Chapter 85
Kangxi's words made the prince's tears fall even more, but he did not cry out loud and did not raise his head to hide his tears.
He had been without a mother when he was born, and now he was going to lose even his royal father?
Kangxi was seriously ill and dying, and the atmosphere in the palace was very sad.
The prince ordered the imperial physician several times to find another solution. At this juncture, a missionary offered Western medicine, but the unknown origin of the Western medicine made people undecided.
The missionaries spoke with great confidence and grandiose words, but the more so, the more uncertain people felt.
The prince stared at the pill for a long time, and asked the doctor again: "Are you sure there is no effective way?"
The imperial physician was under a lot of pressure and was trembling all over, not daring to say a word.
The prince finally made up his mind: "Give Huang Ama their medicine."
At this time, to be honest, it is just a last-ditch effort.
After Kangxi took the medicine, the prince stayed by his side. When Kangxi's high fever finally began to subside, a feeling of ecstasy surged in his heart.
Finally, people see hope.
He stayed there for a whole day and night, and only occasionally spoke a few words to the ministers who came to report urgent matters.
The Third Prince had also been watching over him, and his red eyes were filled with great joy. When the Emperor was awake, he also spoke to him, asking him to follow the Crown Prince and do his job well.
Although the Emperor was partial, favoring the second child the most, loving the sixth child the most, and also caring about the eldest child, the third child was squeezed out and had a low sense of existence. But the Emperor was not bad to his brothers. Although he was busy with government affairs, he often went to the study to see them. He was quite familiar with their homework progress, strengths and weaknesses, and spent a lot of time with them.
For children like the Third Prince who had not yet married and had children and had not yet fully grown up, Kangxi was like the sky in their eyes. None of them could accept such a sudden change.
The Crown Prince and the Third Prince were both worried, so they stayed on guard for a whole day and night. When the night of another day was about to fall, the unconscious Kangxi finally opened his eyes.
His Majesty has awakened.
His Majesty can speak now.
Your Majesty can eat now.
His Majesty is finally out of danger.
Good news came out one after another.
The palace was no longer in a gloomy and sad mood, and everyone in the palace now had happy expressions on their faces.
The people who served the prince and some of his confidants felt a little regretful. If His Majesty had not survived this time, the prince would have ascended the throne by now, and they would have also risen with the tide.
However, he dared not show the thoughts in his mind. Just look at how happy the prince is now, and you will know that they are father and son. At that time, the prince could have delayed it until the emperor died of illness and the prince ascended the throne, but he took the risk and did more to get medicine for the emperor. This shows that the relationship between the prince and the emperor is very good.
When the news that Kangxi was out of danger reached the palace, Yinzuo almost fell off the bed.
Since the Crown Prince and the Third Prince went to the temporary palace, there has been no good news, and Yinzuo has fallen ill again. He didn't want to cause trouble at this time, but he couldn't control his mood and his body was not doing well.
Now that he had received the good news, Yinzuo felt that he had instantly recovered and it was more effective than any panacea.
He was so happy that he wanted to jump on the bed!
Although Kangxi was out of danger, he still needed to recuperate, so he sent the crown prince out to do some work.
When Kangxi woke up, he would naturally ask about what had happened during this period. When he heard that someone was trying to curry favor with the prince and regarded the prince as the new emperor before he died of illness, Kangxi did not think much about it. This was all normal.
The prince came back from work and accompanied Kangxi for a walk. He helped Kangxi walk a few steps, but Kangxi let go of his hand. Kangxi was quite stubborn and said to the prince, "I am not so weak now."
The prince smiled and nodded heavily, "Yes, Father Huang will be well soon, Father Huang, please get well soon."
Seeing the prince so happy, Kangxi also smiled and said to him, "Don't stay up all the time. You should take a rest when you need one."
"Well." The prince was silent for a while, then said to Kangxi: "Father, I was very scared a few days ago." The prince had never said such a weak word in front of Kangxi, but now it was out of emotion, or perhaps he was infected by the outspoken Yinzuo. At this moment, he couldn't help it.
Kangxi's heart softened and he patted the prince's arm.
Kangxi said to the prince: "When your royal grandfather passed away, I was also afraid."
In this soft atmosphere, Kangxi once again affirmed the prince: "But you did a good job this time. If I go there, I will be relieved."
The prince pursed his lips and said, "Long live the emperor, father. Let's not say such things. It makes me uncomfortable to hear them."
The prince's words were somewhat willful and coquettish, which made Kangxi curl his lips and say, "Okay, I won't say it."
Kangxi could not return to the palace immediately, and Yinzuo wanted to fly over to see him right away to see how he was doing, but in the end he just wrote a letter.
"...My son really wants to go find the Emperor, but I'd better stay in the palace and wait for him to come back. He also needs to take good care of his health. He promised to come back in good health before he left."
Another half a month passed before Kangxi returned to the palace. Yinzuo was almost waiting anxiously.
The moment he saw Kangxi, Yinzuo wanted to run over, but he restrained himself in public, but tears welled up in his eyes again.
The other princes also had tears in their eyes. The father and sons were reunited, and they almost died together. They were all unable to control their emotions. Seeing his sons like this, Kangxi was also moved.
But his sons suddenly turned into crybabies one by one. It would be fine to coax Yinzuo, and it would be okay to coax the crown prince alone at special moments, but facing so many sons who were about to shed tears, Kangxi didn't want to coax them.
Now that he had recovered from his illness, Kangxi resumed his usual strict fatherly attitude.
Kangxi scolded: "What are you doing? Clean up yourselves and don't let others laugh at you!"
And he added: "I'm fine now. After packing up, let's go back to the study to study."
Oh, there’s no half-day off even for a life-and-death reunion.
Although he drove his sons away, Kangxi could not use the same rough method towards his sons as he did towards other concubines and princesses. His tears almost drowned him.
To be honest, many of those tears were false, and Kangxi knew it, but as long as a few of them were genuine, it was already pretty good.
It is said that the emperor is a lonely man. Kangxi felt that he should be satisfied if there were a few people who truly did not want him to die.
Since Kangxi recovered, especially after he returned to Beijing, some people actually said bad things about the crown prince. They mentioned some of the crown prince's arrangements, suspecting that he had already made arrangements for himself to become emperor before Kangxi died.
But Kangxi didn't take it to heart.
The prince would only cry and shed tears before he was three years old and knew nothing. But this time when he was seriously ill, the prince tried to pretend in the early stage, but in the end he couldn't hold back his tears. Every drop of tears made his father feel sad.
Don't say that Kangxi was the kind of person who would surrender if others shed a few tears. So many people had cried to him that he would still be hard-hearted when he should be, and it might even backfire. But he could feel his son's sincerity, and the tears of the prince, who hadn't cried since he was three years old, were particularly different.
The fact that the prince took the risk of giving him medicine also shows that in the prince's heart, his father is more important than the throne. There are many cases in history where sons killed their fathers in order to seize the throne. Yinreng's feelings for him were like this, which actually made Kangxi quite proud of it.
So at this time, when Kangxi was full of fatherly love for the prince, he thought everything was fine. When Kangxi heard what others said about the things the prince had arranged for his ascension to the throne, he did not feel offended. This was what he taught the prince to do. Otherwise, if something happened to him and the prince was caught in a hurry, he would not be able to sleep peacefully in the underworld.
Kangxi had a lot of things to deal with when he just came back, so Yinzuo didn't bother him much. But after Kangxi's situation calmed down a bit, he went to look for someone.
And he's not leaving yet.
Kangxi said helplessly to the little tail behind him: "I need to go to the toilet, you follow me?"
Then why didn't he follow? Yinzuo sat back obediently.
When Kangxi came back, Yinzuo was looking at him eagerly.
As for Yinzuo, Kangxi did not use the same method as in the Shangshufang to drive him away. After Kangxi came back, he learned that Yinzuo had fallen ill again and his face had become thinner. Kangxi felt a little guilty.
Kangxi said to Yinzuo: "Did I scare you this time?"
Yin Zuo: “Yeah, I was scared.”
Yin Zuo wanted to cry again when he thought about it: "Father, please don't scare me like this in the future."
Is this something he had in mind?
Kangxi said helplessly: "I have cried several times."
"I don't want to raise a crybaby son."
Yinzuo wiped away his tears and said, "I don't want to cry either."
The imperial physician said that his son should not have too much emotional ups and downs. Kangxi wanted to divert Yinzuo's attention, so he said to him: "I haven't seen how you are doing in chess for a long time."
"Come and play chess with me."
"This time I'll let you have four sons, let's see if you can beat me this time."
Yinzuo: "Okay."
Playing chess helped Yinzuo to relax from the anxiety of almost losing his father and he no longer had the mind to think about anything else.
Yinzuo had never beaten Kangxi in chess, but this time he actually won!
Yinzuo put down the chess piece and laughed out loud, his laughter was almost arrogant.
"My son won!"
Finally he smiled, and his son's eyes and eyebrows were so curved that people could smile too. Kangxi breathed a sigh of relief.
Yinzuo was happy for a while, then he approached Kangxi and asked, "Did my son really win? Or did my father lose on purpose?"
Kangxi only asked: "What do you think?"
Yinzuo smiled with stars in his eyes. He said, "No matter which one it is, my son is very happy."
"My son won by his own ability, so of course he is happy."
"But what if the Emperor Father lost on purpose? Then, would I be the first one to make the Emperor Father lose on purpose? Since the Emperor Father loves me so much, I will be very happy too." The thinner little face smiled slyly, and looked full of vitality.
Kangxi snorted with a smile: "Glorifying yourself."
"Have you forgotten that I gave you four sons? Is there a day when I won't give you sons?"
Yinzuo had no idea when he would be able to reach that level. He just chased Kangxi with a smile and asked, "Did the emperor lose to his son on purpose?"
Kangxi pushed his head away, but said nothing, "I am going to review the memorials."
Not being able to get an answer made Yinzuo very curious.
Yinzuo had dinner with Kangxi again and stayed around Kangxi for a long time. Seeing Kangxi still alive and well by his side, just like before, he finally felt at ease.
To celebrate Kangxi's good health, a banquet was held in the palace.
At the banquet, all the princes were very happy. Putting aside those heartwarming things, to be realistic, if Kangxi was gone, the eldest prince was on the battlefield, and Concubine Hui was still under house arrest, and the crown prince already had the legitimate title and experience in court affairs, then the crown prince would basically be the next to ascend the throne.
The one on the throne is the biological father, and the other is a brother who is not that close to him. He used to be the emperor's eldest son, and will be the emperor's younger brother in the future. Which one will live a more comfortable life? Is there any need to choose?
So we are all glad that Kangxi survived.
Everyone was having a great time at the banquet. Yinzuo also looked around with bent eyes. His eldest brother was missing from the banquet at this moment. He had been worried about the Emperor during this period and had not been able to take care of his eldest brother. But now he also knew that as long as there was no bad news, it would be good news.
(End of this chapter)
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