Traveling through Tianlong: Starting from the Zhenlong chess game

Chapter 588 Extremely ill
It’s no wonder that Queen Meng was afraid.

Since Sima Zhao set a precedent by murdering the emperor, anyone who came to power through a military coup would eliminate the royal family of the previous dynasty in order to ensure that his own position would not be threatened.

This is true even for people with the same surname and clan.

Emperor Taizong of Tang killed Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, while Emperor Xuanzong of Tang killed Empress Wei and Princess Taiping.

Although the Emperor Taizu of this dynasty was not so direct, the last ruler of the Zhou Dynasty, the King of Shang, Chai Zongxun, died at a young age without any clear reason. How can this not make people suspicious?
Now that Zhao Mu has broken into the palace, the concubines in the palace are of course very scared.

Queen Meng wanted Zhao Mu to spare Zhezong's life because he had been kind to her in the past.

Zhao Mu was choked by Queen Meng's words. He didn't expect that this was the image of him in Queen Meng's mind.

Seeing that Zhao Mu remained silent, Queen Meng continued, "Your Majesty is now seriously ill. To be disrespectful, he only has half his breath left. I hope that your uncle will consider our relationship as clansmen and not disown our ancestors. I am making a plea to you, your uncle!" As she spoke, Queen Meng pretended to kneel down to Zhao Mu.

Zhao Mu reacted and quickly supported Queen Meng. Although it was disrespectful to touch the mother of a country, if she really knelt down to him, he would really become a "traitor", and even if he sat firmly on the throne in the future, he would have a bad reputation.

Zhao Mu said quickly, "Your Highness, what are you talking about? I have always been your Majesty's subject. Your Majesty is the only emperor of the Song Dynasty. I am proclaiming myself emperor in Lingzhou only as a temporary measure. On the one hand, I can win the hearts of the people and make those generals who want to be granted titles serve me. On the other hand, Prince Duan has declared himself emperor. If I do not proclaim myself emperor, I will inevitably be accused of insubordination and have no reason to fight."

After hearing what Zhao Mu said, it was Queen Meng's turn to be stunned. At this moment, Queen Meng even suspected that Zhao Mu was deliberately teasing her and saying nice things.

After all, since ancient times, there have been many people who killed their brothers and fathers for the throne. Although Zhezong was kind to Zhao Mu, the two essentially belonged to two different branches and did not have much blood relationship. She could not believe that Zhao Mu would be so loyal.

Queen Meng would rather believe that his loyalty was like that of Sima Yi and Dong Zhuo.

But Queen Meng thought about it and felt that it was unnecessary. Zhao Mu was now in power and had already entered the city of Bianjing. Why did he need to put on a show with them?

While Queen Meng was still in thought, Zhao Mu had already helped her up. Then Zhao Mu took two steps back and respectfully performed the great ceremony of three kneelings and nine kowtows to Emperor Zhezong and Queen Meng sitting on the couch.

"Your humble servant Zhao Mu pays respects to Your Majesty, the Queen!"

Zhezong had remained silent just now, and he also wanted to test Zhao Mu's feelings for him one last time.

Although Zhao Mu had split the land before and had the capital to compete with him, he did not declare himself emperor, showing his loyalty. But at that time, he only split the land and established a border, living in a corner.

But the current situation is that Zhao Mu has cleared all obstacles and successfully ascended the throne. The fact that he can enter the palace openly shows that he has already taken down Prince Duan's party. And now as long as he can deal with this trouble of his, he will be the true emperor of the Song Dynasty.

As the saying goes: Kindness does not command the army, and righteousness does not command the wealth.

If Zhao Mu chose to get rid of him, Zhezong would not blame him, because this is the "ruthlessness" that a king must have.

But in his heart, Cheoljong was more willing to believe the latter.

Believe in Zhao Mu, believe in everything that is happening. Believe that he and Zhao Mu never doubt each other.

Now that he saw Zhao Mu paying homage to him, Zhezong could finally smile in his grave.

Although Zhezong was now completely exhausted, he still managed to say, "Quick! Help me up!"

Upon hearing Zhezong's words, Empress Meng and Concubine Liu hurried forward to support him, and the palace maids also brought a cushion for the emperor to lean on.

After Zhezong sat down on the bed, he said, "Uncle, there is no need to be polite. Come closer quickly! Let me take a look!"

Hearing Zhezong's weak voice, Zhao Mu quickly stood up and came to Zhezong's bed. Seeing Zhezong's face, Zhao Mu's heart sank.

At this time, Zhezong's body was thin, his cheekbones were thin, his face was haggard, and his hair was messy. The circles under his eyes were dark purple, and his lips were bloodless. Except for his eyes, which still had a sparkle, he looked like he was about to die.

Then the king and his minister held hands together. Zhezong could not help shedding tears and said, "I can see my uncle again before I die. This is enough for me."

Zhao Mu said, "I heard in Lingzhou that Your Majesty was seriously ill, and I was very worried. Your Majesty, please don't say such depressing words. Your Majesty is the true dragon emperor, the supreme ruler, and you are blessed by the gods. I have invited a good doctor for Your Majesty. After the good doctor's diagnosis, Your Majesty will definitely recover."

Then Zhao Mu shouted to Su Xinghe, "Big Brother! Come and diagnose His Majesty."

After hearing what Zhao Mu said, Su Xinghe slowly walked over.

When Su Xinghe took a look at Zhezong's face, his expression became even uglier.

Zhao Mu also quickly moved aside at this time. Su Xinghe opened the medicine box he carried with him, took out the pulse pillow from it, and then began to diagnose Zhezong.

Su Xinghe pinched Zhezong's pulse, and his expression was uncertain.

As the saying goes, "I'm not afraid of Chinese medicine practitioners smiling, I'm just afraid of them looking down on me."

At this moment, Su Xinghe's eyebrows were no longer lowered. His two white eyebrows were almost twisted into one. He even looked at Zhao Mu with resentment on his face.

Although Su Xinghe didn't say anything, his eyes had already told Zhao Mu "Why do you want me to treat a dead person?"

Seeing Su Xinghe's expression, Queen Meng asked, "Sir, how is your Majesty's health?"

Su Xinghe didn't say anything, just glanced at Zhao Mu.

Zhao Mu said, "Brother, there are no outsiders here, just say whatever you want to say."

Su Xinghe withdrew his hand at this time. He stroked his beard lightly, sighed and said, "Alas! Junior Brother, Madam. Please forgive my incompetence. His Majesty is already terminally ill. I am powerless to help you."

Although Zhao Mu was mentally prepared, he felt a different mood when he heard Su Xinghe say it himself.

Zhao Mu looked at Su Xinghe and asked, "Big Brother, can't you think of another way? We in Xiaoyao Sect have many elixirs and miraculous medicines, isn't there any that can cure His Majesty's illness?"

Zhao Mu took out the Nine-transformation Bear Snake Pill from his arms and said, "I have Master Uncle's Nine-transformation Bear Snake Pill. Although it's a bit exaggerated to say that this thing can revive the dead, but..."

Before Zhao Mu could finish his words, Su Xinghe interrupted him and said, "This Nine-Turn Bear Snake Pill is a magical medicine for treating external injuries. It is indeed very effective for treating external injuries. Even a broken arm can be reattached as long as the flesh and blood have not rotted. But the disease your majesty suffers from is deep in the internal organs, so this magical medicine for external injuries is useless."

Queen Meng bit her lip and looked at Zhezong and said, "Is Your Majesty really..."

When Zhezong saw everyone's disappointed looks, he laughed.

Zhezong smiled and said, "Uncle, Queen, you don't have to be like this. Is there anyone in this world who is immortal? I was born into an imperial family and enjoy all the wealth and honor in the world. How many people in this world are better than me? And I have my uncle to help me achieve my wish. I have no regrets in this life."

Zhezong looked at Zhao Mu and said, "Uncle, I am tired and need to go downstairs to rest. The burden from now on will fall on your shoulders alone. I hope you will be very careful. I hope that when you see me in front of the Wangchuan River a hundred years later, I can hear the good news that you have taken back the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun and unified the Central Plains."

(End of this chapter)