The prince of Zhenguo on the sickbed had been tormented by illness and emaciated, and he relied on the analgesic drugs prepared by Dr. Shi to have a short sleep at this moment. At this time, Duan Chengwen and Duansu County Lord, who were also waiting for news by the bedside, heard the words of Mrs. Zhenguo Gongzi, and the husband and wife couldn't help but glance at each other.

"Sister-in-law, please have something to say." In the end, Duan Chengwen opened his mouth and said. "The eldest brother is now like this, and if the sister-in-law needs the help of our husband and wife, it doesn't matter."

"I thanked you first." The current Mrs. Zhenguo Gongzi has lost her former arrogance, and since Duan Shaoyou's accident, she has also been seriously ill, and her body is now a lot weaker. "I know that my father is coming back to the house today, and I also know what Dr. Shi meant, so I bothered my second brother to run for me and invite my father over. The son is seriously ill, and some things must be explained to his father. ”

"Okay, sister-in-law, don't worry, I'll go over and ask my father to come over." Duan Chengwen saw that the prince of Zhenguo on the sickbed was already less breathing in and out, so he was invited by the prince of Zhenguo.

Waiting outside, all the children under the knees of the prince of Zhenguo, including Sister Meng'er, who rushed back to the mansion of Zhenguo after getting the news, saw Duan Chengwen come out, and everyone immediately surrounded him.

"Second uncle, how is my father?" Duan Shaojiang, the eldest son of the prince of Zhenguo, asked. "My mother didn't allow my brothers and sisters to go in to see my father, and our brothers and sisters were really worried about our father's condition, so we asked my second uncle to tell us the truth."

When Mrs. Zhenguo Gongzi knew what kind of illness her husband was suffering from, and after learning from Dr. Shi what kind of illness the illness would reveal in the end, she ordered someone to stay outside her husband's ward, and did not let anyone go in to see her husband's sick face except for a few strict-mouthed maids and servants around her.

Although she has been married to the prince of Zhenguo for more than ten years, even if she and his husband and wife are mostly not harmonious, but in the end, she and he have three sons and two daughters, in front of all his children, she is determined to save the last trace of face as a father for him.

"Yes, second uncle." Sister Meng came over with tears in her eyes and asked sadly. "My father has been sick for a while, but lately, my mother has not allowed us to go in to see him. Doctor Shi didn't want to say anything more to us, didn't the second uncle want to tell us either? ”

is also a parent, the hard work of the prince and wife of Zhenguo, why can't Duan Chengwen understand?

"Since this is your mother's decision, and I think it is also for your own good, you really have the filial piety to wait outside." The prince of Zhenguo has reached the end of his life, and Doctor Shi has just begun to renew his breath with ginseng tablets, if Duan Chengwen doesn't hurry up and invite Zhenguo Gong over, I'm afraid he won't even be able to see him for the last time. "I'm going to ask your grandfather to come over."

Everyone looked at Duan Chengwen's anxious face and was about to invite the Duke of Zhenguo, who had just returned to the house for a while, to come over, and everyone present understood that they had come over, but they were afraid that the prince of Zhenguo would really die soon.

Duan Chengwen left in a hurry, Sister Yan'er, who had been silent, suddenly cried, and Sister Meng had to step forward and hug her sister.

Before Duan Chengwen entered the courtyard of the town Guogong, he bumped into Duan Lian.

"Ah Lian." Duan Lian is the righteous son of the Duke of Zhenguo, the prince of Zhenguo and the queen have always looked down on him, only Duan Chengwen, who is a concubine, has a better personal relationship with him. "Is my father in the room?"

"Yes, my father-in-law has only been back home for half an hour, and he is now resting in the room." Duan Lian had nothing to do today, so he took Zhenguo Gong back to his home. "But has the prince's condition changed?"

After Duan Lian received the official military position, the Zhenguo Gong bought another house for him not far from the Zhenguo Mansion to live in. However, the prince of Zhenguo has been ill for a long time, and although Duan Lian does not live in the mansion of Zhenguo, he still has heard of it.

"Dr. Shi only came over to see it today, and the eldest brother is on the verge of dying." Duan Chengwen said. "My sister-in-law wants me to come over and ask my father to come over and have a look."

"Then you can get in." Duan Lian hurriedly turned sideways.

Duan Lian took the lead and opened the door, only to see Zhen Guogong, who was supposed to rest, sitting on a chair facing the main entrance.

"The son has seen the father." Duan Chengwen hurriedly stepped forward to greet Zhen Guogong. "Father has been away from the imperial capital for a few months, but is he still well?"

"I'm fine." Although Zhen Guogong said this, the fatigue on his face could not be hidden. "I heard something you said in the yard just now, is it because the boss's body is not good?"

"Yes, father." Duan Chengwen said honestly. "This morning, the eldest brother's condition suddenly deteriorated, and the house immediately invited Dr. Shi, who said that the eldest brother is almost today and tomorrow."

"That's it, that's it, it's all an obstacle." Doctor Shi was an old friend of Zhenguo Gong, and after diagnosing the cause of Zhenguo Gong's son, Shi Dafu sent a letter to Zhen Guogong.

Doctor Shi didn't need to hide it from Zhenguogong, and even the matter that Zhenguogong's son didn't have much time to do was informed of Zhenguogong in the letter. Originally, Zhen Guogong was planning to wait until the weather warmed up after the year before leaving for the imperial capital. But after receiving a letter from Dr. Shi, Zhen Guogong changed his itinerary and decided to return early. It's just that Zhen Guogong is no longer young, and his body can no longer travel under the stars, so he only arrived today.

Although the eldest son was spoiled by his deceased wife, Zhenguo Gong has been very dissatisfied with Zhenguo Gong's son in recent years. But in the final analysis, after all, it is a father and son, and now that the white-haired person is about to send the black-haired person, the iron-blooded Zhenguo Gong can't bear it in his heart.

"Father." Duan Chengwen saw Zhen Guogong's expression clearly. "I'll help you go, you can go and see your eldest brother again."

"Okay, let's go see him." Zhenguo Gong asked Duan Chengwen to support him, but when he got up, he suddenly lost strength under his feet and almost fell, but fortunately, Duan Lian stepped forward in time to support Zhen Guogong.

"Father-in-law, be careful."

"It's okay, it's okay." Zhen Guogong understood his body, and he had been on the road for several days, and his body was indeed a little difficult to support. "Help me through."

When Duan Chengwen and Duan Lian came back with Zhen Guogong, everyone in the outer hall saw that Zhen Guogong was coming, and they all got up to greet him.

"Get up." Zhen Guogong said. "I'll wait outside."

After that, Zhenguo announced that Duan Chengwen and Duan Lian let go of their hands and walked into the room by themselves.

As soon as the prince of Zhenguo entered, the county lord of Duansu, who was comforting her softly beside the prince of Zhenguo, immediately stood up straight.

"The daughter-in-law has seen her father." The county lord of Duansu saluted the prince of Zhenguo.

"Father, you're back." Zhen Guogong, who was originally sitting on the side of the bed, turned her head back to the voice, and she struggled to support her equally weak body to stand up. "The daughter-in-law greets her father."

"The county lord will help her sit down first, and if you are sick, you don't have to care about these false courtesies." Zhen Guogong said with a sigh. "I'm here to see him."

The county lord of Duansu immediately carefully helped the prince of Zhenguo to sit on the vacant chair beside him, and made way for the prince of Zhenguo.

"You rebel, you will not listen to my teachings all your life." Zhen Guogong staggered slightly and sat down on the side of the bed, and when he saw the dying face of his eldest son, he couldn't help but scold. "As a son of the world, I only knew that I was addicted to wine, and I ended up harming myself."

"Father." Mrs. Zhenguo Gong suddenly pushed away the Duansu County Lord beside her, threw herself forward, and knelt down in front of Zhenguo Gong. "The son is hopeless, but when he was still sober a few days ago, he wrote a suicide note, instructing his daughter-in-law to hand it over to his father when he returned."

As she spoke, she took out a folded piece of letter from her sleeve, held it in both hands and handed it to Zhen Guogong.

Zhen Guogong hesitated to take it, but when he opened it, the paper was bright red, which was clearly a bloody book.

"The son knows that he has been a fool all his life, and he has completely failed his father's expectations." Mrs. Zhenguo fell to the ground and wept. "I and the son of the world have not taught the heirs well, so I ask my father to hand over the son of Zhenguo to the second brother after the son goes."

The blood writing is short, the handwriting is also scribbled, and at the same time as the wife of the prince of Zhenguo is crying, the prince of Zhenguo has already read the content of the blood book, and the content on it is completely consistent with the content of the wife of the prince of Zhenguo.

Lord Duansu was shocked when he heard this, and he was so frightened that he took a few steps back.

"This rebel son has not listened to my teachings all his life, and he will say such things to me when he is dying." Zhenguo Gong held the blood book in his hand, his fingertips trembled, and he suddenly turned his head to look at the prince of Zhenguo who was kneeling in front of him, and asked. "That's what he thinks, what about you?"

"Father, the daughter-in-law and the son are of the same mind in this matter." Mrs. Zhenguo Gong's wife raised her head, met Zhenguogong's eyes, and said firmly. "Shaoyou was demoted out of the imperial capital by His Majesty, not to mention the concubines of the prince, just to say that the other two sons born under my knees are not worthy of inheriting the throne of the prince. The Zhenguo Mansion has been in the house for a hundred years, and it cannot be defeated in the hands of the daughter-in-law's son. Ask your father to fulfill the wishes of the son and give the throne to the second brother. ”

"Let's not talk about whether he can be the master or not." Zhen Guogong said. "I heard that Sister Yan has just made a family appointment, have you ever thought about her and Sister Meng'er, who has already married, if they lose their status as the sons and daughters of the princess of Zhenguo, how will they deal with themselves in their in-laws' family in the future?"

"Father rest assured, Sister Yan's marriage is the county lord's media, and she is married to a clean white family from a civil official. Sister Meng already has an heir under her knees, and she is married to a family with rules, so I'm not worried. "Mrs. Zhenguo Gongshi has already thought through and understood.

Instead of letting his son inherit the title of the Zhenguo Mansion, it is better to take the initiative to abdicate and make way for Xian.

Take the initiative to give up the title in your own room, no matter what the final outcome of the matter is, the good fate can still be formed.

Duan Chengwen and Duansu County Lord are not scheming people, the two rooms did not have any grudges in the past, and they can still live well in the future by relying on the Zhenguo Mansion.