nucmednet Chapter 446: Emperor Hongda Refuses to Accept His Age
Chapter 446: Emperor Hongda Refuses to Accept His Age
Hall of Qinzheng
Emperor Hongda sat cross-legged in a side hall with a copper basin in front of him. He picked up a handful of paper money in one hand and put it in the basin!
Watching the flames extend upwards little by little, he couldn't stop feeling sad. "My son! Have a safe journey! This is the last journey that Daddy can take you on! I don't know when Daddy will come down to accompany you! You! You won't be lonely with your brother by your side! If you don't understand something, you brothers can discuss it with each other! If you need anything, just send me a dream!"
Eunuch Li stood aside, his forehead covered with cold sweat, and he wished he could find a hole in the ground to crawl into! "Your Majesty, you are the true dragon emperor, you will live long and long! How can you say such depressing words! You must be fine!"
Emperor Hongda smiled bitterly, coughed violently a few times, took the pill and swallowed it, "How can anyone live forever? You! You just talk sweetly! I know my body! I'm afraid I won't live for many years! It's only with this pill, otherwise I don't know how long I can last! Who do you think is more suitable to inherit the throne, the third or fifth son!"
Eunuch Li wiped the sweat from his forehead nervously with his hand, "Your Majesty, the Third Prince and the Fifth Prince are both good. No matter who inherits the throne, they will definitely be able to manage the country well! Besides, your health is getting better and better! Don't think about this so early! You are the most important! You should take good care of your health!"
Emperor Hongda looked at him and said with a smile, "They are my own children, how could I not know them! My body should be able to last for another two years. I will let them experience more in these two years before I hand over the country to them! We must choose a good one to ensure that the country will not fall into the hands of others! This is the country built by our ancestors for generations, and we can't let it be destroyed in our hands!"
"Your Majesty, you are right!"
Emperor Hongda looked at Eunuch Li's expression and did not embarrass him any more. He threw more paper money into the copper basin, tears flashing in his eyes. "I won't ask you anymore! You! You are so old now. After I die, you may still be able to assist them! There are only these two left among the children! If I had known this earlier, I should have taught them more about being a king!"
"I want to follow the emperor for my whole life. Wherever the emperor is, I will be there! For life and death, I will always be the emperor's slave!"
Emperor Hongda's eyes were slightly red. "You! Don't say that. You have served me all my life. How can I bear to let you be buried with me? You have served me for so long. When I am gone, let them find a place for you to enjoy a good life! Let them give you an adopted son so that you can enjoy your old age in peace!"
"Your Majesty, I will follow you all my life. Wherever you go, I will go! As long as I follow you, I will be happy wherever you go! I don't want any adopted sons. I am happy to follow you!"
Emperor Hongda looked at the old man who had been with him all his life, and couldn't help but sigh, "Me! The only ones I can talk to in my life are you and Duke Liu! He is also a man who doesn't strive for progress! In his life, he only made a great contribution once, and even asked for grace for his daughter. He is really useless! He is a coward every day! He doesn't have the heroic spirit of a general at all! Only in this way can I tell him my true feelings with peace of mind!"
Touching the dragon-patterned ring on his hand, he sighed, "Since I ascended the throne, no one has been able to accompany me. Now it's hard to find someone to talk to! Those old guys look at me one by one, with gleams in their eyes! It's obvious that they are planning something! Or this dragon throne, this power is too eye-catching!"
"This Duke Liu is a daughter slave. He doesn't look like a power-hungry person! Now he is neither good at literature nor martial arts! He has ruined the reputation of the Duke's Mansion!"
Emperor Hongda nodded, "Otherwise, I can't always ask him to stay and chat! I'm old too! I feel lonely now! I can only talk to him! Fortunately, he is also very lonely! Whoever asks him, he just laughs it off!"
"The emperor is in his prime! How can he be old? This Duke Liu is just mediocre and can only guard the Duke's Mansion! If the emperor didn't value him, I'm afraid no one would listen to him in the court!"
Emperor Hongda placed piles of paper money in the copper basin, and finally put all the paper money in. The flames shone on his face, revealing a strange glow!
"He! Only when he's stupid can we trust him! Liu Yanyan is his weak spot! He will never achieve anything in his life! Being a duke is the best he can do!"
Eunuch Li just felt cold and rubbed his cold hands subconsciously!
It was not until the emperor left the side hall that he followed out and ordered, "Go in and guard!"
"Yes, Manager Li!"
Concubine Lan, who had been waiting at the door for a long time, walked out angrily when she saw that the emperor was unwilling to summon her!
Turning his head to look at the fire in the house, he thought to himself, "Why don't you light it up and burn him to death! That way, Lao Wu can ascend the throne, and the Lan family can come back! It's really unbelievable that he has such a bad health, coughing and coughing up blood every day! And he still lived so long!"
"Ouch, who are you? How dare you bump into me! You're killing me!"
The fifth prince helped her up with a dark face, "I'm sorry, I didn't expect Concubine Lan to bump into us!"
When Concubine Lan saw that it was him, she suppressed her displeasure and said with a smile, "The Emperor is dealing with important matters, so Fifth Prince, you should go there later! Or why not go to Lanhua Palace to rest! I'll ask the palace servants to get you some food! The palace always has the cakes that the Imperial Concubine likes!"
The fifth prince shook his head coldly and walked straight past him!
Lanpin was so angry that she almost jumped up and wanted to leave! "You don't know how to appreciate kindness. You will know when you are locked at the door! You have to go and get rejected!"
Watching the Fifth Prince walk straight into the Qinzheng Palace, Concubine Lan felt that the hatred in her heart was about to overflow, and she turned around and left with her men!
Passing by Luohua Palace, she couldn't help crying. She returned to Lanhua Palace with red eyes, waved away the palace servants in the room, and then cried out, "Royal Noble Consort, why did you leave? If you hadn't left, would this not have happened?"
"I know that the Fifth Prince hates me! But I really can't bear to see the Lan family fall into decline! If you hadn't left, the Lan family would have you to support it! But you left! I really can't do anything! Many of the sisters in the Lan family who got married didn't live well! As soon as you left, you started to test us in various ways! When you saw that no one was watching, you started beating us!"
"Can you hear me? If I hadn't been saved by the Fifth Prince, I would have been beaten half to death! But the Fifth Prince is still a prince, and he can't keep intervening in the trivial matters of the Lan family! Aunt, can you forgive me?"
She stared straight ahead and nodded repeatedly, "Thank you, auntie. I will serve the emperor well and will definitely win his favor. I will definitely help the Lan family stand up again!"
He raised his hand and touched the outline in the air, choking with sobs and saying, "Thank you, auntie, thank you for coming to see me, thank you for not blaming me!"