The Demon Concubine of God

Chapter 322 What I Want Is His Flesh and Blood

The emperor finally woke up from his frightening dream and cried out "Ah!" and sat up from the dragon throne. Eunuch Guo, who was standing by the door, was so frightened that he hurried over in worry.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?"

The emperor breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the surrounding environment was still the magnificent palace, and the imperial desk, memorials, jade seal, etc. were still lying quietly in front of him.

Eunuch Guo felt a little strange when he saw that the emperor saw him but seemed not to recognize him.

He approached the corner of His Majesty's clothes and asked if His Majesty had dreamed of any terrible nightmare, like a little pet worried about his master.

The emperor calmed down and said, "I'm fine. Someone just told me something. I'm fine now. Does Eunuch Guo have anything to report to me?"

Eunuch Guo said, "Your Majesty, Lord Shen and Lord Chu have been waiting outside for a long time."

The emperor said, "I just remembered that I had summoned Lord Shen to the palace. Please let Lord Shen come in."

Eunuch Guo hesitated and asked, "Your Majesty, should we only summon Lord Shen to come in and see us?"

The emperor nodded and said, "Yes! I don't have anything else to do. I just wanted to see if he was okay. I heard that he was assassinated again yesterday."

Only then did Eunuch Guo take the order and go outside to make the announcement.

When Eunuch Guo saw Chu Yanqiu and Shen Wen, he conveyed the order. Chu Yanqiu refused to wait outside alone and was about to follow them in. Eunuch Guo stopped Chu Yanqiu and said with a warm smile, "Lord Chu, please wait. The Emperor will summon you to the palace later. His Majesty is only worried about Lord Shen's encounter with an assassin yesterday. Lord Chu, don't worry."

Chu Yanqiu had no choice but to watch Shen Wen go in first.

Shen Wen entered the imperial study and was about to bow and greet the emperor when he was excused from the ceremony.

The emperor ran down from behind the imperial desk, looked Shen Wen up and down, and said, "I heard that you were injured. Are you okay? Where are you injured? If the injury is serious, there is no need to go out of the palace for treatment. I will ask someone to vacate this side hall and summon the imperial physician to treat you. You can rest assured and recover in the palace."

Shen Wen was a little overwhelmed by the emperor's gentle treatment. He quickly bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I was indeed assassinated, but I am not injured. If you don't believe me, please take a look." Shen Wen turned around steadily, showing his agile figure to the emperor, and then said, "Your Majesty, don't worry."

His slow movement of turning around instantly reminded His Majesty of an old friend. He looked at him in a daze. He hesitated for a while before pulling his thoughts back.

Shen Wen also felt that His Majesty was not in good shape today, and looked up at him in confusion.

The person in the emperor's head overlapped with him when Shen Wen inadvertently raised his eyes.

The emperor couldn't help but put his hand on Shen Wen's cheek, as if this was sending that person his longing for that person for many years.

The emperor said: "You must be well. This is my only wish."

Shen Wen was confused by his strange behavior and became anxious and irritated for some reason.

The heart was experiencing such a huge fluctuation, and no one knew what was affected. Shen Wen suddenly held his heart in pain and felt difficulty breathing.

The emperor was terrified and immediately hugged him and said anxiously, "My beloved concubine!"

Seeing this, Eunuch Guo, who was waiting at the door, hurriedly said to the emperor, "What's wrong, Your Majesty? Do you want to summon the imperial physician? The imperial physician is waiting in the side hall."

The emperor immediately said: "Hurry up and announce it."

Eunuch Guo opened the door in a hurry and went to call the imperial physician with clattering footsteps.

Chu Yanqiu, who was outside, saw Eunuch Guo in such a state and could not wait any longer, so he immediately ran into the inner hall.

As soon as he saw Shen Wen's weak and pale face, he threw everything behind him and pulled Shen Wen, who was leaning in the little emperor's arms, into his own arms.

Shen Wen raised his head and looked at him. Chu Yanqiu asked anxiously, "How do you feel? If you can't hold on, I'll take you to find Qingcheng. Isn't it said that the Yuanzhu is a divine object? Qingcheng must know what's going on."

Shen Wen felt better after a while. He suddenly remembered the reason and grabbed Chu Yanqiu's arm and said, "It's bad. It's not me who is in trouble, it's Qingcheng. This is Yuanzhu's warning to me. Let's go see her. I'm afraid her injuries have worsened."

When the emperor heard that he was about to leave, he immediately stopped him. He didn't care about anything. He said, "You are not allowed to go. I will not feel at ease until the imperial physician comes and examines you. You are the most important thing now. Do you know that?"

Shen Wen had no choice but to follow the emperor's instructions. Soon the imperial physician entered the imperial study. The emperor asked someone to take Shen Wen to a side hall for treatment, leaving Chu Yanqiu and the emperor alone in the main hall.

The emperor looked at Chu Yanqiu absent-mindedly, looking in the direction where Shen Wen went. He said, "Don't look. People won't disappear on the spot."

Chu Yanqiu bowed respectfully to the emperor.

The emperor looked at him for a while before saying, "It seems that you really have feelings for him this time. Let me ask you, if I insist on snatching him from you, what will you do?"

Chu Yanqiu raised his head and looked at the little emperor steadily. He could not tell that he was joking, but he was not really in love. Chu Yanqiu bowed again and said, "Your Majesty, he cannot stay in the harem. The harem is full of intrigues and dangers. You have also seen that he is in trouble everywhere. He has only been in front of people for two or three months, and he almost lost half his life. He will not live for many days if he becomes someone by your side in the future. It is the best thing for me to be by his side. I beg Your Majesty to grant me this."

The little emperor looked at him and smiled, feeling relieved. He said, "You are really brave and fearless to be so confident in front of me. But you are wrong. You are totally wrong."

Chu Yanqiu asked in confusion: "Your Majesty, what do you mean? Your Majesty, please tell me how I was wrong."

The little emperor just looked at him quietly. After a moment, he felt that the words had just entered his ears. He said, "Oh, I mean you are wrong. Whether he will enter the palace depends entirely on his own will. Neither you nor I can make his decision. I am afraid that Master Chu is just wishful thinking and is destined not to marry him."

Chu Yanqiu secretly investigated the arrogant little emperor and felt that something was wrong. He had an unpredictable feeling. None of the conversations he had with the little emperor made sense.

What on earth is wrong here?

The young emperor thought that he had hit the nail on the head with his words, so he smiled and said, "I think Lord Chu is not in a hurry to propose marriage. How about we make a bet and let him choose for himself, whether to be my concubine or to ask me in person to grant you marriage."

Chu Yanqiu had no choice but to obey the little emperor's wishes.

After feeling the emperor's pulse, the imperial physician came to report to him, followed by Shen Wen and two young eunuchs.

The imperial physician said that Shen Wen was indeed injured but it was not serious and he should rest at home. The emperor asked what was wrong with Shen Wen's heart disease. The imperial physician could not figure it out for a while and only said that if such symptoms suddenly appeared, it was probably caused by overwork. Before leaving, the imperial physician said: "If Lord Shen has such symptoms again, please send someone to inform me. Then I may be able to find out what hidden disease he has."

After watching the imperial physician leave and the eunuchs the emperor ordered to serve also leave, he came down from behind the imperial desk and walked in front of Shen Wen.

The two looked at each other. Every time they looked at Shen Wen, it was like they were old acquaintances who had not seen each other for a long time. The emperor said, "Yesterday, when I heard that you were assassinated, I wanted to hand over the case in your hands to someone else. Today, I personally watched you having your pulse checked by the imperial physician. I was relieved to find that you were fine. But..."

After hearing what he said, Shen Wen roughly guessed what he meant. The emperor was going to remove him from his position of investigating the case.

Shen Wen had just become interested in the white bones case in the Prince's Mansion. He naturally did not want to be dismissed. He said, "Your Majesty, I am fine. I have already found some clues in the case Your Majesty has entrusted to me. I am confident that I will find the answer within the next few days."

The little emperor patted his shoulder and said with a smile: "I believe you can solve the case of the Prince's Mansion in a short time."

Shen Wen quickly bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your trust."

The little emperor continued, "But your grandfather's family has been implicated and thrown into prison. According to convention, you can only withdraw and stay at home."

Shen Wen was speechless this time.

Unexpectedly, the little emperor said, "This is my fault. The mystery of the prince's strange death points to your seventh uncle. Your grandfather was implicated. Let me think about this. Why don't we put the case of the bones in the prince's mansion aside for now? After your grandfather is cleared of suspicion, you can handle the case of the bones."

Shen Wen was extremely grateful after hearing this and said, "Thank you for your trust, Your Majesty. I will obey your orders."

Chu Yanqiu, who was standing by, heard the conversation between His Majesty and guessed that Lord Shen would not be able to fall. Perhaps it was because he really pitied Shen Wen, or perhaps it was because of other considerations. The whole family was unlucky and surrounded Shen Wen to live in peace. This would make people with ulterior motives speculate and say that he was ungrateful and stepped on the Shen family to get promoted. You know, the words of those censors and censors attacking people are like killing people without a knife.

Chu Yanqiu said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, Lord Shen has made great contributions in exposing the chaos of Princess Wanfu of Beifan Kingdom. Your Majesty should release Lord Shen for these merits."

Chu Yanqiu cast his eyes on Shen Wen while speaking. Seeing the meaningful look in Shen Wen's eyes, he guessed something. In addition, Shen Wen did not want the case of the bones in the Prince's Mansion to be shelved, so Shen Wen immediately said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, my grandfather is old, and the death of the prince many years ago only pointed to Shen Pinggong. Your Majesty should sympathize with this old minister who worked hard and made great contributions to the excavation."

The emperor walked around the spot, then slowly returned to sit behind the imperial desk. He said, "Then let Lord Shen go back."

Let Lord Shen go back.

The emperor did not say to let Shen Wen's grandfather go back, but to let Marquis Shen go back, which means that Marquis Shen still holds the title of Marquis. Shen Wen sighed.

No wonder people say that a king’s mind is hard to predict.

Chu Yanqiu and Shen Wen left the imperial study together.

The emperor sat on the dragon throne and watched the two people go out. The door was closed by Eunuch Guo. He recalled the conversation he had just had with Chu Yanqiu.

Even if Chu Yanqiu really managed to win over Shen Wen's heart and succeeded in asking for an imperial decree to grant the marriage, what would that matter?

From Ziying back then to Shen Wen today, they were nothing but flesh and blood used to reshape Concubine Xianrou. It was all his fault that he had not thought that the immortal Concubine Xianrou would really leave him one day. If he had the ability to predict the future again, he would definitely keep Ziying or cherish the baby Shen Wen, and then the long road to reshape Concubine Xianrou would have been completed.