Chapter 180 It’s self-evident which one is innocent
The fifth prince tried to sit upright as much as possible, but the tingling and itching coming from his skin eroded his consciousness like a burning needle.
But he knew exactly what was going on.
"You are my son, that's true. But you can't rely on your status as a prince to prey on the common people. Don't you know that water can carry a boat and also capsize it?" The emperor's words were more serious.
He saw that the fifth prince's head was lowered, and his body seemed to be shaking slightly.
"Lift your head and look into my eyes." The emperor ordered him to look into his eyes.
But the fifth prince said nothing and refused to raise his head.
The emperor was even more convinced that there was something wrong in his mind, and said: "If you have anything to say, it's best if you make it clear in front of me. Don't try to fool me. I'm not that old yet!"
But the fifth prince still didn't answer him, and he almost shrank into a ball.
"This is really unreasonable. Can't you understand what I say?!" The emperor couldn't help but get angry when he saw that he didn't respond.
"Father...emperor..." The fifth prince struggled to raise his head, his voice hoarse, "My son...my son...no..."
"You...what happened to you?! What happened to your face?!" The emperor was surprised to find dense red spots on the fifth prince's exposed skin, "There is poison in this dish?!"
"No..." The fifth prince covered his neck with his hands in discomfort and fell down.
"Quick! Call the imperial doctor!" Shang Qiyan rushed forward to support the fifth prince, "Nothing on the table is allowed to be moved!"
The emperor also walked over and looked anxiously at the tortured fifth prince.
The imperial doctor was rushed over soon after. After some questioning, he gave medicine to the fifth prince. He also checked all the food on the table.
"Your Majesty, there is no poison in the food." The imperial physician first had to make the emperor feel at ease.
"It's not poisonous? It's not poisonous. How could Lao Wu be like this?" the emperor asked.
"Your Majesty, the fifth prince should not be able to eat fish. I just asked about it and found out that the fifth prince ate a piece of sea bass.
Creatures in the world have their own talents, and so do people. For some people, certain foods are inedible. After eating, they will have many adverse reactions, such as fever, fainting, itching or other things." In fact, what the imperial doctor wanted to say was vomiting and diarrhea, but considering that this was the emperor's meal time, he couldn't say anything nonsense.
"Can it be cured?" the emperor asked again.
"Your Majesty, there is no need to worry. The fifth prince's life is not in danger. However, he will have to suffer for a few days. The rash on his body will take at least five or seven days to go away." The imperial doctor said, "But in the meantime
, be sure not to touch fishy food again, otherwise the symptoms will definitely worsen."
The fifth prince is feeling a little better now because he was given medicine just now.
"Father, my son is fine. He will be fine in a few days." The fifth prince's voice was still hoarse, but fortunately he has recovered.
"You can't eat fish? Why didn't you tell me earlier?" The emperor looked complicated.
"When Erchen was a child, he would feel uncomfortable in his throat and itchy all over when he ate fish. They all thought it was fish bones stuck in his throat when he ate fish," the fifth prince explained with a smile, "and they also thought it was like that,
I simply won’t eat fish.
I ate it once after I got married, and it lasted for several days."
"Since you know you can't eat fish, why didn't you refuse the fish when I offered it to you just now?" the emperor asked.
"It's rare for me to have a meal with my father. My father cherishes me and gave me that piece of seabass. I can't bear to let you down.
Furthermore, I was in summer a few times before, so I thought it would be fine in winter.
Father, don't worry, it will be fine in two days, it's just a bit of itching, and it won't hurt your muscles and bones." It could be seen that the fifth prince was trying his best to comfort the emperor.
Many people in the palace knew that the fifth prince did not like to eat fish, but they did not know that he could not eat fish.
Seeing the embarrassment of the fifth prince, half of the emperor's heart felt like ice and snow melting, and the other half felt like wildfire burning.
"Then you can eat something light." The emperor said, "Take down the fish."
After the meal, the emperor ordered the fifth prince to be taken back to the back hall.
Then he asked the imperial doctor: "Is it possible to eradicate this problem?"
"I hold a humble position with little talent and little knowledge, but the medical books I have read and the illnesses I have personally experienced cannot be cured.
With symptoms like this, we can only try our best to avoid eating taboo foods. If we accidentally eat them, we must find ways to relieve them." said the imperial physician.
"For example, if Lao Wu can't eat fish, what will happen if he eats it one meal after another?" the emperor asked.
The imperial doctor's face turned green: "How can you survive if you eat like this? Your Majesty has just seen that the fifth prince just ate a piece of fish and he broke out in red rashes and wheals all over his body and his voice became hoarse. If he ate too much, don't say anything.
Besides, just the edema in the larynx can kill a person."
"Okay, go down! Don't tell anyone what happened today." The emperor asked no more questions.
Shang Qiyan personally sent the fifth prince back to his residence and said to the waiters: "None of you are allowed to sleep tonight. We will take turns to look after the fifth prince. If you feel the slightest discomfort, call the imperial doctor as soon as possible. Do you hear me?!" Those people quickly agreed.
The fifth prince smiled and said to Shang Qiyan: "Eunuch Shang, there is nothing serious wrong with me. Please tell your father when you go back and say that everything is fine with me!"
"Fifth Prince, you are just like Concubine Fu." Shang Qiyan said with emotion, "You are always the most considerate."
When Shang Qiyan came back, the emperor ordered: "Call the cook Lao Wu and examine him carefully in front of me!"
Shang Qiyan guessed that this was the way to go, so he ordered someone to bring the cook.
This was the second time the cook saw the emperor, and he knelt there honestly waiting to be questioned.
"Everything that Lao Wu eats along the way is in your hands, right?" the emperor asked.
"Yes, it's all the common people who serve the fifth prince's food." The cook replied.
"You said that for nearly a month, he ate only fish for almost every meal?" the emperor asked.
"Yes, that's right." The cook agreed quickly, "The fifth prince is frugal. If there is no fresh fish, he will eat frozen fish."
"You're a killer! You actually tricked me right in front of me!" The emperor's eyes were filled with murderous intent, "Come here! Bring me the guillotine! Give me a guillotine to guillotine his limbs!"
When the cook heard this, he lost his mind and begged in a panic: "Your Majesty, spare your life! Your Majesty, spare your life! What happened to the common people?! Where did they go wrong?! What the ordinary people said is the truth!"
"You idiot!" Shang Qiyan went up and hit him several times. "Don't you know that you have committed the crime of deceiving the emperor? This will punish the nine tribes!"
"No! The common people didn't! The common people didn't lie! They don't dare to deceive the emperor!" The cook burst into tears, and he almost never died to find out his true feelings.
"You really can't shed tears until you see the coffin!" Shang Qiyan kicked him hard, "The fifth prince can't eat fish at all! He will get seriously ill if he eats just one piece of fish, and you actually said he would cook fish for him every time. Are you going to
Are you plotting to kill him?"
The cook was stunned when he heard this. The fifth prince did not usually eat fish, but he just thought that the fifth prince didn't like to eat it.