Ma Shunde's heart felt cold. He glanced inside with a complicated expression and said to Xu Yingjie: "This matter is very serious. You should come with our family to the palace."
Xu Yingjie felt bitter in his heart, but since the matter was so big, it was obvious that the emperor had heard this and asked if he had to, so he could only nodded with a bitter look on his face.
Immediately, he followed Ma Shunde out of Prince Qi's Mansion. A young eunuch asked him to get into the carriage. Ma Shunde stepped on. Seeing Xu Yingjie's hesitation, he said impatiently: "What kind of etiquette do you have to say about this? Get in the carriage quickly."
Xu Yingjie had no choice but to go inside. There was a lot of space inside, and he could sit in front and back, so he had no choice but to sit. The carriage slid out smoothly with a slight push.
Ma Shunde leaned on the cushions of the carriage without saying a word, just thinking deeply, while Xu Yingjie sat half-reclined, not daring to say a word, his heart just felt tight and his mouth was bitter.
"Xu Yingjie, you are so greedy that you are looking for opportunities and don't want to plunge into this whirlpool."
Then he thought: "Fortunately I am not the only one. All the doctors present know about this. Unless we are all silenced, there is no point in killing me alone."
"But the death penalty may be forgiven, but the living crime, apart from other things, King Qi is currently injured and can't think of a woman. If he thinks of it and realizes that it's not possible, we people..."
The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. Suddenly, the carriage shook, and then there was the sound of crackling firecrackers. Ma Shunde suddenly became angry and screamed: "You bastard, how did you catch the carriage?"
The accompanying young eunuch was sitting next to the coachman and came over to reply: "Father, it is the palace that is setting off firecrackers on behalf of the prince, which startled the horse."
Ma Shunde didn't wait for him to finish speaking, he opened the curtain, and sure enough he saw it was Prince Dai's Mansion. A group of people opened the door full of joy, and they were indeed setting off firecrackers.
Ma Shunde was stunned and asked the young eunuch: "What's going on in Dai Wang's Mansion?"
The young eunuch replied: "It looks like there is a happy event, so I just wanted to ask."
As he said that, the little eunuch jumped out of the car and ran over. At this time, the door of the palace was wide open, and he saw several people taking red envelopes and red dates and distributing them to passers-by.
"It seems like there's something really happy about it."
Is there any happy event in the palace recently that the whole family can celebrate? Apart from the princess giving birth to the heir apparent, is there nothing else?
Then I thought that the little eunuch had already replied: "Eunuch, the princess of the Daiwang Palace has given birth to a heir apparent."
"Oh, get in the car and go back to the palace!" After hearing this, Ma Shunde lowered the car curtain. In his confusion, he didn't notice that after talking and laughing for a while, a few people smiled reluctantly and only looked carefully in the car.
Thinking: "Maybe I am being pessimistic. Even if King Qi affects his children, he already has two sons and one daughter, so there is no chance at all."
But this is already a blow to the man, and it is a fatal blow to the prince who wants to fight for the throne. It can be said that unless there are no more competitors, this alone is enough to make him withdraw from the ranks of the crown prince.
"The rate of premature death of princes and daughters is not small, close to half. They cannot regenerate. Even if they have two sons, it is not safe!"
"Your Majesty, what will your Majesty think?"
Especially in contrast to the fact that King Dai had an heir and was still an heir, this comparison was unpleasant to both King Qi and Ma Shunde.
Xu Yingjie, who was sitting opposite Ma Shunde, remained silent. He knew without even thinking that when he entered the palace this time, he would definitely face the emperor's thunderous wrath. It was uncertain whether he could save his life. How could he still be in the mood to think about others?
Happy?
Ma Shunde was thinking all the way. When he looked up again, he found that the ox cart had stopped. He opened the curtain and saw that he had arrived at the palace gate.
"You come in with me." Ma Shunde said to Xu Yingjie. Xu Yingjie nodded and followed in silence. The two of them walked quickly and soon arrived at the imperial study room.
"...Your Majesty, on behalf of the king, a heir has been born. I have asked my servant to report to your Majesty and your empress that the royal family has gained another branch. It is really gratifying and congratulatory."
Just when he came to the door, he heard a eunuch talking inside. Ma Shunde listened and came to report that the king had a son.
The old emperor listened intently, but there was no hint of happiness or anger in his expression. When he saw Ma Shunde peeking out from the door, he immediately said in a deep voice: "I know, the Queen is very concerned about this matter. Go and report to the Queen quickly... Ma Shunde
, come in quickly!"
Ma Shunde trotted in hurriedly, swallowed his saliva, glanced at Eunuch Zhao who was standing with his hands lowered, and found that Eunuch Zhao was also looking at him with a smile, his scalp was numb, so he went forward and kowtowed without saying a word.
The old emperor paused in his heart and asked with a straight face: "How is King Qi's situation?"
"Your Majesty, I have been ordered to visit King Qi. King Qi has woken up and there is no fear for his life. It's just..."
The old emperor felt relieved at first, and after hearing this, he frowned: "You little slave, why are you so hesitant in speaking? Come on, tell me."
"Yes... King Qi has hurt his vitality, and I'm afraid it will be harmful to Yang Qi!"
"What?" The emperor understood the implicit words as soon as he heard it. His legs softened and he sat back in the chair, listening to Ma Shunde explain what he saw and heard, as well as the imperial doctor's diagnosis.
After Ma Shunde finished speaking, he saw that the old emperor's face turned pale, and he was busy diverting the trouble to the east, and said: "Your Majesty, the imperial physician Xu Yingjie is outside. He knows the injury of His Highness King Qi best. He doesn't know much about medicine and some things about slaves...
…”
"Let him come in quickly!" the emperor said immediately upon hearing this.
Ma Shunde personally ran out to summon Xu Yingjie to come in. As soon as Xu Yingjie came in, he felt something was wrong in the atmosphere and hurriedly saluted upward.
The old emperor felt a little dizzy, pressed his hand on the cold seat, and asked in a deep voice: "King Qi's injury may have damaged Yang Qi? Can you take this seriously?"
When Xu Yingjie was asked, he kowtowed in fear.
"Tell the truth and I will forgive you!" The emperor stood up and frowned.
Xu Yingjie then lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, judging from the pulse diagnosis, King Qi was invaded by the energy of ghosts and gods."
"Although the energy of ghosts and gods is the pure yang of ghosts, for humans, there is always a hint of yin or cold that is difficult to dissolve, which is the most damaging to the essence. Therefore, those who have intercourse with ghosts and gods will not be able to live long, let alone be invaded.
"
"Fortunately, Liu Zhan, the real person, arrived at that time and took care of him, so the invasion was not deep."
"But after all, it hurts a bit. Regarding the matter of aligning with the prince's heir, it is possible that he may have some minor ailments. The actual situation needs to be continued to be observed in the future and whether it can be improved with the use of medicine."
"I am a humble minister who has little knowledge and dare not speak nonsense. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
After Xu Yingjie finished speaking, the hall suddenly fell silent.
The emperor listened without saying a word, but took a step back and sat back on the dragon chair. He sat there like a wood carving and clay sculpture, just silent.
As an emperor, he is used to seeing excuses made by his subordinates, and he also knows the virtues of imperial doctors.
When encountering this kind of thing, the imperial doctor always takes it lightly.
If the impact was minor, the imperial doctor would not even mention it. Now that he has mentioned it and it is a minor illness, the actual situation may be more serious.
"King Qi!" The emperor murmured. His heart froze when he thought that King Qi might have no heirs from now on.
Taizu did not have many heirs. Not to mention, he actually had 11 sons. In addition to the prince, the king of Qi, the king of Shu, and the king of Lu who was deposed as the king of Linhe County, the other 6 sons all died in infancy.
I still have an 8-year-old son, and I don’t know if he will grow up to be an adult.
Prince Qi's two sons and one daughter are not safe at all. If they are unable to have children in the future, once they die in infancy, everything will really be over.
Unless there are no other sons, even if the emperor wants to pass the throne to King Qi, people familiar with the matter will object.
Unless all the insiders were killed, thinking of this, the emperor glanced at the two people below. Xu Yingjie seemed to be aware of it, and his body trembled slightly.
The emperor then shook his head again. According to what he just said, the imperial doctors were jointly diagnosing and treating the case, and they were all informed, and he was even more afraid that it had been spread out now.
And if such things can be concealed for a while, how can they be concealed for a lifetime?
If King Qi had only one son, he might have killed him by mistake and not let him go, but now... After pondering for a long time, the emperor sighed softly and his voice was lonely.
Once, twice, or even several times, something went wrong. Is this son really not blessed to rule the world?
However, the acting king always made mistakes and took advantage of him, and now he has a son.
Eunuch Zhao saw the emperor staring at the void for a long time without moving. After a long time, he heard an inaudible sigh: "Is it really God's will?"
Eunuch Zhao remained unchanged on the surface, his posture remained motionless, but he thought to himself: "With the emperor's attitude, does it look like he is giving up on King Qi?"
But this is not surprising. If King Qi really hurt his roots, he would indeed lose the capital to fight for the heir.
Just as he was thinking about it, another young eunuch hurried in: "To report to the emperor, Academician Yu is holding a gold medal to ask for an audience, saying that he has something very important to report."