Walking into a cesspit, the best evil widow wants to stand up

Royal Palace

At midnight on the eighth night of the first lunar month, a magnificent palace inside the palace walls was brightly lit. Palace maids came in and out from time to time, and anxiety was revealed on everyone's face.

This is the Hall of Supreme Harmony. As it was approaching midnight, Concubine Li, who was beside the emperor, heard the emperor's groaning sound that was different than usual. She was startled and quickly asked the eunuch Qiao Gui to come and check.

"Qiao Gui, quickly, go and get the imperial physician!" Concubine Li was so frightened that her whole body was shaking.

Seeing that the emperor was sweating all over, his face was flushed red, and he was only breathing out but not breathing in, as if he was in extreme discomfort, Qiao Gui's heart immediately started to ring alarm bells.

The emperor was ill again, so he quickly sent a eunuch to call the imperial physician. Everyone in the Hall of Supreme Harmony was immediately terrified. Qiao Gui asked Nanny Gong to call the palace maids to wipe the emperor's sweat.

It was Chen Li, the imperial physician,'s turn to be on duty at the Imperial Medical Bureau tonight. Upon hearing the young eunuch's report, he hurried over, crawling and rolling with his medicine box on his back.

Although it was a very cold day, Doctor Chen was frightened enough to break out in cold sweats. His legs were trembling slightly and he kept wiping the sweat off his face.

As everyone knows, the emperor's disease is chronic. The doctors in the Imperial Medical Bureau are helpless against the emperor's disease and cannot find the root cause.

However, the emperor was visibly thinner, and he ate less and less. He said that he felt like there was something in his throat that he couldn't swallow, and he kept complaining about pain in his bones.

All the medicines that could be prescribed were prescribed, and the court official Lin Chong also used acupuncture and cupping, but it could only provide temporary relief. Every time the emperor had an attack, everyone trembled.

It was easier during the day with more colleagues around to discuss things, but at night everyone was afraid to be on duty because they were afraid that the emperor would have a seizure.

If the emperor is not cured, he will suffer severe pain and lose his head. Since the emperor got this disease, his temper has become increasingly irritable.

It had been tried before. There was an imperial physician named He on duty. The emperor woke up in pain, but he was helpless. Finally, the emperor could no longer bear it and ordered him to be dragged out and beheaded.

From then on, everyone in the Imperial Hospital walked on thin ice, fearing that the Emperor would fall ill while they were on duty.

Qiao Gui stood at the door and stretched his neck. He was relieved when he saw Chen Li. He hurried over and said anxiously, "Doctor Chen, you are finally here. Hurry up, the emperor is in pain!"

Seeing Qiao Gui's anxious look, Doctor Chen wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Hey, let's go in and talk!"

When he stepped in, it was a familiar scene. The emperor was holding his throat with both hands, his eyes bulged out, and he was breathing desperately with his mouth wide open.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, how do you feel?" Doctor Chen put down his medicine box and knelt beside the bed.

The emperor looked at Doctor Chen as he arrived. He grabbed his collar with one hand, pointed at his mouth with the other, and said something in a hoarse, unclear voice.

"Your Majesty, what did you say?" Doctor Chen tilted his ear close to the emperor's mouth.

"It hurts~"

The emperor held his throat with his hands, his face full of pain.

This is an old illness of the emperor. Doctor Chen knows that the emperor must have a sore throat, but the hospital has used many methods before, but unfortunately the effect is minimal.

The most urgent thing to do was to relieve the pain, so Doctor Chen took out a silver needle.

"Doctor Chen, how dare you! How dare you use acupuncture on the Emperor!" Concubine Li shouted angrily and stretched out her hand to stop him.

Doctor Chen said solemnly, "Concubine Li, calm down. The emperor is in an emergency right now. This is the only way!"

At this time, a woman dressed in yellow silk came in. She looked a little old but still had a charming demeanor, with fair skin and sharp eyes. This was the mother of the current Sixth Prince, Concubine Ling.

Shi Shiran walked in, eyes wide open: "Concubine Li, how dare you! You idiot, if you delay the emperor's life, you will be buried with him, Doctor Chen, hurry up and do it."

Seeing Concubine Ling coming, Concubine Li was silent as a cicada and stood aside without daring to make a sound.

"Concubine Li, the emperor was fine before, but why did he get sick when it was your turn to sleep with him!" Concubine Ling looked at Concubine Li fiercely with eyes like lightning.

Concubine Li clenched her fists and her body was trembling slightly. She took a deep breath, bowed, and said with a smile on her face, "My Lady, the Emperor has a chronic illness. Everyone in the palace knows about it. You are accusing him of something. Let's let the Emperor judge for himself."

"Humph!"

Concubine Ling snorted coldly: "Then you have to bless the emperor to be okay, otherwise I won't forgive you!"

Soon, the other concubines also learned the news and rushed over, kneeling in front of the bed, pretending to cry.

"You guys shut up, why are you crying? Don't make trouble~" Concubine Ling frowned.

Doctor Chen took the emperor's hand away and inserted needles into several key acupuncture points on his neck. After a while, the emperor's breathing became noticeably smoother.

Chen Li asked the medicine boy beside him to take out a piece of ice from the medicine box, wrapped it with a piece of cloth, and applied it to the emperor's neck.

The acupuncture with silver needles and ice compress should have relieved the pain. Gradually, the emperor's breathing became steady and he loosened his grip on Chen Li's hand.

"Doctor Chen, how is the emperor?" Seeing that the emperor's expression had eased, Concubine Ling asked in a low voice.

Doctor Chen said solemnly, "My Lady, what I am doing is only temporarily alleviating the Emperor's pain. There is no other way."

The emperor couldn't eat much now, and he couldn't drink the medicine. He was getting thinner and thinner. The Imperial Hospital was helpless.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty~"

Concubine Ling looked at the emperor, whose eyes were closed and breathing was steady, and walked over to him, calling him softly.

"Your Majesty, the emperor has fallen asleep!" Doctor Chen looked anxious and quickly stretched out his hand to stop him.

The emperor finally fell asleep, and he couldn't let the empress wake him up. This was the ice compress method he had researched for a while, and he didn't expect it to be effective and quick in relieving pain.

But this is not a long-term solution and can only be used temporarily.

After a while, Doctor Chen changed another piece of ice, removed the silver needle, wrote a prescription and gave it to Qiao Gui. Qiao Gui looked at the prescription and gave it to another young eunuch, asking him to follow Doctor Chen back to get the medicine.

Since the emperor's symptoms had eased and he had fallen asleep, Doctor Chen breathed a sigh of relief, put on his medicine box, and prepared to return to the Imperial Hospital.

Before leaving, she reminded Concubine Li: "My Lady Concubine Li, this ice cube will melt soon, so you can throw it away. When the emperor wakes up, boil the medicine for him to drink."

"it is good!"

Concubine Ling gently brushed her hair with her orchid finger, and looked at Concubine Li with a cold smile: "Concubine Li, you must watch the emperor carefully tonight, and don't make any mistakes. Think about it yourself!"

This Concubine Li is just big-breasted and brainless. I don’t know why the emperor sees her? Concubine Ling felt disgusted.

Concubine Li's cold and beautiful face suddenly turned pale and her body shook. Empress Shangguan Wan'er died of complications during childbirth of the crown prince. The emperor missed her so much that he became sick and decided not to appoint another empress from then on.

Therefore, there was no queen in the Dazhi Dynasty, and Concubine Ling was the only one in power. The other concubines were not as capable as Concubine Ling, so some died, some became stupid, and the others were willing to be invisible.

Looking at the other concubines kneeling on the ground, Concubine Ling sneered again: "The emperor has fallen asleep, you should go back too, it's a pity that the emperor can't see the play you performed!"

The concubines on the ground seemed to have their secrets revealed. Their faces turned red and white, and they quickly got up and went back.

Finally, Concubine Ling caught up with Doctor Chen and whispered, "Doctor Chen, please stay~"

"Empress Ling, you called me?" Seeing that there was no one else around, Imperial Doctor Chen looked at Imperial Concubine Ling in confusion.

"Doctor Chen, can you please talk to me for a moment?" Concubine Ling made a gesture.

"I want to ask the emperor how long he has to endure this situation?" Imperial Concubine Ling asked in a low voice. Her words were cryptic, but Imperial Doctor Chen understood her meaning.

Doctor Chen's wife, Liu, and Imperial Concubine Ling are distant relatives, but they are also the kind that can have a say, so in this regard, they can be considered family members.

Doctor Chen lowered his voice and shook his head: "My Lady, it's hard to say! However, you still have to prepare yourself mentally as soon as possible. Some things need to be done quickly. My Lady, I have to go now!"

Doctor Chen said this, saluted with both hands, turned around and strode forward.

Similarly, Concubine Ling also understood what Doctor Chen said. It seemed that the matter of establishing a crown prince was imminent. I wonder how He Hai and the others have been doing these days? Tomorrow is the emperor's morning court again.

I have done what I should do, and I have also sent someone to notify General He. Now it is up to them.