The Emperor blinked.
Consort Xiao Xianfei wiped her tears and stood up.
“Father ……”
The prince’s eyes were red and he wanted to say something, but was stopped by Consort Xiao Xian, “Your father has just woken up and needs to rest, if you have anything to say, wait until your father is well rested.”
Mother and son went out.
The Emperor gave a wink to Eunuch Huang, who walked quickly to the door to see that the two had already walked out of the courtyard. He closed the door behind him and quickly stepped back to the bedside, kneeling down with old tears streaming down his face, “Your Majesty, you have finally woken up.”
“How, how, how ……”
Eunuch Huang immediately understood what the emperor wanted to ask, wiped his tears haphazardly and told him what had happened in the past few days.
After listening, the emperor wanted to say something, but the more anxious he was, the less he could say.
He raised his hand and gestured to write.
Huang Gong, the first to get up and help the emperor to sit on the bed, behind him tucked a cushion, and quickly went to get a pen and paper on a small table to carry over, put on the bed.
The emperor struggled to raise his hand, took the pen handed over by eunuch Huang, wanted to write something, but the pen fell on the table with a clatter.
I’m not sure if I’ll be able to get it again, but I don’t have any strength in my hands, so I can’t pick it up.
The emperor’s face was fierce and he wanted to lift the table, his eyes blackened once again and his body shook.
Eunuch Huang was horrified and knelt down, “Your Majesty, there is no need to worry about burning wood when you have a green hill, the future is long, there is no hurry in this moment, you must not rush any further.”
The emperor closed his eyes and opened them again with a cold look in his eyes.
He knew his own body well, he had the eunuchs asking for his pulse every day, how could he suddenly fall ill? Someone must have done something to him, and when he gets well, he will never be forgiven!
……
The Xu family.
When the wheelchair was ready, Xu Yan sat on it and didn’t need anyone else, he swung himself around the courtyard twice, very flexible and much better than what he had seen before.
“Yue’er is just smart.”
Mrs Xu Yan was full of praise, “With this wheelchair, it is much easier for your uncle to move around.”
“That’s ……”
Song Wangyue lifted her chin proudly, “Don’t even look at whose niece I am.”
Mrs Xu Yan smiled and nodded her forehead, “Are you complimenting yourself or your uncle?”
Song Wan Yue took her arm and winked at her mischievously, “What do you think?”
Mrs. Xu Yan was amused by her and poked her forehead again, “You ……”
Xu Yan was about to make a few jokes when the housekeeper walked into the courtyard with quick steps, “Young master, someone from the palace is here.”
Xu Yan looked at his wife.
Lady Xu Yan was not a woman who knew nothing, and although no one had told her explicitly, she knew that the family was planning something big.
“I’ll go to the kitchen to see if the soup is ready?”
When she had gone, Song Wangyue pushed Xu Yan to the flower hall, giving him a pill in passing, “For Her Highness Consort Xian.”
It was Eunuch Zhang who came.
“His Majesty has woken up, and His Highness the Crown Prince has asked me to come and fetch Taifu into the palace.”
“I’m sorry to trouble Eunuch.”
Eunuch Zhang even said he didn’t dare.
Not only Xu Yan, but also the Minister of the Six Ministries, the Duke of Zhen, the Duke of Ding and Zhu Zhihong all entered the palace and were all stopped outside the bedchamber by Eunuch Huang, “The divine doctor said that His Majesty has just woken up and cannot exert himself, so all of you should go back first.”
The six ministers had been worried for so many days, and it was hard to wait for the emperor to wake up, so how could they want to go back like this? He had no choice but to agree to the crown prince’s enthronement ceremony being held as scheduled, and he had been dreaming of the emperor waking up every day.
“Eunuch Huang, we will only go in to take a look and make sure that His Majesty is awake, and we will not mention the affairs of the court.”
The emperor could not speak or write with his hands, so they must not see him! Eunuch Huang put on his face, “This is the emperor’s dictate, all of you should go back first.”
The Minister of Household was still undeterred and asked tentatively, “When can we see the Emperor?”
“The Emperor will naturally summon you to the palace when we can see him, so go back first.”
All of them bowed towards the bedchamber and turned to go out.
As they walked past Xu Yan, Duke Ding took the opportunity to exchange a look with Xu Yan.
Xu Yan nodded slightly.
Duke Ding withdrew his gaze and followed the crowd out of the palace.
Eunuch Zhang pushed Xu Yan to the imperial study.
Every day Xu Yan would give lessons to the Crown Prince here.
The crown prince bowed towards Xu Yan, his voice suppressed with excitement, “Thank you, sir, for sending the divine doctor into the palace.”
“It is the Emperor who is profoundly blessed and flooded with good fortune.”
“What Taifu said is true, Father has exhausted himself in this life for the Great Qing Kingdom before a divine doctor came to his door when he was seriously ill.”
……
The prince was obviously excited and bad, and kept talking.
Xu Yan listened quietly.
Eunuch Zhang quietly led all the palace staff out.
It was a quarter of an hour before the Crown Prince’s excitement calmed down and the sound of Xu Yan’s lecture rang out in the imperial study.
An hour later, the lecture ended and Eunuch Zhang personally sent Xu Yan back. The Crown Prince could not stay in the Imperial Study Room and went to the Emperor’s bedchamber with extremely fast steps, but was stopped by Eunuch Huang at the door, “Your Highness, the Emperor is not yet awake, please go back first.”
“My palace will not disturb Father, just quietly take a look.”
“This ……”
“One look and this palace will leave.”
Eunuch Huang could only open the door to his bedchamber and welcome him in, following him every inch of the way to the bedside.
His Majesty was indeed asleep.
Only his breathing was not as ragged as before when he was unconscious.
“Eunuch Huang ……”
The prince whispered, “Father is really awake isn’t he?”
Eunuch Huang lowered his brows, “Yes.”
The crown prince was overflowing with joy and looked at him covetously for a few more moments before he gingerly left the bedchamber.
As soon as he left, the emperor opened his eyes, killing intent almost spilling out of them. He had no idea that his son was such a good actor. If he hadn’t known that it was the mother and son who had drugged him, he would have thought that this son respected him as much as he did.
For the next few days, the emperor did not see anyone except the divine physician and a group of eunuchs from the Imperial Hospital.
Consort Xiao Xian came a few times, but was also kept out of the door.
The prince could see him daily, but every time he came, his father was asleep.
The courtiers, needless to say, could not even see the emperor once.
He wanted to ask the emperor privately what to do with them, but the emperor would not see them at all. Later, he realised that he was not the only one who knew about the matter, and that we would all be punished together.
At the same time, the people sent by the Crown Prince to buy herbs from all over the world bought back a large quantity of herbs and sent them to the quarantine outside the city.
The number of people infected daily in the city was basically gone, and those who had been infected had not died so far.
Gradually, the people praised the Crown Prince more and more, and his reputation among the people grew higher and higher.
Snap!
The emperor slammed a tealight onto the ground fiercely.
It had been five days since he had woken up, but apart from having some strength in his body, nothing else had improved, especially his mouth, which was still so crooked that saliva dripped out from the corners of his mouth when he spoke.