Farming in the Mountains: Max Level Jiaojiao Is Three Years Old

Chapter 1712: Not an Easy Illness to Treat?

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Seeing that the Emperor was indeed still lying on the bed, they stopped being suspicious. They only stayed anxious.

The regent had already sent a secret letter to tell the Emperor to return to the country immediately after the diplomatic team was over. Based on his condition, how would he be able to?

The Minister of Rites could not help but ask the doctor at the door, “Doctor Wu, the Emperor… Why aren’t there any improvements at all?”

Doctor Wu said, “It’s not an illness that is easy to treat. The Emperor is still young, and his body is naturally not as strong as yours. We’re also trying our best to keep him safe.”

In other words, he didn’t know if he could be cured.

The Minister of Rites of Dongxiao knew this. After all, not to mention other countries, Dongxiao alone had a very high mortality rate when children got the flu.

He thought about how it had already been ten days, and there was still no improvement. The possibility of recovery was not high.

Thinking of this, not only the Minister of Rites but also Xia Houzheng’s men were secretly delighted.

If the Emperor died of illness in Da Ling, it would be fine. It would also save their regent from having to send people back to kill him in Dongxiao.

Therefore, these people’s hearts started to calm down.

After leaving the palace and returning to the guest house, the Minister of Rites even wrote a secret letter about this and sent it back to Dongxiao for Xia Houzheng to read.

There had always been a Cloud Guard secretly watching the posthouse. Seeing that the Minister of Rites had sent another letter out, a Cloud Guard hurriedly entered the palace to report to the Emperor.

Their master had said that he would not stop them because he probably knew what the secret letter would say. Moreover, he had to use Xia Houzheng’s men to beat them at their own game.

He wanted these people to pass the news back to Xia Houzheng before acting.

In the palace, the other members of the Dongxiao diplomatic team were all staying in the posthouse. Only a few people were guarding Qu Xiao in the palace. Those people were Qu Xiao’s trusted aides, so there was no need to avoid them.

Therefore, Jiang Yue and Xue Yan brought their baby into Qu Xiao’s room to visit him.

Qu Xiao’s allergic reaction had recovered a long time ago, and he was certain that Xia Houzheng’s men would not come in again. At most, they would look inside through the window, so he still pretended to lie on the bed as if he was sick.

With layers of gauze curtains separating them, it was so hazy that one would not be able to see what was happening from the outside. As long as they saw him still lying on the bed, they would believe that he had not recovered.

The baby was carried by Jiang Yue. When she entered the room and saw Qu Xiao, she wanted to climb onto the bed. Jiang Yue bent down and put her down. The baby immediately crawled on the bed.

The baby even asked for Qu Xiao’s help, who was sitting on the bed, to stand up.

The baby was already more than ten months old and could already stand up on her own. The weather was hot now, even at night. The baby was wearing thin clothes. Fortunately, there was a lot of ice in the room, so it was not too hot. Otherwise, the baby would be unhappy. Sometimes, when it got too hot, the baby would start crying.

Jiang Yue, Xue Yan, and Qu Xiao let the baby play by herself. They got down to business.

When the food was brought in, they had dinner together.

Coincidentally, the guard came at this time and told him about the secret letter that the Minister of Rites had written back.

It was only when the guard left that Xue Yan said, “When Xia Houzheng receives the letter, he will believe the contents of the letter and think that you will die of illness in Da Ling. He would be in a good mood. It’ll be easier for him to turn arrogant and not take certain things seriously. We can take that time to secretly gather a lot of soldiers at the border of Dongxiao. When Xia Houzheng finds out, he will make the wrong decision and send a large number of troops to defend against the enemy in case Da Ling attacks Dongxiao.”