activa-t Chapter 365 Princess's Skirt 11
Chapter 365 Princess's Skirt 11
Whether Princess Chenxiang can survive depends on these two days.
The emperor looked at his little princess lying on the bed, but he could not see any movement of the quilt, and he felt distressed. The emperor retracted his gaze, sat aside, and looked down at the twelfth prince kneeling on the ground.
The twelfth prince is his queen's other son besides the crown prince.
He was the closest in age to Princess Chenxiang. They had grown up together under the Queen's lap and had always had a good relationship. The chattering Chenxiang was like a little tail, always following behind Twelve and running around the harem.
Although Li Luan disliked his annoying sister who was like a burden, he never abandoned her. The emperor did not suspect that Twelve did it on purpose.
The emperor said in a deep voice, "Get up. You should hope that Little Thirteen can wake up soon and try to get her forgiveness. Since you are so irresponsible, I think I should send you to the military camp for some good training."
"Yes." Li Luan knelt for a long time and slowly stood up with his hands on his knees. The queen couldn't bear it and went forward to support her son.
How old is Little Twelve? Thirteen is the right age for him to go to school, and his body hasn't fully grown yet. How can he join the army for training?
But the queen also knew that she couldn't contradict the emperor at this time.
Li Luan stood up from the end of the bed and looked up to see Xiao Shisan, who was staring at him silently with his eyes half opened.
In fact, Gu Li had already woken up when the emperor came in, but she felt so weak all over that she had to use a lot of effort to barely open her eyes.
She didn't expect that her suicidal behavior this time almost harmed her poor twelfth brother. She moved her fingers and shouted with all her might: "Brother!"
Gu Li's voice was not loud, and even the Queen standing next to Li Luan did not hear it. However, Li Luan understood Xiao Shisan's lip movements. He came over, excitedly held Xiao Shisan's hand, and responded, "My brother is here, Gu Li'er, you are finally awake!"
The next moment, Li Luan was pushed aside. The emperor and the empress sat firmly at the head of the bed and asked Gu Li'er if she was feeling unwell.
Li Luan quietly stepped aside and forced a wry smile.
After Chief Eunuch Li called the imperial physician, he retreated outside the hall and waited for news.
Soon, the outer hall of Fengyi Palace was filled with people who had heard the news and came to visit. The prince walked to his brother, patted Li Luan on the shoulder, and comforted him, "It's okay."
Li Luan nodded and smiled at his brother.
Princess Chenxiang didn't stay awake for long. After being fed some liquid food, she fell into a deep sleep again.
Before leaving, the emperor glanced at the listless Li Luan and said with some jealousy: "It's worth it that you accompanied Little Thirteen. She only called you once when she woke up. She didn't even have the energy to call her father and mother!"
Li Luan finally smiled with relief.
After the little princess woke up, the queen did not take time to rest, but interrogated the palace servants who took care of the princess one by one, including the trembling Rong Fei. The queen was worried that someone with ill intentions would take the opportunity to murder the princess and sow discord between the emperor and the queen.
But no one could explain it, and no one knew when the napping princess slipped out of the palace.
After a round of interrogation, no suspicious points were found. The queen replaced all the palace servants who served the princess and selected new palace servants that she had carefully trained for her.
Concubine Rong, who failed to take good care of the child, was punished by being confined to her house for three months.
Those who deserve punishment are punished, and those who deserve reward are rewarded.
The third son of Prime Minister Shen's family had made great contributions in finding the little princess. Not only did the Queen Mother send a big gift to him through her personal maid, she also gave Shen Qingzhou the qualification to enter the Wenhua Palace to accompany the prince in his studies.
Wenhua Hall is located in the southwest corner of the palace, very close to Wude Hall where the princes lived. It is a palace specially set up for the princes and royal family children to study, and the lecturers are all university scholars selected by the emperor himself.
In addition to the royal family, the eldest sons of some meritorious ministers in the court could also go to school.
A descendant like Shen Qingzhou who didn't need to establish a family should not have this qualification. But in order to reward him for his contribution in finding the princess, the queen made an exception and let him be Li Luan's companion, allowing him to enter the National Wenhua Hall and worship the great scholar as his teacher.
Shen Qingzhou became Li Luan's study partner, and Gu Li knew about this, but she did not stop him. She wanted Shen Qingzhou to listen to the great scholars' great principles of patriotism and concern for the people, hoping that he would be more rational.
The little princess suffered from a cold on and off until the end of the year when she was seen leaving the side hall of Fengyi Palace.
Although the little princess, who had suffered a serious illness, was not as thin as she was during the illness, she never regained her former plumpness.
The little princess no longer followed Li Luan around like a tail.
A serious illness made the noisy and naughty little princess grow up in an instant. She became quiet and taciturn, no longer making noise and acting coquettishly around the emperor and the empress, and could sit with a book in her hands for half a day.
The Chinese New Year was just a few days away. Li Luan, who no longer had to go to Wenhua Hall to study, came to the side hall almost every day to play with Xiao Shisan, but the taciturn Xiao Shisan always made it difficult for him to do anything.
"Little Thirteen, do you blame me?" Li Luan suddenly asked, looking at his imperial sister who was sitting on the swing in a daze.
Gu Li came back to her senses and looked at Li Luan, "Why did my brother say that?"
"You are no longer close to me." Li Luan said this with some resentment. He was also very sad that the imperial sister was sick, but he really didn't ignore the imperial sister on purpose. He just coaxed the imperial sister to take a nap first, and come to play with him after waking up. Who knew that Xiao Shisan would sneak out to find him in the middle of her sleep.
How can we blame it all on him?
The Queen Mother asked him how he could leave his sleeping sister behind and sneak out to play. The Emperor said he did not know how to take care of his younger sister.
But he is not a palace servant serving the imperial sister, so why should he take care of her all the time?
He wants to play too!
"Royal brother, it is my fault that you were scolded by our father and mother. But I am really not unkind to my twelfth brother. He is my dearest brother!"
Gu Li pursed her lips and smiled softly, then got off the swing and took Li Luan's sleeve to lead him into the palace. "I've just grown up. If I continue to cling to my brother like before, I'll be laughed at by my mother and Aunt Gui."
Boys and girls were not allowed to sit at the same table after the age of seven, especially in the imperial palace. It was only in Gu Li's case that everyone ignored this rule. Li Luan often went in and out of the Queen's side palace because the Queen was his mother.
It is said that there is no family affection in the royal family, but Gu Li does not think so. Gu Li, who has been spoiled since she was a child, feels that her father and mother have given all their little love to her. She also really regards the palace as her home. Her father, mother, brothers and sisters are all her family.
Whether they were intimidated by the emperor's favor for her or Gu Li was indeed likable, their love for Gu Li was genuine.