Traveling through Tianlong: Starting from the Zhenlong chess game

Chapter 591 A dead horse becomes a live doctor
Although Zhao Ji successfully usurped the throne with the help of Empress Dowager Xiang, this left him with a bad reputation.

But if Zhezong used Zhao Mu's very safe penicillin and died, then Zhao Mu's evaluation in history would not be as simple as usurping the throne, but also include regicide.

Of course, ancient people did not understand penicillin. If Zhezong died, then the history books would definitely say that Zhao Mu poisoned Zhezong. They would also make up a story that is even more outrageous than the candlelight and axe sound to discredit him.

Thinking of this, Zhao Mu couldn't help but wonder, among those who were poisoned to death in history, could there really be a time traveler who used the wrong medicine and was thus recorded as a treacherous minister who poisoned the emperor?
After Zhao Mu sealed up the penicillin, he made up his mind. He had to ask Zhezong's own opinion on this matter.

But Zhao Mu asked someone to bring the prepared syringe and his homemade penicillin, and then went to the harem.

Speaking of the harem, Zhao Mu was a little scared because many women came to see him during this period.

However, the women who came to see him were not Zhao Mu's own, but Zhezong's concubines.

After Zhao Mu took control of the palace, he placed Empress Dowager Xiang under house arrest, and then released Zhezong's concubines from Beiyuan and ordered them to return to the palace.

After experiencing the coldness of Beiyuan, naturally no one among the concubines wanted to go back to that place.

In order to avoid going back, some people have begun to come up with bold and evil ideas, and this evil idea is aimed at Zhao Mu.

In order to make penicillin, Zhao Mu had been handling state affairs nearby and had been living in the palace. He just didn't go to the harem.

Although Zhao Mu did not go, the women who were released all came over on their own initiative. Zhao Mu took a look and found that the quality of Zhezong's harem was also very high.

After all, women of high rank who were able to enter the palace, except for political marriages to stabilize the power of the court, all relied on their beauty to gain power.

Although Wang Yuyan and others were extremely beautiful, the women who could enter the palace were also beauties picked from thousands of miles away. This really made Zhao Mu feel itchy.

But Zhao Mu didn't make any mistakes.

After all, Zhezong was not dead yet, and he was one generation older than Zhezong. Zhao Ji did not do these stupid things, so Zhao Mu would certainly not do them.

Zhao Mu had no choice but to avoid suspicion and to make these women behave themselves, so he sent someone to invite Queen Meng to "guard his house". Since then, Zhao Mu has been much quieter.

However, some rumors spread in the palace that Zhao Mu and Queen Meng were having an affair.

Although Zhao Mu also heard these gossips, he did not punish those who spread the gossips. In this kind of matter, the innocent will be cleared automatically. If he really punished them, the matter would only get worse.

It's fine as long as Cheoljong doesn't believe this nonsense.

However, Zhao Mu did have some shady ideas during this period, but they were not directed towards the concubines in Zhezong's harem, but towards his eldest sister-in-law, Princess Qian Yuzhen.

After Zhao Mu took control of the capital, the coup situation gradually subsided and Zhao Yong's coffin was brought back.

Upon learning of Zhao Yong's death, Concubine Chai and Princess Xiao Qian did not show too much sadness. This was because Zhao Yong had made a big mess by accepting the title of the false emperor. If Zhao Yong were still alive, the fate of the Prince of Dongping's Mansion would be the same as that of the Prince Consort's Mansion and the Prince of Duan's Mansion.

However, because her son had died, Concubine Chai still cried for a whole day and night.

Zhao Mu, on the other hand, cleared Zhao Yong of all charges, and conferred upon him posthumously several titles of Grand Commander and Jiedushi, and then sent people to bury him with royal rites.

During this period, family members also came to the palace to express their gratitude to Zhao Mu. Since Zhao Yong had no children, the person who came to express gratitude was naturally his sister-in-law Qian Yuzhen.

As the saying goes, "a pretty woman should be in mourning." Qian Yuzhen, who entered the palace to see the emperor in mourning, was really charming. Ah Zhu was guarding Yelu Yanxiu, and no one else came with her. Zhao Mu didn't dare to touch Zhezong's woman, and he was embarrassed to summon his own sister Liu. Zhao Mu was really depressed during this period.

Now seeing his sister-in-law who still had charm, Zhao Mu couldn't help but have bad thoughts. He really wanted to take good care of his young widowed sister-in-law in the future.

Zhao Mu came to Zhezong's bed with everything he had prepared.

Seeing Zhao Mu coming, Queen Meng hurriedly asked, "Uncle, can you prepare the elixir to treat Your Majesty?"

Zhao Mu replied: "I'm ready. But..."

Queen Meng asked back, "Just what?"

Zhao Mu looked at the penicillin on the tray behind him, and then said, "But I'm not sure whether this medicine can cure Your Majesty. If this medicine is used now, and Your Majesty is blessed with great fortune, then everything will be fine. But if unfortunately, Your Majesty dies."

Hearing what Zhao Mu said, Queen Meng said, "Hasn't Your Majesty already told the Emperor's uncle about this? Please ask the Emperor's uncle to take the medicine as soon as possible."

Zhao Mu ignored Queen Meng's words.

Zhao Mu walked to the bed, looked at Zhezong and said, "Your Majesty, do you trust me?"

Zhezong looked at Zhao Mu and replied, "Uncle, what are you talking about? I have the same mind as you. I trust you, just as I trust myself. You don't have to doubt me. I believe in your judgment. Besides, even if it doesn't work, it's nothing more than death. If I am doomed, then dying in your hands is better than lying here and dying. Uncle, let's try it now."

Zhao Mu looked at Zhezong's determined eyes, then made up his mind and said, "Okay! I don't care about what people will say after my death. Even if I am branded as a traitor in the future, I must use this medicine! This is the only hope to save your majesty."

After hearing the conversation between the two, Queen Meng felt a sudden blackness in front of her eyes. She felt that Zhezong was doomed.

But Zhezong stretched out his hand tremblingly, then held Zhao Mu's hand, then smiled slightly, giving him the last reassurance.

Zhao Mu frowned and ordered, "Someone, bring a pot of charcoal fire and a kettle of boiling water!"

After receiving Zhao Mu's order, the palace maids immediately prepared.

When the charcoal fire was brought and the hot water boiled, Zhao Mu began his treatment. He asked people to take off Zhezong's shirt and then let Zhezong sit up.

Zhao Mu placed the copper syringe in hot water and simply disinfected it. He also put his hands in the boiling hot water to wash his hands. However, although the water was hot, it could not hurt Zhao Mu who was protected by his inner strength.

After disinfection, Zhao Mu placed the syringe into the jade tube and sucked the penicillin, whose effect was unknown, into the syringe.

Then Zhao Mu inserted the thick needle into Zhezong's arm. Although Zhao Mu was not a professional doctor, he could only try his best to save the situation.

However, when everyone else saw the needle piercing Cheoljong's flesh, they were trembling with fear.

Even the imperial doctors who followed behind, such as Su Xinghe, were constantly wiping the sweat off their faces. After all, Zhao Mu's treatment method was simply too shocking. They had never heard of it or seen it before.

Today I have opened my eyes.

(End of this chapter)