Zhu Youtang took the last warming medicine before dinner. He felt warm and had a good appetite. After eating a large bowl of rice for dinner, he followed the doctor's advice and went to bed to rest.
After the first update, Zhu Youtang felt a little uncomfortable. First there was a burning sensation in his mouth. Zhu Youtang thought it was the warming effect of the medicine, so he didn't pay much attention to it. But soon his fingers began to feel numb, and
It had a tendency to spread throughout his body. Then, he found that he could not control his drooling and felt sick in his heart. Zhu Youtang finally felt that something was wrong.
Zhu Youtang called the chamberlain, who immediately reported the situation to Queen Zhang, who called the imperial doctor for diagnosis. Xu Hao and Gao Tinghe were on duty and hurried to check the situation. However, they soon discovered that the emperor's symptoms
It was beyond their expectations. Zhu Youtang began to sweat coldly, his face turned pale, and he began to vomit. The two of them were horrified because they saw what the emperor's symptoms were.
That is a sign of poisoning, and it is a sign of aconite poisoning.
Aconite is a traditional Chinese medicine that has a warming and tonic effect, but it is poisonous. Most of the warming and tonic prescriptions contain hot-heating medicines, and Aconite is one of them. What’s more, the emperor’s prescriptions include Aconite.
Taste medicine, because the emperor is suffering from wind and cold
Naturally, the prescription used to treat the disease is a warming and tonic prescription. But the amount of aconite used in the prescription is very small. The prescription used by ordinary people to relieve wind and cold uses a very small amount. If you give the medicine to the emperor, it will naturally
We need to be extra cautious, so the dosage is halved.
This dosage of medicine has no serious harm to the human body, and the toxicity is negligible. This has been proved to be no problem in the emperor's use of medicine some time ago. The emperor has taken more than ten doses according to this prescription.
Even before, this situation did not happen today. But now, this kind of accident happened.
Gao Ting and Tong Xu Hao were panic-stricken, but they did not dare to tell the truth. Because the aconite in the prescription was poisonous, and if the two of them said that this was a sign of aconite poisoning, wouldn't they immediately be suspected of doing it?
.Not to mention that today’s medicine was handled by the two of them, so it will be impossible to say clearly when the time comes.
Aconite poison is difficult to treat, and there is no other good way except inducing vomiting. Conventional licorice detoxification tablets are not effective. But if they induce vomiting, isn't it an admission that there is a problem with the medicine. They believe that their medicine is not
The problem is that the emperor also had dinner after taking the medicine. It may be the food that is the problem.
Gao Tinghe did not dare to treat easily. He had to inform Liu Wentai of the situation. After all, Liu Wentai prescribed the medicine. If there was something wrong with the medicine, Liu Wentai would also be held responsible.
Soon after receiving the news, Liu Wentai entered the palace in panic. After some diagnosis, Liu Wentai also concluded that it was aconite poisoning. He quickly took Xu Hao and Gao Tinghe to the side and asked how much they had used.
Aconite powder caused such symptoms. Xu Hao and Gao Tinghe swore that the dosage was definitely in accordance with the prescription, and they didn't know what went wrong.
It was related to the life and death of themselves and their whole family, so Liu Wentai and the other three tacitly chose to remain silent, not daring to say that it was about the prescription. When reporting to Queen Zhang, Liu Wentai said that the emperor was suffering from a recurrence of the wind-cold syndrome.
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Liu Wentai believed that since Xu Hao and Gao Tinghe took the medicine according to the prescription, the amount of aconite would not be a big problem. Perhaps the toxin remained after taking more than a dozen doses before, so they took another dose today.
After taking the dose, symptoms accumulated. Although the emperor's symptoms were a bit severe, they were not too serious. Perhaps the symptoms would be relieved after excretion and vomiting.
So Liu Wentai and others asked the emperor to drink a lot of water, hoping that Zhu Youtang could expel some toxins from his body, so that he would be able to resist. However, less than half an hour later, Zhu Youtang's condition began to deteriorate.
.His skin began to appear cold and sticky, his breathing became rapid, and his pulse rate was erratic. Then at the second watch, Zhu Youtang began to have blood in his urine and had difficulty breathing. It was still kidney and partial organ failure.
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By this time, Liu Wentai and the other three had to admit that the emperor was a sign of poisoning. Moreover, the poisoning was so deep that there was probably nothing he could do to save his life.
When Empress Zhang heard this, she felt like she was struck by thunder, and she was completely stunned. It was the eunuch Zhang Zhong who reminded her that she must quickly inform the ministers and ask the prince to come quickly to discuss countermeasures. She also informed the two marquises of the Zhang family to hurry up.
Come into the palace.
This cold but peaceful winter night soon became tense and noisy.
Halfway through the second update, when Zhang Yanling arrived at the Qianqing Palace, there were already many people standing in the square in front of the Qianqing Palace. Everyone, including officials from the inner and outer courts and noble princes, were urgently notified to come to the palace. Although they
They didn't know what happened specifically, but they all realized that something big was about to happen. Many people came one after another and gathered in the square in front of Qianqing Palace.
Zhang Yanling quickly entered the back hall of the Qianqing Palace. Outside the emperor's bedroom, three bachelors, Liu Jian and Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, the chief minister of the cabinet, were already here. In addition, Mou Bin, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, and several officials from the Si Li Supervisor, and the British Duke Zhang
Mao, Dingguo Duke Xu Guangzuo and others are also here.
"What happened? Why did the emperor's condition suddenly deteriorate?" Zhang Yanling asked loudly.
"The emperor took medicine in the evening and rested after eating, but his condition suddenly worsened at the first watch. Liu Wentai said it was a sign of drug poisoning." Xu Guangzuo responded to Zhang Yanling in a low voice.
"Liu Wentai and other relevant imperial doctors must be arrested and controlled. Also, all persons related to the imperial kitchen must be controlled. All personnel of the imperial hospital must also be detained for trial. Commander Mou must immediately control these people." Zhang Yanling shouted loudly.
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Xu Guangzuo nodded slightly. As his son-in-law, he was still clear-headed. He knew immediately that he had to control these people and did not panic.
"Are you talking about Mr. Zhang? I have already controlled them." Mou Bin said in a deep voice.
Zhang Yanling breathed a sigh of relief and stood at the door of Dongnuan Pavilion and looked inside. The lights were bright inside, and the sound of Queen Zhang's crying could be heard from time to time. Zhang Yanling saw Liu Jin standing in the dark corner and knew that the prince should have arrived and was in the room.
He was very anxious and wanted to go in to have a look, but he couldn't.
I don't know how long it took, but finally, Uncle Fang, the director of Taiyuan Hospital, and a dozen imperial doctors walked out of the room with solemn expressions. Everyone hurriedly gathered around to inquire about the situation.
"The lower official is incompetent... The lower official is incompetent... I gave the emperor some antidote and induced vomiting several times, but... the lower official is incompetent." Fang Shuhe murmured, tears streaming down his face.
Everyone's heart sank. Everyone naturally knew what Fang Shuhe's words meant.
"Control Uncle Fang and the others and keep them under custody pending investigation." Li Dongyang said in a deep voice.
Mou Bin nodded, stepped forward and said, "Fangzhangyuan, this is the only way."
Uncle Fang nodded with tears, without making any excuses, and left with the imperial physicians and doctors, followed by Mou Bin. A dozen or so Han generals from the Imperial Guards in the front hall took them all away for custody.
Everyone outside the dormitory has now realized a fact that is about to happen, that is, the emperor may not be able to return to heaven. Everyone's mood is very complicated and difficult to understand. But almost everyone feels uncontrollable grief for this. Regardless of the inner court
In the outer court, no matter the princes or nobles, they all respected Emperor Hongzhi.
Emperor Hongzhi treated them really well. The emperor valued their opinions, respected their ideas, and tried his best to satisfy them both spiritually and materially. Since he came to the throne, the emperor has been diligent in government affairs and doing good deeds, except for some things that the emperor insists on.
Apart from that, they rarely made them feel unhappy or embarrassed. Even if they tried to force the emperor out of their wits, the emperor would never pursue the matter even if he knew about it.
Such an emperor is simply the emperor that his ministers dream of. But now, the emperor who is only in his thirties is going to die. How can people accept this?
Zhang Yanling also couldn't accept this. Although there was a rift between herself and the emperor because of Little Jasmine's matter, for Zhang Yanling, Hongzhi gave her a lot and he was very good to the Zhang family. The emperor's death had a great impact on her.
Not a good thing.
Zhang Yanling had even thought about whether she could find a way to prevent Zhu Youtang from dying from the cold in May next year. Because Zhu Youtang's life is beneficial but not harmful to him. Moreover, it will be good for his future integrity.
Times, Zhang Yanling was not ready to welcome it. He had not yet established a close relationship with Zhu Houzhao, and he had not yet obtained the status and power he wanted.
What cannot be obtained in the hands of Hongzhi will probably be more difficult in the hands of Zhengde.
And now, not only did all this not arrive in May next year according to the historical process, but it happened half a year earlier. Everything was out of my control. This also shows one thing. My time travel has disturbed time and space, bringing about
made unexpected changes.
Zhang Yanling doesn’t know how to describe this matter. The change in the historical process may mean that it is absolutely feasible for him to change his personal and family destiny in the future, otherwise the struggle will lose its meaning. However, everything has obviously become unpredictable and uncontrollable.