warm. The Emperor leaned back in the bed, Imperial Concubine Yuan Shu sat at his side, and the eighth prince was partially leaning against it from the ground. One of the Emperor’s hands was repeatedly caressing the eighth prince’s head, as a look of affection rested on his face. Imperial Concubine Yuan Shu stopped her crying to quietly say: “Mo’er has always wanted to be like Your Majesty when you were young, charging onto the battlefield to make a contribution. He has always hoped to be able to learn from Your Majesty and do these things well, but in the end, he is still young. There are still some things that do not go as intended. For Your Majesty to give him this chance to change, Mo’er will definitely use it to change. He will definitely do a good job and learn from Your Majesty on how to handle matters and how to govern a country. He definitely will not let Your Majesty down.”

The eighth prince also said: “Imperial concubine mother is right! Son had been too eager to see results and profits in the past, thus I made many mistakes. But I ask Father Emperor to be at ease. Son is of good birth and son’s original intent was to share Father Emperor’s burdens!”

The Emperor was very moved from hearing this and also said: “Father Emperor understands. We understand all of your intentions. We are also unwilling to let Mo’er die, thus We had to save Mo’er. Dear child, is there anything wrong with your legs? I heard that the condemned cell was extremely cold. What would happen if you hurt your legs? How would you have your Father Emperor live from here on!” As he said this, the Emperor wiped away some tears and looked toward Xuan Tianmo’s legs, anxious adding: “Quickly tell Father Emperor. How are your legs?”

Xuan Tianmo quickly comforted the Emperor, saying: “Father Emperor, don’t worry. They are just a bit stiff. They will get better after resting for a while. Father Emperor, son is not worried about myself. Son is only worried about your health. You must not hurt yourself worrying about son! Son is not worried about hurting my legs. At worst, I will just sit in a wheelchair. Son does not wish to fight for the throne and only wishes to take good care of Father Emperor and imperial concubine mother. To be able to stay at your side and take care of you in your later years is son’s greatest desire.”

The Emperor nodded his head while listening to this. Not only did he pull Xuan Tianmo closer, he also grabbed Imperial Concubine Yuan Shu’s hand, saying emotionally: “Over the years, I have let you suffer. Imperial Concubine Shu gave me a good son, yet We were unable to dote on you properly. Mo’er, don’t worry. Father Emperor will definitely take care of treating your leg. We must stabilize this throne for Mo’er to sit in!” As he said this, he said to Imperial Concubine Yuan Shu: “Dear imperial concubine has waited for Us in hardship for so many years. This was Our mistake. From this day forward, We will definitely take good care of the two of you. I will no longer allow anyone to bully you two. Imperial Concubine Shu… that’s no good. We will wait until the new year. When the new year arrives, We will grant you the position of noble imperial concubine. Also, you will be allowed to help manage the palaces. Dear imperial concubine, is this good?”

A look of joy radiated from Imperial Concubine Yuan Shu’s eyes. She quickly kneeled and gave her thanks. Thank eighth prince gave his thanks for the grace. This family of three then hugged, cried and laughed some more. This sight caused Feng Yuheng to sweat.

This situation… was off!

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