The courtyard is deep in spring

Chapter 178
Regarding everyone's reaction, Imperial Physician Zheng seemed very calm.

"Your Majesty." He said slowly, "Any top-quality medicinal herb that can save lives, people need to get used to it, and there may be some bad reactions, but because of this, shouldn't they be treated?"

"Of course not," the emperor replied.

"That's it." The doctor Zheng said slowly: "The old minister thinks that these medicines used by the old minister will cause the least harm to the prince, but the effect is the most amazing. You can walk around in the ground, and within three months, you will be back to normal, if there is even half a lie, the old minister will be struck with a thunderbolt!"

He is not confident in himself, but these medicines and prescriptions are all made by Ye Zhaoqing.

In this world, who else is more capable than this former princess?Who else would be devoted to the prince and only hope that he will get well soon?

After hearing this, the emperor, empress, and Concubine Rong were all taken aback.

Concubine Rong was skeptical, but the Queen's eyes flashed.

Not to mention the third prince who had been hiding behind others and hadn't spoken for a long time. He had a usual smile on his face, but his hands hidden in his sleeves were involuntarily clenched.

Will it really cure the prince?

Then wouldn't his plan during this period of time be lost?

There was a glint of haze in the eyes of the third prince, and few people saw it so quickly.

"Doctor Zheng, are you really so sure?" After a short silence, the emperor finally spoke.

"Yes! Your Majesty!" Imperial Physician Zheng replied without hesitation.

A smile suddenly appeared on the emperor's face: "That's great! Doctor Zheng, then I will hand over the crown prince to you. You must take good care of the crown prince these five days! Don't make any mistakes!"

"The old minister obeys the order." Imperial Physician Zheng bowed his head and said.

The emperor turned his head, glanced at Rong Guifei and said, "Aifei, let's go?"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Concubine Rong Gui agreed, clung to the emperor's arm weakly and bonelessly, and swayed and walked slowly on one side, while the queen on the side seemed to be ignored.

This kind of situation happened often, and the queen seemed to be used to it, she didn't get angry when she saw it, but just retreated behind the two with no expression on her face.

The emperor had left, so it was naturally not good for the third prince to stay here, but before leaving, he turned his head and looked at the prince's bedroom with an inexplicable expression.

……

"What did you give the prince to drink?" When the lights were turned on at dusk, Imperial Physician Zheng leaned against the edge of the prince's bed and took a nap. When he woke up, he saw two palace ladies walking in with trays.

"Return to the imperial physician, this is tea." One of the maids said in a clear voice, "His Royal Highness has not had any water for two hours, so this servant made tea."

"Who allowed you to make tea for the crown prince?" Imperial Doctor Zheng's expression darkened in an instant: "Take it away!"

"Physician Zheng, why is this?" The maid asked in surprise, "This is tea, not poison, so why can't it be given to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

"His Royal Highness is currently taking medicine. Drinking tea will lose the efficacy of the medicine, so it is equivalent to drinking a hundred times." Zheng Taiyi said with a serious face, "Is this how you used to drink tea for His Royal Highness?"

"No, it's not..." The maid's expression changed suddenly after hearing this.

Physician Zheng trembled with anger when he heard this: "I didn't drink tea before, but I came here, and you are going to feed tea to His Highness the Crown Prince? Do you want to kill me or the Prince?"

"You spitting blood!" The palace maid suddenly turned pale when she saw what Zheng Taiyi said so seriously, she couldn't bear the crime of killing the prince, it was to punish the nine clans!
"Aren't you wronged? Go and explain to the emperor!" Imperial physician Zheng didn't want to say a word to her, he just waved his hand, and two eunuchs strode in from outside, dragging the two maids down.

"Slaves are wronged!" The two maids screamed, but Imperial Physician Zheng ignored them, and soon they were dragged down.

Soon, this matter was brought before the emperor.

The emperor asked to understand what had happened, and immediately became furious: "You actually sent tea to the prince? Do you know that those medicinal herbs that Doctor Zheng used are very precious? Come on! Drag them out and chop them up!"

"Your Majesty, don't be in a hurry to kill people, and interrogate her to see if there is anyone instigating behind her." A eunuch who was escorting the maid stepped forward and said immediately: "Emperor Zheng has explained that no one in the East Palace served tea for the crown prince. It started after he entered the palace, it must be a conspiracy."

"Conspiracy?" The emperor was secretly startled when he heard this. He couldn't help but look down at the little eunuch in the hall, and asked, "What's your name? Which palace?"

"Respond to the emperor, my servant, Xiao Li, has served in the East Palace for two years." The little eunuch replied respectfully with downcast eyes.

"Two years? It looks like an old man." Hearing this, the emperor nodded in relief, and said, "You reminded me well, I will reward you a lot! Come on! Promote Xiao Lizi to be the deacon of the East Palace Great eunuch, in charge of all affairs of the East Palace!"

"Ah?" Hearing this, Xiao Lizi was shocked first, then shook his head frantically: "Your Majesty! This is absolutely impossible!"

"Oh? Why not?" The emperor was a little curious after hearing this.

Seeing this day's big happy event, the others couldn't stop laughing from ear to ear, why did this little Lizi shirk?
Is he really stupid or doesn't understand?

Soon, the emperor knew the answer.

"Respond to the emperor's words." Xiao Lizi replied in a low voice: "The slave has been in the palace for two years, and the eunuch Zhao Gonggong, the deacon of the East Palace, has been in the palace for more than ten years. The slave is still a young eunuch who has followed suit and has many shortcomings. If you can't take on such a responsibility, please ask the emperor to take it back."

"So that's the case?" The emperor laughed a little when he heard this: "You declined just because you thought you were not up to the job?" "

"Yes!" Xiao Lizi nodded, and replied honestly: "Please allow Eunuch Zhao to be the deacon and eunuch of the Eastern Palace! This servant respects him very much..."

"Okay, okay, I understand." The emperor waved his hand and interrupted Xiao Lizi's chatter, turned his head and glanced at the palace maid who was already limp on the ground from fright, and waved his hand to order someone to pull her down.

There are ways to make her open her mouth.

When Eunuch Zhao, the deacon and eunuch of the East Palace, heard about this, he was inexplicably grateful to Xiao Lizi, and an eunuch below reminded him: "Eunuch Zhao, this little Lizi has to be guarded! You replaced it!"

"What do you know?" Eunuch Zhao turned angry when he heard this: "Our family is already old, and it won't be long before we step down from this position without others saying anything. This little plum is loyal to the master, and finally What's rare is that this kid is honest, and after our family retreats, he will be able to step up, such a good talent has won the eyes of the emperor, why should our family push it away?"

After hearing this, no one dared to speak anymore.

So on the second day, Xiao Lizi was specially sent to serve the prince's bedroom.

On this day, the prince's condition changed significantly.

First of all, he couldn't lie on the bed anymore, and sat on the jade pillow for three full hours. When the palace servant reported the news to the emperor, he immediately smiled from ear to ear and turned to look at Rong. The noble concubine glanced at her and said triumphantly: "Look! What did I say, this Imperial Doctor Zheng is indeed a man of means, you see, it's only been a day, and Yu'er can't lie down anymore!"

Concubine Rong was also overjoyed, no matter what, her son's recovery was what she wanted to see the most.

"Your Majesty, what are you waiting for? Accompanying my concubine to see Yu'er?" Concubine Rong said coquettishly.

The emperor scratched her nose and said dotingly: "No, dear concubine, you can go by yourself! I still have so many official affairs to deal with here. In two days, when Yu'er can get off the bed, I will take care of you." Go see him and stay with him all day, okay?"

Concubine Rong followed the emperor's fingers to see the thick stacks of memorials on the imperial case, and knew that what the emperor said was true. Recently, smallpox broke out in four or five counties in Jinzhou, which was quite menacing. It won't be long before it will spread to the capital, and the emperor has been having a lot of headaches recently because of this matter.

"Alright then! The emperor will deal with it slowly, and the concubine will retire first." Concubine Rong came out of the emperor's arms reluctantly, stood up slowly, saluted and then retreated.

Not long after she left, Eunuch Cao came in to report: "Your Majesty, the Third Prince begs to see you!"

"Let him in!" Hearing this, the emperor rubbed his aching temples, put down the memorial in his hand, and said.

After a while, the third prince with a big belly walked in from the outside with trembling steps.

"My brother sees the emperor!"

"Forget it, get up!" Hearing this, the emperor waved his hands to make the third prince stand up, glanced at him lazily and said, "Why, how can you have the time to enter the palace today?"

"Brother Huang, I have heard about the smallpox incident in Jinzhou." The third prince said straight to the point: "This smallpox is not a trivial matter. I don't know how many people died of the smallpox in Chenzhou more than ten years ago. The younger brother entered the palace." , I want to ask Brother Huang if there is already a countermeasure?"

"Why, do you have a brother?" The emperor was a little curious when he heard this. He looked up and down the mountain several times, as if he didn't know this younger brother: "You have a bad nature, and you always know how to spend time and money. Enjoyment, how come you care about state affairs?"

"My brother doesn't care about any major national affairs!" The third prince shook his head hastily after hearing this, "My brother only cares about you, brother emperor. When I heard the news today, my brother immediately thought, no wonder brother emperor The past few days always seem to be sluggish, as if there is something in danger, so it is because of the smallpox, brother emperor, I am worried about your physical condition!"

After the emperor heard this, his face finally looked a little better, and his expression eased: "You don't have to worry about this, but the prince is sick all the time, and I am a little helpless with this smallpox attack, and I am just bored."

"His Royal Highness's condition has improved, so you should relax." The Third Prince's eyes flickered after hearing this, and he said cautiously: "As for smallpox, Brother Huang only needs to send trusted ministers to come to the hospital." Go, and send some imperial physicians to help, and the situation will improve in the future."

(End of this chapter)