Chapter 362 The Emperor's Symptoms...
The government affairs were handed over to the six ministers, and nearly half of the positions had been vacant recently. Now everyone was thinking about how to expand their influence and gain more power.
How many people will pay attention to the emperor's actions and what will it lead to in the end?
The princes are all adults, and if the emperor accidentally encounters an accident, they can establish a new emperor at any time.
Lu Xinran understood all these principles, but he still couldn't help but worry: "But if this continues, aren't we afraid that things will get into complete chaos?"
"Chaos? Who do you think would care? Civil servants never care about these things."
The queen looked sarcastic, saying that only she and her father cared about these things.
"Father sent me news a few days ago that the food and fodder supply in the northwest has run out again."
The emperor is now fully focused on seeking the way to immortality and wondering when he can favor his concubines again.
As for the war situation in the northwest, he no longer cared about it.
The two sisters looked at each other for a long while, and Lu Xinran lowered her voice and said, "My queen, do you know where His Majesty is now?"
She entered the palace today just to download the emperor's booklet and go back to make sure whether he really wanted to kill himself.
The queen gave her a meaningful look and said, "Wait for me to send someone to look for it."
"Your Highness," the Queen had just finished speaking when a palace attendant's voice came from outside the palace: "The Queen Mother learned that the Princess of Wei had entered the palace, and asked the Princess to go to Yongshou Palace."
The queen responded, then turned to look at the two sisters: "Let's go, I will accompany you."
"Your Majesty," Lu Xinran suddenly pulled the Queen's sleeve and said, "Does Your Majesty know the identity of Your Majesty?"
"I don't know."
The queen looked at the palace gate with self-mockery in her eyes: "After that day, I was imprisoned in Changchun Palace. If you hadn't entered the palace today, I don't know how long I would have to stay in seclusion to reflect on my mistakes."
In the Yongshou Palace, the emperor lay on the couch with his eyes drooping and yawning continuously.
When the Queen Mother saw her like this, she stepped forward with great pity and looked at his face carefully.
"You're taking care of yourself, so why are you so tired?"
Do those old guys in the Imperial Medical Bureau have any real skills? If they are just good-for-nothings, they should all be kicked out of the capital!
The emperor yawned again and felt sleepy.
"I have been drinking the medicine these days. The Taoist priest said that this cannot be rushed. He asked me to be patient and wait for him to refine the elixir. After using a few pills, my body will be completely healed."
The Queen Mother frowned, obviously doubting this so-called elixir.
If this elixir is so magical, then why are there no immortal people in this world?
"Have you found out the origins of this Taoist priest? Don't let it interfere with your recovery."
"Don't worry, mother. I know what's going on. When the Taoist's elixir is ready, your son will send a portion to you."
The emperor yawned twice in succession while he was speaking. His body became limp and his limbs began to twitch.
He was so frightened that the Queen Mother hurriedly called for the imperial physician. Amidst the chaos in the palace, the Queen and her two sisters had already walked into the palace.
What is this?
The three of them looked at the scene together, all of them were shocked.
Lu Xinlan had met all kinds of people in his previous life, and he already had an answer to the emperor's current symptoms in his mind.
She grabbed Lu Xinran's hand and signaled her not to say anything.
Lu Xinran turned around from his surprise, and when he saw her expression, he instantly had the answer in his mind.
Yunsong, so cruel!
Actually poisoned the emperor!
She was now becoming more and more curious about what exactly the ingredients in that aphrodisiac were.
Isn't it an extremely chaotic and hallucinogenic enjoyment?
The empress dowager had no time to care about them at this moment. She surrounded the emperor anxiously, not knowing what to do.
A quarter of an hour later, hurried footsteps were heard outside the hall, and several old doctors rushed in with sweat all over their heads. Without even a moment's hesitation, they took out silver needles from their clinics and began to give the emperor acupuncture in tacit coordination.
Just by looking at the movements of these few people you can tell that this is not the first time.
Lu Xinran secretly asked the system to look through the booklet of one of the imperial physicians.
He found that the result was just as he guessed, the emperor had been "ill" recently.
Originally, the time of the emperor's illness was relatively regular, but ever since those Taoist priests and monks entered the palace, no one knew what they had fed the emperor, but the emperor's illnesses became shorter and shorter, and more frequent.
Half an hour later, the emperor finally recovered from the convulsion, and fell into a deep sleep due to extreme fatigue.
The Queen Mother wiped her tears and waited for the imperial doctors to leave before she took the Queen and the other two to a side hall to talk.
"Why did the emperor suddenly become ill when all of a sudden he was fine?"
The Queen Mother still cannot understand why this happened.
She suddenly turned her head and looked at Lu Xinran hopefully, hoping to hear some comforting words from her heart.
However, the sound that had always been chaotic and fragmented was delayed this time.
Lu Xinran was still hesitating. It was March now, and she had originally thought that the emperor's body could at least hold on until... maybe until May at most.
If the emperor only has two months to live, Song Junyan has not had time to arrange many things. If the emperor dies suddenly, what will they do!
[How did the emperor's body become like this? ]
[It should be that the aphrodisiac I took before contained an addictive ingredient, and this ingredient was very strong, making people unable to restrain themselves from continuing to take it. ]
[The imperial physician's current method... only treats the symptoms but not the root cause. This addictive ingredient is difficult to quit no matter who you are.]
[The Emperor is probably in the late stages of addiction now. His relapses have been getting more frequent recently. He must have taken drugs again.]
Her words were like a knife, piercing straight into the empress dowager's heart.
She thought of what the emperor had just said, and recalled the shaking of the head and sigh of the imperial physician when he left. In her heart, she was already 70% convinced of Lu Xinran's words.
[If the emperor continues to use the immortal master's elixir, there will be no turning back.]
[Alchemy... There is no such thing as an elixir in this world. How can anyone be immortal? The Taoist priest himself has gray hair and wrinkles all over his face. If the elixir is really that good, why didn't he become young again?]
Queen Mother: “?!!”
that is!
No, when the emperor wakes up, she must scold him soberly!
The Queen Mother originally wanted to ask what happened between the Emperor and the Empress that caused them to be so cold to each other all these years.
But at this moment her mind was completely occupied by the emperor's physical condition. She didn't want to ask more questions. She said a few words casually and waved her hand to signal them to leave first.
On the long palace road, the queen glanced at the two sisters with solemn expressions and suddenly said, "You two should come to Changchun Palace to talk with me again, especially you. I heard that you were clamoring for a divorce some time ago. What happened?"