After rebirth, I cried and criticized the prince

Chapter 168 The New Emperor is Critically Ill

On the first day of the new year, General Helan was urgently summoned to the palace. The Yuan family was also urgently summoned, and Yuan Xu and General Yuan accompanied them into the palace.

When they got the news, Helan Xuenuo was playing cards with Xiaozhu, Madam Helan, and many maids from the Helan Mansion. They were in groups of four, and there were quite a few people gathered in the south courtyard.

Everyone had a white strip of paper on their face. Some of the losers were so angry that their faces turned pale, while the winners had smiles on their faces.

Madam Helan was clearly the one who had lost the most! Her face was covered in white stripes, even sticking to her body...

I lost all the money I brought with me...

An urgent summons to the palace? New Year's Day was supposed to be one of the few days when ministers didn't have to attend court. Helan couldn't figure out what the urgent matter was.

She just thought that maybe it was because the new emperor had ascended the throne and everything in the court was unclear, so these veterans were needed to enter the palace to assist?

But why is there no need to summon the military attaché? Could something have happened at the border?

Or... the emperor wants to take action against them?

She still remembered that in her previous life, General Helan was urgently summoned to the palace, and then the Helan Mansion was surrounded by troops, and General Helan was convicted, all within a few days.

Thinking of this, she began to panic and felt uneasy in her heart, and she couldn't continue playing cards.

After everyone left, she asked Madam Helan to send someone to inquire about the situation.

No news from the palace came out at all.

She and Old Madam Helan walked back and forth like headless flies, waiting in the hall until dark.

When it was dark, old General Helan came back with heavy steps. As soon as he entered the main hall, he shook his head and sighed.

Seeing that he was fine, Madam Helan felt relieved and asked hurriedly, "Sighing on New Year's Day is so unlucky! Did something happen in the palace?"

General Helan's brows were almost drooping, with deep wrinkles between his eyebrows. He took the cold tea and drank it, gasping for breath, "I'm afraid your majesty is dying!"

"What?" Helan Xuenuo was shocked. In her previous life, Gu Yanli died of illness not long after he ascended the throne, but how could Gu Xingzhi also die?

Old General Helan sighed again, and everyone was in a panic. There were only four of them in the hall, and Xiaozhu also started to panic for a rare time.

General Helan said, "I'm afraid he has inherited the illness of the late emperor and has also developed a cough. The palace doctors have examined him, but they all say there is nothing they can do! Fortunately, we still have Princess Ning'an. Now he is relying on Princess Ning'an's medicine to keep him alive."

All sorts of guesses suddenly came to Helan's mind. In his previous life, Gu Yanli also suffered from a cough and died soon after. How could Gu Xingzhi in this life repeat the same mistake?

A figure suddenly appeared in her mind, wearing a veil, who made her feel strange every time she saw her - Princess Ning'an!

In her previous life, after Gu Yanli died, Princess Ning'an entered a Taoist temple and became a nun. Since then, there has been no news of her...

Before his death, he relied on Princess Ning'an's medicine to stay alive!

How could it be such a coincidence?

Unable to calm her suspicions, she asked, "Your Majesty, are you taking Princess Ning'an's medicine?"

"Yes! He has the same symptoms as the late emperor. Alas! Both are beyond medical help and are now relying on Princess Ning'an's medicine to keep them alive. However, unlike the late emperor, His Majesty's symptoms seem to be more serious. Even Princess Ning'an's medicine is barely keeping him alive. I'm afraid... I'm afraid!"

All these things, taken together, made her feel that it was really outrageous!

Princess Ning'an was the daughter of King Luo Ming, and she was the only one left alive in the palace.

The more she thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong. Suddenly, the wound on Princess Ning'an's palm flashed through her mind.

Recalling that day, the assassin broke into Yuan Mansion and fled to Helan Mansion. Yuan Xu searched Helan Mansion thoroughly, and the only thing Yuan Xu missed was Qi Didi's yard.

The bloodstains she saw near Qi Didi's yard that day showed that the assassin had obviously been to her place and must have been protected by her and escaped.

Thinking back carefully, she discovered some small details that she had never delved into before. It seemed that there was something hidden between Qi Didi and Princess Ning An! During the autumn hunting, Qi Didi and Ning An also walked out of the same place...

Yuan Xu searched the entire capital for the assassin who had assassinated Yuan Mansion but couldn't find him. He guessed that the assassin was hiding in the home of a powerful official!

Nowadays, it seems that the most powerful place is none other than the imperial palace!

The wound on her hand was impossible to heal. Coincidentally, she had seen the wound on Princess Ning'an's hand, which was a scar that went through her palm.

At that time, she felt something was wrong...

But I never guessed anything!

The most suspicious point is that when King Luo Ming was killed and the entire palace was destroyed, how could there be a little girl who was so helpless that she could not even tie a chicken left?

And this girl also knows how to treat coughs?

She was already panicking, and she grabbed General Helan's arm and asked, "Father, when did the late emperor get the cough?"

General Helan pondered for a moment, "It seems... after Prince Luo Ming died, Princess Ning'an was brought back not long ago. The late emperor missed his brothers, so he fell ill!"

"Since then, Princess Ning'an has been able to treat coughs?"

"Well! Back then, the late emperor's symptoms were relatively mild. He often felt a tightness in his chest, and the imperial doctors were helpless. Later, Princess Ning'an said that she had learned a folk remedy from an old man in the palace. Prince Luo Ming also had the disease and was cured with this folk remedy. At that time, we all thought this girl was talking nonsense, but after Princess Ning'an prepared the medicine and gave it to the late emperor to drink, the late emperor's symptoms really eased! So many years have passed in a flash! It's not easy for the late emperor to hold on for so long!"

"Dad...something might be bad!" Helan's heart was beating fast and he gradually felt uneasy!

She told General Helan and the old lady about her suspicions.

After hearing this, they both felt that it was too outrageous, but also too strange!

Madam Helan said, "This is a bit far-fetched. Why did Ning An do this? Why did the late emperor pass away after so many years, while Your Majesty is almost unable to hold on for a month?"

"That's what I'm curious about!" Helan's heart suddenly trembled. "From the past until now, Princess Ning'an has never revealed her true face, and those who have seen her true face have long been scared to death! In other words... for all these years, no one knows what she really looks like! And the assassin who broke into the Yuan Mansion that day couldn't see his face either. The capital was tightly controlled by Yuan Xu, so it was impossible for the assassin to escape. Is it a coincidence that Princess Ning'an also had an injury on her palm? The princess has been consciously hiding the injury, and I only saw it that time!"

"It's true that no one has ever seen her true face. It is said that her face was too badly damaged." Old General Helan was searching his mind for every bit of information about Princess Ning'an.

"The Luoming Palace is located in the northwest. It was destroyed by the Red Seal and Ulan in the past. For so many years, the Red Seal Kingdom has been eyeing the northwest covetously, and would invade every now and then! It is a mortal enemy of the Yuan Palace! I can't think of anyone who would assassinate the Yuan Palace! This is too coincidental! The one who was assassinated was the Yuan Palace! I can only guess that the princess is not the princess!" Helan was gradually confirming what she thought in her heart. Everything was too coincidental. She immediately made a decision in her heart, stood up and said to the two elders, "Father and mother, you stay in the palace first. I will go find Huang Jiuyuan. She and the queen are siblings, so it will be easy for her to enter the palace. I only regard this as a guess and cannot arbitrarily testify. But... if the princess is really not simple! If we let it go, I am afraid that Donglai Kingdom will be unstable!"

"Let Dad do it!"

"Let my daughter do it. My daughter and Huang Jiuyuan entering the palace won't arouse suspicion! Even if the princess is really extraordinary, she won't discover anything!"

"Okay, I'll do as you say! If anything unusual happens, send a message back immediately so your mother and father can enter the palace in time!" Old Madam Helan held Helan Xuenuo's hand, her heart heavy with worry. "You should talk to Xu'er about this first. It's also related to the Yuan Mansion. Yuan Xu will definitely be able to identify the wounds left by the people he injured!"

"My daughter also has this idea. If the princess is not simple, we can avoid wasting time! Mother, I still need you to send a message to the Yuan Mansion to prevent Ah Xu from worrying! My daughter will enter the palace first!"

"Girl, Xiaozhu will go with you!" After hearing so much, Xiaozhu realized the seriousness of the matter. Her face rarely dimmed, and she looked terrified.

Helan patted her hand lightly, and Xiaozhu dodged backwards, "Girl, don't try to knock me out this time!"

Helan's originally tense face broke into a smile. "Silly girl! You stay in the mansion and take care of everything for me. If you follow me, I'll be worried about the mansion! Besides, I'm just going there to test the waters. It's not that critical yet! What if I'm just overthinking it?"

"Okay girl!"

Madam Helan hugged Xiaozhu and said, "Even I, as a mother, don't worry as much as you do! Don't worry, Nuonuo will come back safely!"

The three of them then watched Helan leave, worry on their faces. If all this was confirmed, what would happen to Donglai?

unknown……