The Unkind Human Chapter 13

After the New Year, it was February in a blink of an eye. The weather was getting better day by day, but the emperor fell ill.

Originally I had just typhoid fever and a cough, but for some reason I just couldn't get better. By mid-February, my condition had gotten worse and I could hardly get out of bed. I took medicine every day, but there was no improvement.

As Charles Chu was the eldest son and had to attend to the emperor's illness, he naturally didn't have to do anything. He just handed the medicine prepared by the imperial physician and watched the emperor drink it gulp by gulp. The emperor drank bowl after bowl of medicine, but it had no effect.

The empress dowager was anxious and angry. She kept blaming the imperial physician for being useless. She was also annoyed when she looked at the people around her, scolding the Linda Lis for their poor service. Linda Li Shu and Linda Li Xian had to take care of the affairs of the six palaces, so it was forgivable that they could not take care of them for a while because there were many things to do after the New Year. The only Linda Li in the position of Linda Li was busy and did not serve well. The empress dowager was anxious, and she found an excuse to criticize Linda Li several times, and scolded Linda Li for her popularity after being confined to her house.

It would be fine if the cabinet ministers were handling the state affairs, but the spring ploughing time in March was approaching. In previous years, the emperor would go outside the city to plough the land in person according to the old calendar, in order to encourage agriculture and pray for a good harvest. But the emperor was in such a condition now that he could not go.