Chapter 583 There is no cure
In the past few days, Zhao Yao always had an ominous premonition in his heart, always feeling that something bad was going to happen. He was worried about whether something bad was going to happen in the capital again.

The King of Chu also noticed that Zhao Yao was uneasy and asked him with concern if anything had happened. Zhao Yao told the King of Chu about his worries.

After hearing Zhao Yao's concerns, the King of Chu comforted him and said that he was overthinking it.

Zhao Yao also hoped that he was overthinking, so he forced himself not to think too much. However, a few days later, he received news that Emperor Yong'an was seriously ill.

Emperor Yong'an wrote a letter to Zhao Yao personally, saying that he was seriously ill and wanted to see him.

Zhao Yao knew that Emperor Yong'an would not write a letter to lie to him. If he said he was seriously ill, then he must be seriously ill.

"Fourth brother, Eighth brother is seriously ill. I have to return to the capital as soon as possible." Zhao Yao finally understood why he had been feeling uneasy for some time. "Fourth brother, you should stay in Swamp House."

"I'll go back with you." The King of Chu had long known about Emperor Yong'an's health from He Lianfang. Now that he knew that Emperor Yong'an was seriously ill, he guessed that Emperor Yong'an might not have much time left. If it was just an ordinary serious illness, Emperor Yong'an would never write a letter asking Zhao Yao to return to the capital. "I should go back to pay my respects to my mother, too."

One year after the King of Chu came to the Swamp House, Concubine Li died in the palace. At that time, Zhao Yao accompanied the King of Chu back to the capital to pay tribute to Concubine Li. Since then, Zhao Yao has never returned to the capital.

"Okay, let's go back together." Zhao Yao knew the character of Emperor Yong'an very well. If it was just a common illness, Emperor Yong'an would never write a letter asking him to return to the capital. He was afraid that Emperor Yong'an was seriously ill this time. "We will set off early tomorrow morning."

"I'll pack it now." The King of Chu returned to his residence and asked someone to help him pack his luggage.

Before Zhao Yao returned to Beijing, he had a lot of things to do.

With Wen Daozhi and Zheng Qian around, Zhao Yao doesn't have to worry about chaos in Lingnan.

The next morning, Zhao Yao and the King of Chu took a boat back to the capital.

Zhao Yao was worried about Emperor Yong'an's health, and felt very heavy on his way back to Beijing. But the King of Chu was not only not worried, but was in a very happy mood.

The King of Chu was in a good mood, not because Emperor Yong'an was seriously ill, but because Zhao Yao was about to ascend the throne. In the past few years, the King of Chu had been waiting for Emperor Yong'an to become seriously ill, and now he had finally waited.

Before Zhao Yao left the Swamp House, he brought many famous local witch doctors and a lot of miraculous medicines. When he arrived in the capital, he did not even go back to the Han Palace, but hurriedly took the witch doctors to the palace.

The King of Chu did not follow Zhao Yao into the palace. He could not enter the palace without being summoned. He did not return to the Palace of the King of Chu, but went to the Palace of the King of Han. It was Zhao Yao who asked him to live in the Palace of the King of Han.

Although the King of Chu was not stripped of his princely title, he had long lost his real power. Naturally, no one cleaned up his Chu Palace in the capital, and it had long since become a deserted house. But the Han Palace was different.

Although the Han Palace was empty, there were people guarding and cleaning it. Before Zhao Yao left the Swamp Palace, he sent someone to deliver a letter to the Han Palace in the capital. When they returned to the capital, the people guarding the Han Palace had already cleaned up the palace for the King of Han and the King of Chu to live in.

Zhao Yao had already entered the palace. Seeing Emperor Yong'an's pale face and his entire body emaciated to the point of being a bag of bones, his heart sank. A deep sense of uneasiness surged in his heart.

Emperor Yong'an sat back on the bed, looking at the dusty Zhao Yao with gentle eyes.

"Why don't you have a good rest first? It won't be too late to come to the palace to find me tomorrow."

Zhao Yao sat beside the dragon bed, looking at Emperor Yong'an with distressed and nervous eyes.

"Myna, how come you are so thin?" Myna was so thin that his appearance was distorted. "More than two years ago, you were not like this. Have you not been eating well and resting well in the past two years?"

Emperor Yong'an did not answer Zhao Yao's questions, but asked with concern: "Have you eaten?"

"You're still concerned about whether I've had my meal at this time." Zhao Yao said anxiously, "Myna, I brought witch doctors with me. Let them check your pulse first."

Emperor Yong'an did not refuse, "Okay."

A moment later, Sun Doudou came in with a few witch doctors.

Emperor Yong'an glanced at Sun Doudou, who nodded at him quietly, and he felt relieved.

Zhao Yao did not notice the look between Emperor Yong'an and Sun Doudou. He hurriedly asked the witch doctor to feel Emperor Yong'an's pulse.

Several witch doctors took turns to feel the pulse of Emperor Yong'an. Zhao Yao sat quietly and anxiously by the side waiting for the results of the feeling.

After taking the patient's pulse, several witch doctors hesitated to speak.

When Zhao Yao saw the witch doctors who looked like they wanted to say something but didn't dare to, his mood suddenly sank to the bottom and his previous uneasiness became even more intense.

"How is your Majesty?"

Several witch doctors looked at Zhao Yao, then at Emperor Yong'an, but still did not dare to say anything.

Zhao Yao was anxious, and said sullenly, "Tell me, how is the emperor's health?"

The witch doctors trembled and said tremblingly: "Your Highness, we..."

Emperor Yong'an said gently, "Tenth brother, don't make things difficult for them." After he finished speaking, he waved his hand, signaling the witch doctors to retreat.

The witch doctors did not dare to hesitate and stumbled back.

Zhao Yao understood it in his heart, but he didn't believe it.

"Myna, you..."

Emperor Yong'an said calmly, "I don't have much time left."

Zhao Yao felt like a bolt from the blue when he heard this. His mind went blank. He stared blankly at Emperor Yong'an. He wanted to say something, but he couldn't utter a word.

When Emperor Yong'an saw that Zhao Yao was unable to utter a word but his face was filled with tears, he felt a pain in his heart, but his expression remained calm.

"Tenth brother, I know my own body, otherwise I wouldn't have written to ask you to come back."

Zhao Yao finally came to his senses and shook his head repeatedly: "No, it's impossible. The witch doctor can't do it. I'll call another doctor."

"Tenth brother, my body is like this. Even if the gods and Buddhas come, they can't save me."

"No, Brother Eight, you are still young, how could it be possible..." Zhao Yao refused to believe what Emperor Yong'an said. "Tenth brother..."

Zhao Yao interrupted Emperor Yong'an, "My dear, I don't believe it..."

"Although I don't have much time left, it doesn't mean I will die soon..."

Before Emperor Yong'an could finish his words, Zhao Yao covered his mouth.

"Myna, don't say that word."

"Okay, I won't say anything." Emperor Yong'an held Zhao Yao's hand and looked at him pleadingly, "Tenth brother, please listen to me first."

Zhao Yao's mind was in a mess, and his heart was in a mess. He knew that what Emperor Yong'an was going to say to him next was not what he wanted to hear, but the Emperor Yong'an's eyes were full of pleading, so he couldn't say no.

"My body is getting weaker and weaker, and I don't have the energy to handle state affairs. Now that you are back, you can help me to supervise the country and handle government affairs..." Emperor Yong'an hadn't finished speaking when he saw Zhao Yao opening his mouth to say something, and hurriedly stopped him, "I am already terminally ill and really don't have the energy to handle government affairs. You are the person I trust the most, and I feel relieved to leave the government affairs to you. If you reject me, do you want me to be uneasy in my last days?"

Zhao Yao cried and nodded: "I promise you..."

"Prime Minister He and Grand Tutor Liu will help you, so don't be afraid." Emperor Yong'an held Zhao Yao's hand and told him many things. His body was too weak, and after telling Zhao Yao some things, he fell asleep.

Zhao Yao stayed by the dragon bed for a while, then hurried out to find the witch doctors and asked them with a stern face about the health of Emperor Yong'an.

The witch doctors did not dare to hesitate any longer and reported the emperor's health to Zhao Yao truthfully. Of course, they concealed the fact that the emperor was poisoned.

After learning from several witch doctors that Emperor Yong'an was truly terminally ill and no medicine could help, Zhao Yao staggered violently and almost fell to the ground.

"Is there really no solution?" Zhao Yao asked again, "You guys can't do anything, do other doctors have any solution?"

A witch doctor asked, "Your Highness, the emperor must have been weak since childhood, right?"

The second witch doctor asked again: "Your Highness, was the emperor poisoned when he was in his mother's womb?"

The third witch doctor asked again: "Your Highness, have you ever given the emperor the tonic made by our witch doctors before?"

Zhao Yao frowned and said, "Yes, you are all right."

"Your Highness, if you hadn't given the emperor our tonic before, I'm afraid the emperor would have died long ago..." This was true. Back then, the "Ten-in-one tonic pills" Zhao Yao gave Emperor Yong'an relieved the toxicity in his body and allowed him to live a few more years. Otherwise, Emperor Yong'an would have died of the poison several years ago.

Zhao Yao's eyes lit up when he thought of this, and he asked hopefully, "Since the tonic you gave me before was effective for the starling, then if I let the starling take it again, would it also be..."

The witch doctors shook their heads at the same time: "It's useless."

"Your Highness, have you given the Emperor any tonic medicine since then?"

Zhao Yao nodded and said, "I give Bage a bottle of tonic every year." As soon as he finished speaking, a look of despair appeared on his face, "Is there really no way out?"

"Your Highness, we dare not hide anything from you, nor do we dare to deceive you. Even if the gods and bodhisattvas come, they cannot save you..."

After hearing this, Zhao Yao's body shook violently and then he collapsed to the ground.

"Your Highness..."

Zhao Yao took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. He asked in a trembling voice, "How long will the starling last?"

An old witch doctor said, "A month at most."

a month...

One month... there is still time to find other miracle doctors to save the starling. If the witch doctor in Lingnan can't help, then ask the miracle doctor in the Western Regions for help.

Zhao Yao asked the witch doctors to leave, and then he called Tongxi in, asking him to ask the secret guards to find the miracle doctor from the Western Regions. Once he was found, he should be sent to the capital immediately without delay.

After receiving the order, Tongxi went to do it.

At this time, the Queen Mother rushed over. After the mother and son met, they stayed by Emperor Yong'an's bedside.

"Mother, have you learned about myna's condition?"

The Queen Mother wiped her tears and said, "The Emperor did not hide anything from me."

"I have sent people to the Western Regions to find a miracle doctor. There are many forbidden medicines and forbidden techniques there. Maybe there is a way to save the starling." Zhao Yao refused to accept the fact that Emperor Yong'an did not have much time left.

The Queen Mother knew that Emperor Yong'an's illness was incurable, but she was reluctant to tell Zhao Yao the truth.

"Then let the miracle doctor from the Western Region try."

Zhao Yao asked: "Mother, how is father?"

"Your father's condition has improved a lot. He can move his upper body and speak a few simple words."

"That's good." Zhao Yao was not in the mood to see the emperor for the time being. "Mother, you go back and take care of father. I'll take care of my starling."

"Have you had dinner?" The Queen Mother saw that Zhao Yao looked tired and felt very distressed. "Come with me to the Cining Palace first, take a bath, change into clean clothes, and then eat something."

"Mother, I can't eat." Myna was seriously ill, so how could he have the mood to take a bath or eat?

"Even if you can't eat, you have to eat something. Otherwise, how can you guard the emperor and help him handle state affairs?" The Queen Mother reminded Zhao Yao, "Since you are back, you should go to court for the emperor tomorrow morning and handle state affairs properly. Don't let the emperor worry about state affairs while he is sick."

Emperor Yong'an was seriously ill and didn't have much time left, which made Zhao Yao at a loss. But after hearing what the empress dowager said, he had no choice but to do as she said.

He went to the Cining Palace, took a bath, ate something, and finally went to see the retired emperor. The retired emperor had already fallen asleep, so Zhao Yao did not wake him up.

After seeing the Empress Dowager, Zhao Yao returned to Emperor Yong'an and stayed by his side.


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