It is said that Qin Shihuang was controlled by a daughter

Chapter 521 Ganquan Palace Incident

"Princess." Shen Zhi stepped forward and supported her.

Ganquan Palace has a high platform, standing under the dome, majestic and solemn.

The cold wind blew up, and early winter arrived. The wind was strong, and the maid was shivering in the sudden cold wind.

The palace servants quickly reported Zheng Li's situation. The queen fell into a coma and the symptoms sounded familiar... They also said that Ying Zheng happened to be in Li Palace today and not in Xianyang Palace.

Xu Zhi always felt something was wrong.

As soon as she arrived at Ganquan Palace, someone came to her to report.

She suddenly remembered that more than ten years ago, Zhao Ji ran out of that palace door, grabbed her arm madly, and asked her to leave here quickly.

"Princess?" the palace servant who reported it urged her.

Xu Zhi glanced at her and the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.

She called out to Meng Yi before the carriage approached, and walked over to him, "Although my father and mother have reconciled, the grudges and estrangements in Ganquan Palace have become a chasm thirty years ago. I am worried..."

Before she finished speaking, Meng Yi nodded and said, "I will stay. I will find out about the matter between the Queen Mother and Changping. Princess, go quickly."

She was startled, and handed the red box to him personally. She went down a few steps and walked along the long gray and white stairs that led to the long dark corridor of the Qin Palace.

Inside the Xianyang Palace, the benzoin in the copper incense burner had burned down to the end. A few wisps of green smoke curled up, outlining the queen's pale profile in the dim light - her lips were an abnormally dark blue.

As soon as Xu Zhi stepped into the palace, the people in the Xianyang Palace nodded one after another, as if she was some vicious and uninvited guest.

Xu Zhi went straight to Xia Wuqie, "How is the Queen Mother?"

At the moment, Ying Zheng was not in the Xianyang Palace, so the news was passed on to Ying Zheng in secret, and no one knew how it got to Ying Hehua's ears. However, Xia Wuqi knew that she was straightforward, so she didn't hide it and told her the truth.

Xia Wuqi also knew that the matter could not be concealed any longer, "In the past, when Censor Zhang was sent to Daliang as an envoy, he was injured by the Yan people. This is exactly the same as this."

Xu Zhi's heart sank. It turned out that in Xianyang back then, Li Si was not the only one who did not want Zhang Liang to return from Wei alive.

Xia Wuqie continued, "When I arrived last year, Censor Zhang had already been rescued by Gao Jianli. In the current situation, I still hope that the princess can find Gao Jianli from Yan."

"Gao Jianli?"

Xia Wuqi nodded and said, "The Queen's illness is so severe, it must be someone who did it on purpose."

Xu Zhi sat sideways inside the curtain, wiping the sweat off her mother's face with a towel. She placed the jade she carried with her next to her mother, and it actually emitted a bright white light. Zheng Li's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she called out with joy.

"Queen mother?"

Zheng Li's eyelids moved again.

Xu Zhi then breathed a sigh of relief, softened his tone, and patted his mother's hand.

Xu Zhi then asked, "Did someone do this on purpose?"

"Yes. This condition may seem like an illness at first glance, but it is not. It is more like a sorcery. If Your Highness cannot find the person who used this sorcery, I am afraid that the Queen will have a hard time reviving."

Xu Zhi glanced at him with dissatisfaction, "You are also the chief of the imperial physicians. You should focus on the actual medical principles. Talking about evil magic is biased."

Xia Wuqie bowed his head, "Princess, what you said is absolutely right. Princess, you also studied medicine here. I will give you the pulse case. But the most urgent matter is that I think Gao Jianli is an important person."

Although Zheng Li regained her status as a member of the Zheng royal family, she had been a princess of the Chu Kingdom for many years. Xu Zhi was most worried that someone was using her mother to deliberately take revenge on her.

Ever since the prophecy book incident, she now suspects everyone equally. "You just reported it so urgently, and now you say you want to find Gao Jianli? Gao Jianli has been missing for six years, where can we find his whereabouts?"

The firelight made her face appear vaguely behind the gauze curtain, making it look even more hazy.

Xia Wuqi took a deep breath, "Perhaps Mr. Mo Qi on Mount Zhongnan can know. I have met him before. He cured Li Si's poison and Zhang Liang's coma. Princess, why don't you summon him to ask him?"

Xu Zhi knew the answer to this question, but she was a little confused by the following words.

Xia Wuqie then raised his head and said, "The eunuchs have sent news of the Queen's matter to the outside of the palace. I wonder if the princess still remembers that you vomited blood and fainted many years ago?"

"remember."

Xia Wuqie nodded, "That's it." "I heard that His Majesty the Emperor summoned someone who knows more about the secrets than I do."

"what?"

Back then, she knew the cause of her grandfather's death and where he was buried. She had returned to the modern era. How could she be the same as Zheng Li?
She was about to speak, but Xia Wuqie continued, "There is an immortal who claims to be from the Immortal Mountain and wants to see His Majesty the Emperor." "Who?"

Xia Wuqie straightened up slightly, "A Taoist who learned from Emperor Xuanwei. He has a close relationship with the great witch of Chu who revived the princess."

She was confused. "Master? Xu Fu?"

"Your Highness the Princess is indeed well-informed." Xia Wuqie added, "Li Jianjian was also aware of Zhang Liang's illness. There are many strange people and events on Mount Zhongnan, and my mentor Bian Que is an immortal here. I think Li Jianjian has learned Qin Huan's medical skills at such a young age, so he may also have an immortal fate."

What kind of immortal fate is this? It's more like a sin.

Hearing the name of Xu Fu.

Xu Zhi's brows sank. She took a deep look at her mother lying on the bed, leaned over her hand, and murmured, "Hehua won't let anything happen to you."

"Before Her Royal Highness finds Gao Jianli, you can also order Li Jianjian to come to the palace to help me look after the Queen."

She thought about it, replied with a yes, and left the palace.

The weather outside the palace had become even colder. There was no sunlight at all, and there was a kind of oppressive gloom that forced people to remain silent.

She looked at the clouds gathering before her and the rain that was about to fall, and felt a sense of fate as never before.

When the red lacquer box returned to her Zhilan Palace, she understood the general idea.

Shen Zhi and Meng Yi both looked heavy.

Meng Yi said a lot, describing in detail how he entered the palace, how he waited for the palace servants in the front hall, how the palace servants summoned him, how he entered the palace, how the frightened palace maids in the palace ran out, how the lights were lit...

Shen Zhi said that before Lord Meng stepped into the palace gate, a palace maid had already run in the same direction to the Xianyang Palace to report the matter to the queen.

"Princess, please accept my condolences. The Queen Mother passed away peacefully."

Very sudden.

But it was within everyone's expectations.

The crazy empress dowager has struggled with her sick body for so many years, it's time for her to go.

Xu Zhi felt very empty inside.

"There are some things that God just doesn't want people to know."

She was in a bad mood and she couldn't stop thinking.

No one knows what Zhao Ji was thinking before she left. No one cares why she threatened a willow branch at the last moment.
She missed her home in Zhao State, missed herself as a young girl, or was she thinking about the ups and downs of her life, or the mistakes, dirt, and guilt...

For more than ten years, Xu Zhi knew that her grandmother felt guilty towards Ying Zheng. She was either afraid or frightened of her son, but more often, she would think of the days thirty years ago when they depended on each other in Handan.

Before she knew it, tears naturally rolled down her cheeks.

She regretted that if she had coaxed and comforted Zhao Ji and written some words earlier, would the pain left to Ying Zheng be less?

It was the first time Meng Yi saw her crying, and he had thought about how to comfort her on the way. With Ying Hehua's personality, she should have cried loudly or rushed to Zhangtai Palace to see Ying Zheng when she heard that her grandmother had passed away.

But the reality was different from what he had imagined, completely different.

Everyone in the world knows that the Queen Mother had committed a serious crime and was almost imprisoned for life by Ying Zheng. So how many people really want to cry for such a guilty person?
Ying Hehua stroked the red lacquer box again and again, muttering, "Did the Empress Dowager also pass away so quietly?"

True sadness is mostly silent.

This really made him feel helpless.

She returned her eyes to the box.

Originally Xu Zhi didn't want to open the box because she didn't want to accept reality.

Of the three people in this world who were most closely connected and held the most secrets from each other, only two are left.

Before the final ending, will she and Li Xian stand on opposite ends of the scale, or will they add weights on the same side?

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Later, Ying Zheng rushed back to the Xianyang Palace.

What awaited him was not only his wife's sudden illness, but also the news of his mother's death.