One of the people who came to call him was the great eunuch Guo Huai'an, and the other was Li Gang.

By the time the prince finished washing up the next day and came outside, the two of them couldn't wait.

"Master, Gonggong Guo, do you have anything to do with me?"

Guo Huai'an hurriedly said, "Oh, my prince, why did you wake up, Your Majesty...... The emperor is sick! ”

Zhao Tianci was stunned for a moment, "Sick?" Is it serious? ”

Guo Huai'an said, "I don't know what's going on, I was fine yesterday, but I can't move when I wake up at night." But fortunately, you can still eat, but you can't go to court, please hurry up. ”

Zhao Tianci glanced at Li Gang and saw that he kept glancing at him, so he said to Guo Huai'an, "Gonggong Guo, you go back first, I'll go over right away." ”

"Okay, the prince, you can hurry up, the emperor is in a hurry." After Guo Huaian finished speaking, he made a call to Li Gang and left.

Seeing that Guo Huai'an was walking away, Li Gang pulled the prince over and said in a low voice, "Prince, I'm afraid the emperor's illness won't get better for a while, and the prince must prepare early." ”

Zhao Tianci was stunned for a moment, "Prepare early?" What are you going to prepare? ”

Li Gang's face changed, "Please prepare for the crown prince to ascend the throne as soon as possible." ”

Zhao Tianci looked at Li Gang with a strange expression, "Master, do you know that my father will be sick?" ”

Li Gang shook his head, "Prince, I don't know. But as your master, I will say something that only the identity of a master can say, this country needs a monarch who is brave and strategic, and who dares to be arbitrary, and the emperor is not today, but you are the crown prince. ”

"Do you want me to ascend the throne as emperor as soon as possible?"

"It's not us, it's the situation!" Li Gang said, "The emperor can't come to the court, and the prince is on the throne." This is a must. It is also the wish of the four of us, especially the old Xiangye, who hopes to see a Zhongxing monarch appear in the Great Song Dynasty before he dies. ”

Zhao Tianci didn't say anything more, but his intuition told him that this matter might not be so simple.

Coming out of the prince's mansion, he took a small sedan chair and rushed all the way into the palace.

Zhao Gou's illness came very strangely.

These days are relaxing. His appetite was also opened, every meal was smooth, and he ate a lot, but he usually didn't exercise much, so he just felt bloated by chance last night, and he didn't pay much attention to it, but when he woke up in the morning, he found that his limbs couldn't move.

The imperial physician of the Imperial Physician's Pavilion called him all over again, but he couldn't get his hands and feet back to sense. Zhao Gou suddenly felt that his hands and feet were probably going to lose their function like his lifeblood.

In addition to fear, he thought of the most important thing: call the prince!

The crown prince almost ran all the way, at this time Zhao Gou can't have anything to do, it doesn't matter whether he ascends the throne or not, the key problem is that he is not ready at all.

"Father, what's wrong with you?" Zhao Tianci rushed to Zhao Gou's bed and asked anxiously. Even the few concubines sitting in front of the bed didn't have time to greet them.

Zhao Gou smiled bitterly, "Emperor." Father's body...... It's useless. ”

Imperial Physician Pan said on the side, "Prince, the emperor's limbs are weak, and he is no longer driven by his will, and the ministers have been studying and discussing for a long time, but they have not come up with an idea. I'm afraid it's not easy! ”

Zhao Tianci didn't have a good impression of these so-called imperial doctors in the imperial hospital at all, if it weren't for the fact that this Imperial Doctor Pan was his grandfather, I am afraid that he would have been blasted out long ago.

"I'll take a look!" Zhao Tianci jumped on the bed, pulled Zhao Gou's arm and pressed it carefully a few times, "Father." Do you feel it? ”

Seeing his anxious appearance, Zhao Gou couldn't help but feel moved and relieved in his heart, he nodded and said, "Emperor, I feel that there is, but I can't use my strength, I don't know what's going on." ”

Zhao Tianci carefully pressed and kneaded his joints, in fact, he didn't know if it was useful, the little knowledge of Chinese medicine in his mind was not even half a bottle, so he simply pressed it blindly.

After a busy day, he was sweating profusely and sat on the bed, "Father, you can't be fine, I'm not ready!" ”

Zhao Gou sighed and said, "You go out first, I have something to say to the prince." ”

After everyone withdrew, Zhao Gou's eyes showed a strong warmth, looked at Zhao Tianci and said, "Son, my father has experienced great glory and humiliation for most of his life, and he can only say that he was born at the wrong time." Although you are young, your mind is early enough to bear the burden of a country, but you can ...... After all, you are still a child, if this is not the case, my father is still ready to accompany you for another two years, and then I can rest assured that he will pass on the throne to you. Now I can only let you take charge in advance. ”

Zhao Tianci helped Zhao Gou to sit up, and added two cushions behind him, "Don't worry, even if your son visits famous doctors all over the world, you must cure your father's illness." ”

Zhao Gou smiled, "Actually, my father's bigger illness is here." He pointed to his chest, "No one can cure this disease." ”

Zhao Tianci was a little in a daze, and Zhao Gou didn't seem to care too much about his illness.

"So, since God told me to retreat, then I will retreat. Child, you are a royal bloodline, you can't choose this, and you can't escape the same burden. Whether my Zhao clan can survive or not depends on you in the future. After speaking, tears appeared in Zhao Gou's eyes, and he turned his head slightly sideways and closed his eyes.

Zhao Tianci was speechless.

What else could he say? It's not that he doesn't think he's the material to be an emperor, and he hates to resist the way of doing things by means from the bottom of his heart, but once he sits in that position, how can he do it without a few means?

Coming out of the palace, Zhao Tianci immediately issued an edict in the name of the prince's mansion, summoning famous doctors from all over the world, and after being personally selected by the prince, he was sent to the palace to treat the emperor.

The things here can't be stopped, and at the same time, the court can't not be up, without Zhao Gou accompaniment, Zhao Tianci suddenly felt that the chair behind the dragon book case had become very terrifying, which made him hesitate again and again before he sat down carefully.

Zhao Gou is sick, the prince is alone in the court, the ministers have different mentalities, no matter how smart the little prince is, he is a child after all, without Zhao Gou, this is immediately a situation where the ministers are strong and the lords are weak.

Zhao Tianci was indeed unprepared, and glanced at the minister standing below, "There is something to enlighten Qin, and there is nothing to retreat from the dynasty!" ”

Lu Yihao walked out of class with his head held high with a wat board, "His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister has something to do!" ”

Zhao Tianci was stunned for a moment, but when he saw that it was him, his heart was a little relieved, this old man would never give himself any problems.

Lu Yihao bowed down and said, "I recently heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has received a few dusty women, is this matter serious?" ”

Zhao Tianci was stunned, and said in his heart, did this old man take the wrong medicine? How can you ask about it when you open your mouth?

Lu Yihao said with a straight face, "The prince is the important weapon of my Great Song Kingdom, and every word and deed is implicated in the national system, His Royal Highness the prince has a noble status, how can he be mixed with people in the dust?" This is a big mistake. ”

The more Zhao Tianci listened, the more annoyed he became, and said coldly, "Lord Lu, what do you want to say?" ”

Lu Yihao knelt on the ground and said loudly, "The prince is at fault, the fault lies with the emperor, please remove the four princes from their posts, hand them over to the criminal department for punishment, and take the name of the prince!" ”

As soon as he said this, the hall was quiet, and Zhao Tianci sneered, "This matter is done by me alone, what does it have to do with the four masters?" ”

Lu Yihao said, "The prince is immoral, how can a teacher stay out of the matter, the minister asked the prince to give an order, remove the four people, and appease the hearts of the courtiers and the people." ”

Zhao Tianci paced out from behind the Longshu case, "According to Lord Lu's meaning, if I don't send those eight people away, the courtiers will be uneasy, and the people will be uneasy?" May I ask Lord Lu, what are they uneasy about? ”

Lu Yihao said, "The prince is in the court, presiding over the country's major affairs, and he should rule the world with virtue, and the morality is not good, and the world is unknown, which is the ancient precept of the sage." ”

Zhao Tianci stood there without speaking, his eyes rolled, "What about the others?" What do you mean? ”

"The ministers seconded it!" A dozen more ministers knelt down.

Zhao Tianci pursed his lips, "You even have to take care of my private affairs, it seems that even if I ascend the throne as the emperor, I can't be my own master, right?" ”

Lu Yihao said, "A gentleman has something to do, and a gentleman should be more cautious in his words and deeds, be careful everywhere, and think that he is an example in the world, which is an eternal principle." ”

Zhao Tianci sighed, "What a pity! ”

Lu Yihao was stunned, "What does the prince mean by this?" ”

Zhao Tianci said, "Those eight people are very important to me, no matter who says anything, I will not send them away." At the same time, my four masters are extremely important to me, and in the same way, no matter who says anything, I will not offend them, Lord Lu, don't you think it's a pity? ”

Lu Yihao was stunned and said, "The prince is pro-government, and the first priority is to appease people's hearts and stabilize the overall situation, and accepting good words is the way to go." The prince must not insist on going his own way, so that the court situation is turbulent and people's hearts are unstable, which is very unfavorable to my Great Song Dynasty! ”

Zhao Tianci thought for a while and said, "I remember what Master Lu said, and when I think about it, how about answering you tomorrow?" ”

Before Lu Yihao could say anything, Zhao Tianci waved his hand, "My father is seriously ill, and curing his illness is the top priority, and other things will be discussed for the time being, and he will retreat!" With that, he turned around and left.

Back at the Prince's Mansion, Zhao Tianci was angry, he saw that Zhao Yiyan was still there, called him over and said in a low voice, "Yiyan, go back and ask your father, if Lu Yihao and those people are not clean, if they are not clean, let him have a straight play." ”

Zhao Yiyan was stunned for a moment, "Who are the princes talking about?" ”

Zhao Tianci said, "Although you say what I say, he knows who it is. ”

Zhao Yiyan saw that his expression was not good, and guessed that he had been wronged in the court, so he didn't ask any more questions, and turned around and left.

When he came to the inner room, Liang Hongyu and the others were sitting and talking together, and when they saw that he looked bad, they asked, "Xianggong, what's wrong with you?" Is the emperor's illness serious? ”

Zhao Tianci sighed and said, "It's quite serious, except that I can still speak and think normally, I don't have the ability to act at all." ”

Gu Hong'er came behind him and gently kneaded his shoulder, "Xianggong, isn't it good that he's sick, we can do our thing." ”

Zhao Tianci held her soft little hand and said, "Hong'er, how can it be so simple, today in the court, I have already felt it, many people still treat me as a child and want to be the master for me." By the way, has the notice to recruit famous doctors into the palace been issued? Has anyone come to answer the call? (To be continued.) )