Chapter 3473 Extra Prince 12
"No," Zhou Man said sincerely, looking at the three of them. "Minister Li and Lord Yu have worked with me for many years and should know me well. I am a straightforward person who speaks my mind. I am truly concerned about the Great Jin and the world."
She said with a sad face, "The country is peaceful and the people are safe now, but even I have experienced war. I think the three adults must have better understanding, right?"
Among the three, not to mention that Shangshu Zhang had experienced the rebellion of the King of Yizhou, Shangshu Li even followed the emperor all the way to conquer the world. In addition to making achievements, what he wanted at that time was peace in the world, right?
Minister Li's expression grew increasingly gloomy.
Zhou Man said, "I don't want the people of the world to experience war again. If the country is unstable and Your Majesty is in a coma, how can the world truly be stable?"
Minister Li was getting a little impatient and stood up, asking, "When will the palace be able to find out what happened five years ago?"
Lord Yu stopped him and said, "The Dali Temple is already investigating this matter. Minister Li, there is no need to rush."
"The affairs of the palace should be investigated by the Empress," Minister Li had been hesitant before. Some people in the court suspected that the Empress would protect the Prince, but at this time he was also afraid of chaos in the Jin Dynasty and wanted to get this matter over with as soon as possible. He didn't even care whether the matter was investigated thoroughly or not. The most urgent task was to prevent the world from being in turmoil.
He said directly: "Let Her Majesty the Queen investigate this matter."
Previously, the harem had been investigated by the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice in assistance of the Queen.
It's just that the three parties are wary of each other.
They don't trust the Queen, so how can the Queen completely trust the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice?
She was also afraid that someone would take the opportunity to frame the prince.
Lord Yu and Minister Zhang felt a little headache watching Zhou Man leave. They originally wanted to interrogate her about what happened five years ago, but she ended up causing their morale to fall.
However, they also listened to Zhou Man's words. They must get to the bottom of this matter as soon as possible. They must not let His Majesty suffer injustice, nor let the world fall into chaos.
Otherwise they will really become sinners.
The three of them hurried to find Old Master Tang and others.
Old Master Tang raised his eyebrows, turned his eyes slightly, and looked at some people. Finally, someone broke the window paper.
He said with a serious face, "Minister Li is right. The Crown Prince is the foundation of the country. Now that His Majesty is in a coma, and the Imperial Hospital can't predict when His Majesty will wake up, we really can't keep the Crown Prince under house arrest for too long. Otherwise, if the news gets out, the world will be in chaos."
He said, "This matter must be resolved quickly."
A day has passed since the emperor fell into a coma, and the news has not yet been spread. It has only been circulated in a small circle, but many people know about it. Once the news leaks out and reaches the ears of the princes and governors outside, it is likely that something bad will happen.
When Zhou Man returned to the back hall of Taiji Hall, he was stared at by the deep-thinking Xiao Yuanzheng as soon as he entered the door.
Zhou Man paused and asked, "What's wrong?"
Xiao Yuanzheng: "I heard you were scaring Minister Li and the others next door?"
"That's not intimidation, it's a reasonable example," Zhou Man said. "They don't understand medicine, so this is the only way."
She sighed, "It's so difficult for technical talents like us to communicate with them."
Xiao Yuanzheng ignored her words. Instead, he looked around and lowered his voice and said, "I heard someone say you were urging them to investigate the case?"
Zhou Man glanced at him and said, "Director, where do you get all these rumors? News in the palace spreads so fast these days. Could it be that your colleague who is interrogating you deliberately leaked the information to you? Who is it? Is he trying to sow discord between us?"
Xiao Yuanzheng: "...You've guessed everything, why are you still asking me?"
Zhou Man asked curiously, "What do you think?"
"What do you think I'm thinking?" Xiao Yuanzheng touched his chest and said, "Your Majesty is benevolent, but serving the emperor is like serving a tiger. I've served him for many years, and I'm still terrified. What about the future when the crown prince ascends the throne..."
Xiao Yuanzheng mumbled, "The Crown Prince's temper is much more irritable than Your Majesty's..."
Moreover, the Imperial Medical Bureau has more and more things to do, and he now relies more on Zhou Man and Lord Luo, and even most of the affairs are handed over to Zhou Man.
He felt that this achievement in his life was enough, at least much higher than the goal he set when he entered the Imperial Hospital.
If you step down at this point, you will have accomplished your mission.
In fact, he now vaguely regrets not being able to withdraw earlier. This incident may not be a disaster for Zhou Man, but it is definitely a disaster for him.
Because he was responsible for the emperor's illness five years ago and he also wrote the pulse diagnosis. For the next three years, until Zhou Man returned, he was in charge.
First, he failed to discover that the emperor was ill, and second, he failed to stop His Majesty from taking the poison pill. In later times, he would definitely be held responsible for 10% of the crime.
He sighed and said, "I heard that the Dali Temple has already escorted Lord Wang back to the capital."
Zhou Man: ...This Lord Wang is really unlucky. He was demoted two years ago for recommending the evil monk from India, and now he is implicated again.
"Isn't he in Bohai? It will take at least half a month to get there, right?"
"Yes, I think the matter has become so serious that if we don't find out the reason, I'm afraid I won't be able to explain it to the world." Xiao Yuanzheng said, "I don't know what I will do."
He looked at Zhou Man, "If we really want to blame someone for what happened back then, my crime would be worse than yours, Crown Prince... Even though things are getting serious now, I don't think they can depose the Crown Prince, so they certainly can't pin the blame on you and the Crown Prince. In the future, my useless grandson will have to rely on you to take care of him."
Zhou Man didn't refuse.
Xiao Yuanzheng breathed a sigh of relief. One of them had to be saved. Even though the prince was under house arrest and all kinds of rumors were unfavorable to him, he had been in the palace for many years. Even if he was not good at fighting in the court, he could see that as long as Yin Li was there, the capital would not be in chaos.
Unless they can produce solid evidence to prove that it was really the Crown Prince who murdered His Majesty, otherwise, even for the sake of world stability, the court officials will not fail to support the Crown Prince to ascend the throne.
All they wanted was to suppress the prince's arrogance. As for Yin Li, as long as His Majesty did not depose the prince, he would guard the capital and the prince.
Not to mention Xiao Yuanzheng's speculation about the prince's character, just from the pulse diagnosis, the prince is innocent. Even Concubine Liu back then was probably just trying to use her charm to win favor.
All these things are just being dug up by some people to frame you.
Therefore, the prince is very likely to succeed to the throne. If he succeeds to the throne, Zhou Man will be safe.
Dean Xiao was ready to take the blame, but things developed faster than he expected, and his attention quickly shifted away from the Imperial Hospital. He seemed... fine.
This story begins with the entry of Tong Nei Shi into the palace.
Bai Shan received the letter sent by the Queen. After opening it, he took people directly to the imperial farm to invite Tong Nei Shi.
Tong Nei Shi is already very old, but he is still living a good life. Thanks to Zhou Man's prescriptions and the pills he receives from time to time, he has suffered less illness over the years.
In addition, the eunuch Xiaotong also adopted two children in the imperial farm. Those two children have already married and had children. This year, they gave birth to a great-grandson for him, whom he named and who inherited the Tong family's incense.
So Tong Nei Shi lived a very comfortable life.
When he saw Bai Shan appear outside the courtyard gate, he vaguely guessed that something had happened in the palace.
The two talked in the room for a long time, and finally Tong Neunuch took the little Tong Neunuch into the palace.
He had accepted Gu Zhong's favor and had received Zhou Man's benefits for so many years. Now it was time for him to repay the favor.
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