On the second day, Minister Lin really went to the palace to visit Lin Qingqing.

As everyone knows, Minister Lin has always regarded his daughter as the apple of his eye. Lin Qingqing was famous before she entered the palace. Now that his daughter is seriously ill, how can he, an old father, sit still?

On this day, everyone saw Minister Lin come out of his daughter's courtyard with red eyes, and then went to Yinghua Palace. No one knew what he said to the emperor, but he didn't attend the court for several days.

For a while, there was a lot of discussion outside, and everyone said that the virtuous concubine might not live long.

Faced with this rumor, the palace did not give any explanation.

After some time, Mo Xiao, who was originally attending court, changed his face on the spot after hearing the eunuch's whisper. He left all the civil and military officials in the court and went to the harem. He also sent someone out of the palace to look for Minister Lin.

Each of these ministers was very smart and had a general idea of what was happening.

As expected, two hours later, as Minister Lin stepped into Concubine Xian’s palace, the sound of funeral bells was heard throughout the palace.

Minister Lin's legs went limp and he fainted in front of the door. He was carried in by eunuchs and palace maids.

The virtuous concubine, who was born into a prominent family, ended her life forever on this day.

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Lan Yin Hall.

Lin Jiuqing raised his hand and rubbed his shoulders, muttering softly: "Finally, I'm done."

In the harem, the position of the queen was vacant. Apart from Concubine Xian, she, Concubine Chen, had the highest status. Now that Concubine Xian had passed away suddenly, the task of handling the funeral naturally fell on her.

Mo Xiao felt sorry for her and assigned several people to help, but it was impossible for her to just sit back and do nothing about such a big thing, so she still had to do many things herself.

From the death of Concubine Xian to her funeral today, a whole month had passed, making Lin Jiuqing feel tired for the first time in his life.

Yingyue brought a bowl of black medicine over and said softly, "This is the prescription that Imperial Doctor Chen specially prescribed for you. Drink it and get some rest."

Lin Jiuqing frowned when he smelled the smell: "I don't want to drink it."

"You must drink it," Yingyue said seriously, "It replenishes Qi and blood, and calms the mind and nourishes the spirit. Your Majesty, you have been so busy these days that you haven't slept well. Taking this medicine is just the right thing for you to get some sleep."

Lin Jiuqing: "..."

She knew that she had to take the medicine today.

Although her health has improved a lot after such a long period of conditioning, she was still too weak in the past, which left some psychological trauma on Mo Xiao and the people around him. Therefore, whenever she felt a little uncomfortable, they would be extremely nervous.

Lin Jiuqing took a deep breath, took the medicine, pinched his nose, tilted his head back and drank it.

Yingyue held a candied fruit in her hand, and when she put down the bowl, she immediately stuffed the candied fruit into Lin Jiuqing's mouth and said with a smile, "Eat a piece of candy and it won't be bitter."

Lin Jiuqing chewed candied fruit, lay down on the bed, and whispered, "Let's go to sleep. You can handle anything yourself."

Yingyue responded and pulled the quilt for Lin Jiuqing, waiting until her breathing became steady before she tiptoed out.

He closed the door and sent everyone in the yard away. These people were used to serving, and after knowing that Lin Jiuqing was resting, they became more cautious.

Lin Jiuqing had just fallen asleep for a while when a maid hurried in from outside and whispered in Yingyue's ear: "Miss Qiuyue is outside the door. She said she has something important to discuss with the queen."

Yingyue frowned, and after a moment's silence, she said, "Don't disturb the queen yet. I'll go take a look."