kingnovel Chapter 195 Grandfather and grandson meet
Chapter 195 Grandfather and grandson meet
"Your Majesty, wake up!"
As soon as Duke Xie stepped into the bedroom, he shouted loudly to make way for him. As he walked from the outer room to the inner room, all the eunuchs and palace maids saluted him along the way.
The old Duke walked all the way to the bedside of Emperor Jingde as if he were in an empty place. He was stunned for a moment when he saw the emaciated Emperor Jingde lying on the bed, and then he flew into a rage and scolded Shun Dajian:
"Xiao Shunzi, how do you take care of the emperor? He is obviously decades younger than me, but why does he look even more like an old man than me! How can a servant like you be so incompetent!"
Shun Dajian is old and is a veteran figure in the palace. He has always been respectfully called Dajian.
Now, apart from the emperor, the only one who can point at his nose and call him Xiao Shunzi is the old duke in front of him.
Back then, when Duke Xie was riding a horse with his sword in hand, he was still a young eunuch holding the horse's stirrups.
Hearing the old Duke Xie's shout, the eunuch Shun subconsciously shrank back and quickly stepped forward to flatter him:
"Old Duke, why are you here in the palace on such a cold day? If you want to see the Emperor, please tell him. Xiao Shunzi has sent for a carriage to come and pick you up personally."
"Humph!"
The old Duke sat down on the edge of Emperor Jingde's bed, breathing heavily through his nose and said unhappily:
"Go pick me up in person? I can't afford it."
"I came here on my own, but was stopped at the palace gate and not allowed in! If I hadn't fought my way in, I wouldn't have seen the emperor."
As he spoke, the old Duke grabbed the hand of Emperor Jingde, tears streaming down his face:
"Your Majesty, I didn't expect you to be in such a state! Look at you, you good boy are worse than an old man like me! I can still eat three bowls of rice in one meal, but I just beat up that damn eunuch and now I'm hungry again. How could you be like this?"
"It must be that your unpresentable concubine can't take good care of you. I told your father before that this Wen woman may be beautiful, but she's very mean-spirited! She doesn't have the dignity and generosity to manage a household at all!"
When the old Duke said this, Concubine Wen happened to come in and heard everything. A layer of frost suddenly covered her beautiful face.
Her red lips were tightly closed, and her back teeth were about to break!
But she couldn't afford to offend the person who scolded her.
"Ho ho! Ho!"
Emperor Jingde seemed to have a mouthful of thick phlegm stuck under his throat. He couldn't utter a word after a long time, and his eyes rolled back. Su Li, who was standing beside him, felt very worried, fearing that he would die from suffocation.
But the old Duke seemed not to notice anything and kept chatting with Emperor Jingde:
"Look at you! Mrs. Lu was kind, respectful, frugal, graceful and generous, yet you had to be suspicious of such a good daughter-in-law! And you forced such a good son to death! You were simply bewitched by this evil concubine, you! What have you ruined such a good life!"
"As an old man, I would say that you deserve what you have become today!"
The old Duke acted as if no one was around and started to denounce Emperor Jingde. The words he said next were so unpleasant that he even cursed Concubine Wen's entire family.
Su Li's heart started pounding when she heard that.
Oh my God, I never thought that there would be someone who dared to curse the emperor like this!
The old Duke is truly a role model for our generation!
A man with a golden mace on his waist is different!
Emperor Jingde was so excited when he heard this, but he rolled his eyes and choked for a long time without uttering a single word.
Su Li was really afraid that he would suffocate and fall over, so she quickly walked over and helped Emperor Jingde up, and slapped his back with her hollow palms.
After about a dozen hits, Emperor Jingde let out a large mouthful of phlegm with a "wow" sound, and then began to breathe heavily.
"emperor!"
"Father!"
Everyone screamed.
Concubine Wen roared even louder, her bright red finger almost hitting Su Li's forehead, and she angrily said, "Bold Su Li, what are you doing! You made the emperor vomit!"
Seeing that Emperor Jingde was breathing smoothly, Su Li let him go and walked to the bed, kneeling down with a thud.
"This is an urgent situation. I have offended Your Majesty. Please forgive me!"
The princess saw that after Emperor Jingde's struggle, his face turned red, his breathing became much smoother, and the wheezing sound in his throat became lighter. She said happily:
"Father, are you feeling better?"
Emperor Jingde nodded slowly, and finally uttered a sound from his hoarse throat:
"Ah, this mouthful of phlegm is almost suffocating me to death."
The eldest princess hurried forward to support Emperor Jingde, and imitating Su Li's example, she sat behind Emperor Jingde and patted his back gently.
Emperor Jingde finally had the energy to look around slowly. Seeing Xie An and Huan Ge'er coming, his cloudy eyes also brightened a little and nodded.
"Two good kids, they still remember to come and see Grandpa Long, that's great."
Su Li turned to look at Huan Ge'er. Seeing him staring at Emperor Jingde with cold eyes, neither kneeling nor bowing, he quickly pulled him aside. Huan Ge'er then reluctantly lowered his head:
"emperor."
Xie An rolled his eyes, opened his mouth, and rushed forward, crying loudly:
"Grandpa Long! Xiao Anzi almost didn't get to see you. There are bad guys trying to kill Xiao Anzi and Huan Ge'er. Grandpa Long, you have to stand up for us!"
She cried and rubbed against Emperor Jingde's arms.
"What's going on? Who's so bold as to kill you two?"
When Xie An cried and sobbed about his experience in the Dali Temple, Emperor Jingde was stunned for a long time without reacting.
"Grandpa Long? Grandpa Long! Are you listening?"
Xie An stretched out his hand and waved it in front of Emperor Jingde.
"What did you say? Huan Ge'er, whose son is Huan Ge'er? Say it again?!"
Emperor Jingde's expression suddenly turned very bad, and Xie An couldn't help but shudder at his heavy tone. Now he was not sure what Emperor Jingde meant.
Do you like Brother Huan?
Still don’t like Brother Huan?
Xie An looked at Su Li and then at Duke Xie.
Su Li nodded slightly at him.
Duke Xie also touched the golden mace around his waist.
Xie An felt relieved and stood up and said loudly:
"Grandpa Long, don't you know yet? Everyone in Shengjing City knows that Huan Ge'er is your biological grandson! Your biological grandson!"
"Grandpa Long, didn't you say back at Su's Restaurant that it would be so great if Huan'er and I were your grandchildren? Your dream has come true! Grandpa Long, you must be so happy!"
Xie An blinked and tilted his head to look at Emperor Jingde.
Emperor Jingde's eyes widened instantly as he looked at the handsome and bright Huan Ge'er in front of him, and his raised fingers trembled constantly.
"you you you……"
The eldest princess who was sitting behind Emperor Jingde had her heart in her throat. If her father did not recognize Huan Ge'er and wanted to treat him as a traitor, she would knock him out with a palm before her father could open his mouth, and then take Huan Ge'er all the way out of the palace and run away with him!
What's more, the eldest princess is betting that her father will recognize Huan Ge'er!
After all, it was her father who asked her to set up tablets for the empress and her brother and perform rituals in the Huguo Temple, and also gave her a secret order to investigate the case of that year.
My father also had doubts about the case that year.
"Father, didn't you ask Yan'er to go to the Huguo Temple to burn incense for my brother? The heavens must have sensed your sincerity and allowed you and Huan'er to meet."
"Father!?"
The eldest princess felt that Emperor Jingde was trembling all over. Just as she was about to turn around to look at him, she heard a "pu" sound, and Emperor Jingde spat out a mouthful of blood. Then he fell straight onto the bed.