The reason why Dongling Yuanyong came to Xiangyun Palace tonight was not to show off to anyone, nor to give You Kouyi any chance, but because he learned that You Kouyi had gone to Lengyue Palace.
Regardless of the purpose of You Kouyi going to Lengyue Palace, Dongling Yuanyong also knew that she did not go with good intentions.
If it were normal times, he believed that Ximen Yourong would be able to deal with it on his own. However, Ximen Yourong must be feeling very uncomfortable today. He didn't want her to bother dealing with You Kouyi, so he asked Eunuch Cao to take You Kouyi by the way.
Ripples left from Lengyue Palace.
Besides, it's time for him to share a room with You Kouyi...!
You Kouyi listened to Dongling Yuanyong's praise. She elegantly picked up a piece of fresh fish with her chopsticks and put it into Dongling Yuanyong's bowl and said with a smile:
"Your Majesty, please don't praise me for now. Although there are some dishes that I personally cooked and prepared, they look good, but the taste is not to your Majesty's taste. I would like to ask your Majesty to have a taste, and then come and see how worthy I am."
Not worthy of His Majesty’s praise.”
When Dongling Yuanyong ate the fish, he raised his eyebrows and praised:
"I didn't expect that as the most noble daughter of Dacheng, the imperial concubine's cooking skills would be so wonderful. This is something that I didn't expect."
"When I was in my mother's family, I actually didn't cook much. It was only after I was appointed as a noble concubine by His Majesty that I seriously learned cooking skills so that I could serve Your Majesty as well as I do now."
"I am very satisfied with your concubine's hard work. It seems that your Xiangyun Palace will be more suitable for me to rest here in the future."
Dongling Yuanyong praised You Kouyi, and at the same time helped You Kouyi pick up some dishes:
"You should eat it too!"
"Your Majesty...I..." You Kouyi seemed shy and hesitated to speak.
"What, is something wrong?"
"I thought Your Majesty was dissatisfied with me, so I kept..."
Dongling Yuanyong frowned slightly. He knew exactly what You Kouyi wanted to express. He raised his lips and said bluntly:
"The noble concubine wants to say that since the wedding, I have not come to Xiangyun Palace. Do you think I am neglecting you?"
You Kouyi lowered her head slightly and pursed her lips in aggrieved silence. This reminded Dongling Yuanyong of Ximen Yourong. Not to mention pretending to be shy in front of him, she didn't even have a smile that could be seen.
If there was anything Ximen Yourong was pretending in front of him, it was her "submission". In fact, her "submission" to him had never been truly "submissive".
Because she hates being groveling to others, even if it's him!
So she, who yearns for freedom, has entered this palace where there are rules and conspiracies everywhere. How uncomfortable must she feel?
Uncomfortable, uncomfortable...what kind of pain will she endure tonight?
Dongling Yuanyong suddenly stood up and walked to the window and pushed open the window. He looked at the snowy sky outside. It seemed that there was a lot of snow this year!
You Kouyi also walked over. Looking at Dongling Yuanyong's unreadable expression, she still couldn't figure out what he was thinking.
"His Majesty……?"
"Your Majesty, it's cold tonight, how about we drink some wine?"
Dongling Yuanyong said, he closed the window and naturally took You Kouyi's hand and returned to the dining table.
Manzhi brought two maids with him and presented them with two jugs of warm wine. He didn't know whether Dongling Yuanyong was really in a good mood or was just enjoying the wine. He personally added a lot of wine to You Kouyi and waited until the two of them finished the two.
After finishing the pot of wine, not only You Kouyi was a little dizzy, but Dongling Yuanyong was also a little drunk.
You Kouyi stood up and wanted to sober up, but she almost collapsed as soon as she stood up. However, Dongling Yuanyong reached out and hugged her on his lap to avoid making a fool of herself.
When You Kouyi found herself sitting in Dongling Yuanyong's arms, her thoughts were immediately racing, especially when Dongling Yuanyong looked at her deeply. His face got closer and closer, and soon he kissed her.
lips...!
The people who were waiting wisely withdrew, and soon, the candlelight in the inner room dimmed...
Xiangyun Palace was filled with joy because Dongling Yuanyong had officially favored You Kouyi, but Lengyue Palace, which had been left out in the cold, was a different story.
Ximen Yourong did have a fever, and the situation was as expected by Dr. Ai. The fever made Ximen Yourong feel cold and painful. At this time, no one could help relieve her pain.
Ximen Yourong's whole body was trembling with cold pain. She was half asleep and half awake, moaning in pain. Seeing Ximen Yourong guarding her, she was so heartbroken that she kept sobbing. She held Ximen Yourong's hand tightly and kept moaning.
While rubbing it, he cried to Dr. Ai:
"Mr. Ai, please think of a way to help my young lady. If this continues, she will die...!"
"The Queen's situation is really abnormal and beyond my expectation. I can't find a good way to help the Queen relieve her pain."
In fact, Dr. Ai was also frightened by Ximen Yourong's symptoms. He expected that Ximen Yourong would be uncomfortable, but it was completely beyond his expectation that she would be so uncomfortable that life would be worse than death.
Moreover, when he took Ximen Yourong's pulse just now, he found that Ximen Yourong's pulse was so abnormal that it was a mess. If he remembered correctly, this pulse should be related to the legendary cold poison.
In the morning he diagnosed Ximen Yourong with cold syndrome. He thought that Ximen Yourong's cold syndrome was just serious. Unexpectedly, what Ximen Yourong suffered from was not an ordinary cold syndrome at all, but a cold poison.
If the fever caused by the wound hadn't stimulated Ximen Yourong's abnormal attack of cold poison, Doctor Ai wouldn't have figured out the reason.
The cold poison will only occur once a year on the day of great cold, and usually it is a process that is worse than death.
But now Ximen Yourong is suffering from cold poison caused by external factors, which will be much more painful than the symptoms that occurred on the day of the great cold.
It was also because Xiang Qing knew what was going on that she was so anxious that she didn't know what to do!
Suddenly, Xiang Qing seemed to remember something in the confusion. She was about to stand up in a hurry, but she fainted the moment she stood up, which almost scared Dr. Ai.
However, seeing Wuhen appearing silently and hugging Xiang Qing's body, Doctor Ai realized that Xiang Qing's dizzy point was tapped by Wuhen.
Then, another majestic figure that also appeared like a phantom was Dongling Yuanyong.
Dongling Yuanyong sat on the edge of the bed and looked at Ximen Yourong, who was pale with pain. He coldly opened the thick quilt covering Ximen Yourong without saying a word, then quickly hugged her and sat up for her.
Luck keeps the cold away.
This time, he increased his internal energy extremely quickly. His hot palms were placed directly on Ximen Yourong's heart, pouring the heat source from her heart continuously...!
As the night gradually fell into silence, the entire Lengyue Palace became even more silent under the cover of snowflakes, as if everything was covered up by this silence!
However, no one knew that in Ximen Yourong's dormitory, a strange air current was still flowing through it. Only Doctor Ai and Wuhen who were guarding the hall could feel the collision of the two heavens of ice and fire!
Just when time was almost forgotten, Doctor Ai, who had been always on tenterhooks, finally saw Dongling Yuanyong withdrawing his interest and returning his internal strength.
When Dongling Yuanyong gently laid Ximen Yourong back on the bed, he finally felt at ease when he saw that her face was no longer so pale and could not hear her sobs of pain!
"Your Majesty, please ask me to help you feel your pulse..."
Poof...a mouthful of blood spat out from Dongling Yuanyong's mouth!
When they saw the blood spurting out of Dongling Yuanyong's mouth, Doctor Ai and Wuhen both rushed forward in a hurry, but Dongling Yuanyong raised his hand to tell them not to panic.
But Imperial Physician Ai ignored the courtesy of a monarch and minister and grabbed Dongling Yuanyong's hand to help him feel his pulse, but Dongling Yuanyong stopped him and said:
"I'm fine, I'll go check on the Queen first."
"The empress is not as worried as your Majesty right now. Your Majesty, you are so lucky that if you are not careful, all your internal organs will be damaged. Don't be careless!"
"You can't help me with my internal injuries, but don't worry, I'll be back to normal after adjusting my breathing in a few days. Just take good care of the queen."
In fact, Dongling Yuanyong did have too much luck just now, but if he didn't do that, he would not be able to help Ximen Yourong alleviate his pain.
Although Ximen Yourong's cold poison was suppressed by him, his excessive luck would shock his own internal organs, which is why he vomited blood just now.
Doctor Ai had no choice but to check Ximen Yourong's condition first. Judging from Ximen Yourong's pulse condition, he should be fine for the time being.
However, Doctor Ai looked at Dongling Yuanyong who was sitting beside the bed and asked with almost certainty:
"Your Majesty has long known that the Queen is suffering from cold poison?"
Before it got dark, Imperial Physician Ai received instructions from Dongling Yuanyong to protect Ximen Yourong and help her alleviate her pain as much as possible.
But Imperial Physician Ai didn't know at first that Ximen Yourong was in pain and that he couldn't help.
Originally, Dr. Ai thought that there was no doubt that Ximen Yourong would suffer tremendous pain tonight.
But seeing that Dongling Yuanyong knew how to help Ximen Yourong as soon as he appeared, he guessed that Dongling Yuanyong was already familiar with Ximen Yourong's cold poison symptoms.
Dongling Yuanyong had no intention of responding to Imperial Physician Ai's question at this time. He only asked:
"Is the queen safe?"
The only thing her body was afraid of was cold. He only knew that as long as she wasn't cold, she wouldn't be in pain.
But he had no way of knowing if there was anything wrong with her. He could only ask Dr. Ai to find out the situation.
Imperial Physician Ai looked at Ximen Yourong who was sleeping soundly, and then at Dongling Yuanyong who looked a little pale in turn. He said with some dissatisfaction:
"Your Majesty, you are risking your own dragon body to help the Queen. How can the Queen be unsafe? She is very well now! I will use acupuncture to consolidate the heat source in the Queen's body. That way, she can wake up as long as she sleeps.
We’ve almost overcome this difficulty.”
Dongling Yuanyong didn't say anything after hearing this. He endured the discomfort in his body and stood up and ordered:
"Ai Lao, please stay and watch over her, and..."
Dongling Yuanyong's deep eyes were fixed on Ximen Yourong's face. After a while, he looked at Dr. Ai and continued to give instructions coldly:
"I didn't show up tonight!"
Afterwards, Dongling Yuanyong and Wuhen disappeared into Lengyue Palace without disturbing anyone, as if they had never appeared.
Only Dr. Ai knew what happened in Lengyue Palace, and only Dr. Ai could see clearly that Dongling Yuanyong's affection for Ximen Yourong could no longer be hidden...!