The queen stood up suddenly and looked at the chambermaid kneeling beside the couch, with a solemn expression under the night light.
"All the imperial doctors have passed away," the chamberlain said in a low voice.
"Is it the prince or the queen mother?" the queen asked.
The chamberlain shook his head.
"The Queen Mother's palace has been put under martial law, and no one is allowed in or out of our place." He whispered, with a hint of fear in his voice.
The queen stood up and looked at the dark night outside. The night wind was whistling in the deep palace.
The Queen Mother's palace was now brightly lit.
Dozens of candles made the Prince's Palace as bright as day, but this light did not dispel the cold autumn night, but instead made everyone's faces paler.
"How is the imperial doctor doing?"
The Queen Mother, who didn't even bother to comb her hair, asked anxiously.
The inner room was crowded with seven or eight imperial doctors. One of them raised his sleeve and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid that the prince's illness will make me unable to do anything about it..." He gritted his teeth and said.
These words were like a thunderclap, which only made the Queen Mother feel dizzy, dizzy, and her ears buzzed. She swayed and fell into the arms of the female officials behind her.
"What do you mean you are powerless?" she shouted, "You see the prince three times a day and always say that the prince is fine. Why are you suddenly powerless?"
The imperial doctors knelt on the ground, but no one could say anything.
"I want to ask what these people gave His Highness the Crown Prince to eat." An imperial physician suddenly gritted his teeth and said.
As soon as these words came out, the servants in the room suddenly turned pale.
"Your Majesty, how dare your servants give His Highness the Crown Prince food indiscriminately? Everything he eats and drinks is approved by the imperial doctors." The servants shouted one after another.
In addition to shirking responsibility, these people are simply unreliable. The Queen Mother put her hand on her head, pushed the maids away, and stumbled to stand in front of the Prince's bed.
The prince on the couch was panting and looking pale. The blood from his mouth and nose had been wiped clean, but the pillows and bedding were still stained and messy with blood.
As he exhaled, the prince's fat body kept twitching, as if he was going to die in the next moment.
It's over, it's over.
The Queen Mother's heart sank, and she felt weak under her feet.
She is an older person, and you can tell at one glance.
The man fell down beside the couch.
What to do? What to do?
Tears welled up in the Queen Mother's eyes. She raised her hands to cover her face and was about to cry.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please hurry up and ask Mr. Gao to come and discuss this." A chamberlain said in a trembling voice.
"But if we invite Mr. Gao, we won't be able to hide the prince's affairs." Another chamberlain said tremblingly.
The locked imperial city is opened in the middle of the night, and foreign officials are invited into the palace. What this means is very clear.
"Then what else can be done? Can the prince keep it a secret like this?" The Queen Mother shouted, "It's just the difference between knowing earlier and knowing later. Rather than letting others know early, the Ai family would rather let Mr. Gao know first.'
All the ministers in the dynasty bullied her as a lonely old woman. At this time, she only had her own family to rely on.
"Quick, please."
The imperial city gate opened in the night, and several chamberlains galloped out on horseback. The sound of horse hooves was particularly harsh in the quiet night, and it also awakened countless sights in the darkness.
In the emperor's palace, the queen also knew about the opening of the palace gate immediately. She sat in the hall with a solemn expression.
"I'm going to Gao Da's house. The Queen Mother has issued an edict. Without the Queen Mother's handwriting, no one can enter or leave the palace. The same is true in the Queen Mother's palace. Violators will be killed on the spot." The chamberlain lowered his head and said with a trembling voice.
"Is the prince dead or alive now?" the queen asked.
The chamberlain shook his head.
Someone stumbled in outside the door.
"Empress An."
The chambermaids shouted in a low voice, and the queen shook her head to indicate that they did not need to stop her.
An Fei came in disheveled, holding two bundles in her hands and looking panicked.
"Your Majesty, I heard something bad happened, so I came here to protect you," she said.
The queen ignored her.
"Come here," she said, "bring me the Queen's court uniform and seal."
The trembling sounds of the chambermaids and maids should be.
At the same time, Gao Lingbo's face turned pale as he looked at the chamberlain standing in the courtyard.
"Sir, please come into the palace quickly." The chamberlain said tremblingly.
Gao Lingbo looked up at the night sky. Because he was suddenly woken up, his hair was messy and fluttering in the night wind.
God, God, how unfair you are!
He took a deep breath, and his dim eyes suddenly shone again.
"You will go and inform Mr. Chen," he said.
The waiters were shocked.
"Ms. Chen?"
Are you going to send a message to Mr. Chen at this time?
"But the Queen Mother didn't say..." the chamberlain said uneasily.
"Your Majesty is so anxious and panicked. Are you servants like you going to panic too?" Gao Lingbo said solemnly, "How can we not recruit auxiliary ministers at this critical moment? How will everyone think of My Majesty in the future?"
The waiter figured it out.
"Then what should I say when I meet Mr. Chen?" a chamberlain asked in a low voice, with a twinkling look on his face.
If you don't tell the truth, people like Chen Xianggong will never enter the palace in the middle of the night.
"Then tell the truth, there is nothing to hide." Gao Lingbo said slowly, with a sneer on his lips, "Besides, Mr. Chen is not an outsider."
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In the Qin family's study room, the lights were turned on. Qin Shidao was only wearing obscene clothes, looking at his son opposite who was also dressed in the same way.
"The latest news is that Gao Lingbo has entered the palace." He whispered, "Also, the chamberlain has entered Chen Shao's house again."
"Is there something wrong with the Queen Mother or the Prince?" Qin Hu asked.
"Prince." Qin Shi said.
Qin Hu stood up suddenly and turned to leave.
"Thirteen, the gates of the palace are under martial law. No one can enter without the Queen Mother's order." Qin Shi said, "No one can tamper with it at this time."
Qin Hu looked back at his father.
"Father, it doesn't make sense to go in and out of the palace now." He said, "What we have to do now is the external affairs."
Qin Shidao's heart skipped a beat.
"Has anyone arrived yet?" he asked.
Qin Hu nodded.
"Fortunately, we arrived outside the capital yesterday," he said.
Qin Shihuang exhaled slowly.
"Go ahead." He said, standing up. "Leave the matter to me."
Qin Hu responded, turned around and strode away, disappearing into the dark night.
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In the Chen family courtyard, the chamberlain had been standing for a long time. Ever since he said that the prince was critically ill, the people in the room had become silent.
You won't be able to bear the stimulation and faint, right?
"Master Chen, please hurry up." The chamberlain couldn't help but said hastily.
Hearing the waiter's urging, Chen Shao's heart sank again.
"How long have you been out?" he asked suddenly.
"It's almost half an hour," the waiter blurted out.
Chen Shao's eyes darkened.
"Half an hour, you don't seem to be in a hurry to leave." He said slowly.
The waiter was startled and immediately looked panicked.
Too bad, I was seen through.
Chen Shao knew that it was not the Queen Mother who sent an order for him to enter the palace, but Gao Lingbo who wanted to lure him into a trap.
what to do?
Just when he was hesitating, Chen Shao suddenly raised his feet and took a step forward.
"Let's go." he said.
The waiter was startled again, thinking that he had heard wrongly.
Do you want to go even though you know you are being cheated?
"master."
Mrs. Chen's voice came from the courtyard.
Chen Shao's footsteps stopped. The master had not heard this voice for some days, especially with worry and concern.
He turned his head and looked at Mrs. Chen coming in a hurry.
"You can't go." Mrs. Chen held his arm and whispered with tears in her eyes, "Don't forget about your ancestors."
The succession of emperors in the palace was not uncommon, and the shadows of swords and swords were not uncommon. Countless courtiers involved in this had an unhappy ending.
"Today's matter also depends on me." Chen Shao said, reaching out and patting Mrs. Chen's hand, and smiled, "As a gentleman, there is no need to fear danger."
After he said that, he turned around and left.
"Master." Mrs. Chen shouted, grabbing his sleeve.
Chen Shao turned around.
"In this life, I will never forgive you and Dan Niang." He said, bowed his head and saluted, then turned around and left.
Mrs. Chen looked at his back and shed tears.
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The sound of horse hooves broke the silence of the night road, and the night birds on the big trees beside the road kept flying up.
"Why do you have to rush back to the capital all of a sudden?"
Mr. Gu said in a low voice.
The galloping of the horses made his voice tremble.
"Then the capital is like a dragon's pond and a tiger's den. You said you would never go there during the day, so why do you have to run to the capital in the middle of the night? And you only bring this few people with you?"
"Is it appropriate to run to the capital in the middle of the night with a large number of imperial guards?" Eunuch Jing asked in return.
If that were the case, a serious crime of treason would be punished and executed on the spot without any hesitation.
Mr. Gu raised his head and looked ahead.
"Something must have happened in the capital."
He said, pausing here and staring at the woman leading the way in the night.
Her horse's speed became faster and faster, and she gradually distanced herself from them.
"But, how did she know?"
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Note: The title of the King of Jin'an County is in Jin'an, Fuzhou, so it is the dividing line between Wu and Yue, and there is a bullfight on it, so the astrology shows that the five stars gather at the bullfight, which means that the emperor star is completely in place.
In addition, the astrological predictions in the last Taibai Jingtian incident were that Zi Weiyuan corresponded to the imperial palace, Beichen corresponded to the queen's palace, and Gouchen's six stars corresponded to the princess's palace. Therefore, when it was rumored that Taibai appeared and the guest star met in Gouchen, the imperial concubine would think that Concubine An was pregnant with her.
The child is the right one, so he is anxious.
----The above are all provided by Gu Xizhi, the author of Jinjiang. I don't understand them at all. Thank you to her.
Modified and does not occupy word count. (To be continued)
