When the emperor was awakened by another round of headache, it was already dark outside. Hearing the noise, Song Chengze glanced towards the east room, nodded to a thin eunuch at the door, and turned to go in.
Qing Ning was carrying medicine. When he saw Song Chengze come in, he shook his head at him. Song Chengze nodded, "Father, do you want anything to eat?"
The emperor waved his hand and drank the medicine from Qingning's hand, "Why do you have to drink this medicine so many times a day?"
Qing Ning said softly, "Since your body is in a state of distress, I dare not give you too much medicine at once. I can only give you small amounts over and over again."
At the Emperor's insistence, Qingning had no choice but to call himself that. The day after recognizing Qingning, the Emperor threatened to decree that he be crowned a king. Qingning, however, refused, cryptically explaining that if he were truly crowned a king, he would be unable to explain his origins to the public.
The emperor knew this was the truth, but he was really unwilling to accept it. Qingning smiled lightly and said that he never cared about this. Being able to recognize the emperor like this had already fulfilled his mother's last wish. All the past events, who was right and who was wrong, ended with the departure of everyone.
Later, seeing that the emperor was still unhappy, Qingning said that she wanted to work in the Imperial Hospital after the New Year, so that she could take care of the emperor more conveniently and learn more knowledge. She also wanted to get used to calling the emperor "father" when no one was around. The emperor finally gave up, but he was still unwilling to do so.
"Why aren't you going back today?" The emperor drank the medicine and half lay there, his voice filled with the sound of lack of internal strength.
"I just want my father to be healthy."
"Healthy? Humph, how can I be healthy with that unfilial son? If I had known he would be like this, if I had known Jiang would do so many things to Zhen'er, I would have long, long ago..."
"What happened to your father?" The prince walked in slowly with the voice.
Song Chengze said in surprise, "Prince, why are you here?" Then he stretched his head and looked at the people following the prince.
"Prince Rui, you called me the wrong name. I am no longer the Crown Prince. Hasn't the Emperor Father already drafted the decree deposing the Crown Prince?"
"Rebellious son, how did you get out? Lu Chengbao, Lu Chengbao..."
Lu Chengbao walked in quickly and was surprised when he saw the prince. "Call someone to capture this rebellious son for me." The emperor said while panting.
Just as Lu Chengbao was about to turn around and leave, a few more people came in, all dressed in black.
"Royal brother, what are you going to do? Father's illness has just improved."
"What? Humph, you don't know? I know what you are going to do. You are so eager, and your eating manners are too ugly."
After saying that, he walked over to the chair and sat down. He looked up at Qingning and chuckled, "Father really trusts him. Isn't he afraid that he fed you something you shouldn't eat? Why did he ask you to go find Zhen'er?"
"Asshole, you and your son did a great job, if it weren't for you, if it weren't for you..."
"If it weren't for Mother, you three would have been reunited, right? But I'm curious, what kind of status would Father give his mother? Father, isn't he afraid of being ridiculed by the whole world, ridiculing you for having an affair with Stepmother..."
Before he could finish his words, Song Chengze slapped him in the face with a "slap".
"Song Chengze, you are so brave."
"Royal brother, you are so bold that you dare to lie in front of our father."
The prince touched his cheek and suddenly burst into laughter, "I won't argue with you on this matter."
"You, what are you going to do?" The emperor leaned forward and coughed violently.
"You are taking the excuse of feeling unwell and are now in my place."
"Don't even think about it. With your past, how can I hand over the Great Xia Dynasty to you?"
"If not to me, who should I give it to? Him?" The prince pointed at Song Chengze, but his eyes looked at the emperor viciously, and he walked towards the emperor step by step.
Qingning stood in front of the Emperor, but was pulled aside by a man in black. The Crown Prince bowed slightly and smiled at the Emperor, saying, "I always thought that since I had endured for so many years, I should just hold on for a while longer. After all, the imperial physician said that your health wouldn't be better by next year. I never thought that the Sixth Elder would investigate everything so thoroughly. I really regret it. If I had known the situation would be like this, I should have let you down the last time you were seriously ill."
The emperor pointed at him and said, "You, how dare you?"
"Why not? Don't think I don't know what you're thinking. If the second, fourth, and fifth brothers hadn't all met with accidents, who knows who you'd give this seat to when you die next year? You always say that Mother and I are cruel, but have you ever thought that the real cruel person is you, you..."
The Crown Prince pointed at the Emperor's nose and said harshly, "My Queen Mother loved you so much, she considered everything for you, she managed the palace for you back then, and she managed the harem for you later. But what have you done? You actually used the late Empress Dowager and my Queen Mother to cause trouble for me. My Queen Mother watched you both but didn't dare to say a word, even smiling and covering up for you. In the end, you took your anger out on her over the death of your adopted son and she passed away early."
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