Among Emperor Jingxuan's many sons, the eldest son Xiao Duye had the greatest power - he was in charge of the Imperial Guard; the second son Xiao Shunyang had the highest official position - he served as the Imperial Envoy of Youzhou; the third son Xiao Chonghua was not the most respected.

The reason why he was arranged to marry with the Qin family was because the eldest prince and the second prince were already married, and it was impossible to let the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Protectorate's Mansion become a concubine of the prince with military power.

As for the younger brothers, either their mother’s family background was not enough or they were too young to be suitable.

To outsiders, Xiao Chonghua knew very well how much Emperor Jingxuan loved him.

He would not think that his father loved him so much just because this marriage happened to him.

To put it bluntly, his father simply had no choice.

Emperor Jingxuan said: "Although it was an accident that Qin Yanran and your elder brother had such an incident, you have been wronged."

Xiao Chonghua said nothing.

If I say that I am not wronged at all at this time, it would seem that I am just being angry.

Xiao Chonghua had already guessed what Emperor Jingxuan was going to say to him next.

If it was her——

Emperor Jingxuan said calmly: "Your wedding with the Qin family was originally scheduled for May, but now it's already April..."

Xiao Chonghua said seriously, "Father, she has already been married in the countryside. Do you want me to marry a married woman?"

Emperor Jingxuan said indifferently: "If you have someone you like, you can take her as your concubine."

"Father..."

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"

Eunuch Quan came over in a hurry, "Something bad has happened! The Queen Mother... fainted!"

Emperor Jingxuan's face changed: "What!"

The Empress Dowager suddenly fell ill and fell into a coma. Several imperial doctors, led by Hu Jiusheng, gathered in Yongshou Palace to urgently discuss treatment plans.

Emperor Jingxuan entered the Empress Dowager's bedroom with a dignified look on his face.

Looking at the emaciated empress dowager lying on the phoenix bed, Emperor Jingxuan's aura became extremely cold.

"What's going on? Didn't they say that the Queen Mother has gotten better?"

The imperial doctors were all silent and dared not say a word.

Hu Jiusheng emboldened himself and said, "Your Majesty, after I changed the prescription for the Queen Mother, her condition has indeed improved—"

Emperor Jingxuan asked in a deep voice: "Then why did you suddenly faint?"

Hu Jiusheng was also puzzled, but he couldn't show it, otherwise people would doubt his medical skills.

He cupped his hands and said, "Please allow me to carefully examine the Queen Mother's pulse."

Emperor Jingxuan suppressed his anger and agreed to Doctor Hu's request.

After taking the patient's pulse, Hu Jiusheng looked a little embarrassed.

"What happened?" asked Emperor Jingxuan.

Hu Jiusheng gritted his teeth and said, "The Queen Mother...is too worried..."

Emperor Jingxuan's voice sank. "You worry too much, you worry too much, can you say anything else besides this? You are the imperial physician, I called you here to cure the Queen Mother's illness, not to let you use the excuse of worrying too much to perfunctorily deal with me all day long!"

The emperor was abnormally excited.

Doctor Hu was indeed somewhat wronged.

In a few days, it will be the anniversary of the death of Prince Nanyang. Every year, the Queen Mother will fall ill during this period of time. It is all because of missing Prince Nanyang.

As the saying goes, heart disease needs heart medicine. The Queen Mother is obsessed with the pain of losing her eldest son. What can they, the imperial doctors, do? If you ask why they survived before but can't be cured this time, it's because the Queen Mother is aging and her body is not as good as before. She will be more and more dangerous every year.

Emperor Jingxuan knew that the Empress Dowager was suffering from a mental illness, which made him even more furious.

It was he who killed the King of Nanyang, and it was he who caused the Queen Mother to suffer from heart disease. In addition to missing her eldest son, the Queen Mother also hated her youngest son every day.

"I don't care what method you have. If you can't cure the Queen Mother, you will be beheaded!"

Emperor Jingxuan said this coldly and left in a huff.

"What can I do?"

"Your Excellency, do you have any solution?"

Another imperial physician asked.

Hu Jiusheng thought to himself, if only I had a way.

"It's really not that our medical skills are not good enough, it's really..." An imperial physician was halfway through his words when Hu Jiusheng glared at him and he swallowed his words tactfully.

Hu Jiusheng returned to the Imperial Hospital and found a yellowed notebook from a pile of old medical books.

This notebook was left behind by Imperial Physician Fu, and it recorded many acupuncture methods for difficult and complicated diseases. He studied it carefully for half an hour and found that one of the acupuncture methods might be able to relieve the Empress Dowager's symptoms.

However, this acupuncture method is dangerous, as Doctor Fu has clearly written - if it is not used appropriately, it may have the opposite effect.

"There is no other way now. If we can't cure the Queen Mother, we will die anyway."

The great thing about Hu Jiusheng is his boldness and his willingness to try.

He went to Yongshou Palace and used the acupuncture techniques of Imperial Doctor Fu. A quarter of an hour later, Taihou really woke up. After waking up, she felt hungry and even drank half a bowl of rice porridge.

This made the palace people very happy.

I have an appetite again, which means I'm getting better!

Hu Jiuchang breathed a sigh of relief, his life was finally saved.

But he didn't have time to be happy for long. In the evening, the Queen Mother's condition took a turn for the worse and she suddenly became deaf! She was awake but couldn't hear any sound, and she had symptoms of dizziness, nausea and vomiting.

The entire Imperial Hospital was in a panic.

Hu Jiusheng became even more panicked. He expected that the acupuncture had failed. It was not because his technique was bad, but because this acupuncture technique was not effective for everyone.

If side effects occur, they will be irreversible.

Emperor Jingxuan looked at the several imperial doctors kneeling on the ground, with murderous intent flashing in his eyes.

"Your Majesty, the Third Prince requests to see you." Eunuch Fu reported in a low voice.

"What is he here for?" Emperor Jingxuan didn't want to see him.

"It seems to be because of the Queen Mother's illness." said Eunuch Fu.

Emperor Jingxuan said impatiently: "Let him in."

The young eunuch brought Xiao Chonghua into the empress dowager's bedroom.

Xiao Chonghua didn't waste any words and said straight to the point: "Father, I want to recommend a doctor."

Emperor Jingxuan asked: "Doctors from the people?"

Xiao Chonghua said: "Yes, this doctor is very skilled in medicine, not inferior to the imperial physician, and may be able to treat the illness of the imperial grandmother."

Emperor Jingxuan did not trust folk doctors very much. After all, the most skilled doctors were all in the Imperial Medical Bureau.

But now the Imperial Hospital is helpless——

Emperor Jingxuan asked, "Who?"

Xiao Chonghua said seriously: "The daughter of the Duke of Protectorate, Su Daya."

At the gate of Yongshou Palace, Xiao Chonghua met Princess Jingning who came with the Queen to take care of the sick.

"Mother." Xiao Chonghua bowed respectfully.

The queen nodded and stepped into Yongshou Palace.

"Third brother." Princess Jingning called him, "I heard that when you were in Qingzhou, you were seriously ill and it was Miss Su who cured you."

Xiao Chonghua nodded: "That's true."

Princess Jingning asked coldly, "Then do you know that if she fails to cure grandmother, the emperor will be angry with him? The emperor was just worried about having no excuse to deal with Su Cheng, and you gave him a handle."

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