From the ashes: Return of the General

Chapter 970 Ten Months

Outside the door, Mei Jinze heard everything, tears filled her eyes, her heart felt like a knife was twisted, and when she heard Wen Ruyan's footsteps, he dodged and hid in the dark. After she left with the maid, he called Imperial Physician An and asked: "Uncle, tell me the truth. How is my father's body now? How much time does he...he... have?"

In an instant, tears welled up in his eyes, and he couldn't help it anymore, the tears fell silently like rain, very sad.

We have known each other for many years, and once rescued Mengmei and Zhannan. All these years, the safety and well-being of the family depended on him. Doctor An's heart was very heavy, and he said with the same grief: "Your Highness knows that the emperor was injured on the battlefield four years ago. Severely injured, hurting the lungs and organs, and the blood Ganoderma lucidum was used to save his life."

Looking up at him, Mei Jinze nodded, indicating that he knew and at the same time he frowned and said: "I know, but haven't I been taking medicine for the past few years? Could it be that it doesn't work at all?"

Impossible, he couldn’t see the cold wind in the first winter when he was injured, and he had to cover his nose and mouth with something every time he went out, and he would cough whenever he caught cold, and he would cough for a long time, but it got better in the past two winters, Basically, I haven't seen him coughing much. Logically speaking, his body should be better than before.

Imperial Physician An didn't know how to answer, so he thought for a while and said, "It's not that it doesn't work, but that the emperor was seriously injured, and the medicine he drank is just for recuperation, and it can't restore his body to its original state."

Sighing deeply, Imperial Physician An became more and more sad, and then he opened his mouth and said: "No matter how strong the body is, there is always a limit it can't bear, not to mention that the emperor was not seriously injured once. He was dying in several battles when he was young. .On the surface, those wounds are all healed, but they only healed and left scars, not completely healed, and the emperor never knew how to take care of them. Old wounds, new wounds, have never been seen in the past few decades Broken, one can imagine how fragile the emperor's body is now."

Several symptoms came together, new injuries and old illnesses broke out at the same time as if they had been promised, like a storm on the sea swept over, submerging his battered ship.

Growing up by his father's side, Mei Jinze wouldn't know it, but he never imagined that his father's health had deteriorated to such an extent that he was dying like a dying candle.

"Is there no other way? Is there really no way? My father...my father...he is not yet 50 years old, he..." With a sob in his throat, Mei Jinze turned his head and looked aside, Mei Jinze said As he spoke, he fell silent suddenly, and burst into tears.

Physician An knew that Mei Zhannan was not yet 50 years old, but he really had no choice. The men of the Mei family were always proud of dying in battle. Too many died young, and they could live to his age Among the men in the Mei family, they are already considered to have lived a long life.

"Your Highness..." She wanted to comfort him, wanted to say something, but at this moment, all her words were weak and useless.

The man didn't cry easily, but he didn't get to the point where he was sad. He couldn't remember how many years ago he cried last time. Mei Jinze wept silently and said, "And... how long is it? ?”

The trembling voice showed the fear in his heart, and the hands under his sleeves clenched into fists involuntarily.

Because his mother passed away early, his father was like a mountain in his heart. He never thought that one day this mountain would fall, let alone that this mountain would collapse. He thought he would always stand there, standing upright.

It was too painful, too sad, too sad, Doctor An didn't want to say it, but he had to say it, looking down at his toes, he raised his sleeves and wiped his tears and said: "Even if I try my best in medicine, I can only keep the emperor safe in October." , No matter how much...there is nothing I can do."

Overwhelmed with grief, he knelt down for Mei Jinze after he finished speaking.

Even though she was mentally prepared, Mei Jinze still turned pale with shock, tears streaming down her face uncontrollably while her heart was full of horror.

Ten months, even if you try your best, it's only ten months, so what about after ten months?What would he do, what would his father do, and what would his sister do?
Thinking of her younger sister Mei Xin, and thinking that today is her day of great joy, Mei Jinze's heart ached even more.

Bending down and reaching out to help Imperial Physician An up, Mei Jinze took a step back, saluted him solemnly and said, "This is a matter of great concern to the safety of the country, please keep it a secret, and don't tell any third party, including your heart." Including my son, if she asks, you will say that the lingering poison is not cleared and it will take time, so you must not tell her the truth, I am afraid she will blame yourself."

Her younger sister knew it herself, she seemed to be invincible, but her family was her weakness, and if she knew that her father lost his life because he attended her wedding, then she would definitely blame herself.

That was what he didn't want to see, and he believed it wasn't what his father wanted to see either.So, instead of making her feel guilty, it's better to wait until later.

Imperial Physician An understood that Mei Zhannan had told him after he was poisoned, but it included not only the eldest princess but also His Royal Highness the crown prince, and if he hadn't just come here and heard everything, he would never have said it.

At this time, De Shun'er came out, and seeing Mei Jinze was overjoyed, he hurried over to salute and said, "His Royal Highness, the emperor has a favor."

Bowing her head and wiping her face, Mei Jinze said "Got it" and straightened her clothes before entering the hall.

In the queen's bedroom, Mei Zhannan was a little tired. He leaned on the bed and closed his eyes to rest his mind. When he heard the steady and powerful footsteps, he opened his eyes and said, "What's going on outside, the assassin has been caught?"

Judging from his many years of experience in leading the army, this was not a simple assassination, nor was it a temporary intention, but a well-prepared and deliberate plan.

Calming down and pretending to be calm, Mei Jinze saluted first and then sat down and said: "They are all well-trained dead soldiers, and they caught two of them who didn't speak, and they are being tortured right now. Dad, how do you feel? Does the wound still hurt? ?”

After taking the medicine, he didn't know how deep the wound was, but he was very distressed when he heard Uncle Wei said that he bled a lot and cut off a piece of flesh.

I don't know how many injuries I have suffered in the battlefield for decades, and I have long been accustomed to the wind and rain. Mei Zhannan replied nonchalantly: "A little skin trauma is nothing to worry about. You are not the wound medicine of Uncle An. I haven’t used it before, and it doesn’t hurt when I smear it on.”

It just so happened that Imperial Physician An came in to pour the medicine, and he immediately saluted and said, "The emperor praises me, I am ashamed of myself!"

He has been practicing medicine for decades, and he has treated many difficult and miscellaneous diseases, but he still couldn't save his life at critical moments.

"If you don't dare to be like that, then others don't dare to be. Get up quickly." Mei Zhannan raised his hand to signal him to get up without ceremony, and Mei Zhannan turned to look at Mei Jinze and said, "I thought your sister just got married, so let her stay at home." Rest for two more days, I'm afraid it won't work now."

(End of this chapter)