Chapter 534: Time is Running Out

Hearing the words of the imperial doctor, the faces of everyone present changed greatly, and there seemed to be something in their minds, and it was a little difficult to accept this fact.

Regarding Emperor Jingfeng's condition, although everyone had been prepared, they never thought that it would be so serious.

After all, Emperor Jingfeng is less than forty years old, which is the age of physical strength, and he has almost no bad habits except for taking pills on weekdays. In the eyes of everyone, no matter how bad the situation is, Emperor Jingfeng is just lingering on the sickbed for a few years, but he doesn't want to run out of time in an instant.

Everyone had different faces, not knowing what they were thinking, at this time, Emperor Jingfeng woke up from the bed leisurely, coughed lightly, and the palace attendant saw that he was busy helping him to sit up.

Seeing this, everyone instantly became nervous, for fear that Emperor Jingfeng would be the same as last time, but he would not be sober after waking up, and he would lose his temper indiscriminately. However, Emperor Jingfeng's face was calm, he neither yelled nor reprimanded people at will, just looked around the room, and even laughed:

"All of them are either princes of the clan, or important ministers in the court, who was not a majestic figure in the past, I just spit blood, why did I scare you like this?"

Several officials were inexplicably sour, and hurriedly lowered their heads to hide the heat in their eyes.

Seeing that no one replied, Emperor Jingfeng said weakly, "What about the imperial doctor?"

The Imperial Doctor trembled and knelt in front of his bed: "...... Small...... We're here."

Emperor Jingfeng's tone was flat, but the words he said were like thunder, and they exploded in everyone's hearts: "Imperial Doctor, now, I want to hear your truth—how much time do I have left?"

The imperial doctor was shocked, he never expected that Emperor Jingfeng, who was usually the most taboo about life and death, would ask this matter so directly.

He was afraid that Emperor Jingfeng's mood would be unstable and to be honest would stimulate him, so he pulled the corners of his mouth and forcibly squeezed out a smile, but unfortunately the smile was more ugly than crying: "...... Your Majesty is serious, you are only in your thirties, and you are in good health. This is just a minor illness and a small disaster, and it will not take long to heal, and it is not that serious......

Emperor Jingfeng smiled lightly, as if he felt that he was talking nonsense with his eyes open, and there was a hint of sadness in his words: "I know my own body, you can't deceive me...... I'll ask you again, how much time do I have left? But it doesn't hurt for you to say it."

The imperial doctor swallowed his saliva, not daring to look at Emperor Jingfeng, and his voice subconsciously lowered: "In an optimistic situation...... It's probably more than a month ......."

The mood of the crowd suddenly sank - only a little more than a month, and it was still optimistic.

"It's only been a little over a month, so it's really time is running out......

Emperor Jingfeng muttered and laughed at himself, "...... It's ridiculous that I kept taking pills before, trying my best to prolong my life, and I didn't want to beg for it, but I actually asked for a short-lived end......

In the past, Emperor Jingfeng was majestic and suspicious, how could he ever show such a decadent and weak appearance, everyone choked in their throats, and was speechless for a while: "Your Majesty......"

Compared with the sadness of everyone, Emperor Jingfeng seemed particularly calm, did not escape or deceive himself, and accepted this result quite naturally.

He looked fixedly at the ministers in the room, who were either sad or heavy, and suddenly shouted, "Cheng Yan."

Cheng Yan stepped forward in response: "Your Majesty, Weichen is here."

Emperor Jingfeng looked at him with burning eyes: "...... I have appointed you to be a scholar of the Hua Gai Temple, to lead the post of chief assistant of the cabinet, and to oversee the affairs of the DPRK and China."

Cheng Yan paused and said, "The minister obeys the order."

Emperor Jingfeng continued, "Gu Yunji."

「…… We're here."

"I promoted you to the new head of the household department, and entered the cabinet as a scholar of the Wenhua Palace, and from now on, I will assist Cheng Yan in commanding the hundred officials. As soon as the DPRK and China do their own business, you can decide on your own, and you don't have to go back to me in everything."

「…… Wechen obeyed."

Immediately afterwards, Emperor Jingfeng adjusted the positions of several officials, almost all the young officials who had performed well in recent years were promoted, and some older and more qualified officials were put in secondary positions, giving the cabinet a major reshuffle.

At the end, Emperor Jingfeng said, "...... Also, send a message to Northern Xinjiang, asking Su Qi, the chief soldier of Xuanfu Town, to immediately bring 3,000 elite iron cavalry battalions

When you return to Beijing, there must be no mistake."

Since the southeast was flattened, Su Qi returned to the north and naturally became the chief soldier of Xuanfu Town.

As a garrison general in an important frontier town, he is generally not allowed to return to Beijing, let alone return to Beijing with 3,000 cavalry elites.

Emperor Jingfeng's move was actually no different from what happened after the arrangement, and all the ministers forcibly endured the sourness in their eyes, and bowed their heads in unison: "...... Your Majesty, Honorable Ministers."

——

Since he knew that Emperor Jingfeng's time was short, the atmosphere in the capital quickly became tense, and the people of the government and the opposition were uneasy, as if something was about to move.

Fortunately, Emperor Jingfeng has made complete arrangements, after Gu Yunji, Cheng Yan and others entered the cabinet, they quickly began to take over government affairs, and the rest of the promoted officials also performed their duties in their own posts, and everything was going on in an orderly manner.

At dusk, Emperor Jingfeng, who had been asleep for most of the day, woke up in the dormitory, felt his mouth dry, and said in a hoarse voice, "Someone is coming...... Pour water...... Ning Fuhai, I'm thirsty......

However, several calls were made, but no one answered. Emperor Jingfeng was in a trance for a while, and then remembered that Ning Fuhai had been transferred out of the dormitory and went to work elsewhere because he refused to take the pill because he resisted the order in public last time.

During this time, Cheng Yan and others were also very busy, and there were fewer and fewer times when they came to the palace to serve the sick, and now it was the time when the palace attendants were changing, and the people on duty were all guarding outside, most of them didn't hear Emperor Jingfeng's call.

Emperor Jingfeng lay down on his own for a while, he was really thirsty, and felt that his physical strength had recovered somewhat, so he simply supported his body and forced himself to get out of bed to pour water and drink.

The bed was only a dozen steps away from the table where the tea was placed, but to the sick Emperor Jingfeng, it seemed to be thousands of miles away, he gasped for breath after walking a few steps, and his feet seemed to be filled with lead, so heavy that he didn't look like it.

Finally, he was about to walk, seeing that the teapot was in front of him, Emperor Jingfeng was in a hurry, and his steps were a little bigger, but he didn't want to be unstable under his feet, and his center of gravity instantly fell backwards.

"Father!"

At this time, there was an exclamation from behind him, the expected fall did not happen, and an arm appeared in time to stabilize Emperor Jingfeng.

Emperor Jingfeng turned around and found that it was Li Jinche, the king of Wu, and he showed a smile: "It turned out to be Che'er."

Seeing that Emperor Jingfeng personally poured water and almost fell, after Li Jinche was frightened, he couldn't help but get angry: "What did these minions do, they actually left your father and emperor alone in the dormitory, and there was not even a person who poured water!" It's time to pull out these lazy people who are derelict in their duties and cut them all!"

"That's it, there's no need to shout and kill for a trivial matter."

Emperor Jingfeng, who has always been strict with his subordinates, waved his hand and showed rare tolerance: "It's because I have been lying in bed for a long time and have no strength, I want to come down and walk, don't be angry with others."