Chapter 322 Obstruction
The Fourth Prince went out and saw the Crown Prince was about to break into the palace. He immediately stopped him, "Ceph, my father is seriously ill and has long been told not to disturb anyone. You ignored the Emperor's order and insisted on breaking into the palace. Are you trying to disobey his order?"
The Crown Prince bowed to the Fourth Prince, and Qianhuan and Doctor Bai also followed suit.
Then the prince explained slowly, "Fourth Prince, you have misunderstood. I am not disobeying your order, nor do I want to disturb your majesty. I learned that your majesty is seriously ill and was very worried. That is why I specially brought Divine Doctor Bai into the palace to treat your majesty. Please allow me to go in."
As the prince was about to walk into the palace, the fourth prince immediately reached out to stop him, "The people from the Imperial Hospital are already treating father, so you'd better take them away quickly, or don't blame me for being rude."
The prince smiled evilly, "If the people from the Imperial Hospital were useful, how could His Majesty not wake up yet? The Fourth Prince is trying to stop him, could it be that he doesn't want to see His Majesty wake up?"
"Teng Yu, what nonsense are you talking about? How could this prince not want my father to wake up?" The Fourth Prince roared in frustration. If these words were to get out, the image he had worked so hard to build would be ruined.
"Since the Fourth Prince also hopes that Your Majesty will get better, then please don't stop me, otherwise it will delay Your Majesty's condition."
After saying that, the prince led his men straight inside. The Fourth Prince knew that as long as they were allowed to go in to rescue His Majesty and Qianhuan presented the petition of the people, the Qian family would have a chance to escape.
The emperor was still discussing who would take over the Qian Family Army a few days ago. He was just one step away from handing the Qian Family Army over to someone he had secretly trained, and he absolutely could not let them mess things up.
Thinking of this, the Fourth Prince started fighting without caring about anything.
Unfortunately, the Fourth Prince was no match for the Crown Prince. He was defeated by the Crown Prince in just a few moves. The Crown Prince pinned the Fourth Prince's hands behind his back and said to Qianhuan and Divine Doctor Bai, "You go in first."
After the two entered, the prince let go and pushed the fourth prince aside, saying with a look of disdain, "The fourth prince usually seems to be more filial to Your Majesty than anyone else, but at the critical moment when Your Majesty was critically ill, you repeatedly stopped me from bringing people to save Your Majesty. If you don't know, you would think that the fourth prince's previous filial piety was all fake."
After saying this, without waiting for the Fourth Prince to answer, he turned around and quickly chased after him, leaving the Fourth Prince behind with his hand covering his arm and his face ashen.
When the Queen Mother saw the three people coming in, she knew that the Fourth Prince had not stopped them at all. She asked with some displeasure, "Zi Yu, His Majesty is seriously ill right now, why did you bring people into the palace at this time?"
"Grandmother, I heard that His Majesty was critically ill, so I brought Divine Doctor Bai to the palace to treat His Majesty."
When the queen heard this, she was overjoyed. The prince had been enjoying the emperor's favor recently, but it was a pity that His Majesty had not yet given the imperial edict of succession to them. At this time, the people who least wanted His Majesty to get into trouble were the prince and the queen.
The Queen quickly said to the Queen Mother, "Mother, I have heard that Doctor Bai is very skilled. Let him treat His Majesty right away."
When the Queen Mother knew that the Crown Prince had broken into the palace in order to save His Majesty, her dissatisfaction immediately disappeared. It seemed that she had worried too much and Zi Yu had no second thoughts about His Majesty.
"Zi Yu, then let Divine Doctor Bai treat His Majesty right away."
"Grandson obeys."
Doctor Bai sat down and carefully examined the emperor's pulse, then looked into his eyes and said, "Your Majesty is poisoned, but it is a chronic poisoning, so even the people in the Imperial Hospital can hardly detect it."
Everyone was shocked by what Doctor Bai said, and the Queen Mother was furious. "How could someone dare to poison His Majesty? Li Dequan, how did you take care of His Majesty?"
Li Dequan immediately knelt down and begged for mercy, "Queen Dowager, I am innocent. Normally, I have used silver needles to test everything that Your Majesty eats, and I have never found anyone poisoning it."
The Queen was only concerned about whether His Majesty could wake up. She asked Divine Doctor Bai in a gentle voice, "Divine Doctor Bai, is there any way to detoxify His Majesty?"
Doctor Bai said, "Your Majesty's body is now deeply poisoned. The poison has already penetrated into his internal organs. If I hadn't arrived in time, I'm afraid Your Majesty would not have much time left. From now on, I can only use medicine to alleviate the damage of the poison to Your Majesty's body and try to prolong Your Majesty's life, but there is no way to completely cure this poison."
After all, the Queen and His Majesty were married, and when she heard that His Majesty would not live long, she was heartbroken. She cried and said, "Your Majesty, who has harmed you like this?"
But the prince was secretly delighted in his heart. It was better if His Majesty did not live long. As long as he behaved well during this period, he would be able to succeed to the throne legitimately as soon as His Majesty passed away.
But the prince could not show it, so he pretended to follow the queen and cried while saying angrily, "When I find out who hurt you, I will tear that person into pieces."
Qianhuan was in no mood to watch their performances of the deep love between husband and wife and father and son. She was only concerned about whether His Majesty could wake up soon. It was almost noon and the people from the Qian family might already be on their way to the execution ground. If His Majesty did not wake up, everything would be too late.
She urged, "Doctor Bai, please save His Majesty as soon as possible."
Doctor Bai said, "I need to give your Majesty acupuncture, and I cannot be distracted at all. Please, Queen Mother, send everyone away."
Upon hearing this, the Queen Mother immediately ordered, "Everyone, please leave."
Then the Queen Mother took everyone out, and Qianhuan and the Young Master followed behind.
Doctor Bai called them over and said, "My Lord and Princess Jingrou, please stay and help me."
After saying that, Doctor Bai took off His Majesty's shirt and began to give him acupuncture. Qianhuan asked anxiously, "Doctor Bai, I wonder how long it will take for His Majesty to wake up?"
"It will take at least half an hour."
"It will take so long. It will be almost three quarters past noon. By the time His Majesty wakes up and we present the People's Petition, it may be too late."
The prince also knew the seriousness of the matter. He thought for a moment and said, "I'll send a message and have my people intercept the prison van."
"No," Qianhuan shook her head firmly, "Intercepting the prisoner van is a serious crime. I don't want you to be blamed by His Majesty for saving the Qian family."
The prince knew that Qianhuan was worried about him, and he was very happy in his heart, "But this is the only way right now."
Qianhuan thought for a moment and said, "We don't necessarily need our own people to intercept the prisoner van. Right now, the people are very sympathetic to General Qian's family. We only need to send a few people to stir up everyone's emotions. I believe that this matter can be resolved without us having to take action."
The prince said with admiration, "Huan'er, your idea is really brilliant. I will ask someone to do it right away."