"Yes, yes, yes! Thank you, Your Highness, for your grace!" Zhao Ruhai nodded hurriedly and ran out to invite Doctor Deng in.
Zhong Mingzheng sat on the couch and watched Doctor Deng busying himself in front of the bed. After a while, Doctor Deng wiped his sweat and walked to Zhong Mingzheng, kneeling down and reporting: "Your Highness, the emperor was so angry that he fainted. I will do my best to treat him, but..."
"Just what?" Zhong Mingzheng asked coldly.
"But from now on, I'm afraid that Your Majesty will not be able to speak clearly, and will no longer be able to withstand the ups and downs." said Imperial Doctor Deng.
"I understand. You can go down and boil the medicine." Zhong Mingzheng said slowly.
"Yes, I'll take my leave." Imperial Physician Deng bowed and left hurriedly.
Zhong Mingzheng looked at Zhao Ruhai who was kneeling in front of the bed wiping Zhong Zhiheng's face and clapped his hands gently. Then Ling Shian came in with a tray. On the tray were the edict of succession and the edict of abdication, but the place where the seal should be stamped was still blank.
"Eunuch Zhao," Ling Shi'an put the tray on the small table and turned to look at Zhao Ruhai who was kneeling in front of the bed and busying himself, "His Highness wants to see you about something."
"Your servant is here," Zhao Ruhai stood up in a hurry, turned around, and walked to Zhong Mingzheng with a bow. He glanced at the tray on the small table and his face turned pale. His legs softened and he knelt on the ground. When he spoke again, he was choking and trembling, "Please give your orders, Your Highness."
"Eunuch Zhao, please go and get my father's seal," Zhong Mingzheng lowered his eyes and looked at Zhao Ruhai in front of him, and said slowly, word by word, "I need to use it."
Zhao Ruhai kowtowed and said, "Your Highness, if you want to use His Majesty's seal, you must get His Majesty's permission. If you ask for the seal without His Majesty's approval, it will be regarded as... treason. I dare not do that. Please forgive me, Your Highness."
"Treason? Haha," Zhong Mingzheng curled his lips in a sarcastic tone and leaned forward slightly, "Eunuch Zhao, do you think I dare not?"
"Your Highness, please forgive me." Zhao Ruhai's head was pressed to the ground.
"Why do you think I trained the army in private? Why did I bribe the imperial guards? Why did I seize the palace at night?" Zhong Mingzheng said coldly, "I have done all these, but am I afraid of being charged with treason? Even if there were no these two pieces of waste paper, would I not be the one sitting in the court at dawn?" At this point, Zhong Mingzheng snorted coldly, then sat up straight. He looked at Zhong Zhiheng who was still unconscious with cold eyes, and said coldly, "I am taking my father's life into consideration. If I am also convicted of treason and forced the emperor to abdicate, can my father live long? Eunuch Zhao, don't you think so?"
Zhao Ruhai didn't say anything, but his whole body was shaking like a sieve.
What Zhong Mingzheng said was right. If Zhong Zhiheng was still alive, it would be a natural thing for him to ascend the throne. If Zhong Zhiheng died that night, it would confirm his crime of treason and forcing the emperor to abdicate, so these two edicts were of great importance.
There was silence for a long while. The bedroom was completely silent. Except for Zhong Zhiheng's occasional cough, there was no other sound. Ling Shi'an stared at Zhao Ruhai for a long while. Finally, he could no longer hold his temper. He took two steps forward and grabbed Zhao Ruhai's collar. Just as he was about to attack, he was stopped by Zhong Mingzheng: "Don't be rude to Eunuch Zhao. After tonight, Eunuch Zhao will be our meritorious minister."
"Yes, I was reckless." Ling Shi'an said hurriedly, and suddenly pushed Zhao Ruhai away. He watched him collapse to the ground with a "gulp", and snorted coldly before retreating behind Zhong Mingzheng.
"Eunuch Zhao, I grew up under your care, so what? Do you think I am not worthy of being the emperor?" Zhong Mingzheng looked at Zhao Ruhai leisurely. Seeing him struggling to get up from the ground, Zhong Mingzheng sneered and said, "What? Do you think I am worse than the ominous Prince Hui, or the crippled Prince An?"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
