439, the castrated person
The prince's words were like a bolt from the blue, and now the empress suddenly understood, "This... this is impossible, it doesn't make sense at all, how could people from the Wang family betray this palace? The Wang family has been loyal to the Pei family for generations, and the Pei family is even more for the Wang family. Bringing countless wealth and glory, how could he betray this palace?"
Suffice it to say, the Queen still doesn't quite believe it.
Seeing the queen's distraught gaze, the prince wanted to ridicule, but in the end he just sighed, "Mother, you don't understand men, let alone what castration means to a man."
Castration means castration and becoming a eunuch.
The queen suddenly realized.
"If it is said that Wang Yufu was loyal to the Pei family because of the interests of the family in the past, with the passage of time, the loyalty faded away, leaving only regrets that have followed in the long years." The prince said slowly, while flipping through the pages. book.
The queen completely lost her arrogance, "My palace... what should I do?"
The prince closed the booklet, "Detain Wang Yufu first, and press him to find out what he did before. At least the queen mother should know how many handles are in the hands of others, and whose hands are the handles in."
The queen nodded in panic, "Yes, Yaoer, you are right, Nanny Li, quickly send someone to arrest Wang Yufu."
"Don't worry," the prince said, "Aren't you afraid that he will come to death without proof?"
"Then what should I do?" The Queen's voice trembled.
The prince casually threw the booklet on the table beside him, picked up the tea bowl, and took a sip slowly, "Wait a minute."
"Wait?" The queen was puzzled.
Although the Queen and Nanny Li were at a loss, the Prince stopped talking and just concentrated on drinking tea, as if waiting.
About a stick of incense, Liang Zhen, the prince's confidant, begged to see him outside the door.
The queen and the crown prince moved to the front hall, Liang Zhen entered to pay their respects, and then said, "His Royal Highness, Wang Yufu's parents, elder brother's family, younger brother's family, and younger sister's family, all twenty-nine people are detained, and Wang Yufu has also been arrested."
The queen was anxious, "We can't let that traitor die!"
The prince smiled, "Don't worry, he dare not die."
The queen also guessed, "Yaoer meant to threaten him with Wang Yufu's family?"
The prince looked at the queen, "What else? The eunuch has no heirs, so he has nothing to worry about. Apart from his family, what else can threaten him?" Then he looked at Liang Zhen, "Has he recruited?"
Liang Zhen said, "Returning to the master, he didn't recruit at first, but when he saw the head of his elder brother's son fell to the ground, he recruited."
Although it did not explain in detail, one sentence can explain the bloodiness of the scene.
The queen was anxious, "That wolf-hearted slave, who bought him?"
Liang Zhen did not answer.
The prince said, "Speak."
"Yes, master," Liang Zhen replied, "Even Wang Yufu doesn't know the identity of the person who bought Wang Yufu. He only knows that he is a man of short stature. Every time he meets that man, he covers his face."
"Then what should we do?" The queen was as anxious as an ant on fire.
The crown prince overtested, and his voice softened, "Mother, be safe and don't be impatient. Although Wang Yufu doesn't know the identity of the person, he can find clues through careful interrogation. Don't worry about the mother. Let this matter be left to the son."
The queen nodded, "Yao'er, my good Yao'er, I can only rely on you." It was like catching a life-saving straw.
"Okay, don't worry, queen mother," said the prince, standing up from his seat, "since the incident happened, it's too late to worry now, it's better for the queen mother to take good care of her body, and there is always a way to cover it up with soldiers. The son-in-law will leave first."
The queen hurriedly stood up and saw her off, "Alright, Yao'er also take care of yourself."
Just when the prince was about to leave, he suddenly turned around, "During this time, the queen mother might as well think about who in this world can be trusted." After finishing speaking, he left Weiyang Palace without looking back.
The queen looked at the bright yellow back of the prince who was gradually going away, with an endlessly confused expression.
After leaving the Weiyang Palace, the afterglow of the setting sun shone on the prince's bright yellow prince's clothes. The brocade clothes shone with golden light, but it gave off an unknown sense of gloom.
Liang Zhen hesitated to speak, and finally couldn't help but say, "Master, forgive me, but my subordinates really can't help but want to say something more, the master's intentions will be felt by them one day."
The prince was not angry, nor did he respond in any other way, he just replied lightly, "I hope so."
On the other side, Qianqing Palace.
Concubine Qin washed her face with tears all day long, and the emperor also felt distressed, and even left Gu Qianxue in Qianqing Palace for treatment.
Not only did Concubine Qin take care of her clothes, but even King Li stayed behind and did not leave the palace. But the most pitiful thing is still the imperial physicians of the imperial hospital, from the imperial physician to the little eunuchs who grab medicine, all put on alert, not to mention going out of the palace, even if they rest, they seldom rest.
Gu Qianxue had a high fever, her body temperature was frighteningly hot, her whole face was strangely red, like a red lantern, but in the next moment she was as pale as paper, red and white at times, her complexion was oozing, and the cold sweat all over her body was unstoppable gush.
"My lord, you haven't closed your eyes for two days and two nights, don't burn yourself out." Eunuch Shao advised cautiously, but he saw that King Li's eyes were red, and there was Gu Qianxue's medicine box beside him, holding an empty one in his hand. Take the medicine bottle, put it under your nose and smell it.
"Has Zhou Rongqiu not been found yet?" Li Wang's voice was not as indifferent as usual, and everyone could feel the anxiety in his tone.
"Go back to the lord, no, I don't know where the genius doctor Zhou has gone to wander." Eunuch Shao wiped his sweat, complaining in his heart, the good genius doctor is not in the capital to treat patients, so why is he running around.
"The one who has the most research on pharmacology in the Imperial Hospital is Imperial Physician Cai." Li Wang sniffed the medicine bottle again and again, his thick eyebrows were frowned, as if he really guessed the formula.
"Yes, it's Imperial Physician Cai," Eunuch Shao said.
"Call him here."
"yes."
After a while, Eunuch Shao summoned Imperial Physician Cai.
Doctor Cai is about fifty years old, with a slightly fat body, because he has not been home for a few days to guard the Qianqing Palace, and his well-maintained face is slightly haggard. Hearing that it was summoned by King Li, he was trembling, and he was even more cautious than when facing the emperor, " I have met His Royal Highness Li Wang, His Royal Highness Li Wang..."
Before Doctor Cai finished speaking, a ceramic vial was stuffed in, "What's the medicine powder inside?" Li Wang said.
Doctor Cai quickly took the vial, smelled it, thought about it, and then told the formula of the medicine powder inside.
King Li nodded in satisfaction, pointed at the wooden medicine box, "All the medicines in the medicine bottles, make a little more." After explaining, he turned and left.
Doctor Cai was at a loss, but he didn't dare to disobey it. He could only hold the medicine box and prepare to start dispensing medicine, but when he saw the strange metal equipment in the medicine box, he was very puzzled, and he played with the object for a long time to study its use.
A certain room in Qianqing Palace was quiet, the emperor was away, all the visiting concubines left, Concubine Qin was helped back to rest by Nanny Shen, except for the maid who was quietly guarding, there was only Gu Qianxue who was unconscious on the bed.
"You all go out." Li Wang said.
The ladies in the court naturally refused, after all men and women could not kiss each other, but when they received the murderous aura from King Li, they immediately left obediently without talking nonsense. Because everyone knew that offending King Li would not end well.
440, the strong poison