Chapter two hundred and seventy-eight for quotation
Night enveloped the imperial city, and the lights were brightly lit.
The third prince's palace was particularly bright, it had never been brighter. There were only the emperor's doctors and Concubine Xu who came after hearing the news, but this was already quite lively for a palace where only one person was resting in the past.
There was a steady stream of people coming outside the palace, including palace maids and eunuchs. It was the empress, princes and princesses who came to inquire about the news, but no matter who came, they were blocked out.
So I don't know what happened to the third prince, whether he was dead or alive, but someone heard Concubine Xu crying from the palace.
I guess it’s not going to work, right? Otherwise, the Shanghe Village case involving the prince would have led to King Qi using troops. At such an important moment, the emperor would not have bothered to stay with the third prince.
Concubine Xu in the palace was sitting and crying, hiding her face. The third prince was a little helpless.
"Concubine, don't cry." He said, walking over and reaching out to pat her shoulder gently, "I'm really fine. Look, I can even get down and walk around."
After hearing what he said, Concubine Xu cried even harder. She seemed unable to sit still and leaned against the emperor.
The emperor reached out and patted her shoulder, and said to the third prince: "It's you that your mother-in-law is crying for. I'm so happy." When he said this, his eyes sparkled with tears, "I want to cry too.
, more than ten years."
The third prince suddenly knelt down and kowtowed to the two of them: "My son has made you suffer. The illness is in me and the pain is in the hearts of my parents. In the past ten years, my father, the emperor, mother and concubines have worked hard."
Concubine Xu cried and lay on the emperor's shoulder. The emperor's tears also fell. She stretched out her hand to help her: "Get up quickly, get up quickly."
The third prince stood up and the three of them faced each other.
The emperor looked at his beloved concubine beside him and his beloved son in front of him. He felt a little unbelievable. Are you dreaming? He turned around and called the imperial doctor.
"Is it true that Candu was expelled?" the emperor asked, "you can't lie to me."
Doctor Zhang smiled and said: "You can't lie about medicine." He carefully told the emperor again that the residual poison of the third prince could not be eliminated because it spread all over the body and dissolved in the flesh and blood. But now he doesn't know what happened.
Part of the remaining poison was condensed together, and then spit out by the third prince.
"Of course there are still residual poisons in the body. After all, His Highness has been fighting poison with poison for so many years." Dr. Zhang sighed, "But the most dangerous part has been solved, and the rest can be easily dealt with. At least there is no need to fight poison with poison anymore."
Concubine Xu cried after hearing this: "Then he can marry and have children?"
Originally, the third prince was just a poisonous person, so there was no need to think about continuing the heir.
Unexpectedly, the third prince burst out laughing when Concubine Xu asked this question for the first time.
"Yes." Doctor Zhang also smiled, "Don't worry, I will give you another year of treatment this year, and I will be able to have a grandson next year."
Concubine Xu finally broke down in tears and smiled. The emperor looked at her and smiled too, reaching out to wipe her tears: "After so many years, you are finally willing to smile in front of me. Why do you only care about holding a grandson?"
"I don't want to be alone all my life." Concubine Xu said. Seeing the emperor weeping, she suddenly stood up and knelt down to him, kowtow: "I am guilty and have caused His Majesty so many years of pain."
She knelt down, and the third prince also knelt down quickly. The emperor was both angry and funny: "Get up quickly, so that your appearance will look better. You should also lead him to kneel down."
Concubine Xu stood up as instructed, and the third prince also stood up.
The atmosphere in the palace was harmonious, but the emperor suddenly thought of business: "How was this cured?"
Yes, for so many years, so many imperial doctors and miraculous doctors have been unable to do anything, and everyone has accepted that this is an incurable disease.
The third prince said: "Your Majesty, do you still remember the maid that Prince Qi gave me?"
Although the emperor would not remember such a little maid in his mind, because the appearance of this maid saved the third prince, there was still some impression, and the emperor nodded.
The third prince said: "She came back to the palace with me, and my father left her to take care of me. She saw my illness and said she could cure it. The secret recipe was passed down in their family."
The emperor looked surprised. He remembered that a eunuch had indeed said this, saying that Qi Nu told the third prince that he could cure the disease. The emperor naturally didn't believe it. Chen Danzhu also said this,
It’s not just nonsense, this Qi girl was donated by the Crown Prince of Qi, just to please the third prince——
Unexpectedly, it was actually cured!
"Where is the man?" the emperor asked, looking left and right.
Only then did everyone realize that after being busy for so long, Qi Nu, who was always by the third prince's side, had never appeared.
Xiao Qu hurriedly explained that in order to prepare the last medicine for the third prince, Ning Ning had worked very hard and went to rest.
But now the emperor has summoned him, and he still has to come to see him no matter how tired he is. Xiaoqu asked the eunuch to summon someone. After a while, the eunuch came with someone.
The woman had obviously been woken up, her clothes and hair were a little messy, her head was lowered, and she was limping——
"Hey?" Xiaoqu asked hurriedly, "What's wrong?"
Qi Nu lowered her head and said in a trembling voice: "I got up too quickly and fell down."
The eunuch who summoned her testified and laughed on the sidelines: "I was panicked when I heard His Majesty's summons."
Qi Nu knelt down, her little body trembling on the ground, so that her words were broken into pieces: "Slave, I have met Your Majesty, Your Majesty."
What is this maid afraid of? The emperor frowned, and then thought, well, this maid was sent by King Qi, and now the case of Shanghe Village is caused by King Qi, and the court wants to send troops to King Qi. As a person of King Qi, it is normal for her to be frightened.
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"Don't be afraid." The emperor said kindly, "You have cured the third prince, which is a great achievement. I will reward you."
The third prince also said from the side: "Ning Ning, don't be afraid."
As if she felt relieved after hearing his voice, Ning Ning raised her head and quickly glanced at the third prince, then lowered her head to thank him.
This girl was very frightened. She was so delicate and frail that the emperor could even see a layer of sweat on the tip of her nose. She was really scared, unlike that Chen Danzhu. The emperor snorted in his heart.
Talking nonsense, cheating and pretending.
The emperor asked curiously: "The Ning family belongs to the Xinglin family of Qi State. I have heard of it. Do you also have superb medical skills?"
Ning Ning lowered her eyes and shook her head, "No, my medical skills are mediocre. It's just that there is a secret recipe passed down in the family, which happens to be suitable for the third prince."
The emperor became even more curious and asked: "What's the secret recipe?"
Ning Ning trembled and said nothing, seeming a little embarrassed.
The emperor understood that some secret recipes were very strict and could not be taught easily. He smiled and said: "Don't worry, I won't use your secret recipe. There is no one else here." He looked around and signaled to the eunuch and doctor,
Especially Doctor Zhang, "Stand back and don't eavesdrop."
Eunuch Jinzhong smiled and led his men to retreat, while Doctor Zhang also avoided it with a smile.
"Okay, can you tell me now?" the emperor asked.
Ning Ning responded and named several herbs: "Using five herbs in a row can drive away the evil poison."
The emperor also knew a little about medicine, so he said to Concubine Xu, "This doesn't sound too strange." He also joked, "You're not hiding something secret, are you?"
He was joking, but when he saw Ning Ning's face turning paler, she raised her head tremblingly: "Your Majesty, there is nothing strange about the medicine, it's just a medicine introduction——"
Eh, are you really hiding something secret?
Concubine Xu was scolding from the side: "You kid, please tell me quickly, Your Majesty will not take away your secret recipe."
Ning Ning lowered his eyes: "Yao Yinzi, it's human flesh."
As soon as these words came out, the three people in front of him were stunned. The emperor was a little disbelieving and thought he heard wrongly: "What?"
Concubine Xu even covered her mouth, this——
"Please forgive me, Your Majesty." Ning Ning said in a trembling voice, her body shaking as if she couldn't kneel down. "This secret recipe is too sinister, so I dare not reveal it to others easily."
The emperor's expression changed: "Then, where did the human flesh come from?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the third prince stepped forward to hold Ning Ning. Ning Ning tilted her body and fell to the side. The third prince reached out and lifted up her skirt——
Concubine Xu stood up suddenly, covered her mouth and exclaimed.
Ning Ning's pants under her skirt were full of blood, and her thighs were wrapped in layers of white cloth, but blood was still seeping out.
"You." The third prince looked at the pale-faced woman sitting on the ground, "Did you use your flesh?"
The woman, who was pale and sweating, could no longer hold on. She looked at the third prince, opened her mouth, closed her eyes and dropped her head, then fainted.
The third prince reached out and took her into his arms in time, preventing her from falling to the ground.
