Chapter 354 The sky is falling!
“Tell me the truth, was it you who caused the left prime minister to have a stroke?”

As soon as Zhao Qi’an entered the carriage, Qin Desheng couldn’t wait to ask this question.

Zhao Qi’an sat aside and shook his head, “No, if I had this ability, why would I have made those plans before?”

Qin Desheng listened and thought about it, and it made sense. He said with emotion: “In this case, the left prime minister’s stroke was really just a coincidence?”

“How could he have a stroke out of nowhere? He looked energetic before, and I thought he would never get old. How could he have a stroke all of a sudden…”

He kept muttering to himself, as if expressing regret, but his face was full of joy and he couldn’t hide it.

This matter… this fact is God’s help!

Now in the court, the only person weighing down Qin Desheng is the left prime minister Wu Yong. Now that this huge mountain above his head is about to be removed, who can still hold him down?

Qin Desheng was still a little worried, and asked Zhao Qian’an: “For most people with this stroke, even if they are cured, they are likely to suffer from crooked eyes and crooked mouths, or even hemiplegia. In your opinion, can the left prime minister still govern?”

Zhao Qi’an shook his head and said, “It’s hard to say. The Fifth Marquis is a good doctor, and there are also talented people in the Imperial Hospital. Maybe they can help Prime Minister Wu recover.”

“Oh, this…”

“But now that the Astronomical Observatory has made trouble in front of the emperor, and Prime Minister Wu has reached such an age, I am afraid that even if he recovers, Your Majesty will intend to find another minister to assist the country.”

Qin Desheng clapped his hands and said, “Hai Qingbo just happened to think of the same thing as me.”

“Now that the left prime minister is critically ill and Lin Wenxu is dead, the Wu Party is leaderless. I think it is time for me to win the hearts of all officials in the court. However… I am not a member of the Wu Party, so it may not be easy to win the hearts of the Wu Party officials. If time passes, the Wu Party may nominate another leader, who will then become my strong enemy.”

He looked at Zhao Qian’an, cupped his hands and said, “For this matter, I still need Hai Qingbo’s help.”

Zhao Qi’an asked, “What does Qin Tianguan want me to do?”

“Please ask Hai Qingbo to introduce His Highness to me to show my sincere heart.”

Until now, Qin Desheng finally revealed the main purpose of coming to find Zhao Qi’an.

He had made a very good calculation. Now that the Left Prime Minister is critically ill, the Wu party must be extremely terrified and urgently needs a backbone to stand up.

And this backbone must be the second prince Ji Haoyu.

Qin Desheng wanted to win over the hearts of Wu party bureaucrats through Ji Haoyu so as to build momentum for his ascension to the throne and appointment as prime minister.

He could have easily bypassed Zhao Qi’an and contacted the second prince privately, but now he still found Zhao Qi’an as a middleman, which also showed that he had no ulterior motives in the cooperation with Zhao Qi’an.

In other words, Qin Desheng still recognized Zhao Qi’an’s strength, and hoped to get assistance from the Zhao family of Donghai on his road to becoming prime minister.

Zhao Qi’an pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said, “Now is not the right time. The situation of the left prime minister is uncertain. If you rashly contact the Wu party officials, it may backfire. What’s more, the second prince may not want to see you now.”

Qin Desheng was immediately disappointed: “What should we do then?”

“Wait a few more days until everything is settled.”

“It seems… this is the only way!”

……

Inside the Golden Throne Hall, there was a low couch in the center of the hall.

Wu Yong closed his eyes tightly, lay on the couch with a sullen face, and never woke up.

Many imperial doctors gathered around, talking in low voices. From time to time, someone leaned over to feel the patient’s pulse or open the eyelids to check the pupils, but most of them just sighed and shook their heads.

“His Majesty.”

The Fifth Marquis came to the high platform and bowed. Behind the screen, Emperor Tianwu looked listless with his eyelids drooping. It was not until the Fifth Marquis approached that he pulled himself together and asked, “How is Wu Yong? Is there any hope of saving him?”

The Fifth Marquis hesitated for a moment and replied, “If it is just a stroke, I am still confident that I can treat it. I can drill a hole in Prime Minister Wu’s skull and use the spiritual energy to turn the silk into silk to remove the blood clots in his skull. Although there are risks, the chances of recovery are 70%.”

“But… Prime Minister Wu may have really taken the evil pill of the Salvation Church. And that evil pill is not a pill that prolongs life, but a pill that overdrafts a person’s blood and energy to keep the person energetic. Now that the evil pill is gone, the side effects have come. Prime Minister Wu’s body has reached the point of being exhausted, and he has even become mentally retarded.”

“Stupidity?”

“When a person grows old and forgets things, becomes confused and doesn’t know what to do, this is called dementia.”

This so-called “dementia” can be called Alzheimer’s disease by another name.

The Fifth Marquis Qiansui bluntly said, “If the status quo remains, Prime Minister Wu still has a few years to live. If the craniotomy leads to blood clots, I’m afraid he will die today. Even if everything goes well, Prime Minister Wu will only have a few years to live.”

Emperor Tianwu immediately understood what Wu Hou Qiansui meant.

If not treated, you can live a few more years.

If the condition is not treated properly, the patient will die on the spot. If the condition is cured, the patient will only live for a few years.

Wu Yong…his life span has come to an end!
Emperor Tianwu sighed: “Wu Qing has guarded this country for me for so many years. Even if he has no merit, he has worked hard. Now he has fallen to this point. Let’s leave some reputation for him after his death. Five Marquises…”

He wanted to tell the Fifth Marquis something, but when the words came to his lips, he shook his head and said, “Forget it, I will talk to the Imperial Master myself.”

The Fifth Marquis nodded in understanding.

Your Majesty is still kind-hearted. He intends to suppress the impeachment of Junior General Li in front of the emperor on behalf of Prime Minister Wu and not take it to heart.

Emperor Tianwu calmed down and asked, “Have the Queen and the Second Prince arrived?”

The Fifth Marquis bowed and replied, “We have been waiting outside the palace for a long time, but the imperial doctors were treating the patient just now, so it was inconvenient to let the queen and the prince enter the palace to disturb them, so I decided to let them wait outside the palace first.”

Emperor Tianwu waved his hand and said, “Let them in.”

“Yes.”

……

“father!”

When Queen Wu entered the palace, she saw Wu Yong unconscious in the hall and immediately threw herself over and burst into tears.

The second prince Ji Haoyu was half a step slower than Queen Wu. When he entered the palace and saw his grandfather unconscious, he couldn’t help but tremble all over.

He saw Wu Hou Qiansui standing beside him, and holding on to the last glimmer of hope, he asked, “Fifth Marquis, my grandfather… can he be saved?”

Wu Hou Qiansui said expressionlessly: “Your Highness, rest assured. The imperial doctors have already treated him. Prime Minister Wu’s life is at least safe.”

“That’s good. Then he…”

At this moment, Ji Haoyu still had a fantasy in his heart.

He thought that his grandfather was just sick, and after he recovered, he would return to the court, take control of the government again, and become the prime minister who had the final say!
But the Fifth Marquis’ next words completely shattered his thoughts: “It’s just that Prime Minister Wu may not be able to speak or get out of bed from now on.”

The stroke caused hemiplegia. Not only could he not return to court, he also needed someone to serve him even when eating, drinking, defecating and urinating.

When Ji Haoyu heard this, his vision went dark, and he staggered and fell backwards.

The sky is falling…

(End of this chapter)