Yong Zhang sighed, patted Yong Xun's shoulder and said, "Okay, I'll accompany you to the Imperial Hospital. I remember that Fang Yuanzheng was always in charge of the Emperor's grandmother's illness. Asking him would be the best answer.
"
"Yes." Yongxuan responded gratefully and hurried to the Imperial Hospital. When he got there, Imperial Physician Zhuang was watching a few young eunuchs making medicine. When he saw them coming in, he quickly came up and cupped his hands and said, "I have seen Third Brother.
, I’ve met Fourth Brother.”
Yongzhang raised his hand and said: "Mr. Zhuang is exempt from courtesy. Let's go to Dr. Fang to ask some questions. Where are the others?"
"Yuan Zheng was here just now. I don't know where he has gone now." After that, he added: "Brothers, why don't you sit here for a while? Yuan Zheng should be back soon."
Yongxun thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "No need, let's go find Dr. Fang ourselves." As he was about to leave, Zhuang Zhengzheng stopped him suspiciously and said, "Brother Si, are you feeling ill?
"
Yongxuan was puzzled by his question and said: "No, I don't have any illness."
"If that's the case, why do you have such a strong smell of medicine?" After Zhuang Zheng said this, Yongxuan lowered his head and smelled it. Sure enough, he found that he was covered in the smell of medicine. Yongzhang said at the side: "I know, it must be because of the smell of medicine.
It’s because of the Royal Grandmother’s concoction, go and rub it quickly, and as for Imperial Physician Fang, I’ll just go and find him.”
After Yongxun agreed, Yongzhang quickly walked out of the room. This hospital was not big or small. Yongzhang ran around and didn't see Fang Jian. On the contrary, it started to rain. Yongzhang
Zhang hurriedly ran to a big tree to take shelter from the rain. He looked at the rain that was getting heavier and whispered: "Where has this Imperial Physician Fang gone? Is it possible that he is not in the Imperial Hospital?"
At this time, he heard someone talking and turned around to look. It turned out that it was two eunuchs hiding under a tree not far away to take shelter from the rain. One of the younger eunuchs said: "Second brother Lian, said that the Queen Mother must
What is the disease?"
Lian Er shook his head and said: "Mr. Fang couldn't tell it, how could I know, but the Queen Mother's illness reminds me of the illness of the Imperial Concubine."
"The Imperial Concubine?" The young eunuch thought for a while and then said uncertainly: "Brother Lian, did you mean the Imperial Concubine Huixian?"
He nodded twice and said: "However, her illness was the same as the Queen Mother's at the beginning. Later, her condition worsened and she had difficulty getting water. In the end, she starved to death."
The young eunuch exclaimed in shock: "Is it possible... that the Queen Mother has the same disease as the Imperial Concubine Huixian?"
"It shouldn't be. Back then, Imperial Concubine Huixian was not so much sick as she was...poison!" Lian Er's words made the young eunuch exclaim, "Brother Lian, what are you talking about, poison? Someone harmed Imperial Concubine Huixian.
?”
Lian Er quickly covered his mouth and looked around. Yong Zhang quickly retracted his body behind the tree to avoid being seen by him. After a while, he heard a low voice: "What are you doing so loudly?
Do you want everyone to know? If that’s the case, just wait to be sent to the Criminal Punishment Department!”
The young eunuch seemed to be frightened, and did not make a sound for a long time. It was not until Yongzhang thought they had left that a low voice came, "Second brother Lian, what is going on?"
"I don't know. One time, on the order of Imperial Physician Zhou, I went to the home of Imperial Physician Zhuang to pick up a medical book. He happened to be drunk at the time, and he accidentally said it. Although it was very vague, the general meaning was still understandable.
When she came out, it seemed that Imperial Concubine Huixian was ill, but she was actually poisoned and died."
The young eunuch said in horror: "Concubine Hui Xian was already a noble concubine at that time and was in charge of the affairs of the palace. How could anyone be so bold as to poison her? Besides...since Imperial Physician Zhuang knew that Concubine Hui Xian was poisoned, why didn't he tell anyone?
Is he the one who poisoned her? But what is the deep grudge between him and Imperial Concubine Huixian? Does he want to poison her like this, or is he being instigated by others? "
"It shouldn't be Dr. Fang. I have followed him for so many years. I remember that he had a good relationship with the father of Concubine Huixian, and I have not seen him being particularly close to any of the masters in the palace over the years. But after what you said, I
I just remembered something."
"What's the matter?" Facing the curious gaze of the young eunuch, he said slowly, "Mr. Fang was originally the deputy dean. The day when he was named the dean happened to be the day when the imperial concubine Huixian was critically ill."
The young eunuch said in surprise: "How could it be such a coincidence?"
"Yes, the coincidence is a bit unreasonable. Do you think it will be..." midway through Lian Er's words, he suddenly shuddered and his expression suddenly became very frightened. The young eunuch waited for a while but did not see him continue, curiously
He asked: "Brother Lian, what do you know? You can tell me."
Lian Er said in a trembling voice: "No, I don't know anything. Don't ask any more questions. Also, don't mention what you just said to others. You must do it, do you understand?"
"But..." Before he could continue, Lian Er said with a ferocious look on his face: "I asked you not to ask any more questions, didn't you hear?"
The young eunuch had never seen him look so terrifying, "Brother Lian, you..."
Lian Er grabbed his shoulders tightly and gritted his teeth and said: "Promise me, don't ask, don't talk to anyone about what you just said, don't say a word, unless you want to go to the Shen Punishment Department and suffer inhuman torture!
"
The young eunuch was frightened by Lian Er's words. He nodded repeatedly and never saw the two of them speaking again. After the rain subsided a little, he hurriedly left. After they had gone out of sight, Yong Zhang just left.
Someone came out from behind the tree and looked at the direction they were leaving with a complicated expression.
When Yong Zhang returned to the house in the rain, Fang Jian was already there, talking to Yong Xun. The latter saw him coming in and hurriedly came up to him and said, "Third brother, how are you? Have you been caught in the rain?"
Yongzhang said casually: "I just got a little wet, it won't be a problem. By the way, what did Dr. Fang say?"
Hearing this, Fang Jian cupped his hands and said, "I would like to inform Third Brother, I have searched through the medical books and found a good prescription for treating the Queen Mother's illness. At this moment, I have ordered someone to grab the medicine and send it to Cining Palace. The Queen Mother should be able to help you."
It’s getting better.”
"That's good." Yong Zhang breathed a sigh of relief and said to Yong Xun, "It's getting late, we should go back."
Yongxuan nodded, and the palace attendants took out umbrellas, and held them together back to their elder brothers' respective residences. However, Yongzhang just changed his clothes in the house, then held an umbrella and walked out, all the way to Xin
library.
Mrs. Su was very surprised when she saw him coming in the rain. After hearing the conversation he retold, she was even more shocked, "The Imperial Concubine Huixian did not die of illness, but was poisoned?"
"If what Lian Er said is true, then she was indeed poisoned, and Fang Jian was an insider. What's more, it was such a coincidence that he was promoted to the imperial concubine when the imperial concubine Huixian was seriously ill." After a pause, Yong Jian said.
Zhang added: "That Lian Er seems to have guessed something, but he didn't say it out loud, so I have no way of knowing."