Empress Jinghua: The eunuch is nine thousand years old

Chapter 84
Before Yue Jing'an could speak, Xiao Zhu cried out first: "Your Majesty, for some reason, my mother's body has been getting weaker and weaker day by day. At first, she was only dizzy and weak, and then she became bedridden. Day by day, I'm haggard, no matter how many precious medicinal materials I eat, it doesn't work..."

Hearing this, Ming Shengdi became even more worried. He had already lost Yue Jinglan, and he really didn't want Yue Jingan to leave him.

"Did the imperial doctor tell you what kind of disease it is?" Ming Shengdi said.

Xiao Zhu sighed, and said weakly: "Even after seeing several imperial physicians, I couldn't figure out what the disease was. At first I thought it was a cold, but taking the medicine was useless, and the imperial physicians were helpless. I wanted to let the imperial physicians My lord came to take a look for my mother, but I didn't want to..."

"Go on." Seeing Xiaozhu's stammering appearance, Emperor Ming Sheng couldn't help being a little annoyed, and urged.

"I don't want the imperial concubine to always say that she has a headache, and ask the imperial physician to ask for consultations all the time, and bully the imperial physician from coming to Yuehua Palace..." Xiao Zhu whispered, looking up at Ming Shengdi's expression, it really was With a hint of annoyance.

"Your majesty... don't blame elder sister Yue, she must have done it unintentionally, probably elder sister Yue really suffered from severe headaches... she would never intentionally prevent my concubine from seeing a doctor..." Yue Jingan leaned weakly on the long pillow, saying a single word One sentence.

Ming Shengdi heard Yue Jing'an speak for the noble concubine Yue, and felt pity for her sensibility, patted the back of her hand, and hummed: "How much headache does she have? The day before yesterday, she came to the palace to pay her respects. I didn't see any discomfort in her."

Ming Shengdi originally thought that Concubine Yue was really virtuous and virtuous, but he didn't want her to put on a show and still be domineering and arrogant in private as always, so he couldn't help but annoyed her a bit.

Yue Jing'an bit her lips and said nothing, she really smiled in her heart, thanks to Concubine Yue, when she heard that she was seriously ill, she gloated and commanded all the capable imperial doctors away, otherwise she would not know how to put this situation to rest. A long line led to Concubine Yue little by little, which would save trouble.

"Come on, go and announce the imperial physician to Yuehua Palace immediately. If anyone dares to stop her, I want her to look good!" Ming Shengdi snorted softly, and the authority in his words could not be shaken.

The palace servants responded and went down to do it, Xiao Zhu bowed down and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for taking pity on your majesty!"

Yue Jing'an and Xiao Zhu looked at each other, and both smiled in their hearts. This scene is finally about to begin.

After about two quarters of an hour, the imperial physician from the hospital hurried into the room carrying the medicine box. He was about the same age as Ming Shengdi, but he already had gray hair, which showed that he studied medical science very hard every day.

"My humble servant sees the emperor!" The imperial physician knelt down and saluted Ming Shengdi.

"Come and show me Concubine Lian, what kind of strange disease is she suffering from?" Ming Shengdi waved his hand urgingly, feeling a little impatient in his heart.

The imperial physician of the hospital clapped his hands and went forward with the medicine box in hand, took out the pulse pillow and veil from his sleeve, put the pulse pillow under Yue Jingan's wrist, and began to diagnose carefully through the veil.

The imperial physician of the hospital took the pulse with one hand, and twirled his long white beard with the other. When he touched Yue Jing'an's strange pulse, he couldn't help frowning deeply.

"What's the matter, can you tell what disease Concubine Lian is suffering from?" Ming Shengdi asked impatiently, fearing that it might be a disease that cannot be cured.

The imperial doctor felt for the pulse and thought for a while, then removed his things, stood up and cupped his hands and said: "Back to the emperor, I just took the pulse carefully for the empress, and found that the pulse of the empress is blocked, but it does not come from the root, it is more like extroversion to the inside. , penetrate inch by inch."

"To put it simply." Ming Shengdi said.

"In short, I feel that Concubine Lian doesn't seem to be sick, but rather...like being poisoned." The imperial physician said with a serious tone. As a second-rank concubine, Yue Jingan's poisoning It must be a big deal, I'm afraid there will be another storm in this palace.

Ming Shengdi's expression changed when he heard the words, and he said in a deep voice, "Look carefully, poisoning is not a trivial matter!"

"Your majesty, my servant has your trust to be the imperial doctor of this hospital. Naturally, he will not show off his appearance and is very sure of his medical skills. Judging from the pulse of Concubine Lian, the poisoning is not a day or two. It must be taken every day. A lot of poison has been injected. According to this dosage, it will accumulate over time, as long as a month or half a month, and you will die suddenly." The imperial physician of the hospital said bluntly, and his tone was firm, showing no signs of lack of confidence.

Hearing this, Ming Shengdi's eyes were deeply filled with a bit of sternness. In the majestic palace, someone actually poisoned his favorite concubine under his nose, it is an unforgivable crime!
Seeing this, Yue Jing'an covered her face with her hands and choked up in a low voice: "The life of my concubine is so miserable, I don't know who I offended, but I want to put my concubine to death so viciously..."

Saying that, Yue Jing'an coughed violently again, lying on the edge of the bed and beating her chest weakly, her face flushed from coughing.

Ming Shengdi couldn't bear it, so he took pity on her, patted Yue Jing'an's back lightly and said in a steady voice: "Jing'an, don't be afraid, I will definitely get this vicious person out for you and punish him severely." , with me here, I will never let anything happen to you!"

Holding the medicine bowl, Xiaozhu moved his knees and knelt down in front of the bed, scooped up a spoonful of yellow-brown soup and handed it to Yue Jingan's lips, saying: "Your Majesty, drink up the medicine quickly, I'm coughing day and night, the emperor looks at it." It hurts too..."

"Wait a minute, girl, can you show this soup to the old man?" Before the soup was put into Yue Jing'an's mouth, the imperial physician stopped her.

Xiaozhu nodded and handed the medicine bowl to the hospital doctor. He first lowered his head and sniffed in the bowl for a long time, with a solemn expression on his face. He stretched out his index finger to get some medicine soup on the tip of his nose and sniffed deeper, and then some with the tip of his tongue. As soon as I touched it, I was shocked, and holding the bowl, I bowed to Ming Shengdi and said: "My Majesty, this medicine contains poison. If I judge correctly, the toxin in Concubine Lian's body is the same as that in this medicine bowl." Should be the same kind.

Ming Shengdi glared at Xiao Zhu angrily, and said in a loud voice, "You are so bold that you even gave Concubine Lian a poisonous medicine to drink. Whether it was you who poisoned the medicine, let me tell you the truth!"

Xiao Zhu panicked and knelt in front of Emperor Ming and shook his head, saying: "Your Majesty, I have been wronged! I don't even know that there is poison in the medicine, and I have been with the empress for so many years, how can I harm her thoughts to death! If I know this The medicine is actually poisonous, even if the maidservant drank it herself, she would not give it to the empress!"

"The emperor's concubine can trust Xiao Zhu...she won't betray her..." Yue Jing'an coughed a few times, covering her lips, and said in a weak voice.

Emperor Ming frowned, rubbing his big hands on his knees, feeling troubled in his heart, thought for a moment and said: "If it wasn't for you, then all the palace people who have handled this medicine will be suspected! Pass my order, all those who have handled the lotus concubine decoction Call me all your servants!"

As soon as the words fell, Xiao Xiazi went out of the hall to do it, and within a moment, all three maidservants who had experienced the decoction were called into the house.

"What do you three do?" Ming Shengdi stared at the three of them solemnly with a pair of dragon eyes, with an authority that cannot be ignored.

"My servant, Fen'er, went to the imperial hospital to get medicine for my mother." The maid in pink bowed her head.

"Slave Liu'er is a palace servant who cooks medicine in the small kitchen." Liu'er raised her head and glanced at Emperor Ming, and said in a weak voice.

"Servant Gu'er, take medicine from the kitchen for your mother."

The three of them all looked trembling, and it was very rare for girls below the second class to meet the emperor, so they were also timid at the moment.

Ming Shengdi's sharp eyes swept over the three of them, and said in a deep voice: "Concubine Lian's medicine was handled by you, but it was found out that it was mixed with poison just now, there must be one of you who is so bold Diao Nu, who the hell is it, and you haven't told me the truth!"

When the three of them heard this, they all kowtowed in panic and cried out for injustice.

"Your Majesty, the medicines that the servants took were all prescribed by the imperial physician, and there is nothing wrong with them. If the emperor does not believe it, you can have someone carefully compare the remaining uncooked medicinal materials in the kitchen with the imperial physician's prescription!" Fen'er He bowed and said, his eyes full of innocence.

"The maidservant is wronged too! He brought the medicine from the kitchen and brought it to the empress warmly. The journey was only a stick of incense, and Miss Xiaozhu was watching, so how could she do anything?" Gu'er hung her head and felt aggrieved.

Liu Er'er flashed a guilty expression, and said hastily: "The servants are also innocent, and they dare not slack off at all to make medicine for the empress, and... let alone have any malicious thoughts..."

The guilty conscience that flashed in Liu'er's eyes did not escape Ming Shengdi's eyes. He snorted coldly, then pointed to Liu'er who was kneeling in the middle and said, "You slave has false eyes. Come on, go to the kitchen. Take the dregs of the decoction and show it to the imperial physician!"

After a while, Xiao Zhu brought over the medicine residues from the kitchen together with the pot of decocting medicine. The imperial doctor grabbed a handful of medicine residues and examined them carefully. His eyes suddenly widened and he exclaimed: "Your Majesty, the medicines The slag is surprisingly poisonous!"

Ming Shengdi narrowed his eyes, raised his foot and kicked Liu'er's chest, and said sharply: "What a slave, dare to openly poison the master's soup, I will give you a death penalty!"

Liu'er shook her body and kowtowed to beg for mercy, her voice was trembling with fear: "Your Majesty! This servant has been wronged!"

"Injustice?" Ming Shengdi snorted coldly, "Here is the physical evidence, what else do you have to quibble, come here, drag it down and chop it up!"

With a loud cry, Liu'er hugged Ming Shengdi's leg and said tremblingly, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty, please spare me! The slaves are also ordered by others, and they definitely did not intend to poison the empress!"

Ming Shengdi's pupils widened suddenly, kicked Liu'er away, and said coldly, "Who ordered you?"

At this moment, Ming Shengdi was furious. He didn't know the tricks in the harem. He just turned a blind eye to the usual small troubles. The favorite concubine who cared, how could he not investigate and find out.

(End of this chapter)