Before Hongli could answer, Fang Jian had already climbed up to Ling Ruo and said with tears streaming down his face: "Please be kind to the Queen Mother and save my life!" After him, other imperial doctors also came to their senses and kowtowed and begged.
Ling Ruo looked at the frightened Fang Jian and others in surprise, and said, "Save your life, what happened?"
Hongli said patiently: "Returning to the emperor's mother, the queen's temperament suddenly changed today. After that, she fell into a coma due to deficiency of energy and blood. After finally waking up, she suffered from headache again and was in excruciating pain. However, these quack doctors could only say one sentence
If you are weak in energy and blood, you won't be able to answer anything. If that's the case, if you are still leaving them to do anything, it would be better to kill them all."
One of the imperial doctors said tremblingly: "The Queen Mother, the Emperor, and the ministers have all carefully examined her. The Queen Mother's pulse is indeed symptom-free. I dare to say that the Queen Mother's condition... is more like being possessed by an evil spirit!"
"Absurd!" Hongli scolded in a cold voice: "Since returning from the palace, the queen has been recuperating in the palace. How could she be possessed by evil spirits? If you cannot cure the queen, you will blame the evil on evil spirits. You deserve to die!"
"Emperor." Ling Ruoyan said: "The Ai family knows that you are worried about the queen, but even if you kill them, the queen will not get better. Instead, she will have no one to take care of her. If the situation worsens, there will be no one around to treat her."
Hongli's voice was cold and authentic: "My son will ask Sixi to send an edict to invite Imperial Physician Xu to come over. He will also post an imperial list to visit famous doctors. There must be someone who can cure the empress."
"But all this will take time. Why don't the emperor keep their lives temporarily until Dr. Xu arrives or after visiting famous doctors? The queen has always been kind and sensible, and I believe she doesn't want to see the emperor killing people for her."
Seeing what Ling Ruo said, Hongli reluctantly said: "In that case, according to the wishes of the emperor, their lives will be spared for the time being."
This night, for Xianyue, was unprecedented pain and suffering. When another wave of severe pain hit, she couldn't bear it anymore. She looked at Hongli and said in pain: "Kill me, Your Majesty, kill me."
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Hongli choked and said: "You are my queen, how can I kill you!"
"But it hurts so much, I can't bear it!" Xianyue clutched his hand tightly and begged, "Please, kill me!"
Hongli kept shaking his head and said in a trembling voice: "Xiangyue, just think that I am selfish for once. For my sake, endure it. The imperial list has been posted, and you will be fine soon; you said that you will help me."
I am a wise king, and I will not allow you to break your promise; and Yong Cang, can you bear to see him lose his mother at such a young age?"
While he was speaking, Ling Ruo gave Jin Ping instructions, and the latter quickly bowed his knees and retreated.
On the other side, looking at Hongli's equally painful eyes, Xianyue kept shaking her head. How could she give up? But she really couldn't hold on any longer. It was so painful, as if her head was about to be torn open.
Seeing her like this, Hongli couldn't help but shed tears, hugged Xianyue tightly and said over and over again: "Hold on, I beg you, you must hold on!"
At this time, Jin Ping walked in with Yong Cang in his arms. Ling Ruo took it from his hands and walked to the bed, so that Xianyue could see Yong Cang who was sobbing, "Did you see that? He is much longer.
Okay, but if he loses E Niang, he will be burdened with regrets for the rest of his life. You have already lost Chang Le, do you want to lose Yong Cang again?"
Xia Yue tremblingly stretched out her hand to caress Yong Cang's young cheek, but she was afraid that she would hurt him. She was about to take it back when her index finger was suddenly caught by a small hand. When she looked up, she saw Yong Cang's toothless grin.
He smiled at her with his small mouth. As a young boy, he didn't know that his forehead was suffering from unspeakable pain.
"Child...my child..." Xianyue couldn't stop crying. However, after that, she never said anything about committing suicide, trying hard to support her gradually weakening life.
Outside the palace, the imperial list was posted everywhere in Hangzhou Mansion as quickly as possible. Guards were guarding every place. The rewards on it were really tempting. Soon, those who tore off the imperial list were brought into the palace to serve as Xianyue.
However, these people feel chills as soon as they diagnose the pulse, because apart from weakness of qi and blood, they cannot diagnose other symptoms, let alone why Xia Yue suffers from headaches.
These people were driven out of the palace after being beaten until they were half alive. As time went by, Xianyue's Qi and blood deficiency became more and more obvious, and the efficacy of ginseng was gradually weakening, making Hongli more and more anxious.
, if not for Ling Ruo's persuasion, he would never have spared the lives of those people.
Outside the palace, Hong Zhou, who learned that Xianyue's life was in danger, was equally anxious. He ordered his men to find ways to find out about the famous doctors and strangers in Hangzhou Prefecture. After all, not every doctor would go to see the emperor's list.
After this inquiry, he actually learned about a famous doctor who lived in seclusion. This man's surname was Tao. He was originally the most famous doctor in Hangzhou Prefecture and was known as the reincarnation of Hua Tuo. However, one time, he met a man with a heavy burden.
Seriously injured fugitives are treated with a doctor's heart
However, after recovering from his injuries, this man raped his only daughter. Unable to bear the humiliation, the daughter hanged herself. This incident greatly affected Doctor Tao. From then on, he closed his clinic and stopped treating people. He only stayed with his wife.
Spending his days guarding his dead daughter's grave.
After Hong Zhou learned about it, he immediately ordered his confidants to bring his token to invite him to the palace, but he was disappointed and returned without success.
"Your Majesty, my subordinate has said everything he can. Maybe he knows the benefits of being on the imperial list, but he just refuses to let go and even kicked his subordinate out."
Ning Er said from the side: "You should tell him that if you don't heal the Queen, you are disobeying the order and it is a serious crime of beheading."
The guard said with a grimace: "I said it, but this man has a very weird personality. He said that even if he dies, he will never heal anyone again. It's really frustrating."
Hong Zhou thought for a moment and said: "You lead the way, I will go and invite him personally."
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid you will be offended if you go, so you should hire another doctor." Faced with the guard's advice, Hong Zhou said: "Throughout the ten years of Hangzhou Prefecture, no one's medical skills are as highly respected as his.
, we must try to invite this person; in addition, tell me about this person again, in as much detail as possible."
Doctor Tao lived at the foot of the mountain outside Hangzhou. Even though he was working hard, it took him half an hour to arrive. The guard pointed to a thatched hut at the foot of the mountain and said, "Your Majesty, please look at that. That is Doctor Tao's residence. It is ten feet in diameter."
Inside, he is the only one
The subordinates asked people nearby and they all said that Dr. Tao has not interacted with anyone since he moved here. As for his daughter’s grave, it is behind the house. When the subordinates came over just now, he was sitting in front of the grave.
People talk to themselves.”
Hong Zhou nodded and walked over. There was no one in the house. After walking around the thatched house, he saw a stooped man with snow-white hair and beard sitting in front of a tombstone. On the tombstone was written "The tomb of my beloved daughter Ji Shi Xiujuan"