Li Zhaonian said with red eyes: "I have already announced that my father will be fine."
Emperor Tongxu was so angry that he was so weak that he couldn't even shake his head.
"Zhaonian, the body of your eldest brother Jincheng..." Tears flowed from the corners of Emperor Tongxu's eyes.
Emperor Tongxu remembered what Li Jincheng had said. He said that he would not deny it if he did not do it. At that time, he said to Li Jincheng: "Then you will die to prove your ambition."
Li Jincheng sent fifteen letters of guilt to himself, but he did not read any of them because he was afraid that he would become soft-hearted.
After all, he is his own flesh and blood. Even though he is an emperor, he will still be weak.
He did not expect that it was not Li Jincheng who did it, nor did he expect that Li Jincheng would really die to prove his ambition.
"Father, don't worry." Li Zhaonian said: "My eldest brother's body has been properly placed, but my father is still asleep and I am not sure what the rules should be for burying my son. The ministers have been arguing for several days without coming to a conclusion. "
Emperor Tongxu looked at him with tears streaming down his face, "According to...according to the prince's regulations...down to the imperial mausoleum."
Li Zhaonian: "Yes."
"I can't do it anymore."
"My father will live a long life." Li Zhaonian shed tears.
They tacitly understood each other that this was just empty words.
Tongxu's bony hand suddenly grabbed Li Zhaonian, "Don't let him go."
Li Zhaonian said: "Father means..."
"Thank you Tingzhou." Emperor Tongxu gasped a few times, "We can't let him go."
"But." Li Zhaonian said: "When my father was in a coma, news came that King Beilin was critically ill. It was said that he could not survive much longer. The cabinet did not advocate releasing the prince to return to Beilin. However, in the past few days, there was news in Beijing There are some bad rumors.”
The eunuch outside the palace reported: "Your Highness, the imperial doctor has arrived."
"Father, let the imperial doctor first..."
"No." Emperor Tongxu interrupted him with a gasp, "You say it first."
Li Zhaonian did not dare to delay the imperial doctor's diagnosis and treatment, so he had to make a long story short: "There is a widespread rumor in Beijing that Wang Zhongjun of Beilin is patriotic, and the Crown Prince of Beilin suffered injuries due to fighting on the battlefield. It is rumored among the people..."
Li Zhaonian didn't dare to say anything, for fear of irritating Emperor Tongxu and making him angry.
Emperor Tongxu had it all clear in his eyes, "Does it mean that Beilin has great achievements and shocks the Lord? Does it mean that I am afraid of Beilin?"
Li Zhaonian saw that Emperor Tongxu was so calm, so he spoke boldly, "The people spread it word of mouth, saying that Beilin saved the people of Yanliangguan and saved them from death. Now King Beilin is seriously ill, but the prince cannot die in front of his bed." Xiao Xiao, King Beilin and the Crown Prince have worked hard for the Great Zhou Dynasty for decades, but they ended up in a situation where father and son never see each other for the last time."
"There are still many common people and students kneeling outside the palace gate, begging to let the prince go back to Beilin, my father." Li Zhaonian tried to persuade: "I think so, let the prince go back."
"No." Emperor Tongxu half-closed his eyes and said, "Beilin is a sharp blade. This sword can kill foreign enemies and stab one's own people. It is the scabbard that binds Beilin. You...you must take him. In your hand, you cannot let the knife edge be pointed at yourself."
Emperor Tongxu coughed a few more times, and there was blood on the corner of his mouth when he wiped it with his handkerchief, "Let Shen Yu come in, I have something to explain."
"Father, it's better to let the imperial doctor see you first." Li Zhaonian persuaded, "I'm worried."
Emperor Tongxu agreed, and the imperial doctors filed into the hall for consultation.
The hospital envoy withdrew his hand for diagnosing the pulse and said, "Your Majesty, I will decide on a prescription after discussing with several imperial doctors."
Emperor Tongxu moved his fingers feebly, and Li Zhaonian went out with the imperial physician, but saw all the imperial physicians kneeling at the entrance of the palace.
Li Zhaonian had already expected it, "Can't you make a prescription?"
The envoy bowed his head and said: "Your Highness, there is nothing I can do. I can only prescribe some decoction and medicine. Your Majesty is running out of oil. I'm afraid... I'm afraid..."
Li Zhaonian looked at the dark night, "How long will it take?"
The envoy's brow was soaked with sweat, "I'm not sure about this, but I think I won't go out, not for five days."
"Go and make a prescription." Li Zhaonian listened to everyone leaving and turned to look at Shen Yu, "Father wants to see you."
Shen Yu entered the dormitory, but Li Zhaonian did not follow.
“Your Majesty.”
Just now Emperor Tongxu took a piece of ginseng in his mouth to refresh himself, and he felt a little better. He opened his eyelids a little and looked at Shen Yu, "Zhong An and I are old friends. You, come here."
Shen Yu walked to the dragon bed, and Emperor Tongxu looked at her intently for a moment, with a faint smile on his face.
"Your eyes look like your mother's, but your nose looks like Shen Zhongan's. You are quite heroic. Your father told me this, but I didn't see it."
Emperor Tongxu seemed to want to laugh, but when he opened his mouth, he coughed.
"Actually, my temperament is more like that of my father." Shen Yu said, sitting down on the chair beside her.
"Yes." Emperor Tongxu said, "I can see it. Although I am more than ten years older than him, I regard him as a close friend."
Shen Yu thought of her previous life, when her father and brother were defeated in the battle of Yanliang Pass. Even though everyone was shouting for beatings, Emperor Tongxu still did not accuse the Shen family and even granted her a marriage.
In her previous life, she thought it was her father who was a great master, and that Emperor Tongxu used his sword to kill people and comforted his widow by granting her a marriage. Now it seems that it was the remaining friendship in the emperor's heart.
It can be seen that unless you see it with your own eyes, don't doubt it.
"I've never heard my father mention it." Shen Yu said softly.
"On the surface, we are monarchs and ministers." Emperor Tongxu said: "Privately, we are close friends. We once said at night that we would purge the world and restore peace to the people."
"He Shen Zhongan did it. He overcame obstacles all the way to guard the border for me, but I... didn't do it."
Emperor Tongxu's voice was already choked with sobs, "Who was not high-spirited when they were young? When I ascended the throne, I also wanted to do something big, but I was hampered everywhere. I am ashamed of my ancestors and your father."
I don't know what he thought, but the water in his eyes gradually receded, and his eyes became sharp, "But I am the emperor! I am the emperor! There are some things that I have to do."
He suddenly grabbed Shen Yu's hand, "Do you understand?"
The veins on the back of Emperor Tongxu's hands were all visible. He was holding Shen Yu's hand which was shaking, "I'm ashamed of your father. I owe him once, and I don't care about this second time. If I go to hell, I will go and apologize to him." .”
An ominous premonition suddenly came to Shen Yu's heart. She frowned slightly, and Emperor Tongxu said, "I can let Xie Tingzhou go and leave."
There was a thunder in Shen Yu's mind. He looked at Emperor Tongxu and tried his best to stay calm, "Your Majesty, your Majesty and your colleagues said such things. I don't understand what you mean?"
"There is no airtight wall under the sky." Emperor Tongxu said: "Some things can be hidden, but you can't hide them by looking at a person's eyes."
Those people were all deceived by Shen Yu's disguise as a boy, but Emperor Tongxu knew early on that she was a girl, and he knew how a man looked at a woman.
He was a wise and wise emperor, but it was a pity that he was born at the wrong time.
"When I sit in this position, I must take the overall situation into consideration." Emperor Tongxu paused and said, "Whether Beilin has any rebellious intentions or not, I have to guard against him."
Shen Yu calmed down and said, "His Majesty just said that he would let the prince leave."
"Yes." Emperor Tongxu said, "I can let him go, but you must stay and make this scabbard to restrain him and Beilin for me."
