Chapter 183 is the kind that closes the door
"Is this the disciple of Divine Doctor Du?"
Seeing the emperor talking to him, Jin Congcong straightened his chest and raised his head: "Not bad, and it's the kind that closes the door."
Bu Ruo: ...
Xiao Yulan: ...
Beau: ...
"If I'm still alive after all this is over, could you please ask Dr. Jin to check on me?"
"Don't worry, I won't let Dr. Jin see you in vain. I will give you enough money."
Jin Congcong is now afraid whenever he hears someone wants to give him money. Although he likes money very much, he likes to be alive more.
"No, no, I don't want silver. Silver will kill me."
Silver will kill him? Although the emperor didn't know what he meant, he continued, "Since Jin Xiao Shen Doctor doesn't like silver, then I will give you rare treasures. As long as Jin Xiao Shen Doctor likes it, you can take as many as you want."
Jin Congcong was moved and turned to look at Bu Ruo who was trying to hold back her laughter.
"Your Majesty, are you crazy and want to die? Let him treat you. I guarantee you will die faster, and you will still die of poison."
Jin Congcong sighed helplessly. He really wanted this rare treasure, but... he really didn't have the ability to get it.
"Your Majesty, forget it. You should seek help from someone else. Although I am my master's last disciple, as my master said, his door cannot be closed."
"I don't know how to do anything. I can only make some poisonous medicinal food. How about... you give it a try? What if it turns out to be a good thing?"
The emperor choked. Doctor Du’s apprentice didn’t have any medical skills... Could he have said this on purpose to deceive him?
That's right, Jin Congcong grew up with Bu Ruo, so it's only natural that he wouldn't help.
Watching the emperor go back and continue to confront Xiao Jingrui, Jin Congcong touched the back of his head: "He doesn't believe me, do you think he will send someone to bring me into the palace and force me to treat him after he kills Xiao Jingrui?"
"They tortured me severely, beat me with sticks, whipped me... Oh, oh, I am so miserable."
Bu Ruo glanced at him and said, "It's not impossible. Why don't you just cure him when the time comes? Even if you kill him, that's fine."
"You won't save me?" Jin Congcong glared at Bu Ruo, his eyes as if he was looking at a heartless man.
"Why should I save you? Don't you want to heal him? Then go ahead. Your doom hasn't come anyway. It's death anyway."
Jin Congcong, whose thoughts were seen through, muttered softly: "Actually, I don't want to heal him, I want the rare treasure."
"But don't worry, when I get the rare treasure back, I will keep it for you first... No, keep it for the prince first. I will return it to me after I survive the calamity. I don't feel safe giving it to you. You will definitely not give it to me."
Bu Ruo was amused by his train of thought, shook her head and stopped talking.
"Princess, let's begin."
The emperor knows martial arts but has no internal strength, so he can only ask the secret guard in black clothes next to him to help shout. The secret guard repeats what he says, which is also interesting.
"Father, do you really want to kill me? You were going to give me the throne. If you can restore me to my position as Crown Prince, I will forgive you for what happened in the past."
The emperor was simply stunned by Xiao Jingrui's shamelessness. He wouldn't live long anyway, so his face as an emperor was no longer within his consideration.
"Listen up, all the soldiers below! The man you support and are helping to rebel is not my biological son at all. He is the bastard child of the Empress and the Heavenly Master, who secretly conceived my secret. How can such a man continue to be the Crown Prince and inherit the throne of the Great Zhou?"
"I haven't announced this to the world because I thought he was the one I carefully raised since he was young, and I've always treated him like the crown prince. I have some affection for him, so I didn't execute him outright, but only imprisoned him. I never thought my tolerance would lead to this kind of outcome."
"I understand that you all chose to join Xiao Jingrui without knowing the truth. Now that you know the truth, if you can abandon the dark and join the light, I promise not to pursue the matter. You will still be good sons of my Great Zhou."
When Xiao Jingrui heard the emperor's words, his face changed drastically. He was raised by the emperor since he was a child, so he naturally knew that the emperor was very concerned about his reputation, so he found other excuses to abolish his position as crown prince. Although there were rumors among the people, no one dared to say that he was not a dragon seed.
As a result, he and the prime minister did not mention this matter at all when they were trying to win over the troops stationed in these places. Even if someone asked about it in a subtle way, the question was eventually diverted.
But he didn't expect that the emperor, who had always valued face and dignity, would now stand on the city wall and personally admit that he had been cuckolded, and that the person was his first wife, the current queen.
"Don't listen to what this foolish ruler says. I am a descendant of the Xiao family. If I don't have the blood of the Xiao family in me, I will be struck by lightning and die a miserable death. After I die, I will be eaten by wild dogs and will never be reborn."
The generals present originally believed the emperor's words, but after hearing Xiao Jingrui's oath, they hesitated. After all, in the Great Zhou Dynasty, people were very respectful of gods and oaths. Even ordinary people did not dare to swear casually for fear that it would come true.
The emperor suddenly laughed when he heard Xiao Jingrui's poisonous oath: "That's right, the reason you dare to make such a poisonous oath is because you know that you are indeed a descendant of the Xiao family and you really have the blood of the Xiao family in you."
The crowd was shocked.
"What does the Emperor mean by this? Didn't he just say that the Crown Prince wasn't his biological son, but the bastard child of the Empress and the Heavenly Master? Why is he now going back on his word and saying that the Crown Prince is a descendant of the Xiao family?"
"That's right, isn't this just slapping yourself in the face? Is the emperor possessed by something? He's talking nonsense."
"I think so too. Otherwise, why would someone overturn what they just said, especially during a standoff between two armies?"
Xiao Jingrui looked at the emperor arrogantly. He didn't know that the Heavenly Master had already confronted the emperor. He thought that no one would know the Heavenly Master's identity.
"I'm not wrong. Xiao Jingrui is indeed a descendant of the Xiao family, but he is not my son."
Finally someone reacted...
"Wait, the Crown Prince is a descendant of the Xiao family, not the Emperor's son. It was the Empress and the Heavenly Master who had an affair. Does that mean... the Heavenly Master is a member of the Xiao family?"
The emperor listened to the discussion below and nodded and continued, "You are right. The Heavenly Master is a member of the Xiao family, and he is the son of the third generation ancestor of the Xiao family."
As soon as this statement came out, the audience immediately exploded: "This... Is the emperor confused? The Heavenly Master is the son of the third generation ancestor of the Xiao family. Doesn't that mean he must be hundreds of years old now?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, what nonsense are you talking about? The Heavenly Master always leaves the palace on the annual prayer day. We have all seen him. He looks to be in his thirties. How could he be the son of the third generation ancestor? Wouldn't that make him a monster?"
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