Rebirth of Poisoned Empress, by 颜若优雅

Chapter 100

Shen Liang had returned to the Imperial City for more than a month now. Before the rain, he never missed a day of school at the Tianmen Academy, but the number of times he actually stepped out of the Marquis Donglin Manor was few and far between. Besides the Elder Princess's banquet, his visit this time with Tianshu and Old Lin was the only other time he formally stepped out of the Marquis Donglin Manor. This time, there were quite a hidden guards keeping their eyes on him. Since the moment he stepped out of the Marquis Donglin Manor, the guards all began to send reports back to their respective masters, one of whom was the emperor himself. 

"Shen Liang went to the Duke of Qingping palace? What did his expressions look like?" the emperor, who was reviewing memorials raised his head and looked up after hearing the guard's report. An ominous feeling came to his heart, but he couldn't trace the feeling to a source. In the end, he couldn't put it to heart and was only curious about Shen Liang's expressions and reactions to the marriage. Normally speaking, it would prove impossible for any Ger or woman to take the news that they would be marrying a dying man calmly. For some inexplicable reason, he felt this Shen Liang wasn't simple.

"Asking Your Majesty for forgiveness but the Ironclad Guards were guarding him too closely. This servant didn't dare to draw too close and wasn't able to see how he looked."

"En," the emperor nodded his head with understanding. He then thought for a moment to himself before inquiring, "Do you know for what purpose he went to the Duke of Qingping Palace for?"

"They say he knows some medical skills and wanted to head over to see if he could provide some help," the person who responded to the emperor wasn't the commander of the shadow guards, but rather Yang An, who was waiting on the emperor on the side. 

The emperor's brows couldn't help but furrow, "He knows medical skills?"

"Yes. It was stated in the reports submitted to you by your subordinates last night," the commander of the shadow guards hurriedly explained as the emperor browsed through the memorials on his desk. When he finally found the report placed on his desk the night before, he looked through it carefully and discovered there was indeed a statement on there regarding Shen Liang's medical knowledge. "How is his medical skills?"

Last night, he had been occupied with Shen Liang's life events and birth and neglected this knowledge. If he...

"This..." the commander of the shadow guards hesitated before responding after a moment of consideration, "Forgive this servant, Your Majesty, but Shen Liang only revealed a hand during the homicide case at the Elder princess's banquet. It is impossible to know from just that how good his medical skills are."

"He's only fifteen. Logically speaking, he shouldn't be too advanced." The emperor didn't find fault with the guard and only muttered quietly to himself. However, the ominous feeling continued to loom in his heart, unable to be dispelled. He couldn't help but sense as though he had neglected something but for the time being, couldn't derive what it was.

In the inner region of the Imperial City, regardless of how heavily it rained or whether the Duke of Qingping was conscious, the forces outside the Duke of Qingping Palace continued to make a luxurious and domineering sight as they marched alongside the borders of the manor. The guard cavalry surrounded the Duke of Qingping's entourage and led the carriage made entirely of agarwood in the center, marching mightily towards the Duke of Qingping Palace.

"Greetings to the Wangfei!" under the scrutinizing gazes of countless civilians, the luxurious agarwood carriage pulled to a stop before the Duke of Qingping Palace. Hundreds of Ironclad Guards who had been waiting outside in the rain knelt on their knees in unison and cupped their fists. Their momentum proved to be even more awe-inspiring than when even the emperor himself visited the day before.