It was a short walk from the bedchamber to the West Front Hall. Along the way, Zhao Gao explained the general situation in the palace to Zhou Fu. Zhou Fu also had a preliminary understanding of the current situation.

A hundred years had passed since the Zhou Dynasty was enfeoffed at the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty. The vassals ruled separately, and the Zhou Dynasty's real power had declined. However, on a spiritual level, its symbolic significance was great.

Emperor Zhou's death was a huge blow to the vassal states. Now, Zhou had many things to do, and the country's power had not recovered from the natural disaster. Those vassals who were already ambitious would definitely send people to inquire about the situation in Zhou.

More importantly, the ancestors had set a rule that once Emperor Zhou passed away, in order to protect the legitimate position of Zhou, all the vassal states had to send hostages to Zhou. To put it bluntly, this was to hold the heirs of the vassal states hostage.

After Emperor Zhou's funeral, the hostages would arrive one after another. When the time came, people would need to be arranged to receive them.

The two of them arrived at the West Front Hall. The originally dark place was lit with lanterns. The palace servants were in fear and trepidation. When they heard that Zhou Fu wanted to see his younger brother, some even knelt on the ground and trembled.

"Your Highness, please take care of your dragon body!"

Zhou Fu was tired of the rigid and mechanical words. He pushed open the door and saw a loyal palace servant kneeling by the bed and continuously wiping the little prince's sweat. More importantly, this palace servant was shameless!

At this moment, she was anxiously and worriedly comforting the little prince. When the door opened, she looked over in surprise. When she saw that it was Zhou Fu, she quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed. "Your Highness, the Crown Prince. The Eighth Prince has been running a high fever since he came back tonight. Your Highness, please save the Sixth Prince."

The palace servant's figure was slim. Although her face was haggard, she was even more lovely.

Zhao Gao narrowed his eyes. From their angle, they could see the slender and beautiful neck of the palace maid, which was like a swan.

Zhao Gao was rather disdainful of such seduction methods. Without batting an eyelid, he glanced at Zhou Fu, thinking that the Little Hall should have reached the age where he understood human affairs. He was afraid that the young monarch had seen too few beauties and would be seduced.

That was right. Even if he would ascend the throne tomorrow, Zhou Fu was already the real King of Zhou in the eyes of the public.

However, Zhao Gao also firmly believed that Zhou Fu would not have such thoughts at the moment. Emperor Zhou had just passed away, and he probably would not be in the mood to think about other things.

As expected, Zhou Fu's expression did not change in the face of the beautiful palace maid. Not only did he not look at her, he calmly said, "Go and call the medical officer."

Zhao Gao would never have thought that the real reason was that Zhou Fu had just been born. Even if he had mature thinking and the ability to deal with things, it was caused by Nana's character setting. In some aspects, he was really as immature as a child. He had no concept of beauty or ugliness for the time being.

In Zhou Fu's eyes, the only special thing was the huge difference between the awakened people and the white-masked NPCs.

Zhao Gao answered in a low voice and ordered the servant to call the medical officer.

The medical officer hurried over and examined the Eighth Prince. "Your Highness, the Eighth Prince's fever is not subsiding. External force is needed to reduce the fever."

"Just do it." Zhou Fu stared at the words "Awakening" flashing above the Eighth Prince's head. He saw the medical officer bring a basin of liquid that emitted a strange smell, soaked a towel, and was about to wipe the Eighth Prince's body.

Zhou Fu was shocked. "Wait, what is this?"

The medical officer replied, "Your Highness, it's a boy's urine."

"Boy's urine? Boy's urine can reduce fever?"

The medical officer answered matter-of-factly, "It should be done both internally and externally."

In other words, not only did he have to apply it, but he also had to force it down his throat.

Imagining this scene was really hard to accept. Zhou Fu frowned.

"Is there no other way?"

The medical officers all answered that there was no. The servants and palace maids all took it for granted.

Zhao Gao's expression was strange. He looked up and wanted to say something but stopped. Zhou Fu asked him what was wrong.

"Your Highness, boy's urine is an ancient method that has been proven to be undesirable. You can use white wine to lower the temperature."

The medical officer retorted, "Nonsense, boy's urine is an orthodox medicine. How can it be undesirable? Who can prove it?"

"This … was proven by the Godly Doctor Bian Que. It has been spread far and wide since two years ago." Zhao Gao had already been taught a lot by the two Lord Zhang's high-pressure education in the Imperial Mausoleum.

"Godly Doctor … What kind of Godly Doctor Bian Que is this? Why haven't I heard of him before … Wait, Bian Que is a Godly Doctor. I've also heard of Bian Que's name." The leading medical officer held his head and fell into a whirlpool of self-doubt as he muttered to himself. The contradiction in his words caused everyone to raise their eyebrows. However, Zhou Fu's eyes lit up because the words "Awakening" had appeared above the medical officer's head.

A thought flashed through his mind.

It was a contradiction!

That's right, once those white-masked people were faced with something that was completely wrong with their understanding, there would be a chance for them to be awakened.

Zhou Fu thought about how Zhang Liang had awakened, and then he thought about how Jiang Ziya and Gui Guzi had awakened. These people, in the history of China, were completely unrelated!

Perhaps, there were many coincidences in this world that caused many NPCs to awaken on their own in places that he could not see.

Zhou Fu instantly felt that the future was full of hope. He had a direction to work hard towards. It was much better than going blind!

Thinking of this, Zhou Fu's depressed mood from Emperor Zhou's abandonment of his body instantly improved.

"You guys, hurry up and remove these. Change them to white wine." Zhou Fu panicked when he saw the words above the Sixth Prince's head flashing red. He was afraid that something bad would happen, so he ordered the others to take action.

Unfortunately, when the waiter brought the white wine, the words above the Sixth Prince's "Awakening" had already changed.

[Zhou Su (?)

(Su)]

Zhou Fu was puzzled. This was the first time he had encountered a situation where brackets appeared above a person's head. What did it mean?

The waiter followed Zhou Fu's orders and wiped the Eighth Prince's body. Perhaps the Eighth Prince had awakened, or perhaps the effect of the white wine was taking effect, but the Eighth Prince's red face gradually returned to normal.

Seeing that the Eighth Prince showed signs of waking up, the beautiful palace maid was overjoyed.

The child she had taken care of was no longer in danger, and the beautiful palace maid regained her rationality. The beautiful palace maid was shocked to realize how presumptuous her previous actions were. She lowered her head with a pale face under the cold gaze of the head waiter.

"Your Highness?" Zhao Gao saw that Zhou Fu had not moved for a long time, so he raised his head slightly and reminded him softly.

"Yes." Zhou Fu came to the side of the bed and saw that the cute little child was slowly waking up. The child was thin and pitiful. Zhou Fu sighed in his heart. It turned out that human children were such soft creatures!

The little child opened his eyes and saw a teenager staring at him without blinking. He was so scared that he shrank back and cried out, "Agong, Agong …"

Zhou Fu did not know how to coax children at all, not to mention that he himself was still a baby. "Who is Agong?"

The beautiful palace maid was anxious, but she did not dare to act rashly. Zhou Wangdu had a strict hierarchy, and her previous actions had offended the dignity of the future emperor. Hearing the Eighth Prince's call, the beautiful palace maid knelt on the ground with tears in her eyes and said respectfully, "Your Highness, the Agong that the Eighth Prince called was this servant."