Jiajing Chengming

Chapter 262 The emperor's eldest daughter is fine, and there is an imperial physician who wants to make progress!

After Wang Yangming received the letter from Zhu approving his resignation and returning home, he immediately ordered his family to prepare his luggage and buy gifts for his return home.

It is now the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, and he naturally wants to rush home before New Year's Eve to spend the New Year with his father.

For this reason, after leaving the emperor, Wang Yangming left the capital without waiting for his servants to buy gifts for his hometown, and headed south in the wind and snow, declining all invitations from his disciples and old friends along the way.

The Ming Dynasty in the third year of Jiajing's reign was basically peaceful. There was only the Datong Rebellion in the autumn, but it was eventually pacified and did not cause much impact.

Another thing is that the number of caravans on the canal and the Yangtze River suddenly decreased significantly.

But this did not have much impact on the common people. Only the wealthy families in the capital and the north felt the gradual increase in the prices of commercial goods such as silk, cotton cloth and tea.

Precisely because the number of caravans on the canal and the Yangtze River had been greatly reduced, unlike previous years when the official roads and waterways were often blocked due to a large number of merchants rushing north to dump New Year's goods, Wang Yangming, who was traveling all the way south, found that his journey back home was much smoother.

This made Wang Yangming smile even more. He felt that the white snow all over the river made the entire landscape look much more magnificent.

When he thought about the fact that a sage monarch was now in power, the court was full of wise ministers, various new policies to benefit the people were being implemented one after another, and that he was returning to his hometown as a heavenly official, he felt even more satisfied. His eyes were filled with joy, and he saw only beautiful mountains and beautiful waters. Even when he saw people, he felt that they were filled with the leisurely atmosphere of a prosperous and prosperous age.

By the way, Zhu Houcong felt much more at ease after he reached an agreement with the minister of the Imperial Study on whether to abandon the new policy because of the death of Imperial Physician Zhou or to continue to work hard to implement it.

In the next ten days, as the eldest princess's fever gradually subsided after taking the medicine prescribed by Liu Yinghuai, and she eventually recovered completely, Zhu Houcong felt more relieved.

to this end.

Zhu Houcong ordered the imperial doctors who were imprisoned in the imperial prison to be summoned again.

After Liu Yinghuai and other imperial doctors arrived at the palace, Zhu Houcong looked at Liu Yinghuai and said:
"Your medicine is very good. It cured my eldest daughter. I will not break my promise, so I will promote you three levels, grant you the title of Taichang Temple Secretary, and grant you the Imperial Academy hereditary privileges."

Liu Yinghuai hurriedly bowed and thanked him, with tears in his eyes.

Zhu Houcong glanced at the imperial doctors following Liu Yinghuai.

These imperial doctors all showed envy towards Liu Yinghuai. Among them, Yang Li, the director of the Imperial Medical Bureau who was already in his seventies, raised his eyebrows and his eyes moved slightly.

"I have never been stingy with rewards for those who have made contributions."

"You have done a great service in curing my eldest daughter, and you deserve a reward. And if anyone among you can provide clues about how Dr. Zhou was poisoned, I will also reward you generously!"

Zhu Houcong continued at this time.

"Your Majesty, I have something to say."

Sudden.

Imperial physician Yang Li spoke at this time.

Zhu Houcong looked at him and asked, "What do you want to say?"

"What I want to say is that the court official Chen Gong told me in the imperial prison that the medical records of Dr. Liu's treatment of the emperor's eldest daughter were actually wrong!"

Yang Li replied.

Zhu Houcong was slightly startled, then asked: "Didn't you all say that there was nothing wrong with Doctor Liu's medical records?"

"Your Majesty, according to what Lord Chen said, there is nothing wrong with Doctor Liu's medical records, but they are not yet perfect!"

"Because Mr. Chen said that Doctor Liu's medical case can only treat the heat poison temporarily, but cannot completely eliminate the root cause."

"After thinking about it, I think it makes sense."

Yang Li replied at this time.

Zhu Houcong looked at Chen Chong, the Imperial Hospital envoy, and said, "Chen Chong, did you really say that?"

"Your Majesty, I said this to Lord Yang privately in prison."

"I wonder if Imperial Doctor Liu didn't know that the child had a fever due to seasonal plague and needed to be given some spleen-treating medicines to prevent him from being easily attacked by external evil in the future, so he didn't give any spleen-treating medicines."

"But my seven generations of ancestors were all good at pediatrics, so our ancestral teachings say that when children are infected by external pathogens, their spleens will be damaged, and spleen deficiency will produce phlegm, which will be stored in the lungs, causing the lungs to lose their function of clearing and purifying, resulting in coughing;"

"So if I were to prescribe medicine, it would definitely treat the spleen."

After Chen Chong answered, he asked Zhu Houcong: "Your Majesty, although the eldest daughter has recovered now, does she still cough and wheeze at night?"

Zhu Houcong nodded: "I do have coughs and wheezes at night."

talking.

Zhu Houcong glanced at Liu Yinghuai who was standing beside him, only to see that Liu Yinghuai was sweating profusely, and the look he gave Yang Li began to become as cold as a knife.

"Liu Yinghuai, is what he said true?"

Zhu Houcong asked.

Liu Yinghuai did not respond.

Zhu Houcong raised his voice a little: "Liu Yinghuai!"

Liu Yinghuai finally came to his senses, knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and then tremblingly replied: "My medical skills are not as good as Mr. Chen's, please punish me, Your Majesty!"

After hearing this, Zhu Houcong looked at Chen Chong and asked, "Why didn't you say it at that time?"

Chen Chong also knelt down and kowtowed, then said with tears in his eyes: "I am guilty! I was afraid of offending Imperial Doctor Liu, so I didn't dare to tell the truth in my heart."

"Why are you afraid of offending him?"

Zhu Houcong asked.

Chen Chong began to tremble.

"say!"

Zhu Houcong's tone became stern and his expression became very ugly.

Chen Chong said tremblingly: "Because Imperial Doctor Liu has many old friends and relatives in the outer court! Many of them are people I can't afford to offend!"

"Your Majesty, although Mr. Chen has superb medical skills, he has always been timid and afraid of things. When he was still a doctor during the Hongzhi period, he took the initiative to ask Qian Yi to transfer his position as imperial physician because he was afraid of offending Qian Yi, the clerk."

"So, Mr. Chen is right. Doctor Liu does have many old friends and relatives in the outer court!" Yang Li helped Chen Chong answer.

Zhu Houcong smiled now and looked at Yang Li: "Then why do you think the prescription given by Liu Yinghuai is different from that given by Chen Yuanshi?"

"Your Majesty, it's not that Liu Yinghuai's medical skills are not good, but he did it on purpose, because his family has been practicing medicine for generations, so it's impossible that he didn't know."

Yang Li replied at this time.

Liu Yinghuai kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, I don't have any!"

"Don't talk!"

"Did I let you speak?!"

Zhu Houcong scolded Liu Yinghuai.

Liu Yinghuai had no choice but to shut up, and the look he gave Yang Li became even more ruthless.

Zhu Houcong then continued to ask Yang Li: "If what you said is true, why did he do this on purpose?"

"Return to your majesty!"

"Only if the eldest princess's illness can never be completely cured and recurs from time to time can he continue to rely on this to gain merit. This is the same principle as a border official raising bandits."

Yang Li replied.

Zhu Houcong asked again: "Why do you think so?"

"Because he was the one who killed the imperial physician Zhou!"

Yang Li suddenly raised his head with a serious expression, looked at Zhu Houcong and replied.

Liu Yinghuai kowtowed again, banging his head on the gold brick, and replied: "Your Majesty, I did not!"

"Your Majesty, I am not slandering you. I saw with my own eyes that he went to Doctor Zhou's duty room alone one day before Doctor Zhou was poisoned, and he was sneaky."

"At that time, I thought he was just asking Dr. Zhou for medical advice like normal. But after I learned that Dr. Zhou was poisoned, I had to doubt it. I suspected that he was the one who did it!"

"I didn't say anything before because I didn't dare to believe that this was related to the poisoning of Doctor Zhou. But after Lord Chen told me that Doctor Liu seemed to have selfish motives when he used medicine on the eldest daughter, I had to start to suspect it. And now that Your Majesty has asked me to provide suspicious clues, I will naturally tell you everything I have seen."

Yang Li replied resolutely.

He really wants to make progress now, because the emperor will really give high-ranking officials to imperial physicians who have made contributions.

Liu Yinghuai blushed and continued to deny to Zhu Houcong: "Your Majesty, I did not harm Doctor Zhou. Yang Li is slandering me. He is slandering me!"

"Since someone has provided evidence, let the Royal Guards investigate."

"If not, I will clear your name!"

Zhu Houcong said as he looked at Zhang Tong: "Immediately, send someone to search Liu's house to see if there is anything suspicious! By the way, check Yang's house as well to see if there is any slander!"

Zhang Tong bowed and said yes.

Yang Li pursed his lips.

Liu Yinghuai looked at Yang Li again with great hatred.

Zhu Houcong said to the doctors after issuing the decree: "The truth has not yet been revealed, so you should go to the side hall first, but Doctor Chen should stay here and treat the eldest daughter again!"

Finished.

Zhu Houcong looked at Chen Chong and said, "I'll ask you again, are you sure that there are deficiencies in Liu Taiyi's medical records?"

"I dare not lie to you, my Lord!"

Chen Chong replied.

Zhu Houcong nodded: "If the facts are as you expected, I will forgive your crime and not count your previous crime of concealing the truth. But if it is not so, and the eldest daughter of the emperor is in trouble, then I can only punish you! Do you understand?"

"I understand!"

"I am guilty, but I am willing to use my merits to atone for my crime. If the eldest princess cannot recover completely and still has a fever within ten days, I will not be wronged even if I am cut into pieces!"

Chen Chong hurriedly kowtowed in reply.

"You said that yourself."

Zhu Houcong then waved his hand and asked the eunuch to take Chen Chong to Kunning Palace.

The Jinyiwei then went to Yang's house and Liu's house immediately.

At about 10:00 p.m. that evening, Zhang Tong came to report to Zhu Houcong:

"Your Majesty, we did not find anything suspicious in Doctor Yang's house, but we found white powder in Doctor Liu's house. We don't know what it is, but after feeding it to the mice in the prison, the mice died immediately!"

Zhu Houcong's face darkened after hearing this, and he ordered, "Bring those imperial doctors here!"

Soon, Yang Li, Liu Yinghuai and other imperial physicians came before the emperor again.

Zhu Houcong exempted them from the formalities and then asked solemnly:

"The Royal Guards did not find anything suspicious in Imperial Doctor Yang's house, but they did find something suspicious in Imperial Doctor Liu's house!"

"Liu Yinghuai, what's your explanation?"

After asking, Zhu Houcong looked at Liu Yinghuai and waved his hand to have Liu Yinghuai taken down.

Liu Yinghuai's lips had turned pale by this time.

And Yang Li sneered.

Liu Yinghuai also noticed Yang Li's expression, and couldn't help but curse at Yang Li: "You damn old bastard! Bastard! You rely on the fact that you don't have any children and are not afraid of offending them, but you are tempted when you see the emperor granting you a good official position, and you dare to harm me!!"

(End of this chapter)