Lu Zhang's eyes narrowed, and his composure returned from his rage and madness.
Jin Yiwei, who was protecting the prince from entering the palace, was secretly shocked, and immediately put his hand on the handle of the knife.
The imperial physician and the palace servants in the palace were not surprised.
"Is the second child your chess piece?" Lu Zhang endured the pain, but he actually survived this attack. Except for the disheveled hair and no dragon robe, he seemed to be full of power in the past.
The palace servant hurriedly came to help, but Lu Zhang waved the person away, looked at the prince with a fixed look, and said solemnly: "... Sixteen years ago, when I first gained the world, I named you the prince of the East Palace. You have taught me carefully, and I only hope that after waiting for me for a hundred years, you will be able to defend the Qi Dynasty. I didn't expect that a fever that entered the body would completely destroy your body and damage your life expectancy. Could this be my fault? In this way, I have not abolished your crown prince position, but you are unwilling to do such an unfaithful and unfilial act!"
Every word of Lu Zhang seems to be of great importance.
Several imperial physicians in the hall can't help but nod their heads. Have fewer princes died of fever since ancient times? The prince was not in good health. Fever was like the last brick that broke the carriage. Who would know
Director Chen of the East Palace, who came in with the prince, changed his expression and wanted to pick up the vase and smash the imperial physicians.
What happened to the prince's illness, others don't know, can Director Chen still know
The prince was frail and sick, and he had to drink three or five times of medicine every year. These quack doctors who were only willing to prescribe Taifang habitually made prescriptions according to the old example. After procrastinating, the crown prince's illness could not get better, so much so.
On the bright side, the responsibility for this matter does not lie with the emperor.
But how did Tai Hospital develop such a fearful, evasive attitude
They were not low-ranking concubines in the palace, and a few of them died every year. Other concubines, such as the second prince's biological mother, suffered from serious and minor injuries, and had to call an imperial physician from time to time. Over time, everyone in the Taiyuan Hospital seems to be deaf and blind. During the diagnosis and treatment, the condition is very vague, and the prescription is vague. After all, the prescription must be kept on file.
Therefore, the fall injury is recorded as a bump injury, and it is also treated as a bumped skin injury.
Sprains are recorded as cramps in the legs and feet. No medicine is allowed, so drink some bone soup to make up.
Those with several bruises on their bodies would not be shown to the imperial physician at all, but only described verbally, and the imperial physician prescribed an ointment to smear the swelling and remove blood stasis. back. The concubines and concubines of the palace can't smell the ointment all over, so what is it like, so some fragrance powder is added to the ointment. The archived prescriptions are recorded as nourishing face prescriptions, or plaster for eliminating rashes.
Those medical officers who first entered the Imperial Physician's Office could not understand the mystery at all.
In the previous dynasty, imperial physicians used a piece of cloth to measure the pulse of their concubines, but in the Qi dynasty, they simply developed the method of diagnosing the pulse by hanging wire.
Can a thread diagnose the pulse? Of course not, the black carp with great internal strength and martial arts has no such ability!
The so-called hanging wire diagnosis of the pulse is just a pretense. The real medical doctor has already inquired about the palace staff before entering the door. In addition, some concubines have injuries on their faces, so they are reluctant to see anyone, but they are afraid that their appearance will be damaged.
So they messed around all day long, and the ethos of the imperial hospital became increasingly corrupt. They dared not play this trick in front of the emperor, but they were a little more slack towards the perennially sick prince, and at first they didn't take the disease seriously matter. When they find out that they are not good, they just want to blame each other in panic.
Director Chen's eyes were red as he stared at the imperial physicians.
The prince remained calm, neither provoked by Lu Zhang's words nor looking at the imperial physician who was shrunk beside him.
Lu Zhang's eyes suddenly swept to a pair of boots exposed under the curtain in the distance. It was obvious that someone had sneaked in and hid inside. There were embroidered patterns on the upper of the boots, which were not suitable for palace servants.
After a little thought, Lu Zhang guessed who it was.
"Zhen is really worthless for the second child. He obeyed your words, but you sent him to a dead end." Lu Zhang said coldly, "The third child must have been deceived by you. After today, he probably won't treat you. used."
The figure behind the curtain trembled.
The place where this person was hiding happened to be in the blind spot of the prince's field of vision.
Lu Zhang continued his provocation: "I'm also very disappointed, these villains are all stupid, only you and the sixth have better brains. As a brother, you take care of them everywhere, but you just want to make a wise gesture, use or Solve these brothers who may threaten your crown prince position. I thought you would not be able to resist the old sixth, but I didn't expect you to be really smart, knowing that the real opponent is the third one."
The prince frowned slightly, but did not speak.
"...Cowardly, incompetent, but with the status of a prince. The courtier likes to support such a puppet. Prince, being wise will not let you get the support of civil and military officials."
The figure behind the curtain trembled even more.
At first sight, Director Chen lowered his head and wanted to tell the prince.
Lu Zhang raised his hand. After exiting a saber on the wall beside the bed, Jin Yiwei, who was protecting the prince, immediately alerted him. Manager Chen also subconsciously blocked the prince and couldn't finish his sentence.
"What a loyal dog." Lu Zhang suddenly burst out laughing and said word by word, "Chen Cai, what are you waiting for?"
Chen Cai was the name of Director Chen, and everyone was shocked, and quickly turned to look at Director Chen.
Director Chen stood motionless, still hunched over his shoulders, nothing unusual.
Lu Zhang sneered, his tone full of contempt, he tried to see the angry expression on the prince's face after being betrayed, but the prince was lowering his head and scratching the raccoon slave's chin.
Originally, it was warm inside the sedan chair, and it was windy and rainy outside, so Ah Hu naturally shrank in the arms of the prince.
Now that it was the emperor's bedroom, which was open and not cold, the cat couldn't wait any longer.
The prince didn't want to let the cat run around. He carried the cat to keep him warm. Although he was wearing thick clothes, fox fur, and warm jade hanging on his chest, his hands couldn't get warm.
A tiger is better than a stove.
It is very useful to hold it warm in the hand.
Seeing that the prince was still in the mood to tease pets, Lu Zhang could hardly contain the anger in his heart. He took a deep breath and sneered: "Chen Cai, the one who I placed beside you, since you became the prince of the East Palace, He will report to me every move you make."
The prince stroked the cat's fur with his fingers, and said casually: "My father cares about my son, and my son has not thanked my father for his hard work. What is a Chen Cai, and a crown prince!"
Everyone was shocked.
Meng Qi, who had sneaked up to the roof of the bedroom, raised his eyebrows, showing a look of surprise.
Although Meng Qi tied his coat, but when the wind blew, the sleeves of the robe were agitated very much, because the upper part of his body under the robe was not wearing anything.
When he ran out, he not only broke his clothes and felt guilty, but also worried about the situation in the palace.
Uh, it's fake to be worried, he wants to watch the fun.
When I go back to school to listen to Doctor Mo, if the doctor is happy, the bitter medicine will be able to stay away from me.
Meng Qishi sneaked into the palace, and when he got to the ground, he began to look around the situation. In the distance was a group of people wearing brocade clothes. The Jin Yiwei of Beizhen Fusi and Nanzhen Fusi escaped when the prince bombarded the open space in front of the Wanhe Palace. The commander of Jinyiwei was imprisoned and tortured for secretly communicating with the second prince, and he must be released now.
In addition to the Jinyiwei, it is the Imperial Guard.
The formation of the Praetorian Guards was somewhat loose, and there were not many people who defected to the prince. Most of them hesitated, but gave up their resistance under the deterrence of artillery.
Meng Qi also saw a group of courtiers being "escorted" over.
They stayed outside the hall blowing the cold wind, and some looked terrified, while others were full of resentment.
At this time, Lu Zhang's voice came from the hall again.
"Joke! The crown prince's family is indeed not high, but since the founding of this dynasty, whether it is the queen, the palace's choice of concubine or the prince's marriage, they are all inclined to the family of small officials, even the common people. Once selected, they will immediately be dismissed from office. , granting gifts and honorary titles, and you are not allowed to be an official within three generations of the direct line. This is to prevent disasters from foreign relatives. I know that you are dissatisfied with the wives you married, because their parents' family can't help you..."
The officials outside the hall heard something vaguely, and their expressions were different.
"Meow!"
Wait, where's the cat meowing from
Meng Qi originally wanted to unknowingly touch the inside of the hall, go up to the beam to watch the excitement, and suddenly heard Ah Hu's cry, and he immediately felt that the roof outside the hall was fine.
"The help of the wife's family and in-laws, the father really understands, if there is no mother, how can the father have a prosperous official life and leave the frontier to go to Taijing?"
"you!"
The prince ignored Lu Zhang's anger and said to himself: "I married Shangguan's daughter, and I treated her with courtesy a few years ago. When my father's official became bigger and bigger, he became more and more rude to his wife, and took several concubines one after another. They were all daughters of high-ranking officials in the Chu Dynasty at that time. For the sake of the great cause, the father and the emperor did not hesitate to sell himself for glory, and sent him to Emperor Chu Ling during the day, and the backyard also laughed at it…”
"Shut up, bad boy!"
Lu Zhang roared wildly, gasping for breath, and the remaining true qi in his body erupted again, causing pain all over his body.
The officials outside the hall looked at each other in dismay, and they did not question the prince's words, because it is well known that the biological mother of the second prince was Lu Zhang's concubine before he ascended the throne, and some members of the clan used to be officials of the Chu Dynasty.
Like this kind of clan daughter of an official family, either a concubine or a family in decline, grew up relying on the help of the clan. It is usually used by the clan to marry and establish a relationship. No matter who is the concubine of the family, it is always an exchange of interests in the officialdom. Once there is any accident, this woman can immediately abandon it.
One of the Chen Dynasty's chieftains even married his granddaughter to a political enemy, and in the end, he turned his face even if he turned his face.
"It's good to prevent the chaos of foreign relatives, but what the father really wants to do is to control all the princes. You use the lives of the crown princess' family to blackmail her. You are the emperor, and you can make them die silently. , and the foreign relatives, Xungui, were not welcomed by the courtiers. If you want the Crown Princess to spread a letter, the Crown Princess can only recite Buddha all day long and act like she doesn't care about everything. Although she dare not say it, I know that she is miserable. Di is young and has a strong temperament, and the royal father did not move this chess piece because he was afraid that something would be wrong with her."
The prince sighed and continued, "I thought you were only using this hand in the East Palace, but I didn't expect the second brother's princess..."
Meng Qi suddenly remembered that the second prince had failed in his rebellion and was betrayed by the people around him.
In this way, the second prince's concubine is also forced to.
"Father's emperor is sitting on the world, but using such despicable means is really an eye-opener for the son."
Lu Zhang couldn't contain his anger, he stared at Director Chen, turned his head and said sternly: "Okay! I underestimated your ability to win people's hearts, not only deceived the second and third, but also made the people around you. The dog is so obedient! Chen Cai, your brother has only one son. It seems that they don't want the lives of their family, as well as the lives of your parents and family! I still have dead men. I will wait until dawn when I hear the prince The news of the dynasty will immediately send them to Huangquan!"
Director Chen slowly raised his head with a strange expression.
He smiled with a humble and respectful smile, and seemed to squeeze out a bit of sarcasm.
"Your Majesty, more than ten years ago, you ordered your servants to go to the East Palace to serve the crown prince, which is one of the things that servants are most grateful to your Majesty for. As for gathering people's hearts, Your Majesty is really joking. From the beginning to the end, the servants have never been threatened by you. What is your majesty doing? I think that the parents who sold their sons to the palace, and the elder brothers who pointed to the slaves to take money to eat, drink, prostitute and gamble... The slaves will care about their lives?"
Not only Lu Zhang was stunned, the other palace servants were surprised.
What the maid wanted most was to adopt a child, and to have incense to eat after death.
I don't know how many house attendants like Director Chen were sold by their parents. Even if they hold grudges in their hearts, how could the life of their nephew be ignored
Director Chen squeezed a smile and said: "After the slaves died, I don't want those fake sons who came for money, and putting up tablets in the ancestral hall is a lie to fool us poor people to squeeze out the money. As for the incense of the Chen family, It has nothing to do with a penny of slaves."