Do you know: I am the crown prince

Chapter 49 Summoning
Zhao Xing coughed for a long time before he felt better.

Only then did he see his father, the Emperor, Empress Cao, and his mother gathered around the bed, looking at him with excitement and worry.

The three of them had slightly red eyes with tears in them and bloodshot eyes.

An old man with silver hair and beard was taking his pulse in front of the bed.

Seeing Zhao Xing looking over, the official asked excitedly: "Fuer, how do you feel? Do you feel any discomfort?"

"I'm fine. I'm sorry to have worried my father, the emperor, the empress, and my mother." Zhao Xing said with a forced smile.

His head was still a little dizzy at this time, but it was much better than the last time he woke up and he was able to think.

Zhao Xing also knew what had happened. He seemed to have a fever, but he didn't know how long he had been unconscious.

Empress Cao and Concubine Zhu cried with joy and ordered people to bring some food.

"His Majesty."

After the imperial physician took Zhao Xing's pulse, he put his hand under the quilt and stood up.

"How is it? How is Fu'er's condition?" the official asked hurriedly.

"Return to your majesty!"

The imperial physician bowed and said, "Your Highness has caught a cold caused by the evil wind entering his body. Now the fever is slowly subsiding. You just need to take the medicine on time and recuperate for a while and you will be fine."

The emperor heaved a sigh of relief and waved his hand, saying, "You have done a good job. You stay here for the next few days. When Fu'er gets better, I will reward you handsomely."

"This is what I should do. If Your Majesty has no other instructions, I will take my leave now," said the imperial physician.

"Go ahead." The official waved his hand.

After the imperial physician left, several people began to ask Zhao Xing about his health and well-being.

Zhao Xing also learned from his father and others that he had been unconscious for more than a day and it was already late at night.

He suddenly fell ill and fell into a coma, which scared the officials terribly.

When I heard the news, I almost fainted from anxiety.

Zhao Xing's illness was a cold. According to the imperial physician's guess, he had a nightmare and broke out in a cold sweat while sleeping at night.

As a result, he kicked off the quilt again, causing evil wind to enter his body and he caught a cold.

After hearing this, Zhao Xing smiled bitterly in his heart. Although he didn't know whether he kicked off the quilt or not, the imperial physician's guess was right. He did have a nightmare that night.

As the saying goes, you have something to think about every day and something to dream about at night.

He has been having all sorts of random thoughts for some time and had several dreams last night.

Yes, just a few.

He no longer remembered the specific circumstances of the dream, he only remembered that he died several times in the dream.

Some died of illness, some were poisoned, and some were even assassinated.

In other words, his illness this time was entirely caused by scaring himself.

After the palace maid brought the food, his mother personally fed him two bowls of porridge. Zhao Xing then made the excuse that he was sleepy and wanted to rest.

Let father and the others go back and rest as well.

Although he had been in a coma before, from the tiredness on his father and others' faces and the bloodshot eyes, one could imagine how worried they were after hearing the news.

After his father and others left, Zhao Xing was not sleepy at all. He called Sanshui and asked about his condition after he fell into a coma.

Not long after he fell into a coma, the imperial physician arrived, followed by the Emperor, Empress Cao and others who hurried over.

Upon hearing the imperial physician's speculation, the emperor was furious and ordered several palace maids who served him closely to be dragged away and beaten to death.

In the officials' view, it didn't matter whether Zhao Xing caught a cold because he kicked off the quilt or not.

Zhao Xing fell ill, and these servants must be responsible.

After all, according to the rules, even when Zhao Xing was sleeping, there had to be someone watching over him and checking on him from time to time.

Moreover, he needed a place to vent his anger.

It was Queen Cao who pleaded for mercy, saying that Zhao Xing was now ill, and that giving those people a chance to live would be considered as praying for Zhao Xing.

The government spared their lives, but still ordered each of them to be beaten with twenty boards, which cost them half their lives.

After listening to this, Zhao Xing was silent for a while, then said, "Go find the imperial physician and ask him to prescribe some medicine and send it to the person being punished."

He himself didn't like someone guarding the room when he slept, so he didn't let the palace maids stay to guard. It's not their fault.

"Yes." Sanshui hurried away after hearing that. Zhao Xing glanced at the palace maids standing in the room and wanted to ask them to leave. But when he thought of the palace maids who were being punished, he knew it would be very difficult to ask them to leave at this time, so he asked them to put down the curtains.

I don’t know if it’s because of the serious illness, but Zhao Xing, who had been a little anxious before, was now unusually calm.

Even when he thought about the possibility of his death, he remained calm, as if he had suddenly gained enlightenment.

Zhao Xing had developed a mental illness due to his previous wild thoughts.

At this point he also figured it out. Instead of worrying about unnecessary things and scaring himself, it is better to live in the present.

As a reborn person, I have lived two lives, so it is not a loss at all.

Feeling relieved, and as his illness had not yet fully healed, Zhao Xing felt his eyelids become heavy and he slowly fell asleep.

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Zhao Xing rested for several days before he fully recovered.

His illness has concerned many people.

Some were worried about him, while others hoped he would die.

Those who hoped for his death were naturally the royal family members.

Before Concubine Zhu became pregnant with Zhao Xing, the civil and military officials at court had petitioned the emperor to adopt a member of the royal family.

If Zhao Xing died of illness, it would be almost impossible for the emperor to have children at his age.

At that time, only the sons of the royal family could be chosen and adopted as the crown prince.

Upon learning that Zhao Xing was ill, those who felt they had a chance of being selected all hoped that he would die.

Zhao Xing didn't know all this. After he recovered from his illness, he returned to Zishan Hall to continue his studies.

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The Song Dynasty had been established for nearly a hundred years, and the houses in the inner city had basically been occupied. The houses in the outer city close to the inner city became the first choice for officials.

Jiying Lane is located in the east of the outer city, not far from the inner city. Most of the people living here are third and fourth rank officials in the court.

After the old man of the Sheng family won the third place in the imperial examination, he bought a house of more than 20 acres here.

Sheng Hong passed the imperial examination and served as an official in the local area, so the house remained vacant.

Over the years, many people have contacted the Sheng family to buy this house, but were all rejected by Sheng Hong.

Sheng Changbai has lived here since he came to Beijing.

At this time, there were two middle-aged men sitting at the top of the main hall of the Sheng family, one of whom was Sheng Hong.

The other one was in his forties, with an elegant face, looking like a well-read scholar.
In fact, he is a businessman, Sheng Wei, from the eldest branch of the Sheng family.

Although Sheng Wei was a businessman, he was well educated in his early years and went to school with Sheng Hong.

However, he had no talent for studying, so he gave up literature and went into business. With the financial support of Old Lady Sheng, he earned a considerable fortune after years of hard work.

Sheng Hong’s success today is certainly due to the support of the Wang family and his own tactfulness and prudence, but Sheng Wei’s support is also crucial.

This time when Sheng Hong went to Beijing to report on his work, he also brought a large amount of silver with him to give to Sheng Hong to use as bribes.

"Brother, the Ministry of Personnel has already made the appointment and promoted me to the position of Shangshu Tai, the sixth rank." Sheng Hong said with a smile.

"Really?" Sheng Wei exclaimed.

Although he was engaged in business, he also had some understanding of official positions.

He didn't know what the Shangshu Tai Ren did specifically, but Shangshu Tai was where the ministers worked.

In other words, Sheng Hong was promoted directly to a Beijing official this time.

"What the Ministry of Personnel officials said themselves cannot be false," Sheng Hong said with a smile.

"Then isn't the gift we gave before a little too light? How about we give another one?" Sheng Wei said.

"Too much is as bad as too little. There will be plenty of opportunities after I enter the capital." Sheng Hong said after hesitating for a while.

"Lord!"

At this moment, Dong Rong hurried in and said, "An angel came outside and said that the emperor summoned the master to the palace to meet him."

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