"Amitabha, this is a family matter. The poor monk is just an outsider. It's really not convenient for him to interfere indiscriminately." Miao Ben paused and then said, "The poor monk has finished answering. Now it's your turn, right?"
Qu Le said calmly: "Gu Fuzhou and A Lang were captured by people from Prince Yu's Mansion. I have to rescue them."
One sentence, concise and to the point.
Miao Ben was very surprised: "How could you be taken away? What happened to you?"
Qu Le told the whole story. After listening to her narration, Miao Ben's expression became a little solemn: "When the poor monk was diagnosing Princess Yu, he had seen both sides of Prince Yu. It's hard to distinguish his mind and body.
The evil spirit is extremely strong, and it is very dangerous to deal with him."
"I know, that's why I want to rescue Gu Fuzhou and Alang as soon as possible. I'm worried that King Yu will punish them."
"This does seem like something Prince Yu would do," Miaoben looked at her, "What are your plans?"
Qu Le: "I want to enter Prince Yu's Mansion and first find out the whereabouts of the two of them."
Miaoben thought for a while: "I can help you."
Qu Le smiled slyly: "That's what I've been waiting for!"
In front of the gate of Prince Yu's Mansion, the guards who were on guard duty loyally saw two people walking towards them.
One of them looked like a tall, middle-aged woman. She had a yellowish complexion and was dressed in coarse cloth. She looked gray. She was supporting a gray-haired old woman with both hands, and the old woman was leaning on a cane with her other hand.
, hunched over, taking two steps to catch his breath, he was so old that he was about to enter a coffin.
The combination of these two people seemed a little strange, so the guards stopped them as usual and yelled: "This is an important part of the palace, no one is allowed to come near."
The old woman took a few breaths and said in a hoarse voice: "We are here to treat Princess Yu. Could you please inform us?"
It is not a secret that Princess Yu is ill. Almost everyone in Prince Yu's palace knows that in order to treat Princess Yu, Prince Yu has invited all the doctors he can in the city. Even some doctors who are slightly famous from other places have not been spared.
, it’s a pity that Princess Yu’s condition has not improved until now. I heard that yesterday we invited an eminent monk from Qiandori Temple to treat Princess Yu. Unexpectedly, this eminent monk ran away quietly today, although the housekeeper
Everyone is forbidden to talk about this matter, but everyone knows that the reason why the eminent monk ran away was because he was afraid of being blamed because there was no way to cure Princess Yu.
Now when they heard the old woman in front of them saying that she wanted to treat Princess Yu, the guards all showed doubts. One of the guards said impatiently: "Go, go! How can you, an old woman, treat Princess Yu? Really?"
Anyone can come and deceive under the guise of treating illnesses! Without opening your eyes to see what kind of place we are here! Is Prince Yu’s Mansion also a place where you people can run wild?"
The middle-aged woman protected the old woman behind her and took out a letter from her sleeve: "This is a letter of introduction written by the abbot of Chidori Temple. We are here to give it to you because of his face."
If you don’t want to believe it, let’s leave now. It’s your princess who’s sick anyway, so what does it have to do with us whether she’s dead or alive?”
"Hey! How can you, a woman, talk?" The guard raised his hand and was about to beat her.
"stop!"
The guard's hand stopped in mid-air, and everyone followed the sound and saw a group of people stopping in front of the palace gate. The person walking at the front was clearly King Yu.
The old woman and the woman looked at each other without trace.
The person who just called the guards was the palace steward. He strode forward and called the captain of the guards directly. He pointed at the old lady and the woman standing at the door and asked, "What's going on?"
The captain of the guard turned to look at the others, and immediately a guard stood up and told him what had just happened from beginning to end.
After listening to the guard's narration, the housekeeper looked at the old lady and asked dubiously: "Can you really cure the princess's illness?"
The old woman said calmly: "Doctors are not gods. They can only do their best to treat patients. Not all diseases can be cured. If you are willing to believe in me, old woman, I will try my best to treat the princess. If you are not willing, then just treat her."
As if we have never been here, we say goodbye."
After saying that, she made a gesture to leave.
"Wait a minute," the housekeeper hurriedly called her. He looked her over again and saw that she was indeed just an ordinary old woman, but her tone of voice was so calm that people couldn't help but believe it.
she.
The housekeeper said to her: "I heard that you have a letter of introduction. Where is the letter?"
The middle-aged woman next to me delivered the letter promptly.
"You guys wait here for a while, I'll be back soon." The steward took the letter and hurried to King Yu who had just dismounted. He presented the letter with both hands and briefly narrated the incident in King Yu's ears.
King Yu unfolded the letter, glanced at it hastily, and returned the letter to the steward: "You can handle such a small matter yourself."
The butler quickly nodded in agreement.
King Yu threw the riding crop in his hand to the boy next to him and stopped looking at the housekeeper. He strode into the palace. When he passed by, the old woman's figure stiffened slightly. This was not a big deal at first, but it happened at this time.
Everyone knelt down to salute, but she froze slightly, causing her kneeling movement to be half a beat slower than others.
She suddenly became very conspicuous.
Prince Yu paused. He looked at the old woman with wrinkles on her face, his eyes were sharp, and he suddenly asked: "What's your name?"
The old woman lowered her head and said, "I was born in the countryside and had no name since I was a child. My maiden name is Qian and my husband's surname is Xie. Everyone calls me Auntie Xie."
"You want me to call you Auntie Xie?"
The old woman denied it: "The common people don't dare, the common people don't dare."
King Yu snorted coldly: "You, raise your head."
The old woman had no choice but to raise her head silently, revealing an old face full of wrinkles.
Prince Yu stared into her eyes and said thoughtfully: "You look familiar..."
The old woman lowered her head again: "The common people have been living in the countryside and have never seen the prince. I am afraid that the prince has recognized the wrong person."
Prince Yu thought carefully in his mind again, and found that he did not find such a wrinkled old face, so he agreed with what she said. He must have recognized the wrong person. He waved his hand impatiently: "Stop talking nonsense.
, since you have come to Prince Yu's Mansion, the princess's illness will be left to you. If you cannot cure her illness, I will kill you two."
After saying that, he rolled up his sleeves and left, leaving only a powerful figure behind.
After King Yu had gone far away, everyone got up from the cold ground. The housekeeper said politely to the old woman: "You two, please follow me."
The housekeeper led the two of them to a guest room. The room was quiet and tidy, with everything inside. The housekeeper said: "This place is simple. Please forgive me for the time being and rest here for a while. I will make arrangements later."
I will take you to see the princess."
Old woman: "I'll take care of the house."
The butler said goodbye and left.
The door was closed again, and only the old woman and the woman were left in the house.
The old woman threw away the crutches, sat down on the chair, rubbed her waist, and complained softly: "I keep bending over, and my waist is almost broken."
Her voice was clear and bright, without any of the hoarseness she had just now.
The woman sat next to her and stretched out her hand to massage her lower back: "Be patient for a little longer. As long as we find your friends, we can leave here."
"Old Granny"... no, it should be Qu Le who was pretending to be an old granny. She narrowed her eyes in comfort and said, "Sister Suyue, you are very skilled. When I go to see the princess later, you can take the opportunity to go to the palace to find Gu Fuzhou."
and Alang’s traces.”
Suyue, disguised as a woman, said: "Can you handle it alone?"
Qu Le smiled slyly: "Don't worry, it will be absolutely fine if you leave it to me!"
Seeing that she was very confident, Suyue had no choice but to acquiesce to her suggestion.
It didn't take long for the butler to come back. He had a table full of food set up and entertained the two of them warmly. After they had eaten and drank enough, the butler asked someone to bathe and change their clothes, and burned incense to freshen them up, leaving them all fragrant.
, to be allowed to meet Princess Yu.
Qu Le complained secretly in her heart, this Princess Yu has so many tricks up her sleeve, and the interview between the employer and the employer is not so troublesome!
Su Yue stayed in the room, while Qu Le followed the housekeeper to the backyard of the palace alone, pushed the door open and walked in. Qu Le leaned on crutches and bowed slightly with a trembling bow: "The common people pay homage to the princess."
There was silence in the room, no one answered her.
After a while, the housekeeper said to her softly: "Get up. The princess is still asleep. Please show her quickly."
Qu Le straightened up, covered the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief, pretended to take a few breaths weakly, and then slowly walked to the bed. The maid next to her stepped forward and pulled up the bed curtain, revealing Princess Yu lying on the bed. She was more beautiful than expected.
The middle one is younger, with a bit of youthful aura unique to girls between her brows, and she seems to be only seventeen or eighteen years old.
She closed her eyes and lay quietly, motionless, like a carefully carved wax figure.
Qu Le sat on the embroidered pillar beside the bed and began to feel Princess Yu's pulse.
The housekeeper and two maids stood nearby nervously, not daring to make any sound.
After Qule raised her finger, the housekeeper took a step forward and asked cautiously: "How is the princess's condition?"
Qu Le glanced at him slowly and asked instead of answering: "Is the princess' illness likely to have been several years ago?"
The housekeeper nodded: "That's right. The princess has not been in good health since she married into the palace. Especially this year, the princess's condition has become more and more serious. It has been useless to invite many doctors. Even the imperial doctor in the palace has not been in good health.
Said there was nothing we could do."
"What she has is not a disease, and ordinary doctors are of no use to her."
Her words immediately shocked the housekeeper.
The steward asked in surprise: "What do you mean by this?"
"There is cold poison hidden in the princess's body. This poison has been in the body for a long time and has already infiltrated into the internal organs. Ordinary drugs cannot detoxify it. Now that the cold poison attacks, the princess's body cannot bear it and she will often fall into coma.
If the toxicity gets worse, I'm afraid the princess' life will be in danger."
The housekeeper opened his eyes in disbelief: "You, you mean, the princess was poisoned?" (To be continued)