Passing through the outer hall, Jiang Yunzhou saw the queen and his mother-in-law Ning Fei sitting on their knees in the inner room. There were three concubines beside them. They all looked at him with some surprise.
He nodded slightly to Concubine Ning, turned around and walked inside.
The inner room is very large, divided into three floors. Through a curtain, it is separated from the dragon couch by a screen carved with dragons and phoenixes.
The room was very quiet, Jiang Yunzhou could clearly hear Jin Huang's hoarse breathing, like the noise from an old bellows, and the breath was extremely uneven.
Jiang Yunzhou frowned, is it so serious?
"Your Highness King Qin, please come inside."
In front of the screen, a middle-aged man in fire-scale feathers bowed to him and pointed his finger to the side of the screen.
He had never seen this person before, but the one who was guarding Jin Huang at this time was most likely the mysterious envoy of the Imperial City.
Passing through the screen, the sight before him gave him a chill.
In front of the hospital bed, the old doctor Bai Suzi, with white beard and hair, sat beside the bed, his white eyebrows furrowed, his right hand holding a withered arm like a skeleton, bursts of milky white halo overflowed from his fingertips, along the withered The arms slowly surged upward.
The Jin Emperor on the sickbed was almost humanoid. His cheeks were sunken and as dry as tree bark, as if all the moisture and vitality had been drained away. Except for his strangely red eyes, the rest of his face was gray and white.
Jiang Yunzhou was stunned for a moment, then bowed quickly: "Meet my father."
"Um…"
A low groan came from the depths of Jinhuang's throat, his bloodshot eyes glanced at him, and then he nodded towards Bai Suzi.
Bai Suzi turned to look at Jiang Yunzhou, and said in a hoarse and low voice: "Can I have a look at the immortal elixir that His Highness the King of Qin asked the commander-in-chief to pass on?"
"That's natural."
Jiang Yunzhou responded, immediately took out the jade bottle from his sleeve, poured the purification pill into his palm, and held it in front of Bai Suzi.
I saw that the elixir was exuding light green fluorescence, crystal clear, and there was a vague fragrance of refreshing vegetation that hit my nostrils. The smell of it made me feel refreshed.
The moment he saw the elixir, the wrinkles on Bai Suzi's face spread instantly, and an unconcealable look of excitement appeared in his eyes.
I don't know if it was a psychological effect, but Jin Huang on the bed smelled the smell and even breathed a little more evenly.
Bai Suzi gently pinched the purification pill with his left hand, looked at it carefully, put it to the tip of his nose and smelled it, raised his white beard lightly, turned to face Jin Huang and said:
"Your Majesty, I dare not use spiritual power to detect it, for fear of affecting the efficacy of this elixir. Therefore, I cannot confirm whether this elixir has the effects mentioned by His Highness King Qin. However, just by watching and smelling, I can conclude that this elixir does have a certain effect. This pure life force will definitely be helpful to Your Majesty, and it is up to Your Majesty to decide whether to take it or not."
Emperor Jin looked at the elixir in Bai Suzi's hand, with a hungry look in his red eyes. He took a deep breath and turned to look at Jiang Yunzhou intently.
Seeing this, Jiang Yunzhou raised his hands and said solemnly:
"Since that Dream Fairy can remove my brain disease and give me magical skills, I believe that the elixirs given to me will not be fake. Please trust me!"
"Do you want to be the emperor..." Emperor Jin suddenly asked.
His voice was like wind blowing through dry leaves, hoarse and fragile.
Jiang Yunzhou shook his head decisively: "On the day of the night banquet, the emperor told his father all his thoughts. There has been no change. He only hopes that his father will be in good health and live for another fifty or sixty years, so that he can be a free king with peace of mind."
"Ah…"
The Jin Emperor squeezed out an ugly smile on his withered cheeks, then turned his head and called out: "Sheng..."
"Old slave is here." The eunuch Sheng Changchun immediately leaned over to the bed.
"It's passed down...to the Grand Tutor...to the Duke of Zhenguo."
"Here!" Sheng Changchun heard this and left quickly.
Soon, several urgent footsteps came from outside. Grand Tutor Wang Anming and Duke Chu Tianyao hurriedly walked around the screen. When they saw the Jin Emperor on the bed, they were shocked and turned pale. They knelt down quickly:
"See Your Majesty!"
Emperor Jin raised his hand slightly and continued to speak in a hoarse voice:
"Master..."
"Old minister is here!" Grand Tutor Wang Anming's old voice had a hint of trembling.
He came from the Wang family in Taiyuan, and was the teacher who taught Emperor Jin. He watched Emperor Jin grow into a great leader, and witnessed with his own eyes the great achievements he created. He was not a father and son, but he was better than a father and a son.
Now looking at the Jin Emperor like this, I couldn't help but feel very sad in my heart, and my pair of turbid eyes instantly turned red.
"remember…"
Taifu understood, and immediately took a pen and paper from the table next to him, and crawled on the ground to prepare for recording.
Emperor Jin took a deep breath, endured the sharp pain in his meridians like sandpaper, and said in a deep voice:
"I will appoint King Wei as the crown prince."
Hearing this, the tip of the Taifu's pen trembled, and he and Duke Zhen looked up at the Jin Emperor with their eyes widened, with astonishment on their faces.
Taifu Wang Anming was surprised and said: "Your Majesty, this move may cause turmoil in the government and the public..."
Duke Zhenguo also clasped his fists and echoed: "That's right, Your Majesty, those clans and families..."
"snort!"
Jinhuang let out a cold snort from deep in his throat. Under the astonished gazes of several people, he actually used his skinny right arm to prop up his body and struggled to sit upright on the edge of the bed.
Even though he was as skinny as wood and his cheeks were sunken into the bones, he still had a formidable power, especially his fierce eyes. Even the Duke of Zhen, whose strength had reached the realm of life and death, felt a little intimidated.
"Clan?"
"This is my kingdom. Could it be that I want to give it to an evil beast who will piss me off to death! Cough...cough cough cough..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Jin Huang was excited and suddenly coughed violently.
"His Majesty!!!"
Everyone stepped forward one after another, but Emperor Jin raised his hand to stop them.
"Your Majesty, take care of the dragon's body. I am remembering it, remembering it!" Taifu quickly comforted him, waving the brush in his hand.
"The Duke of Zhenguo..."
"The old minister is here!"
"I...if I can't survive tonight, please lead a battalion of dragon and tiger riders to personally welcome the King of Wei back to the capital...and help him ascend the throne. Can you do it?"
"Old minister, I will definitely fulfill my mission!"
"Yunzhou..."
Jiang Yunzhou cupped his hands and stepped forward: "Your Majesty is here!"
"Open the dark drawer next to the bed." Jin Huang turned his head slightly and looked at the corner of the bed.
Jiang Yunzhou stepped forward as he was told, and groped around the corner of the bed for a while, and sure enough he found a secret box. He pulled out the secret box, and there were five tiger charms of different colors inside, which were obviously made of spiritual crystals.
Jiang Yunzhou respectfully handed the wooden box to Emperor Jin.
Emperor Jin touched several tiger talismans with his skinny fingers, and then pulled out a tiger talisman made of gold spiritual crystal, with a powerful red character engraved on it: Wu.
He handed the tiger talisman to Jiang Yunzhou and said in a deep voice: "If this elixir is ineffective, you will go to Lingnan overnight, bring... this talisman to recall the Jin Wu Army, cooperate with the imperial army, and consolidate the defense of the imperial capital... Anyone who takes the opportunity to cause chaos... even King Yu , you can also..."
"Kill without mercy!!!"
"My son, take your orders!"
Jiang Yunzhou bowed to accept the tiger talisman, and couldn't help but admire Jin Huang's courage.
Obviously the Emperor of Jin knew that passing the throne to King Wei would lead to chaos, but he still made the decision that the long-term pain would be worse than the short-term pain.
Looking at the Jin Emperor in front of him, Jiang Yunzhou became more and more convinced that the plot of the original book could never be fully believed, at least in terms of 'human nature'.
He didn't believe that Emperor Jin gave up giving him the throne just because of Prince Yu's narrow-minded revenge.
Emperor Jin had never considered Prince Yu as his only choice, as was rumored by the outside world.
This move was obviously planned in advance.
This time the King of Wei is touring the country on behalf of the emperor, I am afraid that the Emperor of Jin is plating him with gold and adding prestige. If the illness had not occurred suddenly, the King of Wei would have been crowned with the Nine Pearl Crown when he returned from the tour and became the Nine Pearl Prince like King Yu.
Just now, he heard people talking outside. The Jin Emperor originally had at least two years. Although it was hasty, it was not impossible to establish the King of Wei as the crown prince.
In the original book, due to the relationship between the heroine, two of his sons died in a short period of time, and King Yu successfully presented the holy magic. Emperor Jin, who only had a few months left to live, could only make King Yu the crown prince.
But this time, King Yu failed to perform the sacred art and did such a scandal again. Perhaps he was following the wishes of Emperor Jin.
"You two, please go to the outer hall and wait." Emperor Jin waved his hand.
Seeing the two people leaving, the Emperor of Jin turned to look at Jiang Yunzhou again: "If the King of Wei is also incompetent, to protect my country...you can take his place."
Jiang Yunzhou was startled when he heard this, and bowed: "Father, I'd better verify the abilities of the Four Emperors in person. I believe that this elixir can restore my father to his original state!"
"Okay, I'll just make a bet!"
