Concubine's true colors

Chapter 398 Emperor Ming's Choice
Since entering the court and assisting the prince, Zhou Xianrui has always regarded becoming a generation of virtuous kings as his ultimate goal.

Now after it was confirmed that the prince, the crown prince, was indeed dead, he was inevitably a little confused.

The backbone who had assisted him for many years was gone, and he seemed to lose the direction of his efforts in an instant.

Just when Zhou Xianrui was in an extremely depressed mood, suddenly Xiao Jinxuan gently supported his arm, and said in a cold voice as always:
"Your Highness, it's time for us to go in. Now that we have finally come to this point, there is no room for us to turn back. You are the only hope for the imperial court. If you don't pull yourself together, who can compete with the Xue family. "

Xiao Jinxuan's voice, as clear as spring water, soothed Zhou Xianrui's inner anxiety.

Thinking of the top priority, it is indeed necessary to stabilize the court situation first.

Immediately, Zhou Xianrui couldn't help suppressing other anxious thoughts, and nodded to Xiao Jinxuan that he was not in serious trouble, so he walked towards Emperor Ming's bedroom first.

And when Xiao Jinxuan followed behind, they also walked into the bedroom.

Immediately, the pungent and bitter smell of soup and medicine, as well as the anxious and angry voice of King Yongchang, came one after another.

It seemed that someone came in, when King Yongchang casually left an imperial doctor beside him, and then turned his head to see that it was Zhou Xianrui and Xiao Jinxuan who came.

Immediately, the old prince couldn't help laughing out of joy, then stepped forward and patted Zhou Xianrui on the shoulder, and said quite satisfied:

"It's good if you hurry back, kid. The Xue family is making a lot of moves now. My lord is trapped here, and I don't have any skills. I want to see if they dare to be so arrogant after you return to Beijing, Xianrui."

As soon as he finished speaking, King Yongchang came to Xiao Jinxuan's side. After carefully looking at the other party for a long time, he was obviously relieved and said:
"Since the news of Xianyu's death in battle came, I asked the two boys in my family to visit you, but Jinxuan, you didn't see anyone. My father really worried about you for a long time, and then I was detained in this palace. I can't care about you anymore. Seeing that Jinxuan looks pretty good now, my father can feel at ease."

They briefly reminisced about the past, and King Yongchang even explained the situation of Emperor Ming in detail.

Immediately, Zhou Xianrui came to the imperial couch, looked at the obviously thin and extremely weak Emperor Ming, and said in a deep voice to the four imperial doctors beside him:
"You retreat to the outside of the bedroom first. This king has already brought someone here to treat your father. If necessary, this king will call you in."

But after hearing this, the four imperial doctors glanced at each other, but they didn't move, but continued to stand there.

Especially among these four people, a younger imperial doctor, perhaps because of his youthful vigor, immediately even refused directly:
"The four of us were appointed by the empress to personally diagnose and treat His Majesty's illness. His Highness Prince Rui, even you, have no right to ask us to leave this palace. Unless the empress personally orders, otherwise..."

The young imperial doctor raised his head arrogantly, but the words in his mouth were not finished yet.Zhou Xianrui's Golden Dragon Sword had completely cut his throat.

Seeing the young imperial doctor covering his neck with his hands, he couldn't stop the blood from gushing out of his neck at all.

Zhou Xianrui's resolute face was as sharp as a knife, but there was no trace of movement. He looked at the remaining three again, and this time he was shocked by the imperial doctor who was trembling all over.

Then he said in a low, majestic and cold voice: "The ones left will end up with him, and those who want to survive, get out of the bedroom immediately!"

Seeing that the young imperial doctor was dying, he fell to the ground.

The remaining three imperial doctors were so frightened that their livers and gallbladders were torn apart, they immediately scrambled and rushed out.

And when the idlers in the room were all screened back one by one, old man Ding was invited to the front, and began to diagnose and treat Emperor Ming.

It was completely different from other doctors' observations and inquiries, it was obvious that old man Ding didn't signal his pulse, but directly took out a silver needle more than three inches long, and then he was going to stab Ming Emperor's head above.

Seeing this scene, even Zhou Xianrui, who personally invited old man Ding, immediately couldn't help stopping him, and asked solemnly:

"Old Ding, what do you mean? You haven't diagnosed and treated my father's illness, so it seems inappropriate to use needles directly."

Almost as soon as Zhou Xianrui finished speaking, standing on the other side, King Yongchang, who didn't know the origin of old man Ding, became even more dissatisfied and said angrily:
"I said, boy Rui, where did you find this old man? How can you ask someone to give needles casually as your father, the ninth-five-year-old father. If there is a mistake, neither you nor I can afford the consequences."

Old man Ding heard King Yongchang's words, and was looking at his hand holding the needle, and Zhou Xianrui firmly grasped it.

Immediately, old man Ding couldn't help snorting, and in his idle left hand, as if by a magic trick, another fine hair needle appeared.And facing Zhou Xianrui grabbed his wrist, and stabbed it lightly.

As for Zhou Xianrui who was watching this meeting, let alone grabbing old man Ding's wrist, he even shook his whole body weakly.

If Deng Chang hadn't helped him immediately, he would have lost his center of gravity and fell to the ground.

And when the right hand regained its freedom, it was obvious that the old man Ding was not going to look at Emperor Ming, and then he opened his old medicine box.

While throwing the three-inch silver needle in his hand, he muttered in his mouth:

"What about the heavenly king and Lao Tzu, and what about the ordinary people? They all have only one life to live. Old man, I came to see a doctor with good intentions. Since you think I will harm the emperor, then I will leave immediately. Save the good intentions It's a good reward, and I was suspected for no reason."

Old man Ding had already carried the medicine box on his back, and walked out of the bedroom angrily as soon as he finished speaking.

Seeing this scene, Xiao Jinxuan, who hadn't spoken much since she came in, immediately stepped forward, stopped the other party with a gentle smile and said:

"Don't be annoyed, Mr. Ding. In fact, you should also understand us. After all, the emperor is alone in the world, and he really can't have the slightest mistake. And have you ever thought that you saved many lives, but in fact It’s nothing but a drop in the bucket. If the Holy Majesty is safe, you will save the people of the Great Zhou from a turbulent catastrophe. This is great benevolence and great kindness, how can you ignore it.”

The old man Ding who was still angry just now looked like he was about to leave.Hearing Xiao Jinxuan's words, and after staring intently at the other party for a while, she suddenly laughed and said:

"You girl doll really have a sharp mouth. For the sake of being close to you, and what you said is really reasonable, the old man will not leave, and help you stay to see the emperor."

As soon as he finished speaking, old man Ding took out the three-inch long silver needle from the medicine box.

This time he didn't do it directly, but explained first:
"Shicai also blamed me. Looking at your emperor, the gu is too deep and has almost eroded his brain, so he forgot to explain and directly needs to give acupuncture. But don't worry, I have never missed a single needle. , will not lose its sense of proportion."

In fact, Zhou Xianrui spent the longest time with this old man Ding, but the other party never mentioned his name.

But now when they heard the other party call themselves Ding Yizhen, everyone in the hall immediately looked stunned, especially King Yongchang shouted excitedly:

"You are the ghost doctor Ding Yizhen. If this is the case, it would be great. With you always here, then my little brother can be saved."

However, old man Ding, who had already slowly stabbed the silver needle into the position of Emperor Ming's heavenly spirit bone, shook his head with emotion after stopping his hand and said:
"Don't be too happy, I just said that your emperor is suffering from a Gu or not sick. If he had been handed over to me a month ago, the old man would indeed have a way to force the Gu insect out. But now I can only delay his death speed, nothing else can be done.”

The ghost doctor Ding Yizheng, no one can tell which country he is from, and no one knows where his teacher came from.

But the ghost doctor who wandered around the world is almost recognized as the person with the most superb medical skills today.

Now seeing that the other party said that Emperor Ming could not be cured, everyone who was in joy just now felt extremely desperate this time.

Just when the atmosphere in the hall was a bit oppressive, and everyone was helpless, when they were not in the mood to speak.

Suddenly, there was a coughing sound from the imperial couch, and then Emperor Ming's weak voice sounded clearly.

"Although I didn't have the energy to open my eyes just now, I heard all of your words. If I was lucky enough to be treated by the ghost doctor Doctor Ding, if I could live for a few more days, it would be considered God's kindness to me. up"

Seeing that this single injection was indeed very effective, after only one injection, Emperor Ming who was in a coma woke up, and immediately Zhou Xianrui hurried forward and said worriedly:

"Father, you have to stand up, the country of the Great Zhou cannot live without you. Although I know that you should rest assured to recuperate now, but for the sake of the court, I must tell my father all about the situation. Now that Empress Xue is in control of the imperial city, His father, Prime Minister Xue, was in charge of the former dynasty, and the whereabouts of his second elder brother Xiantai was unknown, but Yi Erchen saw that he must be dispatching troops. And these people must wait for everything to be arranged before they start to carry out the conspiracy It's over."

Having said that, a trace of hesitation flashed in Zhou Xianrui's eyes, but in the end he still made up his mind and continued:

"Father, you may not know that the prince and his wife have been poisoned by Queen Xue. The second elder brother Xiantai was born by Queen Xue. Once the eldest brother dies, he will be the direct prince, so it is logical to inherit the throne."

If Emperor Ming had anticipated the change in Xue's family in his heart, he had already expected it.

It can be heard that the prince has been poisoned, and he was still stimulated and coughed again.

It wasn't until old man Ding asked Emperor Ming to swallow a purple pill that the other party finally breathed a sigh of relief, and continued to speak slowly:
"Your second elder brother Xiantai is indeed capable, but he is not a benevolent lord. The Great Zhou Dynasty fell into his hands, and with the power of the Xue family, the people of my Great Zhou will be in dire straits."

Having said that, Emperor Ming suddenly pulled up his strength and grabbed Zhou Xianrui's hand.

Then he half propped himself up from the bed, and said with a firm face:
"Xianrui, you need to keep your spirits up. Although you are not my son, your wise and wise father sees it in his heart. Now that my life is not long, the heir to the throne, my father, is going to pass it on to you. Will Suppress the Xue family and fulfill this unfulfilled wish for the father. To be a good emperor who works hard to govern and considers the people, Xianrui, you must promise the father to be a wise emperor, otherwise the father will be under the nine springs. Difficult to feel at ease."

(End of this chapter)