Chapter 825 - The Ruler Didn’t Attend Morning Court

Chapter 825: The Ruler Didn’t Attend Morning Court

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Under the shade of a tree, Qing Yuan and Hong Luan looked at each other. All they saw in each other’s eyes was helplessness.
Xin Zhe landed beside them with a soft thud and asked, “Her Majesty hasn’t come out yet?”
They shook their heads.
“If Her Majesty comes out, tell her that Great Elder is seeking an audience!” Xin Zhe said faintly before turning her head toward the palace. At present, everyone was standing outside the courtyard. Only the upper half of the palace could be seen over the wall.
If they listened carefully, they could hear soft voices coming from inside.
It had been three days. Both of them had already stayed in these quarters for three days. They didn’t know that consummating their marriage would take so long!
Xin Zhe began to grow curious about what they were doing inside.
“We delivered food to the room for the last two days, but none of it has been touched!” Qing Yuan muttered.
“With the strength of Her Majesty, it wouldn’t affect her even if she didn’t eat for a few days,” Xin Zhe replied. Without thinking further, she turned around and walked outside while saying, “I’ll go inform Great Elder.”
However, before she even walked 100 meters away, she heard a loud noise from behind her. She turned around and was immediately shocked.
The roof of the empress’s quarters… It was gone!
The original location of the roof was completely shrouded in dust that was rising into the sky!
The loud noise created disorder in the entire palace!
Xin Zhe dashed back to the quarters. It was completely shrouded in dust, so she couldn’t see the situation inside clearly.
“Commander!” Qing Yuan and Hong Luan were stunned and at a loss. Seeing her come over was like finding support for themselves.
“Hurry and save Her Majesty!”
“This won’t hurt her,” Xin Zhe replied faintly without even looking at them.
“Everyone, don’t be alarmed!” she shouted.
She first stabilized the situation before striking toward the front with her palm. With a wind piercing sound, a hole appeared in the dust in front, but it was quickly filled up by the dust in the surroundings.
Seeing that this wasn’t working, she pondered for a little and dashed inside.
“Get out!” Within the dust, the empress’s voice suddenly rang out and made Xin Zhe stop in her tracks.
“Get someone from the clinic to come!” the empress added.
“Are you injured, Your Majesty?” Xin Zhe was surprised.
“Not me! Hurry!” The empress’s voice sounded a little lethargic, and it had an inexplicable feel to it.
Knowing that it wasn’t the empress who was injured, Xin Zhe was relieved. She cupped her hands in the direction of where the empress’s voice came from and wasn’t bothered by whether the empress could see this or not. She had developed this habit a long time ago. After that, she left to send someone to call for the doctor.
The moment Xin Zhe left, a streak of red shadow dashed through the dust and vanished into one of the halls at the side. At the same time, a voice sounded and ordered, “No one else is to come close. Qing Yuan, Hong Luan, bring clothes for me and Zhao Prince Consort!”
The duo were stunned momentarily. The empress’s favorite clothes were all buried inside her quarters…
Fortunately, there were people who made clothes for her in the palace. The duo went separate ways to get the empress’s underwear and red muslin dress as well as Ren Baqian’s clothes from Pingle Park.
At the same time, they ordered the imperial kitchen to cook some food, especially meat. Large amounts of meat!
Qing Yuan and Hong Luan thought that Ren Baqian and the empress would probably be hungry!
Not just probably, but certainly! They hadn’t left the quarters in three days…
Before the duo arrived at the side hall, they recalled the noises they heard and the things that happened at the main hall of the empress’s quarters over the last three days. Immediately, they blushed!
Once they entered, they saw the empress sitting there while covered in red cloth. Her plaits had already loosened with several strands of hair covering her face. There seemed to be some water and dust on her head as well.
The red cloth that she covered herself with wasn’t exactly clean either. It was also stained with water and dust.
In this state, the empress looked quite badly beaten. When Qing Yuan and Hong Luan looked at her, she seemed a little different. Her skin seemed to have an additional layer of radiance, and there was a pinkish hue on her fair skin.
Zhao Prince Consort laid beside her with only a piece of red cloth covering his lower body.
The duo was shocked when they looked at him.
He looked deathly pale and seemed to have lost quite some weight!
“What happened to Zhao Prince Consort…” they subconsciously mumbled.
“Nothing serious!” the empress replied faintly as her face started to blush.
Ren Baqian seemed to have lost quite a bit of weight, but his body still looked fine. In fact, it looked slightly better than before!
It was just that… the empress probably broke his pelvic bone just now?
He passed out after that!
It was unintentional… Her mind was already blank at that point!
Qing Yuan and Hong Luan didn’t dare to probe further. They placed the clothes to one side and asked, “Your Majesty, shall we prepare some food and a bath?”
“Get someone to prepare them and take your leave. Bring the doctor when he arrives!” the empress replied without even looking up.
After the duo left, she placed her hand on Ren Baqian’s face. She stroked her finger from his cheeks to his chin and then his chest. Thinking back to the madness over the last few days, she didn’t know how she should react.
Many times, she didn’t even know what she was doing!
“It’s all your fault!” the empress mumbled.
That’s it!
After a while, someone from the clinic arrived, and it was the chief of the clinic. Without saying a thing, he first checked Ren Baqian’s physical condition.
He then lowered his head and reported, “Firstly, Zhao Prince Consort’s body has bone fractures caused by external impacts. These are easy to deal with. Secondly, he’s lacking in essence blood. I heard that Zhao Prince Consort and Your Majesty haven’t left the palace in three days. You must take care of your body! However, the strange thing is that people who are lacking essence blood are usually dispirited and listless. From what I see, Zhao Prince Consort is still full of vitality and stronger than before! This vitality seems to have been transferred to him from an external source.”
The physician had a pensive look and asked, “Could this be the legendary [Double Cultivation Method]? I have heard about the engendering of Yin and Yang back when I was touring the Yun Nation. The [Double Cultivation Method] complements both Yin and Yang, especially during the first time. With Your Majesty’s strength, your energy could have entered Zhao Prince Consort’s body…”
The empress’s face was completely flushed. This man was full of nonsense. If he were Tong Zhenye or Qin Chuan, she would have already killed him by now!
“Treat him and wake him up!” she said quickly.
After finishing her sentence, she immediately bolted away and vanished in an instant.
The empress had never felt so badly beaten in her entire life!
After soaking in the tub for some time, the blush on her face still hadn’t dissipated. She was still full of vitality!
“Hong Luan, go watch over Zhao Prince Consort and inform me when he wakes up!”
After Hong Luan left, the empress gently closed her eyes in the tub. The feeling she had experienced over the last few days was still lingering, and it made her feel a little confused.
“Your Majesty, Great Elder came to seek an audience in the afternoon!” Qing Yuan knelt behind her and kneaded her shoulders.
“I got it! Since that night… How long has it been?” the empress asked with her eyes shut.
“Your Majesty, it’s already been three days!” Qing Yuan replied softly. Then, she suddenly felt the empress’s body tense up.
“Three days?” the empress opened her eyes and asked subconsciously. So much time had passed? Even though she could see light seeping into the hall, she had completely lost track of time!
It was just that the empress was too focused on listening to other things and didn’t pay attention to that detail.
“Yes!”
Thinking about how those old b*stards would secretly be laughing at her for staying in the palace for three days with Ren Baqian without even stepping out, she immediately became vexed.
“Get Xin Zhe to spread the word. I will hold morning court tomorrow!”