Chapter 406 Stepping towards his abdomen

After being sent to the palace by Gao Yuanbin, Chu Yan also disguised herself as another unfamiliar woman and stayed in the palace with Su Liluo as a palace maid.

After a period of treatment, the Northern Desert Emperor's health improved significantly, and he was able to move around almost like a normal person. He also began to gradually get involved in court affairs.

For example, he used to hand over all the memorials to the regent for review, but in recent days he has gradually reduced this and started reviewing them himself.

Gao Changhong was naturally puzzled by the decreasing number of memorials, but he was too busy with Gao Yuanbin's affairs to deal with it for the time being, so he sent Gao Junning to the palace to check on the situation.

Under the guise of visiting, Gao Junning sent a letter requesting an audience with the Emperor of the Northern Desert.

"Your Majesty, how have you been lately? My father has been very busy, but he is also very worried, so he asked me to bring Chief Physician Liu to examine you."

Gao Junning looked respectfully at the Emperor of Beimo, with Liu Nengyong, the head of the Imperial Medical Academy, bowing behind him.

"Cough cough... I'm feeling better lately, a bit more energetic, but I still cough occasionally. I think that the Ganoderma lucidum is gone, perhaps this is just a last gasp before my death, I don't know if I can make it through the year."

The Emperor of the Northern Desert coughed a few times, clutching his chest.

In fact, he was almost fully recovered, but he had to pretend to be sickly in order to act, and even claimed that it was a final burst of energy before death.

Sure enough, when Gao Junning heard the Emperor's words, he remained silent for a moment, then looked at him again, seemingly also feeling that this was most likely a final burst of energy before death.

So he didn't ask any more questions.

He simply said, "It seems that His Majesty has started reviewing memorials himself recently. Is His Majesty worried that my father might not be able to handle it? My father said that His Majesty should not worry and should take care of his health."

The implication was: Don't approve any more memorials; just hand them all over to my father.

The Emperor of the Northern Desert gave a haggard, slightly pitiful smile. "I have never done anything for the people of the Northern Desert in my life, so I hope to do more for them before I die."

"Tell the Regent about this memorial, and grant me my dying wish. After I'm gone, the Regent will be too busy to finish his work."

this......

Gao Junning was stunned for a moment. Looking at the emperor's pitiful expression, he swallowed back the words of advice he was about to say.

He suddenly realized that what he said might not be wrong; perhaps he really just wanted to do more before he died.

Thinking that this emperor was, after all, his cousin, but since he ascended the throne at a young age, he had been gradually sidelined by his father and even poisoned, he felt that the emperor was actually quite pitiful.

Moreover, this cousin had always treated him quite well, so Gao Junning didn't want to make things difficult for him. After exchanging a few simple greetings, he decided to leave.

Just as he left the main hall, he encountered a palace maid who had a faint, cool fragrance that instantly made her seem very familiar to him.

"You, stop right there!"

Gao Junning called out to the palace maid.

Su Liluo frowned and stood up straight.

Gao Junning turned around and stepped back, walking around to Su Liluo's front, and looked her up and down.

He asked, "Are you a new palace maid serving the Emperor? I've never seen you before."

Although he didn't recognize every palace servant around the emperor, he still felt familiar with some of them, but the woman in front of him was clearly a stranger.

Su Liluo was slightly nervous, wondering if Gao Junning had figured something out.

Could it be that this disguise wasn't very good, allowing him to spot my disguise?

"This servant has only been serving His Majesty for a few days, so it is normal that Your Excellency does not recognize me."

Su Liluo replied in a sweet, delicate voice.

"Really? What's the scent on you...?"

Gao Junning asked in confusion, then his nose twitched slightly, and he moved closer to Su Liluo, wanting to take a good sniff to see if it was really Su Liluo's scent.

He had always had a very sensitive nose, and after spending several days with Su Liluo, he was somewhat familiar with her scent.

Su Liluo's hands were clenched tightly under her sleeves, and a little sweat was visible.

Her eyes flickered, and she was about to take out some perfume balm with a different scent from her spatial storage and hold it in her hand to distract Gao Junning's sense of smell.

Just then, an urgent male voice came from behind.

"Second Young Master, something terrible has happened! Your horse has gone mad at the palace gate! It's driving the carriage around wildly, and the carriage is almost falling apart!"

"What? How could this happen?"

Gao Junning's thoughts were pulled back, and he momentarily forgot about Su Liluo. Upon hearing this, he immediately turned around and ran towards the door.

Su Liluo was startled when she saw Xiao Ye's anxious expression as he complained. After Gao Junning disappeared, she was about to ask him something.

Xiao Ye immediately interrupted her, "Wait a minute before you speak!"

Then, Xiao Ye vanished from his sight in a flash.

At the palace gate.

Xiao Ye arrived a step ahead of Gao Junning with his extremely fast lightness skill. He stood in the shadows, flicked a white pill with his finger, and hit the horse's mouth directly.

The pill had a flavor that horses love, so the horse forgot its pain and eagerly swallowed the pill.

In an instant, the horse seemed to be possessed, letting out a loud neigh and then suddenly rearing up and kicking down the servants guarding the carriage.

Then, he ran around the palace gates like a madman.

When Gao Junning arrived, he witnessed this frenzied state, and therefore he never doubted that someone had lied to him.

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