Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

Fu Shi was bedridden, at first she felt hot all over and had no energy, but after ten days or so, she coughed more and more fiercely. The imperial doctors stayed directly in the inner courtyard and asked the palace staff about her condition day and night.

One evening, she was still coughing non-stop, and the maid wiped her face with a hot towel, and Mu Shanggong anxiously persuaded her: "Your Majesty, hold back a little cough, how can you bear such a cough?"

With a sound of "Wow", Fushi suddenly spat out, and when he opened his eyes, the faces of the people around him changed drastically, and the maid put away the towel and hid behind her. Fu Shi took a breath, gritted his teeth and said: "Show me!" The maid did not dare to resist the order, and carefully took out the towel, only to see a bright red blood stain on it, Fu Shi fainted when she saw it.

Not long after, Chai Rong came to the inner courtyard again and questioned the imperial doctors. At this time, Fu woke up faintly, she didn't open her eyes, and heard Chai Rong scolding the imperial doctor on duty outside.

At this time, an imperial doctor became anxious and blurted out: "Your Majesty, your pulse is just weak. It's not a disease, it's your destiny! When your breath is up, we can only cure the disease. How can we save it?"

Hearing this, Fu felt even more flustered. In a trance, he remembered a Taoist priest in linen who came to the house many years ago. Looking at her face, she said that her chin was not healthy, and she was destined to end badly...meaning that she would die badly?

Thinking of this, she was very sad. She was usually very optimistic, but at this moment she only felt that the world was dark, and an inexplicable fear surged in her heart, as if she could not breathe. She shouted vigorously: "The official... the official save me..." But the voice was very small.

At this time, Mu Shanggong's voice said: "The official family just left."

Fu coughed weakly twice, and asked: "Is the official family going to Shouzhou? When will he leave? I want to see him, and ask someone to call the official family."

Mu Shanggong wiped away his tears and said with a choked voice, "This servant will call Cao Tai immediately, and ask him to go out and find the official's house."

"Yeah." Fu Shi exhaled, staring at the top of the mask with wide eyes, "I'll wait for him."

After a while, Fu Shi stretched out his hand from the quilt again, and Mu Shanggong, who had just opened the gauze curtain, strode forward and grabbed her hand. Fu Shi's face was pale and haggard, completely lost her usual calm and dignified temperament, she was indeed very pitiful, she asked faintly: "Am I going to die?"

Mu Shanggong hurriedly said: "No, the empress will live a long life, and she will be fine after recovering from her illness!"

"Don't lie to me...I know I'm going to die..." Fu Shi's voice was intermittent, weak and sad, "The imperial doctor in Tokyo is the most skilled...but I don't want to die, I don't want to die..."

Mu Shanggong said: "Your Majesty, you can talk well now, don't think about the bad."

It's true that Fu Shi didn't look like she was going to die, but she felt that she was going to die, and when she was sad, she was more energetic than the previous few days, at least she didn't fall asleep all day long. She added: "Even if I am a queen, I haven't done anything. If I die, people will forget me soon...I want to see the official, and I tell him...help me up and dress me up."

Of course Mu Shanggong and the others would not listen. With the Queen's current situation, this kind of request is nothing but nonsense.

After an unknown period of time, she was so tired that she fell asleep again. At this time, eunuch Cao Tai bent down to enter the room. Seeing that the queen was asleep, she knelt down in front of the bed without disturbing her.

Fu's sleep was not deep, and she woke up after a while. She opened her eyes and saw Cao Tai kneeling there, and said in surprise: "I'm not dead yet, why are you kneeling?" After a while, she seemed to remember what Cao Tai was doing, so she asked, "Have you seen the official family?"

Cao Tai said cautiously: "I saw you when I returned to your mother. The official family will leave for Shouzhou tomorrow. I don't know if they will come tonight..."

The old eunuch's hair was already grey, his face was slightly pointed, his skin was white and thin but without many wrinkles, his figure was thin and he didn't look like a man at all. At this time, he had a serious face, with two vertical lines between his brows, as if he was deep in thought, thinking hard about something. At this time, he raised his head and looked at Mushang Palace. Mu Shanggong was so familiar with these movements, he hurriedly greeted the maids who were serving by his side, and quickly retreated.

If Cao Tai wanted to whisper to the queen about the official family, she would not even beg Mu Shanggong to listen to her. I don't know if it would be the best choice.

Cao Tai looked back and saw that there was no one outside the curtain, so he said, "I don't know if I should say something or not."

Fu Shi said quietly: "Speak."

Cao Tai pondered for a moment, it is not good to tell her not to speak out in front of the queen, this kind of words is not what he, an eunuch, should say in front of the queen, so he could only hint: "They all went out, the servant said..."

He paused and continued: "My family went to the hall in the front yard, there were guards standing outside, and there were several ministers inside. The door was open, and my family stood beside the door to hear what the officials and ministers had to say, and if it was nothing important, I planned to ask for an audience. Then I heard Wei Renpu say... that if the queen dies, the funeral cannot be held. Because the army's attack on Huainan has just begun, it is not good for the army to hold a funeral."

Fu Shi stared and said anxiously: "They also think I'm going to die?"

Cao Taidao: "There is an imperial doctor who can't speak, and what he said shouldn't be said! The officials believe in the imperial doctor's diagnosis, so they think that the empress...don't worry, the empress, when the illness is cured, he will cure the imperial doctor. The slave family has written down the name!"

Fu Shi coughed for a while, then asked again: "What else did they say?"

Cao Tai's voice was even lower: "The officials said that King Wei still has a daughter and plans to continue marrying the second daughter of King Wei. The favor of the Fu family is still undiminished... But, the Empress mentioned that she would give your sister to Hu Jiejun to make Guo Shao. He has also made great contributions to Qin Feng, and he will be able to establish a knot in a short time... I am afraid that this matter can only be let go, and Guo Shao can only lose faith. Of course, the servants dare not mention this in front of the officials."

Fu Shi was angry and sad: "I'm not dead yet! Why did you think of marrying my sister?"

Cao Tai remained silent and didn't say anything nice. He felt that he was willing to pay the price that might offend Longyan if he told the queen the truth, out of gratitude for his kindness... If it wasn't for the fact that he really wanted the queen in his heart, if it was just for the benefit of others, it would be ugly if the tree fell and the monkeys scattered, what else could the queen rely on when she died? Why bother to say these words again?

But the officials are right, if he is willing to continue the second sister Fu, it will be regarded as a favor to the Fu family. For the Fu family, it doesn't make any difference whether Dafu is the queen in the court or Fu's second younger sister.

Fu Shi choked up and said, "I'm dead, so none of you are really sad? Cao Tai, are you ready to serve my sister too?"

Cao Tai remained silent, in case the queen really died, he had to live on, and of course he had to seek refuge with the new master of the harem. But he worked so much for the empress, and finally gained trust, the master disappeared all of a sudden, and the bamboo basket fetched water in vain, how could he not feel uncomfortable? Moreover, Empress Fu treated him well, and she was grateful in her heart, and it must have been uncomfortable.

"Guo Shao... Brother Shao, come and save me!" Fu suddenly murmured.

Cao Tai said: "He is just a military commander. No one will threaten the empress, you should rest in peace of mind and recuperate, as long as the illness can be cured."