The old concubine loosened her hand little by little, and after the all-or-nothing momentum suddenly dissipated, her breath surged up from the suppressed impact of illness and death in her body.
She coughed heartbreakingly, and the turbidity in her eyes became more and more intense, as if a breath was stuck in her throat and her face was bruised, and her breathing was like the heavy breathing of an old bellows.
Seeing that the situation was wrong, Ayane quickly pulled Princess Cheng's wrist away from her. She turned around and supported the old concubine on the pillow with one hand. She suddenly turned her head and coughed up blood again.
"Mother concubine!"
"grandmother!"
Both Princess Cheng and Xie Yin were frightened by the scene before them.
Xie Yin hurriedly shouted out: "Doctor, come in quickly!!"
The two doctors who were talking to King Cheng outside quickly ran in. Seeing that the old concubine was coughing up blood again, the old doctor from the Imperial Medical Department quickly stepped forward and said urgently: "Why are you coughing up blood again?" Okay, didn’t it stop just now?”
He stretched out his hand to untie the old concubine's lapel a little, and put his hand on the side of her neck where she was panting rapidly. He felt her pulse disappear, and his expression suddenly changed.
"Quickly, come here with my silver needle. You go and bring over the hanging ginseng soup."
The doctor from Prince Cheng's Mansion hurriedly went out after responding. The servant on the side took a silver needle and handed it to the old doctor. He took the silver needle and stabbed it directly on the side of the old lady's neck, and then asked the servant in the house to get up. In front of her, after laying the old concubine flat on the bed, she quickly placed two more needles.
When the doctor who had gone out hurried in, he handed the medicine bowl in his hand to the doctor. The doctor wanted to give the medicine to the old concubine, but the old concubine clenched her teeth and she was already semi-conscious. , tried several times without success.
Seeing that she could no longer feed her with the life-threatening ginseng soup, the old concubine's face turned gray.
Princess Cheng stepped forward quickly: "I'll do it!"
She walked closer and pinched the old concubine's chin, put her fingers against her mouth, and with a strong movement, her knuckles were pushed in first. The old concubine's words were stuck on her fingers and the pressure was painful.
Princess Cheng just frowned, then reached for the medicine bowl and poured it into her mouth.
When the ginseng soup entered her mouth, she swallowed subconsciously. After barely drinking half the bowl, the imperial doctor hurriedly said: "Okay, okay."
Princess Cheng pulled her hand away, and there was already blood on her knuckles.
"Princess!" Ayane stepped forward quickly.
Princess Cheng put the bowl aside and watched the old doctor helping the unconscious old concubine lie down, then she covered her fingers with a handkerchief and said, "How is she, concubine?"
The old doctor looked at the blood oozing from Princess Cheng's fingers with a somewhat complicated expression. The previous incident in Prince Cheng's Mansion had already spread throughout the capital, and everyone knew that Prince Cheng "colluded" with the Song Dynasty Duke's Mansion to deceive Princess Cheng.
Everyone knew that King Cheng was at fault, and His Majesty also issued an order to punish him, but not many people outside scolded King Cheng.
Everyone felt that although King Cheng acted like this, it was against benevolence and righteousness, but it was not incomprehensible. The marriage between the Song and Lu families was related to the queen, and the misfortune of the Duke of Song would also affect the palace. Although King Cheng's deception was wrong, it was excusable. On the contrary, Princess Cheng blamed her husband's family and "abandoned her husband and son" for a niece. She could not distinguish the importance and was too cold-hearted.
The old doctor had also heard the rumors about Princess Cheng from outside, but now he looked at Princess Cheng's bloody fingers and glanced at Prince Cheng and the Crown Prince who, although their expressions were anxious, were just standing aside in pure anxiety without making any movement. He Suddenly I felt that the rumors were not credible.
The old doctor was silent for a moment and then said in a low voice: "The concubine is extremely ill and has no power to recover. If we can invite the wonderful doctor Qin Madam to come over and give her acupuncture, she may be able to extend her life by a few days. "
"I'll ask someone to invite you!" Princess Cheng turned to look at Ayane.
Unexpectedly, Lingyin shook her head: "Princess, the Empress Dowager in the palace had an emergency last night. Madam Qin went into the palace before dawn and cannot come out for the time being."
The Empress Dowager has not been well for a while, and this emergency was particularly serious. Even the governor went to the palace early in the morning. He would never let Mrs. Qin abandon the Empress Dowager to treat the concubine of Prince Cheng's Palace.
Xie Yin said anxiously: "My grandmother is already like this. Can't we just ask her to come out of the palace to get a few injections and then send her back to the palace? It's not like the Empress Dowager is leaving immediately..."
"Shut up!"
Princess Cheng turned her head and shouted in a low voice: "The Empress Dowager is the one you can say whatever you want?!"
Don't want to die? !
Seeing that the old doctor had a strange look on his face, King Cheng came to his senses and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Doctor Sun, don't listen to his nonsense. Quanzi is worried about the safety of your elders. He definitely did not mean to offend the Queen Mother. She is the golden queen." It’s important to her, but it’s just my mother-in-law’s place..."
He was a little choked when he spoke: "Please ask Imperial Physician Sun to do his best."
Imperial Physician Sun looked at Prince Cheng, who was full of relatives, and pretended not to hear what Prince Xie just said. He sighed softly and said, "I will try my best. If the Imperial Concubine can wake up before now, After tonight, there may be another chance to invite Madam Qin to come over tomorrow, otherwise..."
He shook his head. Even though he didn't say anything, everyone in the room understood what he meant.
Whether the old concubine can survive it all depends on tonight.
Princess Cheng looked a little bad, and Prince Cheng and his son beside her also had red eyes.
Princess Cheng glanced at the old concubine on the bed and whispered: "I'm sorry to trouble you, Doctor Sun. Please do your best."
When she came out of the house, Princess Cheng stopped Xie Yin: "Have I ever told you that you must think twice before you act or speak? Do you know that if what you just said spread out, people will think that you are against the Emperor?" If the Queen Mother is dissatisfied and disrespects the royal family elders, will you ruin everything in the future?"
Who is the Queen Mother?
That is the most noble elder in the royal family today. No matter how Emperor An treats her in private, at least in the eyes of outsiders, the lives of everyone in Prince Cheng's residence are not even remotely comparable to those of the Empress Dowager.
Xie Yin was already dissatisfied with being reprimanded in public just now, but now he heard Princess Cheng's lecture-filled words and his eyes suddenly turned red.
"Concubine, do you still care about whether I will be destroyed in the future? You only have Song Tangning in your heart. For her, you will even abandon me and my father. Do you know what people outside say about me? Do you know what those people say about the palace? ?!”
"Xie Yin..."
"enough!"
Xie Yin has always been a young man at heart, and even though he has been down and out during this period, he has not changed at all. He has always suppressed his dissatisfaction, but now it suddenly bursts out and he can no longer suppress it.
"Ever since the incident in Qishan Mountain, you have been blaming me. I know it was my fault that I ignored Song Tangning and made her almost fall to death, but isn't she right?"
"She made a big fuss after she returned to the capital and brought the palace to this point. If it weren't for her father, he wouldn't have lied to you for the sake of Zhou Quan. But in your eyes, neither I nor my father can compare to Song Tangning. You are just an ordinary person. If you could think about me like that, you wouldn't have followed her to Jiuyun Lane, and you wouldn't have watched me being laughed at and scolded, or watched Prince Cheng's Mansion plummet!"
"Grandma has been sick since you left. I sent you a message a long time ago asking you to come back and see grandma, but you ignored her. Now that grandma is about to die, you are coming back. Are you satisfied..."
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Princess Cheng never expected that Xie Yin would look at her like this. In anger, she raised her hand and slapped Xie Yin on the face, making him turn his head away.
When Xie Yin covered his face and looked up again, his eyes were red: "Sometimes I really doubt whether I am your biological son..."
