Arrive in the hall.
The emperor sat in front of several cases and read the memorials carefully. Because of the lingering sick bed, he did not have a morning court for more than ten consecutive days, and the ministers handed An memorial to him every day, which made him look big. Especially in these notes, Mingli is greeting him, and the insides are all implying that he is old, and he should have established a prince early just in case. The more he looked at it, the more he felt angry.
Among the piles of memorials, less than one out of ten cares about the people's solution to local problems, and the rest is a matter of establishing a reserve.
He opened the next memorial, which was sent by the doctor of the censor, and the content was the same as the others, except that at the end, the doctor of the censor mentioned that "the second prince has a precious character and bears a heavy responsibility."
This is like the spark of fire that instantly ignited the anger in the emperor's heart. He threw the book to the ground, and it wasn't enough. With a wave of his big hand, he overturned all the memorials in several cases to the ground, and it was a mess in an instant.
"Everyone wants to be the master for me!" The emperor cursed angrily, and Eunuch Mu happened to walk in from outside. Seeing this, he immediately stepped forward to pack up the memorial.
Eunuch Mu was an old man in the palace, and he served the emperor before he came to the throne.
"Don't get angry, Your Majesty, be careful to hurt the dragon's body." Eunuch Mu said, and put away the memorial in a blink of an eye, then poured a cup of hot tea and hurriedly handed it over.
The emperor took a sip of tea, and his expression relaxed a lot.
Eunuch Mu said cautiously, "Just now, I sent someone to deliver a letter from Jiang Zhentai."
Since his youngest son returned to the palace safely, he would send letters from time to time.
The emperor opened the letter and looked at it carefully, just to greet him that his health has been better recently, and to talk about the past. It was strange to say that every time he was in a state of irritability, the letter from the youngest son would be delivered, which really made him look sad, and he could forget the chores of the previous dynasty a little while reading the letter.
"That Eunuch Jiang, how is your health?" the emperor asked suddenly.
Eunuch Mu was surprised for a moment and said, "The slave heard that he has almost recovered."
"Which palace is he from?"
"Reporting to the emperor, it is from the Zhen Zhentai."
After Eunuch Mu finished speaking, the emperor glanced at the letter in his hand again, feeling a little dazed.
Sixteen years ago, his beloved concubine Jin gave birth to another son, his youngest child, Cen Lixuan.
She was born like a concubine, with a boy and a girl, and she was amazingly beautiful. To say whether the emperor likes it or not, which father does not love his young son? But later... the emperor couldn't dote on him any more, and he didn't even want to see him. After such a flash, he hadn't spoken to Cen Lixuan for many years.
Eunuch Mu looked at the thoughtful look on the emperor's face, and asked carefully, "Can you order the ninth prince to come here?"
"No need." The emperor folded the letter and put it into the box where he usually collected letters.
Once he started to reminisce about the past, the emperor was also getting older, and he couldn't help but think of things when he was young. Seeing the emperor's face so sentimental, Eunuch Mu couldn't bear to be disturbed, so he silently went to change a cup of hot tea.
The emperor's name was Cen Yangming, the fourth-generation emperor of Cen's surname Jiangshan. He was the seventh oldest among the royal brothers. He was originally the youngest son who had nothing to do with the throne.
In recent days, the second prince, Cen Lijiang, has continued to win over courtiers, and his arranged "eyes" can see clearly. The third prince, Cen Li, didn't make any big moves recently. Before the death of the eldest prince, almost all the courtiers believed that the eldest prince was the heir. The emperor knew very well whether the eldest prince would die because of this.
Because he was the same in the past, eradicating dissidents, killing a bloody path from the prince, and sitting in today's position. The more he thought about it, the more pathetic he felt about the royal family. What's even sadder is that this kind of fate is innate. If you don't fight, you will die. If you want to live, you can only stand on the top of someone else's body.
The emperor was thinking about it when he suddenly felt a surge of qi and blood rising from his chest. This is not surprising, since he was seriously ill some time ago, he has often felt this way. The imperial doctor has always said that the disease has not yet been cured, as long as it is well nursed, there will be no serious problem, and he does not take it as a major problem.
In recent days, he has been sleeping longer and longer, and even Zaochao was unable to support him, so he could only look at the book in the Anshang Hall.
But this time, the feeling was a little different. Not only was the blood surging, but there seemed to be a cloud of turbid air in the chest, stirring in it, making people uncomfortable.
His throat started to itch, and then he coughed violently: "cough..."
Seeing this, Eunuch Mu hurried up and gently stroked the emperor's back to help him go smoothly. But the emperor's coughing didn't mean to stop in the slightest. Until he coughed hard for the last time, a mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth and stained on his beard and shirt, Eunuch Mu was so frightened that he hurriedly shouted: "Come here, come here! Xuan Tai doctor! Hurry Xuan Tai doctor!! !"
The emperor only felt that the world was spinning, and then he lost consciousness as soon as his eyes darkened.
I don't know how long it took for the emperor to wake up. When he woke up, he was already lying on his couch, with the anxious face of the imperial doctor in front of him.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" Imperial Doctor Li whispered twice before the Emperor opened his eyes completely.
Eunuch Mu was on the side, his voice trembling slightly: "Your Majesty, you are awake..."
The emperor coughed twice and wanted to get up from the couch, but there was no strength anywhere on his body. Seeing this, Eunuch Mu hurried over to help him up, and then took two soft pillows behind him.
"Isn't this matter publicized?" the emperor asked.
Eunuch Mu nodded: "The slave knows the importance."
The emperor glanced at him approvingly, then turned to Imperial Physician Li and asked, "Why are you here today?"
On weekdays, the consultation of An Shangdian was not done by Imperial Physician Li, but by Imperial Physician Xu, the most virtuous and respected doctor in the Imperial Hospital. Imperial Physician Li put away the medicine box and said: "Today, Imperial Physician Xu is sick at home, and it is expedient, and the minister will come over to consult the emperor."
"So it is." The emperor said, "My body..."
"We are frightened," said Imperial Physician Li, and knelt down before the couch. "After the minister's diagnosis, the emperor has signs of poisoning. I don't know if Imperial Physician Xu made it clear before."
"Poisoned?" The emperor's expression was a little stunned, and Imperial Physician Li knew at a glance that the emperor should have been kept in the dark. He went on to say: "The poison poisoned by the emperor is produced in the cold regions of the north, and it is called 'Cuilin Shao'.
"Pick up the key points."
"Yes, Cuilin peony can be used for medicinal purposes, and it is not a big problem to eat a small amount of it. But in the emperor's usual tonics, there is a medicine that counteracts it, and the two counteract each other, which can make the qi and blood go retrograde. Weak to death."
While talking, Imperial Physician Li quietly raised his eyes to pay attention to the emperor's expression, for fear that he would make the emperor's anger by making inappropriate remarks. He continued: "According to my humble opinion, the emperor should have been poisoned for two months. Imperial Physician Xu is very skilled. He shouldn't be able to judge..."
After saying this, Imperial Physician Li kowtowed and waited for the emperor's response.
Imperial Physician Li has made it very clear that the emperor's poisoning, Imperial Physician Xu should have been bribed by the bad guys and deliberately concealed it.
The emperor didn't speak for a long time, and when he tried to speak, the itch in his throat came up again, and he coughed continuously. Imperial Physician Li hurriedly said: "I also ask the emperor not to get angry..."
"This poison... cough, can there be a solution?"
"If it was earlier, Wei Chen still has a solution, now..." Li Taiyi said sternly, "Wei Chen is incompetent!"
The emperor finally stopped coughing and waved his hand weakly: "You go down first, don't publicize this matter."
"The minister obeys the order."
Not long after Imperial Physician Li left, Eunuch Mu handed the freshly boiled medicine to the emperor, but the emperor had no intention of drinking it.
On the second day, the emperor ordered that Imperial Doctor Xu was quietly arrested and severely tortured.
When Eunuch Mu presented the confession to the emperor, he trembled a little. The above content is really surprising - when General Xue returned to the dynasty, Imperial Physician Xu was instructed by Concubine Jin to add such a blind poison to the emperor's tonic. He also confessed that if the second prince was injured, he would do the same and add it to the second prince's medicine.
The emperor's hand holding the confession trembled slightly, and after reading it carefully several times, he threw it to the ground and shouted loudly: "Is she so impatient?! Is the Xue family so anxious?! After a hundred years, do you want to take over the country now?!"
Before he finished speaking, he started coughing again.
"Oh, Your Majesty, Doctor Li told you not to get angry..."
"You go to Lianshuang Palace to announce the decree immediately. Concubine Jin will be banned and no one may visit!" The emperor gasped and said, "I immediately order Qin Mu to return to the court."
"Yes!"
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In the Lianshuang Palace, Xue Jin was leaning on the couch for a nap, and the maid beside her was rubbing her head. When this season comes, her old ailments will break out. She has a headache and can't do anything, and her mood is very irritable.
"Niangniang, the third prince is here to greet you." The palace maid outside suddenly came in to report, Xue Jin raised her hand without raising her eyelids, and signaled for her to let someone in.
After a while, Cen Li came in, wearing a white long gown, his hair was meticulously combed, and he looked suave.
Cen Lijin had a seven-point resemblance to Xue Jin, and he was a rare good-looking person. He respectfully walked up to Xue Jin and saluted, "Li Jin greets mother and concubine."
"Get up." As Xue Jin said, he raised his head to stop the palace maid's movements, and then got up and sat on the couch, "Jian'er, you don't have to come to say hello every day, there are a lot of important things right now."
"The concubine is right, but Li Jinnian is worried about the old illness of the concubine because the weather is getting colder."
"Come and sit here." Xue Jin waved to him. Cen Li Jin sat next to him according to the words, and then Xue Jin took his hand and rubbed it in his palm for a while and said, "It doesn't matter, concubine mother, concubine mother only cares about the future of the nearest child."
"Li Jin understands." Cen Lijin said, "By the way, concubine mother, it will be the birthday of the ninth brother soon."
Xue Jin moved his hand for a while, then let go of Cen Lijin's hand and said, "It's good, why do you mention him?"
"My son lost his words."
"Now Cen Lijiang is trying his best to win over the minister, so don't take it lightly." Xue Jin said, "Although my uncle loves you and holds a lot of soldiers, after all, there is an old thief Wei Yuanting on the other side. I just don't know where Qin Mu will stand. By the way, if I can get his help..."
"I heard that General Qin Mu is devoted to the country, so I'm afraid it's not so easy to win over."
"This mother-in-law knows that if Qin Mu doesn't help anyone, it doesn't matter." Xue Jin said, looking away from Cen Lijin for a moment, "Anyway, this is a critical moment, you must not make any mistakes."
The mother and son were chatting first when footsteps suddenly came from the door.
"The slaves pay respects to the concubine Jin and the three princes." The person who came was Eunuch Mu. Xue Jin's expression returned to the coldness of the past, and she looked like an iceberg beauty. She nodded to Eunuch Mu and said proudly, "Yeah." a sound.
Eunuch Mu was not angry, he stood up slowly and said, "The emperor's decree, Immediately, Concubine Jin will be banned from the Lianshuang Palace, and no one may visit without an edict."
Concubine Jin was stunned and exclaimed: "Why did the emperor suddenly have this will?"
Eunuch Mu smiled and said, "I have to ask Concubine Jin what's wrong. Imperial Doctor Xu has committed suicide in Tian Prison. Concubine Jin should be aware of it, right? The third prince should be invited first."
Cen Lijin obviously didn't know what was going on. He looked at Xue Jin and Eunuch Mu with a stunned expression on his face. It seemed that he couldn't help the situation at the moment.
In desperation, Cen Lijin only told Xue Jin a few words to take good care of himself, and then went out with Eunuch Mu.