EBE Chapter 640: Abandoned Son - Hegemony (4)
Chapter 640: Abandoned Son - Hegemony (4)
The bedroom of the Wu Dynasty monarch was filled with a tense and solemn atmosphere at this moment.
At the door of the bedroom, palace servants hurried in and out, holding exquisite tea cups or precious medicinal herbs in their hands.
The concubines and royal concubines looked around anxiously, each with a worried look on their face; the princes paced back and forth anxiously, looking into the bedroom from time to time; the royal relatives and nobles also gathered here, whispering about the monarch's illness.
Suddenly, a doctor came out of the palace with a serious look on his face, ready to get medicine. His forehead was covered with beads of sweat, and it was obvious that he had just experienced a thrilling diagnosis.
Seeing this, the empress, who was wearing a phoenix crown, hurried forward and asked with a trembling voice, "Imperial Physician, how is His Majesty?"
The imperial physician bowed respectfully, then lowered his voice and said, "Your Majesty, your Majesty has had this illness for many years and has never been cured. This time, several symptoms have occurred at the same time, and the situation is very difficult!"
When the queen heard this, her face turned pale instantly. She grabbed the doctor's sleeve tightly and said sternly, "No matter what, you must do everything you can to cure His Majesty! If anything happens to His Majesty, I will never let you off easily!"
The imperial physician was so frightened that he immediately knelt down and kowtowed, and replied tremblingly: "I will do my best, but it is hard to say whether Your Majesty can wake up... Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
"If you can't cure His Majesty, don't even ask for forgiveness. Your heads won't be enough to be chopped off."
"I will do my best and will not refuse even if I die."
After saying this, the imperial physician who was kneeling on the ground stood up and hurried away, continuing to work hard to save the monarch.
"Empress, His Majesty is critically ill, and Prince Yin is still at the border. We are facing internal and external troubles. What should we do?"
A minister came over and said, "Ahem, Queen, the advisor is a disciple of a divine doctor and is a good friend of the Crown Prince. If he can help your Majesty, your Majesty's illness will definitely be cured."
Another minister said: "The Crown Prince has only been in office for less than a month. If something happens to His Majesty, how will our dynasty handle the affairs of state?"
"Prince Xiao, who is away from home, has sent people to look for Xu Wu Zi. He said that even if he had to kneel three times and kowtow nine times, he would ask that hidden master to come into the palace to treat Your Majesty. His filial piety moved heaven and earth."
"Prince Yin has been weak and brutal since he was young. I don't know how he has trained at the border, and the allied forces have all dispersed."
The Queen snorted coldly and said, "Prince Yin was ignorant when he was young, but isn't it true that he volunteered to be a hostage to the former Xin Dynasty? He was stationed at the border right after he got rid of his hostage status. Where is the cruelty in that?"
"This, Prince Yin is of course good."
The woman continued to retort: "Oh, it is natural for Prince Xiao to be filial. If that is the case, then should all the princes and princesses here follow Prince Xiao's example and look for a miracle doctor to treat His Majesty?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the concubines, princes and princesses all looked at the minister. The warning in their eyes was self-evident, causing the minister to shrink his head into his neck and become mute.
The Queen continued, "And you, you all know that His Royal Highness is not good at handling things, but what else can you do besides making sarcastic remarks here?"
"This……"
"Please forgive me, Queen. We are terrified."
"You are terrified, but am I not terrified as well? You just keep pointing out the faults of the Crown Prince and Prince Yin, but how can you know how difficult it is for them?"
Those close ministers were filled with ashamed. A new emperor appoints new ministers, and now the situation is becoming increasingly clear. How can they save their lives in the future?
Just as they stared at each other in silence, a man in a blue brocade robe entered the palace gate, and the palace servant announced: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived!"
Everyone subconsciously made way, and when they saw the man coming, they saluted: "Hello, Your Highness the Crown Prince."
"Everyone, it's so lively. His Majesty is not feeling well now. Maybe if you guys had a few arguments like you did just now, this place wouldn't seem so deserted and lifeless. Now that I'm here, everyone is quiet. It seems that I have disturbed everyone's conversation."
"Your Highness, you are joking. We are just worried..."
Wu Dejing stood at the palace gate, looked around at everyone, and said, "The northern allied forces have disbanded, but Prince Yin just received a victory message. They have cracked the Lihuo Nirvana Array and other formations, and have marched southward and have captured ten cities."
As soon as the man finished speaking, the ministers began to pass around the documents on the battle situation at the front and discuss the matter. Someone said, "May God bless our dynasty. This is cause for celebration."
"Good news, it's really good news!"
A man looked at the faces of the queen and her son, and bowed: "I heard that His Royal Highness Prince Yin learned from Xuwuzi, learned the Xuwu formation and obtained the Panyun bow and arrow. This is a great fortune for our dynasty. If you want Xuwuzi to come out, Prince Yin should also say a few more words."
The Queen glanced at the minister who was speaking, and said with a fake smile: "The Northern Alliance Army was betrayed by the Southern Army. It was a blessing in disguise that Prince Yin was able to break the demon formation. He has been out of the cold palace of the Xin Dynasty for less than a year. How could Xu Wuzi teach him something? Is the Marquis saying that Prince Yin is hoping that something will happen to Your Majesty?"
Wu Dejing stared at the minister with an angry face and asked, "I still don't know how Prince Yin broke through the enemy's formation, but you knew it in advance! If that's the case, why didn't you go and find the whereabouts of the miracle doctor earlier? Are you deliberately trying to make His Majesty suffer from illness all the time?"
The minister who was questioned was so frightened that he immediately knelt on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "I dare not do that! It is really because I am too stupid and slow. Please forgive me, Queen, and calm down, Your Highness. I heard these things from others."
Wu Dejing snorted coldly and continued to ask, "Oh? I see. Then may I ask, sir, besides this incident, have you heard of any other important news? Why not tell me and share it with me?"
Seeing this, the Queen also agreed, "I am also quite interested in this. I would like to hear your opinion so that I can broaden my horizons."
The minister was sweating profusely at this moment, and his clothes on his back were soaked with sweat. He slowly lowered his head, not daring to look up at the mother and son's scrutinizing eyes.
Seeing this, the Queen's tone became even more severe: "Why? Your Excellency is unwilling to speak? Do you think that my status is low and insignificant, so you don't take me seriously at all?"
Wu Dejing: "Sir, do you also look down on me as the crown prince?"
Everybody was silent and quiet, some were secretly happy, some were frustrated, some were indifferent.
"I dare not. I was careless in my words and made irresponsible remarks about the right and wrong of His Royal Highness Prince Yin."
Queen: "It's fine for you to talk about Prince Yin, but don't speculate about the soldiers protecting our borders like that. It's easy to make people feel discouraged."