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The rain continued for several days, and most of the territory of Yong Kingdom, from north to south, was covered in intense rain and fog.This abnormal weather caused the people with surplus food to close their doors and wait for the rain to finish their work. The court also stopped its morning court for a few days due to the continuous rainstorm.

The wind and rain have come, and the sky is getting dark.

Zhao Xu was currently in the Daming Palace, where the emperor rested.Ambergris wafted out from the gold-carved smoke cage, and wisps of white mist-like incense clouds scattered into the hall and became invisible.

The man in the yellow robe lying on the couch now had a pale complexion, pale lips, and the wrinkles on his face were crowded together, like a walnut.

The day before yesterday, the emperor passed out suddenly after eating the golden elixir newly practiced by the sorcerer.Zhao Xu entered the palace and stayed there from yesterday to today, but his father did not improve.He already knew that those golden pills were just deceptive things, how could they be harmless to the human body if they were made with mercury and cinnabar?However, the emperor never listened to his advice on this matter, and every time he said it, he would have to blame him.In the past, Zhao Xu never cared about those blames because of his body, but since he accompanied his senior brother back from Qishan, his mood has changed a lot, and he has also calmed down on this matter.

The imperial doctor said that the emperor was poisoned because he had taken too much mercury and accumulated it together.The emperor was old, nearly seventy years old, and his body could not bear a serious illness. After this, he was afraid that he would be powerless.

Zhao Xuping retired from the imperial physician, and still asked them to cook the prescriptions for regulating Qi and nourishing the body, and fed the emperor to drink medicine when the time came.Although everyone knows that this is just a temporary sigh of relief, but it is better than nothing.

The emperor still hadn't woken up, his eyes were tightly closed, Zhao Xu was accompanying by the couch, not moving, the hall was so quiet that only the sound of rain remained.

The sound of the rain became urgent again, crackling, and Zhao Xu could imagine the scene of the raindrops as big as pearls and jade hitting the glazed tiles of the palace, shining brightly and shining brightly.

I don't know how long he waited, he didn't sleep all day and all night, but he didn't feel tired.

An old and feeble voice sounded, although it was weak, it was still heard amidst the noise of the rain.Zhao Xu hurriedly went to see him, the emperor was so stuffy in his throat that he couldn't get out, and wanted to get up, Zhao Xu gently helped him up, and patted him on the back again.

The sound of coughing in the empty hall was shocking, as if he wanted to cough up his lungs.

Zhao Xu's heart ached, he picked up the warm medicine beside him, and said in a low voice, "Father, it's time to take medicine."

But the emperor trembled, pushed the medicine cup aside with his hand, and said: "I won't drink it anymore, it's bitter."

"My son brought candied fruit."

"No. I know my own body."

The emperor pushed away the medicine cup, and looked at Zhao Xu with turbid eyes, with a hint of guilt hidden in the depths, "Emperor, I am sorry for you and your concubine mother..."

"..."

When Zhao Xu heard about his mother and concubine, his heart trembled, he lowered his head and did not speak.

It took a long time before she opened her mouth, but the words were astonishing: "Mother Concubine must have been very sad at that time."

"……I"

The emperor was startled, but unconsciously did not use the word "zhen".The guilt in my heart was like a dark cloud outside the palace, pressing into a ball, covering all the clarity.

The emperor opened his lips, wanting to ask, what exactly did he know?

But the ears that are not deaf have already heard the sound of fighting and killing that cannot be concealed by the rain outside the temple.

"Here! What happened outside the palace?" the emperor asked anxiously.

Zhao Xu was also surprised, he didn't expect the prince to come so soon.

The little eunuch who stumbled in was completely pale with fright, trembling for a long time before kneeling down on the ground, saying that the crown prince plotted against him, he had already brought soldiers into the Daming Palace, he wanted, he was going to force the palace!

The emperor sat slumped on the couch, as if being poured from head to bottom by a basin of cold water, but the anger in his heart suddenly ignited, one cold and one hot, his blood surged up instantly, and he spit out a mouthful of warm blood.

The blackened blood was so eye-catching, Zhao Xu wiped it off with a handkerchief, his hands trembling uncontrollably.

"Nizi, Nizi!" The emperor was in a hurry, and while talking, he couldn't stop the blood from flowing out.

Zhao Xu hurriedly put a handkerchief against his lips, and repeatedly comforted him, he has his own ideas, so let him not worry.But the emperor didn't listen to anything, and repeated the sentence of "Nizi" until his voice became weak, and he passed out again.

"What are you doing in a daze?!" Zhao Xu was anxious and sad, and when he looked down, he saw that the little eunuch was still slumped to the side, and he didn't know how to help him.

As if waking up from a dream, the little lady monitored Zhao Xuhuan, and hurried over to help the emperor to lie down on the couch again. He acted in a hurry and even fell in the middle.