with words in mind

Chapter 331: The East Palace Medicine Person's Case 4
The emperor came to the East Palace, screened everyone away, and asked the prince, Lan Xue, Bai Xue, Lu Qi and Huang Ruoyu about the incident.

Afterwards, Eunuch Liu looked at the records of his father-in-law alone, and found out that it was Little Eunuch Chou who was caught by the evil spirit. He was punished three days ago for losing his palace clothes. Not only did he have bruises on his body, but there were also bruises on his buttocks left by the stick. the wound.

How does a little father-in-law get those big tonics?And how to eat big fish and meat?

Eunuch Liu checked Little Eunuch Chou's bedroom with doubts, but found nothing suspicious.

"Report to Your Majesty." Eunuch Liu returned to the inner courtyard of the East Palace and reported what he had found. "This little eunuch, surnamed Chou, was punished for losing his palace clothes three days ago. There was no medicine left in his bedroom, and no Great food."

"Jin'er, what do you think?" In fact, the emperor already had a conclusion in his mind, and he asked tentatively in view of his eldest son's performance in the incident of poisoning the parrot.

Qi Jin also had doubts in his heart, but what made him doubt even more was whether these things had something to do with Qi Zheng?
"Jin'er?"

"Ah, father." Qi Jin came back to his senses when he heard the emperor's call, and said with lowered eyes, "There have been many accidents, all of which are strange, and my son has not yet got a clue."

"." When the emperor heard it, although he didn't understand it, he understood the elder son's thoughts, but Concubine Qi's repeated troubles threatened his son's life, so he couldn't tolerate it. "You don't have to worry about this matter, I will handle everything. Doctor Huang, take care of the crown prince for me, and what you see today must not be spread. Lu Qi, protect Your Highness!"

While Huang Ruoyu saluted and silently agreed, Lu Qi replied yes.

"Father Emperor." Qi Jin wanted to say something, but saw the emperor waved his hand to signal that he didn't want to see him off, so he left. He sighed to himself, "Lu Qi, bring him to you, please trouble Miss Huang to give him a hand." heal."

Lu Qi picked up Eunuch Chou silently, and said to the bewildered Huang Ruoyu, "Young lady, follow me."

Huang Ruoyu secretly glanced at the prince, seeing that he had no intention of keeping him, so he had to follow Lu Qi out of the main hall and retreated.
Referral desk.

Some courtiers moved here because of unfinished official duties, including Zuo Tai, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

The emperor came out of the East Palace without any hesitation, and went directly to the referral desk. First, he asked someone to investigate everything. Second, he wanted to see how the elder brother of the concubine, Deng Juli, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, would behave.

"See Your Majesty—" All the courtiers saluted the emperor in unison.

"All loves, please stand up." After taking his seat, the emperor glanced at everyone's faces and said, "Recently, there have been many strange things in the palace, and the morning court ended in a hurry today. Do you have anything urgent to say?"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, thinking about whether the official business at hand was considered urgent
"Your Majesty." Seeing this, Zuo Tai, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, wanted to speak out, "The prince's safety is related to Guozuo. Now someone in the East Palace is bewitched. Finding out the ins and outs is the most important thing!"

"The disappearance of the maid of joy palace should not be underestimated, it is related to the safety of the inner courtyard of the palace." Someone echoed.

"Yeah yeah."

"That being the case," the emperor looked at Deng Juli, who was silent with downcast eyes, and specified, "Let Mr. Wu take care of these two matters."

To be honest, in fact, the emperor had a more suitable candidate in mind, but unfortunately that person was still thousands of miles away.If this matter is investigated by Princess Yi'an, he will be more at ease, after all, Princess Yi'an has no deep-rooted and inextricably linked with these courtiers.

Accidentally picked up a hot potato, Mr. Wu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, and now he is so regretful that his guts are green!

If he had known this, he might as well have acted early and recommended Deng Shangshu to investigate the matter. How to say, Concubine Qi is also Deng Shangshu's younger sister, so it is much more convenient to investigate.

What's more, when the court lady case happened last time, although he didn't make a big mistake, he couldn't find out the truth as soon as possible. It was Princess Yi'an who solved many mysteries.Therefore, he thought that His Majesty would not entrust him with investigating the matter of the Eastern Palace.
No matter how bad it is, it would be good to recommend Prime Minister Ji to supervise this matter.
But it's a blessing, not a curse, it's a disaster that can't be avoided, it's all about East Palace, no matter how simple things are, they will become complicated for no reason
"The minister obeys the order."

The emperor: "Do you have any other matters to announce, my loves?"

Zuo Tai saw that the things that had been obstructed had finally made progress, and said again: "Your Majesty, Mr. Jiang has been overwhelmed with the matter of the Mingzhou Shipping Department's reorganization of corruption. I hope the court will send more people to help. This is a humble minister. compiled list."

The emperor took the memorial and browsed through it. After circled a few people, he asked Eunuch Liu to return the memorial to Zuo Tai: "The circled ones will be removed, and the rest will go first and set off immediately."

Zuo Tai: "Yes."

The late-autumn sun hits the roof of the palace, with occasional glimmers of sporadic light, and large golden ginkgo trees make the whole palace full of autumn.
The emperor, who had returned to Qinzheng Hall from the case-transfer platform, managed to rest for a moment. He took a sip of the freshly brewed tea and asked, "What's going on with Ming'er? Is there any news?"

"The most recent notification arrived at noon yesterday, and the new one has not arrived yet." Eunuch Liu answered the teacup.

"Ming'er wants to go to sea with Zhong Fei to destroy the black market pirates, but I don't know how it will go."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, the prince is superb in martial arts, and he will surely turn danger into good luck." Eunuch Liu comforted him.

"The last time I came out of the palace, I saw a master who was covered in black and had a pair of red eyes." The emperor recalled what happened in Mengxiang Tower, and couldn't help worrying, "Looks like a ghost from hell! Princess Yi'an and Princess Yi'an did not subdue that person with all their efforts." He shook his head, "The people in the southern border are complex, I hope Ming'er and the others will never encounter such a master again."

Because of the time difference, the emperor didn't know that his wish hadn't been fulfilled. The son who was away from home was enough to worry about, but the son around him couldn't worry.
However, in one morning, the story of little eunuch Chou being bewitched by an evil spirit and the disappearance of the court lady Cuili had already spread quietly throughout the palace.Some people are curious about the whole story, some people are afraid of being affected by it, and some people have done too many bad things and are afraid of ghosts knocking on the door.
Wu Zhao investigated and dealt with it according to the order, and came to the Happy Palace, but was blocked by the reason that men other than Concubine Qi were not allowed to enter.

Concubine Qi only sent Nanny Leng to receive Master Wu.

"My lord, if you have any questions, just ask the old slave."

Wu Zhao: "I said Mama, I was ordered to investigate the case, and my mother stopped me outside, how can I investigate Cuili's course of action?"

Nurse Leng: "Master Wu, this old slave also obeys the order of my mother, and my mother knows the difficulty of my lord, so she specially sent this old slave here."

I'm so angry!Out of helplessness, Wu Zhao could only simply ask, "When did Cuili disappear?"

Mother Leng: "Yesterday evening, the old slave went to call for her, but found that she was not in the house. Afterwards, she searched all over the Palace of Joy, but she was still missing."

Wu Zhao: "Has there been any suspicious people near the Palace of Joy?"

"My lord, this is in the palace!" Mother Leng was in disbelief when she heard this, "Except for His Majesty, guards, court ladies, and eunuch, how can there be any suspicious people!"

"What I mean is..." Wu Zhao felt that this sweet potato was really hot, "could there be any guards, father-in-law, and maids from other palaces who have been near the Palace of Joy?"

"My lord, this old servant is serving inside the palace, what's going on outside the palace?" Nurse Leng's expression was indifferent, but her posture was humble, "This old servant doesn't know very well."

Wu Zhao heard the indifference in the other party's tone, and he continued to ask: "What are the characteristics of Cuili?"

"Cuili has almond eyes and slender eyebrows, a mole on the back of her hand, and her stature is about the same as that of an old slave."

Wu Zhao: "What happened before and after she disappeared?"

Mother Leng still said indifferently: "No."

Wu Zhao: "."

Seeing that the other party answered without thinking, fortunately he is a scholar, otherwise he would definitely curse at this moment!

Seeing that he couldn't find any clues, he turned to ask the guards around him, but still found nothing.

Afterwards, he headed to the East Palace in disgrace. Given that the prince had always been kind, he felt that he would not receive another rejection.

Who knows, it seems like everyone is against him this time!
Although the crown prince did not reject him at the door, he did not allow him to enter the inner courtyard where the incident happened!Unable to conduct on-the-spot investigations to search for details, and unable to interrogate the suspect, he could only bring Lan Xue and Bai Xue's confessions and prepared to walk back to the criminal case dejectedly.
On the way back, because of his thinking, his pace became slower and slower
After all the inquiries along the way, what surprised him the most was the corpse that appeared in the East Palace last night.

It's a pity that His Majesty dealt with the remains overnight due to ominous conditions. Those broken arms and broken legs were already charred and black, making it impossible to identify them.

However, the sentence that Eunuch Chou yelled, "Give me back my hand, give me my foot back", but it matches the burnt corpse. What is the connection between this?Also, how did the thick little eunuch overdose and go crazy?
According to what the guards said, those corpses were likely to be those of a woman. Is this related to the missing Cuili?

Time passed quickly, and when Wu Zhao was dragging his heavy footsteps to Shi Shiran's turntable, Sunset had already quietly revealed a bit of her head.
Huang Ruoyu checked Eunuch Chou's pulse and asked Lu Qi to help him change his medicine. The nurse observed him all afternoon, and found that it was getting late when he saw that the person had stabilized.
"Your Highness, Miss Huang came to say goodbye." Bai Xue entered the room and preached.

Because of the matter of the little father-in-law, Qi Jin has suspended the blood of the medicine man, and is studying Huang Yuyi's "Miscellaneous Medical Cases" with great concentration.

"Send it well for me." He originally wanted Baixue to send her out of the East Palace, but then he thought that maybe Miss Huang had other medical books left by Huang Yuyu. After some thinking and struggling, he decided to personally Give it away.

When Huang Ruoyu learned that the prince wanted to send him off in person, the whole spring blossomed in her heart~
Qi Jin sent him all the way to the south gate of the palace. On the way, he deliberately avoided a certain distance, and chatted with the other party from time to time.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for sending me off." Huang Ruoyu shyly smiled sweetly, a little bit reluctant to leave
"Miss Huang, thanks to you for bringing "Miscellaneous Medical Records" today, I don't know," Qi Jin said with some embarrassment, "will I be able to see other medical books written by Imperial Doctor Huang in the future?"

"If Your Highness likes it, I will look for it when I go back, copy it and send it to the palace." Huang Ruoyu said sweetly.

"...Then I'll be in trouble, Miss." Qi Jin thanked politely with her eyes lowered.

"Your Highness, you are welcome~" Huang Ruoyu saluted and replied, and hesitated for a while before saying goodbye and leaving
After getting into the carriage, her heart was still pounding, and her cheeks were blushing even more. She cupped her face in her hands embarrassingly: "I never thought that Grandpa's medical books would play such a big role~ Make a few more pumpkin pies and give them to the old man~”

The carriage was rolling, and Huang Ruoyu finally arrived at the Huang Mansion when the sunset glow disappeared into the sky.

"Master, Miss is back~"

Doctor Huang happened to be at home today, and when he saw his daughter coming back, he pulled her into the study very seriously, and even shunned everyone nearby.

"Father, what's wrong?"

"Daughter," Imperial Physician Huang said with a worried face, "I heard something happened in the palace?"

Huang Ruoyu hesitated for a while before saying: "Actually, it's not a big deal. Father, don't worry, look, my daughter is fine."

Doctor Huang said anxiously: "I heard that the crown prince has been reluctant to summon you, why did you come back so late today?"

"The prince likes to delve into medical books." Huang Ruoyu said sweetly, "As soon as I heard that I brought a copy of Grandpa's "Miscellaneous Medical Cases", I summoned my daughter today~"

Doctor Huang's face turned green when he heard it!
"Daughter, do you really like the prince so much?"

Huang Ruoyu lowered her eyes shyly, and nodded silently after a long time.
"No!!" Imperial Physician Huang suddenly objected sharply, "Where is the palace?! Daughter, have you ever thought about what it means to enter the palace?!"

"Father" Huang Ruoyu has never seen her father so angry, she was very puzzled, "Isn't it good to enter the palace as a concubine?"

Physician Huang said earnestly: "If you enter the palace, you will no longer be able to practice medicine. What's more, life in the palace is not as glamorous as we thought, East Palace. Hey. Dad has already heard a little about what happened today. Muddy water, dad doesn't want you to wade in"

Huang Ruoyu still felt a little regretful about not being able to practice medicine, but she was full of doubts about Muddy Water's words: "Why? Today I answered a lot of questions for His Highness, and His Highness also rescued him at a critical moment. His Highness is a good person, why not?" Come to Muddy Waters and talk."

"Help me out!" Imperial Physician Huang grasped the important point and looked up and down, "Daughter, where are you hurt? It's all like this, and it's not muddy water!"

"Father, I'm fine, Your Highness protected me~"

"Hey daughter!" Imperial Physician Huang reiterated, "Anyway, father will not allow you to enter the palace. Originally, I heard that the crown prince doesn't want to see you, but father thought that after a long time, you would give up, but now... no! Tomorrow, I will talk to His Majesty, even if I don't want my old life, I can't let you enter the palace!"

"Father!" Huang Ruoyu really didn't understand, "Your Highness said, let me copy the medical books and bring them to him. If you tell Your Majesty these things at this time, Your Majesty will think that our Huang family is relying on the medical books left by Grandpa. Fame is so arrogant!"

Doctor Huang was at a loss for words for a while, he felt that what his daughter said was reasonable, but he really couldn't let his daughter enter the palace!Because, it was he who diagnosed the prince and diagnosed hysteria!
These years, he acted cautiously, never stayed in the palace if there was nothing to do, tried to avoid the East Palace as much as possible, and always respected the prince when he saw him, so he didn't dare to ask more questions.To His Majesty, this matter should not be brought up, because if he is right, His Majesty may kill the whole family of Huangfu to protect the reputation of the Crown Prince!Wrong, not to mention, is also a full family of copying!
Therefore, the best way to save your life is to stay far away, as if there is nothing to do.

But he didn't expect that His Majesty would let his daughter enter the palace to check the prince's pulse, let alone that the prince summoned his daughter!
Now it's a dilemma.
"Ah!" Imperial Physician Huang suddenly had a flash of inspiration, "Tomorrow you will bring all those medical books to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

He could guess the reason why the prince is obsessed with medical books, so he simply gave it all at once, and when he talked to His Majesty again, he said that his daughter was not qualified to be the prince's woman!
"?" Huang Ruoyu didn't know how to react to his father's changes, and muttered, "Daughter don't want it. Give each one, daughter can see more times."

"You!" Imperial Physician Huang was about to preach, when suddenly he had a flash of inspiration. Since the prince summoned his daughter because of the medical book, it means that the prince's goal is not the daughter, but the medical book. What's more, the prince never waits to see the doctor.
Wait a moment!Maybe the crown prince wants to take Ruoyu as a hostage, so as to control and monitor me.
"Oh!" Huang Taiyi, who couldn't figure it out, clapped the back of his hands regretfully, and said frantically, "What the hell is it!!"

In the middle of the night, the palace was quiet, only the Qinzheng Hall was still brightly lit.

"Your Majesty, it's already Haishi." Eunuch Liu changed the tea to a cup of warm tea and reminded, "This cup is scented tea."

"Is it so late?" The emperor put down his pen and ink, and yawned lightly, "This copy is sent to Mingzhou, and it will be issued immediately."

"Yes!" Eunuch Liu took the documents and trotted to the transfer desk.

The emperor took a sip of warm scented tea, came to the window, looked up at the moon, "I don't know if Jin'er is asleep." After thinking about it, he decided to take a look, "Go to the East Palace."

"Yes." Eunuch Hai, who was accompanying him, immediately put on a cloak on the emperor, and beckoned to the little eunuchs to get ready to drive him away.

East Palace.

"Your Highness, what are you thinking?" Lan Xue handed over a cup of hot tea and said, "The weather is turning cold, Your Highness is holding warm hands."

Qi Jin took the hot tea and felt warm. In fact, he was thinking about how to know from Lan Xue and Bai Xue whether Qi Zheng had acted suspiciously. It was because he was too eager to use the blood of the medicine man. Now after I stop eating blood, I no longer feel nauseated
After calming down, he was thinking, where did Qi Zheng get the medicine man?And how did you know about this strange healing method?
"Lan Xue. I still want another medicine man. You follow what you did last time and get another one."

"?" Lan Xue was at a loss when she heard this!The last time the master got the medicine man, neither she nor Bai Xue participated. One morning, a big box suddenly appeared outside the East Palace, and the master ordered several young father-in-laws to carry the box into the main hall of the inner courtyard
"Your Highness, this medicine man" she said with a perplexed look on her face, "I'm afraid it's not easy to deal with. Nowadays, a medicine man is already very difficult, if another one is discovered, I don't know what kind of trouble will arise."

".Since the medicine man is not effective, let's send it out." Qi Jin tried again, "Send it out as it was sent in."

Lan Xue thought for a while, although she didn't know how the master got the medicine man, she could still figure out a way to send the medicine man out
"Your servant understands, tomorrow I will think of a way to transport the medicine man out," Lan Xue nodded.

At the same time, Bai Xue came in with a medicine bowl, which contained Hehuan Pill Soup, which has a sleeping effect.

"Your Highness, this is the original medicinal soup."

Qi Jin picked up the medicine bowl and drank one. After waiting for about a moment, he felt a little sleepy, so he took off his robe and got into the bedding.

Lan Xue and Bai Xue extinguished the candles one by one, and retreated gently.

The silence in the middle of the night is even more lonely in the howling autumn wind, the only remaining human voice is Huang Lu who is still on the road
The father-in-laws who were carrying their steps were exhaling heavily because of the effort, and there were still two halls away from the East Palace.
The East Palace, which has fallen into silence, is very peaceful at the moment, and the aftermath of those strange incidents happened again and again, like a timid little ghost, hiding in a dark corner.
When the emperor finally arrived at the gate of the East Palace and went down to visit his eldest son, all the peace and tranquility were instantly broken! !
"Ahhh yes. A person crawled out alone!!"

In the East Palace, the young eunuch who was on duty closest to the gate of the inner courtyard inadvertently saw a crack in the gate of the inner hall, and a person crawled out, frightened out of his wits!
"!!!" The emperor who heard the shout took a closer look, and there was indeed a white figure wriggling in the distance!

　Suddenly, I felt that Wu Zhao here is a bit like a policeman, and I also met a small group of people who didn't cooperate very much.
　　
　
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