The emperor woke up again, and was in the bedroom again.
This dim and familiar environment, as well as his immobile body, caused great fear in his heart.
He quickly turned his eyeballs to look out desperately.
Immediately saw other people in the temple.
The prince, queen, and several important ministers.
He breathed a sigh of relief when he suddenly heard the voice of Imperial Physician Xiao Zhi from one side: "Forgive me for your lack of skill, this poison is overbearing and hard to get rid of, and is entangled to the bone. I have suppressed it before, but now it's poisoned again. I'm afraid... I'm afraid it's because the medicine has lost its effect!"
This sigh was light and fluttering, but it was like a heavy hammer hitting the emperor's heart.
The ministers didn't know the inside story, and they couldn't help but change their expressions when they heard what he said.
The emperor didn't believe his nonsense, he gritted his teeth and stared at the guy who he used to deal with the prince, but now he bit him instead.
He glared angrily, but Xiao Zhi was not in a hurry, his expression was calm, without the slightest hint of guilt.
—Anyway, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will take care of everything. Since he said that it cannot be cured, whether it is true or not, it means that the emperor must be "incurable".
Empress Zhou threw herself on the emperor, crying so hard that the emperor's chest was so tight that he could hardly breathe.
She just raised her head, looked at Yuan Buwei with tears in her eyes, and begged: "Xuan'er, you must save your father! This poison will definitely be cured! Xuan'er, promise your mother..."
"The empress mother's words... seem to confirm that the son-in-law also has such superb medical skills as the imperial doctor Xiao." Yuan was not surprised, "Is the empress mother still not clear about the son-in-law's ability? Even if she wants to, there is nothing she can do."
He sighed regretfully.
Empress Zhou wanted to say something more, but when she raised her eyes, she bumped into the dark pupils of the young man. There was no superficial regret and helplessness, nor much joy and happiness, but only a calm examination.
As if an outsider had seen her whole body from the inside to the outside, clearly and clearly.
Empress Zhou subconsciously bit her lips, even unconsciously holding back the tears that were about to fall, and stared blankly at the eldest son with an extremely strange gaze.
At this time, headed by Prime Minister Su, there are still several ministers waiting in the bedroom.
Of course, they were not fools to get to where they are now. The three members of the most noble family in the Tian family behaved so strangely, which naturally made them see the clue.
Yuan Buwei stood there calmly, unmoving, and met the scrutinizing and suspicious gazes from all directions.
He doesn't have to be in a hurry, and the ministers don't have to be in a hurry, but the emperor lying on the couch has to be in a hurry.
The already numb limbs completely lost consciousness. The emperor only felt that his consciousness was stuffed into a wooden body, and he could hardly do anything except command his eyeballs to move.
Gradually, he even felt that his consciousness began to drowsy, as if he was about to fall into a bottomless abyss.
The familiar bedroom, the familiar numbness, the familiar darkness... the memory that nearly drove him crazy in the previous month resurfaced again. As soon as he thought about falling into the same situation again, the emperor's sanity quickly collapsed. The instinct to survive is clamoring.
"No, you can solve it!"
Consciousness hovering on the verge of death, the emperor was like a drowning man grasping at the last straw, he ignored it, and almost shouted hysterically:
"This poison was created by you. How come you don't have an antidote? I've heard it all. This poison is called half-day drunkenness. It was invented by Imperial Physician Xiao. How could he not have an antidote?!"
As soon as this remark came out, it could be described as earth-shattering.
Empress Zhou fell down on the couch all of a sudden, with a look of panic and bewilderment on her face, but she was not too surprised.
... It seems that she had expected it in her subconscious, but she had been avoiding it and was unwilling to face it.
But all the ministers couldn't believe it, and followed the emperor's straight gaze to look at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince with a calm expression, trying to see something from his face.
Yuan didn't want to brush off his sleeves in a leisurely manner, his eyes swept over one by one, and turned around to land on the emperor.
"It seems that the poison has entered the brain of the father, and he is completely confused." He sighed again, and his tone was neither urgent nor slow.
"As we all know, the father is broad-minded, and he is a wise king in the world. Over the years, he has never been suspicious of leading the army alone, and has blocked many gossips from the government and the public. Recruiting relatives... and Gu also deeply felt the trust of his father and emperor, so he wore armor for eight years and drank the blood of the enemy."
"—Such a good story about father's kindness and son's filial piety, and the relationship between the monarch and his ministers, even if it is put on the history, it is enough to last for a hundred years. If the father and the emperor were not poisonous, how could they have such absurd illusions?"
His tone was up and down and full of emotion, which made all the ministers present have a feeling of listening to a storytelling book, and their emotions could not help being infected.
But in the young man's slightly lowered eyes, there was a slight indifferent smile in his eyes looking at the emperor.
Seems very curious what he will do next.
The emperor's heart skipped a beat.
Now his life and death are completely in the hands of the prince, and the imperial guards in the palace have also been replaced by the prince's people. As long as the prince keeps pretending to be stupid, and is unwilling to detoxify him no matter what, he will have to wait for death.
As for how powerful the poison Xiao Zhi made, no one knew better than the emperor.
In the original history, this doctor Xiao was famous in history for his astonishing feat—a few years later, he poisoned his entire family, including his father, stepmother, and younger brother, and none of them were spared.
Committing such a heinous crime, if it was not for the plague, the emperor Qi Xuan admired his outstanding medical talents, and found out that he had been tragically murdered at home, so he was forced to fight back, which would have left him alone. Fate will make up for his mistakes, he is already dead.
Except for Xiao Zhi himself, there is no other person who can dissolve the poison he personally concocted.
The fear of death engulfed the emperor's heart, and the prince's words just now were still in his ears—
The father is kind and the son is filial, and the monarch and his ministers are in harmony. Therefore, it is certainly impossible for the prince who is pure and filial to attack the emperor. The only way is to prove that the father is unkind, and the king does not know...
The emperor suddenly realized that he understood what the prince was thinking. This is to make him plead guilty in front of the officials! In this way, the crown prince will be able to rise to the throne innocently.
When life was involved, the emperor didn't care about reputation anymore, he said without hesitation, his tone full of remorse: "I made a mistake in this matter first, and I was afraid of the crown prince's achievements, so I was confused for a while..."
"Qin Mo, the commander of the prince's personal guard, was sent by me, and the poison that corrupted the prince's heart was also ordered by the imperial physician Xiao..."
Under the shocked and weird gazes of all the courtiers, even the emperor felt that his face was burning with panic because he thought it was a big deal and didn't care about trivial matters.
But none of that matters, what matters is—
"Now, these two people have become your prince. The poison on my body was made by Doctor Xiao... Call them here, and I can confront them on the spot. There is absolutely no falsehood in what I just said."
The emperor's words were sincere, almost confiding in his heart, and his tone was full of sincere regret. When he got off the phone, he took a deep breath.
"The prince has always been pure and filial, and has made great contributions to the court. It is all my fault that I was confused first and ignored the relationship between father and son, so the prince retaliated impulsively. I don't blame you..."
Having said that, the emperor paused for a while, forcibly calming down the turbulent emotions in his heart, and continued:
"As long as I get rid of the poison, I am willing to write down the edict of guilt, abdicate to the virtuous, and never interfere with the affairs of the court. The empress and all the lovers testify that I speak from the bottom of my heart. If I violate it, I will be punished by heaven in the future!" "
The words were loud and loud, but all the officials were silent.
In the past, although the emperor's level of governance was average, the image he created to the outside world was magnanimous, benevolent and caring for the people.
For many civil servants who believe in "governing with the bow", the emperor's ability is not important, as long as he is lenient, benevolent, and able to delegate power to the subordinates, he is a holy lord and a wise emperor.
But now, the emperor took the initiative to expose his dark side. Even if he used "temporary confusion" as an excuse, he still couldn't fool these ministers who had become human beings.
Seeing this His Majesty who was paralyzed on the couch motionless, having completely lost his pride and dignity as an emperor, and only wanted to save his life, the officials fell silent.
Even Su Cheng and others still have to show their faces.
Seeing this, the emperor looked at Empress Zhou with some disappointment: "Zitong, don't tell me you don't miss your old love so much, do you want to watch me die?"
His voice was gentle and painful.
"I still remember when I promised you that after I abdicate in the future, I will take you to travel the north and south of the river..."
Empress Zhou sobbed suddenly: "Your Majesty..."
She fell down on the couch, tightly clenched the emperor's unconscious hand with both hands, raised her eyes, and looked expectantly at Yuan Buwei with tearful eyes.
"Xuan'er, your royal father knows he's wrong. Father and son kill each other, heaven won't allow it... just forgive him once."
Suddenly, Empress Zhou remembered that the two sons had become closer and more harmonious in recent days, she hurriedly said:
"... And Yu'er! Yu'er also definitely doesn't want to see this scene. The queen mother doesn't want you two brothers to turn against each other in the future, and then there will be too much regret."