244 Demotion 6yr

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Imperial Study Room
The room was warm and humid, with golden curtains. Although this room was called the study room, it was actually the room where documents and edicts were composed. There were inkstones and quills placed all over the room.
The corridor outside was filled with several serving maids and eunuchs. Their footsteps were soft and light, as though they wore soft soled shoes.
Within the room were four eunuchs, they held onto horsetail whisks, as a symbol of their status within the palace. The Emperor sat at table behind them. Several bottles of medication stood atop the table, as one of the eunuchs stood beside the Emperor, waiting on him.

"Cough cough!" The Emperor drank a sip of water as he sputtered, using a napkin to wipe his mouth, "Get rid of these medications. I’m not taking any of these."
"Your majesty, if you don’t take the medication, how will you get better?" The eunuch coaxed.
"Ai, throw it all away. If the medication truly worked, I would’ve been better a long time ago." The Emperor sighed as he looked at the eunuch and swept the bottles away from the table.
"Arrival of the Crown Prince." The little eunuch by the door announced.
The Crown Pri