Compared to the excitement outside, the atmosphere in Fengxi Palace was extremely dull.
The fright that night made Empress Lu really sick. Even though several days had passed, the illness still lingered on her face. Everyone in Fengxi Palace walked as lightly as possible, even Jin Zhi and Deshun They all dared not express their anger.
The fourth prince's face was mottled with wounds, and he roared angrily: "What did you say? Say it again?!"
Imperial Physician Sun had a grimace on his face: "His Royal Highness injured his back when he fell off the horse. I have tried my best to treat it, but the injury cannot be saved. I am afraid that Your Highness will suffer from high and low feet in the future..."
"boom!"
The fourth prince grabbed the thing at hand and threw it at Imperial Physician Sun. He sat on the bed and stared at him: "You lied to me. How could I be lame? You lied to me!"
Imperial Physician Sun quickly moved away with quick eyes and hands, looking at the fourth prince who was going crazy, with a look of horror on his face.
Empress Lu hurriedly asked Deshun to hold down the fourth prince, and turned to look at Imperial Physician Sun: "The fourth prince just suffered some scratches when he fell off his horse. When Imperial Physician He came over for treatment two days ago, he said he was fine. How could it suddenly become so serious now? ?”
Dr. Sun hesitated to speak, but when he saw the Queen's stern expression, he lowered his voice: "Your Highness should have injured his waist when he fell off the horse, otherwise he would have been unable to walk in the past few days, but no medicine has been used on the injured area on his waist. , and it takes a few days to recover from normal trauma, and the wound should have scabbed long ago, but His Highness’s face..."
He hesitated for a moment and looked at the pus and blood oozing out from the wounds on the Fourth Prince's face because he was too excited to tear them apart. He quickly lowered his head and said, "The wounds on Your Highness's face have pus. This should not be the case with ordinary scratches. Maybe Dr. He uses different medicines, why don’t you ask Dr. He to come and ask?”
Empress Lu suddenly looked at Deshun, who turned pale: "Mr. He has not been on duty for the past two days. I went to ask the people of the He family and said that Dr. He's old mother was seriously ill and she went back to her hometown to visit relatives. .”
"I couldn't find Dr. He, so I invited Dr. Sun to come over."
The queen and the fourth prince heard what they didn't understand.
"He Wengran, he harmed me, he actually dared to harm me, I'm going to kill him, kill him!!!" The fourth prince roared with ferocious eyes.
Seeing more blood oozing out from his face, Imperial Physician Sun hurriedly said: "Quickly, hold His Highness down and don't let him move, otherwise it will involve the injury on his waist. If it gets worse, he may be injured all the way back." I can’t even leave.”
The queen was shocked when she heard this, and quickly asked Deshun and Jin Zhi to come forward and suppress the fourth prince. However, the fourth prince was too angry and could not listen to other words. She saw him struggling harder and harder, with the wound on his face cracking and the pus The blood almost stained the white gauze on his face red.
"Knock him out!" Queen Lu said sternly.
Deshun quickly took action and slapped the fourth prince on the back of his neck. The struggling man calmed down.
Helping the fourth prince to lie down, Empress Lu felt extremely heartbroken when she looked at the miserable emperor. She turned her head and said solemnly: "Mr. Sun, is it true that the fourth prince cannot be saved? If you can help me heal the fourth prince, what do you think?" I can grant you whatever you want."
Imperial Physician Sun knelt on the ground with a bitter look on his face: "Empress, it's not that Wei Chen can't be cured, it's that Wei Chen really can't be cured. If on the third or fourth day in the morning, His Highness will call Wei Chen over immediately after he falls off the horse, Wei Chen still has five or five. 60% sure, but first..."
Facing the empress' face that could barely conceal her anger, Imperial Physician Sun lowered his head and said, "I'm not good at medical skills. Why don't you ask other people in the Imperial Medical Office, or look for some holy hands to treat bone injuries outside?" It can restore His Highness to his original state."
When Queen Lu heard this, her expression became even worse.
In the Imperial Medical Office, Imperial Physician Sun is already a person with extremely high medical skills. Otherwise, she would not be able to sit in the position of Vice-President. If she were to find another imperial physician, let alone whether he could be better than Imperial Physician Sun, wouldn't it mean that the emperor's son was deposed? Everyone knows the news of the commotion. As for finding those doctors outside, even if they try to find them, they won't be able to find them in a short while. Will it drag on the fourth prince's legs until they are completely disabled?
Empress Lu pinched her palms tightly: "I believe in the medical skills of Imperial Physician Sun, and I also ask Imperial Physician Sun to do his best to treat the fourth prince."
"But Your Highness..." Dr. Sun moved his lips and said cautiously: "Your Highness's legs will have hidden diseases, and scars will probably appear after the abscesses appear on his face..."
A prince was lame and disfigured.
What this means, no one present has any idea.
Empress Lu's face was extremely pale, but in contrast to her eyes were dark and penetrating eyes: "I'm sorry to trouble you, Imperial Doctor Sun, but I don't want others to know about the fourth prince's injury."
"Empress..."
Dr. Sun wanted to say that this matter could not be kept secret for long, but Empress Lu's eyes were filled with gloom, fearing that her life would be in jeopardy if she spoke any more. She swallowed the words when they reached her lips and lowered her head: "Wei Chen understands that Wei Chen will never talk to him. People have mentioned this matter, but not one of the ministers knows about His Highness’s injury. If others learn about it from other sources..."
"Don't worry, as long as you don't speak, I won't blame you even if the news leaks."
Dr. Sun felt relieved after hearing this.
The fourth prince's face was originally just a serious scratch, but after "medication" in the past few days, the wound worsened. The flesh and blood were stained with pus, which almost corroded half of his face. Dr. Sun carefully cleaned the abscess for him, and waited until it was almost over. When the rotten flesh was peeled off to reveal fresh flesh, half of his face was covered in blood.
Seeing that the fourth prince still subconsciously cried out in pain when he fainted, Queen Lu's eyes were red and stained with blood.
After the fourth prince's face was cleaned and the medicine was reapplied, Dr. Sun examined and treated the fourth prince's waist and legs. When he took back the silver needle, it was already more than half an hour later. Dr. Sun was sweating profusely from exhaustion. But he still gave the queen the prescription for future medication.
"This is the prescription that the fourth prince will take next. The empress will ask someone to go to the Imperial Medical Office to pick up the medicine later, and then bring it back and cook it yourself. As for this prescription, Weichen will also make a copy and leave it in the Pulse Case Bureau of the Imperial Medical Office. If you find a better doctor, you can go and look at it at any time."
Empress Lu understood that Dr. Sun was taking the initiative to ask her to test the prescriptions at any time and prepare the medicine herself to prevent villains from taking action. She looked gentler and said, "I'm sorry to trouble you, Dr. Sun."
After the order sent Imperial Physician Sun out, Empress Lu ordered Jin Zhi and Deshun to scrub the fourth prince's body. After changing him into clean clothes, Empress Lu stood up and walked out of the back hall.
"Bring Cheng Ping up."
Deshun responded quickly, and not long after he turned around and went out, there was someone behind him when he came back, holding the bloody Cheng Ping in his hand.
His fingers were pinched with a stick, and his back was beaten with a board. Blood stains fell on the ground red.
After Cheng Ping was thrown to the ground, he kowtowed repeatedly: "Empress, slave... I have not betrayed Your Highness. I have been with Your Highness since I was a child. My life and death, honor and disgrace all depend on Your Highness. I will never dare to do anything like cheating." .”
"It's your fault for not taking good care of the fourth prince, not stopping him from danger in time, and causing the master to be injured!" Empress Lu said coldly.
Cheng Ping's face turned pale, and his heart trembled when he saw the queen's eyes filled with frost.
"The minion stopped him. The minion really stopped His Highness. The minion and the fourth prince at the polo club that day persuaded His Highness not to play. It was the second prince who kept irritating His Highness and mocked His Highness through what happened that day at Hengting Pavilion. Only His Highness would insist on playing in anger."
"I wanted to accompany you and protect you, but the second prince ridiculed His Highness for not being able to do without me as a eunuch. He also said that I, a slave, would not be able to play in the nobleman's game."
The queen lowered her eyes: "What is Hengting Pavilion?"
Cheng Ping whispered: "That day before your Highness went to the Lu family, you made an appointment with Governor Xiao at the Hengting Pavilion. Unexpectedly, you accidentally bumped into the second prince and a few dandies in the capital talking about Your Highness and the Lu family. Those people said that Your Highness Without the support of the Lu family, he is no longer as good as before, and he also said that His Highness is now a lost dog, relying only on the empress to support his face, so how can he still have the nerve to aspire to the throne."
"His Highness was so angry that he had a conflict with the second prince and even took action. It was only later that Governor Xiao arrived and stopped them."
Cheng Ping was seriously injured, and he spoke too hastily and was panting: "Your Majesty asked Your Highness to go investigate the affairs of the Lu family. His Highness was unwilling at first, but then after he came out of Hengting Pavilion, His Highness came to the palace to look for the empress. As a result, There were too many people around the city, so when I changed my way into the palace, I met the second prince, people from the Feng family, and Aunt Bai from the palace..."
He told Empress Lu what happened that day and the identity of Aunt Bai.
Queen Lu asked in a deep voice, "You mean, that Aunt Bai is from the Lu family?"
Cheng Ping whispered: "I don't dare to lie. That day, I and Your Highness saw the second prince and Feng Qiuli together. Afterwards, Aunt Bai went to see them secretly. I followed Your Highness's instructions and captured Aunt Bai. After some tricks, I found out from her mouth that Aunt Bai was not the daughter of a low-ranking official at all, but a chess piece that the Lu family picked from a side branch and raised since childhood. Even the food and drinks in her room were drugged. .”
"Why didn't you tell me about this?!" Queen Lu asked sharply.
Cheng Ping's expression changed and he didn't dare to speak for a while.
"How dare you hesitate, Deshun!"
Seeing the eunuch beside Empress Lu walking towards him, Cheng Ping was suddenly agitated and said hurriedly: "Your Highness forbids servants to tell the empress. The medicines that Aunt Bai gave to your Highness can make men's essence and blood strong, and they can keep their wives strong every day." , but once used too much, it can be very harmful to the body."
Aunt Bai speaks softly and is quite talented. In addition, her body is weak and boneless, and she has a completely different boldness from the day when she sings her charming and wanton voice on the bed.
The fourth prince found it novel and hot, so he stayed in her room for a long time, and couldn't help but have fun with her every time he saw her.
The properties of those medicines are very overbearing, and they can make the Fourth Prince become more powerful when used. However, once the medicine is stopped, the properties of the medicine backfire, and the Fourth Prince's bed affairs are not only not as good as before, but also have some signs of indifference, even if Facing the beautiful women in the house, he actually lost his temperament.
The fourth prince panicked and hurriedly called the doctor to see him. He only said that he had been injured by the ferocious medicine and had become dependent on the medicine. If he could not continue to take the medicine in the future, he might not even be able to touch women. The fourth prince was furious. I almost beat the doctor to death, so how could I let him tell the queen about this?
Empress Lu had already suffered a heavy blow today, but now that she heard that the fourth prince was "dying", she almost fainted.
"Empress!" Jin Zhi quickly supported her.
Queen Lu suppressed the dizziness in her head: "That medicine was given by the Lu family?"
Cheng Ping said: "I don't dare to speak nonsense. Aunt Bai personally confessed that the medicine was given to her by the second master of the Lu family. When he sent her to the house, she also told him to do whatever it takes to preserve the bloodline of His Highness."
"Afterwards, His Highness was afraid of unjustly accusing the Lu family, so he secretly investigated. After Aunt Bai entered the house, she would meet with a man named Feng San every five days and take the medicines from his hands. The servants followed that man After checking, we found out that Fengsan's uncle works as an errand for the Lu family. Although Fengsan has not joined the Lu family, he is indeed doing some errands for the Lu family."
Cheng Ping knew how ruthless Queen Lu was and how much she cared about her son, the Fourth Prince. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.
"Mother, it's not that I didn't protect your highness, it's the Lu family and the second prince who are really vicious."
"The Lu family has clearly had other thoughts for a long time and wants to give up His Highness and the empress. They know that even if there is an heir of the Lu family and the royal family, it will take many years for the child to grow up. Now he has to push someone. I want to protect the Lu family, so I chose the second prince who has no one to rely on."
The other princes all have maternal clans and more or less power behind them. Even if the Lu family's assistants get a big position in the future, the Lu family will not get much feedback. Only the second prince, whose mother is a humble maidservant, There is nothing to rely on behind.
As long as the second prince can ascend the throne, the Lu family will be able to obtain the greatest benefits and maintain the Lu family's status by controlling the power of the court just as they did when they assisted His Majesty.
Queen Lu's body was shaky, almost unsteady, but she still managed to stabilize her mind: "You said that on that day at Hengting Pavilion, where was the Fourth Prince's appointment with Xiao Yan?"
"yes."
"What about entering the palace later, but it was Xiao Yan who brought it up?"
Cheng Ping was stunned for a moment and shook his head: "No, Governor Xiao once said something to sow discord between the empress and the fourth prince. In order to gain her trust, His Highness pretended to believe it and even deliberately showed off his anger towards the empress."
"The servant was going back to the Prince's Mansion after coming out with His Highness. His Highness wanted to discuss the Lu family's affairs with the Empress, so he decided to go to the palace on the spur of the moment. When he got to Fangshi, he also decided to change ways."
"Your Majesty, Governor Xiao has never done anything. It was the Second Prince and the Lu family who wanted to harm His Highness. They joined forces to make a plan. It is not a pity to die for this servant. But Your Highness was framed by a villain. I beg you, Your Majesty, to avenge Your Highness!"
Cheng Ping's head banged, and blood soon appeared on his forehead.
Empress Lu felt her ears buzzing as she listened to Cheng Ping's words. Seeing that she remained silent, Jin Zhi quickly signaled Deshun to block Cheng Ping's mouth and pulled him down.
When the palace became quiet, Jin Zhi whispered: "Mother, do you suspect that Xiao Yan plotted against His Highness that day at Hengting Pavilion?"
Empress Lu whispered: "That eunuch never does useless things."
While he was showing kindness to her, he was trying to instigate a relationship between her and the fourth prince. Even if the fourth prince suddenly went to investigate the Lu family's affairs, he was probably the one who made the remarks in front of the emperor. Even if those things later had nothing to do with him, he was determined to have nothing to do with it. Good intentions.
"Then the Lu family..."
"boom!"
The queen slammed the table with a ferocious expression: "Lu family, Lu Chongyuan!!"
She didn't want to do something so cruel, she didn't want to destroy the Lu family, but Lu Chongyuan shouldn't have done anything, he shouldn't have touched her prince, and he shouldn't have ruined all her hopes.
Lame and disfigured, without an heir, her prince was completely useless.
"Jin Zhi, ask someone to tell Xiao Yan that I want to see him."
