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Chapter 644 Seems normal but is actually strange
On the second day, something big happened.

Concubine He in Ci'an Palace fell ill, so she sent someone to see Meng Zhao and summoned the imperial doctor to take a look.

Meng Zhao thought that it was such a hot day that three imperial doctors had gone there, so why not give the pulses of the late emperor and concubines who lived in Ci'an Palace and conduct a collective diagnosis and treatment?

The result of this diagnosis was incredible. Guo Taibin actually diagnosed a happy pulse that had lasted for nearly three months.

Those who can live in Ci'an Palace are the concubines who have been officially given status by the late emperor and have given birth to children. Those who had no children were sent to Jing'an Temple to practice. The late emperor had nine daughters, and Concubine Guo was the biological mother of the eighth princess.

The moment Concubine Guo was found to be pregnant, she couldn't believe it at first and questioned whether the three imperial doctors had made a wrong diagnosis. He said he wanted to frame her and slander her innocence.

After Meng Zhaoyi waited for her to make a fuss for a while, she calmly ordered, "Concubine Guo is right. Innocence is a major matter concerning the lives of the nine tribes and should not be trivial. Concubine Guo, please follow me to Changchun Palace to rest. I will take a moment." Later, we will arrange for Jiang Yuan to come and have a look."

After Guo Taibin was stunned for a while, she burst into tears and shouted, "Then how can I live with dignity?"

After saying that, he slammed his head against the pillar. However, three imperial doctors were present and provided emergency rescue, but he did not die.

How did Meng Zhao know that he had just taken over the palace power and had taken over such a difficult matter.

She did not run to find the concubine immediately, but ran to find the Xianfei. Xi concubine is a fool and will only cause chaos. Once you have made up your mind, just ask her to take responsibility together.

Before Meng Zhao rushed over, there was an informant who went back to inform Concubine Xian. So when Meng Zhao rushed to Jingren Palace, he was rejected. He was told that Concubine Xian was not feeling well and drank anti-fetal medicine and fell asleep.

After Meng Zhao thought about it for a while, he went to Xi Bin and Xie Guiren and briefly explained the matter to them. Let them make up their mind.

Concubine Xi: "I don't understand this concubine, it's up to Sister Meng to make the decision."

Xie Guiren: "Sister Xi Bin is right. We don't understand. Sister Meng can just make up her mind."

Meng Zhao rolled his eyes speechlessly, "Okay. You follow me and report to the emperor."

Li Beichen was stunned when he heard this.

He has always been filial and respected the late emperor.

Now, someone is so disrespectful to the late emperor’s woman!

It's just that Concubine Guo's father, brother, children and nephews are all good ministers of the country, and they can't all be killed just because she doesn't follow the rules of women.

Li Beichen's face was gloomy, and after a moment he said angrily, "Concubine Guo did such a shameless and unruly thing. She was dragged out, beheaded, and sent back to the Guo family. Then let me find out more about the wild man who made peace with her." Who is it? Find out and divide the body into five pieces."

Under the pressure of everyone, they did not dare to express their anger.

Meng Zhao suddenly spoke up: "Your Majesty, it happens that many sisters in the harem are pregnant and there is no bloodshed. It is said that family scandals should not be made public. If you rush to die and send them back to the Guo family, it will definitely arouse people's speculation and damage the royal family's face. Please forgive me, Your Majesty. Concubine Guo is punished lightly to accumulate blessings for the emperor's heirs. "

Li Beichen looked at Meng Zhao coldly and thought to himself, are you trying to win over the Guo family's influence in the court for your father?
He asked rather displeasedly, "How do you think I should be given a lighter sentence?"

Meng Zhao lay prone on the ground and did not dare to breathe, "I thought that Concubine Guo's crime was unforgivable and she should severely punish the adulterer, so I ordered Concubine Guo to secretly abort her unborn child, and then put Concubine Guo into a secret prison. I eat vegetarian food and repent and copy scriptures every day to atone for my sins and pray for the royal family.”

Li Beichen sneered in his heart, a woman's kindness.

"Since Zhao'er begged me for mercy, you will personally give death to the guilty woman Guo. Investigate the adulterer strictly, and no matter who he is, the crime will be unforgivable. Thank you, sir, for your help."

Meng Zhao bravely took the imperial doctor and entered the secret prison with Xie Guiren. Unexpectedly, as soon as they entered the secret prison, news came that Guo Taibin had committed suicide by swallowing her tongue.

The jailer took them into the prison, looked at Guo Taibin's body, and found a lot of blood flowing from the corners of her mouth, lying lifelessly on the bed. He also ordered the imperial doctor to examine him and force-feed him abortion pills, and then left after confirming that there was no life left.

The maids and eunuchs around Concubine Guo were tortured in various ways, but they all begged for mercy, saying that they had no idea where the fetus in their master's belly came from.

Such solidarity and secrecy is rare. It can only mean one thing, they really don't know anything about it.

Concubine Guo always has her maids by her side. How can she make peace with others without being discovered at all?
The case reached a deadlock due to the death of Guo Taibin.

Li Beichen ordered the mass grave of Concubine Guo to be disposed of secretly.

After Jiang Yuebai heard that Xian Fei said this, he always felt very strange, but he couldn't tell what was strange.

She kept repeating in her mind, three months, three months. The date of pregnancy is close to your own.

During that period, it was the most chaotic period in the palace. Various idlers were mixed in, and many of the guards had rebelled, and might take advantage of the chaos to invade or have sex with Concubine Guo at night.

But there shouldn’t be many times when Concubine Guo doesn’t have her maids and eunuchs with her. Just like myself, there are people around me to take care of me all the time. This is the rule in the palace.

Unless Concubine Guo got separated from them at that time, or took the initiative to send away the palace maids and eunuchs. The former is forced, while the latter is premeditated adultery.

If she was raped, then Concubine Guo's death would be a sign of her will. After all, it was not what she wanted.

If it was adultery, then Concubine Guo's death might have been faked. The real Concubine Guo might have been wrapped in a torn mat and her body dumped in a mass grave in name, but in fact she "fake death" and quietly escaped from the palace.

Dr. Tian, ​​who was working in Taiyuan Hospital, checked whether Guo Taibin was alive or dead.

Did the Meng family want to sell a favor to the Guo family, or were they deceived by Imperial Doctor Tian without knowing it?

With such doubts, Jiang Yuebai wrote a letter to Li Beichen and sent Susu to bring a pot of jasmine to the Qinzheng Hall.

The eunuch in charge of the Qinzheng Hall today was Xu Fang. He ordered the other young eunuchs to take the jasmine back to Susu with an indifferent expression as the emperor was busy with government affairs.

In fact, Li Beichen is indeed busy with government affairs.

Su Su waited outside the palace for another hour in the bright sun. She felt dizzy, so she went back.

Liang Xiaobao has cultivated several of his confidants in the past few months. These confidants watched quietly. After Liang Xiaobao came back from work, he immediately quietly told Su Su about sending Jasmine.

Send Jasmine, this is the secret code agreed between Jiang Yuebai and Li Beichen, which means that I need to see you for something important.

It's just that Li Beichen always asked Xu Fang to serve him. In the evening, I went to the funeral palace to play chess with Monk Daoyan.

Liang Xiaobao never had the chance to get close to the emperor.

He had long sensed Xu Fang's hostility towards him, and knew that what happened today was done intentionally by Xu Fang.

After all, Xu Fang is Xu Fuhai's nephew, so it's normal for him to think that he is blocking the way.

Li Beichen still failed to win against Dao Yan today.

Furious. "Let's play another game. If you don't believe me, I can't beat you."

Dao Yan smiled: "Your Majesty, I forgive you. The poor monk has been feeling unwell recently due to overwork. He is very tired. He will need to return to Qingshou Temple to rest for a period of time. After the poor monk recovers his health, we will continue talking to the Emperor."

"There is the best imperial physician in the palace." Li Beichen made a temporary change and said, "I order the imperial physician to show the master first before talking."

During the Ming Dynasty, Buddhists and monks were worshiped, and even emperors could not disrespect eminent monks.

When the imperial doctor was summoned for consultation, it turned out that he was overworked and had suffered from some heat, so his spleen and stomach were weak and his spirit was tired.

When asked about her age again, she said that she was already seventy years old.

Li Beichen looked at the energetic and wrinkle-free Dao Yan in front of him. No matter how he looks, he doesn't look like a seventy-year-old man.

Could it be that the other party has practiced the magic of immortality? Or because he was born into a medical family, he has an exclusive secret recipe for longevity.

Li Beichen asked excitedly, "Master, you look like fifty, what's your secret?"

Who doesn’t want to live forever and stay young forever!
Dao Yan smiled: "This is a long story. The most basic thing is to eat when you are hungry and sleep when you are tired. Inhale the heart, strengthen the muscles and bones, take supplements at the right time, and do the following four things."

"Ten constants and four don'ts?" Li Beichen asked curiously.

Dao Yan nodded: "Yes, there are ten constant rules and four don'ts. When the emperor can defeat me, I will write the tonic prescription and the ten constant rules and four don'ts to the emperor."

Li Beichen stared at Dao Yan.

This kind of talk is the most maddening.

I just felt a breath holding in my chest. After lingering for a while, I digested it and then gradually dissipated.

Daoyan was twirling the Buddhist beads at the side, lowering his eyes and saying nothing.

Suddenly he praised loudly: "Your Majesty is so patient and magnanimous. Only one person out of ten can control his temper."

"I already want to kill you." Li Beichen stared at Dao Yan coldly.

Dao Yan lowered his eyes, "The old monk is already seventy years old. As far as I am concerned, his death is just returning to chaos, sooner or later. Your Majesty, have you ever heard the story of Bian Que meeting Duke Huan of Cai?"

When he lifted it up again, his eyes were exposed, which was shocking, aggressive, and uncomfortable.

This is not the look a monk should have.

A monk's eyes should be compassionate and peaceful, while Daoyan's eyes are sharp and eager.

Li Beichen raised his eyebrows and glanced at Dao Yan, "So? I don't have the patience to beat around the bush with you."

Dao Yan took a sip of tea and said, "Your Majesty's cold poison is currently in the body. If it is not treated and treated in time, it will enter the skin soon."

When Li Beichen heard the word "cold poison", he was shocked. Very few people knew that he had been poisoned by cold poison, and that Liang Xiaobao sucked out the poisonous blood in time, and also took the antidote pill given by Concubine Jianing.

Could it be that the other party is really an expert and can find out through observation that he has been poisoned by cold poison?

Li Beichen suppressed the surprise and questions in his heart and asked calmly, "Master Daoyan knows medical skills?"

Dao Yan smiled and said, "I come from a medical family and know a little bit about it."

Li Beichen suddenly had a cold face, as expressionless as an ice sculpture, releasing the pressure of an emperor. His patience with Daoyan's deviousness was almost exhausted.

"I heard that there is no cure for this poison. May I ask, Master, if it is true?"

Dao Yan nodded without hesitation, "It's true. But it's not without a cure."

"How do you say this?" Li Beichen's eyes were sharp.

"You need a very special elixir. And this medicine is rare but hard to find."

Daoyan paused and said, "We need a person with special horoscopes. This person must be a fire zodiac sign, with the two virtues of heaven and moon and the star of heaven and medicine. Every seven days, his blood is taken as a medicine, and then mixed with other spirits. Take the medicine seven times. If you take one, you can extend your life by five years. However, such a horoscope is rare and can only be relied on God's will."

Li Beichen's eyes passed over the well-maintained Dao Yan, his face expressionless, "What if I don't meet such a horoscope? How long do I have to live?"

Dao Yan looked solemn, "The number of people who are about to die can only last a year."

Li Beichen's face was frosty, and his voice had no warmth at all, "That's nonsense! How dare you curse the emperor's life. Who are you, and how can you have my horoscope? What are your ulterior motives?"

Dao Yan's face suddenly showed a look of coldness and vicissitudes of life, "How did the emperor come to this world? He has his own thoughts in his heart. There is no need to argue with me. There is a strange man from another world who wants to take your life out of love and hatred."

Li Beichen was stunned. Many rumors about Concubine Jianing suddenly came to his mind, and he thought of the mysterious dream shared by the whole city.

After hesitating for a moment, he asked, "Is the person from another world that the master refers to Concubine Jianing? If the country changes hands, who will it change?"

Daoyan avoided answering, clasped his hands together, lowered his eyes and smiled, "Amitabha, it's good, it's good. The Buddha said it can't be said. The emperor is suffering from cold poison, so he should control his female sex, otherwise his life will be in danger."

According to Li Beichen's understanding, silence is the answer, and no denial is affirmation. "I will bury you now!"

Dao Yan said calmly: "Your Majesty is not a murderous person."

He was sure that the emperor would not kill him until he found out the truth.

Li Beichen looked solemn and glanced at him coldly. This information came too suddenly and he needed to digest it.

He couldn't help but ask, "Master, how many years do I have left to live?"

Daoyan was silent for a moment, "It depends on how you choose, and it also depends on how she chooses. It's a thin line between life and death."

Li Beichen's face was livid, he stood up and put his hands behind his back, "Liang Xiaobao, arrange for the master to stay in the side hall and call the imperial doctor to come for consultation every day. No one is allowed to disturb the master's recovery and meditation. I will come back in three days."

Daoyan stood up to thank him without saying a word.

After leaving the funeral palace, Li Beichen felt depressed. He was thinking about what this Dao Yan wanted to do, and there was something weird about him.

How did Dao Yan know that he was poisoned by cold? How do you know that Concubine Jianing comes from another world?

Could it be that you can really figure things out and uncover secrets? Or did Daoyan also travel through time?
Dao Yan suggested that if he was lucky enough to have a concubine, was he instigated by others, bribed by the pregnant concubine, pretending to be a ghost, or was it a test.