Don't be tempted, sir

Chapter 144 Resignation

Since he knew everything, Emperor Yan was caught off guard for a moment. The two children used to be so happy but now they were so carefree and loving: "Raise your heads, I want to see what kind of carelessness you are."

Song Xiaoyuan raised his head, his pale face could not hide his weakness, his eyes that used to be cold and piercing were now empty and without light, without sadness or joy: "You don't want love, you don't want power, Xiaoyuan, do you want to become a monk and become a Buddhist?"

"I do not believe in Buddhism."

"Then you can trust fate?"

Song Xiaoyuan was silent for a long time, then lowered his head and replied, "I don't believe it."

Emperor Yan sighed. At this moment, Xiao Yuan was like a child who had lost his little wooden sword. He lowered his head and came to the palace in despair. [Uncle Yan, Yuan'er lost his little wooden sword. The palace is too big. Can you help Yuan'er find it? ]

Emperor Yan patted his official hat on his knees and said, "Okay! I will allow you to resign. The Shen family wedding will be held as scheduled!"

"Your Majesty, I..." Song Xiaoyuan raised his head and bowed, and was about to refuse, but Emperor Yan interrupted him impatiently.

"Well, Old Man Song can't control you, so I can't control you either. If you still resist the marriage and want to be alone in peace, then I will send your Miss Shen to a Buddhist temple that you don't believe in, and let her live out her life in solitude."

Emperor Yan saw him put down his bowing hand, flicked his sleeves and signaled Eunuch Li to call the imperial physician. Song Xiaoyuan kept his head down, and no one knew what he was thinking about, perhaps he was thinking about himself or maybe he was thinking about Yi Ning.

Doctor Liu entered the hall and looked at the tall, thin figure. He didn't recognize who it was for a moment. He walked closer and saw the person who was bowing his head in apology: "Master Song! Master Song is back!"

"Yes, he came back as if he had lost his soul." Emperor Yan teased in the palace. Doctor Liu then realized that he was too excited and had not yet bowed. Just as he was about to bow and greet, Emperor Yan raised his hand and said, "No need. Go and see him. Besides losing his soul, what else is missing?"

"Yes, yes. I will take a closer look. Lord Song has lost too much weight."

The eunuchs lifted the table and chairs, and the emperor stroked his official hat and spoke to Doctor Zhong: "Sir Song, from now on, just call him by his name. He doesn't want to be an official anymore. You can imagine how many people are eyeing this position, but this kid doesn't want it. He doesn't even care about his official hat. He will be alone after taking it off."

"Ah, Lord Song has resigned!"

The eunuch carried a chair for Song Xiaoyuan to sit down. Doctor Liu sat opposite him, stroking his beard and taking his pulse. Emperor Yan handed his official hat to Eunuch Li and went down to the hall to see what else was lost.

Doctor Liu closed his eyes and cut carefully: "Hmm...Mr. Song, you almost died this time!"

Emperor Yan frowned and sat down. Doctor Liu opened his eyes and stood up: "Wound, let me take a look first."

Emperor Yan was sitting opposite him. When he saw Xiao Yuan raise his head and stop undressing, he put his hands behind his back and raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Your Majesty, you have not yet written my resignation decree."

"You little brat, I don't know what you mean. Let me see how badly you're hurt!"

Song Xiaoyuan didn't want to stay in the palace, so he took off his official robes. Emperor Yan told him to stay: "Also, the road you took with Yan Shang will be strictly guarded by me. Don't even think about leaving the palace until your injury is healed!"

"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty." Song Xiaoyuan respectfully saw Emperor Yan off, and Eunuch Li respectfully held the official hat and left with Emperor Yan. This was not an ordinary hat, and any mistake would be unacceptable.

Emperor Yan left. The Crown Prince and Shen Changjun looked at the official hat held by Eunuch Li, and their hearts sank to the bottom. His Majesty approved it! He resigned! The two entered the palace. Doctor Liu had just cut open his healed left chest. Song Xiaoyuan's hands, which were tightly grasping the corner of the table, turned pale with cold sweat. The two saw a pool of blood on the ground and walked forward to check.

"Oh my goodness! Xiaoyuan, your left chest is injured like this!" Shen Changjun was also seeing it for the first time. It was quite horrifying. Doctor Liu cut open the purple and red scar. The flesh inside had not healed and there was still black blood. Those ugly and hypertrophic scars were cut off, cleaned, and then sutured and applied medicine to stop the bleeding. Song Xiaoyuan had already fainted from the pain. The prince and Changjun carried him directly back to the palace bedroom.

Doctors Zhong and Liu both came. They examined his pulse and prescribed medicine. Doctor Liu wrote a prescription and asked Doctor Zhong, "The poison is too cold. He is injured now and cannot soak in ginger."

"Yes, I changed it to Ganoderma lucidum spore powder."

Changjun and the Crown Prince sat in silence. Eunuch Li came with the imperial edict and greeted them politely: "Your servant greets His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Captain Shen."

"What's the matter, Eunuch Li?"

Song Xiaoyuan was asleep, and since the prince asked Eunuch Li, he presented the decree to the prince for inspection: "Your Highness, please read it."

The prince took it, opened it, and handed it to Changjun with an ugly face. The two were silent. Song Xiaoyuan's official uniform was stained with blood and could no longer be worn. The eunuch took it off and took it away. From now on, he was just the son of the Song family, nothing else.

Only Xiao Yuan and Yining knew about the affairs of the Qiang State, and both of them were so depressed that they didn't want to talk about it.

The flowers and plants in Hehe Palace are magical, and the peacocks and sika deer walk like they are not on earth. In the beautiful scenery, Shen Yining's childish face has faded, and she has become thin and cold, revealing a sickly look. She wears heavy formal clothes when she enters the palace, but it can't hide her thin body. Qizhu invited her into the palace and didn't recognize her for a while. Various foods have been prepared in the Hehe Pavilion. Shen Yining quietly looked at the fairyland in the garden without saying a word. Qizhu unknowingly picked up a lot of food, and the food that was not eaten was almost piled up into a small mountain. She was really too thin, and it was inevitable to feel hungry when looking at her.

Shen Yining stared blankly at the scene for a long while, and was fed like a squirrel. With puffy cheeks, he chewed and said, "Sister."

"What's wrong?" Qizhu responded quickly, still picking up food.

"I won't gain weight from this meal."

Qizhu put down her chopsticks and pinched her thin cheeks, which were not as soft as before: "Then eat a few more meals! You said you haven't seen you for a few months, how could you be so thin? And your legs, let the imperial physician take a look later, you can't keep limping."

"It's getting better, but it will only be lame for a few days."

"We need to see that too!" Qizhu ordered the palace maid to call the imperial physician.

After a while, the imperial physician came over. Qizhu saw that the person was not Imperial Physician Liu and asked, "Isn't Imperial Physician Liu the best at treating scars? Isn't he on duty today?"

The young Doctor Wang bowed and replied, "Doctor Liu went to the front hall to recuperate early this morning and has not returned yet. I'm afraid he won't be back for a while."

"Oh, front hall, who is sick?"

"Replying to the Crown Princess, Young Master Song."

Shen Yining replied to Qizhu: "Sister, Xiao Yuan is seriously injured, I can't help him."

Neither of them realized that the doctor was calling the young master of the Song family. The eunuch carried Shen Yining on his back and lifted the hem of her skirt to reveal her left leg. There was a long scar like a crescent moon. Qizhu's eyes twitched when she saw it. Doctor Wang checked the scabs at the stitches and found that they were gradually healing. However, when it came to pulse diagnosis, he could not diagnose the reason for the coldness after feeling her for a long time.

"But what's wrong?" Qizhu asked worriedly when she saw that the imperial physician had not given any answer for a long time.

Doctor Wang was indeed young. He stood up and bowed respectfully, "My Lady Princess, the wound on Miss Shen's left leg has scabbed over and is healing normally. The scar can be removed by applying scar cream every day. But from my pulse, Miss Shen's body coldness is not caused by her own body, but by acquired medication. I am not experienced enough to diagnose which medication is causing it. I am afraid you should ask Doctor Liu to take a look. In addition, Miss Shen should keep a happy mood. Her pulse is weak and floating, which indicates stagnation of heart qi."

Shen Yining explained: "It's not a problem to have a cold body. I went to another place not long ago and I was not used to the local climate. I think it was because the weather there was too cold, not the medicine."

The imperial physician could not diagnose the problem, so he nodded thoughtfully: "I will prescribe some cold-dispelling soup, young lady, please take a few more doses first and see how it goes."

"Thank you."

Before Qiang Yaojiu had taken care of her for a few days, Shen Yining was taken to the desert. She didn't care about her period until now.