Chapter 180 Mother and Son Dispute
The old concubine's hands loosened little by little, and after the original desperate momentum suddenly dissipated, the illness that had been suppressed in the body rushed up and her breath surged.
She coughed heart-wrenchingly, and the cloudiness in her eyes grew more intense, as if a breath was stuck in her throat, making her face blue and purple, and her breathing was as heavy as the wheezing of an old bellows.
Seeing that the situation was not right, Ayane quickly grabbed Princess Cheng's wrist and pulled her away. She turned forward and helped the old princess onto the pillow with one hand. Suddenly, she tilted her head and coughed up blood again.
"Mother!"
"grandmother!"
Both Princess Cheng and Xie Yin were frightened by the scene before them.
Xie Yin hurriedly shouted outside: "House doctor, house doctor, come in quickly!!"
The two doctors who were talking to Prince Cheng in the outer room hurried in. Seeing that the old concubine was coughing up blood again, the old doctor from the Imperial Medical Bureau stepped forward and asked anxiously, "Why are you coughing up blood again? Didn't it stop just now?"
He reached out and unbuttoned the old concubine's collar a little, then put his hand on the side of her rapidly breathing neck, feeling her pulse disappear, and his face suddenly changed.
"Quick, quickly get my silver needle and bring me the hanging ginseng soup."
The palace doctor of Prince Cheng's mansion hurried out after responding, and the servant beside him took out a silver needle and handed it to the old doctor. He took the silver needle and pierced the old concubine's neck directly. Then he asked the servants in the room to come forward, lay the old concubine flat on the bed, and quickly inserted two more needles.
The court physician who had gone out hurried in and handed the medicine bowl to the imperial physician. The imperial physician wanted to feed the medicine to the old concubine, but the old concubine clenched her teeth and was already semi-conscious. He tried several times but failed.
Seeing that she could no longer feed him the life-saving ginseng soup, the old concubine's face had turned pale.
Princess Cheng stepped forward quickly: "I'll do it!"
She approached and pinched the old concubine's jaw, put her finger against her mouth, and with a strong push, stuffed her knuckle first into it, causing the old concubine's teeth to get stuck on her finger and press painfully.
Princess Cheng just frowned, then reached out to take the medicine bowl and poured it into her mouth.
She swallowed the ginseng soup subconsciously, and after she had managed to drink half a bowl, the imperial physician hurriedly said, "That's enough."
Princess Cheng pulled her hand back, her knuckles already bleeding.
"Princess!" Ayane hurried forward.
Princess Cheng put the bowl aside and watched the old doctor help the unconscious old concubine lie down. Then she covered her fingers with a handkerchief and said, "How is my mother?"
The old doctor had a complicated expression as he looked at the blood oozing from Princess Cheng's fingers. The previous incident in Prince Cheng's Mansion had long been spread throughout the capital, and everyone knew that Prince Cheng had "colluded" with the Duke of Song's Mansion to deceive Princess Cheng.
Everyone knew that Prince Cheng was wrong, and His Majesty had also issued an order to punish him, but not many people outside cursed Prince Cheng.
Everyone felt that although Prince Cheng's behavior was against benevolence and righteousness, it was not incomprehensible. The marriage between the Song and Lu families concerned the Queen, and the misfortune of the Song Mansion would also implicate the Prince's Mansion. Although Prince Cheng was wrong in deceiving others, it was also excusable. On the contrary, Princess Cheng blamed her husband's family for the sake of a niece, "abandoning her husband and children", which showed that she could not distinguish between the important and the unimportant and was too cold-hearted.
The old doctor had also heard the rumors about Princess Cheng, but now, looking at Princess Cheng's bloody fingers, and then looking at Prince Cheng and the Crown Prince, who looked anxious but were just standing there anxiously without moving a muscle, he suddenly felt that the rumors were not credible.
The old doctor was silent for a moment before he whispered, "The Concubine is extremely ill and there's no hope of recovery. If we could invite that amazing doctor, Madam Qin, to come and give her acupuncture, perhaps she could extend her life for a few days."
"I'll send someone to invite her!" Princess Cheng turned and looked at Ayane.
Unexpectedly, Lingyin shook her head and said, "Princess, the Empress Dowager in the palace had an emergency last night. Madam Qin went into the palace before dawn and cannot come out for the time being."
The Empress Dowager has not been in good condition recently, and this emergency is particularly serious. Even the governor went to the palace early in the morning. He would never let Madam Qin abandon the Empress Dowager to treat the Concubine Dowager of Prince Cheng's Mansion.
Xie Yin said anxiously, "My grandmother is already in this state. Can't we just ask her to come out of the palace for a few injections and then send her back to the palace? It's not like the Grand Empress Dowager is leaving right away..."
"Shut up!"
Princess Cheng turned around and shouted, "Do you think you can just say what the Empress Dowager says?!"
Are you trying to kill yourself?!
Seeing the old doctor's strange expression, Prince Cheng also reacted and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Doctor Sun, don't listen to his nonsense. I am worried about your safety and have no intention of offending the Grand Empress Dowager. The Grand Empress Dowager Jinzun must take care of her, but as for Mother..."
He choked up as he spoke: "I hope Doctor Sun can do his best."
Doctor Sun looked at Prince Cheng, who was filled with sorrow. He pretended not to hear what Prince Xie had just said. He sighed softly and said, "I will do my best. If the Concubine Dowager can wake up soon and get through tonight, there might be a chance to invite Lady Qin over tomorrow. Otherwise..."
He shook his head, and even though he didn't say anything, everyone in the room understood what he meant.
Whether the old concubine can survive depends on tonight.
Princess Cheng looked unhappy, and the eyes of Prince Cheng and his son beside her were red.
Princess Cheng glanced at the old concubine on the bed and whispered, "I'm sorry to bother you, Doctor Sun. Please do your best."
When they came out of the house, Princess Cheng stopped Xie Yin and said, "Have I ever told you to think twice before you act or speak? Do you know that if what you just said gets out, people will think you are dissatisfied with the Grand Empress Dowager and disrespectful to the royal elders, and your future will be ruined?"
Who is the Empress Dowager?
She is the most honorable elder in the royal family today. No matter how Emperor An treats her in private, at least in the eyes of outsiders, the lives of everyone in Prince Cheng's Mansion are not worth a bit more than the Empress Dowager.
Xie Yin was already dissatisfied with being scolded in public just now, and now when he heard Princess Cheng's words full of teachings, his eyes suddenly turned red.
"Mother, do you still care about my future? Song Tangning is all you have in your heart and eyes. You even gave up on me and my father for her. Do you know what people outside say about me? Do you know what they say about the palace?!"
"Xie Yin..."
“That’s enough!”
Xie Yin has always had the mind of a young man, and even though he has been down and out recently, he has not changed at all. He has been suppressing his dissatisfaction, and now it suddenly explodes and he can no longer suppress it.
"Ever since that incident on the mountain, you've been blaming me. I know I was wrong for not caring about Song Tangning and letting her almost fall to her death, but wasn't she wrong?"
"She caused such a scene after returning to the capital that it brought the palace to this state. If it weren't for her father, he wouldn't have lied to you to protect the palace. But in your eyes, neither I nor my father can compare to Song Tangning. If you had thought of me even a little, you wouldn't have followed her to Jiyun Lane, watched me being ridiculed and abused, and watched the Cheng Palace fall into decline!"
"Grandmother has been ill since you left. I sent you a message a long time ago asking you to come back to see her, but you ignored me. Now that she's dying, you've finally come back. Are you satisfied..."
Snap——
Princess Cheng never expected that Xie Yin would look at her like this. In a rage, she raised her hand and slapped Xie Yin in the face, causing him to turn his head to the side.
When Xie Yin looked up again after covering his face, his eyes were red: "Sometimes I really doubt whether I am your biological son..."
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