Recap
As they walked slowly, they saw a red plum blossom on the snowy branch, and then it was blown away by a gust of wind, and the petals floated in the air.
Rong Yu stood there for a long time, watching the petals lightly fall into the snow, and they were soon covered by the snow.
Chu Zhuo asked in a low voice, “What are you thinking about?”
Rong Yu looked at the snow and said, “I was thinking, if I could still paint, I would paint it, and it would bloom eternally.”
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Rong Yu’s frail body was not suitable for standing outside for a long time, and he coughed a few times after a while. Chu Zhuo did not dare to stay any longer and hurriedly took him back to Yuqing Palace.
Chu Zhuo took off Rong Yu’s snow-stained cloak, handed it to the maid beside him, and asked the maid to prepare a bowl of ginger soup for Rong Yu to drink to warm up.
Rong Yu sat by the stove and rubbed his hands. He had just come back from outside; his hands were frozen, and his face was cold. Seeing this, Chu Zhuo held his hands and covered them. Those hands were warm, and the temperature was continuously transmitted to Rong Yu.
Rong Yu’s face turned redder, and he said dissatisfied, “We have been in the wind for so long; why is it that my hands are frozen, but yours are still so warm?” Chu Zhuo said: “I am a martial artist, and I have internal strength to protect myself, so I am naturally less afraid of the cold than you.” Rong Yu curled his lips and thought that when his seal is lifted in the next world, he will not be afraid of the wind and snow, let alone the whole world freezing.
“Your Majesty, the ginger soup is here.” The maid lowered her eyebrows and brought the ginger soup.
Chu Zhuo picked up the bowl and ordered, “Retreat.”
The maid knelt down and said, “Yes.”
After everyone left, Chu Zhuo’s majesty disappeared, holding the spoon and asking Rong Yu, “Do you want to drink it yourself, or do you want me to feed you?” Rong Yu raised his hand to take the bowl and raised his head to drink it.
Ginger soup is not nectar; it can be finished in one gulp. Why does he need to taste it spoon by spoon? As soon as the tip of his tongue touched the soup, Rong Yu immediately retracted it, put down the bowl, frowned, and said, “It’s hot.”
“Don’t drink it so quickly.” Chu Zhuo was helpless. “Let me blow on it for you.”
“Do you have so much free time? Don’t you have a lot of memorials to approve?” Rong Yu asked.
“Compared to you, those things are not important.” Chu Zhuo replied.
Listen to this: who would not believe that Rong Yu is a demonic concubine who has bewitched Emperor Chu to this extent?
“No, you have just accompanied me for a walk; go and do your own thing.” Rong Yu held the bowl and said, “It’ll keep my hands warm.”
Chu Zhuo couldn’t persuade him: “Don’t keep it for too long; it won’t taste good when it gets cold.”
Rong Yu said “Why are you so annoying? I know.”
Chu Zhuo shook his head, sat in front of the table, and picked up the pen. Rong Yu leaned back in the chair, lowered his eyes, and looked at the ginger soup in his hands, which was steaming.
After a cup of tea, Rong Yu’s hands, holding the bowl, began to tremble slightly.
Not only does his hands shake when he writes and draws, but it will also shake if he holds things for a long time. Not to mention heavy objects; Ji Yu couldn’t lift or carry anything with his shoulders before his hands were disabled.
For people who don’t do heavy work, this problem doesn’t have much impact except that it doesn’t look good. It’s just that Ji Yu’s hands are good at playing chess, calligraphy, and painting, so it’s always a pity.
Rong Yu calmly stared at the ginger soup that tilted and swayed due to the trembling, as if the person who couldn’t control the trembling hand was not himself.
Blood Jade Bracelet: Big Devil, why don’t you drink it? Your hand can’t hold the bowl.
Rong Yu said lightly, Do you really think I don’t drink this bowl of soup because it’s hot?
Blood Jade Bracelet was shocked: Is there poison in the ginger soup? Is the court conspiracy script officially starting?
Rong Yu: Of course, it’s because it’s disgusting. You think I’ll put anything into my mouth? It’s only suitable for warming my hands.
Blood Jade Bracelet:…
This reason is ridiculous, but it is so real when it comes to the Great Demon King.
Blood Jade Bracelet kindly reminds: Be careful of colds; the medicine will be even harder to drink, and the probability of you catching a cold from the wind is 100%.
Rong Yu: That’s why I didn’t smash the bowl on the spot.
He sighed. But what can I do? I have been mentally prepared for so long, but I still find this thing disgusting to drink. It really makes me ponder.
The next moment, Rong Yu didn’t have to ponder. Because the hands that had been holding the soup bowl for a long time finally couldn’t bear the weight, the bowl slipped, fell to the ground, and shattered.
Rong Yu stared at the pile of fragments without blinking.
Rong Yu sighed: God’s will is like this, and I, a disabled person, am destined not to drink this bowl of soup.
Blood Jade Bracelet: Why do you sound so happy? You are just waiting for it to slip!
God’s will. When has the Great Demon King ever believed in God’s will? He just doesn’t want to drink ginger soup!
The noise of the fall naturally startled Chu Zhuo.
Chu Zhuo looked up and saw the young man staring at the ground in a daze. The porcelain bowl shattered, and the soup spilled all over the floor.
He immediately stood up and hurried over: “Did you get burned?”
Rong Yu shook his head, looked at him, and said, “I didn’t hold it steady.”
How could an ordinary person not even hold a bowl steadily?
Thinking of the young man’s trembling symptoms, Chu Zhuo felt bitter in his heart and said softly, “I’ll send someone to clean it up and have someone boil a bowl of ginger soup. This time, I’ll feed you.”
Rong Yu still shook his head. “I can’t always rely on you.”
Rong Yu: Still drinking? Still drinking? ! Never!!!!
“I will always be your support.” Chu Zhuo rubbed his hair. “You coughed just now. If you don’t drink ginger soup, do you want to drink bitter medicine?”
Rong Yu: No, I don’t want either.
Whether it’s ginger soup or bitter medicine, it’s just the difference between unpalatable and more unpalatable.
Rong Yu was very delicate in this regard. He just didn’t want to drink. No one could force him to drink.
He shook his head like a rattle: “I don’t want anything.”
“Be obedient.”
“I won’t listen.”
Chu Zhuo frowned. “If you don’t drink, I will pinch your chin and force you to drink it.”
Rong Yu looked at him quietly, and his eyes slowly turned red. “You are mean to me.”
Chu Zhuo softened his heart instantly and coaxed him in a hurry: “Okay, okay, if you don’t want to drink, don’t drink. I won’t force you. Don’t cry, don’t cry.”
Blood Jade Bracelet: Lord God, please wake up! Look carefully; the big devil didn’t shed a single tear!!!
Rong Yu’s acting was so fake, but Chu Zhuo took him too seriously.
Rong Yu relied on playing rogue to successfully let Chu Zhuo let him go and escape the disaster of drinking ginger soup.
However, the cold would not let him go because of this.
That night, Rong Yu fell ill as expected.
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The illness came like a mountain. Rong Yu stayed in the house for an afternoon without any abnormal reactions and thought he was fine, but in the evening, he suddenly lost consciousness. Fortunately, Chu Zhuo rescued him in time.
After that, the entire Imperial Hospital was urgently summoned. They were scared and thought that the emperor was sick again, but they didn’t expect that it was just the demonic concubine who caught a cold.
“Your Majesty, don’t worry, Master Ji just caught a cold.”
Chu Zhuo’s eyes were slightly angry: “If it’s just a cold; how could he be in a coma and still not wake up?”
A royal doctor saluted and said, “Master Ji really just caught a cold, but he just recovered from a serious illness. He was severely tortured in prison before, and his body was injured. A minor illness for ordinary people is a serious illness for Master Ji. He may not survive.”
“If he doesn’t survive…” Chu Zhuo’s tone was cold, and he carried forward the name of the tyrant to the fullest: “You don’t have to live either.”
Royal doctors: “…”
Who did they offend? One or two of them went to the Imperial Hospital for surgical school. Are royal doctors consumables?
Unfortunately, facing the tyrant, they dared not speak out.
“Go away.” Chu Zhuo’s eyes were shrouded in coldness. “Don’t disturb his rest.”
A group of doctors hurriedly slipped out of this high-pressure place. Their king seemed to be on the verge of a rage.
Only one old doctor was left, and he stayed where he was.
Chu Zhuo said calmly, “Doctor Liu, is there anything else?” Doctor Liu was an old doctor in the State of Chu and also a military doctor in the barracks. In the past, when Emperor Chu was injured in battle, he almost always treated the wounds. He saved Emperor Chu from the brink of death several times, and Emperor Chu also respected him a little.
Doctor Liu knew some things that others did not know. Doctor Liu dared to say some things that others did not dare to say. “It is widely rumored that Your Majesty favors Master Ji too much. I think Your Majesty has his own sense of propriety and is beyond reproach.” Doctor Liu said earnestly, “But please also consider your own health. You are angry and worried today because of him, but remember that your emotions should not fluctuate too much. Prince Ji’s physical damage is acquired, but you are congenitally deficient.”
At this point, everyone thought that Emperor Chu’s sudden death that day was fake news about faking his death. Doctor Liu knew that His Majesty was born with a heart disease. That day, his heartbeat, pulse, and breathing were completely gone, and even the burial was over.
But three days after the funeral, His Majesty returned in good health.
The corpse in the royal mausoleum disappeared.
This matter was shocking to say, but for the Chu State, which was in panic after the death of the king, the king’s return was of course a celebration for the whole country. Everyone thought it was a false alarm, but Doctor Liu still had hidden concerns.
This disease is like a deadly poison that may occur at any time, and His Majesty may be in danger of death at any time.
“Enough.” Chu Zhuo interrupted him, “I know, leave.”
Doctor Liu: “Your Majesty…”
“I have always been able to control myself.” Chu Zhuo smiled. “But this time I can’t agree with Uncle Liu. I don’t adore him.”
Chu Zhuo looked at the young man on the sickbed and said slowly, “I love him.”
Doctor Liu was shocked.
He saw the seriousness in the emperor’s eyes under the dim light of the candle and had nothing to say. He bowed silently and left.
Chu Zhuo looked at Rong Yu for a long time.
The young man on the bed was covered with a brocade quilt, with a sickly look, white skin, weak breath, and long, motionless eyelashes—a sick beauty.
Chu Zhuo stayed by the bed and took care of him without taking off his clothes. He smiled bitterly and said, “I shouldn’t have taken you out today, and I shouldn’t have allowed you not to take the medicine because of my soft heart. Now I have harmed you.”
Rong Yu’s body couldn’t wake up, but his consciousness was clear, and he could still talk to the blood-jade bracelet.
Blood jade bracelet: Why? Aren’t you just acting? In the end, you have to take medicine, and the suffering is escalating. Are you happy?
Rong Yu: Why should I take it? Can’t I rely on my own immunity to resist it?
Blood jade bracelet: This is ancient times; Ji Yu is different from a sickly person; a cold can kill him. Don’t “die of cold,” or you’ll be laughed at if you tell others about it.
Rong Yu: Shut up; I don’t want to hear you talk.
How can a mortal’s physique be so weak? It’s a headache.
This is the first time Rong Yu has been sick in a strict sense. The Demon King himself will not be tortured by illness. The previous sons of destiny—one is a fairy and the other is an interstellar human—both have good physical fitness. Wen Yichu and Ji Yu are both weak, but the former is still a normal person after all, and the latter’s physical foundation has been damaged by punishment. He didn’t expect a gust of wind to be so serious.
How could the Great Demon King be so fragile?
Rong Yu: According to what that imperial physician Liu said, he is born with a deficiency and cannot have too many emotional fluctuations… Does Emperor Chu have a congenital heart disease?
Blood Jade Bracelet: Yes, the original Emperor Chu died like this.
There is a secret in the State of Chu. Emperor Chu was born with a heart disease, and the imperial physician asserted that he would not live past the age of thirty. In modern terms, it means that he has a congenital heart disease and is destined to die young.
Emperor Chu is indeed dead. There is no conspiracy, no swordplay, just a heart attack.
If it were another world, such a king with heart disease who swept across the six kingdoms would be the standard for the male protagonist. Unfortunately, the son of luck in this world is not him, and fate will not favor him. What’s more, this is still a bad world, and the real son of luck has a miserable end, not to mention a passerby cannon fodder.
So he died like this.
Mortals have such fragile lives. No matter how famous and invincible they are, they can still be killed by a disease.
That’s why the Lord God can take over his identity.
Blood Jade Bracelet: The normal world line of this world should be that Emperor Chu died of heart disease, and Emperor Qi finally got the world. But Emperor Qi was incompetent, could not keep the world, and was soon overthrown by new heroes… Now that the Lord God has replaced Emperor Chu, which should be to save you, but the Lord God is so much more capable than Emperor Qi, and he will definitely not be overthrown, then the historical line of this world has deviated from the right track again. Big devil, you have to let people overthrow the State of Chu!
Rong Yu: So I really have to be a demonic concubine who brings disaster to the country?
Blood Jade Bracelet: Yes.
Rong Yu: Do I need to worry about this? Your master will not be the emperor of this world for his whole life. He will definitely die young in the end. If he dies without leaving any offspring, the State of Chu will naturally be overthrown.
Blood Jade Bracelet: That’s true.
Rong Yu: Your master used the identity of Emperor Chu, so he also inherited his heart disease?
Blood Jade Bracelet: Yes, so you should be nicer to the Lord God in this world; don’t accidentally make him angry to death…
Rong Yu: Great, his death at a young age is confirmed.
Blood Jade Bracelet: You are terrible; I’m angry to death.
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