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After returning home, Li Yuanming went to see his third sister Li Shuangxi and asked her to interact more with her older sister.

In the imperial palace, the light in the emperor's bedroom was dim, and the doors and windows were closed.

The whole hall was filled with a strong smell of medicine.

It was already midsummer in July, and the hall was very hot and stuffy due to the lack of air circulation.

Emperor Jingzhang was lying on the dragon bed, covered with a thin blanket. He was always waking and sleeping during this period.

Sometimes, although the person is conscious and can even clearly hear the sounds from the outside world, he or she cannot move or open his or her eyes.

Zhang Desheng stayed by his bedside for twelve hours a day, never leaving his side.

But he knew that this old eunuch who had served him for more than 40 years had already boarded Ling Heng's pirate ship.

For example, now, Emperor Jingzhang's eyelids are heavy, but he can clearly hear the conversation between Ling Heng and Zhang Desheng.

"How is Father today?"

"Your Highness, the Emperor woke up for an hour this afternoon. He ate some porridge and took some medicine, then went back to sleep." Zhang Desheng said respectfully.

"Has Doctor Fang come to check Ping An's pulse today?"

"Yes, I have. The emperor is in good condition as before. His body has been drained by the elixir, and he needs to be replenished bit by bit. Doctor Fang said that this is a long process and we can't rush it."

"The medicine cannot be stopped."

"Yes, Doctor Fang often adjusts the prescription according to the emperor's condition. He said that it will take at least half a year to take effect."

When Zhang Desheng said this, he lowered his brows, but if you listen carefully, you can understand that he emphasized the latter part of the sentence.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is filial and comes to see the Emperor every day. Although the Emperor is in a coma, the Emperor can definitely feel His Royal Highness's filial piety."

Ling Heng hummed calmly, "Eunuch Zhang has done a great job in serving my father. I have just got a piece of fine jade and will have someone send it to you later."

"How can this be possible? Your Highness the Crown Prince always takes care of me like this."

"Serve father well."

"Yes."

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, His Highness the Fifth Prince is asking for a meeting outside the palace. He says he wants to serve the Emperor." A young eunuch ran in with small steps to report.

Ling Heng frowned slightly.

When Zhang Desheng saw this, he immediately shouted at the young eunuch, "Can't you see that the emperor is ill and needs to rest? Get out of here, you ignorant person!"

The young eunuch was so scared that he was about to run away, but Ling Yan's voice penetrated the door of the emperor's bedroom and came in.

"Father, I, your son Ling Yan, request to see you."

"Your son Ling Yan, begs to see your father."

Emperor Jingzhang tried hard to wake up, but he couldn't move.

Zhang Desheng saw the gloomy face of the Crown Prince, stepped forward and slapped the young eunuch, lowering his voice and saying, "Send him away quickly!"

The young eunuch covered his swollen face and knelt on the ground: "His Highness the Fifth Prince must break in. Your servant, I can't stop him."

Zhang Desheng glanced at the prince cautiously, and seeing that he was frowning, he hurriedly opened the door and went out, shouting to the young eunuch, "Kneel outside!"

The young eunuch was slapped hard in the face and his face became swollen instantly. He dared not say a word and knelt outside the emperor's bedroom.

Under the scorching sun, Ling Yan knelt upright on the white marble bricks outside the hall that were glowing with layers of white light.

Zhang Desheng hurriedly ordered someone to fetch an umbrella to shield Ling Yan from the sun: "Oh, my good Fifth Prince, how can you kneel here in such a hot day? If something bad happens to you, the Emperor will be heartbroken when he wakes up and finds out."

Ling Yan looked up at him and said, "Eunuch Zhang, I want to see my father. It has been a whole month and I haven't seen my father. Could you please let me know that I, Ling Yan, the unfilial son, want to see him?"

"Even if I can just watch from a distance, I will be satisfied."

"Fifth Prince, you also know that the emperor's dragon body has become dependent on those poisonous pills because of taking too many of them. Now that the pills are stopped, his body will not be able to recover in the short term."

"Doctor Fang has been watching over him day and night, hoping to expel the poison from the emperor's body as soon as possible. Doctor Fang also said that the next six months are the most important, and he needs to rest and stay out of the wind."

"Fifth Prince, the Emperor cannot see you. Although the Emperor is ill, he can clearly see your filial piety. Please listen to my advice and go back."

Zhang Desheng said this and tried to help him up.

Ling Yan pushed Zhang Desheng away and stared at him instead: "Eunuch Zhang, you have served our father for more than 40 years. Compared to us sons, the relationship between you and our father is no less than ours."

"Today, I, Ling Yan, am here to ask Eunuch Zhang to tell me clearly, is it really because of those pills that my father's health is like this now?"

He turned sideways, looking past Zhang Desheng who was blocking his view, and looked at the tightly closed palace door and the airtight window frames on all sides.

Even a healthy person will have problems in such a hot and stuffy day.

He knew that the person was behind all these layers of barriers, watching him coldly as he kneeled under the scorching sun.

He won, and he can take off his old disguise.

Zhang Desheng's face changed when he heard this, and he put his hands in front of him, blocking Ling Yan's sight again.

"Oh, Fifth Prince, you can't say that. Everyone in Shengjing City knows that the deposed crown prince has evil ambitions and presented a fake Heavenly Master to the emperor in an attempt to seize the throne. The emperor only demoted him and did not kill him. This is the emperor's kindness."

"Apart from this reason, what else could it be? Fifth Prince, I know you are filial, but there are some things that cannot be said easily."

Ling Yan stood up and snorted coldly: "I hope that Eunuch Zhang will always remember this sentence."

When the time comes, don't come to him to beg for mercy!

It depends on how long Ling Heng can continue to be so rampant!

After saying this, Ling Yan left without looking back.

Zhang Desheng wiped the fine beads of sweat from his forehead caused by the sun and turned back to the emperor's bedroom.

In the emperor's bedroom, Ling Heng stood with his hands behind his back in front of the window, watching Ling Yan walk away with a cold gaze through the dim light.

The fifth prince Ling Yan, who once stood above them mother and son, was now just kneeling outside the palace, crawling at his feet.

Who my father can meet has been decided by him since the moment he was crowned the Crown Prince.

Even if he died kneeling outside, he would never let him see the man on the dragon bed.

"His Royal Highness."

Ling Heng turned around and looked at Zhang Desheng: "What is Lao Wu doing here?"

"Your Highness, the Fifth Prince is filial and wants to come to take care of the emperor. This old servant said that Doctor Fang has said that the emperor needs to rest and that there should not be too many people in front of the dragon bed."

"Oh, if he was filial, he shouldn't have reported the evil deeds of the deposed crown prince to father after the third and second sons died and his mother committed a serious mistake and had nowhere else to go. What else could he have done earlier?"

"Yes, His Highness the Crown Prince is right."