bayedsolid Chapter 401 Apply eye drops
Chapter 401 Apply eye drops
Eyes facing each other.
Emperor Xuan looked at Miao Miao.
Miaomiao was also looking at him.
The Emperor is getting old and his eyesight is failing, so he wants to see more clearly.
Suddenly, he beckoned to Miaomiao, "Come here."
Miaomiao, standing in the middle of the cats, was taken aback.
Is that someone calling her?
He turned to look at his mother, the princess, and only walked over after seeing her nod.
Princess Yuqing felt a little guilty, her hands clenched tightly in her sleeves, her palms sweaty.
She was afraid that her father would realize that Miaomiao resembled Cui Yan.
Although Cui Yan is no longer someone the Emperor can easily mess with.
In matters of state, his father relied heavily on him.
Moreover, she has erased all traces of Miao Miao's background.
But he was facing his father, the emperor, who could decide life and death in an instant.
She was still very nervous.
Miaomiao carried Ruixue and walked up to the emperor.
Sitting on the tatami mat, an old man dressed in a bright yellow casual robe was staring at her.
Actually, I've been watching her ever since she walked in.
His stare made her scalp tingle.
There was a deep sense of oppression.
As we got closer, we could see it more clearly.
The old man had graying temples, a thin build, and a poor complexion; his face even looked somewhat bluish.
I guess he ate those random pills.
In ancient times, there were quite a few emperors who wanted to become immortals, and many of them became obsessed with alchemy and cultivating immortality as they got older.
Instead of becoming an immortal, he ascended to heaven quite early.
If I hadn't taken those little red pills, I might have lived a few more years.
However, the emperor before him was surprisingly kind and benevolent.
Some couldn't believe it; this person was actually the current emperor.
Her maternal grandfather.
seem……
He was quite different from the cold old man described by his maternal grandmother, the Empress.
Otherwise, it's just an act.
Following the etiquette taught by Granny Feng, she performed a deep kneeling bow to the Emperor.
After she got up, the Emperor pulled her to his side and stared at her intently, scrutinizing her face.
He also brushed her thick bangs back.
Then he laughed and asked her, "Do you really like cats?"
"I like it. Does the Emperor like it too? Aren't cats cute?" Miao Miao nodded like a kitten pecking at rice.
The first step to currying favor with someone powerful is to cater to their preferences.
One of the reasons the emperor favored Consort Zhen was probably because of these cats.
At this age, still all alone, I really need companionship.
Seeing that the Emperor was still staring at her, Miao Miao felt a little guilty. "Your Majesty, what are you looking at?"
"You look a lot like my daughter," the Emperor said gently, glancing at Princess Yuqing.
Miao Miao looked at her princess mother and said very seriously, "People can look alike and things can look the same. There are so many people in the world, and many of them look alike. I am the most like the princess, which means we are destined to be together. Perhaps we were mother and daughter in a previous life, so the princess took me in as her goddaughter."
The little one is not only good-looking, but also quite talkative. Yuqing was not as talkative as her when she was young.
Pretty clever.
The emperor smiled, then turned and asked, "How did your parents treat you?"
"Mother is the best mother in the world, as for Father... I don't have a father." As Jiang Miaomiao said this, she called out to Cui Yan as her father several times in her heart.
no way.
She rarely got to see the emperor.
Regardless of whether it's useful or not, we need to seize the opportunity to put a bad word to Jiang Yunze.
"How could there not be? Isn't Jiang Yunze your father?" The Emperor looked at the proud little girl and realized that she did look a lot like Yuqing.
"My mother was driven away by that man, leaving my two siblings and me to live in Jiangzhou. While we were starving, my mother went hunting in the mountains and tilling the fields to feed us, while that man was surrounded by beautiful wives and concubines, enjoying a life of luxury and delicacy in the capital. He even allowed his concubine to collude with kidnappers to abduct my brother and me, almost preventing us from ever seeing our mother again. We nearly died on the way back to the capital. He doesn't deserve to be a father; he gave birth to children but didn't raise them, and he doesn't deserve to be a father at all," Miao Miao said righteously.
Her little face turned bright red with anger, and her little hands clenched into fists.
She's both adorable and heartbreaking.
Princess Yuqing's eyes reddened.
Seeing how much my daughter laughs and jokes around all day, I thought she didn't know.
I never imagined she knew everything, just to prevent her from blaming herself.
The emperor looked guilty.
The root cause is that the Lu family was held accountable.
That girl actually used her own dowry to patch up the hole; that kind of spirit is truly admirable.
Emperor Xuan was quite impressed with her.
Compared to this, I feel that Jiang Yunze is really not a good person.
"Has Jiang Yunze never helped you or given you any money?"
Miao Miao shook her head firmly, "They've never given me a single copper coin."
The Emperor's dislike for Vice Minister Jiang grew even stronger. He summoned the chief eunuch, Eunuch Qian, and ordered, "Jiang Yunze will be fined three years' salary, and the confiscated salary will be given to the three Jiang siblings."
After saying that, he looked at Miaomiao and asked, "Are you satisfied now?"
Miaomiao nodded.
In fact, she was not satisfied at all; Jiang Yunze's salary for three years was converted into cash.
It's only two or three thousand taels.
It's not even enough to cover a fraction of the eldest brother's betrothal gifts.
But it's good to annoy him.
Eunuch Qian responded and left, glancing at Jiang Miaomiao one last time as he went.
In the early stages of taking the elixir, the emperor was still full of energy, but now his health is gradually deteriorating.
She was already in poor health, and she wouldn't listen to advice, ruining her own life.
Those who were his servants dared not utter a word.
Eunuch Qian was the emperor's confidant, and although he was about the same age as the emperor.
But in reality, he was much healthier than the emperor.
Although he pretended to be older than the emperor.
He was confident that he could outlive the emperor.
So he has been observing the situation for some time now.
Choosing a crown prince?
The Crown Prince's health was so poor that even the imperial physicians shook their heads, wondering if he could outlive the Emperor. The Crown Prince was not even three years old.
I don't know if I'll ever grow up.
Prince Jing was the most suitable candidate, but he had no interest in politics and was preoccupied with his wife.
I wonder if I can defeat Prince Chen.
The main reason is that the emperor now has a concubine named Zhen by his side, and she can easily whisper sweet nothings in his ear.
The emperor began to lose his senses.
Prince Chen would often come to the palace to flatter and fawn over the emperor, making him smile from ear to ear.
The princes who were once looked down upon have suddenly become highly sought after.
There was also the eighth prince, who was eyeing the throne with predatory intent.
The remaining princes also began to observe, wondering what kind of person the future monarch would be, as it concerned their very lives.
He hesitated, wavering between the princes, unable to make a decision.
But today I saw this little girl.
He suddenly had a different idea.
He had heard of the child.
This child is the granddaughter of General Lu. The Lu family and the Mu family are old friends, and the Mu family has also formed a marriage alliance with Prince Jing.
Now this child has become Princess Yuqing's adopted daughter.
I previously thought this was intentional.
But seeing this child at this moment, he was trembling with fear.
These eyebrows...
Isn't she Princess Yuqing from when she was a child?
But when the little girl was speaking, there was another person's shadow on her.
This person is definitely not the deceased Prince Consort Cao.
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