kingnovel Chapter 545: Please, Your Majesty, Grant Me Death
Chapter 545: Please, Your Majesty, Grant Me Death
Traveling by water is faster than traveling by land.
But there were so many people that it took almost several months to reach the capital after traveling by water and then by land.
They spent the New Year on the road, and when they arrived in the capital, it was spring, the season when all things came back to life.
Lu Sui had already sent someone to deliver the news of the Gale Battalion's triumphant return to the palace.
Therefore, when the Gale Battalion entered the capital, they were welcomed by the people of the entire capital.
Thinking back to two years ago, Lu Sui was carried back to Beijing, but now, looking at the enthusiastic people on both sides of the street, he had a feeling of unreality.
It takes about half an hour to ride a horse from the city gate to the palace gate when there is no one around. If you walk, it will take more than an hour.
Today, it took us almost two hours to reach the palace gate.
The person responsible for the reception this time was Luan Fengyu.
"Meet General Lu."
Lu Sui and Yuan Buwei got off the carriage together and quickly walked to Luan Fengyu: "Commander Luan, please stand up quickly."
"General Lu, Madam Lu, the Emperor and all the civil and military officials have been waiting for a long time. Please follow me into the palace."
Lu Sui was surprised to hear this, but because there were people present, he nodded and said, "Please lead the way, Commander Luan."
On the way to the palace, Luan Fengyu, who was walking on the right side of Lu Sui, suddenly whispered: "The emperor invited a Taoist priest from somewhere. After taking the elixir made by the Taoist priest, the emperor's health improved."
"Elixir?"
Lu Sui turned his head, with a look of surprise in his eyes: "Can this medicine cure diseases?"
Yuan Buwei, who was listening on the side, explained to Lu Sui: "Dan medicine is also a kind of medicinal material, but it depends on how the medicine is divided. Some are effective, while some, after taking, just overdraw the body in advance."
After hearing this, Lu Sui stopped talking immediately, but his expression became very unhappy.
After one stick of incense, everyone arrived at the palace.
"I am here to see you, Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty."
Lu Sui led all the soldiers to kneel down together, and their voices of greeting were uniform and loud.
"Lord Lu, please stand up quickly."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Yuan Buwei and Lu Sui stood up together and looked up at the emperor sitting on the dragon throne. His face was flushed and his eyes were bright. He did not look like the bedridden and unable to move as Princess Jinghe mentioned in her letter. Next to him stood a man with a long beard and wearing a Taoist robe.
Looking closely, his appearance gave Yuan Buwei a familiar feeling.
"Lu Sui..."
The emperor personally walked up to Lu Sui, held his hand, and said with relief: "If it weren't for you this time, Dazhao would be in trouble."
"I don't deserve it. This is the joint efforts of all the soldiers. I don't dare to take credit for it."
The emperor had originally disliked him, and now, in front of all the civil and military officials, he took the initiative to mention his contributions. Lu Sui hurriedly said in panic.
"Lu Sui, I have seen everything you have done. I didn't know you well before, but now I understand that you are the only one who is loyal to me." As the emperor spoke, his eyes fell on Yuan Buwei.
Yuan Buwei immediately bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I greet you."
"Yuan Buwei, you should be thankful that you married a good husband, otherwise I would not let you off easily for escaping from prison!" The emperor snorted coldly and returned his gaze to Lu Sui's face, "Now that you have returned safely, I will grant you a marriage."
"what?"
On the way back, Lu Sui thought that the emperor was just seriously ill and he must see him. What should he do if he made things difficult for him?
To do this, he and Avi simulated various situations.
But the only one missing is "arranged marriage".
"Your Majesty, I am already married, and A Wei has given birth to a daughter for me, who will soon be three years old. The Wanning Marquisate has a rule that the Lu family..."
"But you are not the son of Marquis Wanning, you are the biological son of my second brother, you are of royal blood!"
The emperor's words instantly caused the originally quiet hall to explode.
Lu Sui opened his eyes and looked at the emperor in disbelief.
"Lu Sui, I will add you to the royal family tree. You are a legitimate little prince. A country girl like Yuan Buwei is not worthy of being your wife. I have personally selected a candidate for your wife." As the emperor raised his hand, the sensible eunuch had already led the other party up.
"Your humble servant Fang Zhaorong pays respect to His Majesty, Young Marquis Lu."
Fang Zhaorong is the granddaughter of the Grand Tutor. Because she was born prematurely, she was raised in the ancestral home from an early age and did not return home until she was eighteen years old.
"Your Majesty, you must not..."
Lu Sui knelt down immediately. He had never thought that such a ridiculous thing would happen to him: "I swore in front of A Wei's family that we would be together for the rest of our lives..."
"Lu Sui, you are now a young prince. In addition to defending the country, it is important to expand the royal family. You just said that Yuan Buwei gave birth to a daughter?" The emperor did not hide his disgust for Yuan Buwei at all. "A daughter will get married sooner or later. Besides, Yuan Buwei has too much vulgarity. You still need a well-educated woman to help you take care of her."
"Your Majesty, I have said that I will only be with Awei for the rest of my life. It is unfair to you to force her on me!"
Fang Zhaorong, who had originally lowered her head, suddenly looked up when she heard Lu Sui's words, with undisguised surprise in her eyes.
"Lu Sui, how dare you!"
The emperor was angry, and the next second he started coughing violently.
The Taoist priest who was standing stepped forward and patted the emperor's back gently: "Your Majesty, are you okay? You just took the elixir, you must not get angry."
This voice?
Yuan Buwei frowned, feeling more and more that the Taoist priest in front of her was very familiar.
While the other person's attention was on the emperor, she looked up and sized him up.
A few seconds later.
She turned pale.
After Shan Ji died, she asked people to look for Jiang Weiming's family, but they seemed to have disappeared from the face of the earth and could not be found no matter how hard they tried.
And now...
The Taoist priest in front of him, although not good-looking, had a rough voice.
But a person's behavior is engraved in his bones.
After some analysis, Yuan Buwei confirmed that the Taoist priest in front of her was Jiang Weiming.
But why did he transform himself into a Taoist priest and stay by the emperor's side? What was his purpose?
There were so many questions in her mind that Yuan Buwei found it a little difficult to breathe.
"Lu Sui, I am the Son of Heaven. Do you dare to disobey my orders?"
Suddenly.
The emperor's roar came to my ears.
Yuan Buwei lowered her head and saw Lu Sui kneeling on the ground. She immediately knelt down as well: "Your Majesty, please calm down. Lu Sui was just anxious for a moment and said something that made you unhappy. I apologize on his behalf."
The emperor coughed for a long time before he recovered. He looked at Lu Sui coldly, "Lu Sui, I have promised you this marriage!"
"Then please let your Majesty kill me."
Lu Sui's words shocked everyone.