I became the tyrant's only belief.

Chapter 68: The Occasionally Rebellious Emperor
"Your Majesty is here!"

A familiar sharp voice came from outside the door. Chu Liuzheng was startled and sat up from the bed without even using his hands to support himself.

[Fuck! Why is the tyrant here? ]

[If I were to meet the emperor with my hair disheveled, would that be considered disrespectful in front of the emperor? ]

Chu Liuzheng was trying to save the situation, but unexpectedly the door was pushed open by Xiao Anzi with a bang, and Xiao Jingfan stepped over the threshold and walked in, looking very cool and handsome.

Chu Liuzheng: “…”

[Can the emperor not knock on the door? 】

[Should I be thankful that I didn't change my clothes at this moment? Otherwise, wouldn't I be accused of seducing a tyrant?]

Hearing this, Xiao Jingfan subconsciously turned his head and glanced at Chu Liuzheng.

The clothes are messy but they are well worn.

Chu Liuzheng didn't care about the pain in his hand and got out of bed to salute.

"Sit down." Xiao Jingfan didn't want to hear someone screaming in pain in his heart, it was too noisy.

Chu Liuzheng did not abuse his hobby, and immediately sat down, saying, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you, may your Majesty be well."

Xiao Jingfan sat down on the chair and glanced around the room.

The first time he walked into Nong Yun Garden, he felt that the furnishings in the house were simple and it seemed a bit deserted.

Xiao Anzi wanted to move the brazier beside the bed towards Xiao Jingfan, but Xiao Jingfan waved his hand and said, "Put it there."

Xiao Anzi didn't move, but just added a few pieces of charcoal into the brazier that was about to go out.

There were only two pieces of charcoal left in the basket, and he burned them all up. Chu Liuzheng felt a little distressed when he saw it.

The palace maids only have this much charcoal allotment. Hers and Caiyue's are all in this basket. When they are all used up, they have to spend money to buy more, otherwise they will have to endure the cold.

Chu Liuzheng sighed in his heart.

[Well, at least I have to buy the charcoal for Caiyue and return it to her, so I can have two more quilts. ]

[Oh, this is the money I worked so hard to save for my retirement. ]

Xiao Jingfan had a better understanding of how stingy Chu Liuzheng was.

How much does it cost to buy charcoal?
This woman would rather endure the cold than spend money to buy charcoal for heating. What's wrong with her brain? If she gets sick from the cold, won't she spend more money on medicine?
Seeing Chu Liuzheng's face that was no longer as rosy as before, Xiao Jingfan felt inexplicably upset. He looked at Zhou Yuande and asked coldly, "Why is there not even a servant in this room?"

Both of this woman's hands are injured. Does she look like she can take care of herself?

Zhou Yuande said hurriedly, "I originally wanted to ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to arrange a maid to take care of Miss Liu Zheng's daily life, but this is not in accordance with the palace rules. Fortunately, Miss Caiyue came up with a compromise. She and Miss Liu Zheng share a room, and she happened to be recuperating from an illness and did not have to be on duty, so she took on the task of taking care of Miss Liu Zheng herself."

"I sent Xiao Anzi to look after her twice. Miss Caiyue took very good care of her, so I didn't send anyone else."

This explanation was clear, but Xiao Jingfan was still dissatisfied and asked, "Where are the people?"

Thinking of all the things Chu Liuzheng had said in his heart about going to the toilet, Xiao Jingfan felt a little uncomfortable, and his dissatisfaction with Caiyue increased.

Since you can't take good care of it, why take on this job?

How did Zhou Yuande know where people went?

Seeing this, Chu Liuzheng finally found an opportunity to interrupt: "Your Majesty, I saw a mouse in the house and was worried that it would destroy the things, so I asked Caiyue to go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to get some rat poison. But I don't know what happened. I have been gone for more than an hour and there is still no sign of it."

Under normal circumstances, it would take only half an hour to walk from Nongyun Garden to the Imperial Household Department and back. Even if one walked slowly, one should be back within an hour.

[Poor Caiyue was tricked by the eunuch in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and locked up in a small dark room. It's my fault. The system had already revealed her, but I overlooked her because her location was too inconspicuous.]

Chu Liuzheng naturally wanted to save Caiyue, but in her current condition, she would die of pain just by opening the door.

She originally wanted to ask Moxiang to make a trip, but before she could say it, Moxiang said that she had something to do in Wenhua Hall and left quickly.

What can Chu Liuzheng do?

I was just thinking of a solution, but I didn't expect Xiao Jingfan to come to me on his own initiative. Shouldn't I make good use of it?
Sure enough, after listening to her, Xiao Jingfan said, "Send someone to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to take a look."

"Yes." Zhou Yuande turned around and gave Xiao Anzi some instructions. Xiao Anzi was about to leave when he heard Xiao Jingfan say, "Bring back some charcoal on the way."

Zhou Yuande was startled and subconsciously glanced at the empty charcoal basket not far away. His Majesty had never paid attention to such a trivial matter, but now he even specifically asked for instructions. How much does he value Miss Liu Zheng?

He was secretly shocked and winked at Xiao Anzi.

Xiao Anzi was a smart boy. He immediately carried the charcoal basket on his back and went to the Imperial Household Department.

Chu Liuzheng was also surprised, but she just thought that there was too little charcoal in the brazier and it was not burning vigorously enough, making Xiao Jingfan feel cold.

[The tyrant asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs for charcoal, so I shouldn't have to pay for it, right? ]

Xiao Jingfan: "..."

[Why did the tyrant come here suddenly? To visit a patient?]

【Haha, what a bad joke.】

Chu Liuzheng felt cold to himself.

In the entire palace, only the Empress Dowager was ill enough for the tyrant to take time out to visit her. How could she have such an honor?

Xiao Jingfan raised his eyebrows slightly.

Quite self-aware.

He really wasn't here to visit a patient, and he didn't have the time for that.

He was just trying to get the list of traitors from Chu Liuzheng indirectly.

Although the secret guards are investigating, if he can find out from Chu Liuzheng, it will be possible to make a comparison and ensure that no one will slip through the net.

However, since Chu Liuzheng felt that he was not here to visit a sick patient, how could he do as this woman wished?
So, the occasionally rebellious emperor cleared his throat, looked at the woman on the bed and asked, "Has the imperial physician come today?"

As he asked, his eyes swept over Chu Liuzheng's hand which was placed outside the quilt. Through the gauze, he couldn't see how the wound inside was recovering.

Hearing this question, Chu Liuzheng was quite flattered.

[The tyrant actually came to visit the patient! This mouth that is so cold that it can freeze people to death can occasionally speak a few human words. ]

Xiao Jingfan: "..."

Let this woman die.

Chu Liuzheng said, "Your Majesty, Imperial Doctor Liu came to change my medicine this morning and will come again later in the evening."

"Doctor Liu?" Xiao Jingfan thought for a moment and asked, "Liu Han?"

Chu Liuzheng nodded.

Xiao Jingfan frowned slightly and asked again: "Does your hand hurt?"

Chu Liuzheng:? ?
[The last person who was cared for by a tyrant like this, except for the concubines in the harem, died without a complete body. ]

[First of all, I am not a concubine. Secondly... woooo, is it going to be beating to death or being torn apart by five horses that awaits me? ]

Xiao Jingfan: "..."

Those people died without a complete body because they deserved to die.

They are all just sitting there doing nothing and enriching themselves. Why don't we kill them when the opportunity arises and keep them around for the New Year?
Chu Liuzheng was worried about her life and was not sure whether to say it hurt or not, so she chose to compromise.

"In reply to your Majesty, my hand sometimes hurts and sometimes doesn't."

As soon as she said this, she felt that her answer was stupid.

Just when he was about to save her, he heard Xiao Jingfan say, "Your symptoms are somewhat similar to Gu Qing's."

As if worried that Chu Liuzheng didn't know who 'Gu Qing' was, Xiao Jingfan added: "Last night, the Gu Mansion sent someone to the palace to ask the imperial physician to see Doctor Gu from the Ministry of Personnel."

Chu Liuzheng blinked.

[Does it have anything to do with me whether Gu Zexian hires a doctor or not? Why is the tyrant telling me this? ]

(End of this chapter)