Chapter 544 Eye Drops
Feng Lai had no time to care about anything else, so he just tried to calm down Emperor An: "Your Majesty, don't worry. Your health is the most important thing."
Jiang Tian also knelt beside him and said as he took Emperor An's pulse, "Your Majesty's body is already damaged. You must not be stimulated again, and you must not get angry."
"damage?"
Emperor An was panting heavily, and his chest rising and falling reminded him of the severe headache he had suffered earlier. He leaned against Feng Lai and asked, panting, "What's wrong with my body?"
"this……"
Jiang Tian glanced at the guards in the palace.
Emperor An turned his head and said, "You guys go down."
"His Majesty……"
“Get out!”
After Emperor An scolded them, he saw that those people did not move at all, and anger appeared in his eyes:
"Is it that my words are no longer effective, or is it that Liu Tongen also wants to rebel, and I can't even control people like you?!"
"I dare not!"
When the guards saw Emperor An's furious look and that he even mentioned Liu Tong'en, they looked at each other for a moment and could only retreat.
After everyone left, Emperor An gasped, "Tell me! What happened to my body?!"
Jiang Tian whispered, "Your Majesty, the poison has entered your internal organs, and your body has been damaged. If you don't take good care of yourself, your life span may be shortened."
"Poison has entered my internal organs? Someone is trying to harm me?!"
Jiang Tian paused: "It's a golden elixir..."
Seeing Emperor An's look of disbelief, he whispered, "I have previously told Your Majesty that you should consume less of the elixir-like substances. While none of them are fatal, excessive consumption of anything that stimulates the mind can harm the body and easily lead to addiction. Furthermore, Your Majesty's vital energy was damaged earlier, so you should have focused on cultivating your character and abstaining from sex, but Your Majesty would not listen."
Emperor An not only refused to listen, but because he spoke too "straightforwardly", he suspected that he was mocking his incompetence and age, so he dragged him out and beat him with a stick.
At that time, Jiang Tian had not yet gone to Jiyun Lane, nor had he been dragged onto Xiao Yan's pirate ship. He was truly concerned about Emperor An's health, but the truth was hard to hear.
Emperor An relied on his vigorous energy after taking the golden elixir to spend every night with the beauties in the palace. What's more, he even had sex with several women at night and had sex with them during the day.
It’s not that no one in the Imperial Medical Bureau noticed that there was something wrong with him, but even he, their “confidant”, was beaten with a stick. Who else would dare to show up?
Emperor An's face turned pale and blue.
Doctor Jiang whispered, "Although the golden elixir has a tonic effect, it is also poisonous. Even the best things will backfire if taken in excess."
"I have repeatedly advised Your Majesty to stop taking the medicine and take some time to recuperate, but you refused to listen. You even thought I was being nosy and refused to allow me to come near you."
"In the past two months, you've only allowed me to enter the palace three or four times out of ten to check your pulse. Later, you even replaced me with Imperial Physician Gao. I..."
Jiang Tian paused, his head hanging dejectedly:
"I am incompetent, Your Majesty, please punish me."
Emperor An looked embarrassed and filled with shame and anger, but it was he who had beaten the man with a stick and forbade Jiang Tian from making suggestions. Even Feng Lai had been scolded for telling him to use less elixir several times. In the end, he had no choice but to follow his advice and present elixirs to him every day.
Emperor An suppressed his embarrassment and asked, "Do I fear for my life?"
Jiang Tian shook his head: "Not really. As long as you give up all thoughts of women and take good care of yourself, you will be able to recover."
Emperor An subconsciously rejected the word "women". In his opinion, the golden elixir was a disaster and he should just give it up. How could he, a dignified emperor, really rely on the golden elixir to survive?
He had been in a coma for a month and had not taken the golden elixir, but he had managed to get through it. Although now when he mentioned the golden elixir, it felt like something was scratching his body, but he just had to bear it.
Feng Lai helped Emperor An sit up on the pillow and fetched some water for him to drink.
After Emperor An felt his throat feel better, he asked in a deep voice, "What happened at court when I was unconscious?"
Feng Lai whispered, "That day, after His Majesty left the edict appointing the crown prince, he suddenly fell into a coma. Commander Liu and I wanted to take this opportunity to let you leave, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince took the initiative to write a confession of guilt for you, detailing your failure to supervise the disaster relief efforts, the wrongful persecution of the He family, and the plot to murder Xiao Yan..."
"Xie Pingjia, that rebellious son!!"
Emperor An gnashed his teeth in anger.
Feng Lai carefully calmed him down before continuing, "After Xiao Yan received the edict of apology, Lord Cao and the others pleaded for justice, and he finally allowed Your Majesty to return to the Imperial Dragon Terrace. During the month you were in a coma, the Crown Prince took over your administration. He not only distributed the edict of apology to all prefectures, counties, and cities, but also ordered an investigation into the flood case from twenty years ago."
"Minister Xi of the Ministry of War colluded with the Lu family to sell official positions and titles. He confessed everything that had happened in the officialdom of Shezhou and the three regions. Before his death, he handed over two pieces of evidence. One was a blood letter written by Rongjiang County Magistrate Tao Zi'an when the Rongjiang fire destroyed the city. The other was a letter sent back to the capital by He Wenzhuo before his death, stating that there were unusual things about the shipwreck and requesting an investigation into the relationship between His Majesty and the Lu family."
"With these two things in mind, the burning of Rongjiang City twenty years ago is almost confirmed."
Emperor An's expression turned grim: "How could Xi Weifang have these?"
Feng Lai shook his head. "I'm not entirely sure. Commander Liu has been guarding the Imperial Dragon Terrace for a while now, not allowing anyone in or out. I can only piece together what's going on outside from what some palace people have said."
"However, I have heard that the Crown Prince used this incident to eliminate dissidents and install his own confidants. Not only were many people from the six ministries imprisoned and executed, but even the aristocratic families were not spared."
"The Crown Prince has Xiao Yan's support, and he's holding onto an old case to justify his actions. The court officials are panicking. It's just that, for some unknown reason, the aristocratic families promised the Crown Prince something a few days ago, but the Crown Prince suddenly stopped and released all the people from the Li, Fan, and Cui families who had been arrested."
Emperor An's expression changed unpredictably. Had the noble families also supported Xie Pingjia, that rebellious son?!
Feng Lai seemed not to notice Emperor An's expression, only filled with guilt:
"It's all my fault for being incompetent. I don't have many acquaintances in the court. Otherwise, I could have found out more clearly."
Jiang Tian stood aside and said, "How can you blame Eunuch Feng for this? You can't even leave this hall, and Liu Tongen is extremely mean to you. It's not easy for you to get some information."
He looked at Emperor An:
"I am better off than Eunuch Feng. When my family came to bring me clothes, I inquired about some external affairs and learned that the Dragon Court Guards had withdrawn and that the four camps outside the capital had also stabilized."
"After that night, Xiao Yan didn't continue his rebellion. General Yin and Marquis Wenxin helped to appease the people in the capital, and the situation outside has stabilized. However, now Xiao Yan and the Crown Prince are in charge of the court and the capital, and..."
He paused and looked at Emperor An.
"And what?" Emperor An asked coldly.
Jiang Tian hesitated before whispering, "Besides, everyone says that Your Majesty is incompetent, and because of the Crown Prince's edict of apology, they feel that the He family was wronged."
"They all said that Xiao Yan had no choice but to force the emperor to abdicate that day. No one called him a traitor. Instead, they all talked about clearing the name of Xiao Yan and the He family, even the officials in the court."
“Asshole!!”
Emperor An was furious, clutching the bed tightly and cursing, "Is Liu Tongen dead?!"
He has the Imperial Guards, the Private Army, and the Shadow Guards that he personally handed over to him.
Even if he couldn't confront Xiao Yan directly and couldn't pull the prince down, he should still find a way to save the situation, even if it was just to spread some rumors implying that the prince was unfilial and disobedient, and was willing to disobey his own father in order to seize the imperial power, and that Xiao Yan was a traitor who was using the old case for personal gain.
Rumors are like tigers. A mixture of truth and lies can confuse people and at least prevent him from being completely defenseless. However, Liu Tongen was so stupid as to stay by his bed.
He is not dead, but the outcome is decided.
Xiao Yan had the power over the court officials and the people. How could he punish that traitor?! How could he save the situation?!
That idiot!
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