Su Peisheng applied some menthol oil on the fingertips of both hands and massaged Big Fat Orange's head.
Big Fat Orange sat back on the kang, closed his eyes, felt the coolness of the menthol oil, and finally felt better.
His feelings towards Old Fourteen were very complicated. After all, they are brothers from the same mother.
If it was just because of the Empress Dowager's partiality, he might not confine the old fourteenth circle to the imperial mausoleum.
Even if Old Fourteen wants to seize the throne, as a victor and a defeated rooster, what can't he forgive?
What he deeply hated was his younger brother, Lao Shi4. Even if she doesn't help him, she still regards him as her own brother as her mortal enemy.
Helping Lao Ba, an old enemy, to fight for the throne with him is really abominable!
But now, he finally understands. The fourteenth child and the eighth child are not as wholehearted as they show.
Maybe it was a youthful spirit at first, and he sincerely helped, but the late emperor was too capable...
When the eighth child was rebuked as the daughter of a lowly woman from Xinzheku and could not inherit the throne, the fourteenth child had grown up.
He directly gathered most of the forces that Lao Ba had built over the years. He had the strength to stand up and compete with his brother.
The fourteenth child wants to be the fisherman who makes a profit in the struggle between the crane and the clam. But he was not the white crane who couldn't see the situation clearly.
The eighth, ninth, and fourteenth children are no longer anything to worry about. Only the old eleven are left, and they have always been dissatisfied with him as the emperor...
Big Fat Orange suddenly said, "Su Peisheng, do you think Prince Dun is still thinking about saving Lao Ba Lao Jiu and the others?"
"For this reason, they are spreading rumors outside, slandering me that I got the throne improperly and that I tampered with the imperial edict and robbed the Fourteenth."
"Even some of my elder brothers are not my own, but I have found them..."
These words were so dirty that Big Fat Orange couldn’t say them out.
Su Peisheng had seen many big events. He stood beside the emperor when he ascended the throne.
Looking down at the ministers, governors, and relatives of the emperor, they paid homage to Big Fat Ju.
He can handle such a big scene. Just now in Chuxiu Palace, when Big Fat Orange fainted, he was still in danger.
But after hearing what Big Fat Orange said just now, Su Peisheng was so panicked that he even forgot how to kneel.
He just spread his hands and said incomparably, "Your Majesty, where did you hear this nonsense!"
"The late emperor...it is clearly written in the late emperor's edict that you are of noble character and deeply respected by the late emperor. You are the legitimate successor!"
"Furthermore, when the late emperor was seriously ill, he asked you to offer sacrifices to heaven on his behalf, but Shi... was still out fighting. If the late emperor had the intention to sin against his ministers, how could he make such an arrangement!"
"As for the fact that my brother is not the emperor's biological son, it is even more nonsense. The person who said these words should be quartered and executed!"
Big Fat Orange snorted coldly and said angrily, "What you said is correct, but most of the people just follow your words. Most people regard these rumors as palace secrets and as fodder for tea talk and laughter after dinner."
"They just grasped this point and couldn't compete with me in court, so they spared no effort to smear me."
"Not only do you want me to be the laughing stock of everyone while I'm alive, but you also don't want me to rest in peace even if I die!"
The Buddhist beads in Big Fat Orange's hand flew past Su Peisheng's ears with a gust of wind.
After falling to the ground, several of the beads were cracked. There were one or two that were broken into several pieces.
Su Peisheng's knees softened, and as he knelt down, a thought suddenly flashed in his mind.
The emperor's exercise these days is really not in vain, otherwise how could he have such great strength.
Even the beads made of agarwood can be broken!
"Your Majesty, calm down. The imperial physician has said that you must have a good rest and you must not be angry again!"
Big Fat Orange took a few heavy breaths. Chanting the Buddha's name can indeed make people calm down. After throwing out the beads, his tone suddenly became much smoother!
"No problem."
"I know my body well."
"Xia Yi is coming in. I have something for him to do."
