The guards looked at each other and had to let the eunuch in.
Su Lin rushed to the front hall upon hearing the news. As soon as he saw the eunuch, he rushed over and said, "Master Su, where is the Crown Prince? His Majesty is in trouble. Please ask His Highness to come out and follow us into the palace!"
Hearing this, Su Lin's heart skipped a beat.
Is His Majesty in trouble? Is he about to die?
If that's the case, His Highness must come to the palace immediately! But His Highness hasn't woken up yet!
What should I do?
Although he was extremely anxious, Su Lin did not show it on his face. He only showed just the right amount of surprise and worry.
"Your Highness went to the military camp a few days ago and hasn't returned yet. I will send someone to invite Your Highness."
This is of course an excuse to buy time.
It would take at least half an hour to go from the Prince's Mansion to the military camp and back. If His Highness was rescued by Miss Xue during this time, everyone would be happy. If not, then they would have to use a substitute.
This is a last resort.
After all, the substitute does not look exactly like His Highness, and he might be exposed. But when the emperor is in danger, His Highness must appear, otherwise the consequences will be more serious.
Inside the palace, the Empress Dowager, the princes and princesses, and all the concubines were waiting outside the Emperor's chambers, their expressions heavy with sorrow. As for the extent of this sorrow, no one cared to understand.
The Queen Mother glanced outside the palace door and asked, "Why hasn't the Crown Prince come yet?"
At this moment, the imperial physician came out of the room. Everyone looked over nervously. The Queen Mother asked anxiously, "Imperial physician, how is His Majesty?"
The imperial physician knelt down with a thud. "Your Majesty, Your Majesty has been poisoned. I've already given you acupuncture, but it can only temporarily contain the spread of the poison. If you don't take the antidote within half an hour, I'm afraid..."
The imperial physician did not say the rest of the words, but everyone present understood.
The scene fell into dead silence.
The Queen Mother's body swayed, her hands began to tremble, and even the palace maids couldn't hold on to her arms.
At this moment, a voice came from outside: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived——"
Pei Ji walked in holding a snow-white fox.
Seeing that he actually showed up, the Queen Mother almost couldn't maintain the mask of sadness and grief. A dark light flashed in the peach blossom eyes of Prince Rui who was standing beside her, and the corners of his naturally slightly upturned mouth were pursed into a straight line.
Prince Shun clenched his hands into fists beneath his sleeves.
The three people who knew the truth were obviously surprised by Pei Ji's appearance.
But they are veteran actors after all, and they quickly concealed their momentary gaffe.
The Queen Mother even preemptively attacked: "Prince, you still have the leisure to play with animals at this time? Do you really care about His Majesty? You have absolutely no respect for the emperor and father, and are extremely unfilial!"
If this label of being unfilial were to get out, Pei Ji's reputation would surely plummet.
The white fox in Pei Ji's arms was not a real white fox, but an illusion created by Xue Huan, so the word "beast" sounded particularly harsh.
Before Xue Huan could react, Pei Ji felt a chill in his aura. "Your Majesty, be careful what you say. This white fox is a sign of good fortune from heaven. With it here, Your Majesty will be safe. That's why I brought it here specially."
The Queen Mother: "Ridiculous! It's just a white-haired beast. What auspicious sign it is? It's nothing but an exaggeration spread by ignorant people. As the Crown Prince, you even believe such nonsense? You are truly unworthy of being the heir to the throne!"
Another big hat was put on.
Pei Ji looked directly at the Queen Mother with a stern gaze, "Whether it is nonsense or true, the Queen Mother will decide for herself."
The Queen Mother was startled by his gaze, and she was filled with rage and hatred. This evil creature had completely disregarded her, his grandmother! He even dared to openly talk back to her!
When the gods fight, the little devils suffer. When the two are confronting each other, the others are afraid of being implicated, so they lower their heads and hide aside without making a sound.
Pei Ji walked past the Queen Mother and carried the white fox into the inner hall.
Looking at Pei Ji's back, a strange shadow flashed across Pei Heng's eyes.
So what if Pei Ji came? The emperor was poisoned by the Thousand Silk Poison that he had painstakingly obtained from Medicine King Valley. There was no antidote for this poison. Once taken, even the Great Luo Immortal would be helpless!
Pei Ji actually dreamed of saving the emperor with the help of a supposedly auspicious white fox? What a foolish dream!
The emperor will definitely die today!
He had forged two wills in advance. The contents of the two wills were the same, but the candidates for the next emperor were different. One had the name of Prince Shun Pei Yu written on it, and the other had his own name written on it.
By forging a will for Pei Yu, was he trying to help Pei Yu ascend to the throne? Of course not.
The reason why Pei Heng did this was to prevent Pei Ji from waking up from his coma. Once he woke up, he would definitely not let the throne fall on Pei Yu. By then, one of them would be the eldest son, holding the imperial edict and having the legitimate title, while the other would be the legitimate son, the prince, holding power. They would be evenly matched and would definitely fight to the death.
In this way, he only needs to sit on the mountain and watch the fight between the two tigers. When necessary, he can add fuel to the fire to make their fight more intense. When Pei Ji and Pei Yu are fighting each other and both are injured, it will be his time to reap the benefits.
Without the two powerful opponents Pei Ji and Pei Yu, the remaining fifth brother is not to be feared, and the other underage princes are even less capable. By then, won't the throne be within reach?
If Pei Ji had not come, it would have been even better. Then the crime of poisoning and regicide could be pinned on Pei Ji, and as the new king, he could wipe out Pei Ji's followers in the name of revenge for his father.
Once he has firmly established himself on the throne, he will eliminate the remaining threatening princes one by one. By then, the entire world will be in his hands, hahahaha!
Thinking of the joyful things, Pei Heng couldn't help but smile, so he covered his face with his sleeves and pretended to be sad and sorrowful.
The inner room was filled with a strong smell of medicine and greasy fragrance. In addition, the windows were closed, and Xue Huan was almost suffocated when she entered.
She sent a message to Pei Ji, "Quick, have someone open the window."
Pei Ji gave the order immediately, but the smell did not dissipate so quickly. He put his hand in front of her nose, lightly covering her face to block out the unpleasant smell.
Xue Huan smelled the clean and refreshing scent in his palm and felt much more comfortable.
Pei Ji carried Xue Huan to the bedside. Xue Huan saw the emperor lying on the bed, dying. Compared with his high-spirited appearance at the empress dowager's birthday banquet, the current emperor looked more than twenty years older, with a heavy air of decadence, and was completely like an old man who was about to die.
Seeing him like this, Pei Ji felt no emotion at all.
As early as the day when the emperor and Fang Xing conspired to bring down the thunderbolt on him and branded him with the bad reputation of being immoral on the day of his coming-of-age ceremony, when the emperor wiped out the loyal Huo family and placed his mother under house arrest, allowing the women in the palace to bully her, the father-son relationship between them had already been severed.
The reason he didn't kill him was simply because he needed him to remain on the throne. He saved him now because of this, too.
He doesn't need the emperor to be well, he just needs him to be alive.
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