Blood-Sucking Empress - Chapter 36

The Imperial guard was still hesitant but Qingzhou’s patience had run out. Seeing the Empress was not far away, while the Imperial guards were still debating the matter, he suddenly rushed in.

Empress, please save niangniang, niangniang cannot hold out any longer. Please summon an Imperial Doctor to treat him…” Qingzhou ran over and knelt at Qianhe Liyou’s feet, tears streaming down his face. The look of anxiety plastered on his face was very evident.

Niangniang:suffix which should only be applied to the empress or imperial concubines

“What’s wrong with the Enchanting guifei?” Just now, Qianhe Liyou had heard the commotion now and naturally knew where the attendant was coming from. No wonder she had felt that the person looked familiar. When she had first transmigrated over, they should have met once, but she had been standing far away and the attendant had kept his head down, so she couldn’t remember too clearly.

Guifei: Imperial Consort of the highest rank and is below the Empress

“The Enchanting guifei is tormented and bullied by the palace attendants. At first, they only mocked niangniang, and niangniang disregarded their malicious remarks. But then, they saw that niangniang was easy to bully, so they started physically harassing him by pushing him. For some reason, after a short time, he was pushed to the ground by them. Niangniang is currently pregnant, and at the time, said that his stomach hurt, so the attendants ran away in shock. This servant wanted to summon an Imperial Doctor, but the Imperial Doctor…Empress, an Imperial Doctor will not treat niangniang without your order. This servant begs Your Majesty, please hurry and summon an Imperial Doctor to look over the niangniang. He truly is feeling intolerable pain, who knows how long he can endure it….

“Go to the Imperial Doctor, just say it was zhen’s order.” Regarding the child, Qianhe Liyou could not help but recall Luo Yu’s concern and attention towards her child. She did not want her own child to face an accident. As for herself, the child…she still did not know what the child meant to her or what significance it had in her heart. 

Qingzhou was extremely moved, profoundly grateful as he scurried away. Although there was joy in his expression, it was still laced with anxiety. He ran all the way to the direction of the Imperial Hospital. Along the way, he had nearly collapsed from exertion, but he kept running regardless…

Seeing such a scene, Qianhe Liyou suddenly became curious about the Enchanting guifei again. Just what kind of charm could make this little attendant so loyal to the Enchanting guifei? Even if he was banished into the Cold Palace, he was still so anxious for his master. It seems that although a person can be bad, they could also possess some good traits. There was no absolutely good or evil person, it could only be said that this balance of light and dark varies from person to person.

Qianhe Liyou abruptly got up, walking in the direction of the Cold Palace. She wanted to check up on the Enchanting guifei, after all, she did not know what his situation was like right now.

The Cold Palace truly lived up to its name. The desolate and unkempt lawns made people feel incomparable loneliness. Sporadic weeds that seemed to be untouched by workers disorderly grew in random spots, and there was not a single person present in those bleak surroundings. It looked like there was no livable residence here, but only a wholly dilapidated and worn out palace existed singularly in this environment.

Seeing that there was no one standing guard outside, Qianhe Liyou made a move to enter. An Imperial Guard came out in a hurry, the door not even closed all the way. Qianhe Liyou strode into the inner rooms of the lonely palace, which was in dire straits. Inside that lonely and cold Palace, a person was curled up on the bed. He was lying on the bed with his back faced towards Qianhe Liyou, his figure trembling as if he was enduring great pain. But, he did not make any sound.

Such stubborn people, but this no longer surprised her. This trait seems to be a feature shared by all of the men around her, more or less it existed in each of them, even seemingly weak and frail people would have some stubbornness hidden deep within their bones.

Qianhe Liyou walked to the bed, her shadow blocking the sunlight streaming from the window. The figure lying on the bed seemed to have sensed this, and he strained to open his eyes….

“Qingzhou…” Situ Hongyu’s faint voice called out his attendant’s name, but his eyes suddenly widened, his gaze incredulously fixed on the person in front of him, “Emp-…Empress…is that really Your Majesty?”

Qianhe Liyou did not speak, her eyes scanning across Situ Hongyu’s body. Her fingers reached out to lightly land on the protruding roundness of the lower abdomen. Although the protrusion from the lower abdomen was not very obvious, it did look a little peculiar. Qianhe Liyou’s fingers tapped gently on that lower abdomen, a golden light passing from her fingertips, penetrating into Situ Hongyu’s body.

Situ Hongyu immediately felt a warm wave wash over his body, and the excruciating pain had dimmed a lot. This was subsequently followed by intense bursts of sleepiness, and his eyesight became hazier and hazier. He struggled to keep his eyes open to look at the person in front of him, but he could not resist the sleepiness and he finally fell into the darkness.

Qianhe Liyou observed the sleeping Situ Hongyu for a moment, before turning and leaving the Cold Palace behind her. She had relinquished some of her spiritual essence to Situ Hongyu, ensuring that he would safely give birth to the child. This would be enough, as for Situ Hongyu, she had no other thoughts concerning him just yet.

And shortly after Qianhe Liyou left, Qingzhou arrived with the Imperial Doctor. The Imperial Doctor took Situ Hongyu’s pulse and diagnosed that although the fetus had been disturbed, there were no major problems. She gave some fetus-stabilizing medicine and left.

After sunset, Situ Hongyu leisurely awoke and found someone sitting beside him. He immediately grabbed the person next to him, “Empress, is that you?”

“Niangniang, what’s the matter? Empress…how could the Empress have…” He did not have the heart to deliver the final verdict, but the meaning behind Qingzhou’s words was evident. This was the Cold Palace, why would the Empress come here?

“Qingzhou, have you seen the Empress? She was here, she indeed came…” Although his memories were faint and vague, he had been sure that he had seen the Empress.

“This…This servant did not see the Empress, but the Empress did summon an Imperial Doctor to treat you. Are you still in pain?” Qinzhou could not bear to refute Situ Hongyu’s words anymore and shifted the topic to caring for his master’s body. Although the Imperial Doctor had concluded that his niangniang had no major complications, he still felt uneasy.

“She summoned an Imperial Doctor to treat me? You…really did not see the Empress visit?” Had it really been an illusion then?

“Yes, this servant requested an audience with the Empress, telling her Majesty that you had disturbed the fetus. The Empress immediately asked this servant to summon an Imperial Doctor. The Imperial Doctor said that there is nothing wrong with you, but this servant saw that you were in great pain before and was so worried that this servant stayed here. Niangniang, how are you feeling? Is there anything uncomfortable?”

“…It is fine, go and rest.”

“This servant will prepare dinner for you. You can rest for a while.” He could not bear to see his niangniang’s forlorn and lonely expression, Qingzhou sighed and prepared to leave so that he could prepare dinner. They were in the Cold Palace, and as such, they had to take care of their needs personally.

“..Qingzhou, thank you.” When he had been at the zenith of her power and grandness, everyone around him flattered him incessantly. Now that he had fallen into such dire straits, only Qingzhou had remained by his side. As for the rest, it was considered quite good that they hadn’t fallen with him. This time, he had thoroughly experienced the cold and warmth of human relationships and the hypocrisy of reality.

“Niangniang, what are you talking about? It is only right for this servant to serve you. You saved the life of this servant, and this servant is willing to do anything for you. You should stop saying this in the future, this servant is undeserving of it.”

“…..En. Go, go prepare dinner then.” At the time, he just had a temporary impulse to save him but did not expect that his good deeds would be rewarded. He estimated that he had fallen into such dire straits because he had committed too many evil deeds before, so he deserved to fall where he was now because of karmic retribution.

Qingzhou did not know what to say, so he left to prepare dinner, leaving Situ Hongyu’s imagination and thoughts to run amok.