Empress Dowager + Spoiler

Gu Xizhao nodded her chin, pretended to be thinking for a while, and then said tentatively: "Instead of sending people to search the various palaces, the emperor might as well send people to search those remote palaces and rockeries. These two princes usually have little contact with people. , even if you are frightened, you dare not easily run into an unfamiliar palace."

"You are right. It seems that I really want to be confused..." Zhao Jin thought about it carefully, and felt that Gu Xizhao's analysis was reasonable.

Just when he was about to call Li Zhongxian over, Li Zhongxian's anxious voice came from outside first, "Your Majesty..."

"What's the fuss about?"

Li Zhongxian opened the door and came in, bowed and said: "The second prince has been found, but..."

"But what but..." Seeing that Zhao Jin was also anxious, Gu Xizhao hurriedly took the line for him, "Didn't you see that the emperor coughed when he was in a hurry, and kept talking like this, trying to make the emperor anxious?"

"Your Majesty misunderstood." Li Zhongxian quickly admitted his mistake, and then continued after a pause: "But the Second Prince was injured, if Guard Duan hadn't investigated carefully, he would have been sent to a mass grave right now."

Chapter 8

"What did you just say?" As soon as Li Zhongxian finished speaking, Gu Xi stood up immediately, even more excited than Zhao Jin. She left that poor little girl alone in the Royal Garden last night. She was worried all night, but now she really listens. When a person encounters an accident, who cares about whether it will make others think too much, "Who has the courage to dare to attack the prince like this?"

Fortunately, at the moment, Zhao Jin's thoughts are all on the news that Zhao Sansi was injured, and she doesn't think too much about Gu Xizhao's attitude.

"Your majesty, empress, don't worry, the servant just got the news, and the guard Duan has already sent him directly to the Tai Hospital."

"What are you still doing in a daze, why don't you hurry up and wait for me to change clothes, and take me to have a look." Zhao Jin's lips trembled, and she stood up in person trembling. I'm sick, I'm going to see the second prince's affairs, and my concubine will go instead of you."

"Yes, Your Majesty, you are not feeling well now, and the imperial physician has also told you not to get angry, and to recover from your illness, you..."

"I just ordered you to bring someone to see me yesterday, and this kind of thing happened to people today, it's clearly someone doing it on purpose..." Zhao Jin anxiously interrupted Li Zhongxian's words, coughing loudly again, but Still want to say, "Check, check, check, let me check it out, Concubine Xi, all the concubines in the harem, give me all, check it carefully."

Naturally, this matter needs to be investigated, but Gu Xizhao is more worried about another matter at the moment. After replying, he asked Li Zhongxian to take good care of Zhao Jin, and hurried to the Imperial Hospital by himself.

"Sir Duan Fei..."

"Guard Duan doesn't need to be too polite." Gu Xizhao was anxious now, and she didn't wait for Duan Fei to finish the ceremony before waiving him, "Where's the person?"

Duan Fei: "Inside, Imperial Physician Zhang and Imperial Physician Lin came from Chengqian Palace just now, and I waited outside."

After all, Gu Xizhao was worried about Zhao Sansi's identity, stood outside for a while, and finally entered the house.

The imperial physicians in the room saw her coming in. Except for the imperial physician Zhang who was still feeling the pulse, everyone else came over to salute. Gu Xizhao waved her hands impatiently, looking at the person lying on the simple bed, she saw that her clothes were still in good condition, but the human body Fainted, he breathed a sigh of relief, "How are you?"

"I checked his eyes and sniffed. Except for a red mark on the side of the carotid artery, there was no blood on his body, and there were no other obvious wounds. I guess he was just knocked out with a palm on the side of his neck." Zhang After the imperial doctor checked the pulse, he got up and saluted the person, glanced at Gu Xizhao, hesitated for a moment and said: "However, this person's pulse is a little bit confusing..."

Gu Xizhao glanced at the person on the bed, and interrupted him, "If someone just hit the side of the neck and passed out, then he should wake up after pinching him, why hasn't he woke up yet?"

Doctor Zhang was stunned for a moment, seeing Gu Xizhao's willow eyes looking straight at him, he quickly lowered his head, and stopped talking about the pulse condition, "Duan Shiwei said that when the person was brought over, he pinched the person, At that time, he regained consciousness for a short time, but passed out again. The minister just wanted to tell the noble concubine that this man's forehead and palms were hot, and his cheeks were flushed. He might have caught a cold and his blood was weak, so he didn't wake up for a long time."

Hearing this, Gu Xizhao stretched out her hand to touch Zhao Sansi's forehead, and it was really hot, remembering that she was wearing this dress and staying overnight in the crevice of the stone last night, most likely because of a cold and fever.

If this is the case, if the fever is high, you will have to wipe your body with ice cubes and alcohol to cool down, and you will still have to take off your clothes.

Gu Xizhao quickly thought about it in her heart. In order to keep this secret for this person, she could only go all out, "You first decoct the medicine, feed him to drink, and then send him to Changle Palace. I will take care of it personally. .”

Several imperial physicians couldn't help but looked at the person on the bed, especially the younger imperial physicians, who were at a loss right now, completely unaware of the identity of this person on the bed, and that Concubine Xi valued him so much.

Zhao Jin is dying now, and he wants to help the second prince to the throne. Now that someone has found it, he will definitely issue an imperial decree to make the second prince the crown prince.This little prince who had no sense of existence in the Cedar Palace in the past is afraid that he will soon become a person that everyone in the courtiers and the harem will know.

"My lords, please do your best. The person lying on this bed today is the Second Prince."

As soon as she finished speaking, except for Gu Xizhao, everyone else in the room knelt down, "Your eyes are clumsy." No one who is an official in the court is a fool, especially Doctor Zhang and Doctor Lin who took Zhao Jin's pulse. Well, they know that this disease will never be cured in all likelihood, so the second prince in front of them may be the emperor tomorrow.

Gu Xizhao excused them, and ordered them to quickly decoct Zhao Sansi's medicine, so that all other imperial physicians withdrew, except the imperial physician Zhang who was taking the pulse.

Doctor Zhang has been an official in the palace for decades. Not only is his medical skill the best in the imperial hospital, but he is also a wise man. Seeing that Gu Xizhao kept him here without opening his mouth, he took the initiative to break the deadlock, "What does the imperial concubine want my ministers to say?"

Gu Xizhao moved her eyes away from Zhao Sansi's face that was still tense after fainting, and looked at Imperial Physician Zhang with a lot of meaning, "Emperor Zhang said just now that the second prince's pulse condition is a bit puzzling, but where is it?" Are you confused?"

Doctor Zhang looked hesitant, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "The second prince's pulse is rushing and empty, which is a normal pulse for fever, but I also found that the second prince's Chi pulse is strong and floating, the right pulse is smooth and strong, and the left pulse is empty." But weak... This is where I am puzzled."

Gu Xizhao raised her eyebrows, "I don't understand your jargon. If Doctor Zhang has anything to say, you might as well speak up."

"Doctors, see, hear, ask, and combine the four hairs to diagnose the disease. Anyone who studies medicine must learn one thing at the beginning: the sky is not in the northwest, the south of the sun is the north of the yin, and the left is the right man, the right is the right woman, and the man is weak and the inch is strong. Women are weak in size and size." Having said all this, Imperial Physician Zhang simply gritted his teeth and said, "In other words, it is not normal for the second prince's pulse condition to be placed on the second prince's body. If it is on the noble concubine's body, it is... "

"Bold." Gu Xizhao got up and trained her. Although Doctor Zhang knelt down knowing that she had slipped, but her face was very calm, she paused for a moment, then eased her tone, "Doctor Zhang, please be careful with your words."

"The imperial concubine taught me that."

Gu Xizhao glanced at him, but didn't tell him to get up, but asked again: "If someone else asks about the second prince's illness today, what would Imperial Doctor Zhang say?"

Grand Physician Zhang was stunned for a moment, before saying: "The second prince was knocked unconscious by the thieves, and happened to be caught in the wind and cold, and his Qi and blood were weak, so he fell into a coma."

"But there are others?"

"Nothing else."

"really?"

"really."

Gu Xizhao raised her hand slightly, "Doctor Zhang, please get up."

"Concubine Xie doesn't blame you for your kindness." Doctor Zhang stood up now. It was rumored in the palace that Concubine Xi was a vixen who deceived the emperor and flattered the master, but he never felt that way, compared to those in the harem who would only cry face to face A concubine who is obedient and jealous, this noble concubine Xi is a bit more noble and aloof; compared to the queen in Fengqi Palace who recuperates from illness all day long, this noble concubine Xi is more courageous.

Such a woman is naturally flattering, and she loves to act coquettishly and begs for favor.

Gu Xizhao shook her head, "It's my palace who wants to thank Imperial Physician Zhang, and the second prince will have to ask Imperial Physician Zhang to take care of him in the future."

There are a lot of shady secrets in the deep palace, especially the Imperial Hospital, who have committed so many sins regarding the royal blood.If possible, Imperial Physician Zhang would rather pretend not to know, in this palace, the less one knows, the longer one will live.However, he didn't want to watch the prosperous world created by Imakami fall into a struggle again because there were no successors.

He believed that the noble concubine Xi must understand this point, even if she wanted to help the second prince on the bed to be a puppet emperor, and in the future to be a queen dowager who really wields great power behind a curtain, it would be better than this great country being ruined by others.