Seeing that he was silent, Hongli asked eagerly: "How is it? How is the imperial concubine?"
Just as Dr. Fang was about to speak, the trembling Xianyue suddenly turned her head and spat out a large mouthful of blood that had turned black because it was mixed with the concoction, staining the autumn-colored brocade quilt. Seeing this scene, Dr. Fang was horrified.
He quickly knelt down and said: "I am incompetent, please punish me!"
They... they couldn't save the imperial concubine after all, and they couldn't escape the disaster of death!
Hongli glanced at him bitterly, wiped away the blood from Xianyue's mouth in a panic, and said in a trembling voice: "Xiayue, don't scare me. You said you will get better, and you will stay with me until I am seventy years old."
, you can’t break your promise!”
While he was speaking, another mouthful of blood spat out on Hongli's hand, which made the latter change his color in shock. With trembling lips, he picked up Xianyue, hugged her tightly, and murmured: "Don't go, don't leave me.
, I promise you that I will treat you well in the future and not let you suffer any grievance. I...I am okay.
I will book you as my queen and make you my legitimate wife. I know that this is your greatest wish. I promise you that as long as you live, as long as you don’t die!" After saying this, tears were streaming down her face, but Xianyue just said
Lying softly in his arms, there was no response, and she never woke up.
After the book... Hongli finally said these two words. In fact, he had already had this idea before. Firstly, he was thinking about Mingyu and did not want to establish a new queen too early; secondly, he was concerned about Xianyue's background.
, so he never spoke out, but now, he only feels extremely regretful. If Xianyue leaves like this, he will never have the chance to let Xianyue be his wife and fulfill her biggest wish in this life.
Zhuang Zheng stared at all this in a daze. It was impossible. There was no way that something would happen to the imperial concubine. The medicine he had just boiled was a real cure for the epidemic. Logically speaking, after the imperial concubine took the medicine, her condition would be the same.
It will get better, but why did it become like this? Could it be that the imperial concubine's condition was too serious, so there was no way to save her? However, there were not many people in the Zhongcui Palace who were in a similar condition to the imperial concubine, and they were all rescued.
Before he could figure out the problem, Zhichun rushed up, grabbed him and said sternly: "Tell me, did you put some tricks in the medicine to harm my master?"
Zhuang Zheng waved his hands hurriedly and said: "No, how could I harm the imperial concubine? Don't talk nonsense?!"
Zhichun gritted his teeth and said, "I'm not talking nonsense. If that's not the case, why did you just prescribe the medicine without even looking at the prescription? You clearly have evil intentions."
"I told you, on the way here..." before Zhuang Zheng could finish, Zhichun said: "You lied, I followed you all the way and never read the prescription!"
Dr. Fang, who was kneeling on the ground, heard the conversation between the two of them and quickly turned around and said, "Zhuang Zheng, you didn't follow my prescription to prepare the medicine?"
"No, Yuan Zheng, I..." Zhuang Zheng said in a panic: "I did make some changes, but I really wanted to save the imperial concubine, she... she shouldn't be fine, she..."
Before Zhuang Zheng could say anything, Hongli's cold eyes fell on him, causing the latter to shudder and said quickly: "Your Majesty, don't listen to Zhichun's nonsense. I have never meant to harm the imperial concubine.
, this medicine... should be able to cure the imperial concubine, but really, I don’t know why, it... will become like this."
Hongli gritted his teeth and said: "I have already given you a chance. Since you are bent on seeking death, I will help you!" After that, he said sternly: "Someone, drag him down and beat him to death with sticks!"
Zhuang Zheng was shocked and turned pale. He quickly kowtowed and begged for mercy, saying in a panic: "Your Majesty, spare your life, Wei Chen... Wei Chen can save the imperial concubine. Please give Wei Chen another chance."
Although Hongli didn't believe him, he was unwilling to give up any opportunity and said in a dark voice: "Okay, I will give you another chance. If you can't save the imperial concubine, what's waiting for you is not being beaten to death with sticks, but
Cut into pieces by five horses!"
Zhuang Zheng nodded repeatedly, not caring to wipe off the cold sweat on his forehead. He walked forward on his knees and carefully checked Xianyue's pulse. After vomiting out blood, Xianyue stopped shaking and fell into a quiet sleep again, and her pulse was no longer disordered.
, but it is even weaker than before, as thin as a gossamer and may break at any time.
Oops, could it be that the imperial concubine's condition is serious and her body is weak, so the medicine doesn't work for her?
While Zhuang was thinking freely, Hongli's ice-cold voice came to his ears, "What, is there a way to save the imperial concubine?"
He nodded hurriedly and said: "Yes, I have a way to save the imperial concubine." After saying this, he said to Zhichun: "For the remaining medicine that you just boiled, you can add two bowls of water and boil it into half a bowl, and then immediately
Send it over."
"There is something wrong with your medicine. Continuing to take it will only make the master's condition worse." At this point, Zhichun said angrily: "Tell me, have you been instructed by others to intentionally harm the master?"
"No!" Zhuang Zheng said hurriedly: "No one wants to harm the imperial concubine. That dose is really a good way to cure diseases and save lives. You should go quickly. If you are late, it will be too late."
After Hongli signaled Zhichun to go down and cook the medicine, he said word by word: "I have changed my mind. If something happens to the imperial concubine, it will be too little for you to be buried with her. I want all the people from your nine tribes to be buried with you. No one is missing!"
"I...I understand." Zhuang Zheng was sweating like rain, and his body was shaking like chaff. He knelt on the ground and did not dare to move, until Zhichun came in again with medicine.
When Hongli took the medicine bowl, Zhichun subconsciously shrank back and trembled: "Your Majesty, do you really believe what he said?"
Hongli glanced at the two people kneeling on the ground, endured the soreness on the tip of his nose, and said in a low voice: "There is no better way now, give it to me."
Zhichun nodded helplessly. While Hongli was giving the medicine, she kept staring at the uneasy Zhuang Zheng. If her master had any shortcomings, she would have to bite off a piece of meat from him.
After feeding the second bowl of medicine, the sky was completely dark. At the last moment when the imperial doctor gave Xianyue the medicine, Hongli kept staring at Xianyue nervously. This time, Xianyue did not vomit the medicine again, but his expression
became twisted again, as if bearing
In great pain, Hongli held her tightly in his arms as he had just done, and murmured: "Live, live to be my queen, live to see me give you the most glorious posthumous gift, even if everyone in the world opposes it,
I will definitely fulfill this promise!"
If Xianyue heard these words, she would definitely be very happy, but unfortunately, she is on the verge of life and death now and can't hear anything at all.
On the other side, Zhuang Zheng was also talking to himself, "It must be okay, I don't want to die, I really don't want to die!"
At this moment, everyone's hearts were in their throats, staring closely at Xianyue, wanting to know whether the imperial concubine after the sinner escaped death, or whether she would disappear and turn into a handful of loess.