Chapter 562.2: probably mad

Her body wouldnt be in such a condition if she had grown up in the Western Region, and I will be taking her back. If you truly want her, you will have to marry her again; this time, with her status of an imperial princess. She can then marry into Beimin.

She cant travel in her current condition. Ill personally take her to the Western Region when she gets better.

Du Ling stared at Pei Qianhao for a while before continuing, I want you to promise that my sister will be the only woman in your life. Im not about to let her go through more suffering. Otherwise, even considering the relations.h.i.+p between our two nations, the Western Region

Pei Qianhao cut him off before he could finish. No need to worry.

Those words were spoken with such finality that Du Ling did not pursue the matter any further.

A sudden thud in the room made the both of them dash back in. Pei Qianhao rushed forward to help Su Xi-er up. Why did you have to get up?

Su Xi-er wanted to speak, but her voice was stuck in her throat, and no sound came out.

Pei Qianhao patted her gently on the back. Lets talk when youve recovered. The fire was unexpected, but Ill be sure to get to the bottom of this.

She then took his hand and traced two words on his palm.

Chao Mu

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Ill go take a look later. Pei Qianhao brushed her hair aside as he spoke.

In the meantime, Chu Xian seemed to be losing his mind as he hugged Chao Mus body. It was difficult to get ice now, and it would be three days before the next s.h.i.+pment arrived.

I can wait three days, but Chao Mu cant. Half of all her hair has already fallen off by now.

Dont be angry, Chao Mu. Ill put on some rouge for you. Chu Xian reached out his hand, but the exorbitant rouge that he had always used had been destroyed in the fire. Ordinary products werent able to hide the signs of death on her body.

Chu Xians temper boiled over as he slammed his fist on the desk. However, the sight of more of Chao Mus hair falling out from the impact had him immediately cease his tantrum.

Almost all of the imperial physicians were gathered as they knelt before the emperor. Apart from using ice to preserve the body, they did not know what to do.

We are physicians who treat the living, not the dead! None of us know how to preserve a body!

However, none of them dared utter a single word in front of their emperor.

One of the guards entered with a message. Your Majesty, heres a letter from a carrier pigeon which landed on one of the tree branches right outside the hall.

Chu Xian opened it to see the familiar insignia that s.h.i.+ Mo used on the bottom right.

s.h.i.+ Mo has ice! And he can send it to the palace within an hour!

s.h.i.+ Mo said he only had a single condition, but neglected to mention what that condition was.

Chu Xian frowned at this. If he agreed, he just had to send the Imperial Army Commander to meet s.h.i.+ Mo. Otherwise, he could simply ignore the note.

Chu Xian bit his lip as he watched Chao Mus body rot by the second, finally giving instructions to the Imperial Army Commander, Go retrieve the ice at the Northeastern Gate and send it to my repose palace.

All of the imperial physicians were stunned at the sudden turn of events.

Does His Majesty plan to rebuild the ice chamber right in his own repose palace? Why cant he let a dead woman go!

All Chu Xian could think about now was how to get the ice as quickly as possible, unable to realise that s.h.i.+ Mo had no reason to be in possession of such a large quant.i.ty of ice at this juncture. The ice was harvested from mountains that were quite a distance from Dongling, and there was no way for s.h.i.+ Mo to have any unless he had prepared it in advance.