Chapter 626: Making a Move (2)
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Seeing this, Eunuch Deng quickly explained, “Your Highness, calm down. Eunuch Li is doing this for Your Highness’s sake. If the empress dowager sees the injury on Your Majesty’s face tomorrow, she’ll definitely be suspicious. Then all your previous efforts will be in vain.”
“Yes… I… I’m also doing this for His Highness…” Eunuch Li’s eyes rolled back and he forced out this sentence.
Shangguan Pu snorted and let go.
Eunuch Li slumped down and kowtowed to Shangguan Pu. “Thank you, Your
Highness. Thank you, Your Highness.”
“Prepare a brush, ink, and an imperial edict.”
Eunuch Li’s body stiffened and he cried out in his heart.
Shangguan Pu narrowed his eyes. “Why? You don’t want to go?”
Eunuch Li’s scalp went numb from the gaze. What had happened just now still left him with lingering fears. He could only brace himself and get up to leave the inner hall.
“By the way, don’t forget to bring the jade seal with you.”
Eunuch Deng said obsequiously, “He can’t carry so much alone. I’ll go and get it.”
Shangguan Pu was very satisfied with his tact and waved his hand.
He sat down by the dragon bed again. Thinking of what he had to do next, he reached out in a good mood and turned the emperor’s head back, wiping the blood off his hands on him.
“Father, now that the commoners are clamoring to make Imperial Granduncle, who kidnapped innocent women, pay with his life, the court officials have also written memorials saying that they must punish him severely for his actions. He has committed so many evil deeds. I think he’s going to die anyway. Why don’t we write the imperial edict today?” “How about beheading him in public in three days?”
“You agree? You’re indeed my good father.”
“Actually, apart from this, I have something else to do today. Father, you’re already advanced in age. You’re still immobile and can’t speak. I don’t know when you’ll die. However, a country can’t be without a ruler for a day. Let’s write this imperial edict today.”
“What? You want to pass this position to me? That’s true. My brothers are all useless. Apart from me, who else is qualified?”
“Father, don’t worry. I’ll definitely manage Great Xia well. I won’t disappoint you.”
Although he had guessed it in his heart, Eunuch Li was still so frightened that he shivered and dropped the ink stone in his hand.
Shangguan Pu turned around. “Eunuch Li, you’re old. You can’t even hold an ink stone steadily.”
“By the way, you seemed to have grown up with my father. Do you think he’s old and should abdicate?”
“Yes, yes. Your Highness is right.” Eunuch Deng walked in with the jade seal and echoed.
Shangguan Pu laughed. ‘Eunuch Deng is so eloquent. Then you can write these two imperial edicts.”
Eunuch Deng was filled with regret. Eunuch Li was just a sworn enemy, just let him die. Why did he say anything?
However, it was useless to regret it. He could only start drafting the edict according to Shangguan Pu’s request.
There were a total of two imperial edicts. One was to punish, and the other was to pass down the throne. By the time he finished writing, Eunuch Deng’s back was already drenched in cold sweat.
He had drafted manv edicts for the pmnprnr_ hilt this was the first time he realized that each stroke was so difficult to write.
Shangguan Pu took it and checked it. He nodded in satisfaction and reached out. “Give me the jade seal.”
Eunuch Li handed over the jade seal with trembling hands.
The emperor’s pupils quickly dilated, and his body trembled violently.
“Father, don’t be anxious. It’ll be done soon.” He picked up the jade seal and was about to stamp the imperial edict when he thought of something. He paused and smiled at the emperor. “Oh, you want to do it personally? Of course I have to satisfy you.”
With that, he grabbed the emperor’s stiff hand and placed the jade seal inside. He brought his hand and heavily stamped the jade seal on the imperial edict.
Just as he was about to stamp the next one, the young eunuch’s greetings came from outside the door. ‘Greetings, Empress Dowager.”
“No need to stand on ceremony.”
Shangguan Pu frowned and glanced at Eunuch Deng and Eunuch Li. The two of them understood and quickly put away the things.
When Empress Dowager Wei entered the inner hall, she saw Shangguan Pu sitting by the bed, massaging the emperor’s hands.
Eunuch Deng and Eunuch Li looked at each other and were about to kneel down and bow to her when Empress Dowager Wei waved her hand to stop them.
After he was done with one hand, Shangguan Pu was about to change to another when he seemed to sense something and turned around.
“Grandmother.” He quickly stood up.
Empress Dowager Wei stepped forward and glanced at the emperor, whose eyes were closed on the dragon bed. She asked, “What are you doing?”
Shangguan Pu said, “The imperial physician said that Father can’t move his body after the stroke and needs to massage his limbs often.”
Empress Dowager Wei nodded. “Just let the palace servants do this. There’s no need for you to do it yourself..”
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