The palace of Qianqing was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
The emperor lay on the dragon bed with his eyes closed, breathing weakly.
The judge of the Taiyuan Hospital who was kneeling by the bed to diagnose his pulse was so nervous that he was sweating all over his forehead. He was in a very bad condition, and he was afraid it would only last the past two days! Eunuch An was standing by in person, with a face full of anxiety. How could he be doing so well? Suddenly, Just fainted?
The queen blocked everyone outside and refused to let them out of the palace. Even the palace servants waiting in the imperial garden were not allowed to move even half a step.
After dealing with these matters, the queen hurried to Qianqing Palace. Seeing the scene in the palace, her heart sank again.
"Judge, how is your Majesty?"
"Back to the Queen, I am incompetent..."
"How could this happen?" The queen could no longer maintain the calm on her face, and her voice rose unconsciously. She realized something was wrong, glanced outside the palace, suppressed the uneasiness in her heart, and asked.
"Eunuch An, how is your Majesty's dragon body these days? Tell the truth!"
An Shi met the Queen's sharp eyes, and his panic gradually calmed down, "My Lady, Your Majesty has coughed occasionally in the past three years, has low energy, and often has headaches."
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"Your Majesty doesn't allow it, how dare this servant do it!"
In the past few years, the emperor's sons have been fighting openly and secretly with increasing intensity. If the emperor hadn't been suppressing them from above, it would have turned upside down. At this moment, he suddenly became ill. He could control the bodies of outsiders, but he couldn't control the hearts of outsiders. The emperor must wake up quickly!
"Judge, please take a closer look. It really doesn't work. We must revive His Majesty as soon as possible at all costs!" The queen bit the tip of her tongue and forced herself to calm down and think of a solution!
You can't detain the officials in the palace for one night. Even if you can detain them for one night, there will definitely be trouble outside the palace tomorrow. The most feared thing is the instability of military morale!
The emperor suddenly fell down. If he doesn't wake up today, Kyoto will be in chaos. If Kyoto is in chaos, the world will also be in chaos!
The court judge knew the seriousness of the matter, hesitated for a moment, and was about to start acupuncture.
"Eunuch An, please go and ask the commander of the imperial guards in person to strictly guard all the doors of the inner palace. Not a single fly is allowed in. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed on the spot!" After that, the queen took out the bookshelf behind the imperial case. A wooden box containing the Fuhu of the Imperial Guard.
"Yes!" Mr. An took it solemnly.
At this moment, Tanchun, who was guarding the door, hurriedly came to report.
"Your Majesty, Princess Lanling wants to see you!"
"Her? Missing!" The queen frowned slightly, but she didn't expect that she would be the first one to jump out!
"The princess said that Your Majesty was poisoned and she has the antidote!"
"Stop!" the queen scolded, but she said it to the judge.
The judge's hand that was twisting the silver needle shook and he almost missed the needle. He was so frightened that he was terrified!
"Look again, is your majesty poisoned?" The queen had always treated Xiao Wenjun differently, and unconsciously considered what she said, so she asked the court judge.
Hearing this, the court judge, who was originally determined to die, actually relaxed a bit. No matter what the outcome today, he cannot escape the responsibility for damaging the dragon's body. If His Majesty was just poisoned, there would be no need to use such a dangerous method.
A dead horse becomes a living horse doctor!
He no longer hesitated, took the silver needle and pricked the emperor's finger.
Four pairs of eyes in the hall stared at the emperor's finger. Blood beads quickly appeared, not the expected black color. The queen's tense body suddenly softened and she almost lost her balance. Eunuch An's face was also full of disappointment. Is Princess Lanling really just guessing?
The queen secretly laughed at herself: What can a little girl who has just returned to Kyoto and has no foundation know, and what hope is she holding on to?
"Empress, I still need to check your Majesty's chest and soles of your feet." The judge used a small cup to collect a few drops of blood from the emperor's fingertips. He took three small cups in total and tried different powders in two of them.
Go in.
"The blood is not black, maybe it is poisoned?" The queen turned her head and happened to see the judge's actions, and quickly reacted, stroking her chest and lowering her voice to ask tentatively.
"Your Majesty is smart. People are not all poisonous. What comes out from the fingertips is black blood. I was almost deceived!" After saying this, the judge picked up the small cup without any powder and showed it to the Queen.
"My dear, please see, what's the difference in the color of this blood?"
"I don't see any difference, I just think the color is very bright red." The queen looked at it carefully for a long time, but she didn't see any mystery.
"I accidentally learned about a kind of poison. After poisoning, a person's blood will turn bright red. If you don't understand it, you can easily see it. Moreover, the symptoms of poisoning are the same as those described by An Gonggong. The normal pulse can also be seen.
There is no problem. To be on the safe side, I need to check a few more things."
"Please call the judge quickly!"
The judge wiped the sweat from his forehead and took out a delicate dagger from the medicine box he carried with him. The blade was extremely thin and looked very sharp.
Eunuch An hesitated to speak, but in the end he didn't say a word, his eyes fixed on the dagger in the judge's hand.
The court judge was already nervous, and his hands were shaking a little as he was stared at by several people with burning eyes.
"Mr. An, please take off His Majesty's boots."
After saying this, the judge's mood calmed down a bit, and he even felt a little relieved. In ancient times, Gao Lishi took off his boots, but today, an old man ordered An Shi to take off his boots. Although he didn't take off his own boots, it was still what he asked for.
Eunuch An was unaware of the judge's little thoughts and hurriedly took off the emperor's boots, but he quietly breathed a sigh of relief. He thought the judge was going to use this dagger to stab His Majesty in the heart.
But before he could finish breathing, the court judge thrust a dagger into his hand.
"Mr. An, could you please wait a moment to open the soles of His Majesty's feet and fill up three small cups with a cup? I'll be of use."
"I have never used a knife before. I dare not, for fear of hurting Your Majesty!" He glanced at the queen and then continued: "Why don't you come in person, judge?"
"I want to give His Majesty an acupuncture. With luck, the poisonous blood will be forced to the soles of the feet. If Mr. An thinks he can do it, can we switch?"
"Then let the old slave hold the dagger. This is easier." Mr. An said with a smile on his face and a bitter look on his face.
The queen saw the two people in front of her being "flirting" inappropriately, and felt that the oppressive atmosphere in the hall had relaxed a little, so she did not say anything to stop them.
After a cup of tea, half of the naked emperor's body was covered with silver needles. The judge held the last silver needle, nodded to Eunuch An, and inserted it.
An Gonggong agreed, and at the moment when the last needle was inserted, he cut open the sole of the emperor's foot, and a stream of black blood spurted out, fell into the cup and swayed for a few times, becoming as thick as a ball of black gel.
After the three cups were full, Mr. An asked anxiously: "What should we do next?"
The black blood in front of me is completely beyond people's imagination. No matter how I think about it, I feel that this poison is very strange and it is probably difficult to explain!
"Wait until I tighten the needle!" The judge gritted his teeth. It was obvious that he was about to collapse from exhaustion.
This set of acupuncture techniques was extremely labor-intensive. By the time the court judge took back the needles and bandaged the wound on the sole of the emperor's foot, he was already panting from exhaustion.
"The court has judged, are you sure it's poisoning? Do you have an antidote?" The queen saw it, but still had to urge.
"Go back to your Majesty, I don't have the antidote!"