The night is as cool as water.

In the East Palace, the imperial doctor who came to see the prince had just left, and Zhou Cheng, the emperor of the back foot, came back.

Zhang Deren, the chief steward of the East Palace, was waiting for him.

"Your Royal Highness, you are finally back. Zhang Deren said to Zhou Chengdao.

After glancing at Zhang Deren, Zhou Cheng said impatiently: "Are you waiting for me?"

Zhang Deren's face darkened, and he said with a sad face: "Your Highness, just now Imperial Doctor Liu came to check the pulse of His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

"Then what did the Imperial Doctor say?"

"Not good!" Zhang Deren shook his head, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said he wanted to see you." ”

Zhou Cheng nodded and walked towards the dormitory where his father was.

After standing outside the palace gate for a while, Zhou Cheng asked the palace people to report. Every time he faced his father, his emotions were always complicated.

Soon, the door of the hall opened, and Zhou Cheng walked in with his hand.

As soon as he entered the hall, he smelled a foul smell of medicine. In his impression, it seemed that since three years ago, this dormitory began to be filled with the smell of medicine.

A few steps further, he heard a hoarse cough.

He paused, frowning until the coughing had subsided.

Eventually, he came to his father's sickbed, where two palace maids were serving him to take medicine, and not far away was a Taoist priest who was casting spells and chanting scriptures. In the words of the palace people, if it weren't for this Taoist priest to continue his life, his father might have gone to the west of the crane long ago.

"Father!" Zhou Cheng saluted to the crown prince.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince slowly tilted his eyes towards him, and then a pale smile appeared on his face.

Zhou Cheng lowered his head, extremely sad in his heart. The tall and majestic father in the past can only be described as thin as wood now.

After coughing twice, the prince asked the two palace maids and the Taoist priest to step down, and then summoned Zhou Cheng to his bedside.

After Zhou Cheng sat down, he said, "I have heard about your Uncle Seven Princes. ”

"Father feels sorry for his brother?"

The prince's face sank, and he coughed twice in a hurry. He held Zhou Cheng's hand tightly and said bitterly: "I know, because of what happened to your eldest brother, you have always held a grudge against me. But so did I. ”

"Father, you can't explain it to your sons. Zhou Cheng interrupted the prince's words, "Big brother's revenge, I will personally help him avenge." ”

The prince let go of his hand and sighed in disappointment.

"Father, Uncle Seven Princes colluded with Yintian, the evidence is conclusive, even if the emperor's grandfather liked him before, he would not spare him. ”

"Your Majesty's greatest hatred is this hidden person, and your Seventh Uncle is afraid that it will be difficult to escape this time!"

Zhou Cheng showed a smug smile, and then said: "That's also his own fault, and it's my fifth uncle's turn next." ”

The prince narrowed his eyes, feeling distressed and ashamed. At the beginning, the eldest son was killed by Yanbei Qi, and the matter was obviously full of suspicions, but in order to get rid of King Rui, who was comparable to him at that time, he did not delve into the matter.

Although he finally got rid of King Rui as he wished, he also let the real murderer behind the scenes who really killed his eldest son go unpunished. In addition, he also made the emperor dissatisfied with him because of this matter, removed him from the official position of Jingzhao Mansion Yin, and repeatedly suppressed the courtiers and strength who supported him.

A few years later, as Zhou became more sensible, he also learned that he did not investigate the real cause of death of his eldest son and eldest son for the sake of power, and he was resentful and dissatisfied with him.

Since then, Zhou Cheng's temperament has changed greatly, and he has done some ridiculous things, which has caused a lot of criticism and brought him a lot of trouble.

Because of guilt, he never accused and criticized Zhou Cheng for half a sentence, let him come nonsense, and just clean up the aftermath for him.

He knew very well in his heart that Zhou Cheng did this, firstly, to express his protest against him, and secondly, to make everyone think that he was just an uneducated and arrogant royal child.

He knew better than anyone what kind of man his son was. Now Zhou Cheng's layout has made the Seven Kings completely lose power, which is the best proof.

Seeing that the prince didn't speak for a long time, Zhou Cheng suddenly got up and said, "Father, you are so good at recuperation, and the son will come to see you in two days." ”

"Erlang, wait. The prince reached out to stop him.

Zhou Cheng pretended not to hear and continued to walk forward.

"It was me who was wrong!"

It wasn't until he heard the prince say this that Zhou Cheng stopped.

"Erlang, it was my father's mistake at the beginning, and he shouldn't have failed to track down the real murderer who killed your eldest brother in order to fight for the throne and get rid of your third uncle. I really can't regret it!"

After that, the prince coughed several times in succession, each time more and more violently, and he felt that his lungs were about to cough out.

Zhou Cheng turned around, his eyes were red and said, "Father, do you really think so?"

The prince patted his chest and nodded, his face very painful.

Zhou Cheng strode to the table next to the sickbed, poured a cup of hot water and brought it to the prince.

After taking the water he handed him and taking a few sips, the prince leaned into his ear and whispered: "It's ridiculous, at that time, I saw that your imperial grandfather was close to the age of sixteen, and I thought that he had little time, so I was in a hurry to eradicate King Rui." I didn't expect that your imperial grandfather is still in good spirits now, while your father and I are running out of time. ”

"Father," Zhou Cheng shook his head, "you will definitely get better." ”

The prince smiled bitterly and said, "I know better than anyone what my body is. Just now, after the Imperial Doctor left, I asked the Heavenly Master to calculate my life, and he said that as long as I survived the twelfth day of the next month, I would be fine. ”

Zhou Cheng was surprised, "Is this true?"

The prince shook his head, "Silly boy, their Taoist fortune tellers have always only said good things, but you have to understand what he means." The meaning of the Heavenly Master is that I can't last the twelfth of the next month. ”

Hearing this, Zhou Cheng's face was like ashes.

Suddenly, the crown prince grabbed Zhou Cheng's shoulders tightly, and said with a serious expression: "Erlang, being a father is not greedy for life and afraid of death, but he can't let go of you! If I leave like this, in the future, if you are replaced by the five kings on the throne, or others, they will not spare you." So the Father intends to make some plans for you before he dies. ”

"Father, what are you going to do?" Zhou Cheng asked.

The prince got closer and closer to Zhou Cheng's ear, almost touching it.

"Your imperial grandfather is old, easy to be confused, and easy to listen to other people's slander, so he is not suitable to be an emperor anymore. Besides, he's been emperor long enough. ”

Hearing his father's words, Zhou Cheng's eyes suddenly widened, "Father, you want this!"

The prince coughed and smiled shallowly. After he stopped coughing, he patted Zhou Cheng on the shoulder, "I owe you and your eldest brother too much!"

......

It's late at night.

Ye Fei came to the Divine Sword Pavilion alone, with a sword hanging from his waist.

Under the cover of night, he flew through the walls and quickly walked through the streets and alleys of Bianjing City.

Eventually, he landed in front of a house in the north of the outer city, on which the word "Shifu" was hung.

It was the home of Shi Nanhuai, the president of Wuzhao Academy.