Princess and the General

Using a Talisman to Check the Pulse (Part Two)

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“You guys came?”

Emperor Ning lay in bed under a thick blanket.
His face was pale, and he looked as if he had aged ten years.

Gu ShuBai glanced at Eunuch Gao.

If this was considered being better, Emperor Ning’s illness was quite severe.
It was no wonder Gu HuaiJiang specially told him to bring Yu Fu into the palace to visit.

Everyone saluted him, and Emperor Ning covered his mouth and coughed, “Hmph, hmph, please be seated.
There’s no need to stand on ceremony.”

Yu Fu rarely entered the palace, and Emperor Ning squinted his eyes to look at her.
He felt that she had matured a great deal from before.
Like a flower, she was blooming beautifully.

He nodded his head with gratification, “Yu Fu, We see that you’ve grown a great deal taller and are becoming more and more beautiful.”

Yu Fu: “… Thank you, Your Majesty, for the compliment.”

Ever since Emperor Ning found out that she wanted to marry Gu ShuBai, who knew if he felt that she was no longer a threat to Eastern Ling or if he knew that her claim of having studied in Immortals Valley was not false, but his attitude toward her had improved significantly.

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Emperor Ning then turned to Gu ShuBai, “The children are all grown up.
We and your father have also gotten old.
I heard that your father has also been bedridden with illness.
We had imperial physician Sun visit to take care of him.
How has he been doing recently?”

Gu ShuBai quickly glanced at Yu Fu, and the latter kept her head down while sitting to the side.
If Emperor Ning did not ask about him, she would never speak up.

His expression remained unmoved, and he looked like he did not know about the situation.

“Many thanks, Your Majesty, for the concern.
Father caught a cold that gave him coughing fits.
There aren’t any major problems, but the illness keeps coming back, so the imperial physician advised that he stay home for a few more days.
Father wanted to come into the palace to see Your Majesty, but he was also worried that he might pass his illness onto Your Majesty, thus he could only have this subject come and visit with Yu Fu.”

Emperor Ning heard this and smiled, saying: “It’s fine, it’s fine.
The two of us are one and the same.
We are also worried about passing Our illness onto him.
Look at Imperial Consort Xian.
Who knows if she has exhausted herself from taking care of Us or if she caught Our illness.
She could no longer support herself and returned to her palace to be taken care of by an imperial physician.
It’s nice to be young, as you’re all sturdier than old bones like us.”

He smiled and looked at the three, just like a normal elder would look at those of the younger generation.
It was only now that Yin Shuo cupped his hands and said: “Your Majesty has been emperor for a long time.
It’s just a small illness, and you will quickly recover.”

Emperor Ning said: “We are not worried.
Court has the two of you present, so even if Marquis Gu and I are sick for a few days, nothing will be neglected.”

The two that he mentioned were Gu ShuBai and Yin Shuo.

One civil official and one military official, one general and one prime minister, both were Eastern Ling’s outstanding talents from the younger generation.

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All that was missing was a crown prince.

Once the crown prince was appointed, the next generation of Eastern Ling would officially begin.

Gu ShuBai and Yin Shuo politely smiled but did not look at each other.
Yu Fu suddenly stood up from her seat.

“Your Majesty, I heard that the Linyin Temple near West Lake is very effective, so I went and prayed for blessings and protection for Your Majesty and head general.
This is a talisman that the master abbot.
I hope that Your Majesty will not mind.”

She was quite filial.

Emperor Ning looked at her with approval, and Eunuch Gao received the talisman from her.
After determining that there was nothing wrong with it, he was about to put it away.

Yu Fu said: “Master abbot said that it only works if one sincerely believes it.
The one who made the prayer will personally place it beneath Your Majesty’s pillow.
It will be good for Your Majesty’s illness.
I personally placed one below head general’s pillow yesterday.
Today, he said that he slept until the sun came up and is feeling much better.”

“Is it that effective?”

Emperor Ning already had a bit of faith in religion.
Hearing Yu Fu say this, he gave Eunuch Gao a look.

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Eunuch Gao handed the talisman back to Yu Fu, “Then I will trouble young miss Yu Fu.”

Yu Fu carefully folded the talisman and walked toward Emperor Ning’s bed.

Yin Shuo’s gaze focused on Yu Fu.
From his angle, he could clearly see Yu Fu’s actions.

He saw her lift Emperor Ning’s wrist from next to the pillow and gently move it to the side before lifting a corner of the pillow and placing the folded talisman beneath it.

After that, she returned Emperor Ning’s hand to where it was before.
A look of approval appeared in Eunuch Gao’s eyes.

Although she was young, she was very thorough and considerate.
It was no wonder everyone in Marquis Gu’s Manor doted on her so much.

Who knew if it was a psychological effect or something else, but after Yu Fu placed the talisman under his pillow, Emperor Ning’s complexion immediately improved a great deal.

He shifted his head around a bit, looking for a comfortable position, “Yu Fu, you really are considerate.
In the past, Marquis Gu doted on you so much, yet We felt that he was obsessed.
After hearing that he engaged you to ShuBai, We finally found out what he was planning! But… he’s the one who got lucky.
A marriage to Immortals Valley, it’s not something that the average person can hope for.”

Yin Shuo’s expression momentarily became stiff.
Thinking about how Yu Fu walked alongside Gu ShuBai in the palace and how the two intimately spent their days together in Marquis Gu’s Manor, he felt a discomfort in his heart.

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Yu Fu quietly walked back with a hint of embarrassment in her smile, “Yu Fu does not have any other abilities and can only do my best to learn to ensure that the people in the manor are not harmed by any poisons.”

“You are too modest.
We still remember the day that you played the zither.
It was immediately clear just how much effort the Deity of Medicine put into raising you…”

After chatting for a while, Emperor Ning needed to rest, and everyone retreated from the bed chamber.

Yin Shuo cupped his hands to the other two, “There are still some matters to attend to in court, so I won’t be keeping you two company.
Farewell.”

Right as he left, his gaze briefly lingered on Yu Fu.

Unfortunately, Yu Fu did not notice; however, Gu ShuBai noticed him acting strangely.

“Yu Fu, is there a problem?”

He looked around and lowered his voice to ask Yu Fu.

When she had given the talisman, she had checked Emperor Ning’s pulse.
It was only for a brief moment, so it was unclear if she found anything.

Yu Fu’s voice was even lower than his, “His Majesty was poisoned.”