Xie Zhaoan looked at the emperor and smiled.
"Your Majesty, you have been in this palace for so many years, have you never heard of the term 'lasting glory'? The pills I gave you contain plenty of ginseng, which can be said to be a refreshing ingredient. However, if you keep using it, I'm afraid it won't be so good for your body."
The emperor's face changed immediately. How could he not know how harmful ginseng is to the human body
The imperial physician had used ginseng when treating the emperor before, but he had specifically emphasized that not excessive amounts of ginseng should be used, only a small amount. Otherwise, not only would it fail to replenish qi and blood, but it would make the body deficient.
The emperor widened his eyes, looking at this son whom he had never looked at seriously in decades, and even his mother, whom he had never paid any attention to. He never thought that in the end he would die at the hands of such a child.
"Over the past decade, although I have not been very friendly to you, I think I have never treated you unfairly. At least you are still alive today, right? Why do you have such great hostility towards me?"
Xie Zhaoan sneered.
"I think the reason I am still alive today is not because of you, Father. I worked hard, worked hard, stepped into this palace, and found my own place. I never understood Father. When you went south, you took a fancy to my mother and brought her into the palace, but why didn't you treat her well? If you didn't want to take good care of her from the beginning, why did you bring her into the palace and let her be looked down upon?"
Xie Zhaoan's eyes were slightly angry.
"You know that during the years when my mother was alive, I was her only comfort. Those people, whether maids or other concubines in the palace, looked down on my mother. They all thought that my mother was dreaming. A daughter of a merchant family wanted to marry into the imperial palace. She was dreaming of a long life. But to my mother, these so-called power and wealth were nothing to her. All she wanted was my father's pitiful love."
The emperor coughed and almost coughed out all the anger in his lungs.
"Do you know what you are doing now? You are questioning your father. You are so bold. If you kill me today, you will be regicide and seize the throne. Do you really think you can take the position I left in this palace? You are simply dreaming. I have so many good sons. How can they let you take this position away like this?"
Xie Zhaoan sneered.
"Father, I am not interested in the position below you. I am trying so hard to climb up here today just to get a chance to talk to you on an equal footing. I want to know why you treated my mother like that back then. If you didn't love her, why didn't you bring her into the palace in the first place?"
The emperor looked somewhat embarrassed.
"It's not that I don't love you. In the beginning, there was some real affection between us. But you know that feelings can deteriorate very quickly. Besides, these concubines in the palace don't exist just for love, but also because of the power they hold. Your father did this out of helplessness."
"Is it really out of helplessness or is it what Father had in mind? If Father felt the slightest bit of guilt towards my mother, he would not have put me, a seven-year-old, in the cold palace, leaving me to fend for myself there, and almost losing my life. He would not have ignored my mother for so many years, as if my mother had never existed. Father, I am extremely disappointed in you."
Xie Zhaoan took the next step and was about to leave when the emperor's weak voice came from behind.
"Son, my dear son."
Xie Zhaoan paused and was about to say something, thinking that the emperor still had a bit of kindness in his heart and that there might be room for this matter to turn around.
Who knew that the emperor's voice would be: "Do you know how chaotic the world would be if I were not here? Whether it is for this world, for the people of the world, or for other reasons, you are my child after all, and my blood flows in your body. If I die, your enemies will not be of any benefit to you. Go find a famous doctor now and let me live a little longer. I promise you that I will pay tribute to your mother."
Oh.
Xie Zhaoan had never thought that anything could be so absurd and ridiculous in his life. Since something could be so ridiculous, he walked out without stopping at all.
The so-called miracle doctor was waiting outside. When he saw Xie Zhaoan coming out, he went up to him and asked what he should do next.
"Fourth Prince, after this is over, do we need to do anything else? The pills in my hand can allow the emperor to live for another three days."
"It doesn't take three days. If the emperor is getting married tonight, the prince will take action. In this case, everything that needs to be said has been said. Let the emperor die tonight and let the prince take the throne. Now there is a reason to let nature take its course."
The doctor nodded, indicating that he understood.
When he walked into the room with the pills, the emperor looked at the doctor with confused eyes. The emperor's mind cleared up for a moment.
"Here you are, miracle doctor. Are you here to save me? I'm so glad you exist."
But then, as if he had thought of something, the emperor began to shake his head violently.
"You are the Fourth Prince's man. You are here to harm me, not to save me. Someone, come and protect me."
The miracle doctor's steps were not at all flustered. The people outside had already been sent out by the Fourth Prince's men. Now, the emperor looked high and mighty, but he had become a leaky wall.
A person in a high position of power who does not know how to cherish his subordinates, and even less how to treasure his own people, will ultimately end up like this.
"Emperor, it's getting late now. You should take this last pill and have a good rest. You have worked too hard for the people of this world. It's time to let go."
As he said this, the miracle doctor stuffed the pill in his hand into the emperor's mouth. The emperor widened his eyes and tried his best, but still could not get rid of the miracle doctor's grip, and the emperor died.
The miracle doctor walked out of the emperor's bedroom. It was unknown how long it had passed before the eunuch beside the emperor finally arrived. Seeing the emperor lying motionless in bed, he shouted to the outside.
"Oh no! The emperor has passed away!"