Chapter 1127 Old Prince Xiao
The next day, just after breakfast, the emperor's illness broke out again.
The second prince, who had dealt with the affairs of the court in the middle of the night, got up late because he was old and couldn't bear to stay up late. He didn't rush over until the emperor entered the small dark room.
As soon as the man stood still, his father-in-law came to report, "The second prince, Prince Xiao, is outside the Qianqing Hall asking to see the emperor."
The news that the emperor was ill had already spread, but no one knew the extent of his illness.
The emperor's illness has always been treated by Doctor Bai, without going through the hands of the imperial physician. Therefore, the imperial physician has no idea about the emperor's physical condition.
Doctor Bai has a tight mouth and will not leak a single word of what should or should not be said. Some civil and military officials want to learn about the emperor's condition from him, but they are always ignored by him. Therefore, the emperor's The illness was a secret, which made the civil and military officials feel uneasy and had trouble sleeping and eating. They wanted to know the emperor's true condition, but they were unable to do so.
Prince Xiao was the grandfather of the late empress, the father of the head of the state, and the grandfather of Concubine Xiao. Ever since the emperor fell ill, he had tried every means to learn about the emperor's condition. However, the palace where the emperor lived was occupied by the Yinlin Guards. Three circles outside and three circles are tightly guarded, and not even a little bit of information can be revealed.
No one was allowed to approach the palace two hundred meters away. Even if the emperor's concubines and concubines asked to see the emperor, they would be blocked by the Silver Lin Guards.
Old Prince Xiao tried his best, but couldn't find a solution. Finally, he simply went out in person and asked to see the second prince, hoping to ask something directly from the second prince's mouth.
The second prince frowned and told the young father-in-law, "Take the old prince to Yong'an Palace and wait. Tell him that he is talking to Doctor Bai and will go there in a while."
After a while, the old prince had to wait for nearly an hour. The anxious old prince lost his patience, but he did not dare to break into the palace.
Finally, the old prince waited for the second prince.
Before the second prince could sit down and take a sip of tea, the old prince said anxiously, "Second prince, how is the emperor's illness? When can he return to court early? The civil and military officials are looking forward to the emperor's early return to court every day. .”
"I will naturally go to court early after my illness has recovered. Prince Xiao, this is what you are asking for when you ask to see me?" The second prince sat down and looked at Prince Xiao with a pair of sharp eyes.
When the emperor first came to the throne, he made the daughter of the Xiao family the queen. At that time, the emperor's throne was not yet secure, the civil strife had not been resolved, and foreign enemies were eyeing him. He and Chu Xuanyu were busy cleaning up the Lu family's gang members. As for the others, It was left to Prince Xiao, a veteran of three dynasties, to turn the tide.
While Prince Xiao was helping the emperor secure the throne, he took the opportunity to devour many fragmented remaining forces, making the Xiao family's power grow stronger.
At that time, the relationship between the emperor and the queen was relatively harmonious, and the emperor was a benevolent and righteous king. He turned a blind eye because of the Xiao family's merits in serving the dragon.
Unexpectedly, the emperor's approach allowed the Xiao family to act more aggressively behind the scenes, and as a result, the Xiao family became more and more disorganized and a little crazy.
Later, the first empress fell out of favor and failed to give birth to a legitimate son for the emperor. The Xiao family were worried that the Xiao family would lose power because of this, so they tried their best to send another legitimate daughter of the Xiao family into the palace, so that the sisters could serve one husband together. .
After Concubine Xiao entered the palace, she used her relationship with the former empress to try her best to get the emperor to favor her and get her pregnant as she wished. However, she later had a miscarriage and the child was not saved. However, the year before last, she got pregnant again as she wished. got pregnant and gave birth to a bastard last year.
After the late Queen passed away on New Year's Eve last year, the Xiao family tried their best to help Concubine Xiao to the throne of the Queen, in order to preserve the Xiao family's prosperity, wealth and power.
Unfortunately, to everyone's surprise, the emperor actually asked to marry a maid from Prince An's palace. This is really ironic.
There are countless noble girls in the entire capital, but none of them are as popular with the emperor as a little maid from Anjun Prince's Mansion.
This made the people of the Xiao family extremely angry, but they did not dare to explode. Therefore, the people of the Xiao family put the blame on Prince Anjun's house.
However, Prince Xiao has lived for a long time after all, and he can be regarded as a thousand-year-old fox. Although he is unwilling to let the Xiao family daughter miss the throne of the queen, in the end, the queen died first, and the momentum of the Xiao family also disappeared. Halfway down, the people of the Xiao family became much more low-key and no longer dared to be as crazy as before.
Otherwise, without the first empress, the Xiao family will continue to run rampant. The first person who will not let the Xiao family go will definitely be the emperor.
As for Concubine Xiao, she has never been favored by the emperor since she entered the palace. Even if the emperor occasionally favors her once or twice, it is just like other concubines, there is nothing special.
As for her bastard son, as soon as he was born, he was sent to the Queen Mother to be educated like other princes and princesses.
Therefore, just one concubine Xiao is not enough to make the Xiao family dare to act unscrupulously.
The Xiao family has kept a low profile for nearly a year, but the emperor has secretly suppressed many forces, making the Xiao family's life worse than the last and extremely difficult.
This time, the people of the Xiao family heard that the emperor was ill, and that the illness was very serious. The thoughts of the people of the Xiao family became vivid again.
You must know that the queen entered the palace not long ago and had not yet given birth to a child. Therefore, the emperor did not have a legitimate son in his name, but only a bunch of bastards. If something happened to the emperor, he could only choose one from a bunch of bastards to inherit the throne.
As for the Xiao family... no need to ask, the first one to support is of course their own nephew.
Old Prince Xiao said with a serious and upright face, "The emperor is seriously ill, and he does not allow me to visit, so it is reasonable for me to be anxious. I am here today because I was recommended by the civil and military officials to ask the Second Prince, When will the emperor’s illness be cured?”
This is the specific date.
However, how could the Second Prince know when the Emperor would be well?
He was still hoping day and night that the emperor would recover soon. However, seeing the emperor like this and Doctor Bai being helpless, the second prince really didn't know what to do.
The second prince was also worried that the emperor's illness would remain bad, and he might even... die from such pain. But she was worried in her heart, but it didn't show on her face at all. He said calmly, "Civil and military officials I'm worried, I understand , I also asked the old prince to give them a message. I will take care of the affairs of the government. If they want to go to court early, fine, they will have an early court tomorrow. I will inform Eunuch Li to add a dragon chair next to it. Chair.”
This means that he will take the place of the emperor when it comes to the morning dynasty.
As for the dragon chair that the emperor sits on, although he is the second prince and the emperor's elder, he is also the emperor's minister. He dare not sit on it. He is worried that if he sits on it, someone will make up gossip. Therefore, he let Eunuch Li. Add a chair next to the dragon chair.
(End of chapter)