PNB Chapter 149 Yuan Lie is dead?
Chapter 149 Yuan Lie is dead?
Suddenly, the palace door was pushed open again. Ouyang covered his mouth and nose and rushed over to wrap Yuan Lie in a quilt and carry him out.
Jiang Qingyan and Mo Ting were fast asleep and did not hear the sounds from the courtyard.
Ouyang glanced deeply at the main hall with its tightly closed doors, sighed, and tilted her head to look at Yuan Lie, saying, "Your Majesty, is this the life in the harem you were willing to give up the throne for? Look at what your so-called husband has done to you! Sigh..."
He took a deep breath and used his lightness skill to bring Yuan Lie back to the tent. After dressing him in his undergarments, he quickly summoned the general's physician to prepare and administer the medicine to Yuan Lie.
Jiang Qingyan did not wake up during dinner. She felt dizzy and disoriented, as if she had entered another space. She also developed a high fever at some point.
Everyone immediately lost their appetite and hurriedly called over Green Medicine to take Jiang Qingyan's pulse.
Green Medicine frowned and asked, "Why is His Majesty's body so hot?"
Mo Ting asked worriedly, "How is my husband's health? Is his illness serious?"
Green Medicine placed her fingers on Jiang Qingyan's wrist, remained silent for a moment, and then said solemnly, "Please, Your Majesty, vacate the main hall for now. I will personally care for His Majesty tonight. If His Majesty's fever subsides by tomorrow morning, then all will be well..."
Shen Yuan finally managed to squeeze to the front of the crowd and asked anxiously, "What if the high fever doesn't subside?"
Green Medicine pursed her lips. "Judging from the pulse, this servant suspects His Majesty has contracted an epidemic... but it's not certain, perhaps it's just a cold..."
Everyone was startled upon hearing this and exclaimed in unison, "Plague? How could my husband have contracted the plague?"
Green Medicine lowered her eyes and said, "This servant is only guessing... I hope I'm overthinking it... For your safety, masters, please return to your respective palaces... This servant is sufficient to take care of the Emperor here..."
But after a long time, no one left the hall, and everyone's eyes were filled with worry and determination.
So what if it really is a plague? They would live and die with their husbands…
Green Medicine said helplessly, "The masters here can't help at all, and there are too many people in the hall, so the air doesn't circulate, which will only worsen the emperor's high fever!"
Although everyone was unwilling, they still obediently withdrew from the hall.
However, none of them returned to their own quarters. Instead, they stood in the courtyard, looking at the main hall with worried eyes.
Seeing everyone leave, Green Medicine breathed a sigh of relief. With those men watching her so closely, she wasn't even sure what the pulse reading would be like...
To help dissipate heat, Lvyao blushed and slowly lifted the blanket, then removed all of Jiang Qingyan's clothes.
After seeing the body of the person on the bed clearly, Green Medicine was completely stunned...
The Emperor... is a woman!!!
No wonder the emperor's harem is full of men... and he even banished all the beauties from the palace...
But if the emperor is a woman... then wouldn't she never have a chance...?
After a moment, Green Medicine gradually calmed down. Now was not the time to think about these things; taking care of the Emperor was the most important thing...
She quickly fetched a basin of water, soaked the cloth completely, and then gently wiped Jiang Qingyan's body.
Even after repeated attempts, Jiang Qingyan's high fever did not subside at all.
Green Medicine became increasingly anxious. Whether it was a cold, internal injury, or external injury, none of them were difficult to treat for her.
But what if one really contracts the disease…
That would be certain death...
The people in the courtyard were also pacing anxiously, unsure of the situation inside the house or how their husbands were doing...
As Gulimi was pacing, he inadvertently noticed a plume of smoke coming from the crack in the side hall's door. He wondered, "Is Yuan Lie burning something in the bedroom?"
Upon hearing this, Yi Luo immediately looked towards the side hall, where smoke was indeed billowing out.
His heart tightened, and he rushed over to push the door open.
The thick smoke that rushed towards him choked him so much that he couldn't open his eyes, but he could clearly hear the sound of fire burning near the bed.
Knowing that Yuan Lie was still inside, Yi Luo disregarded everything else and forced himself to open his eyes, rushing inside.
The screen next to the charcoal brazier had long been burned to ashes, and the fire on the bed was particularly fierce, making it impossible to see whether Yuan Lie was on it or not.
Seeing this, the others rushed over to help. They opened all the doors and windows and brought over several buckets of water.
Yi Luo's eyes stung from the thick smoke. He raised his sleeve and vigorously wiped his eyes, then quickly took the bucket of water and poured it onto the bed repeatedly.
After a long time, the fire was finally extinguished. Yi Luo staggered to the bedside, his legs gave way, and he knelt down on the ground.
He frantically scrambled through the ashes on the bed, crying out in a hoarse voice, "Yuan Lie! You ran away, didn't you? I was wrong at noon, I shouldn't have said those things to upset you, come out here! Don't scare me!"
Mo Ting narrowed his eyes and said coldly, "Yi Luo, what did you say to Yuan Lie at noon? What did you do to him? Why did his bedchamber catch fire?"
Yi Luo said with a sob in her voice, "I was just joking around to tease him... I didn't do anything to him... I even brought a charcoal brazier to warm him up because I was worried he was cold..."
Xuan Ye frowned and said, "Did you bring the charcoal brazier? Why are the doors and windows tightly closed when you're burning charcoal? Don't you know that the thick smoke produced by burning charcoal can poison Yuan Lie to death?"
Yi Luo's heart skipped a beat upon hearing this; he had only ever used a charcoal brazier in the military camp before…
But the tents had no doors or windows, only a cloth curtain, so the ventilation was excellent, which he complained about because the heat would escape outside...
He never knew that the thick smoke from burning charcoal could cause poisoning...
Shen Yuan bent down slightly, picked up a corner of the bed sheet that was still burning outside the charcoal brazier, and immediately understood.
He sighed, "Yuan Lie must have been unable to withstand the thick smoke, so he struggled desperately and managed to pull the sheet off. And the fire originated from that sheet... It seems Yuan Lie, along with the vanished blanket, has been burned to ashes..."
Yi Luo's eyes swelled and hurt more and more, and every tear that fell stung her eyeballs.
He killed Yuan Lie…
Yun Yuxuan glanced at Yi Luo and said coldly, "Yuan Lie may be somewhat arrogant and conceited, but that doesn't warrant putting him to death... Yi Luo, you've really gone too far..."
Yi Luo didn't explain further, but simply knelt by the bed, lowering his eyes and quietly listening to the accusations from the crowd.
He originally just disliked Yuan Lie's arrogant attitude, so he wanted to provoke Yuan Lie.
He went to get the charcoal brazier because he was worried about Yuan Lie's typhoid fever and wanted to warm him up...
He never imagined things would turn out this way, much less that it would kill Yuan Lie...
Lu Nian sighed softly, walked slowly to Yi Luo's side, gently patted his shoulder, and said in a deep voice, "Yi Luo, you've been with me for so long, so naturally I trust your character. You certainly didn't do this intentionally, but it's a fact that Yuan Lie died indirectly because of you. You should wait until your husband wakes up and then take the initiative to accept your punishment."