974: Chapter 607 974: Chapter 607 “Someone come!
Carry the Prince to his palace, and do not come out unless necessary!
Take good care of him.”
Upon the Empress’s order, people had already moved Prince Ba away!
“Mother, Mother, you haven’t told me what happened?”
Prince Ba didn’t receive an answer from the Empress and was carried away!
At this moment, how could the Empress care about Prince Ba?
After all, Prince Ba was nothing more than the Eldest Prince’s brother.
He was incapacitated at the moment and couldn’t offer much aid; as long as he did not cause any trouble for her, that was good enough!
The punished Emperor had no idea that she was injured.
Apart from Prince Ba, who was oblivious, the others in the court weren’t worried about his life’s safety, but had already set their sights on his position, scheming for it!
The Emperor was struck by lightning, and also injured, already showing his age.
After the palace maids cleaned him up, his blackened complexion had improved, and the burns on his body were being treated with medicine applied by the Imperial Physician, he was undergoing care!
However, the Emperor was still unconscious.
Imperial Physicians were attending to him one by one, and the palace maids and eunuchs in the Emperor’s palace were all in a state of panic!
As attendants close to the Emperor, if the Emperor were to pass away like this, it would be a disaster for them!
The Emperor being struck by lightning was quickly known to the outside world!
After all, the thunder that exploded within the Imperial Palace was heard outside, and they only knew that lightning had suddenly struck the palace!
Apart from the Imperial Palace, the sky was clear everywhere else.
Superstitious commoners, or those noble families who just prayed and received rain, ministers!
Those with connections took advantage of their relationships to investigate what exactly happened inside the Imperial Palace?
The most powerful State Preceptor in the palace, such a person could also summon wind and rain!
Was it the State Preceptor who was at work?
Logically, the Imperial Palace did not lack rainwater, did not lack water; it seemed the direction should be expanded!
Some believed the State Preceptor was refining magic, and ordinary citizens thought it was the State Preceptor who had prayed for rain successfully.
The thunder within the Imperial Palace might be the State Preceptor helping them to pray for rain!
They knelt towards the position of the Imperial Palace, chanting under their breath, wealthy families would offer tributes, burning incense and worshiping Buddha!
They attributed the rain that had been prayed for overnight to the State Preceptor!
Some able ministers still found out the truth—the Emperor was struck by Thunder Roar within the Imperial Palace!
Originally, the news of the Emperor being struck by lightning was supposed to be kept a secret.
People within the palace were all terrified, and the attendants serving there feared the fire reaching them.
With the Emperor injured, the Princes began to maneuver, and some had informed their own people!
Letting their close ones know, the Emperor was injured, and even though unconscious, would be seriously hurt if not dead, especially being struck by lightning, such ignominy, the Emperor’s position could not last long!
For these sons, any of them had the chance to take that position!
Soon, those who formed teams for the Princes, with the intent of visiting the ill, wanted to see the Emperor, but of course, could not!
With the Emperor gravely injured, aside from a few Princes standing guard outside, the Emperor’s women waiting anxiously, the daughters could not enter, surrounded by the Guardians of the palace, the Emperor’s Hidden Guards, and the Guards by his side, all standing guard!
The unconscious Emperor might very well be victim to a stealth attack!
The Imperial Physicians were preparing the medicine personally, fearing that the Emperor’s medicine would be tampered with, which would bring disaster upon their entire families!
The Emperor had been unconscious for several days.
Although strong and only external injuries from the lightning strike, the treatment by the Imperial Physicians concluded that the Emperor had been scared.
Thus, his days of unconsciousness might also relate to a head injury!
Hearing such results, the Emperor’s women, whether genuinely or superficially, all showed tears streaming down, a sorrowful appearance!
The Empress, even more so, seized control of the three palaces and six courtyards.
Her people and those of other Princes’ people brought forth suggestions, stating that the court cannot be without a ruler for long, and many matters needed attention, someone must assist!
Each team pushed forward their main Prince, only Prince Ba could not move.
Later, when he could move, he found out what had happened!
He was both angry and resentful.
During the time he was incapacitated, those who could lend a hand did so!
Those who competed for the position also tried their power, and only he, foolishly in his palace, was oblivious to everything!
The final competitive result was that the Eldest Prince, the Empress’s first son, succeeded, gaining more support, and being the son of the Empress, a prince of the Emperor; he naturally had more leverage than others!
The Eldest Prince’s regency still showed a humble appearance, calling for his brothers’ supervision, saying once their father the Emperor recovered, he would hand everything back to him!
Yet he thought differently inside, having obtained regency rights, hoping the Emperor would remain ill so that with long enough acting as regent, there would be a chance to become Crown Prince and ascend to the position!
The other Princes secretly despised this; they too hoped the Emperor would not recover too soon, giving them a chance to act as regent!
With the Eldest Prince winning, they also hoped for the Emperor’s swift recovery, knowing that the Emperor favored none exclusively, they all had chances, and they feared the Eldest Prince ascending and eradicating them!
A few days after falling unconscious, the Emperor woke up, but he seemed delirious, constantly mumbling, claiming he had become an Immortal, had completed Tribulation Crossing, ascended to heaven, and became an Immortal!
The Emperor’s foolish demeanor was something the Imperial Physicians dared not spread, and those by the Emperor’s side also feared that this foolish state of the Emperor, if not restored, would shift the throne.
They would not enjoy the glory as before, and they might be killed by the next Emperor!