Listening to Liu Xi's intermittent narration, Leng Yu felt indescribable sadness in his heart. Although the emperor was high and mighty, when he was seriously ill, there was no one close to him by his side. How sad was it?
As Luo Lan said, the royal family members are all ruthless.
While the two were talking, Leng Xi came hurriedly with a serious expression. When he saw Leng Yu, he stepped forward and asked:
"Fourth brother, is the emperor here? I want to see him."
Leng Yu frowned at him.
"The emperor is ill and not fit to see anyone. Please wait!"
"What's wrong with him? Let me go in and see him."
"You can't come in."
Leng Yu's voice suddenly rose. Seeing Leng Xi's agitation, he lowered his voice and said:
"Lan'er is treating father now. Please wait until father is well before you go in!"
Hearing this, Leng Xi's face suddenly fell.
"Fourth brother, what do you mean? Father is seriously ill, and I haven't seen him since I returned from Quancheng. And now you won't let me see him?"
"You can't see him now. Lan'er is treating him."
"snort!"
Leng Xi suddenly swung his sleeves and said angrily in a cold voice:
"I heard you entered the palace so early this morning? The emperor is already terminally ill, yet you have him under house arrest, not allowing anyone to see him. What do you want to do?"
"Xi'er!"
Leng Yu suddenly raised his voice and roared in dissatisfaction.
"What are you talking about? It was Lan'er who was examining the cause of Father's illness. When did we put Father under house arrest? Don't you believe the rumors? Don't you know who your sister-in-law and I are?"
"It's spread all over the palace..."
Leng Xi frowned and said this in a low voice, then looked at Liu Xi.
"Eunuch Liu, you have followed my father for many years. Tell me the truth, what happened to my father?"
Liu Xi paused, shook his head and sighed, then replied:
"The Emperor's condition isn't good, but Princess Yu is treating him. I hope she can cure him!"
Leng Xi's face, which had been furious just now, became calm in an instant. He looked at Leng Yu, scratched his head, turned the beads a few times, and said embarrassedly:
"Fourth brother, I was a little anxious just now, so my words were not very nice. Please don't mind. As long as father is okay, that's all."
Leng Xi's sudden change surprised and puzzled Leng Yu. He looked at Leng Xi and was about to ask him if he had heard anything, but Leng Xi said goodbye to him directly.
"Fourth brother, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first. If there's any news about the emperor, please tell me."
After saying this, he ran away in a hurry, seemingly in a hurry.
Looking at his back, Leng Yu frowned, and Liu Xi murmured in confusion:
"What happened to Prince Xi?"
Leng Yu frowned and pinched the imperial edict in his sleeve, feeling indescribable.
Leng Xi quickly came to Li Garden. Concubine Li, who was pacing back and forth in the main hall, saw him coming back and hurried to greet him.
"Xi'er, how's it going? Did you find out?"
Leng Xi frowned and looked at her, questioning with some dissatisfaction,
"Mother, you told me that Fourth Brother must have gone to force the Emperor to write his will, but what I heard is that the Emperor's sister-in-law is treating Father's illness."
Concubine Li's pretty face turned cold in an instant. She held up a handkerchief and wiped the corner of her mouth lightly, then half-closed her eyes and said slowly in a cold voice:
"He was just trying to put you off. I've already told you that Leng Yu is your biggest enemy. Your father feels he owes him, so he intends to pass the throne to him. We had a chance to succeed when he went to Quancheng this time, but you went to Quancheng without telling me. Even if I wanted to, I couldn't do anything."
"Mother, what are you thinking? Are you trying to force the emperor to abdicate? Liu Dechang has 100,000 elite soldiers stationed in the military camp outside the capital. Even if you win over a few people, can you really defeat 100,000 people?"
Listening to his words, Concubine Li gritted her teeth and replied in a vicious voice:
"Even if Liu Dechang had a million elite soldiers, could he refute the emperor's decree? During the few days you were away, Concubine Chang brought Leng Ming to the emperor to show her affection. If I hadn't intervened, I'm afraid she would have coaxed the emperor into issuing a will to pass on the throne."
Concubine Li's words made Leng Xi's eyes darken as he stood with his hands behind his back.
"Mother, you are wrong. Father may be as ill as you say, but he is not so ill that anyone dares to force him. Besides, maybe the Empress Dowager can cure him."
"Confused."
Concubine Li suddenly raised her voice, "Xi'er, you are confused. The emperor's illness is incurable. Even the imperial physicians are helpless. Now Leng Yu and Liu Luolan have hidden him. They must be trying to force him to write Leng Yu's name on the imperial edict. So you have to be on guard against this."
"What's there to defend against?"
Although Leng Xi's voice was very low, Concubine Li heard it clearly.
She suddenly swung the handkerchief in her hand and shouted angrily:
"You're really becoming more and more unworthy. Do you know that no matter which of you becomes the emperor, the other princes will not have a good ending. At the very least, they will be expelled from the capital and, like Leng Zi'an, be confined to a remote and deserted place to live out their lives. At the worst, they will be killed outright for a reason to prevent future troubles."
"Mother..."
Leng Xi's voice suddenly rose. "I know what mother meant, but things have already come to this. What can I do? Stop Liu Luolan from treating the emperor, then pull father up and ask him to pass the throne to me?"
Seeing Leng Xi blushing, Concubine Li lowered her voice, changed the subject, and said mysteriously:
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