sjar Chapter 346 The 5th prince will not live long!
Chapter 346 The 5th prince will not live long!
The fifth prince was lying on a large carved bed in a white robe. The red brocade quilt wrapped him tightly from the shoulders down, forming a sharp contrast with his pale face.
His brows were furrowed, his face looked painful, and he kept coughing. His once rosy lips were now dry and pale, and he looked like he was terminally ill.
He no longer looked as lively and strong as before.
Luo Xiyao stared at the dark circles under the Fifth Prince's eyes and couldn't help but say, "With your dignity, you're no different from a ghost."
Seeing Luo Xiyao, the Fifth Prince's originally lifeless eyes suddenly lit up, and he was about to speak when he heard Luo Xiyao's words.
He was so angry that he wanted to fight back, but an itchy feeling appeared in his throat, forcing him to turn his head.
He clenched his left fist against his lips and coughed desperately, as if he wanted to cough out his heart, liver, and lungs.
Luo Xiyao was frightened by his appearance. She hurried forward and sat on the footstool and gently patted his back until the fifth prince's coughing gradually stopped. Only then did she withdraw her hand and breathe a sigh of relief.
Luo Xiyao rubbed his chest with lingering fear, muttering to himself, "Oh my god, I'm scared to death. If this person died in front of me, I really couldn't clear myself of this. The emperor would definitely arrest me and throw me into the dungeon for strict interrogation."
The Fifth Prince had just breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Luo Xiyao's words, and the itchiness in his throat seemed to surge up again.
He endured it again and again before he finally suppressed the itch.
He spoke unhappily, his voice weak, "Sister Pingning, are you really here to visit me?"
"Why do I feel like I'm going to be pissed off to death by you before I die of illness?"
After hearing what the fifth prince said, Luo Xiyao realized that she had spoken out what was in her heart.
She stuck out her tongue guiltily and smiled awkwardly, "Don't be angry, don't be angry. It's not worth it to get yourself hurt by anger."
Then he immediately changed the subject, and said solemnly: "What on earth is going on? It's only been a short time, how come you are so sick? Look..."
Looks like he's almost out of breath...
Luo Xiyao didn't say this out loud, feeling it was a bit unlucky.
Even though Luo Xiyao didn't point it out, the Fifth Prince understood what she meant. He immediately smiled bitterly and said, "I don't know why I suddenly fell ill."
"I've been having trouble sleeping lately. Whenever I close my eyes, I dream of a battlefield littered with corpses. Blood is everywhere, mixing with the still-melted snow."
"The bodies of the dead soldiers were frozen stiff. Some of them couldn't close their eyes. Their dark eyes were fixed on me. If I took a few steps, their eyeballs would move with my movements."
"I was terrified and called out to my third brother desperately, but there was no response. I searched and searched, but all I found was his body."
"Third brother... his head was cut off, and his limbs were chopped off. His death was extremely tragic..."
"Sister Pingning, do you think our third brother will never come back?" The fifth prince raised his pale face, his pupils filled with sadness.
Luo Xiyao's heart trembled, and as she listened to the fifth prince's description, she got goosebumps all over her body.
Although she was extremely worried, she still suppressed her emotions and comforted the Fifth Prince, "No, no, my cousin will definitely return safely. Don't scare yourself, yes, don't scare yourself."
It was unclear whether he was talking to the Fifth Prince or to himself.
The Fifth Prince continued, "The Imperial Physician said that I was overly sad and worried, had lost my appetite, and hadn't rested properly. Add to that the cold winter weather, and I caught a cold, and that's why I fell ill."
"A few days passed. I took the medicine three times a day, but it didn't get better. Instead, my cough got worse."
"How could this be?" Luo Xiyao frowned. "The doctors at the Imperial Hospital are better than most doctors out there. How could they not even be able to cure a minor cold?"
"Is the diagnosis wrong? Or is the prescription wrong?"
This shouldn't be the case.
The Fifth Prince didn't know why this happened. He shook his head and said, "Even the director of the Imperial Hospital has come to see him, and he just said it was a cold."
"The Emperor saw that I was coughing uncomfortably and was afraid that this would damage my health, so he ordered the imperial physician to cure me quickly."
"But the prescription is correct. The imperial physician couldn't find any reason why I didn't get better after taking the medicine. He could only carefully modify the prescription and let me take the medicine first. If I still don't get better after a while, he will think of other ways."
"The emperor is worried about me, so he is angry with the imperial physician."
Having said that, Luo Xiyao finally understood why the emperor was so angry.
The imperial physicians of the Imperial Hospital received salaries from the court, but they couldn't even cure a minor cold, causing Xie Xiaowu to cough like this. As a father, the emperor was naturally worried.
But if it was just a minor cold, how could the imperial physician in the Imperial Hospital not be able to cure it?
The imperial physicians in the Imperial Medical Bureau shouldn't be so useless, right?
A hint of doubt flashed through Luo Xiyao's mind.
Then he patted his forehead lightly.
What is she thinking about.
Xie Xiaowu is just a child and he is not involved in the fight for the throne. Who would be so bored as to attack a child?
She was becoming more and more suspicious.
Luo Xiyao suppressed her doubts and reached out to gently pinch the Fifth Prince's pale face. "Xie Xiaowu, you must get better soon. Wait with me for your cousin to come back."
The fifth prince nodded heavily, but this time he did not slap Luo Xiyao's hand away.
The fifth prince was still ill and didn't look too well. Luo Xiyao was afraid of disturbing his rest. Besides, this was in the palace, with many people around and it wasn't advisable to stay there for long.
So she said a few words to comfort him, telling him not to think too much, to take good care of himself and recover quickly, and then she left the palace.
In the next few days, Luo Xiyao still went to the palace every day.
In addition to waiting for news from Xie Nanyuan, there is another thing to do, which is to find out the condition of the fifth prince.
It’s not that Luo Xiyao is unwilling to take a detour to visit the Fifth Prince, there is really no other way.
Firstly, Xie Xiaowu is getting older and is now eleven years old. Although she treats Xie Xiaowu as her younger brother and Xie Xiaowu also treats her as his sister, this is in the palace and people's words are scary. She always has to be cautious and cannot visit him every day.
Secondly, since she came back from the palace that day, Xie Xiaowu's condition may have worsened, and the emperor ordered that no one should disturb Xie Xiaowu from recuperating.
Even Luo Xiyao did not dare to disobey the order openly, and could only secretly inquire about the situation from the eunuchs around Xie Xiaowu when entering the palace.
Of course, Xie Xiaowu also knew about this and always asked the eunuchs to convey messages to her.
But what surprised Luo Xiyao was that for some reason, a rumor spread in the palace:
The emperor issued an order not to disturb the fifth prince while he was recuperating. Ostensibly, it was for the fifth prince's sake, but in reality, the fifth prince had angered the emperor, so he was imprisoned by the emperor when he was seriously ill. The emperor was completely giving up on the fifth prince, just like he had done with the fourth prince.
When Luo Xiyao heard this rumor, she thought it was outrageous.
Others didn't know, but she often met with Xie Xiaowu's eunuchs, so she knew that the emperor visited Xie Xiaowu almost every day.
The person who spread this rumor has no good intentions!
Luo Xiyao was furious at first and wanted to go to the palace to clear Xie Xiaowu's name.
But after getting angry, I felt that this was a good thing.
Right now, my cousin's whereabouts are unknown, and Prince An's party is very powerful. It would be better for Xie Xiaowu to stay out of the spotlight for the time being, so that Prince An won't look at everyone as if they want to compete with him for the position of crown prince.
Biting people indiscriminately like a mad dog.
I understand the logic, but I can't get over it psychologically and feel very aggrieved.
Luo Xiyao even suspected that she was in conflict with Tai Sui this year and everything was going wrong for her.
Luo Xiyao was in a bad mood, and Fu Chen was also in a bad mood.
Since the war broke out at the border, the Ministry of War has been extremely busy, and Fu Chen has been ordered around by his father all day long.
I finally found time to go to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion to see Luo Xiyao, but she didn't even look at me in a good mood. I couldn't help but smile bitterly, but I could only coax Luo Xiyao.
I was afraid of making this little ancestor angry again.
Anger hurts the body.
If you get angry, your health will be affected, and he will be the one who feels sorry for you.
Just when Luo Xiyao was living a depressed life, a piece of news from the palace caught Luo Xiyao off guard and unprepared.
The Fifth Prince is coughing up blood! The imperial physician declares that if he can't be cured, he'll die soon!