The night falls, the sky is filled with stars, and all the masters in the East Palace have fallen asleep.
A chamberlain quietly entered Eunuch Feng's house.
This chamberlain is responsible for delivering news. Every two or three days, he will come quietly and deliver the news from the secret servants of each palace to Feng Shaojun.
The chamberlain took out three bamboo tubes from his arms and whispered: "Please take a look at it, Eunuch Feng."
Feng Shaojun hummed, took the bamboo tube, and the waiter quietly left.
Feng Shaojun quickly removed the bamboo tube and looked at it one by one. One was the news from Ganquan Palace. Concubine Cao went to the Hall of Supreme Harmony every day and returned to Ganquan Palace after dark. There was no abnormal movement.
The second bamboo tube contains news from Cuiwei Palace. Concubine Tian Shu secretly laughed at Concubine Taisun several times. Today, King Zhao entered Cuiwei Palace and talked to Concubine Tian Shu alone for half an hour.
The last bamboo tube came from Cining Palace. Today, the Cao family went into the palace to visit Queen Mother Cao and stayed in Cining Palace for half a day before leaving.
Just as Eunuch Yang expected.
Emperor Long'an's dragon body was getting worse day by day, the atmosphere in the palace was extremely tense, and there was an inexplicable sense of tension everywhere.
Feng Shaojun read the three notes and then burned them to ashes with a candle. After processing them, he went to Eunuch Yang's house and reported the news one by one.
When she was a secret agent, she only had to follow orders. Now that she was the leader of the secret agents, she had to identify the information sent back and choose the most important ones to report to Eunuch Yang.
After hearing this, Eunuch Yang's eyes flashed: "If you pass on the order, Cuiwei Palace in Ganquan Palace should keep a close eye on it. Prince Qin's Palace, Zhao Palace and Han Palace outside the palace must not relax and be careful at all times."
On the other hand, there is no harm in being a little more relaxed over at Cining Palace. Empress Dowager Cao is over eighty years old, and her eyesight is dim and it is difficult to walk. Furthermore, although Empress Dowager Cao is more biased towards her natal family, she is still clear-minded and has a clear mind.
Chu didn't interfere in anything. She was a wise queen mother.
Feng Shaojun nodded slightly and lowered his voice: "At the Hall of Supreme Harmony, we only bribed a chamberlain who ran errands and delivered messages."
The East Palace is full of eyes and ears in the palace. The only exception is the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
"There's no rush for now, it's better to be careful." Eunuch Yang lowered his voice subconsciously: "You must not alarm Eunuch Shen."
Feng Shaojun nodded again.
Eunuch Yang whispered again: "Tomorrow you go quietly to the Taiyuan Hospital and meet Xu Yuanpian. Ask Xu Yuanpian to copy out a copy of Qi Yuanpian's prescription."
The princes hoped that the emperor would last longer. From the perspective of the Eastern Palace, they naturally hoped that the prince would ascend the throne as soon as possible.
It is a taboo in the palace to spy on the emperor's dragon body disease.
In fact, several princes are doing this. It depends on who is more secretive and smarter. The emperor's illness and prescription are all secret. Yang Gonggong can't trust anyone else, so he handed the matter over to Feng Shaojun.
Feng Shaojun knew that this matter was important, so he complied.
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At noon the next day, Feng Shaojun went to Tai Hospital after having lunch.
Eunuch Feng is now a celebrity in the East Palace. The doctors from the imperial hospital were especially polite when they met Eunuch Feng: "Why is Eunuch Feng here in person today?"
Feng Shaojun smiled without changing his expression and said: "Eunuch Yang has been suffering from a fever recently and has a toothache. Our family feels sorry for our adoptive father and is looking for some medicine to cure the toothache."
The imperial doctors in the imperial hospital all treat the concubines of the palace or the princes and concubines. No matter how powerful Eunuch Yang is, he is still a slave and is not qualified to hire an imperial doctor. It is convenient to find some patent medicines in the medicinal material warehouse.
Feng Shaojun entered the medicinal material warehouse and met Xu Yuanpan.
Xu Yuanjing was very proud of his promotion and was particularly attentive to Eunuch Feng when he met him.
Feng Shaojun pretended to repeat the reason just now, and winked at Xu Yuanjing calmly. Xu Yuanjing understood, and went to the warehouse to get the medicine. He took the key and opened the warehouse where the prescription was stored. I hurriedly copied out the latest prescription prescribed by the hospital.
In just one stick of incense, the medicine was in Feng Shaojun's hands.
Feng Shaojun stuffed the folded prescription into the secret pocket in his sleeve and left with a calm expression.
Returned to the East Palace and arrived outside the study.
In early autumn, the weather is still a bit hot. The faces of the guards guarding outside the study are all red from the sun, but their eyes are still alert and sharp.
Being a personal guard is not an easy task. It may seem like you are fine standing around all day long, but in fact you are always tense.
Being a chamberlain is better. Especially when you are in Eunuch Feng's position, you can run errands and give orders from time to time, and you can relax a bit.
Shen You, who was standing outside the study, glanced at Eunuch Feng.
Feng Shaojun kept a distance from Shen You in front of others, their eyes drifted back and forth, and then they both converged.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince summoned his officials to discuss the matter, and after an hour he was free. Feng Shaojun entered the study and quietly handed over the prescription. As for who the Crown Prince would secretly let read the prescription to deduce the stage of the emperor's illness, it had nothing to do with her.
There are many talented people under the prince's command. There is Feng Shaojun who is good at disguise, Yu Erniang who is good at making poisons, and there are also servants who are good at medicine. With the prescription in hand, there is no need to go to the imperial doctor.
After the chamberlain read the prescription, he reported in a low voice: "Your Highness, judging from this prescription, the cough is very serious with blood coming out from time to time. It may take a month or two...at most it will last until the end of the year."
The prince remained silent and nodded slightly.
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It is no secret that Emperor Long'an is seriously ill.
The kings of Qin and Zhao took turns to attend to the illness, and the king of Han stayed in the Hall of Supreme Harmony all day long. Emperor Longan coughed up blood from time to time, and several princes saw it. Whether it was real or pretended, the princes were very anxious.
Father, you can't leave early!
As soon as you die, the prince will ascend the throne and become the new emperor.
No matter how bad your father's temper is, he is still much better than your brother sitting on the dragon's throne.
Among them, the King of Han was the most worried and anxious. He refused to leave the palace and return to the Han Dynasty. He slept on the footstep next to Emperor Long'an's dragon bed every night. In the middle of the night, when Emperor Long'an coughed, the King of Han immediately stood up and stood up. He served Emperor Long'an to drink water and medicine, and even went to the toilet without leaving anyone else alone.
A month later, before Emperor Long'an died, the King of Han's eyes were red and he had lost a lot of weight.
The King of Han devoted himself to serving the disease with such sincerity and filial piety that no matter how much anger or dissatisfaction Emperor Long'an had in his heart, it all dissipated.
Emperor Long'an knew that he was not going to die soon, so he began to make arrangements for his funeral.
He sent word of mouth and summoned the prince and the kings of Qin, Zhao, and Han into the palace.
As for the imperial grandsons, they are not qualified to interfere with the funeral affairs. Even the great grandson Zhu Yun can only wait outside the palace.
Cough cough cough!
Emperor Long'an coughed for a long time and coughed up a mouthful of bloody phlegm. The redness on his face receded slightly. He took a few deep breaths and reluctantly opened his mouth: "I can't hold on for a few more days. I asked you brothers to come over today. I’ll give you the word.”
The prince's eyes turned red and he knelt down beside the dragon couch.
The kings of Qin, Zhao, and Han all looked sad and knelt on the ground.
