"Uncle Xu, I'm really going to trouble you this time."
In the hospital, Gu Dan carefully squeezed Xu Zhian's shoulders and said with a smile.
"Get started!"
Xu Zhian tried to shake off Gu Danxian's attentive hand, but he was getting a little older after all, so he still couldn't shake it off.
"Do me a favor, just this once!" Gu Dan refused to let go.
"Heh, do me a favor? Find out about the emperor... You really dare to think about it!" Xu Zhian was furious. He rolled up his sleeves and wanted to punish him.
"I'm not asking for news about the emperor, but I just want to know how my friend is doing... Don't get me wrong, he is the grandson of the Dragon Son, and he won't die no matter what, right?" Gu Dan said tentatively.
Tiger poison does not eat its children. When the prince rebelled, Emperor Zongming only demoted the former prince to a commoner and exiled him thousands of miles away.
If nothing unexpected happens, Gong Shang's life should be worry-free.
But not seeing it with your own eyes makes you uneasy.
After all, Gong Shang didn't even say a word before he passed by, so it's hard to guarantee that he didn't have a death wish.
However, he has never managed the relationship in the palace, so it can be said that he is completely blank in this aspect.
Although this reduced a lot of unreasonable troubles and worries, it also resulted in him not knowing much about the above, so he could only focus on Uncle Xu, who was the closest to him in Taiyuan Hospital.
"The grandson of the emperor? How important do you think the child of the prince who was thrown to the border is?" Xu Zhian snorted coldly. After so many years of stability, this brat has no time to start looking for trouble, right?
"After all, if you are a friend, it would be reassuring to at least have some news, right?"
Gu Gu smiled apologetically and said good things and bad things.
After a long while, Xu Zhi'an finally couldn't stand Gu Dan's insistence, and said with a dark face: "It's just this once, it won't be the same next time!"
"Yes, yes! Thank you Uncle Xu!" Gu Dan nodded repeatedly in assurance.
Walking back and forth in the Imperial Hospital, Gu Dan rarely looked a little impatient.
After finally waiting for Xu Zhian to come back, Gu Dan hurriedly greeted him and asked, "How is it?"
Xu Zhian, who was about to scold him, saw the worried look on Gu Dan's face, and finally sighed and said: "According to what Mr. Fang next to the emperor said, the emperor was furious and beat the man into the ground. Heavenly Prison.”
Heavenly prison!
It is different from a prison where ordinary people are imprisoned, or a dungeon where martial arts masters are imprisoned.
The Tianlao itself is more like a place where the emperor shows his personal majesty, representing intolerable offenses and the ultimate punishment.
In ordinary prisons and dungeons, it is not a problem to enter and exit at will by virtue of his status as a royal doctor, and many jailers even welcome him.
But Tianlao is different. That place is guarded by the imperial army. It is second only to the imperial palace in its tight defense. It is made of real copper and iron walls.
Go in there and you'll have to peel off your skin even if you don't die!
Only the Tianlao has the right to summon imperial doctors to diagnose and treat prisoners - but the so-called diagnosis and treatment is for the more severe torture later.
Without the emperor's approval, ordinary people would not even have the chance to step into the heavenly prison, and even wanting to visit would be a dream.
"Thank you Uncle Xu..."
Gu Dan nodded and silently walked out of the Taiyuan Hospital, looking in the direction of Tianlao.
After thinking for a moment, he walked towards Prince Yu's Mansion without stopping.
"Brother Gu?"
Following the servant's announcement, Lin Xiaoyi soon came to him with seemingly slow but fast steps. Noticing Gu Dan's serious expression, she asked, "But do you need help with anything?"
"I want to trouble you with something."
Gu Dan looked at Lin Xiaoyi and said very sincerely: "I want to go to Tianlao to meet someone."
There had actually been a gap between the two for more than ten years, and they only met again when Princess Ying was seriously ill some time ago.
It wasn't long before he came to Lin Xiaoyi for help again, which was indeed a bit inappropriate.
However, when things were urgent, Gu Dan really couldn't care about that much.
If Lin Xiaoyi is willing to help, he will be grateful. If not, the worst case scenario is that he will find a folk remedy after returning home and cure Princess Ying.
With this kindness, it is always not a problem to visit Tianlao.
Everything should be prepared with both hands. He never thought that Lin Xiaoyi would have to agree. It wouldn't hurt to give it a try.
"Heavenly prison?"
Lin Xiaoyi's beauty wrinkled slightly. This place was too sensitive, especially as Prince Yu's identity was currently too special. Even if he knew it tacitly, some places were still inconvenient to touch in advance while the position of the prince was still undecided.
"If it's inconvenient, forget it."
Seeing Lin Xiaoyi's troubled expression, Gu Dan did not force himself, and prepared to go back and just sent the whole body-building decoction to Princess Ying.
If this road doesn't work, then find another one. It's impossible to just wait for the news that Gong Shangguo died in Tianlao to come out, right?
"Who does Brother Gu want to see? Prisoners in the sky prison...can only come out with the emperor's consent."
Lin Xiaoyi trimmed her eyebrows and spread them out, as if the clouds were clearing, and said softly: "But if we just meet once, there will be no problem."
"Really? That's great!"
Gu Dan thanked him and said his name, "I want to see Gong Shangguo."
Lin Xiaoyi's smile froze on her face, and she glanced at Gu Dan faintly.
You really dare to say that...
That's the second prince's child. How dare you come to Prince Yu's house to ask for my help?
"I'll discuss it with King Yu first."
Leaving Gu Dan with a delicate look on the back of her head, Lin Xiaoyi agreed.
About two-quarters of an hour passed before Lin Xiaoyi returned and handed him a token.
"With this thing, you can go to Tianlao to visit." Lin Xiaoyi said.
"Thank you!"
After taking the token, Gu Dan solemnly thanked him.
One more thing is worse than one less thing. Lin Xiaoyi is willing to help, which saves a lot of extra trouble.
As for this favor, just ignore Princess Ying's matter and repay it.
Even if she helps him, she also helps Lin Xiaoyi.
"Brother Gu..."
Seeing Gu Dan hurriedly trying to leave, Lin Xiaoyi hesitated to speak.
"how?"
Gu Dan, who was leaving in a hurry, stopped and turned to look.
"It's not very peaceful recently, so don't move around." Lin Xiaoyi warned softly.
Gu Dan was stunned for a moment, and then realized that what Lin Xiaoyi was talking about should be about Yuzhou, but it was just inconvenient to say it clearly.
"I understand, you should also take care of yourself." After waving his hand, Gu Dan walked away quickly without any regrets.
...
Heavenly prison.
After passing the inspection with the token from Prince Yu's Mansion in hand, Gu Dan entered this hell on earth that had never been changed in the past dynasties.
The ground is almost black in color, it is mud stained by blood and dried, which cannot be washed away. It is also accompanied by a disgusting and disgusting smell, which challenges a person's nerves all the time.
Without squinting his eyes, Gu Dan followed the footsteps of the jailer in front and came to a cage made of fine iron.
In the cage, a person lay quietly on his back, his face pale, his breath weak, and his eyes dull.
The young master has passed.
