TPITWOHEF

Chapter 102

[Oh no, what should I do? Duke of Dingguo is likely to have an incident tonight.]

Xiao Chuchu was anxious.

She lost her appetite for instant noodles.

On the other side, Duke of Dingguo was preparing to leave the palace. "Your Majesty, if you plan to inspect the troops at West Mountain, please send someone to notify this old subject. I will return home and wait, ready to depart at any time."

[Alas,] Xiao Chuchu's mouth drooped and her eyes grew sorrowful. [At that time, you may not be able to get up anymore...]

Duke of Dingguo looked tall and robust, his frame broad and sturdy. Even at the age of seventy, he did not have the withered appearance of an ordinary elderly person.

But at that moment, Xiao Yunzhou felt a pang hearing his daughter's words.

His martial arts prowess, which had once reached 95 in his prime and was dedicated to Jing Country for his entire life, was now about to drop below 60.

And it was irreversible.

He could not let Duke of Dingguo leave the palace in such a state!

At least inside the palace, there were imperial physicians!

[For an acute stomach illness, if treated promptly, there is still hope~]

Xiao Chuchu also felt that it would be better for Duke of Dingguo not to return home.

[I just remembered, it seems like in the novel, the imperial physician said that if treated in time, Duke of Dingguo's condition would not have become so severe and untreatable. But Duke of Dingguo could endure pain so well that he suffered for two whole days before calling the imperial physician, which was too late.]

Xiao Yunzhou took a deep breath.

"Duke of Dingguo, ——"

"You taught me archery and horsemanship in the past. Would you be willing to stay tonight and teach my princes tomorrow morning?"

Duke of Dingguo was taken aback.

The infant Xiao Chuchu also blinked her big, grape-like eyes at Xiao Yunzhou. [Hmm, a coincidence?]

[I just recalled Duke of Dingguo's illness tonight and the Emperor father has already arranged for him to stay?]

Xiao Yunzhou's body stiffened.

If possible, he truly wished his little princess would never find out.

She could remain happy and carefree, freely imagining whatever she pleased in her heart.

But looking at the white-haired Duke of Dingguo, Xiao Yunzhou closed his eyes, and in that breath, he made a choice.

Even if his daughter sensed the abnormality today and realized that her father the Emperor might have read her spiritual hints, he had to do it!

If he abandoned the old meritorious official who protected the country, letting the flying birds be shot, the good bows hidden, the sly rabbits killed, and the stray dogs boiled... then when he, the Emperor, died, he would have no face to meet his ancestors and these meritorious officials of Jing Country!

"Wei Zheng, arrange accommodations for Duke of Dingguo, in the side palace of my Chonghua Palace." Xiao Yunzhou spoke.

Wei Zheng was astonished, and the Xiao Chuchu he was holding was also surprised, blinking her eyes.

The palace rarely allowed officials to stay overnight.

Previously it was the elderly Liu Wenchang, and now it was Duke of Dingguo!