Chapter 230 Cold Poison
In June, there was already a faint sound of cicadas in the distance. The window screens of the Nuan Pavilion were newly replaced with blue organdy gauze a few days ago. It was as thin as smoke, and the bamboo shadows were reflected on the desk through the screens. Incense was burning in the Boshan stove on the desk. , the smoke seemed to be clear, and the wind blew through the bamboo to rinse, like it was raining.A cool breeze came under the north window for a while, and the words on the desk were blown up, making a slight rustle.Wu Zhaoyi, Lu Zixuan and Su Cainv and I were chatting under the window, when Waner suddenly led the nanny in from the outer hall in a hurry, and before she knelt down on the ground, the nanny was already full of tears, "The empress... Your Highness, they... are not good." "What?" The white porcelain ice-patterned teacup in my hand fell to pieces with a clang, and the green tea splashed all over my lake-colored pleated skirt, "Your Majesty!" Both Wu Zhaoyi and Su Cainu stood up in fright, looking at me in bewilderment.I didn't even ask the nanny any more, I stood up suddenly, pushed away Wu Zhaoyi who was standing in front of me, and staggered towards the outside of the palace gate, "Master! Master" was Bi'er's voice in a trance, but I waited I can't see them anymore, I can't wait to fly to Nangong, You'er, Qing'er, don't let anything happen to you...

Before he reached Nangong, he heard the cry of "嘤嘤" from a distance, his heart tightened suddenly, his eyes became dark, and he couldn't stand steadily. If he hadn't held on to the palace wall with one hand, he might have slipped and fell to the ground at this moment . "Master, be careful!" After all, Xuan Yu had practiced martial arts, so he walked faster and rushed to support me behind me. "Master, the two Highnesses are blessed in the sky, and you will be fine." Xuan Yu held my hand and encouraged me. "Quick, let's go in." I nodded, and rushed in three steps at a time.In the south courtyard where You'er and Qing'er lived, the maids and servants were all over the place, and they were in a panic. When they saw me coming in, they quickly made way for me. I saw two little people curled up in the apricot-yellow gauze tent at a glance. Son, a stabbing pain, rushed over.You'er and Qing'er's round faces no longer had the rosy luster of the past, they were pale and bloodless, their bodies were covered with a few cotton quilts on a hot day, their hands and feet were still cold, their whole bodies were twitching non-stop, their eyebrows were tightly twitched. Twist, a trace of saliva flowed out from the corner of my mouth, I couldn't hold it anymore, almost cried out heartbreakingly: "You'er! Qing'er!" "Empress, please take care of your phoenix body!" There was an admonishing voice behind, " Two imperial physicians, what is the illness of the two highnesses?" Bi Er, who rushed over, asked imperial physicians Yao and An, who were kneeling beside the couch. "Back to the empress, when I arrived, I found that the pulse of the two highnesses was disordered. Apart from the yellow complexion, the whole body was cold. It seemed to be..." The two looked at each other, but they didn't finish their sentence. "What is it, tell me!" The queen sat up suddenly, staring at the two with red eyes, with a faint premonition in her heart, this could not be illness, when I saw You'er and Qing'er yesterday, they were still It's very lively, even if you get a cold or something, it won't attack so quickly.Probably the queen's expression was a little frightening, and she could clearly feel the servants in the ground flinching. "Wei Chen thought that there is a symptom that is similar to your Highness, but I'm not sure yet, I need..." Imperial Physician Yao said, looking up at my face. "Tell me what you want!" The queen urged, "If you go back to your mother, I still need a drop of blood from the two highnesses to do a test to confirm the diagnosis." Physician An agreed. "As long as it can keep them safe, what is a mere drop of blood?" "The Queen frowned. Seeing that the Queen did not object, Imperial Physician Yao hurriedly filled a silver bowl with An Taiyi with a bowl of warm water. The Empress grabbed the left hands of You Er and Qing Er, and Imperial Physician An used a thin silver needle I pricked their middle fingers and squeezed a drop of blood into the bowl. As soon as the blood entered the water, there was a soft "beep" sound, and a few wisps of white smoke rose up, blown by the wind, and quickly disappeared. Seeing this, Imperial Physician Yao and Imperial Physician An's expressions darkened, they looked at each other, and shook their heads secretly. The queen was not alert, and was about to ask questions, when Imperial Physician An, as if unwilling to give up, put the blood-stained silver needle together On a burning red candle, the originally bright yellow flame turned into a strange light blue. "Empress Empress, Your Highnesses are... poisoned! Doctor Yao looked pale. "What are you talking about?" "A roar came from the gate of the palace, and everyone looked back. It turned out that Eunuch Xi led the emperor to come, and there were a bunch of eunuchs and maids behind him." Say it again? "The emperor was sinking like water, strode in, and grabbed Imperial Doctor Yao's lapel." Back, back to the emperor, the two highnesses have been poisoned! " "Children of the Palace!" "The queen seemed to be poured cold water, her hands and feet were cold, and she screamed after a long while, then fell down and passed out, "Queen! "Queen!" "A few exclamations were vaguely heard...

Empress!Empress!My baby is so cold, hug me! In the dark, You'er and Qing'er squeezed beside the queen, stretching out their small hands like lotus root joints to be hugged by the queen, and the queen sat on my lap with her arms around them, "Why are your hands so cold?"Come, my mother will warm you up! "The queen carefully put their cold hands in the front of the skirt. "Mother, so sad!"The baby hurts so much! "Qing'er suddenly twisted her small body desperately, opened her mouth wide and exhaled "hehe", "Qing'er, what's wrong with you?"Don't scare the queen, the queen hugged him tightly, and Yu'er next to him also screamed, the expressions of the two became more and more painful, they broke free from the queen's arms and rolled on the ground, with a cry of misery, and gradually stopped struggling, Paralyzed there... "You'er, Qing'er." The queen yelled and sat up. "Empress, are you alright?" A deep and hoarse voice beside the bed startled me, and I looked back, wasn't it the emperor?Thinking of the nightmare just now, she became alert, grabbed his gold and embroidered dragon skirt, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, Yu'er, Qing'er...how are they?" Rescue them with all your strength, they will be fine!" The emperor turned his head away, not daring to look at the queen, and the queen didn't ask any more questions, just bit her lip and lowered her head deeply, "I want to accompany them!" Said Going to get out of bed. "Queen, the imperial doctor said that you are over-stimulated and need to rest more." The emperor took my hand, "Your Majesty, what can make them feel more at ease than a mother by their side? Don't stop me, I want Go, definitely go." I took a deep breath. "Queen, don't be willful, trust me, they will be fine." His eyes were full of unconcealable pain and endless anger.All kinds of things turned into a piece of ice and cast on my body, it was cold. "It's all right?" The extreme grief overwhelmed my reason, and I laughed a few times, "If the palace is safe, why are they lying in bed unconscious today when they were fine yesterday? Is life better than death?" "Queen, I don't want to do this either!" The emperor stood up, put his hands on the rosewood round table, and shook his shoulder carrying me. "I'm sorry!" I murmured looking at his back, but I didn't back down in the slightest, "Your Majesty, just let me be self-willed for once." After speaking, I didn't look at him again, turned and walked out. "Master, let this servant help you." Seeing me coming out, Bi'er supported me and walked towards the south courtyard as it was already dark.

The south courtyard was in a state of turmoil. The kneeling eunuchs and court ladies had been cleared out long ago, and even the mothers and maids were gone. Only a few loyal, reliable and dexterous waiters were left behind. There was a lot of hustle and bustle by the bedside.I didn't go forward to disturb them, but just sat silently on the thousand-petal pomegranate mahogany chair brought by the servant, but fixed my eyes on the two villains, and there was a bitter medicinal fragrance lingering in the hall.The silent hall was terribly silent, a gust of wind passed by, and the purple gold copper bell hanging from the corner of the eaves rang ethereally, and my heart seemed to have drifted far away.I don't know how long it took before Imperial Physician An knelt down in front of me, "Empress Empress, I'm waiting for you to use the Great Returning Pill made by the Ouchi, although it can temporarily kill the lives of the two Highnesses, but it can't detoxify." A thick red candle illuminated the room brightly, and the candle oil slid down the bronze frame, and solidified again before it got too far, layer upon layer, bright red, with a ferocious posture, which made the candle's tears quite shocking to watch.I pointed at him, my fingers trembled slightly, and I opened my mouth, but the voice was calm and not my own, "Tell me, what kind of poison did they suffer from?" Doctor An quickly glanced at me, lowered his head, and said respectfully: "The minister once I have seen the records of this kind of poison in the "poison medicine book" written by the medical sage. It is called Zilu wind jaundice. Attacks occur at two hours of "Zi" and "Noon" every day. Those who suffer from it are unbearable, but they will not die immediately. They often freeze their blood vessels and die after being tortured for a month. This drug is too poisonous, so— —That’s why a lot of people committed suicide.” “Listen, if you can’t save my emperor’s son, all of you from the ten gates, please go and accompany them.” The emperor walked in at some point, He stretched out his hand to hold the Queen's trembling hand, and his tone was gentle, but deep in his pupils, there was a trace of anger mixed with bone-chilling coldness.All the imperial physicians trembled in their hearts, and quickly passed through their minds, "The wrath of the emperor, lay down millions of corpses, and bleed for thousands of miles." ’ Just when everyone was panicking, Imperial Physician Fang, who had been promoted to imperial physician, walked forward on his knees, and said respectfully: “Your Majesty, Empress, what Mr. An said just now is true. I have seen it in Medicine Book, because this medicine is really poisonous, so since the ghost doctor was besieged and died by decent people, I have never seen this kind of poison again, so most doctors think it has been lost. Unexpectedly ...However, this poison is not without medicine, according to medical records, as long as you can get Tianyuan Soul Gathering Pill and Tianxin Stone, you can bring the dead back to life." "Oh? Tianyuan Soul Gathering Pill and Tianxin Stone, can you find a way?" I Hearing that there is a cure, he was slightly relieved.Imperial Physician Yao stroked the gray beard under his jaw and shook his head, "Although there is a cure, the cure is rare. This Tianyuan Soul Gathering Pill was made by the ghost doctor Zhang Ziqiao who spent 50 years refining it with more than a hundred kinds of strange herbs and a thousand-year-old snow lotus and a thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum. The elixir used to bring the dead back to life. But since Zhang Ziqiao died, his secret medicine has disappeared. Some say it was destroyed during the siege, while others say it was taken away by his apprentice Xie San. There are different opinions. And that day heart stone is a rare gemstone produced in the Xingxiu Sea of ​​Kunlun Mountains. The power of the whole country can't find this antidote!" The emperor snorted. "Is there no clue at all?" The queen was extremely anxious, and finally had a glimmer of hope, but it was shattered so quickly.Chen Sanfu, the old imperial physician who had been silent all this time, thought for a while, and said cautiously, "When I was young, I traveled to the southwest area. At the foot of Qingcheng Mountain, I heard from the local people that there was a gentleman who lived in seclusion on the mountain. He claimed to be the descendant of a ghost doctor. , can live the dead, flesh and bones. It's just that his whereabouts are elusive, and his personality is weird. Every time he promises to heal a person, he must take the most precious thing from the seeker as the price. The old minister searched hard in the mountains for more than three months, but he never saw Xie San. I thought it was a rumor made by the villagers, so I didn't continue it, and now that I think about it, I can't tell the truth from the fake." "If you have a clue, don't let it go!" I turned to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, we have to try it. Give it a try." "Yes!" The emperor stretched out his hand and hugged me lightly, "I'll send someone there right away." After speaking, he thought for a while, then took off the Nine Dragon token on his belt, and summoned Eunuch Xi, "You take this token I will go to Xin Wang Mansion with the card, tell the emperor about the situation of the two emperors, and then pass on my oral order, so that he will take the token and go to the Shangsi courtyard of the House of Internal Affairs to pick a few good horses from the Great Court, and immediately set off to Qingcheng Mountain to find the miracle doctor Xie San. There must be no mistake." "Your Majesty!" Hearing that Ziyan was sent there, a soft spot in my heart ached, if he knew about the situation here, what would happen?With his love for You'er and Qing'er, he must be burned like me, right? "Don't worry, the great garden horse is a hard-earned horse that is a tribute. It travels thousands of miles a day. Ziyan has always done things properly. I can only rest assured when I send him." The emperor comforted me by patting me on the back. "What about the heart stone that day?" I raised my head and asked, the emperor glanced at the doctors, "Physician Fang, you also go to the Shangsi Hospital to choose a few horses, and you will take people to look for them near Kunlun Mountain." "I respect the decree!" Imperial Physician Fang kowtowed. "If you can't find it, you don't have to come back to see me." The emperor said coldly.

Kangning Palace, after listening to Aunt Xunfang's report, the Queen Mother said, "In this way, the two grandsons of the Ai family are probably in danger." Even such a young child can bear the heart..." Aunt Qinfang couldn't help but sigh when she thought of the scene when she was ordered by the Queen Mother to visit the two young highnesses.The queen mother sighed softly: "Do you still remember that when Ai's family first entered the palace to serve the prince, they overheard a conversation between Emperor Xiancheng and Concubine Xianhuagui in the palace?" Aunt Qinfang thought for a while, Said: "Your maidservant remembers." "At that time, Empress Jingmu had passed away, and the concubine Huagui was dominating the Sixth Palace. Emperor Cheng wanted to appoint another concubine Huagui as his queen. Do you still remember what the concubine Huagui said?" Aunt Qinfang He replied: "Of course I remember, you said at the time that you can say this, but you are really a person with exquisite thoughts. Emperor Cheng wants to make Huagui the concubine as the queen, but Huagui concubine said: "The emperor wants to buy concubines." The charcoal fire?'" The queen mother smiled slightly: "The women in the palace are scheming in every possible way. How could they know that in this harem, being surrounded by three thousand pampers is actually like roasting on the blazing fire. The higher it is, the more people will be jealous, which will naturally lead to disaster. If the emperor blindly favors one person, others will naturally be unable to resist, so there are also a lot of children who died in the harem." "Empress Dowager, do you want Check..." Aunt Qin Fang lowered her head and asked, the queen mother shook her head, "No need, although Ai's family also loves the two emperors and grandchildren, but since sooner or later they will tear themselves apart with their queen mother, let nature take its course. "She stared at the golden thread mixed with the brocade on the palace dress embroidered with pine and crane by Baolan Fushou, the brilliant golden light, and slowly stretched out her hand to smooth the tassels on the front of the lapel.

After You'er and Qing'er were poisoned that day, the emperor ordered all the maids and nuns who served the prince to be detained in Xing Shensi, and he also dispatched heavy troops to guard the South Hospital. Except for the imperial physician, no one was allowed to enter or leave without imperial decree.Because I felt sorry for my son, I simply exempted the harem from morning and night, and temporarily moved to the South Courtyard of Nangong to take care of him day and night, and I even brought a group of confidantes who served me here.Watching the imperial doctor hang his life with medicine every day, although he can't help him, he doesn't want to go anywhere, he just wants to watch over his son quietly, and doesn't care about interrogating the people in custody for a while, just order Chang Shan to take care of him and not let him go. When outsiders came into contact with them, the imperial physicians exhausted the precious medicinal materials from the imperial pharmacy, and managed to keep Youer and Qinger alive, but they suffered unbearable pain and struggled when they had seizures every day and noon. ...the father...the child...the child is going to die." I don't remember how many times I cried my heart out for them. Besides reviewing the memorials in the imperial study, the emperor spent most of the time with me guarding them and watching his son. After being tortured, the clank and iron bones could not help crying.

(End of this chapter)

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