Chapter 303 Too Cruel
When Chunzhi heard yesterday that Huo Yan was punished to kneel for refusing marriage, she thought that this unlucky marriage would finally be the Ninth Prince's turn. She never expected this to happen. She hurriedly said, "Don't worry. I'll go to the palace and ask my mother to send for the imperial physician."
Yuzhu had tears in her eyes, "Then I'll rely on you all, sister."
Even after consulting other doctors in the city, none of them could cure Mr. Gu's illness, so they had no choice but to invite the imperial physician who had saved him before.
Chunzhi said as she changed her clothes, "You and I are sisters, and Master Gu was seriously injured because he was trying to block the sword for the prince. There's no need to talk about this."
Seeing this, Yuzhu reached out to help Chunzhi change her clothes.
"Don't worry about me, change your wet clothes first."
Chunzhi said as she took out clean clothes from the closet and handed them to Yuzhu.
"Thank you, sister." Yuzhu thanked her and took the clothes and changed them.
Chunzhi combed her hair into a bun and did not put on any makeup. She thought that Madam Mu should still be accompanying Xiaoxing, so she asked Cui'er to go and tell her that she had to go to the palace for important matters, and to temporarily leave Xiaoxing with Madam Mu and come back to pick her up after she finished her business.
"Yes." When Cui'er saw Yuzhu coming in a hurry and the princess was about to rush into the palace, she knew that something must have happened. She didn't ask any more questions and quickly went to Madam Mu to pass on the message.
After Chunzhi finished instructing Cui'er, Yuzhu, who had already changed her clothes, came over. Her eyes were filled with sorrow, "Sister..."
"You go back to the mansion first. I'll be back soon with the imperial physician." Chunzhi squeezed Yuzhu's hand to calm her down. "Don't worry, I'll take care of everything."
"Okay." Yuzhu responded in a hoarse voice.
The sisters went out together and got on a carriage, one went to the palace and the other returned to the Chang'an Palace.
After one stick of incense.
The carriage stopped in front of the palace gate. Chunzhi held an umbrella and entered the palace with the token of Chang'an Palace and went straight to Qiwu Palace.
She came hurriedly in the wind and rain, asked the palace maid to come in and inform, and soon the senior female official came out to greet her.
When Lady Gao saw Chunzhi coming alone, without the young master or the maid, she was quite surprised and asked, "Princess, what's going on..."
Chunzhi said, "I have something urgent to discuss with my mother. Let's go in and talk."
"Please follow me, Princess." Seeing this, the female official Gao hurriedly led Chunzhi inside.
Queen Wang was always kind to her concubines, allowing them to pay their respects to the Qiwu Palace once every ten days. She did not want them to hang around on weekdays, and the Queen herself was happy to sleep a little longer.
At this moment, Queen Wang had just gotten up and was dressing herself in front of the mirror. The palace maid was using a jade comb to comb her hair.
As Chunzhi followed Lady Gao into the bedroom, Queen Wang turned to look at her. Seeing Xiaoxing return with her, she seemed rather disappointed. She then asked, "Why are you rushing into the palace so early in the morning, when it's raining?"
"To answer your mother's question," Chunzhi stepped forward and spoke directly. "Young Master Gu, who was seriously injured while shielding the prince from an arrow a few days ago, has suddenly become seriously injured and has a high fever. He urgently needs the attention of an imperial physician. However, the Imperial Concubine has summoned all the imperial physicians to the palace for the Ninth Prince, so I have come to ask your mother for help."
Queen Wang had many spies in the palace, so she naturally knew that the Ninth Prince Huo Yan had fainted from an old illness after kneeling in the rain all night, which frightened the Imperial Concubine so much that she summoned all the imperial doctors into the palace.
Hearing that Prince Chang'an's savior couldn't find a royal physician to treat him, she couldn't help but frown. "Your Highness loves your son as much as her life. It's really inappropriate for you to occupy all the royal physicians. I will go to Qianhua Palace with you."
Qianhua Palace was the bedroom of Concubine Zhao. After Huo Yan fainted from kneeling, he was taken back to the palace by Concubine Zhao to be taken care of. All the imperial doctors were gathered there at the moment.
Chunzhi quickly leaned forward and said, "Thank you, mother."
"If you really want to thank me, then bring Xiaoxing back to the palace." Queen Wang complained softly, "You're all about to go to Xizhou, and you promised to bring Xiaoxing back to the palace, but you haven't come yet."
"Of course." Chunzhi said, "I will definitely bring Xiaoxing back with me next time."
"You better remember what you said."
As Queen Wang spoke, she urged the palace maid to comb her hair faster.
The palace maids quickly helped the Queen to dress and put on makeup, and Queen Wang quickly took Chunzhi to Qianhua Palace.
More than a dozen imperial physicians gathered in Qianhua Palace, and palace servants and eunuchs came and went. Everyone's faces were gloomier than the rainy day.
"Why hasn't my prince woken up yet?" Concubine Zhao's voice rang out from the bedroom. "Don't you all claim to be miracle doctors? Why can't you save my Huang'er?"
"If my prince doesn't wake up, I want all of you to be buried with him!"
"Your Majesty, calm down!"
All the eunuchs and palace maids in Qianhua Palace knelt down together.
Instead of calming down, Concubine Zhao became even more furious and shouted even louder, "What use do I have for you? Get out! Get out!"
A group of eunuchs and palace maids crawled out of the bedroom, and Queen Wang and Chunzhi and their entourage just arrived at Qianhua Palace.
The eunuch shouted, "The Queen has arrived!"
Everyone knelt down to greet the emperor, "Long live the Queen!"
"Everyone, get up," Queen Wang said as she walked in. "Why is the Imperial Concubine so angry?"
When Concubine Zhao saw the Empress arrive, she had no choice but to step forward and salute, "Greetings to the Empress."
Queen Wang asked, "How is Jiulang?"
"He hasn't woken up yet." Concubine Zhao, her eyes red from crying, complained softly, "The Emperor is so cruel! He made his own son kneel in the pouring rain all night..."
Queen Wang thought to herself that the emperor was not only cruel to her son, he was also really cruel to Huo Zheng.
When Huo Zheng returned to Beijing after inspecting Nanzhou, he was ordered by the emperor to be whipped a hundred times because he personally killed Prince Ning and his son, and he almost lost his life.
Huo Zheng went to Xizhou and fought for such a long time, almost risking his life to pacify one side. After he came back, the emperor forced him to give up the position of crown prince by using the marriage of Princess Xiling.
Compared to Huo Yan kneeling in the rain for a whole night, the emperor was really cruel to Huo Zheng.
But now is not the time to talk about this.
Concubine Zhao shouldn't have said this, but her son was still in a coma, and she had no place to vent her worries and resentment, so she couldn't help but complain in front of the Queen.
In the past, Concubine Zhao, who was favored by all the officials, always felt that her status in the emperor's heart was no less than that of the empress, and she held her chin higher than anyone else.
Queen Wang glanced at the unconscious Huo Yan, and the imperial physician beside her spoke up, "Your Highness is suffering from injuries and illnesses. We have tried our best to treat him. His life is currently safe, but it will take some time for him to wake up."
This means that the imperial concubine is making a big deal out of nothing.
He also insisted that the imperial doctors wake Huo Yan up immediately, which was too much to ask.
Concubine Zhao had been favored for many years. The emperor loved her arrogant temper. She was not as docile and gentle as other concubines, and he doted on them all.
"Since his life is safe, just wait patiently. No need to worry too much, Imperial Concubine." Queen Wang said, and then suggested, "There are still people in the Chang'an Palace waiting for the imperial physician to save their lives. Let's send two imperial physicians there first."
"No!" Concubine Zhao said, "My prince hasn't woken up yet, and none of these doctors can leave!"
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