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Chapter 123 I am the emperor, the supreme ruler, and a lonely man
When several old doctors arrived breathlessly carrying medicine boxes, the old emperor was already lying flat on the dragon bed.

"Your humble servant greets the Emperor, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and His Royal Highness the Imperial Concubine. I greet..." The head of the Imperial Hospital, the Crown Prince, was stopped by the Crown Prince before he could finish paying his respects to everyone. "Director Huang, there's no need to be so polite. Let Father take a look first!"

"Yes." Huang Yuanzheng took a few deep breaths and walked to the bedside with the other imperial doctors. Before he started to take the emperor's pulse, his heart skipped a beat just by seeing the emperor's face. He was afraid that the emperor might be in trouble this time!

He stretched out his hand anxiously and began to feel the emperor's pulse. The more he felt, the more uneasy he became. The emperor's pulse clearly showed that he was on the verge of death!
"How?" Seeing him withdraw his hand, the prince asked hurriedly.

"This..." The old doctor looked at the emperor's closed eyes, exchanged a glance with the other imperial physician who had just taken the old emperor's pulse, hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Highness, please excuse me for a moment."

The prince immediately understood what was going to happen. After a moment of hesitation, he nodded and walked to the side with the old man.

"No need, I know my own body well, just say whatever you want to say here!" The old emperor still did not open his eyes and spoke weakly.

"This..." The old minister was looking at the prince and didn't dare to speak.

"Tell the truth!" The prince closed his eyes and said in a hoarse voice.

"...Yes." The old court official and a group of imperial doctors knelt tremblingly on the ground. He pondered for a moment and then said, "In my opinion, your Majesty's health has reached the end of its life. At most, he has three to five days left..."

The entire hall suddenly fell silent after these words were spoken.

Regardless of whether it was a performance or genuine emotion, everyone's eyes were red, and Concubine Feng even started to cry without hesitation. Surprisingly, the calmest person was the emperor himself.

"I understand. Now I want to be alone and quiet. You all should go out!"

"Your Majesty, let me stay with you!" Concubine Feng threw herself on the bed with a tearful face and said in a sad voice.

"No need! You have been with me for half my life. I want to be alone for a while in this last period of time. Let's go!" The emperor kept his eyes closed while speaking.

"But Your Majesty..." Concubine Feng was naturally reluctant to leave at this time, but her son and that bitch Zhao Jieyu were still waiting in the side hall. She had to deal with them before the prince, so she had to go with the flow and leave.

The next people to leave were several old doctors from the Imperial Medical Bureau.

When the prince tucked the old emperor's quilt and was about to leave, the old emperor called him, "Qingye, please stay and talk to me!"

"Yes!" The prince had not been called by this name for a long time, and he did not react for a moment, but he quickly covered it up and obediently sat down on the stool next to the dragon bed.

"What happened outside just now? What did the third brother do? I only heard one thing and didn't hear it completely." The old emperor didn't beat around the bush and asked directly.

"This morning, the Imperial Concubine came to Luquan Palace with a group of royal relatives and guards. She seemed very confident that I was having an affair with someone. Just at this time, there was a noise from the side hall. Following the Imperial Concubine's instructions, the guards went in and found that my third brother and Concubine Zhao were doing something obscene inside." The prince narrated what had happened before in a few words.

He originally thought that the old emperor would be as upset as before, and he was ready to ask Eunuch An to call the imperial physician back again. However, he never expected that the old emperor was so calm that his expression did not even change.

"Father..."

"The third brother is such a person! He has no ambition and thinks highly of himself. Like his mother, he thinks others are fools, but what's the result?" The old emperor sneered, a gleam of light flashing in his cloudy old eyes. He turned his head and looked at the prince with a half-smile, "Are you playing along or outwitting him?"

The Crown Prince choked and answered honestly, "He wanted to plot against me to defile the palace, but I knew about it in advance, so I took advantage of his plan."

"If I leave this matter to you, what will you do?" "Your son... Your son will sentence Concubine Zhao to death, demote your third brother to a commoner and confine him in the mansion for the rest of his life... He will not be allowed to go out for the rest of his life." The prince hesitated for a moment, but still expressed his true thoughts.

"Haha, hahaha..." The old emperor suddenly laughed, "Yes, your answer is much better than I expected. Do you know how the Third Brother would treat you if you and he were in different places?"

"Probably...behead him immediately after announcing it to the world?" The Crown Prince's uncertain tone made the old emperor laugh again. "Yes, he will definitely ruin your reputation and then kill you!"

Prince: “…”

"I heard that you sent your son out of the capital?" Perhaps the old emperor found his son's expression very interesting, and he suddenly asked another question.

The prince was almost unable to follow this leap of thought. He was stunned for a moment before answering, "Nothing can be hidden from Father."

The old emperor seemed to have not expected that the prince would tell him the truth honestly. He was stunned for a moment, and then burst into laughter again. This time he laughed even harder, causing him to cough violently. The prince hurriedly stood up and patted his chest and back, and finally managed to ease his cough.

"Father, let me call the imperial physician to treat you again!" said the prince, standing beside the bed with his eyes lowered.

The old emperor waved his hand, "No need! There's only so much time left. I don't want to listen to any more of their nonsense medical theories, nor do I want to drink any bitter medicine. Just let me have some peace and quiet!"

"But Father..."

"Don't say buts. Let me ask you, have you hated Father over the years and are you disappointed in him? Do you think he's unfit to be the ruler of this country?"

Upon hearing this, the prince immediately knelt on the ground with his head touching the ground, "I dare not!"

The old emperor did not ask him to get up, but murmured: "I dare not, not that I don't have it."

The prince quickly changed his words and said, "I dare not, and I don't have any."

"Alright! You don't need to explain. I understand. Among all of you brothers, I rely on you the most, but you are too sentimental. Although the Crown Princess is virtuous, she is too weak in character. If she were to become the Empress, I'm afraid she wouldn't be able to control the concubines who would come after her, so..."

"So father got rid of her for me." The prince said.

"Yes, when I ascended the throne, the late emperor once told me that being an emperor possesses supreme power, but it also means boundless loneliness. I cannot be controlled by any emotions. I must be a true loner. I have achieved this."

"Then, father, are you in pain while doing all this? Were you in pain when you lost our mother? Are you in pain for having trusted treacherous ministers over the years and allowing the Grand Tutor's lineage to control the government?" The prince couldn't help but ask with red eyes.

"Controlling the government? You think too highly of Feng Xing. As for suffering, how can I not suffer? Humans are meant to have emotions, and forcibly erasing them is naturally painful. But I am the emperor, the supreme ruler, and I am alone. I cannot suffer."

"So, Father began to seek the immortals and ask the way?"

The emperor did not answer. He turned over from lying on his side to lying flat on his back and slowly closed his eyes. "I am tired. You can go down!"

"······yes!"

"Let's take care of the third brother's affairs by the way!" The prince had already walked to the door when the old emperor's voice came from behind him.