When the ministers on duty came in this morning, the prince had already carefully washed the emperor's face and hands.
"Is it time to take medicine?" The minister stepped forward to look at the emperor and saw that the emperor was still asleep and unconscious.
The imperial physician on duty said: "It's not time yet, there is an imperial physician over there in the pharmacy who is waiting."
"I hope it really works." The minister sighed and hoped, "Your Majesty will wake up."
Even after waking up, I could still only say two words.
Concubine Xu, the wise concubine, and the princes also came. After hearing what the minister said about the medicine, and looking at the emperor who was not improving, Concubine Xu couldn't help but sit beside the emperor's bed and cry softly.
"Ms. Xu," the prince said, "don't disturb your majesty."
Concubine Xu cried: "If my crying can disturb His Majesty from waking up, I will cry day and night."
The prince frowned when he was contradicted. This woman had been honest for a while, but now she became arrogant again when she saw that the emperor was hopeful of getting better.
Concubine Xian sighed softly at the side: "When Dr. Hu was here, it took effect very quickly. Now it seems that the pulse is better. Who knows whether it is effective or harmful?"
After listening to her words, the expressions of the people in the room were a little complicated. What can I say? What Concubine Xian said makes sense. There is no medicine for your Majesty's disease, but you can't use medicine indiscriminately. If you die from the medicine in the end - that would be worse.
He's dying of illness.
The prince looked at everyone's expressions, lowered his eyes, and said: "Stop talking about these things, you have already taken the medicine, just believe it."
As he was talking, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and Judge Zhang came in with the imperial doctors. He first checked on the emperor, then asked about the condition of the imperial doctors on duty last night, and then ordered the medicine to be delivered.
"Take another day today." He said, "If it still doesn't work, I will adjust it again."
Some ministers couldn't help but said: "If it still doesn't work, forget it. Zhang Yuanjing, if you can't cure His Majesty, no one will blame you."
Judge Zhang looked at him: "If I can't cure Your Majesty, I will blame myself."
The minister suddenly became angry: "For the sake of your own peace of mind, you can't torment His Majesty."
Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, the prince quickly stopped it.
At this time, the doctors from the pharmacy also came over with medicine. The prince reached out to take it. Just as he was about to sit by the bed and take the medicine, Chu Xiurong, who had been standing quietly behind him, said, "Wait a minute."
The prince's hand paused, and for a moment he could not hide his cold eyes as he looked at him.
People in the room also looked at him.
"Mr. Zhang." Chu Xiurong said, "I also think it's better to be more cautious when taking medicine."
Are you still questioning him? Zhang Yuan was anxious: "Lao Chen will be responsible for the medicine given to me." As he said this, he snatched the medicine from the prince's hand.
The prince's hand was still stretched out, and he was a little unresponsive. How come the medicine bowl was taken away? Yes, that's right, he asked Concubine Xian to introduce this sentence to let everyone think about it, so that he could turn the blame on Zhang Yuanpian later.
But has the spearhead gone too far?
"Master Zhang." The prince said hurriedly, "That's not what you meant." He turned around and scolded Chu Xiurong, "Ah Xiu, don't be rude."
He reached out again.
"I believe Master Zhang, I will come and feed His Majesty the medicine myself."
Chu Xiurong did not retreat silently as before, but went on to say: "President Zhang should take a closer look at this medicine. Is it the same as Doctor Hu's?"
Zhang Yuan said in a good voice: "Well, I'll go first -" He lowered his head and put the medicine to his mouth, as if he was about to drink it.
Is the old doctor mad? People around him were busy trying to persuade him, but they saw Zhang Yuanping's hand stopped. Instead of pouring the medicine in the medicine bowl into his mouth, he put it under his nose and sniffed it, his face slightly changed.
changed, and then returned to normal.
"——Then I will go and adjust the medicine myself." He said.
People around were a little surprised and a little annoyed. What do you mean? The medicine made by this old guy is indeed unreliable? He even had to make temporary adjustments.
At this time, other courtiers also came over, and they all lost their faces when they heard this.
"Zhang Yuanpan! Have you done it?"
"Are you testing the medicine with His Majesty?"
"How ridiculous!"
However, in the face of the accusations from the ministers, Zhang Yuanjian did not refute. He only looked at the imperial doctors and said, "Let's discuss it together." He also asked, who is on duty in the pharmacy today, who is on duty here, no matter who is on duty, they will all be together.
go--
The prince did not speak this time. He glanced at everyone in the room and looked at an imperial doctor standing behind them. The doctor's face turned pale. The prince shook his head slightly. Although due to an accident, Zhang Yuanjian discovered that there was something wrong with the medicine, but
Don't worry, he is the most powerful person in the palace now, so what can Judge Zhang find out?
It's a pity that we can only think of other ways, and it must be before the latest medicine is given to His Majesty, otherwise it will be even more difficult to handle if the medicine really takes effect.
The prince stood there, looking at the noisy and arguing people, not paying attention, and his mind was wandering, until a voice sounded in his ears.
"What's wrong with this medicine?"
The voice was not loud, nor was it an angry accusation, but a calm and even curious inquiry.
But when the prince heard it, it was like a thunderbolt struck from the top of his head, and his soul came out of his body.
"Yes, that's right. What's wrong with this medicine?"
Someone in the room heard it and asked questions.
But this time, no more people agreed with him. Instead, the voices fell silent, and everyone looked towards the bed.
Because the prince wanted to give medicine just now, Concubine Xu, who was sitting by the bed and crying, got out of the way. Now there were only the prince standing by the bed and the eunuch Jin Zhong standing by the bed.
At this time, the prince was stunned. Eunuch Jinzhong leaned into the bed and helped a man up. His movements were very slow, as if he was holding a fragile porcelain.
The emperor's pale face slowly appeared in everyone's sight, and his gaze swept across everyone and landed on Zhang Yuanpan.
"What's wrong with this medicine?" he asked again, "I was allowed to take it a few times before, but not this time?"
The prince knelt down with a bang and shouted with choked eyes, "Father——"
The sound of "Father" brought everyone in the room back to their senses. The shouts of kneeling down and the cries of Concubine Xu completely letting go almost broke the roof.
People around the emperor's palace were startled when they heard this and looked at each other. Did the emperor die?
More people are running this way.
But martial law was enforced outside the emperor's palace, and everyone was blocked outside. They could only listen to more and more cries in the palace.
...
...
"Your Majesty." Several old ministers, with tears streaming down their faces, knelt down to the bedside and said, "Your Majesty, you are finally awake."
The emperor watched them stretch out their hands and shook their outstretched hands one by one: "Yes, I'm awake. I've made everyone worried."
Although his breath is still a little weak, his voice is clear and his words are calm. There is no doubt that he is really awake, not like before when he could only say two words, and His Majesty also sat up.
The ministers once again shed tears of joy: "Hurry and announce this good news to the world."
The emperor raised his hand and waved: "This is not urgent for now, I have something to solve first - Doctor Zhang."
Everyone was stunned for a moment, then gradually became quiet, and looked at Judge Zhang.
Magistrate Zhang was kneeling in the corner. Just now, the courtiers crowded over excitedly, the concubines and princes all got out of the way, and the imperial doctors naturally backed away.
"Doctor Zhang." The emperor pointed to the bowl of medicine still held in his hand, "What's wrong with this medicine? Why don't you give it to me?"
This is the third time the emperor has asked this question. No matter how stupid a person is, he should understand that there is a problem.
Magistrate Zhang leaned over and said: "This bowl of medicine has been replaced by another medicine, so it has no effect and is harmful to Your Majesty."
What!
There was silence in the dormitory. Immediately, many ministers exclaimed and stood up, "How is this possible?" "Who is it?" they asked in silence.
"His Majesty was not awake before, so I didn't dare to say anything, so I hid it and prepared to take people back to investigate." Judge Zhang said, raising the medicine bowl, "Now that your Majesty is awake, please investigate clearly."
The emperor hummed: "Jin Zhong, check."
Eunuch Jinzhong bowed his head and said yes.
.....
.....
Because it was a major matter involving the murder of the emperor, no one left, waiting for the results of the thorough investigation. They were also under thorough investigation at the same time, and everyone who appeared here was suspected.
The joy of the emperor's awakening was replaced by the shock of the assassination of the emperor. The courtiers looked solemn, some sat silently, and some talked in low voices.
The atmosphere in the palace was even more tense than when the emperor was seriously ill.
The concubines were still able to express their emotions freely. Concubine Xian fed the emperor a bowl of soup, while Concubine Xu sat by the bed and cried the whole time.
"Okay." The emperor wiped his mouth with a handkerchief and said with a frown, "You come and cry in my ears every day, and my ears have calluses from crying."
Concubine Xu cried even louder after hearing this: "Your Majesty." She grabbed the emperor's sleeve and refused to let go, "Sure enough, my concubine's cry can wake up your majesty, I just said so."
The emperor laughed: "What are you talking about?" Looking at the others, "I actually woke up a long time ago, but I could only speak yesterday."
Others were surprised again when they heard that the emperor had woken up a long time ago? He was able to speak yesterday, but he hid it from everyone. What does this mean?
Think again that the medicine the emperor took today was changed——
The emperor looked at everyone's surprised expressions and smiled: "Also, since I first fell ill, I have not been in a coma. I just can't open my eyes or speak, but I can always hear and understand clearly in my heart.
of."
Everyone stood up in surprise, Concubine Xu stopped crying, and the prince who was sitting looked even more ugly.
"What happened these days, what you did, what you argued about, I heard clearly." The emperor said, his voice became stiff at this point, "My Jin Yao——"
The prince knelt down, bowed his head and choked with sobs: "My son is incompetent, please punish me."
Everyone in the room also knelt down and kowtowed to apologize.
The emperor seemed to be looking at them, but he didn't seem to be looking at them.
"Incompetence is not necessarily a sin." He said slowly, "But -"
Before he finished speaking, Eunuch Jinzhong came in with his guards and threw an imperial doctor to the ground.
"Your Majesty, the person who changed the dressing has been found." He said.
The emperor looked over and took a look at the imperial physician. He was a very inconspicuous imperial physician whom he had never seen before.
"Why do you want to harm me?" the emperor asked.
The imperial doctor was trembling on the ground: "Your Majesty, the guilty minister, the guilty minister has no way, and the guilty minister is also being coerced——"
The emperor's face was expressionless: "Who coerced you into plotting to kill me?"
The imperial doctor seemed to dare not speak. He was lightly kicked in the waist by Eunuch Jin Zhong, and he screamed like a killing pig and huddled on the ground.
"I said, I said, it's the prince, it's the prince——"
