Phoenix Fight: The First Concubine

Chapter 89
Doctor Zhu was stunned, he didn't expect that someone would trick him into Goulan today.

Now it seems that if he doesn't say anything, he shouldn't want to go out.

But what made him feel relieved was that these people were masked, so these people were obviously a little afraid, and they didn't want people to find out their true colors. At least in this way, he could still have a chance to go out.

Imperial Physician Zhu worked as an imperial physician in the palace, and had seen many infighting and scheming in the palace.

"Everyone has spent so much time to invite this old man, I can also understand what you want to know. It's just that this old man has already retired, and I neither know nor have any news about the affairs in the palace. Even if I kill the old man Also useless."

Doctor Zhu straightened his clothes and looked chic, apparently calmed down.

He looked around, his eyes swept across the room, trying to find clues to guess who it was.

Are these people from King Qi, King Luo, or others?
It's a pity that he looked at it for a while, but he didn't see why.

This is Huajie, Imperial Physician Zhu can hear the sound of silk and bamboo orchestras, obviously he has not left Hongxiulou.

Gao Shiqi's eyes were sharp, he had seen his expression a long time ago, and he smiled coldly: "Doctor Zhu, don't toast or eat fine wine. You have retired a long time ago, but don't tell us that the emperor didn't let you enter the palace for a pulse check."

Doctor Zhu's heart shuddered. It was obvious that these people knew such secrets because there were many eyeliners in the palace.

He has entered the palace and checked the queen's pulse.

Doctor Zhu regretted it too much, he knew that he would definitely not come out.

Now being caught, it seems that if you don't tell the situation today, you don't want to live!
His eyes twinkled, and he said with a smile: "What's the use of knowing this, even if you knew it earlier, the child would have been born. The emperor attaches great importance to this child, and it is useless for anyone to do anything. I advise you not to wishful thinking , if something happens to me, it won't be me who will be unlucky, it will only be those who have evil intentions."

Gao Shiqi laughed and said, "You still want to threaten me?"

A man next to him stepped forward and punched Tai doctor Zhu down: "Old man, stop talking nonsense, tell the truth! Is the queen pregnant with a boy or a girl? If you don't tell me, we will kill you immediately, even if the emperor knows It's useless, can he know who did it?"

Doctor Zhu was beaten until he became dizzy, and with the combined punches and kicks, he couldn't take it anymore for his old body.

These people don't seem to care about his life or death at all.

Gao Shiqi said lightly: "Stop. Can Imperial Physician Zhu speak now?"

Doctor Zhu's eyes flickered, he gritted his teeth, and said, "Okay, I'll just say it, but can you guarantee that I won't hurt my life?"

Gao Shiqi nodded: "If you say so, we promise not to hurt your life. You don't know our identities. Killing you will alert the emperor, and the loss outweighs our gain."

Seeing this, Imperial Physician Zhu thought for a while and finally had to say it.

"The emperor asked the old minister to check the empress's pulse. According to the method passed down by the old man, the empress should be pregnant with a princess."

King Qi behind the screen moved, and couldn't help being shocked when he heard his words. He stared hard at the doctor Zhu in front of him, as if he was judging whether the news was true.

"What you said is true? Zhu Laoer, don't try to deceive us."

Imperial Physician Zhu snorted coldly, and shook his sleeves: "There is nothing you can do if you don't believe me. Of course, I am telling the truth. This matter is not really a secret, since I am not a prince, I think the emperor will not keep it a secret for too long. It's useless for you to keep me."

"Let him go."

A voice came from behind the screen.

Gao Shiqi wanted to ask something suspiciously, but was winked at.

Doctor Zhu was ecstatic in his heart, he turned around with big strides and wanted to leave.

"Don't worry, the old man won't say anything about it."

As soon as he turned around and wanted to leave, suddenly there was a heavy blow on the back of his head, and his vision darkened and he fell to the ground.

"My lord?" Gao Shiqi looked at him in surprise.

King Qi stepped out of the screen, stared coldly at the imperial doctor Zhu on the ground, snorted, with a complicated expression: "This old man is lying! He just said that in order to get away early, in case we would kill him."

Gao Shiqi was a little uncertain: "But if it's really a princess..."

"No way." King Qi narrowed his black eyes slightly, "If it was really a princess, he would have told us as soon as he saw us. If it was a princess, Father would definitely release the news, so that no one would do anything. Now that he is trying to hide it, there is a problem. Even if the emperor really releases the news, it is just confusing the public."

If it was the prince, the Imperial Physician Zhu made this statement because he was afraid that they would be silenced after hearing the news.

"My lord, do you want to kill him?"

Gao Shiqi nodded, he felt that King Qi's words were very reasonable, and it was difficult to discuss this matter.

To be on the safe side, we still have to do it.

He just wanted to make sure he couldn't make up his mind.

In fact, King Qi just wanted a reason to do something.

Gao Shiqi didn't make a sound, this is a royal secret, they will not make their own claims.

"Then startle the snake. Imperial doctor Zhu is old, and he was too excited to have a stroke when working with Ming'er." King Qi directly judged his fate without looking at Imperial doctor Zhu on the ground.

The other person was quite skillful in medicine. After listening to King Qi's words, he took out a pill, dissolved it in water, and poured it directly into the mouth of Imperial Physician Zhu.

After taking this medicine, strange symptoms similar to apoplexy will appear, but it is not poisoning, and it is difficult to detect.

Doctor Zhu will be lingering on the sick bed from now on, don't even think about waking up.

Even if he woke up, he would not know who did it.

"According to what I said before." King Qi had a leisurely time drinking tea, and between the words, people's lives were withered.

Gao Shiqi then sent him back to Ming'er's room.

Ming'er, who was in a coma, woke up and was in a daze. Seeing Doctor Zhu beside him with crooked eyes and slanted mouth, foaming at the mouth, she screamed in fright.

The voice quickly attracted the General Secretary Fanzi, who was acting as a bodyguard, and was shocked when he saw the strange state of Zhu Taiyi.

"what happened?"

"I don't know, I was fine just now, I don't know how the doctor Zhu suddenly felt like he had a stroke..." Ming'er screamed in fright.

Several members of the General Administration Department looked around, but found nothing unusual, and checked the situation of Imperial Physician Zhu, they couldn't help frowning.

They directly controlled Ming'er, and checked the entire room inch by inch.

These people are experts in raiding homes and searching for things, and nothing can escape their eyes.

Not long after, someone discovered an abnormality under the bed.

"The dust under the bed has been moved by someone. There are traces of someone lying on it. A hole was pierced through the bed sheet, leaving a pale yellow mark. It is confirmed that it must have been plotted against. There is no sign of struggle, so it must have happened on the bed. Printed on the dust The figure of this person is six feet three inches tall, thin, with a token around his waist, and there is a trace of the token on the dust."

The leading man checked it ruthlessly, holding a thin piece of paper against the dust, and under the light, he could clearly distinguish the appearance of the token.

His pupils narrowed slightly, he looked at his subordinates for a while, and said in a deep voice: "You guys stay here and watch, I'll go back to the palace."

The man used a clever method to copy the traces of the token onto the paper, and quickly got out of the window and left the Hongxiu Building.

The king of Qi spent all his time to invite the beauties to accompany him, and listened to the beauties playing the piano and singing.

The corners of his mouth were raised happily, and his expression seemed to be enjoying the singing and dancing. The beauties sang, the singers accompanied the dancers, the temples were cloudy, the green sleeves fluttered, the wrists were creamy and slender.

The sound of singing next door came from outside the window.

"I was standing on the city tower looking at the mountain scenery, and I could hear the commotion outside the city. The flags fluttered and the shadows turned in the air. It turned out that it was the soldiers sent by Sima..."

King Qi hummed softly, obviously in a happy mood.

After Fangze sang a song, Lian walked up to King Qi step by step with a smile and sweetness, and offered a glass of wine: "The prince seems to be very happy."

King Qi smiled and said, "Oh? Can you guess why this king is happy?"

Fangze's eyes turned, "Fangze can't guess what the prince is thinking."

King Qi was noncommittal and drank a cup by himself.

He heard the commotion outside the building, but he didn't care.

Second brother, second brother, don't think that because you hide in Jiangnan, you want to stay out of it.

Brotherly love is deep, so I have to take you with me no matter what.

King Qi smiled like a spring breeze, but his eyes were very cold.

The General Secretary's fan quickly returned to the palace.

Emperor Jianwu didn't rest yet, so he directly invited him to meet him in the imperial study.

When Emperor Jianwu got the paper containing the criminal evidence, his expression was ugly.

"Emperor Zhu was conspired to have a stroke. Hehe..."

Emperor Jianwu looked at the paper in front of him with a mocking expression, "Is it the token of the guards of the Luo Palace? Who do you think made it?"

"My subordinates don't know. There are many people entering and leaving the Hongxiu Building. His Royal Highness King Qi is also in the Hongxiu Building tonight."

Emperor Jianwu held this piece of paper, wondering what he was thinking.

"Go down, send Imperial Physician Zhu back, and check carefully!"

He was very displeased, displeased that someone dared to stroke the tiger's beard on the tiger's head.

He has already made such an attitude, these sons are too courageous!
Do they think that this old man doesn't exist?
He actually dared to deal with Imperial Physician Zhu in the Goulan, did he want to get information from that old man?
Emperor Jianwu snorted, "Imperial Doctor Zhu...women are harmful..."

It's hard to say who did it.

But King Qi appeared in Hongxiu Tower, and if he appeared there, if something happened to Zhu Taiji, he would be suspected.

He would not be ignorant of this, and since this is the case, it is better to avoid it, how could he do such a thing?

If King Luo did it, would he have done it so loosely, leaving a mark on it?

If it is said that the light is left unintentionally, it is possible.

Since the queen became pregnant, Xiao Mingrui took the initiative to go to Jiangnan to show that he had no intention of competing for the crown.

This made the emperor very satisfied.

But what happened today made him suspicious of his sons.

This matter is not necessarily done by Luo Wang and Qi Wang, it is more likely that others want to frame them together.

The emperor of the conspiracy theory became more and more complicated as he thought about it. He thought about one thing so conspiratorially, but ignored the greatest possibility.

The emperor felt lonely.

The heights are so cold that no one can believe it.

These sons all have their own scheming plans and want to take the position under him.

Children in the royal family naturally want to fight for the throne, how could he not understand.

Now he just feels angry, no matter whether King Luo did it or not, he also decided to increase the surveillance on them.

He was just skeptical, but there was no evidence to prove that this matter was related to King Luo.

"Let me step up to monitor the movement of Luo Wang's mansion, what did Luo Wang do when he arrived in the south of the Yangtze River, and whether he made friends with local ministers."

At the emperor's order, the Secretary of General Administration sent additional manpower.

King Qi returned to Prince Qi's Mansion except Hongxiu Tower.

Gao Shiqi cupped his hands and said, "It's still Wang Ye's move."

King Qi smiled: "Father has paid too much attention to me recently. I still understand Father's character. He doesn't like others to challenge his authority, and he is very suspicious."

Even if the emperor doesn't believe that King Luo did this, he will plant a seed of doubt and no longer trust him so much.

He doesn't need anything, as long as he becomes suspicious and pays more attention to his good brother.

People who are emperors are always so suspicious, like suspicious of neighbors and stealing an axe. When they see something wrong with a person, they feel that there is something wrong.

Although it was risky for him to do so, it was better than staying in the mansion and being left out in the cold.

After all, the father wanted his son to inherit the throne.

Back then, the father and emperor came over from the struggle for the throne, and now they should understand better what their brothers are fighting for.

Yes, the father Huangxiong is careless, but this is also the sorrow of their brothers.

With such a super capable and energetic father, when will they be able to take over?
The heavenly family has no father and son, and the royal family has no kinship.

All for power.

Zhang Yuqian put down the Buddhist beads in her hand, and the big maid beside her, Yukou, was busy serving her dishes.

"Auntie, eat more delicious dishes. Hmph, the people in these big kitchens are all snobbish, and they are all trying to skimp on our supplies. We have to talk to the prince about this..."

Zhang Yuqian ate in silence, "It's useless to talk about such things. It's not like you don't know the virtues of those people. The prince is not in the mansion either."

"I just have to wait for the prince to come back. Isn't the princess cheating on you?"

"This matter was not arranged by the princess."

Zhang Yuqian understands this kind of thing best.

Those people saw the lord punishing her and thought she had fallen out of favor, so naturally there would be someone who was smart enough to figure out what she wanted to do.

Which of those high-ranking people can do it themselves, as long as they show a little movement, someone will come and step on you to death.

Zhang Yuqian understood it very well.

Yu Kou said unwillingly: "Could it be that Auntie is willing to go on like this?"

"My lord won't lock me up all the time. Recently, I've been embroidering and copying Buddhist scriptures. When my lord comes back, he'll probably let me out."

Zhang Yuqian said that this was a bit uncertain, but she didn't think Xiao Mingrui would keep her locked up.

As long as we can still meet, there is always a chance.

She will be more careful this time, and be more careful. After a long time, the prince will forget about these mistakes.

She didn't believe that the princess could always be favored by the prince.

"Why don't the slaves let the lord know the news about you when the lord comes back, seeing that you miss him every day, he will definitely take pity on you, and forgive you for any mistakes?"

Yu Kou said excitedly.

Zhang Yuqian's eyes flickered, and she looked at Yukou in front of her.

Yu Kou's appearance is not very beautiful, at most it is delicate.

But the only people Zhang Yuqian could use now were two or three kittens.

Yu Kou can be regarded as a smart and ambitious person.

"I hope the lord can remember the old love... The lord is a nostalgic person. As long as I know a mistake, I will correct it. He has always been very generous to his woman. Yukou, our lord will always have an aunt in the future."

She smiled meaningfully: "Is Yukou seventeen this year?"

Yu Kou's eyes moved slightly, obviously understanding what she meant, she was a little excited in her heart, pressed down and said: "Yes, this servant is seventeen."

Zhang Yuqian smiled and stopped talking.

The two have their own concerns.

The other maid, Xiao Ai, brought a box of incense and replaced the incense in the incense burner.

"Did this just come from the warehouse?"

"That's right, auntie, the servant girl smells very good, so I'll light it for you." Xiao Ai lit the incense neatly, and soon the room was filled with a wafting aroma.

Zhang Yuqian just felt that the smell of the incense was a bit strange, and didn't notice anything else.

After eating, the sweeping maid came into the house to clean, but she accidentally knocked over the incense burner.

Yu Kou, who was beating Zhang Yuqian's leg at the side, put on a pretty face when she saw it, and scolded, "Where are your eyes?"

She stepped forward to hold up the incense burner, seeing a lot of incense poured in, she was very dissatisfied, and lowered her head to put the incense up.

Yu Kou was also knowledgeable before, and she knew some things. Looking at it, she suddenly felt something was wrong.

"Ah, auntie, look how this thing looks like musk!"

Yu Kou exclaimed, she always likes to be smart, especially likes to show off, now that she recognizes this thing, how can she keep silent.

Zhang Yuqian's complexion changed, and she hurried over to take a look...

She followed Zhu's side, so she had seen this kind of thing before.

There is a lot of incense in this furnace of incense, which can be seen just by looking at it.

Zhang Yuqian turned pale with anger.

She is like this, these people still don't let her go!

He also got this contraceptive thing, is it to make her unable to get pregnant?

who did it?

princess?

No, if the concubine wanted to do something, she would have done it long ago, why did she start the trouble now?

Moreover, this method is too clumsy, there is too much musk mixed in, and it is easy to find something wrong.

Could it be other women?
Did they get some news that they wanted to have a child instead of her and adopt it to Mrs. Zhu?
Zhang Yuqian's complexion changed again and again, and Yukou had already yelled: "Someone is harming my aunt, aunt, this matter can't be left alone."

There was a commotion here, and the small yellow gate guarding the gate outside had already got the news from someone, and broke in.

Xiao Ai was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she knelt down and kowtowed: "Auntie, please forgive Xiao Ai, Xiao Ai really doesn't know. Xiao Ai doesn't know anything. I used to be a sweeping girl. How can I recognize these spices?" ..."

"What's going on, what's going on with Aunt Zhang? If something happens, you can tell me earlier. Let's report to the princess and Eunuch Su earlier."

One of the little yellow gates shouted.

Seeing them coming, Yukou pointed at the spice and called out: "You two father-in-laws, look, someone put musk in the spices sent to our aunt. This thing is harmful to women."

The two little yellow men looked at each other, both a little nervous, one of them immediately said: "No, the miscellaneous family has to report this matter to the princess immediately."

"Wait." Zhang Yuqian took a deep breath and forced a smile on her face. "Elder-in-law, don't blame me, this girl likes to make a fuss. I think she made a mistake."

Zhang Yuqian didn't want to publicize this matter, if the princess did it, wouldn't it be a thief calling for a thief?
"No, this matter must be reported to the princess. If something happens to you, who will be blamed? The villain can't bear this responsibility."

One of the two small yellow gates ran out.

Zhang Yuqian frowned, and looked at Yu Kou angrily, seeing that the situation could not be stopped, she could only ask Xiao Ai: "Say, who gave you this incense?"

Xiao Ai was shocked: "It was given to the slaves by the daughter-in-law of the Shangyi Bureau, Han Lin's family..."

Zhang Yuqian stared at her: "What nonsense are you talking about? Isn't this matter distributed to the internal warehouse by the warehouse steward on a monthly basis, and then the internal treasury steward distributes it to each room? How could it be given to you by the daughter-in-law of the Shangyi Bureau? ?”

Xiao Ai cried: "I dare not lie. It was sent by Han Lin's family from the Shangyi Bureau. She said that someone sent by the inner treasury met her on the way and happened to be in an emergency. That person is hers." Sister, she brought it by the way. The two little father-in-laws also saw it at the time, didn't they?"

The little yellow door clapped his hands: "That's right, why did the clothing bureau get involved in this matter? Isn't this a dog meddling with a mouse?"

Zhang Yuqian was also very surprised, how did she get involved with Han Lin's wife, who is in charge of the Shangyi Bureau?

She felt that something was wrong, Han Lin seemed to be a distant relative of Ling Shan's family, the husband of the prince's nanny Ling Ling, so he used his connections to get this job.

Wouldn't it be a bad thing if it involved them?

The Ling family has a lot of connections in the palace, if this offends them, her life will be even more difficult in the future.

Zhang Yuqian didn't know what was going on, and felt that this matter was like a trap.

At this moment, Madam Zheng came, frowned and greeted Zhang Yuqian first, and then said: "The princess already knows about this matter, now please ask Aunt Zhang and a few maids to bring things over to ask about the situation."

Yu Kou shouted: "This thing was sent by Mrs. Han Lin, the manager of the Shangyi Bureau."

Madam Zheng asked in surprise, "Why is it her?"

Yukou learned it again.

Madam Zheng's face darkened immediately: "Come here, go and call Han Lin's family to see the princess, and call the person in charge of the internal treasury too."

After finishing speaking, Madam Zheng respectfully invited Zhang Yuqian to Tianxiang Garden.

Zhang Yuqian felt a little regretful that the matter had become a big deal, but she couldn't help it, so she was forced to take her to Tianxiangyuan.

Murong Wei was waiting in the main hall, Lu'er fanned her, and Xiang Tao brought a bowl of iced sour plum soup.

When Zhang Yuqian came, she saw Murong Wei sitting upright in the main hall, the maids and women in the hall were awe-inspiring, giving people a strong sense of oppression.

Zhang Yuqian was helped into the palace by the servant girl, "The concubine has seen the princess, please rest assured."

Murong Wei smiled slightly, and said kindly: "Sister, don't be too polite, please sit down."

Although he was polite, he didn't mean to help her in the slightest.

Zhang Yuqian obediently sat down on one side.

Murong Wei looked at the people brought outside, and said, "What's going on here, Madam Zheng, tell me."

Nanny Zheng agreed, and briefly explained it to Murong Wei.

After hearing this, Murong Wei's face darkened: "Where are the members of Han Lin's family, and those who are in charge of the internal treasury, are they all here?"

"The servants have already sent people to call them."

Murong Wei snorted, then looked at Zhang Yuqian with a pleasant face and said, "Sister, don't worry, this concubine will give you an explanation for this matter no matter what! Hmph, if these slaves dare to harm the master, this concubine will definitely not forgive me! "

Zhang Yuqian said nonchalantly: "This concubine is definitely not the Han Lin family's doing this, after all, it's too obvious. I'm afraid someone framed her."

Murong Wei said with a serious face, "My sister is just too kind. This concubine always knows right from wrong no matter what she does. She will never wrong a good person, and of course she won't let those hidden city foxes and social mice go."

She looked at Xiao Ai and Yu Kou with sharp eyes, and said coldly: "What do you guys who take care of Aunt Zhang do? You are so negligent on weekdays, I think you should all be dragged down and punished!"

As soon as her words came out, Yu Kou and Xiao Ai cried out their wrongdoing and knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

Murong Wei was lazily holding a small silver spoon in her hand, tasting the ice cream. The more she remained silent, the more invisible oppression and panic felt in the audience.

"Princess, Han Lin's family and the steward of the internal treasury have arrived."

Murong Wei raised her eyes and glanced, and saw a somewhat obese woman wearing a light green Lu silk Ruyi pattern dress, her fair face was full of fear, next to a thin old man was Wei Bin, who was in charge of the internal treasury, with thin cheeks, A pair of small eyes are sly like a mouse, and there is a goatee under his chin.

(End of this chapter)