lucky star girl

Chapter 228
The news that Emperor Ruikang fell ill again did not come out of the palace openly, but as the courtiers returned home one after another, the news spread.

It's just that Emperor Ruikang had decided on New Year's Eve that he would sit in the seat of the fifth prince Ye Jingxing, and he was not young anymore, and he had been in poor health since years ago.

What's more, Ye Jingxing was living in the palace now, so even though everyone knew that Emperor Ruikang was ill, they didn't panic.

After all, the next emperor has been selected. Even if Emperor Ruikang dies now, they will be able to usher in a new emperor immediately, and there will probably be no turmoil.

This is what most people think.

But besides most of the people, there are some people who are unwilling, or who plan to take advantage of this opportunity to do something.

Ye Jingche's biological mother, Mrs. Liu, was imprisoned in the cold palace by Emperor Ruikang after Ye Jingche failed on New Year's Eve.

But although Emperor Ruikang locked her in the cold palace, he forgot that Mrs. Liu had held power in the palace for many years before, so she must have her own contacts in the palace.

Although most of Liu's contacts were cleared up by Empress Hu and Emperor Ruikang, there were still some sporadic people, which Empress Hu and Emperor Ruikang hadn't noticed.

On this day, news of Emperor Ruikang's illness spread to Mrs. Liu, but she sat motionless in front of the Buddha statue without moving.

The maid who came to pass the news waited for a long time before Liu who was sitting in front of the Buddha statue said, "My son should be gone, right?"

Although it was in a questioning tone, the palace maid could hear affirmative meaning from Mrs. Liu's words.

The palace maid was a little worried, she originally planned to hide it from the empress for a few days, but who knew, she actually guessed it.

"Your Majesty, this servant didn't mean to hide it from you." The palace maid knelt down, her eyes instantly turned red with worry.

Hearing the maid's voice, Mrs. Liu looked at her sideways, and then sighed, "I know you are doing it for my own good, but I understand my son's temperament." After saying this, Mrs. Liu thought for a while , then looked at the maid and continued: "I still have one last wish, would you like to help me?"

"Yes! The servant is willing!"

The palace maid lost her mother since she was a child, and her stepmother sent her to the palace. She almost died due to illness. For so many years, it was Mrs. Liu who secretly protected her.

At the beginning, she was just a little maid who did rough work. After so many years, it was precisely because of Mrs. Liu's promotion that she was able to achieve her current status.

Although the palace lady knew that Mrs. Liu was protecting her, she might want to bribe her, but she also knew that if it wasn't for Mrs. Liu's kindness in the past, she would have been gone long ago.

What's more, when the younger brother got married, Liu secretly gave her money so that she could send it out of the palace to the younger brother. Now the younger brother and sister have given birth to a nephew, and the younger brother also left Beijing with his wife and children at the end of last year.

She has a cheap life, and now she just wants to repay Liu's kindness and be a clean person in her next life.

Mrs. Liu should have guessed what the maid was thinking, but she didn't care, as long as she was willing to do things for herself.

"I know that you have contacts. I have a pack of medicine here. You should find a way to add it to the spring water that the Holy Majesty uses every day."

As soon as Liu's words came out, the maid who knelt down trembled.

Mrs. Liu saw that she was afraid, so she couldn't help but said again: "The most common people take this medicine is stomach discomfort, and the imperial doctor can't find it out."

She prepared this pack of medicine at the end of last year when she knew what her son was going to do.

This medicine is an heirloom of her mother's housewife. When she was going to enter the palace, her mother gave her the prescription.

It's just that she has never used it in the palace for so many years, she thought she would never use it, but who knows, she still needs to use this medicine now.

Because she knew that Ruikangdi's health was not good, as long as this medicine was taken, Ruikangdi's body would definitely fail soon.

After hearing what Mrs. Liu said, the palace lady already understood what Mrs. Liu meant, and at the same time, the maid also understood that at the beginning, she accepted the bowl of medicine sent by Mrs. Liu, and after saving herself, she had no way out. up.

The maid took the medicine bag and left, and promised that after taking the medicine within three days, she would never come here again.

Watching the maid leave, Liu suddenly raised her head and smiled at the Buddha statue.

"Cheer, don't worry, wait a few more days, and mother will come to accompany you."

Liu's words were so soft that no one else heard them except herself.

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Because Emperor Ruikang fell ill, Xu Shiqiu was really tired these few days.

In the evening of this day, he was finally able to go home early, and was just about to talk to Dong Shu about Ye Jingxing's ascension to the throne in a while, when the bell in the palace that hadn't rung for many years suddenly rang.

"This is..." Dong Shu was also taught by Nanny Yan and Mrs. Xu, and when she heard the bell, she immediately sensed something was wrong.

It's just that Xu Shiqiu, who hadn't waited for her to finish her guess and had no time to change her armor, turned around and ran outside.

But after running for a few steps, Xu Shiqiu stopped suddenly, turned around and strode towards Dong Shu, hugged her in his arms, and said, "My lady, I'm afraid my husband won't have time to go home." After saying this Xu Shiqiu paused for a moment before continuing: "At home, I'll leave it to you!"

Having said all this, Xu Shiqiu turned around again, this time, he didn't turn around after taking a few steps, but ran towards the outside quickly.

As he ran, he could still hear his voice giving orders.

"The house is guarded, the male servants guard the outer courtyard, and the servants and maidservants guard the inner courtyard."

"Signal to the resting soldiers of the Iron Eagle Brigade to gather urgently."

"Send someone to..."

No matter how much, Dong Shu could not hear.

That is, at the moment when Xu Shiqiu's voice disappeared, Dong Shu, who was in a daze, suddenly came back to his senses. After raising his hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of his eyes, he immediately ordered loudly: "Remove all the red things, make plain clothes, and put the whole family under martial law." !"

After saying this, Dong Shu quickly turned around and walked quickly towards the main courtyard.

The death knell was still ringing, and Dong Shu hurried to the main courtyard where Mrs. Xu was.

Even Yan Ye came to Mrs. Xu's main courtyard regardless of her status.

"Why did the death knell suddenly ring? Even, even if he is gone, uncle shouldn't order someone to ring the death knell without notifying third uncle."

As soon as Yan Ye finished speaking, Mrs. Xu sighed and said, "In the palace, I'm afraid something may have happened again."

As soon as Mrs. Xu said this, Yan Ye immediately stood up nervously, "I want to go to the palace to have a look."

Mrs. Xu was not surprised that Yan Ye would say such a thing. After all, Empress Hu was still in the palace, so he should be worried about his grandmother.

And the secret guards who were in charge of protecting Dong Shu for a few months have turned the light into darkness, not only protecting Yuan Xi and Nanny Yan to the main courtyard, but also guarding the main courtyard tightly.

As soon as Yan Ye's words came out, Yue Rong took a step forward and said, "The servant is protecting the young master to enter the palace."

Yue Rong and the others were also worried about Empress Hu in the palace. Although the empress was protected by someone, they were still worried.

Seeing Yue Rong, Yan Ye immediately nodded and said: "You and I enter the palace through the secret way, I think they who come from the ancient generation will be able to protect the secret way."

Because of Yan Ye's opening, Mrs. Xu and Dong Shu knew that there was a secret passage leading to the outside in the Queen's Fengyi Palace.

Another secret passage is in the house where Queen Hu and Yan Ye met last time.

Hearing this, Dong Shu finally understood why Queen Hu could appear outside the palace quietly last time.

After Yan Ye and Yue Rong left, Dong Shu hugged Yuan Xi and sat under the old lady Xu, but the worry on her face did not disappear.

Just as Yan Ye and Yue Rong entered the palace through the secret passage, Xu Shiqiu also rushed to the palace.

King Duan entered the palace one step earlier than Xu Shiqiu. He and Xu Shiqiu have been staying in the palace for the past few days. Today, the head of the court just said that Emperor Ruikang's health is better, and he can go to the court to see the officials tomorrow, so they are relieved go home.

Who knows, it's just that when they went home, they heard the death knell on their back feet.

Duan Wang sullenly wished to fly directly to the dormitory of Emperor Ruikang, when he came to the dormitory of Emperor Ruikang out of breath, what he saw was Ye Jingxing and everyone in the imperial hospital kneeling beside Ruikangdi's bed.

As for his elder brother, his face was originally rosy in the morning, but now it was black, and the most frightening thing was that his lips were purple.

"What's going on? What's going on? This king just left for a while, what's going on?"

Wang Duan was so angry that he wanted to teach Ye Jingxing a lesson, but he thought that he was also guarding the emperor's brother's bed day and night these days and had to review the memorials, so he held back.

It's just that he can't get angry at Ye Jingxing, but he won't let the group of people in Tai Hospital go.

Because the head of the hospital has already obtained Ruikang Emperor's permission to retire and return to his hometown after the new emperor ascends the throne, so these days, when he treats Ruikang Emperor, he always brings other imperial doctors from the Imperial Hospital.

Even his heirloom golden needle technique and a few secret recipes for Ruikangdi to recuperate his body, he generously told other imperial physicians in the imperial hospital.

The head of the hospital is generous, and the other imperial doctors want to fight for the position of the head of the hospital after he leaves, and they have really put their heart into it these few days.

But no one expected that just now, after taking a bowl of decoction, Rui Kangdi died quickly.

"Where's the eunuch who tested the medicine?"

As soon as Duan Wang said this, Ye Jingxing said in a hoarse voice: "Since the father was ill, my nephew arranged five eunuchs to test the medicine. Every time the medicine was boiled, six copies of the same prescription were boiled, and then left at will. The next one will be given to the emperor, and the other five will be taken by the eunuchs who test the medicine." Ye Jingxing choked up a bit before continuing, "It's the same this evening, after the five eunuchs are all right, my nephew will take care of it himself. Father used medicine, but who knows..."

Ye Jingxing was really sad, because he watched his father drink the medicine he fed, and then died in the blink of an eye.

Hearing Ye Jingxing's words, King Duan looked at the chief executive of the imperial hospital at the side.

After the head of the hospital learned that Emperor Ruikang had passed away, he knew that he might not survive this time, so he noticed the look in Duan Wang's eyes, and he said bluntly: "The five eunuchs who tested the medicine are all fine, and the medicine taken by the Holy Majesty is fine. , I also tasted it, and there is no problem."

"No problem? If it's no problem, how could the emperor..." Prince Duan raised his finger and pointed at Emperor Ruikang's dark purple lips, looked at the head of the court and asked, "You come and tell me what's going on ?”

Seeing Uncle Wang get angry, Ye Jingxing was about to try to persuade him, but before he could speak, Empress Hu appeared at the entrance of the hall in a plain dress.

"This matter has been investigated by the palace."

(End of this chapter)