From his cursing Xu Yan guessed what was going on, and his brow furrowed, “You should calm down first and tell me what happened?”
The divine doctor was furious and told the Emperor about forcing him to stay in the palace.
“If I knew that the student you taught didn’t mean what he said, I wouldn’t have said anything to enter the palace.”
It was a bit of a treasonous statement, but the divine doctor didn’t care about that; he was really angry. He had wanted to leave the palace the day before, it was the crown prince who had said that he should stay for a few more days, he had only agreed to do so for Xu Yan’s sake, and now he was stuck in the palace instead.
“Take your breath away first, I’ll go and ask.”
“Go on! Go now! By the way, ask him if the crown prince’s words don’t count and hit him in the face?”
Consort Xiao Xian had been waiting outside.
Xu Yan’s upper body bowed slightly, “Your Majesty.”
“What did the Divine Doctor say?”
“Does Your Majesty know that the Emperor has forcibly kept the Divine Doctor in the palace?”
Consort Xiao Xian said honestly, “My palace only found out after I came over to beg the divine doctor.”
“The divine doctor said when he entered the palace that he could only revive the emperor, as to what kind of recovery he could make, he could not guarantee that, I wonder if Your Majesty and the Crown Prince had said that to the emperor?”
“The divine doctor is really at his wits’ end?”
Xu Yan’s face was very unpleasant.
“Although the Divine Doctor and I are forgetful friends, I know him, as long as he promises to save people, he won’t keep his hands to himself, and when he says he’s doing his best, he’s doing his best.”
“It is my palace that is in a hurry, my palace will go and speak to the emperor.”
“This matter was promised by the Crown Prince, it is better to let the Crown Prince go and say it.”
When he finished, he bowed once again and had the palace men push him to the imperial study.
The crown prince was carefully correcting a memorial when he heard Eunuch Zhang report that Xu Yan had arrived. Puzzled, Tai Fu had already finished his lesson and gone back, why did he enter the palace again?
“Please come in.”
Eunuch Zhang personally pushed the man in.
“Is there something wrong with Taifu?”
“Does His Highness the Crown Prince know that the Emperor has forcibly kept the Divine Doctor in the palace?”
The Crown Prince froze slightly and pursed his lips, “My palace was told that Father had sent the man back to his residence ……”
“I remember teaching His Highness the Crown Prince that one must not be faithless in one’s words, especially as Your Highness is the Crown Prince of a country. If this matter spreads, how can the Crown Prince convince the public and govern the world well in the future!”
“It is my palace’s fault, I will go and speak to Father.”
Xu Yan did not stop him.
The prince went to the front of the emperor’s bedchamber and knelt straight down, “My son begs to see my father, I have something to say to him.”
It was too late for Eunuch Huang to stop him, so he stepped forward and whispered, “Your Highness, His Majesty has just fallen asleep, you ……”
“My son begs to see father, I have something to say to father.”
The prince raised his volume.
Eunuch Huang hated to cover his mouth.
His Majesty had not slept well since he woke up, and his temper was so violent that the palace staff had been caned several times.
Sure enough, the sound of coughing came from inside the hall.
He saw the fury in the emperor’s eyes and his heart fell back.
The Prince’s raised voice came in again, “My son begs to see Father, I have something to say to Father!”
The emperor’s expression sank.
Eunuch Huang stood and did not dare to move.
His Majesty held out his hand.
Eunuch Huang froze slightly, then went forward to help him up, leaned on the bed and tucked a cushion behind him. The corners of his eyes rose and saw that the fury in the emperor’s eyes had unexpectedly receded, and he hastily lowered his brows.
The emperor patted the edge of the bed, and Eunuch Huang immediately brought the small table with the pen, ink, paper and ink stone and placed it in front of the emperor.
The emperor looked out the door.
Eunuch Huang understood and went out quickly, “Your Majesty, the Emperor has asked you to go in.”
The prince got up, gently patted the dust from his knees, straightened his clothes again and walked inside the bedchamber. When he reached the bed, he knelt down again, “When the divine physician entered the palace, my son promised him ten thousand taels of gold to get him out of the palace as long as he would revive Father, I still ask Father to let him go.”
Looking at the Crown Prince who, in just a few days, already had the pressure of a higher power on his body, the Emperor’s eyelids twitched a few times in a few invisible moments.
He simply stopped writing, just as he had just seen Consort Xiao Xian, and let the saliva run down the corners of his mouth as he asked in a vague voice, “In this state of mine, if the divine doctor leaves the palace, who else will be able to help me?”
The prince did not expect that the emperor had fallen victim to such an after-effect, and was frozen for a moment, forgetting to reply.
“Tell me, who can cure me?”
Looking at the saliva running down the corners of the emperor’s mouth, the crown prince stammered, “My, my son doesn’t, doesn’t know ……”
“Do you know now, or do you want me to let him out of the palace?”
“My, my son ……”
The prince instinctively wanted to say that he didn’t want to, but when he thought of what Tai Fu had said, he took a deep breath, met the emperor’s eyes and nodded, “Yes, my son wants to ask father to let the divine doctor out of the palace, my son doesn’t want to be the one to go back on his word, I also ask father to make it happen.”
The emperor laughed, first a low laugh and then a loud laugh, a hoarse, unpleasant and creepy laugh.
All the palace staff in the hall trembled in their hearts as they listened, and Eunuch Huang also turned white.
The prince knelt and took a few steps forward on his knees, “Father ……”
The emperor waved his hand, his laughter gradually stopped, and then stared at him, “What if I don’t let go?”
“The divine doctor said when he first entered the palace ……”
The emperor interrupted him, one word at a time, “I ask you, what if I don’t let go?”
The prince took another step back and rested his head on the ground, “Please Father, let the Divine Doctor out of the palace!”
“I grant it!”
Eunuch Huang looked up incredulously, saw the twisted smile on the Emperor’s face, and hung his head again. Having served His Majesty for many years, he knew that He would not just let the man go so easily.
The prince was also incredulous and looked up at the emperor, forgetting to react for a moment.
“However, I have one condition ……”
The emperor spoke slowly word by word, “You personally go and invite Song Wan Yue into the palace to see me, and when she comes, I will release her.”
“Father ……”
The crown prince wanted to say something.
“Choose one of two, take your pick.”
……
The prince came out of his bedchamber with heavy footsteps and went back to the imperial study, telling Xu Yan the emperor’s conditions.
Xu Yan flatly refused, “No, even the divine physician can’t help, what’s the use of Yue’er entering the palace? I do not agree!”
“Tai Fu, Father is now ……”
The prince’s hand on the imperial table tightened slightly, not knowing what to say to Xu Yan, his father was in too much pain that way, he could not stand by and watch his father suffer so much.
“Miss Song is extremely talented in the art of healing, she might have a way to heal Father, please also ask Taifu ……”
“No, I do not agree!”
Xu Yan cut to the chase, “The prince should not mention this matter again, the prince should still put out another notice to find a famous doctor from all over the world to enter the palace to cure the emperor, as for the divine doctor’s side, I will go and pacify him first, when someone else enters the palace again, he will be able to leave the palace.”