Chapter 172 The Iron-blooded Emperor's Palm
The hot summer was clearly coming to an end, but Queen Mother Qiu Ji suddenly proposed to go to the palace in the suburbs to escape the heat.
This was a ridiculous proposal, but Ji Junze agreed without hesitation.
But until the empress dowager set off, Ji Junze did not see her.
Instead, it was Prime Minister Meng who personally escorted the Queen Mother to another palace, which caused a lot of gossip.
On the other hand, Ji Junze secretly summoned the imperial physician who had been diagnosing the empress dowager's pulse and treating her illness.
The old doctor trembled in front of Ji Junze. Before he could ask her, she told him everything. She only begged to die without bringing harm to her family.
Ji Junze had no interest in punishing or beheading the emperor, so he waved his hand and asked the imperial physician to leave.
If the imperial physician were pardoned, he would keep his mouth shut without Ji Junze's further instructions.
Afterwards, Ji Junze summoned another confidant.
This confidant is usually just an ordinary guard and is extremely inconspicuous.
The king and his minister exchanged a few words, and then the confidant withdrew and disappeared.
When no one else came in, the little kitten, the only one that Ji Junze was not afraid of, timidly poked its head out from behind the curtain and looked at Ji Junze from afar.
"Meow--"
She called out cautiously at first as a test.
I don’t know why, but Ji Junze suddenly stopped hugging her recently.
Is she going to fall out of favor?
Hearing the soft meow of a cat, Ji Junze turned to look at her, then waved, "Come here."
Shi Li immediately walked over happily, stood in front of Ji Junze and looked at him with her head raised.
He didn't reach out to hug her, and she didn't dare to jump up on her own.
After becoming the king, Ji Junze's pressure became heavier and heavier. Even if he didn't speak, people around him could feel the suffocating pressure.
The little cat stood on the ground looking pitiful.
Ji Junze subconsciously leaned over to hug her, but the face of the girl in his dream appeared in his mind again and he paused.
Then he came to his senses and picked up the cat.
Shi Li: That’s great, I haven’t fallen out of favor yet.
Nestled peacefully in Ji Junze's arms, Shi Li could happily start thinking about what to eat in the evening.
However, Queen Mother Qiu Ji, who had just arrived at the palace, was not in the mood to eat.
Her body's reaction was so severe that she had to leave the palace for fear of being discovered.
Meng Jia refused to send her off at first, but he finally came because she threatened to commit suicide.
But when they arrived at the palace, Meng Jia did not stay for even a quarter of an hour and walked very quickly.
Before leaving, he held her hand and comforted her, "Don't worry, once you give birth to the baby safely, our good days are ahead."
After finally stopping the vomiting, Qiu Ji stroked her belly, which had not yet shown any pregnancy, with a bleak expression and gave a bitter smile.
She is a smart woman, otherwise she would not have been able to control Ji Yu and sit on the throne of Queen Mother of Fengguo.
However, even the smartest people can be confused at times.
Just as she could not let go of the man she met when she was a girl, it was he who helped her up when she fell in the snow.
So, even though she knew that this man was full of schemes against her, Qiu Ji still walked to this day like a moth to a flame.
The good days in the future...will there be a future?
Looking sideways at the flowers in full bloom outside the window, Qiu Ji seemed to see her own life that had long since withered away.
If only she hadn't been so stubborn and had stayed with Ji Yu wholeheartedly...
Late at night, Ji Junze dreamed of a girl with snow-white cat ears again.
This time the location was changed, right in his bedroom.
The girl was lying on his bed, sleeping soundly with her eyes closed, the dimples on her lips were charming.
Ji Junze stood silently in front of the window, motionless.
This was an erotic dream, and also a dream that confused him.
He clenched his hands tightly and stared at the girl's face with the utmost restraint. Finally, he couldn't help it and reached out to touch her cat ears.
But as soon as his fingers touched the cat's ears, Ji Junze woke up again.
When I opened my eyes, I saw the gorgeous curtains of the bedroom. When I turned my head, I could see the kitten sleeping soundly beside the pillow.
Real cat.
All this told him how absurd the dream he had just had was.
But the girl's cat ears confused Ji Junze.
Why does he always have dreams like that?
With strange thoughts in mind, Ji Junze could no longer fall asleep and stared at the white cat beside his pillow.
Until dawn in the east.
Suddenly, hurried footsteps were heard outside the hall.
Then, someone knocked on the door cautiously and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother suddenly fell seriously ill last night!"
Ji Junze put on his clothes, stood up and walked out expressionlessly.
The door of the bedroom opened, and the eunuch who came to report the news looked up in panic, but did not see the slightest surprise on Ji Junze's face.