Rebirth of the Splendid Phoenix

Chapter 76 Plague?

"Gan'er recovered very well, Yuan An also told me about your contribution, Xie Jinhua, you did not disappoint me."

The emperor saw Xie Jinhua coming in, as if he didn't hear the queen's shout outside, he directly praised Xie Jinhua.

Xie Jinhua bowed and saluted: "Taking care of the little county king is also what a courtier should do, and all the imperial doctors and the palace servants of the Taining Palace took care of him carefully, and this is the result."

"You have never been greedy for credit. I know whether it is your credit or not."

The emperor sighed: "It is indeed thanks to you this time, if not, I don't know how to explain to my daughter."

At this moment, he seems to be just an ordinary father who cares about his daughter.

After pondering for a while, the emperor suddenly raised his head and looked at Xie Jinhua: "Prince Qi also suffered from smallpox, and there is no sign of improvement now. Your third sister said that she wanted to help Princess Qi who is inconvenient to take care of him, and she has already moved in. She has been in Prince Qi's mansion for several days, and her intentions are good. Unfortunately, she has no experience. Has King Qi recovered?"

Xie Jinyao's intentions to live in Prince Qi's Mansion are now known to everyone in the capital, and the emperor only feels that such a woman is really shameless.

I used to think that Xie Jinhua had the Xie family behind him, and it was not easy in itself. The emperor didn't want to point her out to his son.

But the current situation of King Qi really made him have to reconsider. The mansion can't take care of anything just because the princess is pregnant and weak. The majestic King Qi is dying, and there are only a few caretakers who can't be seen. , everyone around King Qi avoided him, and the emperor felt dissatisfied.

No matter how suspicious King Qi was, he was also his son.

The emperor only had five princes in his life, the second prince was murdered for treason, the third prince was a playboy, and the eldest prince was now implicated by the empress, even if he was not implicated, the emperor would not choose him.

Raised by the queen, he is ambitious and talented, reckless and ignorant. With such a temperament, it is no wonder that people can easily take advantage of the loopholes. Those traitors around the queen are not only talking about the queen's deeds, but also about the eldest prince. Many bad deeds.

In the end, counting on my fingers, only the fourth son King Qi and the fifth son King An remained.

All Xie Jinhua's deeds in the Taining Palace, especially when the Xiaojun Wang was assassinated, she ignored the other party's smallpox and directly rescued him. The decisiveness of her heart made the emperor very satisfied.

The emperor was unwilling to submit to old age, but recently, he really felt that he couldn't bear it anymore, and his eyes were a little dazzled when reading the memorial, that is, when Xie Jinhua read the memorial to him, he felt more relaxed.

The emperor knew that it was time for him to consider the heir.

A qualified heir not only needs to be capable and generous, but his wife is also very important.

The emperor is very clear about Princess Qi's physical condition, King Qi and Princess Qi's plans.

Xie Jinhua's xinxing ability, and the recent tense relationship with Shangshufu, if King Qi really ascends to the throne, he will be a very suitable candidate.

Xie Jinhua raised her eyes and looked at the emperor who made this proposal. She didn't know what the emperor was thinking at the moment, but she kept her head up without any timidity, and paused every word: "My daughter is not sure."

"The courtiers are not those brilliant doctors. They only know the methods summed up from ancient books. These methods are useful to some people, but not necessarily useful to others. The little girl is just offering some opinions, and the real ones It’s still those imperial doctors and maids.”

"The courtiers don't dare to speak nonsense, but King Qi is His Majesty's bloodline, and he can be protected by heaven if he wants to. The courtiers have written everything they know in the booklet, as well as the experienced palace servants in the Taining Palace. Royal doctor, choose a few experienced ones to go there together, they should recover safely."

Xie Jinhua was talking, but he took out a thin booklet from his pocket, it was brand new and still stained with ink, presumably it hadn't been long since it was written.

The servant next to the emperor held the booklet in front of the emperor, and the emperor casually flipped through it, writing in great detail, not only including the methods Xie Jinhua had used in the Taining Palace in the past few days, but even some unused objections. Smallpox patients have a beneficial medicinal formula for nourishing the body.

Obviously, this was prepared by Xie Jinhua long ago. Perhaps, when Xie Jinhua heard that King Qi hadn't recovered, he thought that the emperor would let her go to Prince Qi's mansion, so he prepared it.

Closing the booklet in his hand, the emperor looked at Xie Jinhua: "Have you thought about it yet?"

He asked this question without beginning or end.

But finally asked Xie Jinhua if he really had no intention of King Qi, even though King Qi has great hopes of reaching the top now.

Xie Jinhua is a smart woman, she can clearly see the changes in the palace, it is impossible not to see that as long as King Qi survives the smallpox, he will definitely get more support from the courtiers.

Xie Jinhua gave a little blessing: "My daughter's ambition and mind have never changed."

"The little girl only needs to be one-hearted."

At that moment, the light in Xie Jinhua's eyes was extraordinarily clear and penetrating.

The emperor took a deep look at her, then turned his head to look at the servant next to him: "Send this booklet to Imperial Doctor He, and ask him to choose a few experienced ones to go to Qi Palace."

"Rescue King Qi at all costs."

This time, although King Qi had smallpox, it was because of this that he was completely eliminated from the emperor's suspicion list.

I would think of using smallpox to harm people, but I would be more careful.

Just listening to the emperor's instructions, he knew that King Qi held a lot of weight in his heart, Xie Jinhua sighed in his heart, he didn't know whether it was bad luck or good luck that King Qi had smallpox this time.

"Officer Xie, since you have meritorious service, I will reward you to go back to the mansion to rest for three days this time. Since you entered the palace as a woman officer, you have not returned to the mansion. I think you miss your parents at home."

Thank you for painting Xie En.

As for Xie Jinyao, the emperor didn't even say a word.

When Xie Jinhua left Qianyuan Hall, the queen was still kneeling there, but she didn't complain anymore. Maybe she had already figured it out that the emperor's treatment of her and the eldest prince was not because of what she did, but because the emperor no longer wanted it. Give her and the eldest prince any hope.

Under the imperial power, no amount of struggle, no amount of thought, would be in vain.

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Xie Jinhua had only stayed in the palace for a few days, there was nothing to do, so he changed out of his palace attire, put on the door, and was about to leave directly.

"Thank you ma'am."

A voice sounded, it was Princess Yuan'an.

Behind her was a group of palace servants, each of whom held things in their hands, such as silk cloth, precious jewellery, rare antiques, all of which looked dazzling.

Xie Jinhua performed a court ceremony: "I have seen Her Royal Highness."

Princess Yuan'an took two steps forward and helped Xie Jinhua up: "Miss Xie, you don't need to be too polite. I heard that your father allowed you to go back to the mansion for a few days. It was too sudden and I didn't prepare well. I brought some belongings, and I will let these palace servants send them back with you later, this is what you deserve, don't refuse."

Xie Jinhua didn't refuse. For Princess Yuan'an, those things are indeed belongings outside of her body. If she wants to use these things for favors, Xie Jinhua will not refuse.

Forget about favors, good relationships are always formed, she doesn't need Princess Yuan'an to remember her kindness more, as long as the other party is not like Princess Yong'an who is just looking for trouble.

Seeing how happily Xie Jin collected the paintings, the smile on Princess Yuan'an's face became even more sincere.

Originally, I was eager to end the relationship, but now I look at Xie Jin's painting, but I have a better impression of the other party.

Knowing how to advance and retreat, being reasonable, is a handover.

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Xie Jinhua came out of the palace in a horse-drawn carriage, and it was also the emperor's preferential treatment. Behind him was a row of palace people carrying precious gifts, and a row of guards. They looked very imposing. Compared with the previous few times of entering the palace, it was almost It is not the same.

Walking to the busy city, many people paid attention to this group of people, and the voices of envy kept coming into their ears.

Xie Jinhua turned a deaf ear to these voices and closed his eyes to rest his mind.

She has been looking after the little county king for the past few days, and she is really tired.

As for Qin Zheng, she was actually not at ease.

Except for the news of Qin Zheng and Suzaku Wei in the first two days, the news on the memorial until she invited herself to the Taining Hall was all about floods and the status of officials.

Because of the officials' idea of ​​going to the embankment, the situation in all places is not bad.

That's why the emperor had the mind to deal with the affairs of the palace.

It's just that for Xie Jinhua, what she cares most about is not the situation in various places, but Qin Zheng.

The emperor said that she was allowed to go back to the mansion for three days. No matter how anxious Xie Jinhua was, if he wanted to read the emperor's memorial or learn about the other party's news from the emperor, he would not be able to resist the order. Got some news.

While Xie Jinhua was thinking about all kinds of things, there was a sudden noise in front of him.

"What kind of medical clinic are you? You clearly said that my child just had a bad stomach. After taking your medicine, it's not only bad, but he also suffered from vomiting and diarrhea. He suddenly went there last night. You will compensate my son."

The hoarse weeping of a woman overwhelmed the surrounding discussions.

"Quack doctors are killing people!"

"The doctor in Huichun Hall is no more than that. It must be a quack doctor who misdiagnosed him and killed the child, and the victim pays for his life."

"Kill people pay for their lives!"

Some idlers have already rolled up their sleeves and are about to rush in and smash up the medicine hall.

"Sister-in-law, this, it's really not our doctor's fault. The child is indeed suffering from gastrointestinal discomfort. Those prescriptions are mainly warm and nourishing. They won't kill people. We don't want your child to die suddenly. , but he did suffer from a sudden cold, not from taking medicine."

The doctor at the gate of Huichun Hall was sweating all the time on his anxious face.

"Sophistry, murder pays for life!"

"quack!"

Following two curses, a handful of vegetable leaves and several rotten eggs were thrown at the doctor.

The doctor blinked, but was still hit by the egg on the shoulder.

Seeing that everyone was aroused and rushed towards the gate of Huichun Hall.

From the corner of the opened curtain, Xie Jinhua happened to see the dead child lying at the door of the medicine hall.

His face was blue and purple, his lips were black, his cheeks were swollen, his abdomen was swollen, and as he got closer, there was even a faint stench coming from the child's body.

With such symptoms, Xie Jinhua thought of something, her complexion changed drastically: "Stop!"

Xie Jinhua jumped out of the car, hurried to the side of the child's body, took out a handkerchief from his arms, wrapped it around his hands, and carefully opened the boy's tightly closed lips.

She just hoped it wasn't what she thought it would be.

Unfortunately, Xie Jinhua did not guess wrong this time.

The boy's tongue coating was blue and yellow, the saliva in his mouth was thick and smelly, and there was decay in his mouth.

It doesn't look like a child who has been dead for less than a day, but it seems that he has been dead for at least three or four days.

Xie Jinhua closed his eyes: "Come here, wrap up this corpse carefully and take it away."

"Who are you, why did you take my son away?"

The woman who should be the child's mother was chasing the doctor Huichuntang, when she turned her head and saw Xie Jinhua, her eyes were red, and she was rushing this way.

"The important place in the capital city, how can people be so noisy, take my token, and ask Jing Zhaoyin to send some people to take away these troublemakers. Remember, let them take precautions, I doubt this My child, what I got was the plague."

Xie Jin's face was condensed, he didn't intend to explain to the woman in detail, and directly handed his female officer's badge to the guard given by Princess Yuan'an who followed him, and the last sentence lowered his voice to the extreme.

The guard who originally thought that Xie Jinhua was looking for something to do was startled, and couldn't help but glance at the corpse of the child who was so close at hand. He couldn't see it clearly from a distance, but when he got closer, the terrible complexion symptoms were caused by Xie Jinhua's body. If I draw it carefully, it is really similar to the corpses of the people I saw when I experienced the plague.

"Everyone is not allowed to move, Tong Yuan, you go and call someone over."

More than a dozen guards drew their long knives from their waists.

(End of this chapter)