"I thought that this child had become estranged from me because of that incident..." The emperor looked at the words written on the letter and sighed.
"Your Majesty, there's no such thing as an overnight grudge between father and son. After all, Prince Jin was raised by your side."
Chunxi looked at the medicine in the emperor's hand and said, "Your Majesty, do you want me to take this medicine given by His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin to the Imperial Hospital for inspection?"
Although this medicine was given by His Highness, Your Majesty still needs to be careful when using it.
What's more, the origin of this medicine is unknown. Even if Your Majesty and Prince Jin have a deep father-son relationship, there is no guarantee that someone else may have taken possession of it in the meantime.
The emperor waved his hand, glanced at the instructions on the package of medicine, opened it, poured out a few pills, tilted his head back and swallowed them, then took the teacup on the table and drank it all.
"Your Majesty..." Chunxi's expression darkened.
The emperor covered his mouth and coughed violently again. "It's okay. I know my health now. If I take this medicine, there may be some hope. If I don't take it, I don't know how long I can hold on."
"I have to wait for Qian'er to return to Beijing."
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Outside the city of Bianjing.
The city gate was closed, and outside the gate, soldiers on horseback raised their heads and looked into the distance.
There were several soldiers squatting on top of the city gate. Xiao Qinmo and his men were standing there, looking out at the uninhabited wilderness outside.
They waited for two days, but still the legendary magical object did not appear.
"Sir, do you think the divine object will come today?" the person next to him asked curiously.
"The sun is almost setting. Maybe it'll be tomorrow?"
"Does this magical object really exist? Could the news from other cities be wrong?"
Xiao Qinmo said coldly: "Wait."
He held a long tube in his hand and glanced at a place not far outside the city.
As the sky gradually darkened, Xiao Qinmo tossed the item in his hand to the person beside him and said, "Wait here. Report any abnormality immediately."
The subordinate next to him took the telescope and said, "As you command."
Hall of Mental Cultivation.
The emperor lay back on the bed, covered his mouth and coughed lightly a few times. The imperial physician beside him was taking the emperor's pulse. He frowned and was surprised. He took the emperor's pulse for a long time.
"What's wrong?" asked Eunuch Chunxi next to him.
"Doctor Jiang, you've been seeing me for so long, why don't you tell me something?"
Chunxi was so anxious that her face turned red.
"Your Majesty, please spare my life. I...I dare not say anything!" Doctor Jiang was so frightened that his legs went weak and he knelt down immediately.
The emperor coughed again and said in a cold voice, "Speak!"
"Your Majesty, according to the diagnosis from a few days ago, your health was unlikely to improve, yet in just two days, you've gotten much better."
"I'm just afraid...that those people suffering from the plague that I have seen, at the end of their illness, suddenly got better one day, which was already a sign of a terminal recovery." When Doctor Jiang said this, he didn't dare to breathe loudly, for fear that the emperor would be angry.
"This..." The whisk in Eunuch Chunxi's hand fell to the ground with a bang.
Chunxi's expression changed drastically, and he shouted angrily, "Doctor Jiang, you have been in the Imperial Hospital for so many years, how dare you say such nonsense? His Majesty is obviously fine, it's not like what you said!"
"Father-in-law, you haven't seen those patients. They just suddenly became much more energetic one day. They felt like they had just recovered from a serious illness and were in a good mood." Doctor Jiang said tremblingly.
The emperor thought of something and lowered his eyes to ask, "What if there is a medicine that can cure the plague? Can it make people feel better in two days?"
This question rekindled Chunxi's hope. After all, the emperor had been taking the medicine given by Prince Jin in the past two days. It was possible that the medicine had taken effect.
Doctor Jiang said, "That's impossible. If there really was such a medicine, it wouldn't have cured the patient in just a few days. I've never seen such a medicine before."
Chunxi retorted: "The world is so big, there may be things you haven't seen."
"Okay." The emperor coughed.
"Doctor Jiang, please step back. Don't tell anyone about what happened today."
"Your Majesty, rest assured that I would not dare to tell anyone even if I had eight hundred courages." said Doctor Jiang.
After the others left, the emperor glanced at Chunxi and said, "Find someone to follow him. If anyone shows any signs of abnormality, kill him immediately."
Chunxi nodded: "I understand."
Emperor: "If anything happens to me, Chunxi, I order you to go to Qingzhou immediately with my secret decree."
"Be sure to deliver the secret decree to Prince Jin."
The country of Gan cannot be destroyed in his hands. Qian'er has been smart and talented since he was a child. Even if Bianjing falls into the hands of others, he can return to Bianjing with the help of Ye Jun and the old subordinates left by that person.
"Go and quietly call Wen Zhao over, and don't disturb others." The emperor said again.
"Yes." Chunxi bowed and saluted.
Wen Zhao is the director of the Imperial Medical Bureau. The emperor must not trust the imperial physician Jiang.
The fact that the emperor was ill had to be kept secret from everyone in the palace, and even the imperial physician was not allowed to know about it too many people.
Therefore, he couldn't take the emperor's pulse too often on weekdays, as the only person the emperor trusted was Wen Zhao.
A moment later, the door to the Yangxin Palace was pushed open, and Eunuch Chunxi walked in. He bowed beside the bed and said, "Your Majesty, I sent someone to inquire at Envoy Wen's home. The servants said that Envoy Wen is seriously ill, with a high fever that won't go away, and he can't even get out of bed."
"Your Majesty, why don't we wait a little longer? Regarding that legendary magical object, didn't His Royal Highness Prince Jin say that there's a miraculous doctor in Qingzhou?"
The emperor waved his hand and said, "It will take several days for the miracle doctor to travel from Qingzhou to Bianjing. I can't wait."
He took out the medicine that King Jin had given him from under his pillow, poured out a few pills, tilted his head back and swallowed them.
Chunxi said worriedly, "Your Majesty, the medicine given by Prince Jin may not be able to cure your illness. You'd better not take it."
What Doctor Jiang said just now is that this medicine may not be effective.
The emperor waved his hand to signal him to hand over the water.
Chunxi immediately handed over the teacup, and the emperor raised his head and drank it all in one gulp.
"I feel better after taking this medicine." said the emperor.
No matter what the imperial physician said, he felt that since he started taking the medicine, his chest tightness, heart pain, headache, and even fever had disappeared.
He still wanted to continue taking the medicine.
The emperor continued, "Pass on my order and send someone to tell Xiao Qinmo that if the divine object arrives, it should be secretly escorted to the palace and no one should know about it."
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At night, the soldiers on the city wall stood like pine trees and fell into a deep sleep.
"Boom boom boom..." The sound of a car starting up was heard.
The soldiers on the city wall woke up from their sleepiness upon hearing the sound. They immediately moved closer to the fence and looked from afar. They saw a glowing object moving quickly towards the city gate.
The soldiers on the tower opened their eyes wide and shouted excitedly, "Quick, inform Lord Xiao! It's here! The divine object has finally arrived!"
"I thought this was just a rumor among the people, that it was all man-made, but I never thought... there would actually be a divine object!"
"I... This is the first time I've seen such a magical thing. Am I dreaming?"
The soldiers on the tower knelt down and said, "God! God bless Dagan!"
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