Yan Liqiang looked at the imperial physician, and the imperial physician also looked at Yan Liqiang. His face was relatively calm, but there was a hint of strangeness in his eyes.
If Yan Liqiang had not known the true identity of the imperial physician, he would have never been able to tell what was wrong with this imperial physician. However, looking at him now, even without using his ability to read snakes, Yan Liqiang could easily catch the strange look in the imperial physician's eyes, as well as the fake anxiety and embarrassment on his face...
It should be that the imperial physician was summoned to the palace. When the White Lotus Sect was launched, there was no time to inform him. He could not run away all of a sudden. He could only rely on his identity not being exposed and wait in the palace. It happened that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince happened, so the Emperor sent him here to punish him.
"Li Qiang, come here and take a look. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince seems to have been possessed by evil spirits. You have spread the word about a method of curing drowning people in Pingxi County. I wonder if you have any plan for a situation like His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's?" Sun Bingchen was desperate and tried every possible means to help. When the imperial physician was helpless, he saw Yan Liqiang and thought of the legends about Yan Liqiang, hoping that a miracle would happen.
"Sir, who said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was possessed by evil spirits?" Yan Liqiang walked over, took a look at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who had turned into a walking corpse, and asked calmly.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was actually already dead at this time, but because of his noble status, the people in the palace still had a glimmer of hope. Even if he had bitten someone, no one dared to actually chop off His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's head.
Thinking of the prince who was still in his prime and had great skills in martial arts and archery a few days ago, and looking at the monster who was now tied to the iron bed and could only struggle and roar, Yan Liqiang sighed in his heart. The fate of this court is really over. So many people in the palace escaped, but the prince did not escape. What else can he say? This is God's will. The current emperor has a young son, more than ten princesses, but very few princes, only six. Two of these six princes died before, leaving four. Among the remaining four, the prince is intelligent and the most promising, so he was made the prince. The other three are all ordinary people, neither good at literature nor martial arts, and their fate is to eat and wait for death. The emperor himself rarely mentions them. Now that the prince is dead, the blow to the royal family is fatal - of course, the so-called fatal premise is that the royal family and the court can survive tonight. If the court and the royal family are gone, the death of a hundred princes will not be fatal.
The Imperial Physician glanced at Yan Liqiang and coughed twice. "Master Yan, I don't think the Crown Prince's illness is like corpse plague, nor is it like any other known illness. The Crown Prince's body can still move and walk, but he will go crazy and bite people, and his mind is not clear. So it feels like being possessed by evil spirits as described in folklore. I also heard that Master Yan once received medical skills from a god in a dream, and there is a method of using moxa to moxibustion the navel to save drowning people. I wonder if Master Yan has any way to cure this evil spirit disease?"
Yan Liqiang sneered in his heart. This imperial physician who was the incarnation of an evil spirit was indeed extremely cunning. He knew very well what the Crown Prince's current condition was, but he said that he was possessed by an evil spirit. At this moment, the Crown Prince was clearly dead, and the only thing alive was the worm in his head.
"Since the imperial physician is helpless, I am naturally unable to treat him. The symptoms that His Royal Highness is experiencing are also new to me!" Yan Liqiang shook his head.
Hearing Yan Liqiang say this, the expression on Sun Bingchen's face suddenly dimmed. He looked at the Crown Prince who was tied to the bed with complicated eyes, clenched his fists in his sleeves, and muttered to himself, "Is it... Is it... Is there really no way out?"
"Sir, do you also think that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is possessed by evil spirits? How can millions of people be possessed by evil spirits at the same time? At this moment, there are countless people like His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in and outside the Imperial Capital. I think His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is more likely to be poisoned!"
"There are a total of 479 kinds of strange poisons in the world. The symptoms and treatment methods of each poison are all recorded in the classics of our Imperial Hospital. The symptoms your highness is experiencing now are not like any of the 479 strange poisons. I also thought that your highness was poisoned before, but in the end I think it's more like being possessed by evil spirits!" The chief imperial physician spoke again, with a puzzled look on his face.
Yan Liqiang looked at Sun Bingchen, sighed in his heart, and clasped his fists heavily, "My lord, the situation inside and outside the Imperial Capital is extremely critical at the moment. I saw the beacon smoke rising from the Imperial Capital in the Deer Garden, so I hurried here. What I saw along the way was really thrilling. The outside of the Imperial Capital is in complete chaos. Just now, I was outside the palace and saw hundreds of thousands of people from the Imperial Capital, each of them like His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, like wild beasts, rushing madly to the Imperial Palace. Just a moment ago, the palace wall had been knocked down, and hundreds of thousands of people had rushed in. I think those people will rush here soon. How to deal with them, whether to leave or stay, please make a quick decision, my lord!"
"Hundreds of thousands of rioters have already rushed into the palace?" Sun Bingchen's face turned pale, and he stroked his forehead with one hand. His standing body swayed twice on the spot like a pillar about to fall. Sun Bingchen knew very well what the consequences would be if hundreds of thousands of wild beasts suddenly broke into the palace. He looked at Yan Liqiang and said in a hoarse voice, "What about the people from the Imperial Horse and Infantry Division? Liqiang, have you seen them before you came to the palace?"
"The rioters outside the palace are like flood water, wreaking havoc in the city. There are more than a million people. When I came, the East Camp of the Imperial Guards had been besieged. The two sides were fighting, and there was no movement in the West Camp. It is estimated that it has fallen, or the soldiers of the West Camp have also joined the riot. At this time, the Imperial Guards can't protect themselves, and I'm afraid they will no longer come to rescue..."
"Why is it so, why is it so?" Sun Bingchen looked miserable, looking outside the hall, his whole body was tottering. In just a moment, from the darkness in the distance, there was a commotion like a tsunami, and nearby, the screams and cries of the palace maids and eunuchs had disappeared. These sounds showed that the beasts that entered the palace had pushed down countless palace walls and courtyard walls, and were getting closer and closer to the East Palace.
An old eunuch with a panicked look on his face rushed into Yangyuan Palace with a group of guards. When the old eunuch saw Sun Bingchen, he rushed over and said nervously, "Sir Sun, the bandits outside the palace have already rushed into the palace. His Majesty has ordered Sir Sun to take His Royal Highness the Crown Prince into the secret passage of the East Palace to hide. Here is the map of the secret passage of the East Palace...", the old eunuch said, handing over a map with both hands.
Sun Bingchen took the map, opened it in front of Yan Liqiang, took a look at it, and closed it again. "Where is His Majesty?" Sun Bingchen asked.
“Your Majesty, just now... just now in Tianan Hall..." the old eunuch spoke while swallowing.
Tian'an Hall is where the royal ancestral temple and ancestral tablets are located.
"You guys take His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and his guards into the secret passage first..." Sun Bingchen waved his hand and handed the map in his hand to the old eunuch. His face was extremely pale, but his whole expression suddenly calmed down.
The old eunuch looked at Sun Bingchen without saying anything. He just waved his hand and whispered a few words. Then he asked several guards around him to lift the iron bed of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and walked quickly to the back of Yangyuan Palace. He also called in the guards who were guarding outside Yangyuan Palace. A large group of people protected His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and quickly retreated to the back of Yangyuan Palace.
"My Lord, I... I will go with them to take care of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince..." The Imperial Physician looked at Sun Bingchen awkwardly...
"The Imperial Physician, please come with us..." Sun Bingchen waved his hand gently.
The chief imperial physician showed a look of relief on his face. After glancing at Yan Liqiang inconspicuously, he hurriedly followed him.
Yan Liqiang's heart moved, and he instinctively wanted to chase...
"Li Qiang, please stay. I want to tell you something!" Sun Bingchen's voice and the expression on his face were terrifyingly calm at this moment.
Yan Liqiang glanced at Sun Bingchen, sighed in his heart, and stayed where he was...
Sun Bingchen walked out of Yangyuan Hall directly and stood on the steps at the entrance of the hall, looking at the faint flames and commotion coming from afar with a calm expression.
Yan Liqiang stood beside Sun Bingchen and sighed. With the Snake in his body, Yan Liqiang had already understood Sun Bingchen's determination and thoughts at the moment.
"Li Qiang, tell me, am I wrong?" Sun Bingchen's eyes were still looking into the distance, and his voice was ethereal. "What I was planning was nothing more than the eternal foundation of this empire. I have been planning and working hard for decades, why did it fail overnight?"
"Sir, look at this palace, it is built with gold and jade, it is magnificent, it is all funded by the people's fat and blood, and supported by all the people. Those who enjoy all this, if their actions are not for the welfare of all the people, how can they be worthy of all this? Heaven will repay good deeds, and those who go against Heaven's will will surely be condemned by Heaven!" Yan Liqiang said calmly!
(End of this chapter)