Long live Emperor Wu!

Chapter 91 Nightmare
Li Shan was nearby at the time. Seeing that he was stunned, he walked directly to the side, picked up the memorial, and looked at it carefully.

Among the few short lines above, the last word "die of melancholy" hurt his eyes.

His hands were shaking while holding the memorial, and he said to the emperor:
"Father... maybe, maybe I made a mistake. Let's ask again."

The emperor seemed to have lost his soul, his eyes were empty, he didn't say anything for a long time, and suddenly he fell on the desk.

"Father, father... tell the imperial doctor quickly, tell the imperial doctor quickly!" Li Shan lifted the emperor up and let him lean on his shoulders, shouting in panic, holding the memorial in one hand unconsciously .

In the middle of the night, the emperor suddenly woke up, and the palace lanterns on both sides of the dragon bed shone dimly.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw a man sitting next to the bed, with his back to him, wearing bright yellow prince clothes and a gold crown on his head, silent.

The emperor looked very familiar with his back, it was obviously his son Li Chengqian.

At that time, for some reason, he had forgotten that his eldest son was no longer the prince, and had forgotten that his son was dead. It seemed that it was normal for Li Chengqian to sit beside his bed at this time.

The long-term longing left him with only a sense of satisfaction, peace of mind, relief, and warmth in seeing his relatives again and being able to fulfill his wish.

Although he was happy, he was deeply hurt by the deep guilt. He stretched out his hand, touched his son's back, and choked out:
"Son, it is my father who is sorry for you. It is my father who failed to protect you and made you sick. Wuwuwu..."

He couldn't help crying at the end.

The figure from behind finally turned around and could not see clearly in the darkness. When he saw clearly, he found that it was not Li Chengqian, but his eldest brother Li Jiancheng!
Li Jiancheng and he were brothers, with similar facial features, except that the brow bones were higher, the cheeks were fleshless, and they exuded an air of hostility.The emperor had already forgotten what he looked like, but now he found that Cheng Qian's face seemed more like him. He couldn't tell the difference, and he was even surprised and confused by it...

In the darkness, Li Jiancheng's eyes were shining with hatred, and he said to him viciously:

"Second brother, you deserve it! When you killed my family and took away my throne, God will repay you! Look, none of your sons and daughters will survive!"

The emperor was so frightened that his whole body trembled. A chill surged from the soles of his feet to his scalp, making his whole body numb. He sat up suddenly and roared:
"Get out of here!"

Then he opened his eyes.

When he shouted with all his strength in the dream, he neither sat up nor shouted loudly, he just muttered one sentence.

The bedroom was brightly lit at this time, and his youngest son Li Shan was kneeling beside his bed to guard him. After hearing the noise, he quickly raised his face to look at him, his eyes were red, and he asked warmly:

"Father, you're awake, how do you feel?"

The emperor looked around drowsily and saw familiar faces, including the imperial physician, Concubine Wei, and the eunuchs... He quickly held Li Shan's hand and cried:

"Xiaojiu, nothing can happen to you, Aye is counting on you."

Li Shan's tears fell instantly. He had clearly warned himself that he would be an adult from now on and would be his father's support. But when he saw the emperor speaking these words tremblingly with fear in his eyes, he still I couldn't help but burst into tears.

Aye, who had always been strong in my mind, suddenly became old, like a child, who would be scared and cry to him in turn, feeling as if his heart had been wrenched dry.

He quickly stood up and hugged the emperor, hugging him tightly with his arms, like a reliable and powerful adult, comforting him and saying:
"Aye, it's okay. I'm here. I'm here."

Wu Rou stood behind Concubine Wei, watching this scene, she couldn't help but shed tears, but besides being moved, she also had a deeper fear in her heart.

The half day the emperor was unconscious seemed to make her face everything she would face in the future.

Her life and her destiny will turn to another node after the emperor's death.

There, she will most likely continue to suffer cynicism from the Wu brothers, and will continue to be persecuted by them, making her even more miserable and sad than before entering the palace.

Then wouldn't the opportunity in life that she earned by running so hard in the first place be in vain?
She was unwilling to give in. …

……

After the emperor woke up, he was so sad that he ignored the government affairs and did not go to court. The government affairs were all left to the prince.

When Wu Rou took the last reviewed memorial away from the Crown Prince Li Shan, Li Shan looked at the empty desk with a numb expression, his whole body was exhausted, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"Your Highness, today's memorial is gone. You can rest for a while." Wu Rou reminded him softly.

Li Shan didn't even raise his eyes. After a while, he suddenly whispered:

"I want to see my eldest brother...can I go?"

Wu Rou raised her eyes and saw that he was immersed in sadness. It was even more heartbreaking when he spoke these words calmly.

But she still replied in a ruthless tone:
"We can't go, Qianzhou is too far away, and we can't live without His Highness here."

As she spoke, she sorted out all the memorials and gave them to the chamberlain before resigning and leaving the Wude Hall.

Li Shan did not raise his eyes, still looking at the tables in front of him, and said softly:
"Don't leave yet, sit with me for a while."

There seemed to be some pitiful pleading in her gentle voice. Wu Rou, who was about to turn around, suddenly stopped.

She stood there and let her heart beat "dong-dong" for a while, then turned around calmly, walked to her position as the female servant, and knelt down next to him.

She was very obedient. When asked to accompany him, she stayed with him quietly, without speaking or raising her eyes to look at him.

After a while, Li Shan exhaled as if in great pain, his voice trembled slightly, but he was just jealous and did not cry, and said:
"In the past few days, I have often thought about the words on the memorial, saying that my eldest brother died of depression."

He paused and repeated again in a choked voice:
"...and died of depression. How sad was he? If I had written to him from time to time and told him my father's intention to recruit him back, wouldn't he have died?"

When Wu Rou heard this, she was affected by Li Shan's self-blaming and sad tone. Her heart ached for a while, and she calmly said:

"Your Highness, it's not your fault, it's his life. It's too painful."

Li Shan was silent again. After a while, he raised his eyes, looked at the void in the distance, and repeated questioningly:
"Life?...Yes, if he hadn't been sick, he wouldn't be like this."

His eyes gradually became foggy, as if he had fallen into some kind of memory and fantasy. That was the scene he hoped for most.

But the fog quickly dissipated, and he returned to reality.

The reality was cruel and cold. He held his forehead with both hands in pain and said:

"Fate?... I really don't know whose life is worse. The dead may be relieved and unaware, but the living are experiencing the pain of loss bit by bit.

First the mother, then the rhinoceros, then the eldest brother...

Buddha said: All actions are impermanent and everything is suffering.This is true at all, it would be better to die. "

When Wu Rou heard what he said, her brows jumped in fright, and she quickly raised her eyes to see his expression.

(End of this chapter)