The Adventures of the Crying Princess

Spring Palace

When Concubine Shu heard that her son's title was stripped, she was so depressed that she tried to commit suicide. Fortunately, she was spotted by a palace servant who was delivering food and was rescued.

Emperor Chengde went to visit her out of consideration for their long-term friendship. Unexpectedly, the concubine, who had just regained consciousness, spoke nonsense and said many unpleasant things.

The emperor fainted from anger on the spot, and the empress ordered the crown prince and Yuwen Ji to be summoned to Chen'an Palace to attend to his illness.

"How is father?" Perhaps worried that Emperor Chengde was still acting, the prince asked loudly as soon as he entered the bedroom.

"Your Majesty, your Majesty has been poisoned. The poison is extremely fierce and ordinary antidotes are of no use. I... I really... have no other choice." Doctor Chen kowtowed repeatedly, looking very sad.

The queen covered her face and sobbed quietly, holding Emperor Chengde's hand, whispering something.

"Mother, why not ask the child to come and see her? She is from Wan'an Valley, so her medical skills are pretty good."

The queen waved her hands and said, "The imperial doctors are helpless, what can a little girl do?" The queen shook her head repeatedly.

Yuwen Ji knew that his mother did not want to implicate Bai Yimeng. If the treatment was successful, everyone would be happy. If Emperor Chengde had any mishap, Bai Yimeng would die.

"I understand what you mean, mother. Father is seriously ill right now. If the child knew about it, she would not sit idly by. Even though the little girl is always angry with father, she still cares about him in her heart."

The Queen thought for a moment and nodded slightly, "Let her take a look. Your Majesty likes her very much. Maybe it would be good to hear the girl's voice."

The queen nodded slightly and asked Yuwen Ji to pick him up in person. Hearing that Emperor Chengde was ill, Bai Yimeng hurried to find his medicine box.

"Kid, where do you have a medicine box? Stop embarrassing yourself. I have a doctor from the palace. I'll lend it to you when the time comes."

"Does your Majesty still remember Doctor Xing's medicine box? If your Majesty's theory is followed, wouldn't it be easier if the Imperial Hospital shared a medicine box?

Your Majesty's sudden illness must have a reason. I don't feel comfortable using other people's things."

"Do you suspect that your father was poisoned by the imperial physician?" Yuwen Ji felt something was wrong and pulled Bai Yimeng over to ask patiently.

"Your Majesty was angered by Concubine Shu in Chunxi Palace. It's not that I look down on people, but with Concubine Shu's current intelligence, how could she have poisoned him? If she could really poison him, she would have regained her favor long ago.

Everything that Concubine Shu did, whether right or wrong, was to gain the favor of His Majesty and pave the way for her son.

With her son in this state, the most important thing a woman should do is not to kill the tree she relies on, but to gain the trust of the tree and regain its favor. Her son was stripped of his title, not dead, so why kill someone at this time?

Besides, if His Majesty is in trouble now, she won't be the biggest beneficiary, so why would she do this?"

"Then who do you think it is?"

"Whoever benefits will be the most suspicious. Objectively speaking, both you and the crown prince are possible. As for you, although you are not the crown prince, you are now deeply favored by His Majesty. Many ministers in the court have been on your side secretly without saying it openly.

The crown prince is naturally the best candidate for the succession, but now, he is just an empty shell, without even a single card to play. The only son was also taken in by His Majesty to be raised, and he is living a miserable life. If things go wrong, his position may be lost one day. "

Yuwen Ji asked tentatively, "You mean the crown prince?"

Bai Yimeng shook his head, “Prince, maybe he wants to do that, but unfortunately he has no cards left.

I don’t know who played this game of chess. I only know that anyone with any intelligence would suspect you of being the murderer.”

Bai Yimeng searched under the bed for a long time and finally found the medicine box. He dusted it off, carried it on his back and walked around. "Does it look good?"

"It's already so late, let's go." Yuwen Ji was in no mood to coax the child, so he pulled Bai Yimeng and walked out.

Bai Yimeng used his inner strength to pull Yuwen Ji back, "Don't worry, although I didn't see your majesty's illness, I guess it won't be difficult to cure. Give me some time."

……

The Queen cried so much that her eyes were swollen in Chen'an Palace. The Crown Prince was very anxious, "Why hasn't the Third Master come back after being gone for so long?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Yuwen Ji and Bai Yimeng came in. Bai Yimeng knelt down and kowtowed, "Your servant, I pay my respects to the Queen and the Crown Prince."

"Get up and check on His Majesty. You are just a kid, don't pretend to know something when you don't. If you know it, just say you know it. If you don't know it, no one will blame you.

Just one thing, you must not pretend to know something when you don’t. This is a big deal and it’s not something you can joke about.”

The Queen's words and actions reminded Bai Yimeng that if something went wrong while diagnosing the Emperor, she would lose her head.

Bai Yimeng nodded repeatedly. When she came to Emperor Chengde, she first read the records of the doctors' diagnosis. The doctors saw that Bai Yimeng was only thirteen or fourteen years old, so they didn't take her seriously.

Bai Yimeng pointed to several acupuncture records and said, "Master Shen, please lend me the silver needles you just used to treat His Majesty."

Doctor Shen didn't take it seriously, just thinking it was a curious child. He didn't want to give it to her, but he had to give it to her for the queen's sake.

Bai Yimeng sniffed it and nodded slightly, "Is this medicine also prescribed by the adults?"

"That's right." Doctor Shen frowned slightly with some displeasure and handed the medicine bowl to Bai Yimeng impatiently.

"A silver needle tempered with snake venom, combined with a handful of top-grade heartbreak grass. It's indeed a good method." Bai Yimeng looked at Doctor Shen with cold eyes.

"What nonsense are you talking about? I have been in the Imperial Hospital for more than 30 years and have never done anything bad. Murdering the king is a capital crime punishable by beheading and extermination of the entire clan. How could I do that?

Besides, if you say it is snake venom, then it is snake venom? Even if it is snake venom, how can you be sure that it was me who poisoned it?"

Bai Yimeng smiled and shook his head, "To say this is to confess one's own crime.

Since you want evidence, fine. I'll let you die knowingly. Looking at Eunuch Chen, "Please help me search Doctor Shen's body. If I'm not mistaken, the stolen goods should still be on him."

When Doctor Shen saw that his plan was exposed, he tried to run away. Bai Yimeng used a palm strike from mid-air to pin him to the ground. Then, he used two more palm strikes, causing Doctor Shen to spit out a mouthful of blood and pass out.

Bai Yi bowed and said, "My lady, I have been disrespectful in front of your palace. Please forgive me."

"It's okay. Since you can see that His Majesty has been poisoned, I think there must be a solution. Why don't you tell me first? If there is anything wrong, let the imperial physician give you some advice."

The Queen was obviously worried that Bai Yimeng would not be able to cure the disease properly and would use this as an excuse to accuse her of wrongdoing.

Bai Yimeng was worried about the people in the Imperial Hospital and insisted on completing the task herself. "Your Majesty, don't worry. Snake venom is nothing. Although I am young, I have a lot of experience in detoxification.

The imperial physician is of course highly skilled in medicine, but he has lived behind closed doors for a long time and may not have seen any of the strange poisons in the martial world. I am confident that I can cure Your Majesty."

Seeing her full of confidence, the Queen nodded slightly, "Okay, I believe you."

Bai Yimeng bowed and saluted Emperor Chengde again, "Your Majesty, I am sorry." After saying that, he pressed a few acupuncture points on the old emperor, turned his head and blinked at Yuwen Ji, "Your Majesty, please help me, I can't lift your majesty with one hand."

"I'll do it for you." Eunuch Chen didn't dare to be lazy, so he stepped forward and helped Emperor Chengde up. "Princess, is this the case?"

"Thank you, sir, that's it."

Bai Yimeng gathered his inner strength in his palm and gently pressed it on Emperor Chengde's back.

Not long after, Emperor Chengde spat out a mouthful of black blood, and then regained some consciousness. He looked at Bai Yimeng and said, "Little monkey, why are you here?"

Seeing that it was working, Bai Yimeng said, "Your Majesty, please don't talk for now. It may be a little painful next, just bear with it, it will be fine soon."

After saying that, Bai Yimeng increased his strength and tapped the old emperor's back a few more times.

Emperor Chengde frowned slightly, as if he was enduring some great pain. After a while, his brows gradually relaxed.

Bai Yimeng breathed a sigh of relief when she saw this. She checked his pulse again and said, "Most of the poison has been cleared, only a little bit is left. Please take a rest first, and let me take a breath.

I'll give you another round of acupuncture later, and that will be enough."

After Bai Yimeng finished speaking, he sat on the ground without caring about his image, leaning against Emperor Chengde's bed, breathing heavily.

Yuwen Ji saw this and went forward to check on her, "Are you okay?"

"It's okay, I'm just tired, just take a rest." Bai Yimeng waved his hand and pointed at Doctor Shen, "Don't let the prince die, he must know a lot of things."

Emperor Chengde had regained most of his consciousness at this moment, and he also knew what happened to him. He patted Bai Yimeng's head and said, "Stop talking, close your eyes and take a rest. That's all for today, we'll continue with the acupuncture tomorrow."

Bai Yimeng smiled but said nothing. She was too tired. She had used up too much energy in clearing the poison for Emperor Chengde. She couldn't utter a word at the moment.

The prince probably felt that he had not contributed much and felt a little embarrassed. After hearing Bai Yimeng say that Doctor Shen was very important, he came to Doctor Shen without thinking and kicked him twice.

He originally wanted to help, but unexpectedly, Doctor Shen got desperate and pulled out a silver needle and stabbed it into the prince's leg.

Bai Yimeng almost cried when she saw this scene. Does this prince have a grudge against her? How could he be so deceiving? She just saved one, why is there another one?

Doctor Chen hurried forward to check the prince's pulse, "Princess Jing'an, it's snake venom."

Bai Yimeng smiled like an auntie. If beating the prince was not against the law, she would be the first to sign up.

Bai Yimeng handed Yuwen Ji a pair of gloves and a detoxification pill, signaling him to deal with it.

The gloves were used to protect against poison. Yuwen Ji had used them once before when he went to steal the stone from the Criminal Court.

Tie up Doctor Shen and throw him aside. Hand the pill to the prince.

The prince seemed to be a little distrustful of Bai Yimeng. He looked around and swallowed the medicine hesitantly.