The emperor was silent for a moment, and then suddenly said: "The bones of the third child are not yet cold, but the courtiers all say that it is necessary to establish a heir apparent."
"Do you think the fourth prince will become a wise king? Is it right or wrong for me to make him the crown prince?"
The emperor looked a little confused. He was picking and choosing among his five sons. He felt that he was not at ease with whoever was given this position.
The eldest prince disappointed him so much that he deposed him as prince.
Originally I preferred the second child, but the second child also made a mistake. Next came the third and fifth children.
Lao Wu is his favorite son, but Lao Wu is now also imprisoned in the clan mansion.
"You seem to have no other choice now." Su Yizhao didn't know how to answer this question, so he could only seek truth from facts.
The emperor shook his head and laughed when he heard this, "Yes! The only one left is the fourth child, and it can only be him."
"My fourth son is honest and kind, and he always does his best in everything he does. Although he is mediocre, he does not make any big mistakes. He can still maintain his integrity."
Su Yizhao glanced at the emperor, are you telling the truth or not? This father doesn't seem to know his son very well?
The Emperor is! Su Jinxun is! King Duanyang is too!
But Su Yizhao thought about it and still didn't believe it. The emperor was so shrewd, how could he not doubt the fourth prince? He was the only one left, so he had to doubt him anyway, right?
"In the past few days, I heard that Lao Si was distributing medicine outside the city. The refugees were very grateful. I am very pleased that he cares about the people."
Su Yizhao listened to the emperor's words and cursed again in his heart. Why do I think you are so insincere?
"The fourth prince has a kind-hearted nature and cares about the people. He is a blessing to the people. It is his duty to relieve your worries and troubles, Your Majesty."
Su Yizhao said something high-sounding, but the emperor just waved his hand.
"Please give some thought to Lao Wu's case." As soon as the emperor finished speaking, he coughed violently.
"What's wrong with you?" Su Yizhao stepped forward to support the emperor's bent body, and saw Xu Luo, who was guarding outside, coming in.
"Your Majesty?" Xu Luo stepped forward to help the Emperor, but saw that the Emperor was still coughing.
"Ahem! Ugh!" The emperor felt his throat was itchy, so he picked up the handkerchief and put it over his mouth.
As soon as he stopped coughing, Su Yizhao felt that the body in his hands became heavy.
"Your Majesty?" Su Yizhao found that the Emperor had fainted and quickly asked Xu Luo to be the imperial physician.
Outside the imperial study, Su Yizhao suddenly felt very heavy in his heart when he saw the imperial doctors coming in one after another.
"Doctor Xu, what do you say?" An imperial physician came out and Su Yizhao asked quickly.
"Your Majesty, he has been poisoned." Doctor Xu looked solemn, "And it is a chronic poison."
Su Yizhao was horrified, "How is that possible? The emperor's food was tested for poison in advance, how could he be poisoned? Then why didn't you notice when you took the emperor's pulse before?"
Doctor Xu also looked ugly, "This poison is called Xianluo, and it is a kind of poison from the Mia tribe outside the customs. This poison is colorless and odorless, and no symptoms will be seen in the early stage of taking it; in the middle stage, you will start to feel drowsy, look blue and yellow, and...
The cough will not stop; in the later stage, he will cough up blood and become comatose, and he will not take any medicine or stone."
Seeing that Su Yizhao was the only one here, Dr. Xu dared to tell the truth. If other courtiers knew, he would not survive.
"Then the emperor has reached the late stage?" Su Yizhao was shocked, "It's not that there are no symptoms in the middle stage. You always said that the emperor has not recovered from the cold, but why didn't you suspect poisoning?"
"The emperor's condition is good and bad. In addition, the emperor is old, and the symptoms are not consistent with the mid-term symptoms, so we didn't think much about it!
What's more, the Mia tribe was annexed ten years ago, and the bloom was originally cultivated by the high priest of the Mia tribe. The high priest was beheaded as a monster, who would think so much?"
Imperial Physician Xu was also very upset, and at the same time panicked in his heart. He was now afraid that the courtiers would accuse him.
"How long has the emperor been poisoned? Is there an antidote?"
"This poison has been lost for a long time. The high priest is dead, so where is the antidote? The emperor has been poisoned for at least more than a year."
"What? It's been so long?"
Su Yizhao recalled that the emperor's health had indeed been deteriorating since last year, and he did not expect that he was poisoned.
The current situation is whether or not to notify the courtiers, but once notified, the matter will not be guaranteed, and it can easily cause panic.
However, without notification, she would not be able to control herself within the palace, and misunderstandings would arise, saying that she intended to control the emperor.
"When will the emperor wake up? Is there any other medicine that can cure this?" Su Yizhao grabbed Imperial Physician Xu and asked.
"After getting the needle, you'll wake up in about an hour."
As soon as Dr. Xu finished speaking, he heard a sound of sobbing coming from the other side. Su Yizhao turned around and saw that it was the Queen in a phoenix robe?
Isn’t the Queen Empress under house arrest in the Central Palace? In the past few years, even when the palace held banquets to entertain ministers at the end of the year, the Queen Empress never attended.
"Your Majesty!" The Queen cried and wiped away her tears as she rushed towards the royal study.
"I see you, the Queen!"
Su Yizhao quickly saluted. No matter how they came out or how they got the news, she had to salute after all.
However, she, Xu Luo, and several imperial doctors were the only ones who knew that the emperor was unconscious. How did the news leak out?
"Your Majesty! I heard that Your Majesty was poisoned, and I came here to visit you."
The queen cried out pitifully, and then said angrily to Dr. Xu, "Doctor Xu, you are the one who always diagnoses the emperor's pulse? What crime do you deserve?"
Doctor Xu was so frightened that he immediately fell to his knees and said, "I deserve to die!"
"If you can't find the antidote, just wait until your head falls to the ground!" Resentment flashed in the Queen's eyes, and she was about to enter the royal study.
Su Yizhao suddenly took a step forward and stopped in front of the queen.
"Your Majesty! The imperial doctor has ordered that the emperor should not be disturbed before he wakes up."
Why does she feel that the Queen's visitor is not a good person? It's better to stop her first.
The queen's eyebrows suddenly stood up, "How dare you, a small fifth-rank official, to stop me?"
"Your Majesty, the imperial physician has asked the Emperor to rest. When the Emperor wakes up, you can come and visit us again!"
Xu Luo suddenly came out and said to the Queen.
"Imperial doctors? Those are quacks. They can't even detect that the emperor is poisoned. Now that the emperor is in a coma, I naturally have to shoulder the heavy responsibility."
The queen glared angrily, and then ordered someone to take down the imperial doctor.
"Empress, now the emperor still needs the imperial physician to treat him. If you arrest the imperial physician, who will treat the emperor?" Xu Luo quickly dissuaded her.
Su Yizhao watched coldly from the side, and the queen was indeed coming with bad intentions. She took advantage of the emperor's coma and began to monopolize power.
"Of course I'll invite experts from the private apricot forest and recruit wise men to diagnose and treat the emperor."
The queen said, suddenly thinking of something.
"I heard that the emperor has been poisoned by chronic poison for more than a year. The emperor usually has people who test the poison, so the person who poisoned him must be the person closest to him."
The queen pointed at Xu Luo and shouted angrily, "Xu Luo, is it you? It was you who poisoned the emperor, yes or no?"
This book is coming to an end, and there are not many chapters left to be completed. The author will prepare a new book when he has time!