"Okay, fine." Si Junlin didn't force Su Wan'er anymore. He knew this woman well. If he pushed too hard, it might backfire.
At first, he carefully checked the memorials Su Wan'er had reviewed, pondering over their right and wrong. But later, he just skimmed through them. After making sure there were no major problems, he put them aside.
As time went on, he found that Su Wan'er had great talent. Even if he were to handle these memorials, he might not do a better job.
Without other concerns, Si Junlin quickly finished reading the memorials.
When Su Wan'er saw him put down the last memorial, she asked him, "How about it? Are there any issues that were overlooked?"
Si Junlin looked up at her. Seeing the anxious look on her face, he suddenly had the urge to tease her.
When he looked at Su Wan'er, there was neither satisfaction nor dissatisfaction on his face. Instead, there was a faint look of worry.
When Su Wan'er saw this, her heart skipped a beat. Could there be some mistakes in the memorials she had handled?
Si Junlin shook his head and said, "The memorials are fine."
"Then what on earth is going on?" Su Wan'er asked anxiously. If it wasn't the problem with the memorials, could there be other issues?
Si Junlin couldn't hold back his expression any longer. He shook his head helplessly and then said with a smile, "There's no problem at all. I was just thinking that if you were a man, I might have to worry about you seizing my throne and thus keep you at a distance."
Su Wan'er looked at his expression. She wasn't sure if he was joking or seriously considering this question. So she replied in a half - joking tone, "Maybe you should keep your distance from me now. Don't you remember that in the previous dynasties, there were cases of the harem interfering in politics?"
Si Junlin laughed and said, "Aren't you interfering in politics in the harem right now?"
Su Wan'er gave him a cold look and then said to him, "I'm using your identity now. No matter what, it can't be considered as the harem interfering in politics, right?"
Si Junlin nodded thoughtfully, "It seems so."
"Of course it is," Su Wan'er snorted.
Si Junlin looked at the slightly coquettish look on Su Wan'er's face that appeared inadvertently. He just smiled and then didn't continue to dance on the edge of sensitive topics.
Although both Su Wan'er and Si Junlin had told their subordinates to deliberately conceal the fact that Si Junlin had been poisoned, some meticulous people still noticed something was wrong and spread the news.
Si Junlin had a quiet seven days. But on the eighth day, his peaceful life was interrupted by a sudden abdominal pain.
After the imperial doctor diagnosed him, he prescribed some antidote pills, which barely saved his life. With the new poison on top of the old one, Si Junlin's "sentence" of having to rest in bed was extended again.
Su Wan'er sat down opposite Si Junlin helplessly and said, "Congratulations, Your Majesty. You still have to stay in bed for another three months. In total, it's half a year."
Si Junlin coughed lightly and said, "Then I'll have to trouble you to handle the government affairs."
Su Wan'er gritted her teeth and said, "We should just leave an imperial doctor by your side from now on." This time, he was lucky to be saved. But what about next time? Who knew if he could be saved next time? If not, would she have to be the emperor forever? She didn't want the throne.
"There's no need to go to such extremes. From now on, just be more careful with the food and the decoction," Si Junlin said to Su Wan'er.
Su Wan'er frowned and looked at him. "It's better to be safe than sorry. No matter how strictly your subordinates guard, people are bound to make some mistakes. With an imperial doctor around, if something happens to you, you can get timely treatment."
Si Junlin retorted, "What if the person who poisons is the imperial doctor?"
"How is that possible?" Su Wan'er didn't believe that the imperial doctors would have the guts to do so, unless they didn't want their families anymore.
"Nothing is impossible," Si Junlin tapped the bed board rhythmically with his fingers and then slowly asked Su Wan'er, "I heard that you've been learning strategies and military skills with your grandfather since you were a child. Have you ever heard of Emperor Minglong of the Yu Dynasty?"
Si Junlin's topic jumped too quickly. Su Wan'er didn't react for a moment. After a little thought, she knew what Si Junlin was talking about. "Of course I've heard of him. He was the last emperor of the Yu Dynasty."
"Then you must know how he died, right?" Si Junlin asked quietly.
Su Wan'er was stunned. It was said that the last emperor of the Yu Dynasty died... in a conspiracy by the maids.
If the maids could do such a thing, then... what about the imperial doctors? The imperial doctors had a much higher status than the maids and they knew medicine. If they really had the intention to kill, probably ten emperors wouldn't be enough for them to kill.
"So what's your opinion?" Su Wan'er knew that Si Junlin wouldn't talk aimlessly. Since he had said it, he must have his own ideas. Instead of letting herself think wildly here, it would be better to see what he was thinking.
Sure enough, after she asked, Si Junlin naturally said, "It's actually simple to solve this matter."
Su Wan'er didn't say a word and waited for him to continue.
Si Junlin paused for a moment and then continued, "The solution is to let me stay by your side all the time, eat and live with you. Then the danger to me will be much less."
"Of course, the most important thing is that in this way, I can see the memorials you've reviewed in the first time and give timely suggestions for sorting them out, instead of dealing with them all together at night. This is not a good thing for either you or me."
Su Wan'er hesitated. Si Junlin gave her the "last straw".
"Now the Prince of Luo has suspected our identities. After all, he grew up with me. If you face him alone, he may notice something wrong. If the matter of our soul - swapping is spread out, it will be a great loss."
In the end, Su Wan'er could only agree to him. "Okay, you can stay with me. But I'll only come to you when I don't understand. At other times, you should rest well."
Seeing that Su Wan'er had relented, Si Junlin naturally agreed. "Okay, I'll definitely listen to you."
Late at night, Su Wan'er originally planned to leave. But Si Junlin threw a sentence at her, "Aren't you afraid that someone will poison this body of yours again?" So Su Wan'er had to obediently sleep in the Queen's palace.
Si Junlin hugged Su Wan'er. Feeling the numbness brought by the touch of their souls, his eyes were filled with satisfaction.