"What did you say?"
When the emperor was angry, the corpse floated for thousands of miles.
The anger of Emperor Xi this time was the most severe one that Zhou Taiyi had ever seen. But he had to close his eyes and grit his teeth to continue the play.
"Since that time, I have been feeling guilty and restless every day, and I have always kept in mind that I have received His Majesty's favor. This time I can no longer be confused, and even if the whole family is lost, I will never back down."
"Okay, very good..." Emperor Xi rubbed the small blue-and-white porcelain vase on the case, neither happy nor angry, his face was indistinguishable, but extremely gloomy. "I remember that your whole family has long since died. The funeral was handled by Zheng Haiquan. Why was someone pinched and threatened?"
Zheng Haiquan, who listened to the whole process, immediately knelt down and kowtowed, "The old slave has seen the corpse, although it was burnt beyond recognition, but it is indeed a man, a woman, an old man and a young man, the other old slaves really don't know. ."
Zhou Imperial Physician's face was gloomy, like a mourning examination, and his tears and snot had already covered his face.
"The old minister doesn't understand why, but what they showed to the minister this time was indeed the old minister's family..."
"Hmph, the three caves of the cunning rabbit, even my people have been deceived..."
The whispers at the top made Zheng Haiquan and Imperial Physician Zhou lie silent and didn't dare to say more.
"He gave you this thing?"
Zhou imperial doctor raised his head and glanced at the porcelain vase, then lowered his head, "Yes."
"What can I say to you, let you use this thing to harm me?"
"This-"
"If you have anything to say, I won't want your head."
Zhou Imperial Physician hesitated again and again, but still decided to say: "The minister once denounced Duke Jingguo for being rebellious, and Duke Jingguo may have said a few words in order to win over the minister... He said, he said that His Majesty is old and confused now, and regards King Jin's changes as nothing and blindly. Pressing the prince step by step, in order not to have extra troubles, one day later is worse than one day earlier... He also said that this kind of thinking is not only for them, if the King of Jin sits in the position of the prince, he also does the same, and even moves It will be faster... He also said that the King of Jin was extremely shameless.
There was a silence in the first place, so quiet that people felt panic in their hearts.
Suddenly, Emperor Xi laughed a few times.
"It's a good idea, and the explanation can make sense. I'm a rebel, and I have to find a high-sounding reason... Okay, haha, my good sons..."
There were footsteps moving towards the inner hall, and Imperial Physician Zhou crouched down below, and did not dare to look up. It was not until Zheng Haiquan, who was on the side, got up and followed, that Imperial Physician Zhou knew that His Majesty was leaving.
No one shouted, and he didn't dare to get up. He could only kneel on the cold and hard ground, waiting for fate to come.
Zhou Taiyi had been kneeling for an unknown time, and his mind was in a turmoil. He didn't hear footsteps until he couldn't hold on anymore.
"Doctor Zhou is getting up soon, His Majesty called you in." Zheng Haiquan said softly, and helped Imperial Doctor Zhou up. Seeing that the old man was so old, he was tossed to death several times because of His Majesty's affairs, Zheng Haiquan was also full of sympathy for him.
But it is only limited to sympathy, because he is not much better than him!
Imperial Physician Zhou entered the inner hall for a long time before coming out. After coming out, he couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat from his forehead.
Finally escaped this disaster!
But when he thought of what he was about to face, Imperial Physician Zhou couldn't help but smile bitterly.
***
Time passed by like flowing water without causing any waves.
Everything was the same as usual, and it seemed to be different.
The prince has been very quiet recently, just as his violent behavior was like a mirror in the early days, and the King of Jin is still resting in the mansion as usual, and only the people who have the heart know what is going on in private.
On this day, Emperor Xi fainted, and the court and the opposition shook.
Zheng Haiquan instructed people to carry Emperor Xi back to the Zichen Hall with a dragon chariot, but after a while, Queen Xiao and the prince arrived.
By the time Concubine Xu Gui and King Jin came to hear the wind, the imperial doctor had already diagnosed and treated, and Empress Xiao sat beside the dragon bed, weeping endlessly and showing grief on her face.
"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you—"
With such a howl, Concubine Xu began to cry beside the dragon's bed, her voice soft and poignant, her face like pear blossoms with rain.
Empress Xiao glanced at her in disgust, resisting the urge to feel sick, "Why are you crying, Your Majesty hasn't died yet!"
"My concubine is also too worried about Your Majesty..."
The King of Jin stood beside him with anxiety on his face, "Where's the imperial physician? Empress Empress, what does the imperial physician say?"
"Diagnosed by the imperial physician, your father and emperor liked to take medicinal pills in the early years. The erysipelas has not been cleared, and it has accumulated in the body. This time it broke out, and the situation is not good."
"Why didn't the emperor wake up?"
"The imperial doctor said that fainting means the dragon's body is too weak..."
King Jin wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Queen Xiao waving.
"Your Majesty needs to rest at this time. One of you is crying here, and the other is asking endless questions. How can Your Majesty rest?! Let's all retire."
Concubine Xu Gui glanced at King Jin before the two turned around and left.
Returning to Chunluan Palace, King Jin said, "This king always thinks that the royal father's illness is wrong this time. Does the mother and concubine know of any imperial doctors who have come to see him?"
Concubine Xu knitted her eyebrows, "It's still the same doctor Zhou. The queen said that His Majesty has always trusted the doctor Zhou, and the doctor Zhou has nursed the dragon body for your father and emperor for a long time, so there is no replacement."
Jin Wang Jun frowned and walked back and forth in the hall for a few steps before saying: "This cannot be the case, how can the father's dragon's body be diagnosed and treated by an imperial physician, mother and concubine, let your subordinates investigate, and the other We need to find a trustworthy imperial physician and Zhou imperial physician to diagnose and treat the emperor together."
"The mother-in-law naturally knows, but if there is really something tricky, the queen will not easily agree."
"Let's try it out first."
***
Emperor Xi had never woken up, and Empress Xiao was always respectful, serving soup and medicine every day, not daring to sleep every night, and losing weight in a few days.
Concubine Xu took the opportunity to serve for two days, but was also stopped by the queen. She said that her husband was seriously ill, and it would be difficult to serve as a wife for a few days. Even if she served for a lifetime, she would be willing.
Hate Xu Guifei to the point of itching her teeth.
But she couldn't say anything. To put it bluntly, Empress Xiao was the mistress of this harem. And she, even as a noble concubine, is at best a noble concubine in ordinary people's homes.
When Emperor Xi was awake, she was able to stand up to the empress by her favor. She was nothing when Emperor Xi was absent, and she couldn't resist the order given by Empress Xiao.
In the past few days, there have been low-level concubines who came to the Zichen Palace to greet him, and they wept bitterly when they came. In fact, the hearts of all the women in the harem are the same at this time. Whether they are favored or not, they do not want Emperor Xi to have an accident. When His Majesty was there, they were the emperor's concubines. When His Majesty died, they became concubines, and even those concubines who had not given birth did not know what to do with themselves.
The mournful cries of the women filled the Zichen Palace day by day. After a few days, Empress Xiao became annoyed and ordered them to stay in the palace where they lived to burn incense and pray for His Majesty, and not go out if there was nothing to do.
This also includes Concubine Xu, but Concubine Xu has always been disobedient, and it is almost the same as what the Queen said or not. As long as the queen said a few more words, she would kneel and cry to Emperor Xi.
Although Emperor Xi was down, Zheng Haiquan was still around, and Empress Xiao didn't dare to be too conspicuous, so she could only allow Concubine Xu to disgust herself every day.
Due to Emperor Xi's coma, the meeting had been suspended for many days.
It is not a problem to always stop like this, after all, government affairs cannot be delayed.
Therefore, it is only natural that the prince should supervise the country.
The prince was led by Emperor Xi to learn to manage the government for many years, and there were two prime ministers on the left and right to assist in government affairs. The Daxi Dynasty was still running in an orderly manner as before.
At this moment, the crown prince has calmed down and sits firmly on Mount Tai. On the contrary, King Jin couldn't sit still.
On this day, Empress Xiao served and filled Emperor Xi with a bowl of ginseng soup.
Emperor Xi had been in a coma and could not eat, and he could only rely on some ginseng soup and gruel to keep alive every day.
Concubine Xu Gui, who was beside her, began to cry again.
"...Empress Empress, you can't go on like this anymore, Your Majesty has been in such a coma, how can you do it?" After speaking, Concubine Xu scolded Zhou Taiyi: "You quack doctor, everyone says that you are skilled in medicine, and you are so brilliant so far. Your Majesty has not woken up."
Zhou Imperial Physician is now rooted in Zichen Hall, and he can't even go out of the gate of the palace. The old man is very thin. Hearing Concubine Xu's rebuke at this time, he just lowered his head and cupped his hands: "Your Majesty, this is an image of a backlog breaking out. Even if Hua Tuo is still alive, the old minister can only take care of himself every day. Your Majesty is in charge of every day, and the dragon's body has always been ill, but he is busy with government affairs. , Now the dragon body is too weak, and will be unconscious..."
"You can only hold these few words and say, a quack doctor, just a quack doctor, come here, drag the quack doctor out to me and chop it..."
The palace eunuchs on the side looked at each other and did not dare to step forward.
Empress Xiao said with a cold face: "Xu Guifei, this palace is still here, do you think this palace does not exist? Zhou imperial doctor has always been your majesty's favorite imperial doctor, and the dragon body has always been conditioned by Zhou imperial doctor, so it is hard for you to violate it. Your Majesty's holy will?"
Xu Guifei knelt down, bowed her neck and bowed her head, still crying, "I dare not, but..."
"There's nothing to worry about. You can step down. Ben Gong serves His Majesty every day, and I really don't have the time or energy to listen to you cry."
"Empress Empress, the concubine is too worried about your majesty. The concubine knows that Zhou Taiyi is good at medicine, but someone specialises in it. Maybe if you change someone, your majesty will recover?"
"The last time His Majesty fell ill, he cut off such a doctor from the imperial hospital, and only selected the doctor Zhou. This shows that the doctor Zhou is in line with His Majesty's heart. You don't need to say more, just retire."
Concubine Xu clenched her silver teeth and replied aggrievedly, "Yes."
***
Concubine Xu has been favored for decades, and it is indeed not easy to tear her face off with Empress Xiao, but her power in the palace is not weak.
In a few days, some rumors began to circulate in the palace.
It is said that His Majesty's fainting this time is strange. The Queen's Empress is in control of the Zichen Palace, and there is only one imperial doctor who diagnoses and treats His Majesty. Said that the queen insisted not to allow other imperial physicians to diagnose and treat...
Inside and outside the words are all about Empress Xiao, but isn't the empress just referring to the prince? It's just that they didn't point to their noses and say the wolf's ambition!
The source of the rumors cannot be traced. Empress Xiao has been strict with her several times, but she has not stopped this wave of rumors. On the contrary, because she killed a few court eunuchs who had nothing to do with broken mouths, the spread became even more boiling, and even spread outside the palace.
Empress Xiao knew who did it, but she could only secretly hate it, and she had to pretend that nothing happened. Like this kind of thing, no matter if she will make the trouble more fierce, she will feel guilty if she manages it. No matter what someone says, it is clearly that someone has dug a hole and is waiting for her to jump.
The purpose was clear to her.
For a while, Empress Xiao and the Crown Prince stood on the cusp of the limelight.
There began to be impeachment by the imperial censors in the court. These censors had a bad face, and they had to impeach anything they found. Now they can find a reason. Even if the prince is currently in power, he should impeach the prince to the point where his veins explode. Don't get angry with anger.
After the court, the prince smashed something in the East Palace.
It was almost a meal, and the news spread outside the palace.
When the Duke of Yasukuni received the report, he hurriedly sent a message to the palace.
The prince's face darkened on the spot, and ordered Chen Qi to rectify the East Palace.
This is clearly someone eating inside and out, otherwise it would be impossible for him to do what he did in front of him and spread it out later.
Chen Qi made some rectification, and swept out two eunuchs and one palace servant. They were all eyes and ears inserted by others. As for who inserted it, I didn't ask, because people bit their tongues because they were caught.
The prince looked grim, and the whip that had not been taken out for a long time was brought up again today. He personally whipped a dozen whips on the corpses of the three people, and his heart was relieved.
"Whoever dares to eat inside and outside again in the future will definitely divide his body into five horses."
The East Palace was silent for a while, as quiet as a death prison.