The next day, early in the morning, Shi Jinchen received news from the palace that the emperor had fainted. Before Shi Jinchen even had time to eat breakfast, he hurriedly rushed into the palace.
As soon as he entered the Emperor's Palace, he saw the Crown Prince kneeling in front of the Emperor's bed. Shi Jinchen was wondering why the Crown Prince had been released, when he heard the Empress's voice.
"Imperial Physician Wang, how is the emperor's condition?"
After the Imperial Physician Wang bowed, he respectfully said, "To reply esteemed Empress, Your Majesty suddenly fainted. This subject has examined Your Majesty's body but didn't find the cause of the illness. It will take some time before we find out."
"Then I'll be troubling Imperial Physician Wang with everything." The empress helped Imperial Physician Wang up and entrusted him with a heavy responsibility.
"This humble subject is terrified, I will do my best." Imperial Physician Wang bowed.
Shi Jinchen had clearly heard the conversation between the empress and imperial physician, and could tell that the empress didn't care about the emperor's body at all. As for the crown prince, his expression was completely filled with worry for the safety of his royal father as he hugged the emperor's arm and cried bitterly.
When Shi Jinchen entered, he discovered that the empress, crown prince and the other princes had all arrived. He was the last one to be notified, and the entire Main Palace was controlled by the empress.
"Where is Eunuch Huang?" Shi Jinchen grabbed onto a palace maid and asked.
Who knew that the palace maid's body would tremble and her voice would also tremble as she said, "Fourth Prince, this servant doesn't know. This servant really doesn't know."
The Shi Jinchen knows, the empress is preparing a conspiracy to rebel.
"The emperor has already fainted. Let the crown prince temporarily oversee the imperial government. The princes should head back early and pray for the emperor's blessings in the palace. " The queen's face broke into a broad smile, as if she were planning something for them.
"No, we have to take care of royal father." The Second Prince was the first to object.
The empress wasn't angered by the retort and smiled, "Second Prince, I know how filial you are. As long as the Emperor has me to take care of him, it'll be fine. You guys are standing in the way here.
The Seventh Prince agreed, "That's right, Second Brother, we won't be able to help much here. We might as well listen to mother's wishes and go back home to pray for royal father." The Seventh Prince had been born to an esteemed imperial concubine. Once an imperial concubine died, he would be looked after by an imperial concubine. Naturally, he was in cahoots with the crown prince and spoke on behalf of the imperial concubine.
"Fourth brother?" The Second Prince looked at Shi Jinchen.
"Second brother, let's listen to the empress." The Second Prince did not expect that the Shi Jinchen would completely go with the Empress's will this time.
"Fourth brother!" The Second Prince called out to him Shi Jinchen in shock.
After the empress heard this, she laughed. "Second Prince, since everyone has agreed, let's hurry back to our residence."
"Your son shall take his leave." Shi Jinchen, Second Prince, Seventh Prince, and Crown Prince all left the Cheng Gan Palace one after the other.
When they walked out of the palace gate, they could hear the seventh prince's excited voice. "Congratulations, Big Brother."
The little guy from Shi Jinhan achieved his dream and said hypocritically: "Seventh Brother, don't spread it around. Our royal father is currently sick, so we should worry more about it."
"Big Bro is right, we'll listen to you." The Seventh Prince's flattery was truly smooth.
Very soon, she ran to the Second Prince, pretending to be concerned about him, but in reality, she was flaunting her concern, "Second Brother, if I didn't say it out loud, how could you contradict the empress!? That's our mother! "
The Second Prince was a filial child, but he had a short temper and was easily angered. Thus, he had never been good at coaxing people. The Seventh Prince was doted on by the Emperor.
"You!" Just as the Second Prince wanted to rush up and beat up the Seventh Prince, he was pulled down by the Shi Jinchen.
"Second Brother! Now that our royal father has not been fully recovered, how can we, as human sons, fight in front of the palace gate! "Why haven't you put your hands down yet?" The Shi Jinchen removed the hand the Second Prince had raised.
Only then did the Seventh Prince relax. His second brother had always had a explosive temper, and couldn't even teach him royal father. He could only listen to Shi Jinchen.
After watching this play, Shi Jinhan knew that they wouldn't be able to fight so he called the Seventh Prince and left.
The Second Prince looked at the Seventh Prince's complacent face in dissatisfaction, as he grumbled back at the Fourth Prince. "Why did you stop me just now?"
"Can't Second Brother see that Seventh Brother is purposefully provoking you and provoking you to beat him up?" The second brother of Shi Jinchen had always been simple, his limbs were well-developed, if his Shi Jinchen was not clearly understood, he would probably not be able to leave.
"So what? He's the big one!" The Second Prince did not care in the least, as he could not bear to watch the Seventh Prince flatter the Empress and her son. The Second Prince was born to maids when the Second Prince was the emperor or a prince.
"Second Brother, if you beat Seventh Brother today, then tomorrow there will be a censor saying that you are unfilial. Your Majesty is gravely ill and does not unite with your brothers." It is the crown prince who is overseeing the country right now. Shi Jinchen truly submitted to this second brother of his. After so many years, he only grew one word, and did not have any brains. " Don't you care about you? Don't you think that your sister-in-law is still pregnant? "
He knew that the Shi Jinchen was all for his own good. "Thank you for what you did just now, Fourth Brother, you knew that Second Brother was used to it coming and going, and could not understand those things that are circling around."
"It's good that second brother understands. Let's go back and take care of sister-in-law as soon as possible." Shi Jinchen slapped the Second Prince's back.
When the Second Prince was almost before the horse, he thought of something and said, "Brother, congratulations, you're finally engaged."
Shi Jinchen smiled, "Thank you second brother."
Afterwards, the two of them rode their horses back to their respective residences.
When Shi Jinchen returned to the manor, Ke Yuehua went forward to help him take off his cape, and handed over the Jing Yi to one side. He then picked up the Silver Eared Lotus Seed Soup that was sent in late autumn, and gave it to Shi Jinchen.
"I've been busy all day. Have some Silver Ear Lotus Seed Soup now."
Shi Jinchen accepted it, and finished it in a few gulps.
Ke Yuehua sat down next to Shi Jinchen, thoughtfully massaging his shoulders, circulating his blood to relieve his fatigue.
Shi Jinchen closed his eyes in comfort, as he felt the concern this man had for him.
Ke Yuehua indicated for late autumn to go down, and asked while rubbing, "How is the situation today at the palace? Your Majesty's illness isn't too serious. "
Shi Jinchen: "royal father's condition is very severe, and he suddenly fainted this morning. The imperial physician also doesn't know the cause of it, and can only remove it bit by bit."
The Shi Jinchen paused for a moment, then said: "As for the palace, it is already under the control of the empress, and the crown prince is overseeing the country. The government was in the hands of both mother and son. Even Huang Qing has been placed under the empress's house arrest. "
Ke Yuehua stopped what he was doing, and nervously asked Shi Jinchen: "Then what should we do?"
Shi Jinchen held onto Ke Yuehua's hand, and pulled him into her embrace, allowing her to sit on his lap.