Chapter 503 Your Majesty Can't Hold on for Much Longer

Beijing, Imperial Palace.

The condition of Emperor Xuan is getting worse day by day.

He used to be tall, but now he is skinny.

Although Zi Su uses a lot of precious medicinal materials to prolong Emperor Xuan's life every day, Emperor Xuan's condition is getting worse and worse. He coughs up blood every day and can't eat anything.

Yesterday he barely drank half a bowl of porridge.

Today he didn't eat anything.

If he hadn't taken medicine every day, he would have died a long time ago.

Now he is sometimes unconscious and sometimes awake.

Eunuch Quan stayed by the bed, looking at Emperor Xuan with a haggard face, and kept wiping tears.

Zi Su has been staying in the palace these days... He has lost a lot of weight.

At this time, a tall and fair-skinned young man walked in from outside.

Zi Su and Eunuch Quan bowed and saluted.

"Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

A month ago, Emperor Xuan reappointed the left and right prime ministers.

Li Hanru was appointed as the left prime minister.

The right prime minister re-employed the former Taiwei Zong Sibai.

Zong Sibai is also a character, both civil and military, and he was promoted to the position of Taiwei... But a few years ago, he was demoted in a political struggle with the left prime minister and remained silent for several years.

Now he was re-employed by Emperor Xuan.

At the same time, the two were also appointed as regents.

Moreover, Emperor Xuan also appointed a crown prince.

No one expected that the Sixth Prince would be the biggest winner in this battle for the throne.

But Emperor Xuan had no choice.

The deposed crown prince was demoted and guarded the imperial mausoleum.

The second prince died early.

The third prince was beheaded for treason.

The fourth prince led troops outside and had no chance of the throne.

The fifth prince killed his father and treasoned, and he was also beheaded.

There is an order of seniority.

The Sixth Prince has not made any mistakes, so he cannot be appointed as the crown prince over other princes.

Moreover, although the Sixth Prince is old-fashioned, he is well-read and more suitable than other princes.

No one expected that the Sixth Prince did nothing and got a big bargain.

These days, the government affairs are handled by the Sixth Prince.

Although he was unfamiliar with handling government affairs, with the help of two regents, Li Hanru and Zong Sibai, there was no big trouble.

The Sixth Prince waved his hand, "No need to be polite!"

He came to the bed, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed respectfully.

Although Emperor Xuan was asleep.

But the Sixth Prince paid great attention to rules. Whether Emperor Xuan was awake or unconscious, his etiquette was always in place.

After the Sixth Prince saluted, he stood up and looked at Zi Su, "Miss Zi Su, is your father better?"

Zi Su leaned over and said, "Your Majesty's condition is getting worse... But I will do my best and wait until Ning Chen comes back."

The Sixth Prince frowned, his face full of worry, "God bless, I hope Mr. can come back soon."

The Mr. he was talking about was Ning Chen.

"I hope my father gets well soon. I really can't take on the responsibility of the Great Xuan."

As he said that, he looked at Quan Sheng, "Eunuch Quan, you have been with my father for so long? Can you tell me how my father usually handles problems related to Mr. Xuan?"

Eunuch Quan was confused, "This old servant doesn't understand what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince means?"

The Sixth Prince sighed and said, "Ninety percent of those memorials are impeachments against Mr. Xuan... I really don't know how to deal with them?"

Eunuch Quan said, "Your Majesty has always ignored these memorials."

The Sixth Prince frowned, "But these are the opinions of the ministers. It's not in accordance with the rules to ignore them?"

Eunuch Quan frowned slightly and bowed his head and said, "Anyway, Your Majesty does this."

Just as the Sixth Prince was about to speak, a violent cough sounded.

The Emperor Xuan woke up from coughing.

Eunuch Quan hurried to the bedside and gently helped the Emperor Xuan to breathe.

The Emperor Xuan coughed up blood again.

"Father...!"

The Sixth Prince ran to the bedside, his face full of worry.

Zi Su frowned. If this goes on, Emperor Xuan will not be able to hold on for long... a month at most. If Ning Chen still can't come back, Emperor Xuan is completely hopeless, and the Immortal Ice Lotus is useless.

"Father, how are you?"

The Sixth Prince's eyes were red, and tears were rolling in his eyes.

The Emperor Xuan's face was thin, his eyes were dim, and he shook his head with difficulty, "I, I'm fine... You took the order in a critical moment, it's hard for you, are you handling the government smoothly?"

The Sixth Prince hurriedly said: "With the help of the Left and Right Prime Ministers, everything is going well."

"That's good, that's good..." Emperor Xuan looked towards the outside, with a hint of expectation in his eyes, "Ning, is Ning Chen back?"

Eunuch Quan wiped his tears and comforted him: "Soon, the prince should be back soon."

The Emperor Xuan's eyes were dim, and he murmured: "It seems that there is no news at all... I don't know if I can wait for him. I really want to see this stinky boy again. One glance."

Eunuch Quan cried and couldn't speak, "Your Majesty, the prince will definitely come back. He knows that Your Majesty is thinking about him and will definitely come back."

"I'm afraid I can't wait for him...!"

The Sixth Prince wiped his tears, "Father, I have something to ask you...Recently, I found that 90% of the memorials submitted are impeachment of you. How should I deal with them?"

Emperor Xuan said weakly: "Are you talking about Ning Chen? Just ignore those memorials."

"You must treat Ning Chen well. As long as Ning Chen is here, the barbarians will not dare to invade my Great Xuan...After I leave, you must hold a wedding for Ning Chen and Huai'an on my behalf."

"Ning Chen seems to be bohemian, but in the end the relationship... As long as you are good to him, he will be good to you. He doesn't like red tape, so you have to be more tolerant. After I leave, you must treat him well... Remember?"

The Sixth Prince leaned over and said, "My son, I remember!"

"But Father, the opinions of the ministers cannot be ignored. This is against the rules... In recent days, a large number of officials have been sick at home."

"If the memorial to impeach Mr. is ignored, I am afraid that more and more officials will be sick at home, leading to chaos and catastrophe."

"Damn..." Emperor Xuan was furious, "How dare they do this before I'm dead? If I'm gone, wouldn't they want to rebel...cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough..."

Emperor Xuan was so angry that he coughed violently, his lips were red, and he coughed up blood again.

"His Majesty...!"

"Father...!"

Eunuch Quan and the sixth prince were shocked.

Emperor Xuan stopped coughing, but he fainted.

"Miss Zisu, hurry up, girl Zisu..."

Zisu stepped forward quickly, looked at the Sixth Prince, and said, "Your Highness, please stay out of the way!"

The sixth prince nodded repeatedly and said in panic: "Miss Zisu, you must heal your father, you must heal him...!"

Zisu said nothing and hurriedly checked on Emperor Xuan's condition.

As the inspection continued, Zisu's pretty face became extremely solemn.

If Ning Chen doesn't bring back the Wugou Ice Lotus, Emperor Xuan won't be able to hold on much longer.

...

At this time, Ning Chen was not far from the capital.

But he was injured.

Pan Yucheng and others were all injured to varying degrees.

At this time, twenty or thirty corpses were lying around them.

I can't remember how many times this was the first time they were assassinated.

Ning Chen held the rebar with both hands and his legs trembled.

After traveling for more than ten days, they were exhausted to the extreme.

Although everyone is good at equestrian skills, they have been galloping day and night, and the inner thighs have been worn to pieces.

Ning Chen's butt hurt so much that he didn't even dare to touch the saddle, so he could only rely on the stirrups to half squat and half sit.

But the inner thighs are simply unavoidable.

There were only six of them left now.

After running around for days and assassinating again and again, the four accompanying Ning'an Army generals were seriously injured. Ning Chen left them at the post station to recuperate.

Even though Ning Chen had developed the Qi, it had been exhausted in the past few days... In the battle just now, he was hit by a knife. Fortunately, the wound was not deep and not fatal.