Chapter 1966: Sowing Dissension
The Queen trembled all over and said, "I knew you were narrow-minded and heartless, but I didn't know you were so ignorant and stupid."
"The Queen..."
"Why do you think your father punished you? Were you truly innocent during your trip to Yongzhou? Have you done nothing wrong in the past four or five years? What is karma?" the Empress asked with disappointment in her eyes. "Which of these have you achieved? Respecting your parents, loving your siblings?"
"The Queen..."
The Queen turned and glared at the Emperor, "You still want to protect him? He's even using his body to win your favor today, so will he be willing to gamble with his life someday?"
The emperor fell silent.
The Queen turned her head and glared at Prince Gong.
Prince Gong cried and pulled the Queen's sleeve, "Mother, I know I was wrong. I was just panicking. I want you to pay more attention to me. Xiao Yuanzheng said himself that even a crooked bone can be straightened. That's why I dared to do this. Mother, please believe me. I really didn't mean to hurt myself."
The queen was so angry that she slapped him on the back several times and said with tears in her eyes, "We all owe our bodies and hair to our parents. You are not hurting yourself, you are stabbing your father and me in the heart."
"Mother, I really know I was wrong." Prince Gong was somewhat frightened by the Queen. It was the first time that he was slapped in the face by the Queen.
The emperor saw that the queen looked unhappy, so he quickly stepped forward, pulled his son away, and hugged her. "Queen, what's wrong with you?"
The queen felt a tightness in her chest and couldn't help but put her hand on her chest, breathing rapidly.
The emperor saw something was wrong and shouted, "Come here, where is the imperial physician? Call the imperial physician!"
Manbao ran in behind Xiao Yuanzheng and others, and saw the emperor sitting on the couch with the queen in his arms, and Prince Gong was huddled beside the couch.
When the prince saw that the queen's face had turned blue, he was so angry that he stepped forward, grabbed Prince Gong's collar and dragged him backwards.
The emperor only had time to scold "Prince", but he did not stop him from dragging Prince Gong away. He laid the queen flat on the couch and watched Xiao Yuanzheng and others come forward to treat her. He did not care about Prince Gong who was beaten several times by the prince.
Doctor Liu took a quick look and made way to let Zhou Man come forward.
Manbao quickly checked the Queen's pulse, rolled up his sleeves and began to give acupuncture. Xiao Yuanzheng checked the pulse and then went out to prescribe medicine.
In an instant, the emperor was the only man left in the room. With the help of the palace maids, Manbao undressed the queen and gave her acupuncture in other places. After a long time, the queen's rapid breathing gradually slowed down. Her face was still ugly, but the blue color was less.
Manbao breathed a sigh of relief, and after finishing the needle treatment, he couldn't help but slump down on the footstool. The palace maids beside him also breathed a sigh of relief.
Aunt Shang personally brought in a bowl of medicine, "This is what Dean Xiao prescribed."
Manbao quickly perked up and reached out to take it. The two of them went to feed the medicine to the queen. Then Xiao Yuanzheng and Doctor Liu came in to take the queen's pulse together.
Xiao Yuanzheng nodded to Zhou Man and asked the emperor to go out and explain his condition. "...I was so angry that my anger disease relapsed."
The emperor listened expressionlessly, staring at Xiao Yuanzheng and saying, "I don't care what method you use, you must cure the queen. Otherwise, for the crime of negligence in supervising Prince Gong's illness, I will kill you!"
Xiao Yuanzheng knelt down and responded, and the emperor snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves and went inside.
The queen became seriously ill and had difficulty moving. In the end, she lived in the main hall, while Prince Gong moved to a side hall.
It was not until the Queen's breathing calmed down and she fell asleep comfortably that everyone breathed a sigh of relief and the Emperor had time to deal with Prince Gong's affairs.
It was already dark at this time. Manbao and Doctor Liu stood on either side of Xiao Yuanzheng, kneeling silently to apologize.
Although the Empress had already asked this question in the afternoon, the Emperor couldn't help but ask again, "Is there really no way to cure Prince Gong's leg?"
The four imperial physicians bowed their heads together, their meaning clear.
The emperor lowered his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking. After a while, he said, "Didn't you say that if it's interrupted, it can be reconnected?"
Xiao Yuanzheng swallowed his saliva and said, "But the broken legs may not be in the same place..."
"I say cure it, and I will cure it." We can't let Prince Gong become lame like this.
Prince Gong also wanted to be treated, so when the emperor mentioned him, he nodded repeatedly, indicating that he was willing to be treated.
The emperor patted his shoulder and sighed, "Don't do things that harm your health again."
Prince Gong agreed obediently.
The prince didn't expect that his father would let him off so easily, and he was so angry that he snorted through his nose.
It was already dark, and Manbao and the others couldn't leave the palace, so they could only stay inside. Moreover, the Empress Dowager and the Queen had to have someone by their side, so the four of them just happened to be taking turns.
Manbao didn't expect that he would encounter such a thing when he just went to the Imperial Hospital to record Mingda and Changyu's pulse cases.
At that time, Xiao Yuanzheng said that Prince Gong's injury was a bit strange and asked them to come and see it together, so she came.
Manbao sighed, and Mingda said to her, "It seems the palace has sent someone to your house to inform you, so don't worry."
Man Bao said: "I'm not worried about my family, I'm worried about Xiao Yuanzheng."
Mingda said, "Third brother was wrong about what happened to him, but it is also true that Xiao Yuanzheng was negligent and derelict in his duty."
Manbao was a little angry. "I didn't say he has no responsibility, but as a colleague and subordinate, shouldn't I be worried about my boss?"
Mingda looked at her quietly and couldn't help but reach out and pull her hand, "Are you angry?"
Manbao said, "I'm not angry with you, but what about you? Are you angry with Xiao Yuanzheng?"
Mingda, “Some.”
Man Bao snorted and said, "We are born from our parents. Normally, even a broken finger would make parents feel distressed. But the Third Prince used his leg as an example, directly hurting His Majesty and the Empress. He is so unfilial, yet you still feel sorry for him."
Mingda: "...You are obviously trying to sow discord."
Man Bao then said, "This isn't a rift. I just don't understand why the Third Prince would commit suicide just because of Xiao Yuanzheng's uncertain words."
No one knew what the Emperor and Empress and the Third Prince said in there, but it was obvious that the Emperor and Empress had confirmed that it was the Third Prince who had committed self-harm, otherwise they would not have left them alone.
Manbao looked at Mingda with a deep gaze and said, "Prince Gong broke his leg in Yongzhou. Everyone knows the Crown Prince was there. Once the Crown Prince is involved in court affairs, there's no end in sight. Mingda, if the Queen hadn't been so angry that she fell ill, would the Crown Prince, you, and Changyu still be standing here talking?"
Mingda also looked at Manbao with a deep gaze. As a smart person, she naturally knew that Zhou Man's words were meant to sow discord. She even did it openly. She just didn't like her third brother.
But she had to admit that she did listen to Zhou Man's words.
Mingda looked behind Manbao. Manbao turned around and saw the prince standing not far from her with his hands behind his back. She immediately bowed.
The prince glanced at her, then turned and left.
Mingda sighed and turned away.
Changyu, who was standing in the corridor not far away, looked at the prince who had already left, then glanced at Manbao, and finally ran after Mingda.
See you at 9pm
(End of this chapter)
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