A day later.

Niktai Kyoto, Imperial Palace Outer Garden.

Yumiko rushed back to the palace late at night and stayed right in front of Hachiro Hirakawa's sickbed.

Some of the things that should have been done by the maids, such as feeding the decoction, scrubbing the cheeks and torso, and so on, were all undertaken by Yumiko.

But no matter how much she took care of her master, Hirakawa Hachiro was still the same as before, and most of the time he couldn't wake up.

According to Hirakawa Hachiro's inference to himself before he fell unconscious, his lifespan should have ended a long time ago, and Yumiko used the royal secret medicine, and the key was the use of the best medicinal material "Spirit Turtle Grass" that Li Xiaodong had told her, so that Hirakawa Hachiro's breath of vitality was hung and he dragged him to the present.

It's a pity that Yumiko and all the doctors in the palace can't give full play to the kind of miraculous healing effect from the "Spirit Tortoise Grass" that Li Xiaodong once told Yumiko, they can only use the Spirit Tortoise Grass as a health care product to increase vitality, and for Hirakawa Hachiro, who is about to die, all they can do is hang his vitality, and this vitality is getting weaker and weaker, and it can't be hung for long.

The only way is to invite Li Xiaodong, the party who once talked about the magical effect of "Spirit Turtle Grass", and maybe there will be a glimmer of life.

It's just a pity that Li Xiaodong was not invited, and Yumiko could only kneel in front of the couch and stand gloomily in front of the master.

Aiko, the maid who was standing in the wing, was worried that the young lady would cry silently again, so she came to her side softly and persuaded the young lady softly, hoping that she would not be too sad.

Aiko already knew the true identity of the security guard on the Queen, although Yumiko did not specifically explain it to her, but along the way, the young lady was always in tears of despair, and as soon as she came to the sickbed, she cried and told the unconscious Hirakawa Hachiro, Aiko saw the young lady's mournful crying in her eyes, and it was easy to guess that the security guard named "Xiaodong" was actually the "Mr. Xiaodong" that the young lady was looking for.

Aiko was a little emotional, and also deeply regretful, she finally understood why Miss was so obsessed with a cruise ship security guard, and she finally understood why Miss was willing to be wronged like that in front of him, but she never understood that Mr. Xiaodong was a good person with a humorous and kind heart before, why would he be so ruthless to Miss this time?

He even slapped the young lady in public, and refused to come to the palace to save people no matter how the young lady asked, what caused the good people who were kind-hearted to become so cold and ruthless?

She wanted to ask Miss Yumiko, but she also knew very well in her heart that it was meaningless to mention anything about Li Xiaodong now, and it would only arouse Miss's pain.

Hearing the slow and very regular slight sound of clogs and shoes outside the wing, Aiko knew that the old emperor who had already taken the throne was coming, she gently pushed Yumiko, and after reminding her, Aiko stood up from Yumiko's side, took two steps back obediently, and stood quietly in a corner of the wing.

Yumiko wiped the corners of her eyes, then took the initiative to kneel by the door and opened the shoji door of the wing room for her grandfather.

"Grandpa, you're here. Yumiko knelt on the ground and slowly bowed her body.

"Well, just now Renzhi brought that young man named Muramasa Kojiro over to see me, and talked to them about some boring topics, which delayed a little time, in fact, grandpa should have come over to accompany you earlier. ”

The old emperor may have lived a leisurely life after his son, Emperor Renzhi, and compared to the old appearance of sickness and decay before, he now seems to be much more energetic.

The old emperor had white hair and white beard, and a casual navy blue kimono, he knelt down in front of the sickbed, leaned over to look at Hirakawa Hachiro, who was still asleep, and then shook his head and said: "I'm leaving, I'm leaving, my old friend of Hirakawa, it seems that you are going to go to heaven before me and enjoy happiness." ”

He laughed self-deprecatingly again, twisted his beard and said, "It's okay, you go first, and then I will follow in the footsteps of my old friend, and when my soul returns to heaven, I can still hear Hirakawa-kun playing the piano for me." ”

Yumiko bowed to him lightly and said, "Grandpa, don't make such jokes, Shizun has not passed away yet, and grandpa only needs to take the spirit turtle grass soup prepared by his granddaughter for grandpa, and he will definitely be the same age as Xingyue." ”

The old emperor laughed softly, then patted Yumiko on the shoulder and said, "What's the point of living so long? If Hirakawa Hachiro is gone, grandpa won't even have the last old friend who can laugh with me, and if you marry someone else's house, and even a granddaughter who often drinks tea with me is gone, grandpa has become a lonely old man, it is better to follow the example of Hirakawa's old friend, sleep without waking up, and be free from now on." ”

Yumiko gently brought the tea set and said, "Grandpa, don't say this kind of thing again, even if Yumiko gets married in the future, you can often come to accompany grandpa, grandpa wants to have a good time, and he can always get his wish." ”

The old emperor took the teacup she handed over, and then asked, "What about you?" I heard that my granddaughter has always been sad when she came back, and grandpa wants to know if Yumiko will have a good time in the future?"

Hearing this, Yumiko was silent for a moment, she knew in her heart that what her grandfather said just now was a deliberate joke here, in order to relieve her worries and make her mood a little more cheerful.

The old emperor took a sip of tea, and then said: "The young man named Muramasa Kojiro just now wanted to hold a wedding with you in advance, Renzhi asked for my opinion in front of him, I was thinking in my heart at the time, Yumiko's master Mr. Hirakawa is dying, Yumiko is worrying and sad, but this young man wants to hold a wedding in advance regardless of Yumiko's feelings, what kind of intentions does this young man have?"

He put down his teacup and continued: "Later I figured out that this young man should be worried about the long night, he should be trying to marry our Princess Yumiko as soon as possible, and there may be something that stimulated him to make such a rash proposal. ”

After a pause, the old emperor looked at Yumiko with dim eyes and said, "I heard that you had a little misunderstanding with him on the cruise ship, can you tell Grandpa what caused your conflict?

Yumiko lowered her gaze after hearing this, and shook her head gloomily, as if she didn't want to say anything more.

Seeing her like this, the old emperor said, "Well, maybe grandpa shouldn't ask too much, but it makes you feel troubled." ”

He blew on the tea and said, "If you don't want to, grandpa can come forward to talk to Renzhi and ask him to reconsider this marriage." ”

Yumiko bowed solemnly and said, "No need grandpa, everything will be according to my father's wishes." Yumiko won't miss that man anymore, Yumiko, as a royal princess, can't always linger in the past, Yumiko should change her mind and be a gentle and elegant wife. ”

At this moment, Yumiko buried her last chance to get out of the predicament with her own hands, and she secretly felt heartache for this.

Because she knows very well that Li Xiaodong has completely broken with her, no matter who she marries Muramasa or who she marries in the future, it makes no difference to her.

(End of chapter)