Chapter 253 A Dog I Raised
Emperor Sheng said this and really stretched out his hand towards Jiang Xun.
Jiang Xun raised his eyes and responded "yes", then stood up, walked around the jade table, and knelt beside the dragon throne.
He lowered his eyebrows and placed three fingers on Emperor Sheng's pulse. He frowned slightly and looked focused, as if he was really taking the pulse carefully.
Emperor Sheng looked at Jiang Xun for a long time, and suddenly raised the corner of his mouth and greeted:
"I remember that you used to wear dark clothes. Since when did you start to like these bright and light clothes?"
"Everyone else follows their heart, but you have always been calm and reserved. Now it seems like the sun has broken through the clouds. It seems that even your mind has become more open."
"Such a change, but is it because... you finally found the one you love and formed a couple?"
Jiang Xun raised his eyelids and said, "Your Majesty, I just felt your pulse and found it to be strong and tense."
"This pulse is like touching a string under the finger, tense and urgent, and the pulse beats fast, like a drum, which is a sign of anger attacking the heart."
"Your Majesty's health concerns all the people in the world. I hope Your Majesty can remain calm and keep your qi and blood in balance and your body healthy."
As Jiang Xun spoke, he withdrew his hand from taking the patient's pulse and bowed respectfully to Emperor Sheng.
"Anger and fury?"
Emperor Sheng repeated it calmly, and then nodded slightly.
"Yes, the second brother really pissed me off just now."
Such a casual tone, as if what happened in the hall just now was not a fight between father and son, but just an ordinary quarrel.
Jiang Xun lowered his head and did not respond.
Emperor Sheng waited for a while and suddenly lost his patience.
How could he forget that Jiang Xun was more patient than ordinary people and was used to dealing with ever-changing situations by remaining unchanged.
"The second son is useless, and the third son's reputation is ruined. It seems that the position of crown prince... still has to be given to Ye'er."
"Xiuzhi, what do you think?"
Jiang Xun, who was named, could no longer remain silent, so he bowed his head and said respectfully:
"Your Majesty's thoughts and concerns must be profound and comprehensive. I am a humble person with little influence and I am afraid that I may fail in my duties. I dare not make rash comments on the crown prince's affairs."
Upon hearing this, Emperor Sheng couldn't help but sneer: "Xiuzhi, oh Xiuzhi, you really say the most respectful words, but do the most rebellious things!"
At the end of his words, Emperor Sheng suddenly slammed the table and was about to stand up.
But he had just been so angry that he stood up in a hurry. He swayed all over and sat down again without any strength. He felt blackness in front of his eyes.
"Your Majesty!"
Jiang Xun let out a low cry.
Emperor Sheng propped up his forehead with his hand, his eyes gleaming fiercely like a knife, and he forced himself to look at Jiang Xun.
But for some reason, there seemed to be a thin layer of mist in front of his eyes, and he could only vaguely see Jiang Xun's outline in the light and dark.
Emperor Sheng felt a panic in his heart, and a trace of fear quietly grew.
Everyone said he was in the prime of his life, but he was already in his mid-50s, and he was the only one who knew the subtle changes in his body best.
But as an emperor, he has always been arrogant and strong, so how could he allow Jiang Xun to detect anything unusual?
He also thought that today he and Zhao Huailang and his son had fought each other and behaved in a disgraceful manner in front of the court officials, and Jiang Xun was definitely not unrelated to this.
Emperor Sheng gritted his teeth and shouted angrily:
"Jiang Xun, how dare you..."
"How dare you team up with the teacher to plot against me and the position of crown prince! In the future, will you still plot against the throne and my Zhao family's kingdom?"
"I have treated you well, granted you an official position, rewarded you with honor, and given you endless wealth and splendor, but you are so cruel and treacherous that you committed such a heinous act!"
"Jiang Xun, don't forget, you are just a dog I raise!"
After saying this, Emperor Sheng grasped the armrests on both sides of the dragon throne tightly with his hands like iron clamps, his face turned purple and his eyes widened.
Ho ho ho——
For a moment, the only sound in the hall was Emperor Sheng's heavy and rapid breathing.
Just now, Zhao Huailang fell to the ground and couldn't get up. The breakup of the relationship between father and son was like a sharp blade that pierced deeply into Emperor Sheng's heart.
When Emperor Sheng guessed that all this was most likely planned by Old Lin and Jiang Xun was in charge, he became furious.
Zhao Huailang's red eyes and hoarse shouting just now seemed to still echo in his ears at this moment -
Wife and children are separated, and everyone deserts him! The palace is filled with tears and blood, and the emperor and his subjects are at odds!
But he is the ruler of the world and the king of a country. Anyone who rebels against him should be executed by slow slicing as a warning to others!
Emperor Sheng was just feeling a buzzing in his head when suddenly a very peaceful voice came into his ears from the chaos.
"Your Majesty, I have always known...
Jiang Xun spoke in a calm voice, standing beside the jade table. With his coat off, his back looked even straighter.
Emperor Sheng was stunned, and for a moment he didn't even react to what Jiang Xun meant by "knowing it very well".
When his mood calmed down a little, his vision gradually became clear, and he saw Jiang Xun's thin lips opening and closing, and he mentioned an old story.
"Your Majesty, it was Your Majesty who took advantage of the Crown Prince's taboo last year to trick my mother into practicing witchcraft, right?"
"I have inquired about the desperado who disguised himself as a monk to deceive my mother. He was thrown into a mass grave on a straw mat the night he was imprisoned."
"And the scapegoat, Duke Chongguo..."
"Duke Chongguo relied on the favor of the late emperor and was proud of his seniority. He often took advantage of his seniority and behaved arrogantly in front of the emperor. The emperor was dissatisfied with this and had long wanted to make a move on him."
"Otherwise, my humble servant's investigation into the case of the grandson of the Duke of Chongguo forcibly seizing a common woman would not have gone so smoothly."
"On the night of the witchcraft case, Your Majesty used a clever strategy to spread the news first, and then lured Duke Chongguo into the palace to make him a scapegoat. Wasn't it because he knew very well that I would never be able to find the real person behind the scenes?"
"That night, His Majesty asked me if I doubted you, and I answered: I dare not make a rash judgment."
"This is not something I just made up, but I...really doubted Your Majesty."
"But I don't want to believe that His Majesty would use the Crown Prince's birthday to plot a conspiracy, until..."
Jiang Xun had no intention of involving Zhao Huaixiang any further, so he stopped talking.
On the second day of February, when he prayed at Zhoushan Mountain, he asked Prince Xiang about it. Prince Xiang denied that he had done it and smiled meaningfully at the time.
Because Prince Xiang has already seen the emperor's true attitude towards him.
All the honors, favors, and the only one in the court who called him by his name were just to hold him high and make him a touchstone for the two princes.
But secretly, the emperor wanted to control, suppress and even destroy him.
He was already feeling full of guilt towards his mother, Lady Anyang.
If his mother really died in this witchcraft case because of someone else's conspiracy against him, he couldn't imagine how guilty and self-blaming he would be, and how he would be unable to extricate himself.
The emperor wants him to have flaws, to have a heart disease, to feel guilty for the rest of his life and unable to untie the knot in his heart, and to isolate himself and become like a walking corpse.
In this way, when necessary, after he has been fully utilized, he can be given a fatal blow without any effort.
So, he said that he knew very well that the emperor had never treated him as a human being.
That night, Sui Sui arrived in time and not only saved his mother, but also saved him "from the edge of the cliff", and then led him step by step, walking a path that was completely different from his previous life.
The emperor just asked him why he changed into light-colored clothes.
Because I like it every year.
Also because he has been illuminated by the years.
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