"Knock knock~" With the drum of the palace in the palace sounded three times, the time has come to the third watch, usually at this time the palace has already been martial law, absolutely no one is allowed to move around at will, but today is a little special, there are still a lot of attendants and palace maids on the road in the palace in a hurry, especially the vertical arch hall where Zhao Ji lives, it is even brighter.

In the dormitory of Zhao Ji in the vertical arch hall, Zhao Yan and Empress Gao, Empress Xiang and others were quietly guarding Zhao Ji's bedside, everyone did not have the slightest sleep, Cao Yan sat on the side of Zhao Ji's bed with a tired expression, three fingers pressed on Zhao Ji's wrist, and was quietly taking his pulse.

As time passed, I saw that the expression on Cao Yan's face became more and more solemn, and after a while, he shook his head at the Empress Dowager Gao and the others and said: "Empress Dowager, Your Majesty's pulse is vague and chaotic, and his breath is extremely weak, even if he drank the medicine I prescribed just now, there is still no big improvement, I'm afraid ...... Alas~"

Cao Tong didn't finish his words, but with his last sigh, the Empress Dowager Gao, who was originally standing, suddenly sat down in the chair and didn't stand up for a long time. Cao Tong is known as the first miracle doctor of the Great Song Dynasty, and many people who are dying have been pulled back by him from the ghost gate over the years, so Empress Dowager Gao also regarded Cao Tong as the last glimmer of hope, but now that he heard that he was powerless, this was simply a death sentence for Zhao Ji, I am afraid that there is no one in this world who can save him.

"Grandfather, if you let the Zhilu Ancient Divine Medicine use his acupuncture technique, is it possible to save the eldest brother?" Zhao Yan proposed again with some reluctance at this time, Zhilugu and Cao Yan's medical skills are not comparable, but the two also have their own strengths. For example, Zhilugu's acupuncture technique is unique in terms of life extension.

However, for Zhao Yan's proposal, Cao Yan shook his head with a wry smile and said: "Son-in-law, you don't know, no matter what kind of acupuncture and moxibustion technique, in fact, it is all about urging the vitality in the human body, so as to achieve the purpose of curing diseases and saving people." However, His Majesty used to be busy with government affairs, often not resting all night, which consumed a lot of vitality in the body, coupled with the heavy illness of His Majesty during this time, and the loss of qi and blood was terrible, so it was even more painful, and the effect of acupuncture in this case would be much worse. ”

When he said this, he saw Cao Tong pause for a moment, and then suddenly sighed and said, "Of course, these are not the main reasons. In fact, long ago, His Majesty had asked Zhilugu to perform a life-sustaining acupuncture for him, and it was that acupuncture that enabled His Majesty to survive until now, otherwise His Majesty might not have been able to do it a month ago, but that life-sustaining injection had already exhausted His Majesty's remaining vitality, and if he forcibly performed acupuncture to continue his life, I am afraid it would only be counterproductive! ”

"What!" Zhao Yan also screamed in shock again when he heard this. He never expected that Zhao Ji had already used acupuncture to continue his life before, no wonder he felt that Zhao Ji's spirit was much better for a while before. At that time, he thought that Zhao Ji's condition was starting to improve, but he didn't expect that it was Zhao Ji who was overdrawing his life.

"Divine Doctor Cao, please tell me the truth, how much time does Your Majesty have left? When can I wake up? At this moment, I saw that the queen who had not spoken suddenly asked, before she heard the news that Zhao Ji was not long in coming, and immediately fainted. Although she woke up later, her spirit was extremely poor, and her face was extremely pale, but at this time she was still standing there stubbornly, with a bit of determination on her always weak face.

"This ......" saw Cao Tong hesitate for a moment at this time. Finally, he finally spoke, "Empress Qiyu, Your Majesty's body has run out of oil, even if we do our best to treat it, I'm afraid we can only hold on for another seven days at most, as for wanting Your Majesty to wake up, it is not difficult, you only need to invite Zhilugu to administer acupuncture." ”

"Seven...... Seven days. When Queen Xiang heard this, her face suddenly became pale as paper, her body was also shaky, and she was about to fall, the palace maid next to her hurriedly stepped forward to help, but she was pushed away by Queen Xiang, and then saw her salute Cao Tong and said, "In this case, there will be Lao Cao Divine Doctor in the past few days, and there is also the Zhilugu Divine Doctor, please also ask him to enter the palace as soon as possible, and then wake up Your Majesty, so as to set the position of the crown prince as soon as possible!" ”

"Not bad!" When Empress Dowager Gao heard Empress Xiang's words at this time, she immediately came to her senses, wiped the tears on her face and said, "Your Majesty is not only the son of the mourning family, but also the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, and he is responsible for maintaining the safety of the world, so it is natural to put state affairs first, and the matter of establishing a prince must not be delayed!" ”

When Empress Dowager Gao said the above words, her eyes looked at Zhao Yan intentionally or unintentionally, but Zhao Yan didn't say anything about it, she still stood there motionless, and it seemed that she hadn't woken up from the blow of Zhao Yan's only seven days left.

Seeing that Zhao Yan didn't move, Empress Dowager Gao didn't seem to have the idea of asking for his opinion, and immediately ordered someone to go out of the palace to invite Zhilugu, but when the sky was slightly bright, Zhilugu finally rushed to the palace, at this time Zhao Yan had already woken up from his grief, but he didn't have much reaction to Zhilugu's rescue of Zhao Xu, because he knew that this was Empress Dowager Gao and Empress Xiang guarding against him, after all, he was now serving as regent, if he had any bad intentions, then I'm afraid no one could stop him.

Zhao Yan is naturally very clear about the thoughts of Empress Dowager Gao and Empress Xiang, but he is disdainful of this, because he has no interest in the throne at all, even if Zhao Ji personally says that he wants to pass the throne to him, I am afraid he will not accept it, especially after serving as regent during this time, he is so busy every day that he doesn't even have time to get along with his children, if he sits on the throne again, I am afraid that he will be even more involuntarily, so whoever likes to do this drudgery will do it, anyway, he doesn't want to do it anymore.

Zhilugu's acupuncture and moxibustion skills are worthy of being the first in the world, although they can't save Zhao Ji's life, but after he administered the needle, Zhao Ji really came to his senses, which made Zhao Yan, Empress Dowager Gao, and Queen Xiang all surround in surprise, and when Zhao Ji opened his confused eyes and saw the three people closest to him in front of him, his pale face actually showed a little smile.

"Big brother, how are you feeling now?" Zhao Yan asked first, in fact, he wanted to know why Zhao Ji wanted to hide his own condition, but Zhilugu said that Zhao Ji would not be awake for a long time, so there were some things that he couldn't ask, so as not to waste time.

I saw that Zhao Yan heard Zhao Yan's words and rolled his eyes to look at him, and then pulled the corners of his mouth to show a reluctant smile, and did not rush to answer his words, but swept the people in the hall with his eyes, and when he saw that Cao Yan and Zhilugu, the two divine doctors, were there, and their expressions were different, they also guessed something in their hearts, and then said to Zhao Yan: "Three...... Third brother, I hid my illness before, I hope you don't blame me! ”

"Big brother~" Seeing that Zhao Yan was already so far, the first thing he did after waking up was to explain to himself about concealing his illness, and asked him not to blame himself, which made Zhao Yan's tears gush out at once, and the grief that he had endured just now finally couldn't bear it anymore, and he couldn't help but cry in front of Zhao Ji.

Zhao Yan had always been very strong before, because after Zhao Yan fell, he was the only one left in the entire Great Song Dynasty who could call the shots, so he had to be strong, but after Zhao Yan woke up, he didn't need to maintain this kind of strength anymore.

Zhao Yan cried like this, and Queen Xiang also felt sad, and when she came to Zhao Ji's side, she just wanted to say something, but she was gently held by Zhao Ji's hand, and the husband and wife had the same heart, and the Queen Xiang was also in tears at the moment, and sat down next to Zhao Ji and didn't say anything.

It was only at this time that Zhao Ji raised his head and showed a pale smile to the Empress Dowager Gao next to him and said: "Queen Mother, the sons are not filial, I'm afraid I have to take the first step, and I won't be able to fulfill my filial piety by the side of the Queen Mother in the future!" ”

"Huang'er~" Empress Dowager Gao also cried bitterly when she heard this, no matter how strong she usually was, but when facing the pain of losing a child, her performance was no different from that of an ordinary woman.

Seeing the emperor's family crying together, without mentioning the matter of Lichu, the only one who could speak in the hall was Cao Tong, Zhilugu and Huang Wude, but Zhilugu was not a Song person, and he would definitely not speak at this time, as for Cao Yan, he was very suitable, but he has always regarded himself as a monk, and he has long ignored mundane affairs, let alone take the initiative to meddle in the affairs of the court.

Seeing this, Huang Wude, the commander of the Imperial City Division who was extremely loyal to the emperor, sighed helplessly, and waited until the Empress Dowager Gao was almost crying, and then he stepped forward and reminded softly: "Empress Dowager, Your Majesty is rarely sober, it is better to settle the matter as soon as possible!" ”

Hearing Huang Wude's reminder, Empress Dowager Gao finally came to her senses, and immediately stopped her sad voice and said: "Emperor, after I discussed with the queen and King Yue just now, I think you should set up the crown prince as soon as possible, so as to stabilize people's hearts and avoid any chaos in the future!" ”

Empress Dowager Gao was afraid that the matter of the reserve would make Zhao Ji unhappy at this time, so she deliberately pulled Queen Xiang and Zhao Yan up, but Queen Xiang was indeed the first to propose the matter of establishing a prince, but Zhao Yan didn't say a word from beginning to end, and now she was also forcibly pulled by Empress Dowager Gao, and she couldn't defend herself.

Hearing Empress Dowager Gao mention the matter of Lichu, Zhao Ji's pale face also showed hesitation, and his brows were furrowed, but after a while, he suddenly looked at Zhao Yan, and then said softly: "I want to talk to the third brother alone!" (To be continued......)

PS: My daughter was hospitalized last night.,Today's two chapters are in the hospital.,But it's too noisy here.,It's hard to stack.,The update may not be on time.,But the old fish will try to keep two more every day.,I hope you will support more.。