Humans in All Heavens: Starting with Detective Dee

Before King Yue raised his army, he buried a treasure in Huzhou.

This is the treasure map.

"Oh? I see." Princess Taiping's eyes lit up when she heard it was a treasure map.

"It just so happens that the national treasury was greatly depleted when the Mingtang and Tiantang were built earlier."

I think we should deposit this money into the national treasury first.

Wu Zetian remained expressionless and put away the map in her hand: "Find a time to have someone dig up the treasure."

After saying that, he looked at Princess Taiping and asked, "How come you have time to come over?"

"Your son is worried about Mother's health."

Hasn't Mother been plagued by nightmares lately?

What happened the night before last was even worse; fortunately, Elder Di intervened in time.

Your son was worried that you were having nightmares again, so he came to the palace to check on you.

Princess Taiping looked concerned.

Seemingly touched by this concern, Wu Zetian, who was usually so strong, showed a rare tenderness on her face: "Do you have such thoughts?"

Come, sit here with your mother.

Holding Princess Taiping's small hand, the two walked to the bedside and sat down.

"Fortunately, Di Chun was here. Last night before I went to bed, he prescribed me a new calming soup formula."

This prescription really worked.

"I slept soundly from last night until noon, which is the best sleep I've had in a while." Wu Zetian looked at Di Chun with satisfaction.

"Oh? I didn't expect Lord Di to be so skilled in medicine?" Princess Taiping's mouth opened slightly, seemingly a little surprised.

"He has inherited Di Huaiying's medical skills and has already mastered about 80% of Di Huaiying's level."

"I see. That's wonderful, Mother now has Lord Di's calming soup."

I suppose I can finally get some rest now.

There's no need to worry about being plagued by nightmares.

"Not bad, not bad."

……

Princess Taiping was overjoyed, but her mind was racing as she tried to figure out how to get Di Chun out of the palace.

The plan has now reached a critical juncture.

But then a freak appeared out of nowhere and ruined her plans. She didn't know if Di Chun had discovered that the calming soup contained hallucinogenic drugs.

Suddenly remembering something, she feigned hesitation. Seeing this, Wu Zetian immediately asked, "What's wrong? Taiping?"

"Mother, it's certainly a good thing that Lord Di was able to let you sleep peacefully."

However, as you know, it is not appropriate for men to enter this palace.

Your decision to keep Lord Di in the palace may have some impact on your reputation and his.

Lord Di was a man close to Di Guolao.

Now that he has made new contributions, his future is limitless.

If one's reputation is damaged.

This also had a significant impact on his future development.

Anyway, I think you can sleep peacefully now.

Why not let him leave the palace? As for the calming soup, we can just have Lord Di leave the recipe.

Normally, you can have the palace eunuchs prepare it for you.

Wu Zetian nodded: "You're right, I overlooked that point."

Di Chun, a young man in his early twenties, was suddenly kept in the palace.

It is indeed easy to attract criticism from others.

Even if it really is just about treating an illness, and nothing else.

But for this to work, others have to believe it.

Wu Zetian has a criminal record.

In order to favor Xue Huaiyi, they specially made him shave his head and become a monk.

Although monks are men, they can freely enter and leave the palace.

And unlike other men, he is not prone to controversy.

In this situation, people will only say that Wu Zetian didn't even bother to cover it up anymore, and actually let a young man live in the palace.

What followed was a barrage of impeachments against Di Chun by the censors.

"It was my oversight."

Wu Zetian looked at Di Chun: "Di Chun, I think you should leave the palace for now and leave the prescription behind."

"I will have other eunuchs prepare it for me later."

Di Chun didn't care.

He could guess Princess Taiping's thoughts at a glance.

It's not that I'm worried about his reputation at all.

It's simply a matter of getting rid of it.

She was just worried about ruining his plans.

Thinking of this, Di Chun smiled slightly: "Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty."

"In that case, I will leave the prescription here and take my leave."

"Yes, go ahead." Wu Zetian waved her hand, and a palace attendant naturally brought paper and pen.

After Di Chun finished writing the prescription, he returned to the palace where he had stayed before. After tidying up, he got up and headed out of the palace.

Just as Di Chun stepped out of the palace, he heard a voice behind him at the Elephant Gate of Shangyang Palace.

"Lord Di, please wait."

"Hmm?" He turned around and saw a magnificent four-person sedan chair coming towards him from behind.

The one who spoke was a guard in front of the sedan chair.

When the sedan chair arrived, Di Chun asked in surprise, "May I ask which distinguished guest this is?"

A female official standing next to the sedan chair immediately stepped forward and lifted the curtain, revealing Princess Taiping to him.

"So it's Princess."

"Lord Di, your calming soup has freed His Majesty from nightmares, and we, as his children..."

I am also very happy.

However, I am still somewhat worried about Your Majesty's health, and therefore I would like to ask you about it.

So someone called you back.

"Please forgive me," Princess Taiping said with a smile.

"Your Highness, you are too kind. As children, it is only natural to care about our parents' health."

Your Majesty has such a filial daughter as the princess.

"I'm sure they'll be happy." Di Chun feigned compliance.

"Yes, I'm glad you understand, Lord Di."

"You all go and wait over there. I need to ask Lord Di some questions." Princess Taiping turned her head and gave the order to the people around her.

"Yes, Your Highness." Immediately, the sedan bearers, the guards protecting the princess, and the female officials accompanying her all moved away from the sedan.

After everyone had gone some distance, Princess Taiping immediately looked at Di Chun: "Lord Di, I wonder how my mother's health is?"

"His Majesty is in good health, but he was recently troubled by nightmares, which has weakened his spirits a bit."

"Now that I can sleep peacefully, I can naturally return to normal," Di Chun said truthfully.

In fact, Princess Taiping suddenly stopped Di Chun because she was worried that he would find out that she had someone put hallucinogenic drugs in the previous calming soup.

So he decided to test the waters.

As it turned out, Di Chun kept his mouth shut.

It turned out to be just empty talk.

These words are clearly similar to the clichés used in official circles.

This was because the emperor's health condition was also a closely guarded secret.

Especially under the current circumstances, if anything happens to the emperor, the Crown Prince and the Prince of Liang will inevitably be at loggerheads.

Therefore, the emperor's health was related to the stability of the country.

She originally intended to test the waters by saying that children are concerned about their parents' health.

He had hoped to lower Di Chun's guard, but the man turned out to be surprisingly wary.

After thinking for a moment, Princess Taiping continued, "To be honest, Lord Di, I have always had doubts about His Majesty's previous health condition."

Why am I having nightmares all of a sudden?

This didn't happen when we were in Chang'an?"