Dean Sun didn't dare to say anything. He looked at Dean Kong and hesitated.
Emperor Longqing frowned and said, "Why, where is the princess injured? You can't even diagnose her?! What do you eat?!"
Emperor Longqing was furious. Court Judge Sun gritted his teeth and was about to speak when the maid who served Princess Yonghe came out and said hurriedly, "Your Majesty, the condition of His Highness is not good..."
Emperor Longqing didn't care about them and hurried into the inner hall.
Princess Yonghe was rolling over and over on the bed with her head in her hands. She was rolling so hard that three or four palace maids couldn't control her. She kept tossing and turning on the bed, and the veins on her neck were bulging.
When Concubine Peng De came in, she was startled and a little surprised. She didn't understand why Princess Yonghe was in such a state. It was not just an injury, it was obviously...
She noticed something was wrong, and Emperor Longqing felt it was even more so. He was about to order Court Judge Sun and Court Judge Kong to come and take a look when Princess Yonghe saw him and suddenly became quiet.
She called out "Father" in a crying voice, then pursed her lips like a child and stopped making a fuss, eager to speak to Emperor Longqing.
Emperor Longqing also moved closer to her and took a look at her: "Yonghe, what's wrong with you? Tell your father, and he will ask the imperial physician to treat you..."
Princess Yonghe started to cry: "It was Wei An who pushed me off the horse. The horse stepped on me... My whole body hurts, everywhere..."
She looked at Emperor Longqing, as if she knew the taboo in his heart. She didn't care that Concubine Peng De was present. She cried hard but still spoke clearly: "Father, I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have made things difficult for her or forced her, but Father... She is not a pushover either. I didn't get any advantage at all. She did it on purpose..."
Concubine Peng De had to speak at this point. She coughed and said, "Wei An really went so far. She really has no sense of propriety. Even if the princess is a little arrogant, there is still a difference between the monarch and the minister. How could she commit a crime of injustice and hurt the princess like this?!"
These words are quite reasonable.
Princess Yonghe cried even harder: "Father, not only me, but also Feng Shuyuan, and A Yu, were all seriously injured by Wei An. She clearly slapped you in the face on purpose..."
As she spoke, the sweat on her forehead became more intense, and even the blue veins on the back of her hands bulged out.
This doesn't look right.
Concubine Peng De also looked at Emperor Longqing with some fear, and whispered: "Your Majesty, please ask the imperial physician to come in and take a look..."
Emperor Longqing nodded and immediately asked Judge Sun and Judge Kong to come in.
The two men seemed to have expected it and were not surprised at all, especially the judge Confucius, who had already taken out a golden needle from the medicine box and pierced the back of Princess Yonghe's neck. He waited until Princess Yonghe fell asleep before he dared to kneel on the ground and apologize.
Emperor Longqing narrowed his eyes, saw something was wrong, and asked casually, "Why are you asking for forgiveness for no reason?"
Dean Sun had already knelt down with Dean Kong. Seeing that Dean Kong was hesitant to speak, he looked at Dean Kong and answered for him: "Your Majesty, the reason why His Highness is like this... is not because he fell off his horse..."
Court Judge Kong sighed and did not wait for Court Judge Sun to continue, saying, "Your Majesty, His Highness took Wu Shi San, which is why he is so excited. Now he is addicted to it. Once he stops taking Wu Shi San, he will become weak and sweat easily..."
Five Stone Powder?!
Emperor Longqing immediately flew into a rage: "What did you say?!"
Even Concubine Peng De couldn't help but blurt out, "What did you say?! Is the princess addicted to Wu Shi San?!"
But she had never heard that Princess Yonghe would take these things.
Wu Shi San became popular among the nobles in the previous dynasty. For a while, everyone took Wu Shi San as a trend. However, after people died from it one after another, the late emperor banned it, especially forbidding members of the royal family to take it. The late crown prince was deposed by the late emperor because he took too much Wu Shi San and became drowsy and bumped into the late emperor's favorite concubine.
This shows how toxic this thing is.
This is a banned drug, where did Princess Yonghe get it? !
Emperor Longqing had quickly calmed down from his shock and anger. Both Yuanpan Sun and Yuanpan Kong were experienced doctors whose medical skills were trustworthy. They would not speak nonsense unless they were desperate.
He calmly waved his hand to stop the actions of Dean Sun and Dean Kong who wanted to talk, turned his head to look at the nun who was already dumbfounded, and asked in a cold voice: "What's going on?"
The nanny was so frightened that her legs went limp and she almost fell to her knees with a plop. She was so scared that she couldn't utter a word.
Emperor Longqing ignored her and asked Judge Sun and Judge Kong to prescribe medicine for Princess Yonghe. Without even looking at Princess Yonghe, he turned and left the inner hall, ordering Eunuch An: "Take all the people around the princess to the Ministry of Punishment for interrogation."
Eunuch An replied with a "yes", and when he came out, he winked at Wang Chong, asking him to go and get the person.
Wang Chong happened to be in charge of the Ministry of Punishment. When he heard that they were going to arrest someone close to Princess Yonghe, he was shocked. After asking the reason, he couldn't help but sigh, "How dare these people let the princess eat this kind of thing!"
Eunuch An frowned and said, "It's enough for you to know it, why do you have to tell it out loud?"
Wang Chong slapped his own mouth and replied with a smile: "Godfather is right. I was too shocked. I really didn't expect that His Highness would be infected with this thing..."
Eunuch An glared at him and said, "Stop pretending! You know how this stuff got into the palace. Find out if there is anyone involved. Find out and clean up the mess! The princess is involved. If you are really related to you, you will have several heads chopped off!"
Wang Chong didn't dare to smile anymore. His hair stood on end after hearing what Eunuch An said. He touched his arm which was covered with goose bumps and responded loudly. Then he turned around and went back to check his men.
It has become a very common thing for eunuchs to help the palace maids take some things out and bring some things back when they leave the palace. However, it is also a violation of the rules if it is common. It is okay if it is not checked at ordinary times, but once it is found out, it is a serious crime.
What’s more, Princess Yonghe is involved this time.
Fortunately, he did not have to worry for too long. After interrogating the palace servants around Princess Yonghe, he found out that Princess Yonghe did not ask the eunuchs to go out of the palace to buy the medicine, but had someone prepare it herself, and had been taking it for nearly half a year.
During that half year, Princess Yonghe often went out of the palace to pester Shen Chen. No one expected that she would get into the habit of taking Wu Shi San and became addicted. This thing is very difficult to quit once you get addicted to it. The palace people knew about it later but there was nothing they could do.