Keep your voice down. Are you trying to look glamorous dressed as a forced lover?

When Sannoye was about to return, Li Qingyan felt both expectant and guilty, inexplicably guilty, so guilty that she couldn't help but shake her leg, and she also completely stopped getting close to anyone else.

Firstly, because of the emperor, she was indeed not in the mood; secondly, she did not want to go against the grain.

Although Sannoye was also a concubine, their synesthesia was completely different. Moreover, in order to survive and pass the test, she deliberately brought Sannoye's synesthesia, which was like a blank sheet of paper.

She can still remember how Sannoh said it was unfair.

Thinking about it carefully, Sannoh had never lost his temper with her, but she wasn't blind; she could see and remember his silent sadness and forbearance.

Even at the dinner table, she was distracted, devouring the local specialties brought back by the Sannoye people.

Considering Wei Xiang's health, she has already sent a team to meet him.

Although Prime Minister Wei has not yet arrived, she has already spread the news that he is about to take office. If the Wise Prince makes another move, he will have to think twice. If this is discovered, his reputation among scholars will be completely ruined.

And once the news spreads, on the way back, Prime Minister Wei will be able to visit or invite old friends or famous people to come to the capital together, and they will all be her people from now on.

Those who can be favored by Prime Minister Wei must be quite capable.

On this point, Li Qingyan and Prime Minister Wei were on the same page.

This would further prolong Wei Xiang's journey, which Sangnuoye would definitely object to. He wouldn't send anyone out, and Li Qingyan was even afraid that Sangnuoye would release Xiaobai to scare people.

Li Qingyan thought that once he received the letter, Sangnuoye would most likely be home in half a month, or maybe ten days if things went smoothly.

At that time, the emperor's death in the original book will not be far off.

With Sannoh by my side, I felt a bit more at ease.

Noticing Li Qingyan's absent-mindedness, Wen Sheng didn't join in serving him food. Instead, she silently counted how much Li Qingyan ate.

When she was almost done eating, and seeing that she was still eating, he spoke up.

"Your Highness, Chef Liu has developed a new flavor today."

Li Qingyan came to her senses and realized that she was actually full, even a little stuffed: "Then I'll save some room."

Wen Sheng agreed, so he nodded.

"There's no sun today, Your Highness, would you like to take a walk?"

"Okay." Let it help with digestion.

However, perhaps because she was preoccupied with her thoughts while eating, or perhaps because she ate the wrong thing and it didn't help with digestion, Li Qingyan didn't get to try the new flavored milk tea and ended up taking medicine instead.

Her stomach was a little upset.

Li Qingyan guessed that the emotional stress might also have affected her stomach.

Li Qingyan was feeling unwell, and Ji Mingzheng and the others couldn't care less about their jealousy.

But after Li Qingyan recovered, Ji Mingzheng and Song Qinian, who wanted to climb into the emperor's bed, failed, because in the following days, Li Qingyan became increasingly nervous about the emperor, except for his official duties outside the palace.

The emperor's complexion, which had been much better before, has recently deteriorated again.

Even though Prime Minister Wei came out of seclusion, she won again.

Moreover, her attempts to get close to Song Qinian and the others were all in vain.

Seeing that it was no use, Li Qingyan could only anxiously wait for the hint for the next level.

Five days before the emperor's death in the book, Li Qingyan had another dream and received a hint about the next level.

However, the hint is not for the fifth level; it is still the same as the hint for the fourth level, word for word.

The difference this time is that after the notification sound, there is an additional countdown timer.

"Two hours...!"

Whether it was the level prompt sound or the countdown, it was the first time. Li Qingyan watched the countdown with great anxiety, but she couldn't wake up.

Then a pungent smell rushed into my nostrils: "Achoo!"

Li Qingyan suddenly woke up from her dream. Sui Shi breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that she was awake and put away the styrax: "Your Highness, His Majesty has encountered an emergency."

Knowing that His Highness was in a bad mood after falling asleep, especially after having nightmares, Sui Shi realized that the styrax she had prepared in advance would be useful.

Li Qingyan's heart sank, and she quickly got off the bed.

"What time?"

"Midnight!"

It was exactly midnight.

The emperor, who had been lying peacefully, suddenly convulsed and clenched his teeth that night.

After the imperial physician's emergency treatment, the condition temporarily stabilized, but it was still not good. His breathing was sometimes rough and sometimes shallow, cold sweat kept seeping from his forehead, his lips turned pale, and his face was bluish-white.

When Li Qingyan asked again, the imperial physician gave a tactful answer, but the general meaning was that preparations could be made.

"No, Mother will be alright!"

Li Qingyan sat by the emperor's bedside, held the emperor's hand, and nuzzled it affectionately: "I will save you, Mother, I still have a way."

With a reluctant glance at the emperor, Li Qingyan stood up: "This place is under your care. No unauthorized personnel are allowed to enter."

"And the news must not be leaked."

The so-called "unrelated people" must be the wise king.

Li Qingyan had been staying by the emperor's bedside the whole time, and everyone praised her for her filial piety. Now that the emperor is critically ill again, she has left, which is puzzling.

Li Qingyan didn't need their understanding; she had to leave in order to save people.

On the way to Jingchen Palace, she had already figured out the situation.

"So, I haven't actually passed the fourth level yet, which is why the countdown started. I have to find the people and them within this hour and a half... to pass the fourth level."

The instructions for the fourth level, marked with an asterisk, affected her judgment.

Fortunately, this time was a little better than last time; she could feel the countdown in her mind ticking away second by second.

When the countdown disappears, it means she has passed the level, and she can proceed tentatively.

Li Qingyan even immediately guessed that the countdown was probably also a countdown to the emperor's critical illness or death. If she failed this time, she might be judged as being passive, and the emperor might die even earlier than in the original story.

"This time, we must pass."

Li Qingyan made up her mind.

But the challenges are never easy to overcome. For example, tonight, none of the qualified male leads she desperately needs are available.

Excluding the time it would take for the emperor to be rescued, she only had one and a half hours, or one hundred and fifty minutes, to find them in the middle of the night.

Unfortunately, Song Qinian went to a temple outside the palace to pray for his great-grandmother. Today was the anniversary of his great-grandmother's death, and he would go there every year.

Wen Sheng also left the palace. Li Qingyan always felt that Wen Sheng was a little unhappy. She pretended to be happy and sent him the birthday gift she had prepared. It was a tea plantation in the suburbs of the capital. Li Qingyan told him to go there two days in advance to relax. He could pick and process tea himself if he had nothing to do. She also promised him that she would go with him if she had time.

Li Qingyan knew she might not have time, but she was feeling incredibly stressed, so she decided to let Wen Sheng help her relax.

Ji Mingzheng was also not there, because General Ji was returning to the capital to report on his duties and would be leaving tomorrow. Ji Mingzheng got up early in the morning and left the palace, saying that he would see him off at dawn.

They were all in the suburbs of Beijing, and there was simply not enough time between leaving the city and returning.

Currently, the only person in the palace who meets the requirements for passing the test is that scumbag Qiu Nanzhu.

The plot seems to have pushed her back to Qiu Nanzhu's side, as if forcing her to choose between the emperor and taking the risk herself.

It's like they're mocking her. She keeps saying she wants to save her mother, so go ahead and save her. It's a choice between herself and her mother.

Li Qingyan snorted.

"A choice between two geniuses." She had long known that this world was strange, so she hadn't prepared in advance.

She never fights a battle unprepared. Tang Fei was able to put down his crutches a couple of days ago, and Ji Mingzheng and the others tried to get Tang Fei to go to Lingzhou. She agreed verbally, but didn't let Tang Fei leave immediately.

Tang Fei is her backup plan.

And everything that has happened now proves that keeping that backup plan was the right decision.

"Go and invite General Tang to the palace. Tell him to come as quickly as possible and that it is an urgent matter."

Li Qingyan was certain that Tang Fei would not refuse.

"Does Your Highness intend for General Tang to remain in the palace to guard it?"

Huai Xu asked.

"No, I want to bring good luck to my mother..."