Feng Heming

Chapter 173 A Bad Thing

As long as there is someone in the family who goes to court, they all know one thing - the prince is ill and has not gone to court for several days.

At first everyone thought it was another hangover for the prince, so they didn't come to the court, and when the prince still didn't go to court on the third day, everyone realized something was wrong.

The news that the prince was ill spread like wildfire, and even the queen mother in the palace sent an imperial doctor to treat the prince.

After the imperial doctor came back, he only said that the prince had a slight cold, but the prince still did not go to court for several days.

There were even rumors in the market that the prince was seriously ill, shaking the foundation of the country.

No, if the crown prince of a country is really seriously ill, it will indeed shake the foundation of the country.

When the news spread to the palace, Chen Xiong became interested in visiting.

"Master, why are you here?"

Just when he walked out of Beique Hall, Chen Xiong saw the eminent monk Fo Tucheng coming to him, so he asked suspiciously.

"Your Majesty, today is the day for you to discuss Buddhism and Taoism with the old monk. Seeing that you have not come for a long time, the old monk came to see you."

Fotucheng is a kind-hearted old man with a peaceful aura and a neither humble nor overbearing attitude. He is very respected by Chen Xiong, and he has to chant scriptures and pay respects to Buddha every few days.

Chen Xiong patted his forehead, "I forgot, the prince is ill, I am going to visit the prince in the prince's mansion, and talk to you about Buddhism and Taoism some other day."

"Amitabha, I have also heard about the prince's illness, but the Holy One is not a doctor. I think that what the prince needs most now is a doctor with superb medical skills to treat the prince. If you go to the prince's mansion, I will see you coming. , and have to work for the prince to greet you with his body in his arms, which is of no benefit to the prince's condition."

Fotucheng clasped his hands together, made a Buddhist ceremony, and recited "Aniduofo", and said: "Why don't you pray for the prince in front of the Buddha together with the old monk, with you, the son of heaven, the prince will surely be blessed?" It will be all right soon."

Chen Xiong pondered for a moment, felt that what Fotucheng said was reasonable, and turned his head to tell the accompanying eunuch, "Take the court judge from the Imperial Hospital to the Prince's Mansion together, and let the court judge take a good look at it for the prince, and then come back and report to me. .”

The accompanying eunuch made a promise, and took a few little yellow men to the Imperial Hospital together.

"What the master said is very true. In that case, I will go to the Buddhist hall with you and pray for the prince in front of the Buddha." Chen Xiong agreed to Fotucheng again.

"Good, good." Fotucheng performed a Buddhist salute, and followed Chen Xiong to the Buddhist hall.

"You said that the Holy Master was stopped by the master halfway and went to the Buddhist hall instead?" Yue Huarong suddenly heard the reply from the little yellow gate beside him, and his voice became slightly cold.

Xiao Huangmen didn't notice at all, and continued: "Yes, Mr. Yue Lang wants to find the Holy One?"

Yue Huarong shook his head, "I was studying the Buddhist scriptures today, and I came across something I didn't understand, and I wanted to go to the master to clarify my doubts. Since the Holy One is discussing the Buddhist scriptures with the master, it is also for me to go to the master tomorrow."

Xiao Huangmen glanced at the Buddhist scriptures in Yue Huarong's hands, recognized that they were scriptures brought by Fo Tucheng from Tianzhu, and smiled obsequiously, "The little one will leave first."

When the little yellow door retreated and there was no one else in the room, Yue Huarong threw the scriptures in his hand on the ground, gritted his teeth fiercely, and said a word as thin as a mosquito: "Old bald donkey, Damn my good deeds, damn it!"

He had already learned about Wu Niang's plan from the eunuch who took care of the garden in the Empress Dowager's Palace. Today Chen Xiong wanted to visit him because he was the one who instigated him, but he didn't expect that Fotucheng would intervene.

Yue Huarong secretly hated such a great opportunity wasted for nothing.

"I only hope that the prince can hold back, I only hope that the prince has a way to fool the judge of the Supreme Hospital."

Yue Huarong looked at the sun outside the window and sighed slightly.

Wu Xiuyuan was also in the Crown Prince's mansion at this time, the Crown Prince was very satisfied with what he had done, the rumors outside became more and more serious, not only the Crown Princess was anxious, but several of his younger brothers came to visit him at the mansion.

However, in order not to reveal his secrets, he insisted that he did not need to come into his bedroom in the front yard, so as not to get sick. The Crown Princess wanted to come in to take care of him personally several times, but he called them back. After all, the Crown Princess had to take care of their aunt eldest son.

As for bluffing the imperial doctor, it was Fang Yan who came up with the idea. I don't know where he got the medicine juice and poured it on his face. He looked really pale like a patient who occasionally caught a cold.

He once again acted weak, bedridden, coughing from time to time, and told the imperial doctor who was treating him that the doctor he had invited earlier said he had a cold occasionally, and asked the imperial doctor to see if he had recovered from the cold, and the imperial doctor was suspicious again. Undecided, he also followed his rhetoric, saying that he had a slight cold and would be fine after taking a few doses of medicine.

The imperial physician is not afraid either, the medicines prescribed are all neutral and will not aggravate the condition, and will not kill anyone after taking it. Anyway, no matter how bad the crown prince is, it is not his turn to come for diagnosis and treatment.

Wu Xiuyuan, Fang Yan and the others all felt sorry when they heard Chang Shi's report that the sage had sent an attendant eunuch to visit the prince and asked the court judge to diagnose the prince's pulse.

Fang Yan was the first to persuade: "Your Highness, if you can't bear it, you will make a big mess. The immediate plan is how to fool the court judge and let the court judge go back and tell you that you are really seriously ill. Then the Holy Majesty will come to visit you in person." Your."

Wu Xiuyuan has also been banned from leaving the Prince's Mansion two days ago, otherwise he could have consulted that gentleman, at least to make the Prince's illness "true". Now that the court judgment is here, they can't hide it.

The prince also knows this truth. He has been pretending to be sick these days, but he pretended to be sullen and irritable, "Then what do you think should be done?"

Everyone looked at each other, they are not doctors, how do they know how to fake the pulse?

After a while, a young man said: "Your Highness, pretending to be sick is not feasible now, why don't you follow the trend, when the court judge came to give you a pulse, you said that you have taken medicine these days and you are much better. Fool the court judge and the accompanying eunuch first, you must not make people suspicious, save it for later!"

His name is Lu Ping, and he is also one of the prince's confidantes, but his status is not as high as Wu Xiuyuan and Fang Yan's.

Wu Xiuyuan took a look at Lu Ping, and echoed: "What Lu Langjun said is true, Your Highness, let's do what we say, and keep the green hills. Are you afraid that there will be no firewood for burning in the future?"

Anyway, he has already buried the villain Witch Gu in the Prince's Mansion, and pretending to be sick will not make it all the way, so he still has this plan.

Seeing Wu Xiuyuan and Lu Ping vetoing his proposal, Fang Yan was so angry that he was half dead, and knowing what they said was reasonable, he had no choice but to watch the prince agree.

Seeing this, Lu Ping secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

The prince ordered Chang Shi to bring the court judge and the accompanying eunuch in. After the two finished their salutes, the court judge sat in front of the bed and felt the prince's pulse.

The judge was a member of the Holy Majesty, so of course he would not help the prince to make a lie. After feeling his pulse, he said with a smile: "Your Highness is already in good health. After a day or two of rest, you will be able to go to the court to serve as a council member."

Hearing this, the accompanying eunuch raised his eyelids, stared at the prince's face, carefully observed the prince's expression, and when he saw the faint scar on the prince's face, his gaze paused.

The prince immediately noticed this, and in an instant, the scene of being beaten by the emperor with a whip in the royal study a few days ago appeared in his mind, and the eunuch accompanying him was there at that time.

During this period of time, the prince pretended to be sick and couldn't go out, couldn't drink, and couldn't play with women's irritability, coupled with the failure of this scheme, he was full of violence in his heart. The rest of the eunuch's eyes was undoubtedly a reminder The beatings he had suffered made him feel that the eunuchs accompanying him were making fun of him.

The prince sat up and waved to the accompanying eunuch.

The accompanying eunuch stepped forward with a flattering smile on his face, bent down and said in a low voice: "I don't know if Your Highness is looking for a young one."

At any moment, the eunuch's words stopped abruptly, and the smile on his face froze. He looked at the sharp sword on his chest and abdomen in disbelief, his eyes bulged, his mouth opened slightly, and he fell backwards.

"cha"

The prince drew out his sharp sword, and the blood splashed all over the court judge's face. The judge was so frightened that he trembled and limp, and collapsed on the ground, looking dumbfounded at the accompanying eunuch who was dying.

(End of this chapter)