Chapter 594
Chapter 594
“His Highness is unconscious and shows no sign of waking.” Xu Chuan did not continue. He did not know whether he should tell Zhang Yanchu about the situation.
“Hopefully His Highness will wake up soon.” Xu Song sighed as well.
“General Wen was already in the capital. Without His Majesty’s permission, he shouldn’t have come to Heping County. We should tell him the truth about this matter.” After thinking it over, Xu Song spoke cautiously.
“But how are we supposed to explain His Highness’s condition?” Xu Song said, troubled.
After all, Zhang Yanchu had not grown suspicious only because he had just arrived.
They could not keep this hidden from him forever.
“If all else fails, we’ll have no choice but to tell him the truth.” Xu Song finally gritted his teeth and said this.
In the end, the two of them had no choice but to wait for Zhang Yanchu to wake up so they could explain His Highness’s condition to him.
However, they both turned to look at Xu Heming on the bed.
Neither of them understood why he had fallen into an unconscious state.
“Xu Song, do you think His Highness might have been poisoned?” Xu Chuan wondered aloud. Xu Heming had lost consciousness for no apparent reason, so someone must have done something.
“Didn’t you already give His Highness an antidote?” Xu Song looked at Xu Chuan in confusion, wondering where exactly things had gone wrong.
“Could there be something wrong with that antidote of yours, Xu Chuan?” Without a second thought, Xu Song drew the sword at his waist and pressed it against Xu Chuan’s neck as he demanded an answer.
Xu Chuan had never expected Xu Song to draw his sword on him.
The thought that Xu Song suspected him of harming His Highness left Xu Chuan feeling deeply hurt.
“At a time like this, you should have remained in Lu City. Why did you happen to come to Heping County at such a coincidental moment? And how were you able to slip past Prince Zhennan’s men and find our hideout so easily? Xu Chuan, don’t you think your actions are extremely suspicious?” Xu Song was unwilling to believe that Xu Chuan had betrayed them.
However, His Highness was now unconscious, and the most suspicious person was Xu Chuan. After all, His Highness had taken the medicine Xu Chuan brought.
Xu Song had ample reason to believe that Xu Heming had fallen unconscious because Xu Chuan had poisoned him.
“I didn’t!” Xu Chuan did not know how to prove that he was innocent.
“Xu Chuan, I hope you haven’t.” Xu Song still refused to lower his sword.
This possibility was something he was even more unwilling to believe.
While Xu Heming slept, he suddenly heard two childish voices calling out to him.
“Father!”
“Father!”
Who were they?
Xu Heming looked around him, but he could not see anyone.
He had never heard those voices before, and they did not sound like Xu Qingshi.
“Father, wake up!”
“Father, hurry and save Mother! She’s still waiting for you to wake her!”
Mother?
Xu Heming was confused. He did not think he knew their mother.
“Father, if you don’t wake up soon, something will happen to Mother! She can’t remain unconscious forever!”
The childish voice sounded anxious.
Xu Heming did not understand who they were talking about.
“Father, if you don’t wake up, the Lan Nuo Kingdom will fall into chaos. The envoys from the Qinling Kingdom are about to arrive, and the people of the Lanwan Kingdom are preparing to attack Lan Nuo!”
Xu Heming grew anxious when he heard this, but no matter what he did, he could not open his eyes.
He remembered that he could not sleep. His Majesty was still waiting for him.
Suddenly, he heard Xu Song and Xu Chuan’s conversation.
He wanted to stop Xu Song, but no matter how hard he tried, he could not open his eyes.
“What are you doing?”
When Zhang Yanchu arrived, he saw Xu Song holding a sword against Xu Chuan.
Zhang Yanchu was confused. Weren’t both of them Xu Heming’s men?
Why were they suddenly pointing their swords at each other?
“General Wen?” Xu Song studied Zhang Yanchu, unable to determine for a moment whether he was friend or foe.
“What are you doing?” Zhang Yanchu felt as if he had not yet woken up. Otherwise, how could he possibly be seeing these two turn against each other?
“Where is your prince?” Zhang Yanchu was not interested in why the two had turned against each other. He was in a hurry to find Xu Heming and discuss an important matter with him.
“General Wen, do you have His Majesty’s written order authorizing your visit to Heping County?” Xu Song looked at Zhang Yanchu, his eyes filled with caution.
“I do.”
Zhang Yanchu was taken aback at first, but he still took the imperial order from inside his robe.
Xu Song examined it. He did not dare open it, but after seeing that the fire seal was authentic, he allowed Zhang Yanchu into the room.
“What did Xu Chuan do?” Zhang Yanchu asked Xu Song in confusion.
“General Wen, my prince has been unconscious this entire time.” As Xu Song spoke, he stared straight at Zhang Yanchu, trying to detect any flaw in his expression.
“What? When did this start?” Zhang Yanchu had a bad feeling. If Xu Heming remained unconscious, there were many matters waiting for him to handle.
Fortunately, His Majesty had sent him here.
“Yesterday.” Xu Song led Zhang Yanchu to Xu Heming’s bedside and spoke in a low voice.
“What does this have to do with Xu Chuan?” Zhang Yanchu asked, puzzled.
“I suspect His Highness fell unconscious after taking the elixir Xu Chuan brought.” Xu Song gritted his teeth but told him the truth.
“Have you had a physician examine him?” Zhang Yanchu asked with a frown.
“Yes, but the physician said there was nothing wrong.” Xu Song replied gloomily.
“Nothing is wrong, and yet he remains unconscious?” Zhang Yanchu had no idea what kind of ailment this was.
His heart, however, felt unbearably heavy.
This was a problem he had never anticipated.
“Xu Heming, wake up soon. There’s a whole pile of matters waiting for you to deal with.” Zhang Yanchu looked at Xu Heming as he spoke.
He stared at Xu Heming’s tightly closed eyes.
Then Zhang Yanchu added helplessly, “Xu Heming, your wife is pregnant. You’re about to become a father, so how can you sleep so soundly?”
Xu Heming, who had been unconscious, suddenly became agitated when he heard this.
His wife was pregnant?
His wife?
Weiwei was pregnant?
At that thought, Xu Heming suddenly remembered the two childish voices.
Could they be his children?
They had said Weiwei was waiting for him to wake her. Could something have happened to Weiwei?
Xu Heming could no longer remain calm.
“General Wen… look. Did His Highness’s hand just move?” Xu Song had not been paying attention to what Zhang Yanchu had said to Xu Heming.
But he happened to notice that His Highness’s hand seemed to twitch.
“Did it?” Zhang Yanchu looked over, but Xu Heming’s hand remained perfectly still.
“I’ll fetch the physician!” Xu Song said before rushing out without another thought.
Xu Chuan, who was outside the room, was somewhat confused.
He wanted to enter and check on Xu Heming himself.
However, remembering what Xu Song had said, he felt a little dejected.
“General Wen, is His Highness all right?” Xu Chuan called into the room.
“Why are you standing outside?” Zhang Yanchu asked irritably.
“I’m afraid that when Xu Song comes back, he’ll accuse me of harboring ulterior motives again,” Xu Chuan replied glumly.
“He’s only worried about his master.” Zhang Yanchu glanced at Xu Heming on the bed.
“Xu Heming, if you don’t wake up soon, your father-in-law is going to marry your wife off to someone else.”
Zhang Yanchu had no idea that Li Zhiwei was unconscious as well.