GSY Chapter58

The 23rd year of Taihe was not a peaceful year.

 

That year, Emperor Wen passed away, King Ding, Yuan Cheng forced the emperor to abdicate, and King Xuan, Yuan Heng, was appointed to the throne and became the new emperor. In just a few months, the country changed hands, and Yandu became a new world.

 

Later, the historians wrote only a few words in the history of Yan, it was difficult to describe all the ups and downs, bloodiness, and weirdness.

 

No one could have imagined that King Xuan, Yuan Heng, would become the new emperor. It was not Emperor Wen’s favorite Seventh Prince, Yuan Zheng, nor was it King Ding, Yuan Cheng, who had the highest support in the court, but the less famous King Xuan, Yuan Heng.

 

“King Xuan—how could it be King Xuan?” Cen Yelan frowned. Emperor Wen had many children, Yuan Heng was the third, and Cen Yelan and Yuan Heng had only met a few times. Cen Yelan remembered that when Yuan Zheng mentioned him in front of him, his words were quite intimate, saying that his third brother had a very good temperament and was the most gentle.

 

“On the eve of His Majesty’s death, King Ding led the imperial guards to surround the palace. Marquis Ping An and King Ding were not on good terms, so he publicly denounced his wolfish ambitions and even dispatched the city defense battalions.”

 

“The Imperial Guards and the City Guards have always fought fiercely in the capital. That night, the entire palace was sealed off, and there was chaos inside.” Said the attendant. “King Ding was killed by a stray arrow. I heard that when His Majesty was about to wake up, he was so angry that he passed away immediately. He only left a verbal order to pass the throne to King Xuan.”

 

Cen Yelan stroked the cup in his hand. The tea was warm. He swallowed a few sips to suppress the discomfort. He didn’t know why he always felt nauseous and weak these days.

 

Cen Yelan said, “His Majesty didn’t leave a will?”

 

“No.” the attendant said softly, “I heard that even Liu Gonggong[mfn]Eunuch Liu[/mfn] who was beside His Majesty, was killed by King Ding, and the oral order was passed on by Marquis Ping An.”

 

Cen Yelan thought for a long while and dismissed his attendant. He leaned back in his chair and couldn’t help thinking of Yuan Zheng. Cen Yelan thought, how could Yuan Zheng go crazy? Is this person really crazy?

 

But if he was not crazy, his emperor father has suddenly passed away, Meng Tan is seriously injured, and everything has changed. Now that he has returned to the capital, how should Yuan Zheng face it? And Yuan Heng—King Ding made a scene, but in the end, Yuan Heng became the winner.

 

Is Yuan Heng really the gentleman who is indifferent to fame and fortune like Yuan Zheng described?

 

But if he is already crazy, crazy… Cen Yelan raised his hand and pressed his chest, he felt a chill all over his body. If a man as proud and arrogant as Yuan Zheng is really crazy, he might as well be dead.

 

Qi Ming is dead.

 

This is what Meng Huaixue said in the secret letter from the northern border. Meng Huaixue was a lady from the Meng family in Qingzhou. The Meng family was a family of scholars. When Meng Huaixue was fifteen years old, she ran away from home and entered the world of martial arts alone, wandering for more than ten years.

 

Meng Huaixue said that when she arrived, everyone was dead, with corpses all over the ground, and only Fang Jing was still alive. Meng Huaixue found Yuan Zheng at the bottom of the cliff. Yuan Zheng was covered with wounds and had been in a coma for several days. When he woke up, not only didn’t he recognize anyone but he also went crazy. She didn’t elaborate in the letter, but the word “crazy” was shocking enough.

 

Cen Yelan raised his hand and burned the letter to ashes. Now that the new emperor is about to ascend the throne, the situation in the court is unclear, Cen Yelan can only wait and see.

 

The war on the northern border had ended, and everything had returned to peace and order. Cen Yelan kept himself busy with the affairs of the northern border. He personally inspected Longsha Fort, Huanzhou Prefecture, and Beicang Pass, which were severely invaded by the Hu people. When he returned to Hanzhou, he had lost a lot of weight.

 

Su Chenzhao frowned when he saw his face and said, “Ah Lan, what happened these days? You look so unhappy.”

 

Cen Yelan glanced at him and said casually, “I was a little busy, it’s nothing.”

 

It was a rare good day, with warm sunshine. Su Chenzhao brought out all the herbs that needed to be dried in the medicine house, filling up half of the yard. There were rare and common herbs, and the whole yard was filled with the fragrance of herbs. Su Chenzhao put down his rolled-up sleeves and said slowly, “Let me take a look at you.”

 

Cen Yelan smiled, pushed the wooden drying rack for drying medicine onto the rack, and said, “I’ve been traveling a lot these days, and I haven’t rested well at night. I’ll be fine in a few days.”

 

There was a wooden frame between the two of them. Su Chenzhao looked at the tiredness between his eyes and asked persistently, “Besides not being able to sleep well at night, what else is there?”

 

Cen Yelan was helpless and said, “Chenzhao, I’m really fine.”

 

Su Chenzhao muttered, “Really fine, really fine. I see you’ve lost weight again.”

 

Cen Yelan said, “It will be fine after a few days of rest.”

 

Su Chenzhao picked at the herbs unhappily and suddenly heard Cen Yelan ask him, “Chenzhao, can a person go crazy?”

 

Su Chenzhao was stunned for a moment, thinking, “Of course people will go crazy. Some people go crazy because they are stimulated and can’t bear it. Some people get brain injuries…” He suddenly stopped talking, looked at Cen Yelan, and said, “Why do you suddenly ask this? Who is crazy?”

 

Cen Yelan did not answer and then asked, “Can it be cured?”

 

Su Chenzhao said, “This… I can’t make a hasty judgment without seeing the patient.”

 

Cen Yelan fell silent, somewhat unwillingly, and asked, “What if it was due to external injuries?”

 

Su Chenzhao blinked and said, “In fact, madness is different. Some people call soul separation madness, or mental damage and madness, and so on. A slight mistake can lead to a great mistake, especially in the field of medicine.”

 

“Insanity caused by trauma is rare, but if it is acquired, there is always a way to cure it.”

 

“Ah Lan, you are so concerned, who is in trouble?”

 

Cen Yelan was in a daze for a moment, and finally, he just sighed softly and said, “I just asked casually.”

 

Cen Yelan didn’t know whether Yuan Zheng was really crazy or pretending to be crazy, but he didn’t believe that Yuan Zheng would go crazy like this in his heart.

 

Cen Yelan stood up and was about to say something, but suddenly, he felt dizzy and stumbled. Su Chenzhao was startled and hurriedly supported Cen Yelan, “…Ah Lan!”

 

Cen Yelan’s face became paler and paler, and he held Su Chenzhao’s hand to relax. Su Chenzhao sat down on the stone bench in his yard, raised his hand, and put his fingers on Cen Yelan’s wrist. But in a moment, Su Chenzhao’s eyes widened, and his expression became strange. He felt it carefully for a moment, his eyes were a little stunned, and he stared at Cen Yelan blankly.

 

Cen Yelan raised his hand and rubbed his brows. When he looked up, he saw Su Chenzhao staring at him like he had seen a ghost. “What’s wrong?”

 

Su Chenzhao opened his mouth, “Ah Lan…”

 

He didn’t know what to say for a moment.

 

Cen Yelan forced himself to suppress the strong feeling of nausea and looked at Su Chenzhao with a frown. Then, he heard Su Chenzhao say blankly, “Ah Lan, your stomach… have, have…”

 

Cen Yelan was also stunned. He lowered his head and looked at his stomach. His face turned ugly. He took a deep breath and said with difficulty, “What I have is—”

 

Su Chenzhao said, “Preg, pregnant.”

 

Cen Yelan suddenly said, “Impossible, I am a man!”

 

Before he finished speaking, his lips tightened, and his face turned pale.

 

Both of them fell silent, and Su Chenzhao murmured, “I can’t make a mistake. This is the pulse of pregnancy.”

 

Cen Yelan clenched his fingers into fists, his head was buzzing, as if the sky was falling and the earth was collapsing. He could hardly breathe, and his whole body seemed to be in chaos. After a while, Cen Yelan closed his eyes and said in a hoarse voice, “He can’t stay.”

 

Su Chenzhao looked at Cen Yelan helplessly. Cen Yelan looked both calm and fierce. He grabbed his wrist and said, “This…” He seemed to not know how to address this uninvited guest who caught him off guard and made him dizzy. He spoke word by word, “This child cannot be kept!”

 

“Can’t have it, can’t.”