There was a strong smell of medicine in the bedroom.
After a rush, everyone resumed their light-handed movements.
The curtains were low, and there was no incense in the hall. Only two windows were opened at a very far place, and they were shielded by screens to prevent the cool wind from blowing directly into the hall. It was only used for ventilation.
Two years old and slightly older, with fine wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, the big palace maid with her hair in a bun half-knelt on the footsteps in front of the bed.
One of them was holding a basin, and the other was twisting a handkerchief, wiping the sweat from the forehead and body of the person lying on the bed.
"Did anyone come back?"
The voice is weak, barely audible.
The palace maid leaned over and used her figure to cover her body, and whispered, "There are more guards outside, and they are almost going to circle the palace wall. Lin Dezi and the others can't come back at all. No need to worry, Your Highness, they have been nearby since childhood. There is no one more familiar with the nearby paths than they are on duty in the palace."
The person on the bed said something vaguely. The palace maid turned her head slightly and looked at the line of people standing outside the palace. There was a flash of annoyance in her expression. She quickly took back these emotions and lowered her head: "Prince Concubine is still worshipping the Buddha in the apse. Liang Di tried to rush out yesterday to ask for an imperial doctor for His Highness, but was stopped by the Imperial Guard and broke her leg."
The prince coughed violently.
The palace maid felt that she had lost her words, and said quickly: "The injury is not serious, but I can't get out of bed. Now it is a troubled autumn. It is safer for Liang Di and the Crown Princess to stay in the apse."
The prince was unable to speak, and took a long time to catch his breath.
"Fortunately... Sixth brother is outside... otherwise... "
"Your Majesty will always keep one." The palace maid holding the basin suddenly said.
After hearing such absurd and outrageous remarks, everyone did not react, not even raising their eyes, including Director Chen, who hurriedly entered the palace.
"His Royal Highness, let Yu Lan take the risk and go out and find an imperial physician!"
The Yu Lan mentioned by Manager Chen was the maid who touched the basin. The copper basin and hot water were so heavy that Yu Lan's arm didn't even shake. When she heard the sound, she turned her head and looked hesitant about what to say, but was interrupted by the prince on the bed.
"Yu Lan is only a savvy fist, and she is not a peerless expert who can fly over the eaves and walls. She can enter and leave the East Palace alone, with an imperial physician, what if she is regarded as a rebel by the Imperial Guard? Besides, the solitary body has been like this for many years, and it is useless to ask the imperial physician... Let Yu Lan go to Chongyuan Hall to see the third emperor brother, Gu is worried that he will be mistreated, and he doesn't even stutter..."
Before he could finish speaking, there was another violent cough.
Yu Lan's body suddenly trembled, and she shouted anxiously, "Not good!"
Throwing the copper basin to the side, he threw himself over, trying to block in front of the bed.
However, before she could jump there, she froze in place, looking horrified, but couldn't move.
Director Chen and the other maid fell silently to the ground. They didn't fall straight, but suddenly lost consciousness. Then, a gust of wind lifted their crooked bodies and slowly put them on the ground.
Not only in the hall, but also the people standing outside were not spared.
It was as if a group of sleepy worms suddenly came and knocked everyone down. They leaned against the walls, pillars, and tables and went straight to sleep.
The prince tried his best to sit up, and what he saw was such a jaw-dropping scene.
In the blink of an eye, he and Yu Lan were the only people who were still awake in the bedroom.
"Cough cough."
The copper basin that Yu Lan threw out was caught, and the water didn't even spill out.
There was a raccoon cat squatting on the beam, it stuck out its head and looked around in confusion.
"Ahu..."
The prince turned his head slowly, and finally saw the two uninvited guests.
The prince was a young man in his twenties, pale and thin, with purple lips.
When Mo Li looked at the prince, the prince of the Qi Dynasty was also examining him and Meng Qi.
"It turned out to be the teacher of Meng Guo." The prince's eyes fell on Meng Qi, and he smiled bitterly, "No wonder it is like entering no one's land."
"You ever met me?"
Meng Qi wasn't going to hide his identity, he put the copper basin in his hand on the shelf and paced to the bed.
The palace maid Yu Lan's eyes were about to pop out, and she looked very anxious.
The prince held Yu Lan's shoulder and tried hard to get up.
"do not move."
"Meow."
The voice of the ink carp sounded at the same time as the meow of the civet cat.
The hall fell silent for a moment.
The prince looked at the civet cat, then at Meng Qi and Mo Li, and always felt that the two were brought by the cat.
"Gu once saw the portrait of Meng Guoshi in Jinyiwei's secret report. Although he has only a three-pointed figure, he can barely recognize it. The national teacher came today to continue to seek revenge for the revenge of destroying the house and excavating medicine three years ago?"
When the prince speaks, his breath is like a gossamer, and it seems that he will die at any time.
Meng Qi looked indifferent, rubbed his fingers, and suddenly said, "Jin Yiwei has dozens of various kinds of elixir from me, how many have you eaten?"
"There is a small half plant of ginseng in the pharmacy of the East Palace. It was given by the father and the imperial teacher. The national teacher can take it." The national teacher should not anger these innocent palace people in the palace. They are already unfortunate, and now they are trapped here by the Guards, their life and death are uncertain, and they do not know the way forward. As for those Jinyiwei, they were also ordered to do things. The national teacher has killed a lot over the years. , should be enough."
"Oh?"
Meng Qi felt even more unusual about the prince of the Qi Dynasty.
"Why didn't you persuade me not to kill your father?"
The prince remained silent.
Meng Qi immediately looked at Mo Li, who opened the mouth and said, "It's a heart disease and needs to be further diagnosed."
Seeing the prince's appearance that he saw through life and death and didn't care about anything, Meng Qi turned his eyes and walked to the palace maid Yu Lan.
"You are very loyal, but unfortunately your strength is not good enough. Even if you put it on the rivers and lakes, such martial arts... may not even match the third-rate masters." Meng Qi turned a blind eye to Yu Lan's angry eyes, and said, "I heard that you are looking for Imperial doctor, but can't enter the East Palace? This is a coincidence, the doctor behind me is the doctor."
Yu Lan looked at Mo Li with distrust in her eyes.
Even a doctor, what's the use of being so young
Meng Qi noticed that when the prince heard the word "doctor", his eyelids just moved, and there was no other reaction.
"You don't want the prince to die, and the entire East Palace doesn't want the prince to die, right?" Meng Qi untied Yu Lan's acupuncture points.
Yu Lan didn't shout, she reached out to her throat and asked cautiously, "What are you going to do? Rebellion, or assassination?"
"No, that's what I want to ask you."
Meng Qi's expression changed, her smile was all over, her whole body was so imposing, Yu Lan couldn't help but take a step back.
"Tell me, who is the one who tried to rebel?" Meng Qiming was trying to force Yu Lan, but he was actually going for the prince.
It's just that the crown prince is terminally ill and extremely weak. If he is swept away by the strength of the master of the inner family, he will probably die on the spot.
Yu Lan looked flustered and said: "Treachery? How could the maid know such a thing?"
"You may not know, but the owner of this palace must know. It's interesting to say that when I entered the palace with the doctor, I happened to see a group of servants digging a hole in the deserted yard and preparing to bury a box. There..."
The prince opened his eyes abruptly, followed by a sharp cough, and blood began to overflow from the corners of his mouth.
Yu Lan was shocked and was about to go forward but was blocked by Mo Li.
"Stop!" Yu Lan shouted anxiously when she saw that the prince was being "hijacked".
At this time, the prince's face suddenly had a trace of blood, and his spirit seemed to be much better.
"Yu Lan, wait."
The prince stopped, he looked at his wrist with a complicated expression.
A warm current spreads to all parts of the body along with the meridians, and the choked chest is relieved. The prince has been ill for many years, and he has seen people who practice internal skills. He knows that internal power can temporarily relieve his pain, but there has never been such an immediate effect. Effect.
Unfortunately, it's too late.
The prince smiled bitterly and said in a low voice, "The doctor has seen Gu, I should turn around and leave now."
"I'm not an imperial doctor. If I can't cure you, I don't need to be afraid." Mo Li said casually.
"When Bian Que saw Marquis Huan, he turned around and ran away, why?" The prince continued with a wry smile, "'Siming belongs to me, but why is it helpless'."
Mo Li raised his eyes and said solemnly, "So how much does the prince know about medicine?"
"Gu doesn't know medical skills, but he knows people's hearts, so there will always be people who tell the truth to Gu,"
The prince regained some vitality, and when he spoke, he was no longer angry, and it was intermittent.
Mo Li continued to take his pulse and said slowly: "The disease should have been caused by wind pathogens entering the body at first, fever, and pain all over the body. After taking the medicine, it didn't seem to get better. I feel dizzy when I'm tired, my heart hurts, and in the end I can't walk at all, and I can't even eat or talk."
The palace maid Yu Lan listened in shock and asked eagerly, "Doctor, Your Highness's illness..."
"As the prince himself said, it's too late." Mo Li sighed.
"How come, His Highness's complexion is much better just now, and it is more effective than taking medicine." Yu Lan's eyes were full of hope.
"It only treats the symptoms, not the root cause. It can last for half a day at most." Mo Li took back his pulse and shook his head and said, "If you change the prescription in time when you have a fever, and prescribe the right medicine, the disease can be cured. When you can’t breathe, the disease may be cured. Now it’s too late to start coughing up blood. The heart channel affects the lung channel, it has ruptured and congested, and the internal organs are edema, and I can’t do anything about it.”
Yu Lan shivered and suddenly cried silently.
The ink carp was a little heavy, and some couldn't understand it.
"Ordinary people have no money for treatment, or can't find a doctor, which delays the disease, and the disease is dangerous again, so there is no cure. You are the prince of the East Palace, why did the doctor fail to find the danger of wind and fever."
"Because they were perfunctory, they either opened Taiping or shied away from each other. His Royal Highness has been frail since childhood, and no one from the Taiyuan Hospital refused to come to the East Palace!" Yu Lan was full of anger, and even her fingernails were pierced into her palms.
"Okay, Yu Lan, you can't blame them. How can you not know what kind of life the people in this court live?" The civet cat, who was licking his paws and playing, suddenly smiled and said, "Didn't the national teacher want to know who is trying to rebel? Actually, it's everyone."
Meng Qi was taken aback.
The ink carp frowned deeply.
"The second emperor colluded with the people outside Jianghu. I heard that he was still a master and wanted to assassinate the father emperor. The sixth emperor took advantage of my serious illness, and secretly borrowed the power of the East Palace and the commander of Jinyiwei, and prepared to cooperate with the second emperor. Brother, I want to find an opportunity to rebel. The three emperors bribed the servants of Wanhe Palace and put chronic poison in the incense, and they were discovered. It was also because of this that the emperor became vigilant and began to track down the mastermind behind the scenes. , not that two dragons appeared in the sky yesterday, which means ominous."
The prince said with a half-smiling smile, "If we continue to investigate, the mastermind behind this can only be me. Because I have been protecting them, and they are poisoned or assassinated, or even rebelled, not for the sake of getting in. Take the throne."
"… "
Not to mention the ink carp, even Meng Guoshi, who is knowledgeable and knowledgeable, is at a loss.
"I don't want to be the emperor myself, do I want you to be the emperor?"
"I'm dying, I can't do this emperor after all."
The prince caressed his heart and whispered, "If the royal father takes the throne out and gives it to my younger brothers, guess what they will do? They will choose the latter between the throne and the king."
Mo Li and Meng Qi looked at each other, both puzzled.
- What did Lu Zhang do? To make his son hate him so much
There seems to be no rumors that Lu Zhang was a tyrant in the foreign court.
For the sake of face, it is even more graceful to treat courtiers.
"The tyrants of all dynasties and dynasties are all ignorant of people's lives. The father and emperor are like this, but he is different from those kings." The prince sneered, "There was an emperor in the Chen Dynasty, who was strangled on the bed by the most hated palace servant. In the early years, the father and the emperor also scolded the servants, but later on restrained, he would not beat and kick the palace staff to death, and changed to Zuojian concubines and children. The prince always needs to be literate and read, and he needs to see foreign ministers. Neither of the two princesses in the palace survived. The second emperor's younger brother was deaf in his left ear and was beaten when he was young, the third emperor's brother was timid and could not speak, and was frightened. He was kicked in front of him and was seriously injured and vomited blood. The only person my father didn't beat was me, he always had to have an heir, but I didn't live long."
The author has something to say:
The prince's illness, coughing up blood is not necessarily tuberculosis
Streptococcus infection, fever → inflammatory transfer → rheumatic heart valve disease → valve stenosis, heart failure, small blood vessel burst, pulmonary congestion, edema