Forbidden Autumn, Summer, Winter and Spring Rebirth

Chapter 182 178. Struggle
On the fourth day of the emperor's coma, he finally showed signs of waking up, but the imperial physician made a new diagnosis at this time.

The emperor's limbs are disabled, his mind is unclear, and his mouth and eyes are crooked; these are symptoms of a stroke.

Everyone felt as if the sky had fallen, and the Imperial Concubine burst into tears out of grief.

The Imperial Concubine ordered the imperial physician to do his best to treat the emperor.

The imperial doctors all looked solemn and said that at present they could only slowly recuperate with herbal medicine and acupuncture, but the chances of recovery were not high.

The Imperial Concubine was determined to take care of the Emperor personally and stay by his side day and night.

At this time, the Sixth Prince knelt down and pleaded, "Royal Concubine, you are not in good health, how can you bear it? Your son should take care of the Royal Father himself. Your son is strong and healthy, and it is your son's duty to be filial to the Royal Father."

Hearing this, all the princes stood up and knelt down, "Your sons are also willing to serve the Emperor together." For a moment, all the royal brothers in the bedroom expressed their filial piety.

The Imperial Concubine was very pleased to see this scene in front of her. With tears in her eyes, she said, "It is difficult for you to be so sincere, but this matter is of great importance and needs to be carefully considered. You are all the emperor's children and should share his worries. You must not delay the important matters of the court by serving the emperor."

All the princes responded and expressed that they would do their best to fulfill the mission.

Finally, under the auspices of the Imperial Noble Consort, it was decided that the Sixth Prince would take the lead and the other princes would take turns to serve the Emperor. In addition, the Imperial Noble Consort also ordered the strengthening of palace guards to ensure the safety of the Emperor, and actively sought famous doctors in the world in order to find better treatments.

The other princes began to take turns to serve the emperor, but the Sixth Prince was there every day, wiping the emperor's body, washing his feet, and serving him medicine. He never took off his clothes.

The fact that the Emperor was seriously ill and bedridden could not be concealed after all. At this time, the Sixth Prince had taken over most of the government affairs and was so busy every day that he could not sleep or eat.

However, there were undercurrents in the previous dynasty. Although Concubine Jing and Shen Meiyu contacted their maternal clan and were able to temporarily suppress some restless forces in the court, it was not a long-term solution.

The two imperial concubines discussed it and decided to imprison her first, and send all the people in her palace to the Ministry of Punishment for trial. They also replaced all the servants with their own people. Only then did they feel relieved.

At such a critical moment, nothing can go wrong.

At this time, some people in the court began to suggest that the country cannot be without a monarch for a day, and now that the emperor is seriously ill and bedridden, they should take out the succession edict from behind the plaque of "Zhengda Guangming", support the new monarch, and the emperor abdicate to become the emperor emeritus.

However, the Sixth Prince Hongzhou was determined not to do so. He wept and told all the ministers in the court that he firmly believed that the emperor would recover as before, and asked them to wait a little longer.

The emperor has been in a coma for a month. Although he is still unconscious, unable to speak or move, he is awake most of the time.

Hongzhou consulted the imperial physician and would personally move the emperor's joints whenever he had time, and he would also patiently apply hot compresses to the emperor's hands, feet and muscles every day.

In addition, he insisted on reporting government affairs to the emperor every day, chatting with him, and personally feeding the emperor his daily meals.

Perhaps it was God’s will that those who work hard will find success. Two months later, the emperor gradually regained consciousness and was able to slowly utter some simple words.

Such progress made everyone cry with joy.

Soon after the emperor regained consciousness, several old princes from the clan house came together to ask to see the emperor.

I don't know what they said, but after the princes left, the emperor became furious. He moved his limbs violently, trying his best to move his body. His angry roar was full of unwillingness and humiliation.

The palace maids and eunuchs knelt on the ground, and Su Peisheng hurried to invite the Sixth Prince. When Hongzhou arrived, he saw the emperor with red eyes and a hoarse roar.

He felt a pain in his heart and knelt in front of the Emperor Father, tears welling up in his eyes, trying to comfort the Emperor Father.

Unexpectedly, the emperor became even more excited when he saw him. His whole body began to tremble, and he shouted incoherently, "How dare you... I am... the emperor... You are so daredevil!"

The emperor fainted due to anger.

After the imperial physician examined the emperor, he wiped the sweat from his forehead and reported that the emperor's condition had worsened.

This disease is most contraindicated if one gets angry, which will cause the Qi and blood to flow backwards and the wind and fire to move recklessly. In addition, the emperor's dragon body is already extremely weak. If one is not careful, the condition will be aggravated and the long-term recovery will be in vain.

This coma caused great damage to the emperor's vitality, but Hongzhou still served the emperor by his bedside without taking off his clothes.

For the first time ever, the Third Prince, as the eldest brother, changed his previous lazy and perfunctory style of doing things and went to the Yangxin Palace every day.

You know, ever since the emperor fell seriously ill, although the Third Prince was the eldest son, he had no intention of setting an example for the princes and princesses. He was not concerned about taking turns to care for the emperor, and he only went to the Yangxin Palace for show in the past.

Unexpectedly, this time he changed his nature. Not only did the emperor take care of his diet and medicine himself, he also urged Hongzhou to rest every day, as he let his brother take care of everything.

Hongzhou had his own judgment in his mind. He was no longer a naive and ignorant child. He was always prepared for the various paths he would take in the future. His father had taught him that a soft-hearted person would find it difficult to accomplish anything.

He had heard all about the emperor's deeds when he was young since he was a child. His resoluteness, decisiveness, iron-fistedness and ruthlessness made him admire him immensely.

We have a heavy responsibility to our ancestors and the people, and we must live up to our conscience.

It was the emperor's earnest teachings to him.

As long as it does not involve the ancestors and the people, he can make arbitrary decisions on other matters.

For example, a brother who is stupid and ignorant, yet smart as a whim and has bad intentions.

When Hongzhou thought of his third brother's disgustingly fake face, his eyes darkened and he felt annoyed.

Hongshi had not been around for a few days before Hongzhou sent him back to the Prince's Mansion on the pretext of angering the emperor and triggering his illness, and told him that he did not need to come to the palace again without being summoned.

What a joke! The people who serve lunch in the Yangxin Palace, the imperial guards and the emperor's close ministers, are all people trusted by the emperor. These people are of one mind and one heart with the emperor, and are best able to guess his intentions. Over the past few years, except for the emperor, these people have only obeyed the Sixth Prince's orders.

If anyone had evil intentions and thought that he could gain something for nothing by showing up for a few days, wouldn't all the teachings and actions of the Emperor's father over the years be a joke?
The emperor was still unable to move around easily, but his mind was clear. Every day, despite his extreme physical discomfort, he would review the memorials. If he was tired, he would ask Hongzhou to read them to him.

As the emperor was seriously ill, doing so was too stressful for him. Within a month, the emperor fell into a coma again.

After waking up this time, he no longer insisted on controlling the government and began to let go and hand over most of the power to Hongzhou. This was also a signal that he had gradually given up the struggle.

Even though he held such great power, Hongzhou still hoped that his father would recover. In his heart, the father-son relationship between him and his father was better than anything else in the world.

The emperor followed the imperial physician's instructions every day, taking medicine and acupuncture treatment, doing physical exercise training on his own, and cultivating his body and mind. His health gradually improved.