Chapter 256: Clouds Clear
“Your Majesty!”
The chief eunuch next to him was startled, but when the other palace people looked over, Emperor Taicheng had already quietly put the handkerchief in his hand into his sleeve.
The chief eunuch acted almost instantly, faster than his brain could think, and said, “What are you all standing there for? Lead the way ahead. If you fall, watch out for your heads!”
After the palace maid realised what was happening, she quickly lowered her head and dared not look again.
On the way, Emperor Taicheng spoke in a voice that only the two of them could hear.
“What happened today must not be spread outside.”
Facing the emperor’s murderous eyes, the eunuch’s back was instantly wet with sweat.
Ignoring him, Emperor Taicheng endured the discomfort and returned to Chengming Palace.
He has only been on the throne for more than half a year. If he summons the imperial physician on New Year’s Eve, it will probably arouse suspicion from others. Emperor Taicheng does not want to see such a scene, so he waited until the next day, when the director of the Imperial Medical Bureau came to check Ping’an’s pulse as usual, and then he slowly spoke.