His Rui

Chapter 754: The Helpess Zhao Wang Lei

Everyone went quite late from Xi Manor that evening. The sun had already set.          

    

General Li couldn’t set his heart down without seeing Rui once while Yi Junjie was the same.      

Li Hua who exited the room to bring some fresh water for her mistress saw both of them standing outside and felt helpless.      

So when she entered the room again, she told Xi Ying about this.      

Xi Ying had not left Li Rui’s side even for a moment. He was surprised when Li Hua said that General Li and Li Hua were still there.      

Li Rui was deeply asleep on the bed now.      

Gu Li had taken away Xi Ling after the latter had tried to enter the room so that Li Rui could rest properly.      

Xi Ying was relieved because he had been worried that Xi Ling would disturb his wife’s sleep. Though the child was sensible, he was still a child and unable to sit in one place.      

And with this, he had thought that General Li and Yi Junjie had also left.      

However, it was not the matter.      

He sighed and said reluctantly.      

“Allow them to come inside.”     

Xi Ying didn’t have any problem with General Li coming inside, However, the fact that Yi Junjie would come inside when his wife was sleeping didn’t settle well with him.      

However, he didn’t want to look petty as well.      

He had to tell himself that what mattered was what Li Rui thought of Yi Junjie and to her, Yi Junjie was merely her elder brother.      

So Xi Ying said by Li Rui’s side calmly while General Li and Yi Junjie entered the room soon.      

When they saw that Li Rui was asleep, they didn’t say or ask anything. Xi Ying was satisfied.      

Both men looked at Li Rui for a few moments and then looked at Xi Ying. When the latter nodded his head indicating that everything was fine, they sighed in relief.      

General Li and Yi Junie left soon after that.      

Xi Ying stayed beside his wife until the sunset and then he had to wake her up. She didn’t have anything since the afternoon.      

“Rui…”     

Xi Ying stroked Li Rui’s hair gently. When she opened her eyes, he said softly      

“Let’s eat something then you can go back to sleep.”     

Li Rui nodded her head and Xi Ying helped her in getting up from the bed.      

They went back to Plum Courtyard.      

Xi Ling was happy when he finally saw his mother and father.          

    

At dinner, he served food like his father to his mother saying that the old physician told him that his mother was weak and hence needed to eat more and more.     

And hence Li Rui’s plate was piled up with food.      

But she couldn’t eat much as she started to feel nauseated. Xi Ying felt distressed but didn’t want to force her.      

He took her to the room to get some rest.      

A shichen later, she woke up and suddenly wanted to eat grapes.      

Xi Ying immediately called for Li Hua and was relieved when Li Rui finally ate some grapes.      

For the next few days, Li Rui was like this.      

Sometimes she would eat and sometimes she would not.      

Her situation made Xi Ying worry a lot though the old physician said that it was normal. Three days later when Li Rui vomited twice after having the meal, Xi Ying was on the verge of firing the chef.      

The chef in the kitchen was trembling in fear when he came to know of this. He was helpless as he didn’t know what he should cook that would calm down his master’s anger.      

At night, he was crying silently as he made dinner hoping that he was not cooking for the last time in his lifetime.      

Not only Xi Ying, but the old physician, Xi Ling, the old master, Gu Li, and Li Rui’s maids were also distressed after knowing her condition.      

When General Li came to know of this, he sent the dishes made by the chef from Li Manor to Xi Manor, however, Li Rui didn’t like those dishes as well.      

Yi Junjie did the same but the result was the same.      

At night, Xi Ying was sitting in the garden with his wife because she wanted to breathe some fresh air.      

His eyes looked at her pale white face and he suddenly felt as if she had gone too thin in these three days.      

Li Rui could see the worry in his eyes and felt very helpless. She didn’t want to worry him and hence she tried to eat anything she could.      

But she couldn’t do it.      

She was also quite helpless.     

She had not gone through any such thing when she was pregnant with Xi Ling.      

The frown on her forehead vanished suddenly when she smelled something. Li Rui’s eyes went to the direction from where the smell was coming.      

From a distance, Gu Li walked toward her with a bowl in his hands.      

Her eyes couldn’t help but brighten up when she saw the dish and the aroma got stronger when he reached closer.      

Gu Li also looked nervous as if wanting to check if she was comfortable with the aroma. When he didn’t see any repulsion, he sighed in relief and said      

“It is for you, Rui.”         

    

Under Xi Ying’s eyes, Li Rui eagerly took the bowl of wonton from Gu Li and then ate with the same eagerness.      

Xi Ying was surprised as well as nervous.      

Both he and Gu Li patiently let her eat.      

However, they were not relaxed even when she had finished eating because they were afraid that she would vomit again.      

Surprisingly, Li Rui didn’t vomit this time.      

After a whole day of worrying, Xi Ying finally heaved a sigh of relief.      

Gu Li was no less different from Xi Ying.      

After making sure that Li Rui was asleep, Xi Ying came out of the room and asked Gu Li about the whereabouts of the wontons.      

However, Gu Li told him that he will simply bring the chef to Xi Manor tomorrow morning.      

Xi Ying was immensely satisfied with this and went back to the room.     

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The Imperial Palace was busy preparing for the event.      

It was in no way a small event. The Empress of the Empire was going to be chosen so many preparations needed to be made.      

These days, Zhao Zhuang Chen spent mostly in his Delan Palace. For the last three days before the event, the activities of the Imperial Court were also suspended.      

Not only Zhao Zhuang Chen but Xi Ying also discussed the plan again and again with his side of people.      

However, most of the time he tried to spend with Li Rui was attributed to her changed habits of eating and sleeping.      

Li Rui was suddenly starting to like to eat spicy things.      

Xi Ying was helpless as he had to sit by her side and make sure that she wouldn’t eat too much spicy food.      

She would also sometimes not feel sleepy at night and sometimes would sleep throughout the whole day.      

Xi Ying, however, tried his best to adapt himself according to Li Ruo’s schedule because he had not noticed that she would not generally sleep without him.      

‘I feel secure when you are with me.’     

His heart was warm when she said this to him. And hence, Xi Ying would always be there whenever she wanted to sleep.      

It would not be a lie if Xi Ying would say that he was more worried about his wife’s health than the plan he was going to carry out three days later.          

    

The days in Xi Manor passed like this.      

However, the circumstances in the Imperial Palace …especially in the Imperial Chamber were not less stressful and tense.      

It was the night before the start of the event.      

The next morning, the maidens competing for the position of the Empress were to enter the Imperial Palace.      

The Imperial chambers were turned upside down by Zhao Wang Lei.      

“Zhen had sent him the letter more than two weeks back. There had been no movement yet. What is he trying to do?”     

As Zhao Wang Lei spoke coldly, he flipped the table in front of him in anger.      

His face looked very cold and his heart was filled with intense anger.      

The only reason behind him agreeing with the stupid request of those ministers of appointing an Empress was that he had thought that by the day the event would start, the news from the border will come and the Empire would be in chaos.      

In such circumstances, who would dare to mention the vacant seat of the Empress?     

Using the dire circumstances caused on the border, he had wanted to put all the blame on the Li Clan, steal the military power from them and order them to leave the Imperial City.      

Zhao Wang Lei had a very good plan of leaving the Imperial City after that by taking Yi Jie away with him because Li Heng would not have any manpower to keep her by his side any longer.     

He would have left a letter giving the throne to Zhao Zhuang Chen before leaving the Empire itself claiming that the betrayal of Li Clan had left him shocked and wounded and hence he no longer wanted the throne.      

By doing this, Zhao Wang Lei would have been able to stay peacefully with Yi Jie without anyone disturbing him.      

At least that was what he had thought.      

However, two weeks passed, and nothing happened according to his expectations.      

The thought of having to choose someone else again to be his Empress made him feel so repelled that he wished to destroy anything.      

And God knew that if he really had to do that then he would not stop himself this time from using mean ways as well.