After Princess Duan died of illness, the emperor stayed in his palace for two or three days before preparing to make an imperial edict and make the sixth prince the prince.
The sixth prince is seven or eight years younger than Zhou Ruiyuan, and is only twelve or thirteen years old now.
Perhaps because he was not raised well in his mother's womb, his intelligence was impaired after birth. Now he can only read the Three Character Classic at the age of twelve or thirteen. As for poetry, he basically knows nothing about it.
The emperor thought about it and realized that he did not have many sons. Although this son was a bit stupid, he was honest and with the care of the ministers, he should be able to secure the throne.
It is better than being snatched away by the Third Prince after he dies.
However, just when he was about to write the imperial edict, he suddenly heard the eunuch coming to report, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it's not good!"
"What's wrong? What's wrong?" The emperor immediately put down his pen and asked.
The eunuch knelt down and lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, the Sixth Prince was just climbing a tree in the Imperial Garden and accidentally fell from the tree."
"What?!" The emperor stood up suddenly, "How can I let him climb a tree?" ?.?????.???
The eunuch trembled, his little face turned pale with fright, "Your Majesty, His Highness is the one who insists on climbing the tree, and we can't stop him."
The emperor strode out and said, "Why don't you take me to have a look!"
The eunuch stood up quickly and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."
The emperor hurried to the sixth prince's room, where a group of imperial doctors gathered around.
The sixth prince lay unconscious on the bed.
The emperor came over and asked seriously: "How is the injury of His Highness the Sixth Prince?"
The imperial doctor stepped forward and said, "To return to the emperor, His Highness the Sixth Prince fell from a tree and happened to hit his head. Although he was not seriously injured, he remained unconscious."
The emperor angrily said: "What do you mean you are not seriously injured and you are still unconscious?"
The imperial doctor replied: "There is no fear of life, but he hit his head, so he is unconscious."
This time the emperor understood what he meant and softened his expression and said, "Then when will he wake up?"
After pondering for a moment, the imperial doctor frowned and said, "It could be three days, it could be three months, it could be three years. His Highness's injury is really weird, and there is nothing I can do!"
The emperor's beard trembled as he heard this, "In other words, you don't even know when he will wake up?"
The imperial doctors knelt aside and responded together: "Yes, Your Majesty."
The emperor was stunned on the spot. He held on to the chair beside him and almost fell down.
Although there are many concubines in his harem, they have few heirs. There are only a few useful ones for the prince, and he is afraid that there will be no candidate for the prince now.
The eunuch helped the emperor back. On the way, he thought of the three princes who had been driven out of the palace by him, and his heart was filled with regret.
If he had known this, he and the queen would have lived a peaceful life with their three children. If they were around, he would not have to worry about these things.
Any one of the three of them picked at random would be better than the few crooked melons and dates now.
The eunuch advised from the side: "Your Majesty, don't worry, you are still young and can have a few more children."
Since the death of Concubine Duan, the emperor has lost interest in the affairs of the harem.
At this time, another old eunuch came over and said, "Your Majesty, there is news about the Queen."
The emperor immediately became energetic and asked him quickly: "Where are they now?"
The old eunuch said slowly: "Your Majesty, I heard that the Queen is in a village."
"Which village?" the emperor asked anxiously.
The old eunuch hesitated and said: "I don't know which village it is. I just heard that the Queen is married in the village."
"What, marry? She is married? She is my queen, who should she marry?!" the emperor angrily scolded, his face turning purple because of his anger.
The old eunuch quickly advised: "Your Majesty, please don't worry. This is just a rumor, and it may not be true."
The emperor tried his best to calm down and said sternly: "You, help me check it out immediately! Hurry!"
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The emperor sent several waves of people to look for Aunt Zhou and the others, but every time they returned without success. He had lost confidence now. When he heard that she was getting married, his heart felt like a knife.
However, rumors are just rumors after all. Aunt Zhou is not in a hurry to remarry yet. She is now focused on following her eldest daughter-in-law to help take care of the family.
These days, Du Wanchun took Aunt Zhou and Zhang Qiuhe to pick flowers to make perfume and rouge.
The previous balm was just for fragrance, but this time the balm is for beauty.
After Du Wanchun prepared it, he put it in the rouge shop and sold it together with rouge.
The three of them first looked for some flowers on the mountain, and when they arrived at Zhuangzi, they found a flower forest on the mountain behind Zhuangzi.
Dozens of medicinal herbs are planted behind the flower forest.
Aunt Zhou was shocked when she saw it, "I didn't expect so many herbs to be grown in this village."
