Long Xuan clapped his hands, and Long Yi knelt in front of Luo Wei.
Luo Wei was not too surprised when he saw Long Yi suddenly appear. This person was supposed to follow Long Xuan in secret. “Are you Long Yi?” he asked the kneeling Long Yi.
“This servant is Long Yi, greetings to Your Highness,” Long Yi said to Luo Wei.
The murderous intent in Luo Wei’s heart was almost impossible to conceal. He coughed twice, covering his mouth with his hand.
“Let’s talk about it when we get back,” Long Xuan quickly got up and gently patted Luo Wei’s back. “It’s getting windy in the forest at this hour. You’ve caught a cold; you shouldn’t get chilled again.”
Luo Wei lowered his hand, his face calm. He said to Long Xuan, “I can’t feel at ease living in this palace. I want Long Yi to protect me for a few days. After Ten and his men come back, I will return Long Yi to you, alright?”
Long Xuan looked at Luo Wei and said with a smile, “What is there in this palace that makes you uneasy?”
“The Empress Dowager is still alive,” Luo Wei said. “Although you have her confined in Dongfo Hall, I’m still afraid of that old woman.”
“She is now devoted to Buddhism,” Long Xuan said hastily. “You don’t have to worry about her causing trouble for you again.”
“When I think about staying behind the same palace wall with that old lady, I can’t sleep,” Luo Wei said. “Devoted to Buddhism? For a person like her, no matter how many Buddhist scriptures she recites, it won’t be of any use, she won’t go to the Western Paradise after she dies!”
Seeing Luo Wei getting more agitated, Long Xuan quickly said to Long Yi, “You can guard Prince Jin for the time being.”
“I will obey the order,” Long Yi replied respectfully.
“Following me, you don’t have to stay in the shadows anymore. I’m not easily intimidated, so just follow behind me,” Luo Wei said to Long Yi.
“Yes,” Long Yi replied respectfully.
“Let’s go back,” Long Xuan said, noticing the wind was picking up in the forest. He took off his own coat and draped it over Luo Wei.
Luo Wei wanted to throw off Long Xuan’s coat, but at this moment, a group of guards ran over. In front of everyone, Luo Wei still had to leave some face for Long Xuan.
“Your Majesty, Your Highness,” the group of guards knelt down in front of Long Xuan and Luo Wei to pay their respects.
Luo Wei saw that the guards had brought a soft sedan chair. It turned out that while he was resting just now, some of the Dragon Cavalry Guards had gone to Yi Jin Garden and brought the sedan chair.
“You can’t walk anymore. Get on the sedan chair,” Long Xuan helped Luo Wei onto the chair. “It’s best not to go out alone in the future. With your condition, I can’t let you be alone.”
Luo Wei looked at Long Xuan, bewildered. The slap he just delivered to Long Xuan’s face was quite hard. Perhaps even the Dragon Cavalry Guards lurking in the shadows had seen it. Did this man really have no temper at all? He looked at Long Xuan’s face, which was still a bit red from the slap.
Seeing Luo Wei staring at his face, Long Xuan touched the side of his face that had been hit and said, “I’m very lucky you’re not trained in martial arts.”
Luo Wei turned his face away and said to the two guards carrying the sedan chair, “Let’s go quickly.”
Long Xuan walked beside the sedan chair, positioning himself upwind to shield Luo Wei from some of the cold wind.
In Yi Jin Garden, the lamps had been lit by now. Not only in Yi Jin Garden, but the whole Emerald Island was now brightly lit.
After returning to Yi Jin Garden, Long Xuan ordered dinner to be served.
The eunuchs busied themselves setting up the table in the side hall.
At this time, another bowl of medicinal soup was brought to Luo Wei.
Long Xuan watched Luo Wei drink the dark medicinal soup as if it were water, frowning deeply. If he drank such a bowl of medicine before eating, would he still have an appetite? After Luo Wei finished the medicine and rinsed his mouth with water, Long Xuan said to him, “I better have the imperial physicians from the Imperial Hospital come and take a look at you. How many doses of medicine is Imperial Physician Wei making you drink in a day?”
Luo Wei said indifferently, “Is there anyone in the Imperial Hospital with better medical skills than him? With his unconventional temperament, if it weren’t for his medical skills, you would have kicked him out of the palace long ago, wouldn’t you?”
“Maybe there’s a better way?” Long Xuan said. “How would you know if you don’t try?”
“As you wish,” Luo Wei was really annoyed by Long Xuan. In his eyes, Long Xuan’s care was just like that of an old woman. He also had a question in his mind: when did this person become so fussy?
Once the food was on the table, as Long Xuan expected, Luo Wei only ate a small bowl of rice and drank a few sips of clear soup before saying he was full.
Luo Wei sat with Long Xuan, intending to wait until Long Xuan had finished his dinner. But after a while, he started coughing. This time, the coughing lasted longer. “You…” Luo Wei covered his mouth, stood up, and said to Long Xuan, “The smell of these dishes makes me uncomfortable. You, go ahead and eat. I’ll go back to the study.”
Long Xuan hurriedly had a eunuch attendant escort Luo Wei back to the study.
Luo Wei felt uncomfortable in his chest. After taking a few steps out of the side hall, he vomited everything he had just eaten.
Hearing the sound of vomiting outside and the exclamations of the eunuchs, Long Xuan put down his chopsticks and quickly dashed out of the hall. “How are you?” Long Xuan looked at the two eunuchs supporting Luo Wei. He pushed one of the eunuchs aside and supported Luo Wei himself.
After vomiting once, Luo Wei’s chest felt a bit better. But when Long Xuan pulled him and shook him, he felt nauseous again. Unable to hold back, he vomited up the medicinal soup he had just drunk, a lot of it splattering onto Long Xuan.
Ignoring his own condition, Long Xuan immediately picked up Luo Wei and said to the stunned eunuchs, “Go and call all the physicians from the Imperial Hospital!”
“Put me down!” Luo Wei struggled in Long Xuan’s arms. Being held like this by Long Xuan in front of everyone was humiliating.
“Stop talking!” Long Xuan scolded Luo Wei, carrying him to the bedroom.
“I’m fine now,” Luo Wei tried to reason with Long Xuan. “Put me down, I can walk by myself.”
“Do you want me to shut your mouth?” Long Xuan asked Luo Wei. “None of the servants here dare to speak nonsense. What are you afraid of?”
Luo Wei wanted to say something more, but he felt nauseous again and dared not say anything.
Long Xuan quickened his pace and carried Luo Wei back to the bedroom, laying him down on the bed.
Luo Wei lay on the bed, feeling uncomfortable all over.
“Hang in there a little longer,” Long Xuan rubbed Luo Wei’s chest gently and said softly, “Hang in there. The physicians will be here soon.”
Luo Wei lay on the edge of the bed and vomited again.
The physicians hurriedly arrived. As soon as they entered Yi Jin Garden, they heard Long Xuan’s roar, “Have all the physicians gone to die somewhere? Why haven’t they arrived yet?!”
The panicked physicians rushed in, fearing that if they were even a moment late, His Majesty Long Xuan would really take their lives.
“Come and take a look at him,” seeing the physicians rushing in, Long Xuan, forgetting his anger with them, pointed at Luo Wei lying on the bed and said, “See what’s wrong with him!”
Boundless Dao 
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