Fengqi crabapple

Chapter 250

Hearing that the emperor asked him to be left alone, the prince glanced at Haitang and signaled to reassure her. Haitang had no choice but to uneasily retreat outside the palace to wait for the prince.

Guo Kuan saw that she was standing still with her big belly, so he asked the waiter to bring a chair over and asked her to sit in the corridor and wait.Haitang thanked Eunuch Guo and sat down without refusing.

"Long time no see, Master Guo. Is your back pain better?" Haitang asked casually.

"Last time I used the dog skin plaster given by the empress, and it healed for a while. Now that I have returned to Wuying Palace, my back pain comes and goes." Guo Kuan is also really worried about this problem. As servants, they mainly serve others, especially... Serving the emperor, the most taboo is physical illness.In front of the emperor, no matter how painful it is, you have to endure it!
"Master Guo, if you don't mind, I'll ask Chang Xi to send you some patches later. There's a better way, called moxibustion. I asked Chang Xi to come over and give a demonstration, and taught the little waiter next to you how to do moxibustion once a day." Moxibustion doesn’t require you to go out. Moxibustion is better than that plaster, and it can cure the disease more thoroughly." Haitang said with a smile.

Guo Kuan was overjoyed. After all, he was getting older. This time he came back, and Lu Ping, who had never shown off in the past, stole his limelight at every turn, with the Queen on one end and Lu Ping on the other. His back pain was indeed his unspeakable secret.The Crown Princess is saving him from danger.

"Guo Kuan is truly blessed to be loved by the Crown Princess in his previous life. Thank you for your grace! Guo Kuan is on duty, so I won't kowtow to you!" Guo Kuan said gratefully.

Guo Kuan asked his apprentice Guo Hongbang to get a folding fan and said: "I found this in the West Market Market. It has the words Cai Xiang on it. I put it in my hand and wasted it. If the princess fanned it to cool down, , it can be considered a good place to go.”

Haitang hurriedly got up and thanked Guo Kuan.Just in time, the prince came out of the palace.

When the prince came out, he took Haitang's hand and said, "It's hot outside, why don't you go back to the palace and wait? What is this?" He saw the fan in Haitang's hand and asked.

Haitang handed the fan to Xie Ruitang, and Xie Ruitang unfolded it, revealing Cai Xiang's good calligraphy. Cai Xiang rarely wrote on fans, which was rare.Haitang smiled and said: "This is from Guo Kuan as a thank you for the medicine I gave him. What did your Majesty say to you?"

"They just asked me about my situation in Dongzhuang. Judging from my father's tone, I guessed that he didn't even let go of my Xijiao Zhuangzi. Fortunately, the weapons brought back from Yueling were used and transferred. The transfer has been cleared." The prince was sweating just now.

Xie Ruitang suddenly asked Haitang: "What do you think... of my father's health?"

"Did you also notice? Let's talk about it when we get back." Haitang patted the back of the prince's hand and winked at him.The prince looked up and saw King Kang hurriedly walking towards Concubine Su's Zixia Palace from a distance.

The prince tightened Haitang's hand, and the two stopped talking and quietly returned to the East Palace.

From a distance, they saw Shen Congxi dressed in official uniform, waiting outside the door.Seeing them coming, he smiled and said, "The prince and the princess are back? I sent the report to the residence."

The prince and Shen Congxi entered the outer study, and Haitang called Chang Xi and Chang Ping in. She wanted to teach Chang Xi how to do moxibustion.

In the outer study room, the prince was reading the newspaper of the residence and listened to Shen Congxi whisper: "This time King Kang wants to bring you down. First, the Taoist concubine's child is about to be born, but this is not the main problem, but what he heard. Said...The emperor fainted once, and the Imperial Hospital blocked the news. I asked Tang Yu to confirm the news."

The prince's hand paused when he was flipping through the mansion newspaper, what he was about to ask Haitang just now was that he saw the emperor's sleepy and impatient look, exactly the same as when he was sick.
"But that matter was kept very secret. Everyone guessed it after seeing the imperial doctor coming in and out. Tang Yu also told us that only you and I should know about it." Shen Congxi looked at the prince and said, "Kang Wang may be afraid of long nights and dreams, so he hurriedly took action. We are just defensive and retreating, I'm afraid we can't defend against it." "Guo Kuan and Lu Ping came back to replace Cao Baoli, how are they now?" The prince thought of the fan that Guo Kuan gave to the princess.

"What else can we do? Just change the soup without changing the medicine." Cong Xi sneered: "On the surface, they are all the queen's people, but I think Lu Ping's ambition is not small. Now that he is serving as the eunuch Bingbi, the emperor is becoming more and more interested. The more you rely on him, the more you rely on him. In time, he will become the second Cao Baoli."

The prince thought for a moment, then put the newspaper into a folder he usually used, and said: "Three lines: the emperor's condition; the concubine's child; and Prince Kang's background. I will go to the prince's residence after tomorrow morning. Please inform me." Let’s all go over and discuss it.”

Shen Congxi nodded, said goodbye and left the palace.After coming out of the East Palace, Shen Congxi kept smiling: this is the Xie Ruitang he knew. No, he is not the Xie Ruitang before. He is now the thoughtful and commanding prince Xie Ruitang!
The prince entered the inner hall and saw Chang Xi and Chang Ping coming in with smiles. Chang Xi said: "I have met the prince and the princess. The younger one has already taught Guo Hongbang the moxibustion method and gave him all the dog skin plasters. Guo Hongbang also gave him the dog skin plaster. The adults asked the little one to thank you! You see, the little one got a reward."

"You bastard! You just kept it after I rewarded it, and you showed it off. It's like you've never seen any money before. Are you very poor working as an errand in the East Palace?" the prince laughed and scolded.

"Not poor, not poor! It's funny, everyone is a servant, but I actually got a reward from him." Chang Xi smiled and walked out.

Haitang pulled Xie Ruitang to sit on the soft couch. She said seriously: "Just now you asked me outside how my father was doing. That's exactly what I wanted to tell you. As soon as I entered, I discovered that my father was in good health. Huang's face is full of red, which is a sign of hyperactivity of yang, and he may have a heart problem. His seal is black, which shows that the liver and kidneys are overwhelmed, and the accumulation is hard to return."

She added: "I thought about it carefully just now, and the most likely possibility is that the elixir my father has been taking may contain cinnabar and poppy. That's why he showed similar symptoms to when you were poisoned. .”

"Can it still be cured? Do you still have a way to cure it?"

Haitang's words confirmed Xie Ruitang's worries.He was slightly worried, no matter how bad it was, after all, he was his father.Nowadays, the court is uneasy, the country has experienced natural disasters year after year, and the people are in dire straits. It is indeed not a good time to change the dynasty, not to mention that the layout of the country is not stable and may be suitable for changes.

"With the emperor's current suspicious and irritable character, do you think he can be cured by others?" Haitang asked rhetorically.

"Tang Yu said that my father had fainted recently." Xie Ruitang asked, "If this is the case, how long can he last?"

"Any time." Haitang replied without hesitation: "Because he is still taking pills every day, which is equivalent to fighting poison with poison. On the surface, he will appear strong due to the stimulation of the medicine, but the toxins in his body are accumulating more and more. When the father's body It’s no longer bearable and could explode at any time.”

"I know." Xie Ruitang sighed, took Haitang into his arms, lowered his head and kissed her forehead, and whispered: "The only thing I'm worried about is that in this bloody moment, I'm afraid I won't care your turn."

Haitang shook his head, stretched out his hand to pinch his nose and said: "There is no turning back when you shoot. Without you standing in front, how can we be safe? Women are weak by nature, but mothers are strong. For my children and for you, I will definitely do it. Stabilize the East Palace and be your backing."

On the first night after returning to the East Palace, there was not a single cloud in the sky, only the half-waxing gibbous moon, which was also very bright.

(End of this chapter)