Gu Changqing and several of the Emperor's trusted ministers exchanged glances before speaking: "Your Highness, these words are mistaken. If His Majesty is indeed poisoned and unconscious, and the situation is dire, it is all the more necessary for us ministers to keep vigil day and night at his side, so that when His Majesty awakens, there are people around. If there are matters to be entrusted, there could also be witnesses, no?"
"If we proceed according to Your Highness's words, leaving only the Director of the Imperial Medical Bureau and a few servants, Her Majesty the Empress, and several Princes and ministers not by his side, this would not be according to protocols. Should His Majesty wake up with instructions, we would not be able to afford any delay!"
