Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 617 Please forgive me
"How is the Emperor?"

As soon as Jia Rui entered the room, he asked the imperial physician.

"Your Majesty, the Emperor was overly tired and out of energy, so he fell asleep. It's nothing serious."

Although the imperial physician said this, his eyes flickered as if he felt guilty.

Jia Rui looked at the imperial physician and smiled coldly, then he went to Jia Dairu's bedside and called softly, "Old man, old man."

However, no matter how Jia Rui called, Jia Dairu still looked sleepy.

Jia Rui sighed as he looked at Jia Dairu like this. In fact, Jia Rui had already foreseen that this day would come, but he did not expect it to come so soon. Jia Rui originally thought that Jia Dairu could hold on for a month or two, but he did not expect that it would be so short in just such a short time.

Jia Rui stood up and said to the doctor, "You can go back. There are other doctors who can take over this matter."

After hearing Jia Rui's words, the imperial physician broke out in a cold sweat and knelt there, kowtowed repeatedly.

But Jia Rui's face was very gloomy. He just waved his hand lightly, and the eunuchs naturally pulled the imperial physician out.

Following Jia Rui's order, other imperial doctors soon entered the emperor's bedroom and began to take the emperor's pulse again.

After the new imperial physician felt the emperor's pulse, his face became very gloomy.

Although this imperial physician is considered to be the best in the Imperial Medical Bureau, he is still inferior to the one who just left.

He originally thought that with the other party's ability, the emperor would be able to survive this period no matter how serious his illness was. However, he did not expect that after taking the emperor's pulse, he found that the emperor was already terminally ill to the bone marrow.

"How is the emperor?" Jia Rui asked the same question as before.

The imperial physician bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, the emperor is in very poor health. His pulse is very weak and he is dying."

Jia Rui nodded gently, and then said: "I'll leave the emperor's affairs to you."

After saying this, Jia Rui sighed softly, looked at Jia Dairu who was lying on the bed unconscious, shook his head and left the bedroom.

After arriving outside, Jia Rui directly ordered Qin Shun, "Go and interrogate the imperial physician just now to find out what happened. How dare he speak nonsense in front of me?"

Qin Shun kowtowed to Jia Rui and then walked out.

At this time, Prince Jia Xuan was still standing in the corner, feeling very uneasy.

Jia Rui looked at his eldest son and thought that he was worried about the illness of the retired emperor, so he didn't think about anything else.

He just comforted Jia Xuan with a few words and then turned and left.

As soon as Jia Rui left, Queen Xue Baochai hurried to the Longshou Palace.

It turned out that Xue Baochai had also received the news and knew that the emperor was seriously ill, so she came to visit him, but she and Jia Rui got in the wrong place and did not meet each other.

Seeing Xue Baochai, Jia Xuan finally perked up a little. He walked to his mother's side and gently pulled the corner of her clothes.

Xue Baochai was such a smart person that she knew immediately what her son was talking about in private. So she did not go to visit the emperor right away, but pulled her son to the corner, squatted down and asked in a low voice:
"You ran out to see the emperor just now. Did you make the emperor angry, so he was mad at you?"

"Mother, what are you talking about? No matter how unfilial I am, I cannot make the emperor angry!"

Xue Baochai breathed a sigh of relief. As long as her son didn't make the emperor angry, everything else could be covered up.

"That's good!"

Xue Baochai was about to stand up and take Jia Xuan in, but Jia Xuan immediately grabbed her mother and said, "Mother, I did something wrong. I asked the imperial physician who served the emperor to tell lies to my father."

Xue Baochai felt stars in front of her eyes. She didn't expect that her son would be so bold as to dare to deceive the emperor.

"What's going on?" Xue Baochai said seriously with a dark face.

"Mother, when I came, the emperor had just taken medicine and fell asleep. I was afraid that you would punish me, so I broke into the emperor's bedroom and woke him up. But I didn't expect that the emperor was unconscious. I was afraid that my father would punish me, so I promised the doctor a favor and asked him to cover up for me in front of the emperor."

"Did your father find out?"

Jia Xuan lowered his head and said, "Father has arrested the imperial physician. It seems that he has discovered it."

When Xue Baochai heard this, she felt dizzy and could hardly stand. Fortunately, Ying'er came to support her, otherwise Xue Baochai would have made a fool of herself.

Xue Baochai calmed herself down and said, "Your father hates being deceived the most. Today's matter will not be resolved so easily. Come with me to the emperor to apologize."

After saying this, Xue Baochai no longer bothered to visit the emperor, and took her son and went straight to the Palace of Tranquil Longevity.

Although Jia Xuan was unwilling, he knew that the only one who could save him now was his mother, so he could only let his mother pull him and hurried all the way to the Palace of Tranquil Longevity.

At this time, Jia Rui was in no mood to go to the harem and was sighing in the Yangxin Palace.

Jia Rui was very sad and anxious about Jia Dairu's serious illness.

Just when Jia Rui was at a loss, a young eunuch came in and reported, "Your Majesty, the Empress and the Crown Prince are outside the palace asking for an audience."

Jia Rui waved his hands in annoyance and asked someone to call Xue Baochai and Jia Xuan in.

When Xue Baochai and Jia Xuan entered the Palace of Tranquil Longevity, they knelt down on the ground when they saw Jia Rui and never stood up again.

When Jia Rui saw the mother and son, he was stunned for a moment, but soon he thought of something. He stared at Jia Xuan beside him with a gloomy face and asked:
"Evil creature, is the emperor's illness caused by you?"

Jia Xuan didn't dare to hide it anymore and could only tell exactly what had happened.

In fact, what happened in Longshou Palace just now was nothing. It was normal for a great-grandson to go to his great-grandfather to complain after being wronged.

But the bad thing is that for fear of taking responsibility, Jia Xuan actually bribed the imperial physician. This is simply seeking death.

Jia Rui's hands began to tremble with anger. He pointed at Jia Xuan and was unable to speak for a long time.

Looking at this disappointing son Jia Rui, I now understand why Emperor Taizong of Tang, who was such a wise man, could not handle the harem and family affairs well.

With such an incompetent prince, even the wisest person would be driven insane by anger.

Jia Rui let out a long breath and told himself: Don’t be angry, don’t be angry.

After a long time, Jia Rui finally recovered a little. He glared at Jia Xuan and said, "Go to the courtyard of Longshou Palace and kneel for me. If the emperor doesn't wake up, you will die there."

This time, Jia Xuan did not dare to disobey and walked out obediently. Then, under the guidance and supervision of several eunuchs, he went to the Longshou Palace.

At this time, Xue Baochai was still kneeling there and did not stand up, and Jia Rui also knew what Xue Baochai meant.

This was to ask Jia Rui to show leniency and spare Jia Xuan.

(End of this chapter)