12dz Chapter 253 The Patriarch of the Qi Family
Chapter 253 The Patriarch of the Qi Family
Who is this person? It turns out to be Li Shitao, the confidant of the head of the Qi family.
Although he has a head full of white hair, he is a martial arts expert and is the captain of the family's guard.
He walked forward with a serious expression and presented a letter with both hands.
The envelope looked quite exquisite, and it was obviously not an ordinary letter. The envelope contained a secret letter from the head of the Qi family.
The head of the Qi family is the father of Prime Minister Qi Yong.
When the previous emperor was in power, he served as the Grand Marshal and held a high position of power.
In order to maintain the prosperity of his family, the head of the family has taken great pains and devoted all his energy.
He personally trained Prime Minister Qi Yong, selected Imperial Concubine Qi Lanzhi and sent her to the palace. He also carefully selected Qi Siyue and cultivated her according to the standards of the Crown Princess since she was young.
The head of the Qi family is far-sighted and has always had extraordinary insight into crises.
Prime Minister Qi was well aware of the importance of the letter, so he hurriedly and respectfully opened it, read it quickly several times, and then burned it.
He bowed to Li Shitao and said, "I will follow the instructions of the patriarch."
Li Shitao nodded, bowed and left without saying a word.
All the ministers present looked at Prime Minister Qi in unison, their faces full of anticipation.
Prime Minister Qi leaned back, took a deep breath, and smiled, "Don't worry, everyone. I have a solution."
Three days later, Changqiu Palace.
Concubine Qi suddenly became seriously ill, lost her appetite, and was bedridden.
This made the Emperor Dong very anxious, and he immediately ordered all the doctors in the Imperial Medical Bureau to go for a consultation.
However, after the imperial doctors had examined and treated the patients, they all looked solemn, as if they had encountered some difficult problem.
The chief judge of the Imperial Hospital knew that this matter was of great importance and dared not neglect it in the slightest. He came to the Imperial Study anxiously to report to the Emperor: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I am incompetent! Concubine Qi..."
The Emperor frowned and asked anxiously, "Tell me quickly, what happened to Concubine Qi?"
The chief judge of the Imperial Hospital lowered his head and said in a low voice: "Empress Qi is too worried, which has caused her body to be extremely weak. Now she can't eat. I'm afraid there is no medicine to cure her!"
Upon hearing the news, Emperor Dong's face changed drastically. He could never have imagined that Concubine Qi would be so seriously ill.
"How is this possible? Why did Concubine Qi's condition suddenly worsen to this extent?" Emperor Dong asked angrily.
The chief judge of the Imperial Hospital immediately knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, Concubine Qi has been depressed for some time, and has been unable to eat or sleep. We have tried our best, but there is nothing we can do!"
Dongdi remained silent, his heart full of regret and self-blame.
He thought of his negligence towards Concubine Qi and his failure to notice her inner pain and pressure in time.
"You bunch of useless people, what's the point of me keeping you?" Emperor Dong angrily rebuked the imperial doctors.
The chief judge of the Imperial Hospital kowtowed repeatedly to apologize: "Your Majesty, please calm down. We have indeed done our best. Please punish us."
Emperor Dong looked at the imperial doctors in front of him, and the anger in his heart burned even more fiercely, but he also understood that now was not the time to punish them.
He took a deep breath, tried to calm himself down, then waved his hand, signaling them to leave.
The imperial doctors were as if they had been pardoned. They kowtowed to express their gratitude and left in a hurry.
Emperor Dong sat alone in the imperial study, unable to calm down for a long time.
He sighed, threw the memorial aside, stood up and walked out of the imperial study, deciding to go see Concubine Qi.
Emperor Dong walked quickly towards Concubine Qi's bedroom, feeling heavy-hearted all the way.
When he entered the bedroom, he saw Concubine Qi lying quietly on the bed, her face pale and her expression dull.
She was not wearing any makeup, her hair was scattered casually on the pillow, and she looked particularly haggard.
"My beloved, Lanzhi..."
Emperor Dong walked to the bedside with a distressed look on his face, and sat down, gently stroking Concubine Qi's hand.
He wanted to comfort her, but he didn't know what to say.
Dongdi's nose felt sore, and he couldn't bear it. He asked softly, "Do you have any wish?"
"Your Majesty..." Concubine Qi spoke with difficulty, her voice a little hoarse, as if she had used up all her strength.
She raised her head with great effort, looked at the Emperor of the East with pleading eyes, and said slowly: "I want to see my family..."
She tried to push herself up, but eventually collapsed weakly onto the bed.
Emperor Dong looked at Concubine Qi's weak appearance and couldn't help feeling a trace of pity in his heart.
"I agree." Emperor Dong said quickly.
Concubine Qi looked at Emperor Dong and slowly revealed a relieved smile.
The second day, at noon.
The Emperor of the East ordered Concubine Qi's mother, the Prime Minister's wife, to come to the palace to visit his daughter.
When the prime minister's wife entered the palace, she saw her daughter lying on the bed, terminally ill. She was heartbroken. The mother and daughter hugged each other and cried, unable to part.
About half an hour later, the dowry nanny beside Concubine Qi ran out crying.
The Emperor of the East was walking towards the imperial study after the morning court session when he met this maid on the way.
She was kneeling on the road that Dongdi had to take to get to the imperial study.
Seeing the Emperor of the East coming, she kowtowed hard.
Dongdi was puzzled and asked her what happened.
The nanny begged the Emperor to allow Madam Qi to keep Qi Siyi, who had entered the palace with her, to accompany Concubine Qi.
"Your Majesty, the Imperial Concubine and this niece hit it off right away. The Imperial Concubine wants someone from her family to accompany her, just in case..."
"Stop talking nonsense! The imperial concubine will get better." Emperor Dong interrupted her unhappily.
After a pause, Dongdi calmed down and asked, "Who did you say you wanted to keep?"
"The niece of the Imperial Concubine, Qi Siyi, the daughter of Master Qi, is the cousin of Princess Yong, Qi Siyue.
The Prime Minister's wife thinks this niece looks a lot like the Imperial Concubine when she was young."
"is it?"
The image of the young Qi Lanzhi emerged in Dongdi's mind, lively, playful and radiant.
"I'm sure."
Noon, Prince's Mansion, Chaoyang Garden.
After lunch, Qin Rubing sat in the newly built sunroom in the yard to bask in the sun.
Just when I was feeling a little drowsy, Zhuxiang came in.
Qin Rubing looked up at Zhuxiang.
"Master, there's news from the palace that Concubine Qi has a sudden emergency, and the imperial physician says there's no way she can be saved."
"Oh?" Qin Rubing was no longer sleepy. "That's interesting."
What is Concubine Qi doing at this time?
She motioned for Zhuxiang to step back.
"Xiaoyu."
"I'm here."
"Activate the surveillance camera function, location: Concubine Qi's bedroom."
"Yes, Master."
Qin Rubing closed her eyes, and the scene of Concubine Qi's bedroom appeared in her mind.
Concubine Qi was lying on the bed, looking unwell.
There were many people serving nearby.
"Eh? Xiaoyu, who is that beautiful young lady?"
"Master, that's Qi Siyi, Qi Siyue's cousin."
"What? What did I miss?"
Qin Rubing's gossipy heart was eager to try, "Camera closer, closer, for a close-up."
A delicate and beautiful little face appeared clearly in the camera.
"Why does he look familiar? Who does he look like?"
"Master, she looks a lot like Concubine Qi."
"Oh, it's true. Where does this person come from?"
"Xiao Yu" gave a brief introduction.
"Haha, it turns out that this is the big move of the Qi family's patriarch. Well, what a good plan!"
Qin Rubing clapped her hands lightly, her tone full of sarcasm.
"What a desperate counterattack! How sinister!"
Qin Rubing showed a sneer on her face and a cold look flashed in her eyes.
"It's really unexpected that they can come up with such a method to deal with our Prince's Mansion."
There was a hint of disdain and contempt in her voice.
"Do they think they can succeed like this? How naive!"
Qin Rubing adjusted her mood, calmed down, and listened carefully.
The nanny was reporting to the Prime Minister's wife: "Madam, the Emperor has approved it."
The Prime Minister's wife nodded with satisfaction, turned to look at Qi Siyi, and said sternly: "You know what to do. Everything in the palace is up to the Imperial Concubine."
Qi Siyi bowed and replied respectfully, "I will follow Madam's instructions."
The Prime Minister's wife looked at Concubine Qi with eyes full of doting, "Zhi'er, you have to get better soon."
Concubine Qi nodded slightly.
The Prime Minister's wife left reluctantly.
Qi Siyi looked around and saw the luxurious decorations in Concubine Qi's bedroom with envy on her face.
The nanny helped Concubine Qi to sit up, and just in time saw the greed that flashed across Qi Siyi's eyes.
Concubine Qi suppressed her inner disdain and waved to Qi Siyi to come closer.
Qi Siyi hesitated and did not move, the disgust in her eyes could hardly be concealed, as if she was afraid of being infected with the disease.
The nanny saw this and glared at him, "What are you dawdling about for?"
Qi Siyi was startled. After all, she was a young lady who had never been out of the house. She quickly restrained her thoughts and walked over quickly.
"Greetings to Auntie!"
Qi Siyi's voice was sweet and pleasant to hear. Concubine Qi felt tingling when she heard it.
She carefully looked at the girl in front of her and couldn't help but sigh in her heart: "She really looks like me when I was young..."