The little ancestor of the family

Chapter 389 The Emperor Vomits Blood

"Since the emperor has determined that the Xiao family is guilty, why did he care so much about the prince's affairs before?"

Prince Rui asked directly, "Didn't the Xiao family get dragged into this because of the Crown Prince's affairs?"

"You're talking nonsense!"

After hearing this, the emperor could no longer bear it.

The prince was taught by him personally.

He was so upset about the prince's affairs because he couldn't believe that such an innocent child would do something treasonous.

If there is any burden, it is the Xiao family that burdened the prince, not the prince who burdened them.

"The prince is kind-hearted by nature. If he hadn't been led by bad people, how could he have done something so outrageous?"

So many years have passed, and King Rui no longer wants to argue with him about this fruitless matter.

In Prince Rui's opinion, the term "Noble Lady Qi" was just an excuse made by the Emperor.

He just regretted it.

"Speaking of the past," King Rui said, pulling out a bamboo tube from his bosom.

The bamboo tube was opened, revealing several neatly rolled letters.

"Since the emperor believes the barbarian's letter found in the prince's mansion, he will not be surprised by this."

When Prince Rui was in the northern border, he wrote a letter to his subordinates in the capital, asking them to find a few notes of the third prince.

When the notes arrived, Prince Rui compared them and found that several letters in the Kosi camp were indeed written by the third prince.

King Rui found it funny.

The Third Prince was always very cautious in what he did, and even when he corresponded with Chief Kosi, he did not sign his name on the letter.

But no matter how careful he was, he forgot that people have their own habits when writing.

Even if he didn't sign his name, you could tell from his handwriting.

The emperor took the letter and took only two glances at it, and was already furious at its contents.

“My Chen family actually has such a useless thing, and would rather rely on the help of the barbarians than tell me his true feelings.

He should be brave enough to tell me, what if I give in to him?"

Prince Rui lowered his head slightly, "Your Majesty, the content of the letter has already passed. Can you take a look at the handwriting on the letter? Does the handwriting on it look familiar to Your Majesty?"

After being reminded by Prince Rui, Emperor Yongfeng finally came to his senses and analyzed the handwriting on the letter.

The words above are written very beautifully in the Slender Gold style.

This is the third brother's handwriting.

When the princes were learning calligraphy, only the third prince's writing in the Slender Gold style was the most beautiful.

"This is... the third brother?"

Emperor Yongfeng asked Prince Rui for confirmation.

"Ok!"

Emperor Yongfeng took a step back.

"That……"

He had a question he wanted to ask, but he didn't dare to ask it.

King Rui knew what he wanted to ask.

He reached out and took out another bamboo tube from his arms.

“I found these letters in the camp of the Kosi tribe.

The previous few letters were relatively recent, so they were randomly piled on the table, but when I checked the contents, I made a new discovery. "

He opened the bamboo tube, took out the letter inside and placed it in the emperor's hand.

Emperor Yongfeng's hands were shaking a little. He stared at the letter for a long time before finally opening the rolled up letter paper.

The text inside is still in the Slender Gold style.

But the content of the text made the emperor terrified.

The letter stated that the chief of the barbarians should write a letter to the crown prince of the current dynasty in a cooperative tone.

The letter should not only mention that it will be helpful to the prince, but also mention that they have been cooperating very well with Xiao's army during this period, so that the person reading the letter will believe that Xiao's army is in the same group with them.

In order to prevent the barbarians from not knowing how to write, the writer even attached a sheet of the written content at the back.

He told the barbarian leader that if he couldn't write, he should just copy what he wrote.

The content of the latter letter was almost exactly the same as the one the emperor had seen before.

Emperor Yongfeng read that letter over and over again no less than a hundred times, and he could imagine the contents of the letter with his eyes closed.

The only difference was that the font on the letter he had seen before was in a flamboyant style, but the font on this one was in a clean and neat thin gold style.

"This……"

This is the letter I found in the barbarian's tent.

King Rui replied.

"After reading this letter, the emperor should be able to understand the whole story of what happened back then."

"impossible!"

The emperor covered his chest and spat out a mouthful of blood without warning.

"No matter how bad the third brother is, he is still his brother. How could he do such a thing to his brother!"

After saying that, his eyes rolled back and he fainted.

"emperor!"

Prince Rui no longer bothered to explain to the emperor. He held him and shouted to the eunuchs standing outside: "Call the imperial physician, go and call the imperial physician!"

A young eunuch ran to call the imperial physician, and another one ran in and saw the blood at the corner of the emperor's mouth. He was immediately frightened and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, what happened to you? Someone, come quickly."

A group of eunuchs ran over.

They worked together to help the emperor onto the dragon couch.

Five imperial doctors hurried in, put down their medicine boxes, and took turns taking the emperor's pulse. After they were done, they looked at each other, shook their heads, and walked out.

Prince Rui and the chief eunuch followed the few people all the way to the outside of the hall.

After confirming that they would not disturb the emperor's rest, the few people stopped.

Prince Rui asked seriously, "Your Majesty, what's going on?"

The leading doctor Zhao bowed to Prince Rui and said, "The emperor has been anxious recently, and the excessive internal heat has caused the qi and blood to surge."

“What are some good treatments?”

King Rui asked.

"This……"

Doctor Zhao looked at the others and said, "The emperor has been ill from overwork over the years and is too weak to take any supplements. Now, we can only use medicine to reduce his temper while using mild medicine to slowly recuperate."

"How long will it take to slowly recuperate?"

King Rui was a little impatient.

Now that the Third Prince's case has just begun to come to light, it is time for the Emperor to step in and administer justice. But now that he is unconscious, won't this matter have to be shelved again?

"This medicine is absorbed at different speeds. We haven't used it yet, so we don't know how well His Majesty is absorbing it. So, for now, we can't estimate how long it will take."

Prince Rui was used to dealing with these people. He knew that each of these imperial doctors was cunning and afraid of taking responsibility, so he never spoke too confidently.

But today, King Rui would definitely not give them the opportunity to fish in troubled waters.

"Then tell me, based on the slowest time, how long will it take for the emperor to wake up?"

"This……"

Doctor Zhao didn't know how to answer for a moment.

He really had no idea.

In fact, according to the emperor's condition, he should be able to wake up in ten days or half a month.

But if he can't wake up by then, then I used the medicine inaccurately.

If the time is deliberately said to be longer, it may cause unrest in the court and arouse dissatisfaction among some ministers.

He looked at his colleagues.

When the other imperial doctors saw the look in Zhao's eyes, they immediately lowered their heads, looking at their noses and their hearts, fearing that Zhao would ask them questions and implicate them.

"I need to go back and discuss the medication with the head of the hospital before I can answer your Highness."

Imperial Doctor Zhao finally uttered these words.

"Okay!"

What surprised Doctor Zhao was that Prince Rui actually did not embarrass him anymore and agreed directly.

"After you have discussed it, give me a result."

The emperor is in a coma and someone needs to take charge of the government affairs.

Originally, Prince Rui was the most suitable candidate, but when the emperor was unconscious, Prince Rui was the only one by his side, so he had to withdraw to avoid suspicion.

The development of this matter was beyond everyone's expectations.

So when King Rui returned home, he was still feeling a little depressed.

Chen Yan and his two sisters had already prepared a banquet, waiting for their father to come back and entertain him.

When they saw Prince Rui's expression, the three siblings were at a loss.

"Father, what's wrong with you? Did something happen in the palace today?"

The person who spoke was Chen Yueting.

King Rui looked up at his three children and realized that he had not seen them for several months.

Chen Yueting looked rounder than before and his complexion looked much better.

Chen Yuerong hadn't changed much, except that today, in order to welcome her father, she specially wore red, a color that she rarely wore, which made her look more bright and like a grown-up girl.

Chen Yan was actually a lot thinner than when King Rui left.

Prince Rui looked at his son and asked distressedly, "Why has Yan'er lost so much weight? Is it because the food in the mansion is not to your taste, or because you have no appetite during this period of time?"

When Prince Rui asked this question, he hoped in his heart that Chen Yan would answer that it was because his father was fighting outside and he had no appetite to eat.

However, Chen Yan could not see what King Rui was thinking, so he told the truth: "What my father said is not true. I deliberately ate less, which is why I am so thin."

“Why do you want to eat less?”

King Rui was puzzled.

"We don't need a bite of food from you in our house."

"Father, you don't understand this. Changqing said that people can't be too fat. Too much fat on the body will not only restrict my movements, but also make me ugly.

Although a gentleman does not judge people by their appearance, he should always pay attention to his own manners. "

"Good good!"

Although what Chen Yan said was not the answer that King Rui wanted to hear.

But the fact that he was so ambitious and wanted to be a gentleman made King Rui very satisfied.

"Father, the kitchen has prepared wine and food. Would you like to sit down and eat some more?"

Chen Yueting had already heard that Prince Rui and his deputy general were invited to the palace.

King Rui shook his head.

Chen Yueting added: "The bath water is ready. If father feels too tired, just wash up and rest early."

The children's warm words dispelled many of King Rui's worries.

He forced a smile and said, "I am a little tired. You should all go to bed early. I will have dinner with you tomorrow."

After saying that, he turned around and went back to his room.

Chen Yan looked at his father's back and asked in confusion: "Sister, was father like this before?"

"Which one before?"

Chen Yueting also looked at his father's back without taking his eyes off him.

"It was when he came back from the war." Chen Yan said, "Why do I feel like my father is not very happy?"

"Father is just unhappy!"

Chen Yuerong replied.

"I remember one time, my father went to war and came back home after a long time. My sister and I had been waiting for him at the door. When he came home and saw us, he immediately hugged us both and asked us if we were cold or hungry. He also blamed us for not going to bed earlier."

As she spoke, she recalled the scene of that day.

Although many years have passed, the scene is still vivid in my mind.

"No matter how tired my father is, he will always talk to us for a while. But today, he must be worried about something." Chen Yuerong blinked, a little worried.

"What could that be?"

Chen Yan also scratched his head.

"Okay, stop guessing."

Chen Yueting greeted his younger brothers and sisters, "Since father didn't tell us, it means he didn't want us to know, or didn't want us to worry.

Let’s stop imagining this.”

"Your brother-in-law will come pick me up later. After I leave, you two should go to bed early."

"I know, sister!"

Chen Yuerong blinked.

"Brother-in-law really can't leave sister for a day now. He knows that father is back and he won't let you live in the mansion."

Chen Yuerong's face was slightly hot, and she tapped her sister's head with her finger: "What nonsense are you talking about? I'm used to going back and forth. What's more, the store is closed at this time every day, so it's just a matter of convenience for your brother-in-law to pick me up."

"Okay, okay, I know you're shy, I won't say anything more. It's almost time, hurry up and get ready and wait for your husband to pick you up."

Chen Yueting smiled helplessly and went back to his room to change clothes.

Only Chen Yuerong and Chen Yan were left in the front hall, and Chen Yuerong became the one whose words carried weight.

"Brother, don't think about it. Go back and rest quickly." Chen Yuerong advised when she saw that Chen Yan was still frowning.

"Yuerong, I don't think this matter is that simple. Since my father won't tell me, why don't we ask someone else tomorrow?"

"Ask who?"

Chen Yuerong was also a little worried.

"Of course it's my aunt!"

Chen Yan smiled and said, "Have you forgotten that it was Aunt who accompanied Dad to Northern Xinjiang this time? If anything happened over there, Aunt would definitely know."

"Yup!"

Chen Yueting suddenly realized, "Let's go ask Miss Lu."

"By the way, I can also see Changqing!"

Chen Yan continued.

"Who wants to see him? Why did you mention him for no reason?"

Chen Yueting's face felt a little hot.

Chen Yan was puzzled, "What's wrong? Can't I mention it? But I see that every time Brother Chen Yan comes, you will talk to him!"

Chen Yueting glared at his brother and said, "When a guest comes to our house, of course I have to talk to him. Can I just keep silent and pretend I didn't see him?"

"Yes, we are all familiar with each other anyway, so it's okay to take a look at it. Anyway, I am very happy that I can see both my aunt and Changqing tomorrow."

Chen Yueting looked at Chen Yan's expression and felt that he must have been overthinking it.

My brother is simple-minded, so he shouldn’t be able to see anything, right?

wrong!

Chen Yueting shook his head, feeling a little annoyed.

"What on earth am I thinking? There was nothing wrong in the first place, what can I see? Isn't this just trying to cover up the truth?"

The next day, King Rui got up early and went to the military camp.

Chen Yueting ordered the butler to prepare the carriage. The brother and sister randomly selected two gifts from the warehouse and headed to the Prince Qin's Palace.