Chapter 576 - Pleasing Her Majesty (31) (1/2)

The journey back to the palace was long, and Junjue's condition got worse and worse.

In the carriage, she asked him, ”Is there any way to cure this?”

Junjue shook his head.

Meng Liang, that stupid… Don't let me know who he is, otherwise I'll beat him up.

Meng Liang was silent. She had heard this answer from Meng Liang.

But hearing it again from Junjue, she didn't know if she didn't want to accept it or just be annoyed.

She put down the fruit in her hand and sat next to him, holding him in her arms.

”Don't worry, I'll think of a way.”

”What way can you think of, Your Majesty.” Junjue covered his mouth and coughed. Something wet appeared in his palm, and he was about to cover it up, but his hand was caught, and Ming Shu began to wipe his palm lightly with a white handkerchief.

Ming Shu wiped it up and then stuffed another clean handkerchief into his hand. ”Looks like the only thing I can do is find a beautiful place to be your tomb.”

Hoh hoh.

I will not argue with you.

”Thank you, Your Majesty.”

Ming Shu: ”…”

There was a sudden silence in the carriage. After waiting for a while, Junjue couldn't help but ask, ”Your Majesty, why don't you ask me how I became like this?”

”Will you tell me?”

”Do you want to know, Your Majesty?”

The two made direct eye contact and invisible sparks ignited between them.

Ming Shu reached out her hand and adjusted his mask a little. ”Have some sleep. We'll arrive at the royal palace soon.”

Junjue compressed his lips and adjusted into a comfortable position to lie down. ”Will you take a new concubine, Your Majesty?”

Ming Shu smiled. ”Of course I will. Do you think you're beautiful enough to make me give up all other men?”

Junjue took out his knife silently. I'd better kill her.

Ming Shu's voice didn't stop. ”After you die, I'll immediately take new men in. Your position as the royal concubine will be taken by others. Are you afraid of that?”

So if I don't die, you won't take new concubines?

Junjue put back his knife silently then.

Ming Shu took care of him and didn't ask anything else.

For the first time, Junjue felt she was sometimes quite caring.

But she never talked nicely. Junjue wanted to strangle her as soon as she dissed him.

After they returned to the palace, Junjue had almost gone into a coma. Ming Shu ordered the imperial physicians to treat him in turn, and this time it was not something good.

Meanwhile, the symptoms of Junjue's plague were getting more and more obvious. Since the plague outside disappeared inexplicably, they didn't know how to treat this now.

The imperial physicians were all terrified. Seeing Ming Shu hold Junjue in her arms, they advised her to isolate Junjue as soon as possible.

Ming Shu drove all of them out.

”Your Majesty…”

”If you're scared, don't get close.” Ming Shu took the copper basin Lianxin was holding and walked into the hall.

Lianxin compressed her lips and followed.

In the following days, all kinds of ministers began to play the bitter and miserable drama. Ming Shu just ignored them. In the end, she simply delegated all the affairs to Prime Minister Zhou and never showed up to the sessions.

The imperial physicians were worried that Ming Shu would be infected. But Ming Shu stayed in the Xianyu Palace all day long, and she looked energetic as always. Even the servants in Xianyu Palace weren't infected.

The imperial physicians were then relieved. Perhaps the plague taking the royal concubine was not infectious… or it had changed the way of infection.

Junjue could barely eat anything. At first Ming Shu convinced him, but later she had to coax him with kind words to try and make him eat.

”Your Majesty, I really don't want to eat anything.” Junjue sounded weak.

”Just one spoonful.” Ming Shu put the spoon at Junjue's lips.

”No.”

Ming Shu put it into her own mouth then bent over to feed Junjue.

Junjue wanted to vomit, but Ming Shu threatened him. ”If you dare…”

Ming Shu fed him half a bowl in this way, but then Junjue closed his mouth tightly as he really couldn't swallow any more.

Ming Shu finished the leftover porridge.

We can't waste food.

Junjue watched her eat up the porridge. She finished all the food unfinished by him in recent days. Even though he knew that the plague was not infectious, the ordinary people didn't know…

Isn't she scared, even a little?