Fu Ciyi's cold voice echoed from the carriage: "Anyone who resists with weapons will be executed on the spot."
"Yes, sir."
The Guards received the order.
A guard was immediately captured on the spot.
Blood was flowing on the snow.
It became increasingly red.
Hu Ajing was lying on a stool, already dying. Seeing that someone had lost their life, she was extremely panicked, but she still did not forget to ask, "What official position is Fu Ciyi now?"
"He's the Prime Minister of the Cabinet and the son of the Prince of Jin. How dare you say such nonsense, saying that the Prime Minister has taken a fancy to you." One of the guards shook his head. "Why don't you take a look at yourself?"
Inside the car, it’s warm.
Fu Ciyi and Yan Xinghe played chess quietly.
Outside the car, snowflakes were falling.
After a while, the beautiful Zhuangzi returned to peace.
After the matter was settled, the two returned to the palace to report.
When the emperor saw them, he said with a friendly face: "I am at ease with your work."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
After the two of them finished their report, they heard the emperor say, "Minister Fu, from now on, allow your wife to check Chi An's pulse more often. It's cold, and I'm not feeling well, and so is Chi An."
Fu Ciyi had no choice but to agree.
After returning to the palace, he did not mention a single word to Yan Funing.
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That night, late at night.
The snow has cleared.
Imperial Palace.
The emperor was getting ready to go to bed when he suddenly heard a muffled sound, followed by the entry of a familiar figure.
"who?"
Long Yaodong walked up to him, knelt on his knees and pleaded, "Father, can you please take back your order?"
"Ever since I was chosen as your son, I have been the Crown Prince. Now you depose me as you please. What should I do?"
His biological father said that he would have to use some means, or at least gather people to let him ascend the throne early.
If they fail, the consequence will be the destruction of their lineage.
The consequences were not something he could afford, nor was it that he was afraid to bear them, but he thought there might be a quick way, so he might as well try it first.
Before the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple investigated the matter, he came to his father at night.
"I am the Son of Heaven, and my words are final. You have already been deposed, and there is no way to take it back." The emperor said in a deep voice, "I need to rest now, so you can go back."
Long Yaodong crawled over on his knees and hugged the emperor's legs tightly.
He cried, "Father, I respect you. You must know that the hands of the princes are stained with the blood of human lives. I was just shaken out by Fu Ci, Yi Yan Xinghe."
"But?" the emperor shouted, "Now that things have come to this, you still don't repent?"
"Change, change, change. I will definitely change, as long as Father restores my status as Crown Prince."
The emperor sneered: "Impossible."
Upon hearing this, Long Yaodong's face immediately turned red. "Didn't Father do anything wrong before he became emperor? How did Father get the throne? Didn't he kill anyone when he got there?"
"You are so brave that you dare to teach me a lesson." The emperor's hands began to tremble.
Long Yaodong continued, "Father has been emperor for decades. Hasn't he ever harmed anyone during that time? It's incredibly easy for Father to kill anyone he wants to. I'm just imitating you."
"Those ministers wanted to go to the Beauty Manor, that was their own wish, not forced by me. It was just the bad nature of men wanting to play with women."
"My father has the same bad qualities as men."
"It's just that my father has a legitimate reason to build three palaces and six courtyards and to confer seventy-two concubines. He can sleep with this beauty tonight and confer the title of concubine on that concubine tomorrow."
"What a shame, what a shame! Father had so many women, but in the end, he couldn't even produce a fart."
Before he knew it, Long Yaodong had said a lot.
The emperor trembled all over when he heard this: "Asshole, asshole!"
"I'm a bastard, and your father is an old bastard. Just because I've called you father for so many years, are you really going to dethrone me from the throne?" Long Yaodong stood up, grabbed the emperor's shoulders with both hands, and shook him violently. "Issue an edict, saying that you will restore my position as crown prince and pass the throne to me in the future!"
The emperor's eyes opened and closed, and it was obvious that something was wrong with him.
Seeing this, Long Yaodong panicked. He made up his mind and demanded, "Add a note to the edict saying that the throne will be passed to me from now on!"
"Come, come, someone—"
The emperor shouted weakly.
As soon as Long Yaodong loosened his grip, the emperor fell straight onto the bed.
"Father?"
Long Yaodong called him and reached out to feel his breath. Seeing that he was still breathing, he was at a loss and ran away in a hurry.
The emperor lay down on the bed.
The eunuchs who had served him had already left, and he was about to go to bed, but he never expected that Long Yaodong would come.
There is no one around at the moment.
He fainted again, without even a quilt to cover him.
It was a quarter of an hour later that Eunuch Song discovered that the light in the bedroom was still on.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?"
Eunuch Song hurriedly moved the emperor's legs onto the bed, covered him with a brocade quilt, and shouted, "Call the imperial physician."
A group of imperial physicians arrived from the Imperial Medical Bureau.
They worked all night but couldn't wake the emperor up.
Eunuch Song was in a state of panic: "My Lords, how is the Emperor doing?"
"The emperor seems to be having a stroke. Could he have been stimulated by something?" asked the chief judge of the Imperial Hospital.
"You guys quickly think of a solution, and we'll go get some help."
Eunuch Song stayed up all night and went straight to Prince Jin's mansion.
Early in the morning, when the emperor was supposed to attend the court, he was nowhere to be seen.
Even the eunuch Song, the chief eunuch beside him, was nowhere to be seen, and the civil and military officials were whispering to each other.
Someone said to Fu Ciyi, "Master Fu, as the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, do you know what's going on with the Emperor?"
Fu Ciyi shook his head: "I don't know either."
Turning around, someone was also asking Cai Tingzhou.
Cai Tingzhou said loudly, "In my opinion, we should send a few representatives to take a look."
Someone echoed: "Yes, yes, yes, what is the matter? What is the morning court? There should be an explanation, right?"
So, everyone selected representatives headed by Fu Ciyi and Cai Tingzhou, along with the six ministers, to go to the emperor's bedroom to find out what was going on.
On this side, the ministers were selecting their representatives to go to the bedroom.
On the other side, Eunuch Song had already arrived at Prince Jin's Mansion and entered the Mingzhu Garden under the guidance of the servants.
He knelt down as soon as he saw Yan Funing.
Yan Funing personally supported him: "Eunuch Song, please stand up quickly."
"This old slave is at his wit's end. Please, Madam, come to the palace and save the Emperor!"
"What happened to the Emperor?"
"The imperial physician said the emperor seemed to have suffered a stroke. The incidents began last night, and for unknown reasons, he hasn't woken up since this morning."
Eunuch Song was so anxious that he burst into tears.
Yan Funing ordered: "Caiyu, bring the medicine box and follow me into the palace."
"Yes, miss."
Caiyu went to the inner room.
Seeing this, Leng Feng and Leng Ying called out in unison, "Young Madam."
They were afraid that there was a trick, so they had to protect the young lady.
Eunuch Song naturally understood: "You two should come with us. Time is urgent. Please ask the young lady to come to the palace as soon as possible. If the emperor cannot wake up, it will have a huge impact on the court."
"I understand." Yan Funing tilted her head and instructed, "Caizhu, go tell the princess that I'm going to the palace."
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