Fengqi crabapple

Chapter 97 Garden Encounter
Anba honestly reported to Prince Duan carefully what happened when the prince returned the sachet in the garden and the girl bandaged her wound.

Prince Duan pondered for a moment and said: "In the future, if it is not related to the girl's safety, don't report it. I sent you to protect her, not to monitor her."

An Ba: But An Qi told me that the prince is in danger!

Today, King Duan invited Shizi Mu, Zhao Xiaohou, Shen Da, and Cheng Shao to have dinner at Lianyun Pavilion, and told about his suspicion that Concubine Ji was going to kill the queen.

"The queen has been in bed for many days, recuperating behind closed doors. It is not difficult to poison her, but I don't know how Ji Dang is going to blame the prince." King Duan looked at the prince and said, pretending that he didn't know what happened last night.

"If you want to impose a crime, why bother!" The prince regained his iceberg face and said with a sneer: "As long as her Ji Party is not destroyed, I won't die."

"The troubles caused by the Ji party are the troubles caused by the eunuchs. If the troubles are not eliminated, the country will not be peaceful as long as it lasts." King Duan picked up the wine pot and filled the prince a glass. "If you remind me, I will return it to you as it is. Many things , it’s not that we won’t do something if we want to, it’s not up to us whether we do something or not.”

The prince raised his head and drank the wine, nodded and said: "Okay! I'm willing to risk everything, but I want to see who else has to fight hard after I have retreated to such a situation!"

Shen Congxi also drank it all in one gulp.

After the prince was deposed, his father and younger brother were in panic all day long. Finally, the queen saved her eldest sister Shen Shunhua, but now the queen is still in bed. If the queen is gone, I don't know what will happen to the eldest sister.

Last night, his father Shen An and his brother Shen Congzhao had a secret conversation with him, trying to find out whether King Duan had ambitions to rise to power.It is said that the prince's old subordinates originally had the intention of making a comeback, but if the queen fell, they would all fall apart and join the next new master to support them.

"My father said that most of the veterans in the court agree to establish the title of 'eldest son', and you have already occupied the title of 'eldest son'. Unless Concubine Ji becomes the successor, then King Xian can occupy the title of 'eldest son'." Shen Congxi said sternly: "So the Queen's position is very important. The Queen cannot fail!"

Cheng Hanbai recalled the conversation his father had with him before returning to Beijing, and also said: "In the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, you have the people who are responsible for the king. Most of the generals in the important towns on the nine sides are leaning towards you. King Xian does not have any decent military personnel." In terms of power, when it comes to armed rebellion, King Kang, who has the support of Dongchang, is stronger."

"The chamberlains are not monolithic." Zhao Muzhe said, "They are divided into several groups. Between the East Factory and the West Factory, the Jinyi Guards, and the Warlords, no one obeys anyone. Besides, although Ji Chuan is only in charge of the Jinwu Guards, he has more power than me. Lin Wei is much older."

"Chaos is our opportunity." Xie Ruitang put down the cup in his hand and glanced at the partners in front of him with burning eyes: "The arrow is on the string. If we advance, we will survive, but if we retreat, we will die!"

"Yes! If you advance, you will live, but if you retreat, you will die!" Xie Yuantang couldn't help but want to applaud Xie Ruitang.

After enduring it for a long time, when King Duan finally spoke, several people in the audience became excited and whispered about the situation in the DPRK and China, as well as their own judgments.

"My sister entered the palace this morning and said that Concubine Xu summoned her." Cheng Hanbai whispered to Xie Ruitang.

Xie Ruitang's eyebrows and her heart skipped a beat: "You ask her to enter the palace as little as possible. The situation in the palace is too complicated. I'm afraid she will be taken advantage of. Especially don't get involved in the queen's illness. Now is a time when relationships are delicate. If she gets caught If we go in, we will be passive."

Cheng Hanbai's younger sister, Cheng Haitang, was exercising with her godmother, Princess Xu, in the imperial garden.Haitang and Mrs. Xu took off their shoes together and walked back and forth on a cobblestone road wearing only cloth socks.

"Mother Toffee, as long as you insist on walking for a cup of tea every day and soak your feet with herbs when you get back, your cold hands and feet will slowly disappear." Haitang helped Mrs. Xu sit down slowly and wrote in ink to Tai Fei. The concubine wears shoes.

"Never mind! I'll leave my old bones to you!" Concubine Xu said with a smile, "I'm tired of walking too. You go to Qinghe Palace to see Concubine Ji. I'm going back to the palace."

After seeing off the concubine, Haitang sat down, took off her socks and shook them clean. Just as she was about to put her socks back on, a laugh came from the side: "You girl from there, how dare you take off your shoes and socks here?"

Haitang didn't even bother to put on her socks and hid her bare feet under her skirt.

A thin young man walked out of the bushes. He coughed twice and took two steps forward. He saw that Haitang neither looked like a palace maid nor a concubine, so he asked again: "Who are you?" How come I never see you while walking around in this palace?"

Haitang saw that he was frail and sick, with dragon patterns embroidered on the sleeves of his clothes, so she quickly saluted him and said, "My maid, Cheng Haitang, has met the Sixth Prince!"

"Do you recognize me?" The sixth prince had just turned 16, but he looked several years older than Haitang.

"Your Majesty... I guessed it." Haitang was still tugging on her skirt, being careful not to expose her feet.Seeing her embarrassment, Xie Ruibin smiled and coughed a few more times: "I'm not looking at you. Please put on your shoes and socks quickly before you reply." After that, he turned around.

Haitang hurriedly put on her shoes and socks, and said with a smile, "I'm fine, Sixth Prince."

Xie Ruibing walked to the stone where she had just sat and sat down. There was already a layer of sweat on her forehead. When the wind blew, she couldn't help but cough again.

Haitang carefully observed his expression, and remembered that Xie Ruitang once said that Xie Ruibin's illness was brought about by his mother's womb, so she took a few more looks.

"What do you think I did? Have you never seen anyone sick?" Xie Ruibing was a little angry.

"I have seen people get sick, but I have never seen people remain ill without treatment." Haitang said seriously, "You have fetal poison in your body that has not been eliminated."

Xie Ruibin laughed and said: "I thought you had some good opinions! This old saying is not just what others say!"

"There is poison in your body, but it is not the reason for your cough." Haitang blinked and said, "Has anyone ever said this?"

Xie Ruibin was silent. The imperial doctor always said that the fetal poison was not exhausted, which caused him to remain ill for a long time. The poison entered his heart and lungs, so he kept coughing.

"Are you willing to let me take your pulse?" Haitang asked him, tilting her head.

Xie Ruibin said nothing, hesitated for a moment, but still stretched out his hand.Haitang squatted at his feet and put his wrists on his thighs.Even through his clothes, he could still feel the Sixth Prince's long, thin legs.

Haitang tasted her pulse carefully, then motioned for him to change hands and confirm again.He quickly put his hand away and stood up.

"Sixth Prince, I read it right. Your fetal poison came from the fact that your mother drank poison when she was pregnant with you. Although the poison was detoxified later, part of the poison has been passed to you through the afterbirth. In fact, this poison has already been passed to you. It was suppressed by your body and slowly settled on your feet. As a result, you have recently begun to have pain when walking."

Xie Ruibing was shocked!There was indeed a light layer of black on his legs below the knees, but the imperial doctor said it was caused by blood stasis due to too little movement.So he had to go out for a walk even if he endured the pain in his legs.

What Cheng Haitang diagnosed was completely different from what the imperial doctor said!
"Your cough is caused by a deficiency of yin and yang, a deficiency of both qi and yin in the lungs, which is what we call tuberculosis." Haitang looked at his uncertain face and said slowly.

Xie Ruibing's hands clenched into fists.

Haitang comforted him and said: "It's still too late for treatment. I'll do three acupunctures and try to drain the toxins from my legs first. The treatment of tuberculosis doesn't take long, but if you want to return to a normal human body, it will take some time."

Xie Ruibing looked up at her, as if he wanted to understand what kind of person she was on her face.

After a while, he said: "I don't want people to know that you treated me, especially my mother-in-law. The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. We have hoped too many times over the years... You, Are you leaving the palace?"

Haitang shook his head and said, "I'm going to see Concubine Ji before I go out."

"Concubine Ji? Are you familiar with my third brother?" Xie Ruibing asked curiously.

Haitang pursed her lips and smiled: "My brother is Cheng Hanbai, and they are relatively familiar."

Xie Ruibin nodded and smiled softly: "It turns out that she is the daughter of General Cheng, no wonder she is so courageous. Your brother picked up Prince Wala a few days ago, which was very majestic and very good!"

He thought about it and said: "Since I am Third Brother's friend, I will ask Third Brother if I can use his palace for treatment."

Haitang nodded, bowed and left, then turned around and went to Qinghe Palace.

(End of this chapter)