fifth form

Chapter 1906 Cui Yan Leaves the Palace
"Li Shaojun?"

As for the Empress Dowager, she still has enough power to restrain the new emperor.

On the one hand, he repeatedly praised the new emperor for his bravery and praised the new emperor for his imminent entry into the realm of supernatural powers. On the other hand, he politely declined the new emperor's unreasonable request for many heavy medicines.

But the Empress Dowager also felt a little confused about the name mentioned by the new emperor.

She seemed to have heard the name Li Shaojun a long time ago.

It can feel like a long time to a great monk like the Empress Dowager who is good at health preservation, and the time span is at least fifty years.

And since she could hear his name fifty years ago, Li Shaojun's ability must have been quite good at that time. It should be that the Empress Dowager at that time was far inferior to him.

After so many years, the Empress Dowager never expected to hear the other person's name again, and Li Shaojun even saved the new emperor's life.

"He seems to be a descendant of Laozi and Zhuangzi's Taoism. He should be 120 years old now, right?"

The Empress Dowager thought for a few seconds and felt that Li Shaojun could really survive.

She couldn't treat Li Shaojun well. After all, he asked for too much. Each item was rare and precious, and there were as many as thirty-five kinds.

Even if Li Shaojun asked for five cents of Shengguhua, this was enough high-quality medicine to heal the broken bones of nearly a hundred people.

Li Shaojun's life-saving grace to the new emperor is worth this price, but the reward can only be paid if the Empress Dowager is in good health.

She did not need these rare medicines all the time due to her illness, but if she could not get them when needed, the Empress Dowager would have no choice but to watch helplessly, thus losing the opportunity to prolong her life.

The choice between herself and Li Shaojun was not difficult for the Empress Dowager.

"This is a little too coincidental. What if this is a trap set up to take Gongsun Gui's life? This possibility is not impossible. Your Majesty is still too young!"

The Empress Dowager murmured softly behind the screen.

"Could it be that they suspect that I'm seriously ill and are testing me by asking for so much?"

If we think about things from another perspective, this life-saving favor to the new emperor would become a planned conspiracy.

Regardless of whether Gongsun Gui is sincere or not, the other party is a chess piece in this game, and Gongsun Gui has no say in the matter. The planners are Li Shaojun and others, or the people behind Li Shaojun.

"Unless Li Shaojun can present the longevity elixir formula to the imperial court, he may not belong to the Immortal Court and be cleared of suspicion of conspiracy!"

Li Shaojun is very long-lived, and the Immortal Court is a paradise for the long-lived. Anyone released there will be over a hundred years old or even thousands of years old.

The Empress Dowager was blind, but her heart was bright. She would rather make a misjudgment than let it go when it came to complicated matters.

"Cui Yan!"

The Empress Dowager gave a low cry, and an old eunuch stepped out quickly.

"Chen is here!"

"You have dealt with Dongfang Shuo several times. There is a man named Li Shaojun in his house now. Go and find out more about him. If Li Shaojun's health condition can bear it, invite him to Anle Palace as a guest!"

"Leader!"

The old eunuch nodded repeatedly.

Cui Yan and Zhang Xuezhou had indeed dealt with each other several times, but the consequences of each encounter made him unhappy. In serious cases, he was even beaten with twenty sticks.

But among the many old eunuchs in the palace, he was the most familiar with Zhang Xuezhou, and he would be the first to step forward if anything related happened.

Cui Yan quickly received the order, only to feel that this was not a good assignment.

These eunuchs served the Empress Dowager in Anle Palace all year round, and they also listened to what the new emperor had just reported.

Whenever the Empress Dowager rejected the new emperor and invited Li Shaojun instead, it proved that she was suspicious of Li Shaojun.

Doing this would not offend Zhang Xuezhou, but would offend the new emperor if something went wrong.

If a scapegoat was to be brought in to quell the conflict between the Empress Dowager and the new emperor, Cui Yan felt that twenty lashes of the cane would most likely not be enough.

"I'm going to die!" Cui Yan muttered to himself and had no choice but to run out of Anle Palace.

As a close attendant of Anle Palace, Cui Yan's cultivation was not bad. The fact that he could walk to express gratitude after being beaten with twenty sticks proved his strength.

As he quickly stepped into many places in the imperial palace, Cui Yan also saw the new emperor's carriage returning to the Weiyang Palace, and other ministers leaving the palace in an orderly manner.

On one side is the emperor, on one side is the Empress Dowager, and on the other side are the many court officials of the Han Dynasty. They were originally a close whole, but now it seems that each is doing their own thing.

Cui Yan took a few glances and felt that everything in the Han Dynasty was in chaos.

"Master Cui is out of the palace on business?"

Only when a crisp voice was heard did Cui Yan shake his head and look back.

"you are?"

More than ten meters away, a female medical officer was carrying a wooden box and was also leaving the palace.

This situation is not uncommon for officials. The Han Dynasty implemented a policy of five-day rest for officials. Officials in many departments needed to live in the corresponding office for five days when they went to work, and they could only go home for a holiday after five days.

The female medical officer should have reached her rest period, so she took a rotation to leave the palace and go home.

However, Cui Yan had no impression of the female medical officer, which made him ask hesitantly.

"I work as a medical officer for the Empress Dowager. I met you last time when I accompanied her to Anle Palace. Many people praised Lord Cui as a favorite of the Empress Dowager!"

"Hahaha, thank you for the compliment!"

Cui Yan laughed.

Although it was difficult for him to leave the palace and it might cause great trouble, he was indeed a favorite of the Empress Dowager.

Being able to serve the Empress Dowager for more than ten years is a testament to Cui Yan, and he is quite happy that these people in the palace are sensible.

"Are you going home for a break?" Cui Yan asked.

"Yes, I am preparing to go home. Is Master Cui also going home on vacation?"

"I'm not as lucky as you guys. I have to run errands when I leave the palace!"

"If the matter is not urgent, it would be fine for Master Cui to stop by and take a look!"

"Urgent, urgent!"

Cui Yan waved his hands repeatedly and even waved for a carriage.

But he couldn't help but feel a little moved in his heart. The errand he was doing today could easily lead to trouble, and he would most likely be blamed if any problems arose. Cui Yan was extremely serious about handling this matter.

He glanced at the female medical officer and couldn't help but reach into his pocket.

It was impossible for him to return home on the way, but he asked the female medical officer beside the Empress Dowager to help check on Li Shaojun. This way, he would know more about Li Shaojun's condition and could do things more safely.

Apart from the older batch of female doctors who served in Anle Palace, the doctors at the Empress Dowager's place were undoubtedly the second best among the doctors who could serve as the Empress Dowager's personal doctors.

These female medical officers are skilled in gynecology, pediatrics, and difficult and complicated diseases, and are not much weaker than the top doctors in the Imperial Medical Bureau.

The most critical problem was that the other party was on vacation at the moment, and Cui Yan could not easily mobilize the old medical officers of the Imperial Medical Clinic to run errands and help.

"Doctor, I happened to be out of the palace to see a patient. I wonder if you have time to help take a look," Cui Yan invited. "Just take a look at the disease. Whether to treat it or not is secondary. It won't take up much of your time. Cui is very grateful!"

He felt in his pocket, then took out a small gold nugget weighing one or two taels and handed it to the female medical officer.

Li Shaojun needed expensive medicines to treat his physical illness, and Cui Yan did not expect the female medical officer to cure his illness.

Cui Yan only hoped that he could understand more so that he could know exactly how bad Li Shaojun's health was and see if the other party could still invite him to Anle Palace.

He had previously carried Zhang Xuezhou to Anle Palace and tapped the soles of his feet to stimulate blood circulation, which nearly drove him crazy and resulted in him being beaten with a stick.

When he acted again this time, Cui Yan was obviously much more cautious.