Emperor Qitai immediately vomited blood after hearing the news, and before he even had time to give more specific orders, the whole person fainted.

In the evening of that day, all the imperial doctors of the Tai Hospital were summoned to the palace, whether they were on night duty in the palace or not.

Astute people have sensed some precursors of upheaval.

Chen Yicong's day passed as usual.

He got up early in the morning to greet Emperor Qitai, and then quickly returned to the cabinet to continue to read the excerpts, but it was about to fall into the night, and the maid beside the Zhen family came over in person, asking him to put down the work in his hand and hurry back to the palace.

Chen Yicong guessed something, but he didn't dare to follow the guess - at least in the morning, he also chatted with his father.

During this period of time, Emperor Qitai was pale, and he was not always cold to him as before.

The weak father finally put on a gentle face towards him, but from the gaze of Emperor Qitai, Chen Yicong always felt that something was wrong, and his sick father seemed to have a lot of fear.

When the two of them were talking, he rarely looked him in the eye as he used to.

Chen Yicong didn't understand what all this was, he thought that maybe it was because the illness had consumed people's spirits, so his father was reluctant to look into the eyes of others.

Or maybe his father did something wrong - Chen Yicong didn't dare to look at Zhen's eyes when he made a mistake.

He asked his mother, Master Zhang and Master Sun, but no one would tell him what happened on the night when the Yang Xin Hall was besieged by Song Bozong.

Why did my father get sick after that night?

But he always felt that his father would slowly get better.

But now, what is the reason why my mother suddenly summoned me to the palace.

……

There were many people standing outside Sanxi Hall.

Zhang Shouzhong and Sun Beiji were also in the crowd.

Zhang Shouzhong's eyes were red again—he really didn't expect Emperor Qitai to take such a sharp turn in his body after hearing the news from the frontier.

"Shouzhong," Sun Beiji called in a low voice, "...... You see, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has come down. ”

With the sound of the eunuch's report, Chen Yicong appeared at the door of Sanxi Hall.

Everyone was silent for a while, and their eyes were on His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who was striding over.

Chen Yicong tied her hair with a jade crown, which looked even more majestic under the lights at night.

Behind Chen Yicong, a column of guards followed closely - people recognized this special armor, this is the mausoleum keeper who returned from Yongling.

"Your Highness, you can't bring troops in." Emperor Qitai's personal eunuch greeted him, "After all, this is ......"

Chen Yicong realized the inappropriateness of this matter at this time, he turned around and gave a few orders, and the mausoleum keeper withdrew from the courtyard of Sanxi Hall.

Sun Beiji stared at the future prince of the Great Zhou in front of him, and Chen Yicong's royal spirit in his gestures made the old man's eyes a little hot for a while.

Zhang Shouzhong saw a little emotion in Sun Beiji's eyes, "What is the elder thinking?" ”

"I think of the time when the first emperor first ascended the throne." Sun Beiji said in a low voice, "At that time, the emperor was younger than the crown prince now, but the bearing on his body was the same......

It wasn't until Chen Yicong entered the gate of Sanxi Hall two or three steps that Sun Beiji withdrew his gaze, he looked at Zhang Shouzhong, and said in a low voice, "Shouzhong, don't blame yourself for today's incident, I think, maybe it's a good thing." ”

Zhang Shouzhong was stunned for a moment, and then immediately understood Sun Beiji's deep meaning.

After Chen Yicong entered the gate of the main hall of Sanxi Hall, the palace people immediately went to the inner room to spread the word. But I don't know why, but it took about a quarter of an hour for the palace inside to come out and call him in.

When waiting outside, Chen Yicong knew the general situation from the palace who had been serving here, and it turned out that after Zhang Shouzhong came to report in the afternoon, the emperor had not been very good, and even in his sleep he exclaimed, "The golden man is coming."

After hearing this, Chen Yicong suddenly remembered the emperor's grandfather's advice to him before the trip, and his heart was mixed for a while.

Entering the house, Zhen and several eunuchs were taking care of them in front of the emperor, and a few doctors were preparing prescriptions on the side.

Through the gauze tent on the collapse, Chen Yicong saw his father lying there.

Zhen turned around and saw that Chen Yicong had come, so he leaned over and whispered softly in Emperor Qitai's ear.

Emperor Qitai slowly opened his eyes.

Chen Yicong was stunned there - only a few hours before and after, his father's face had already revealed the situation of the next life, and the hard work of the days had made Chen Yicong a little numb - since the death of the emperor's grandfather and his escape, his life was almost filled with the affairs of the prison country, and he had no time to think about anything else.

And at this moment, all the complicated court affairs disappeared in an instant, and his father's eyes turned over, which made Chen Yicong's heart rise a burst of desolation.

Zhen held back tears and beckoned to Chen Yicong.

Chen Yicong's throat moved, and he knelt in front of Emperor Qitai.

The Imperial Physician retreated in a sparse manner, and the room fell silent.

Emperor Qitai pushed Zhen's hand, "...... You, you go out, let me ...... Let me and Cong'er ...... alone. But for a while. ”

Zhen was stunned for a moment, but slowly got up and walked out.

Chen Yicong was a little instinctively scared.

What are you afraid of? Chen Yicong couldn't say clearly, this fear was almost engraved in his bones, making him a little afraid to face his father who seemed to be dying soon.

He was afraid to face this matter alone, although he had overturned and refuted this father in his heart I don't know how many times, as if he and his father were standing on opposite sides of the scale, when he almost felt that he was going to be able to bear all the difficulties and expectations of his father......

Suddenly, my father was about to fall off the scales.

Chen Yicong slowly approached the bed, and Emperor Qitai suddenly held his hand at this moment.

……

Zhen wept in the side hall, she only lit a candle on the table, etc., and the whole room was extremely dark. After a while, Chen Yicong walked in with some heavy steps.

Zhen was slightly stunned, "Why did you come out?" ”

"I've finished what my father wants to say to me," Chen Yicong said with his head down, "Master Zhang and Master Sun have just entered...... I'm here to see the Queen Mother. ”

Zhen sighed in a choked voice.

“…… What did they say? ”

Chen Yicong's eyes fell to the ground, "He said that I want to take responsibility, and I will pick up the burden of the world in ......the future."

Zhen's eyes immediately turned red, she took a slow breath, turned her face away, and didn't look at the prince again.

“…… He also said, let me not blame him and beg me to forgive him. ”

Chen Yicong's voice trembled a little, and there was a slight doubt - he didn't know why his father said this to him, although he did have some disobedience in the past few years, he had never resented this father in his heart.

Or is it that he has inadvertently done something that he didn't pay attention to to make his father have such worries?

"Mother...... I ......" Chen Yicong didn't know how to speak, he was suddenly full of self-blame, if he knew that the separation was today, he would definitely spend more time with Emperor Qitai's sickbed.

Zhen lowered his head and buried his face in the palms of his hands.

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