In the Yangxin Palace, Leng Xi had already arrived here before Liu Xi. After scanning the area with his shrewd eyes, he looked at the young eunuch guarding the door and asked in a cold voice:
"Where's Eunuch Liu?"
"Replying to Prince Xi, Eunuch Liu has left for a while and asked me to stay here to watch over the emperor. The emperor has already gone to bed. Before he left, Eunuch Liu told me that if you come, just give me the medicine for the emperor. The emperor has not been sleeping well these past few days, so please don't go in and disturb him."
Liu Xi is not here? Leng Xi was secretly delighted when he heard the news. This is really God’s help!
"presumptuous."
Leng Xi suddenly looked at the young eunuch with a cold frown, veins popping out of his face, and raised his voice and shouted angrily:
"Give it to you? This medicine is extremely precious. If I give it to you, can you afford the consequences if something happens? Open the door quickly..."
After saying that, he was ready to force his way in. The young eunuch stood at the door somewhat at a loss, not knowing whether to stop him or to move aside.
At this moment, the emperor's faint voice came from inside.
"Liu Xi, Liu Xi, cough... cough... hurry... get me some medicine..."
The young eunuch was about to push the door open in panic when Leng Xi asked in a cold voice:
"Do you have medicine for the Emperor?"
The young eunuch was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, "No, Eunuch Liu said that the emperor has finished his medicine."
Leng Xi pulled the eunuch with displeasure on his face and angrily scolded him coldly:
"Then get out of here!"
After saying this, he pushed the door open and walked in. As he closed the door of the Yangxin Palace, he said coldly to the eunuch outside:
"I am delivering medicine to the Emperor. No one should disturb me before I come out. Otherwise, you will be in danger of your life."
As soon as he finished speaking, the door closed heavily, and Leng Xi strode towards the bedroom behind the Yangxin Palace.
At this time, the emperor had already supported himself and sat up. He coughed hard and called Liu Xi's name weakly.
"Liu Xi... Liu Xi... bring me some medicine. I can't take it anymore."
Before he could finish his words, Leng Xi appeared in front of him. When he looked up and saw Leng Xi, he tried to grab him as if he had seen a savior, but he missed. Leng Xi was far away from him, looking at him with cold eyes.
"Xi'er, you're finally here. Hurry... hurry and get the medicine for Father."
He originally thought that Leng Xi would take out the medicine and hand it to him immediately when he saw how uncomfortable he was, but he didn't expect Leng Xi to just stand there without moving.
In his panic, he thought he had recognized the wrong person. He shook his head vigorously, trying to sober himself up.
When he looked at the person standing in front of him again, it was indeed Leng Xi, who was staring at him with a pair of cold eyes.
He looked at him with disbelief.
"Xi'er, didn't you hear what father said? Hurry...quickly get me the medicine."
Leng Xi still stood there without moving, but stretched out his right hand, and a blank imperial edict appeared in front of the emperor.
"Father, I have put so much thought into making these little pills for you. I deserve a reward. Please issue an imperial decree to make me the crown prince."
"you……"
The emperor looked at him, raised his finger weakly and pointed at him.
"You...you dare to force me?"
"I dare not. I am merely reminding you that the small pills you are taking are only in my possession in the entire Daning Kingdom. If I forget to deliver them to you, and your old illness relapses, causing unbearable pain, what shall I do?"
this……
Leng Xi's words frightened the Emperor, whose already pale face turned even paler. He glared at Leng Xi with gritted teeth, but with a shred of rationality still remaining in his mind, he pointed at him and questioned:
"You...what kind of medicine did you give me? Why...why do I feel uncomfortable all over if I don't take it?"
"The elixir of life."
Leng Xi didn't even think about it, he just looked at him and replied with a chuckle:
"Don't you wish to live forever? How dare I refuse to fulfill your wish? Doesn't this elixir of immortality make you feel refreshed?"
As he said this, he half-knelt down, took a small pill in his palm, and held it in front of the emperor. The emperor reached out to take it as if he had seen a life-saving straw, but Leng Xi suddenly clenched his fist, held the small pill in his hand, and then raised the blank imperial edict in his other hand.
"Father, I am extremely filial to you. Your position as Crown Prince is vacant, and there is no one more suitable for this position than me. Shouldn't you let me take the throne?"
At this time, the emperor's eyes had begun to turn red, his chest was constantly heaving, and he was breathing heavily.
"Medicine... give... give me medicine..."
"Where is the imperial seal?"
"Give me... give me medicine..."
"Where is the imperial seal?"
Leng Xi's voice was as terrifying as a lion's roar. He stared at the emperor with a pair of ferocious eyes. Tonight, he must get the imperial seal. Even if the emperor could no longer write, he could get a blank imperial edict. When the emperor suddenly passed away one day, this blank imperial edict would become his amulet and stepping stone.
The emperor stared intently at the small pill in Leng Xi's hand. He shook his head repeatedly, opened his mouth hungrily, and replied in a small voice:
"At...at Eunuch Liu's place. Hurry...give me the medicine..."
Obviously, the emperor was already extremely impatient. He tried to get out of bed to grab the small pill in Leng Xi's hand, but because of a moment of carelessness, he fell off the bed and lay on the ground.
He crawled towards Leng Xi step by step. Leng Xi looked at him without a trace of heartache, but instead there was a bit more disgust in his eyes.
The emperor in front of him, although he was his father, had never given him an ounce of fatherly love. From childhood to adulthood, he had never experienced the feeling of fatherly love, so he had no feelings for him at all.
The current emperor is just a walking corpse in front of him. When the time is right, he will not let him live another day.
I don’t know when it started, but Leng Xi himself felt that his heart was harder than the rocks on the mountains.
The emperor moved closer to him step by step, and he stepped back step by step, holding the small pill in his hand, and asked in a cold voice:
"Where is the imperial seal? You should feel sorry for me, your son who has never been cared for by you. I want to be the crown prince. You won't disagree, will you?"
“Medicine…medicine…”
The emperor dragged his thin body and continued to crawl forward. Although his movements were slow, his eyes were fixed firmly on the small pill in Leng Xi's hand.
At this moment, the emperor was like a despised maggot, willing to throw away his imperial dignity for a tiny pill...
He felt as if thousands of ants were gnawing at his whole body, and his heart felt like it was burning with pain.
Just as Leng Xi was about to step forward and force him to hand over the imperial seal again, the voice of the young eunuch came from outside.
"Eunuch Liu, you're back! Prince Xi is inside."
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