Chapter 587 The Emperor's Escape
Doctor Xu looked up and replied, "Although His Majesty's breathing is weak, his pulse has suddenly become stable again..."
Zhou Ruiyuan looked at the sickbed and said slowly, "It seems he can live for a few more days."
Dr. Xu withdrew his hand and nodded.
Du Wanchun's doubts were also resolved; it seemed that today's scare was just a false alarm.
There are still several ministers in the court who have not been eliminated. If the emperor were to die at this time, it would certainly cause some unnecessary trouble.
It would probably only take another ten days. After Zhou Ruiyuan found something to hold against those people, and the emperor died, he could then rightfully secure his position.
After the emperor's pulse stabilized, Doctor Xu gave him another dose of herbal medicine, which temporarily saved his life.
Du Wanchun left the place with Zhou Ruiyuan and the others.
This incident aroused Du Wanchun's suspicion, so he specially assigned more people to guard around the emperor's bedroom.
The next day, when Du Wanchun came to the emperor's palace again, she found that the emperor was nowhere to be found.
"Someone come here!" Du Wanchun shouted loudly to the people outside the hall.
The guards outside the hall rushed in, "Your Highness."
Du Wanchun asked them, "Where is the Emperor?"
The guards slowly looked up and realized that the emperor was gone. They quickly said, "Your Highness, we were on guard at the gate last night and didn't see anyone come in or go out."
At this moment, Zhou Ruiyuan, who had heard the news, also rushed over. "Really, no one was seen leaving?"
The guards knelt down one by one and said, "Your Highness, we kept watch at the gate all night, not only the main gate, but also the side gate and the back window, and we did not see anyone go in or out."
Zhou Ruiyuan frowned, walked to the bedside, and was filled with doubt. "Who, who dares to take someone away from the palace?!"
Du Wanchun slowly walked behind him, looked up and glanced around, her gaze landing on a golden Buddha.
She quickly said, "Husband, look at that golden Buddha."
Zhou Ruiyuan looked up at the sound, "What happened to the golden Buddha?"
Du Wanchun reached out and wiped the head of the golden Buddha. "I remember there was dust on this golden Buddha yesterday, but the dust is gone today. I didn't have the palace maids clean it."
Zhou Ruiyuan raised his eyes, immediately reached out and grabbed the Buddha statue, twisting it to the right.
At that moment, with a click, a secret passage suddenly appeared under the bed where the emperor had been lying.
The crowd immediately gathered around, saying, "Your Highness, this is a secret passage."
Zhou Ruiyuan and Du Wanchun were both shocked; neither of them expected that the emperor would have a tunnel in his bedroom.
What's even more puzzling is that the emperor is now crippled and alone, so how could he possibly enter the secret passage and leave?
Zhou Ruiyuan immediately ordered the guards beside him, "Go and chase after them!"
Upon hearing this, the guards immediately slipped into the secret passage and gave chase.
Zhou Ruiyuan followed behind them, also wanting to go.
Du Wanchun stopped him, "Wait."
Zhou Ruiyuan looked up. "Wanchun, what's wrong?"
Du Wanchun said slowly, "No rush, just let them search."
Zhou Ruiyuan stopped and turned to the side, a look of confusion on his face.
Du Wanchun explained, "The Emperor's condition has worsened. Even if he escapes, he probably won't survive and won't be able to cause any major trouble. What we need to do now is to keep the news under wraps and not let anyone know."
"And don't make a big fuss about searching for it."
Zhou Ruiyuan thought Du Wanchun's words made a lot of sense. After pondering for a moment, he nodded and immediately ordered the eunuchs and palace maids to tidy up everything in the palace and pretend that nothing had happened.
In the woods more than ten miles from the palace, a young eunuch helped the emperor sit against a tree.
The emperor had regained some mobility in his limbs over the past few days, so he summoned a young eunuch to bring him out.
Before coming out, he was thinking about how to seek revenge on the Third Prince, but after coming out, he suddenly felt exhausted and lay down by the tree, not knowing where to go.
Having lived most of my life, I suddenly realized that I seem to have nowhere to settle down.
The young eunuch had been saved by the emperor in the past, and bringing him out this time was a way of repaying that debt of gratitude.
Just as the two of them were pondering where to go next, they suddenly heard people talking not far away.
He is a remnant of the Wu family, and the nephew of Consort Wu.
He was dressed like a businessman, acting suspiciously; he was clearly up to no good.
Despite his pain, the emperor took a step forward and saw that Wu's nephew was talking to a southern barbarian.
They were just too far apart to hear clearly.
Listening closely, it seemed to be about the crown prince and assassination attempts.
The emperor looked surprised, and his originally weak body was ignited by a nameless rage.
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