Chapter 59
Since Lin Qingyu was promoted to the fifth-rank imperial physician, he would go with Chu Zhengde to check the emperor's pulse every day. He could enter and exit the emperor's bedroom, but if he got a little closer to the East Palace, the guards on duty would pay extra attention to him. But as long as he and Shen Huaishi are in the palace together, there will always be a chance for them to meet.
Chu Zhengde is old, so it's inevitable that he has some difficulty in doing things. He had caught a cold these days and had taken leave to recuperate at home. For the time being, Lin Qingyu was the only imperial physician serving the emperor.
That night, the emperor's headache recurred, and Lin Qingyu happened to be on duty, so he was invited to the emperor's bedroom overnight.
The young man who served the emperor tonight was the one Lin Qingyu had met last time. Although it was called serving the emperor, the emperor could not do much as he was sick. He just asked someone to warm the bed and pour some tea.
Lin Qingyu gave the emperor acupuncture, and the emperor's headache was relieved. When he opened his eyes, he saw Lin Qingyu and his male favorite standing beside the dragon bed. The male favorite's eyes were red as he called out "Your Majesty" in a low voice. Lin Qingyu was calm and said, "The beginning of autumn is approaching. From now on, the yang energy will gradually decrease and the yin energy will gradually increase. The emperor's prescription should also change in time according to the principles of yin and yang. I will go back to the Imperial Hospital and prepare a new prescription for the emperor."
The emperor looked at him, not knowing what was wrong with him, and said, "I have a pen and paper here, write here, and show it to me when you are done."
Lin Qingyu paused and said, "Yes."
The emperor sat up with the help of his male favorite, and saw a beautiful woman in official uniform writing under the lamp. Her eyelashes were long and thick like butterfly wings. Even though her temperament was cold, it was difficult to hide the charm between her eyebrows and eyes. Especially the teardrop mole under his eye, which made the emperor feel itchy.
But it's just an itch. He is old and has been ill for so long that there has been no new person in the harem for a long time. When he gets better, maybe he can invite more beauties to feast his eyes on him. Unfortunately, he was willing but unable to do it now, so after Lin Qingyu finished drafting the prescription, he asked him to leave.
Lin Qingyu followed Xue Ying out of the bedroom, looked back at the bright yellow dragon curtain, his eyes dark and cold.
It seems that even if the emperor did not grant Gu Fuzhou a marriage, he would take action against him sooner or later.
When Xiao Cheng heard that the emperor was ill, he rushed there late at night to show his filial piety, and happened to meet Lin Qingyu walking out of the palace. Lin Qingyu glanced at him, and his gaze fell on Shen Huaishi behind him.
Shen Huaishi also looked back at him, and heard Xiao Cheng's cold voice: "Have you seen enough?"
Shen Huaishi quickly retracted his gaze: “I dare not.”
Xiao Cheng curled his lips and smiled: "Why not. Xiao Qingyu was born with a face that makes men crazy. You should look at her more if you have the chance. You may not have the chance to see her again in the future." After that, he flicked his sleeves and snorted coldly, then followed Xue Ying into the hall.
Another eunuch came over with a lantern in his hand: "Doctor Lin, I will take you back to the Imperial Hospital."
Shen Huaishi could only wait outside. When Lin Qingyu passed by him, he whispered, "Find some time to come to my house to find me."
Shen Huaishi was startled, and subconsciously glanced in the direction of the bedroom, and then uttered a low "hmm".
Shen Huaishi didn't let Lin Qingyu wait any longer. Three days later, late at night, he appeared in Lin Qingyu's house like a ghost. Lin Qingyu was preparing medicine at the table, and when he looked up, he saw Shen Huaishi standing in front of the window: "Doctor Lin."
Lin Qingyu opened the door: "Come in."
Shen Huaishi was a little nervous: "I can't stay for long. If His Highness finds out that I'm still in contact with you... Doctor Lin, what do you want from me?"
Lin Qingyu said: "I found the person you were looking for for you."
Shen Huaishi was stunned for a moment, and said excitedly: “You mean, the owner of that jade token?”
Lin Qingyu nodded lightly: "Come out."
With a sound, the door of the study's secret cabinet slowly opened, and Zhu Yongxin walked out from behind: "Young Master."
Shen Huaishi widened his eyes and said in disbelief: “Brother Zhu?!”
Not many people in Tianyumen knew that Zhu Yongxin was a secret agent, and Shen Huaishi was one of them. After Shen Huaishi entered the Tianji Camp, he also looked for Zhu Yongxin, but he didn't expect to find news of his death.
"Brother Zhu, you are not..." Seeing an old friend again, even a tough guy would have tears in his eyes, "It's really you, you are not dead?"
In contrast, Zhu Yongxin seemed much calmer. He lowered his eyes and said, "I am indeed not dead. How can I die before avenging my blood feud?"
"Revenge?" Shen Huaishi's eyes were filled with confusion. "The Chiya Sect that destroyed the Tianyu Sect was wiped out by the Tianji Camp three years ago. It was the order given by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince himself."
"Crown Prince? Ha——" Zhu Yongxin grinned, "How can the Red Fang Sect, a mere evil sect in the martial arts world, destroy the emperor's lackeys overnight! Young Master, have you never doubted it?"
"It was because a traitor from the Red Fang Sect came from the Heavenly Prison Sect that the Heavenly Prison Sect..."
Zhu Yongxin interrupted him: "The Red Fang Sect had long been secretly recruited by the court, and that life-and-death battle was also deliberately arranged by the court. It wasn't that there was a traitor in the Heavenly Prison Sect, it was the court that betrayed the Heavenly Prison Sect. Under the masks of those so-called Red Fang Sect members, there are faces of people from the Heavenly Secret Camp!"
Shen Huaishi's face lost all color: "The court...? Tianyumen has always been loyal to the court, why would the court..."
Lin Qingyu said, "Is Tianyumen loyal to the court or to the prince? If it is the latter, do you think the emperor can tolerate it?"
Shen Huaishi only had the last bit of hope in his eyes, and murmured: "That's the emperor, is it the emperor who wants to kill us?"
"Yes, the emperor wanted to take action against us. But his good son knew the emperor's intention very well. Before he took action, he dealt with us first, winning the emperor's heart and the position of crown prince that he had always dreamed of!"
Shen Huaishi felt pain all over his body and could barely stand. A faint medicinal fragrance wafted over him, his arm was supported, and when he raised his eyes, Lin Qingyu's profile appeared in his sight.
"Impossible." Shen Huaishi held Lin Qingyu's arm in reverse, "Your Highness would not do this, Doctor Lin..."
"Surprised?" Lin Qingyu whispered, "Do you think this is not something Xiao Cheng can do?"
Shen Huaishi shook his head: "Evidence, I want evidence."
Zhu Yongxin took out half of a piece of meat from his coarse linen coat and threw it on the table. "I found this on an assassin from the Tianji Camp after the fall of the Tianyu Sect."
The mask has a green face and fangs, and is unique to the Red Fang Sect. It is stained with old blood from someone unknown. Shen Huaishi's eyes seemed to be stung, and blood seemed to flow out of them.
"Huai Shi, look at me."
Shen Huaishi was stunned. He hadn't heard this title for a long time. He thought of his father and brother. That's what they called him before.
Lin Qingyu's eyes had a kind of captivating power: "You also had many doubts about what happened back then, didn't you? Why was the powerful Tianyu Sect destroyed by a martial arts sect? Why did Xiao Cheng appear at the first moment after the incident and happened to save you? After the Tianyu Sect was destroyed, was Xiao Cheng very good to you, so good that you secretly fell in love with him and devoted your whole heart to him until the King of the Northern Territory asked to marry Princess Jingchun?"
"You, don't you understand yet?"
There was deathly silence in the study. A gust of wind blew, making the window creak. Shen Huaishi woke up as if from a dream. He pushed Lin Qingyu away and turned to leave.
Lin Qingyu said coldly: "Where are you going? Are you going to confront Xiao Cheng? Who do you think you are? You are just a secret guard who was harmed by him but still works for him and can even take off your clothes to satisfy his lust. Why should he tell you the truth? He can lie to you once, but can't he lie to you a second time? What do you want to hear from him?"
Shen Huaishi froze in place, his hands clenched into fists.
"If I were you, I wouldn't give him a chance to quibble." Lin Qingyu slowed down his voice, "You said I always look down on you because I hate cheap people."
Shen Huaishi flew out of the window and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Lin Qingyu did everything he should do. Next, they can only wait.
No matter how much Xiao Cheng looked down on Shen Huaishi, he trusted him very much. Shen Huaishi had many ways to assassinate Xiao Cheng and escape unscathed. He could take advantage of Xiao Cheng's deep sleep and cut his neck directly; or when Xiao Cheng was reading the memorial, he could cover his mouth from behind and strangle his neck hard; if worst came to worst, he could ask him for poison and put it in the tea of the East Palace - he would choose the most suitable poison for Xiao Cheng.
Lin Qingyu felt extremely happy just by imagining these scenes.
Shen Huaishi...don't let him down.
It's another night of rotation. When Hu Ji came back from a medical consultation, he saw Lin Qingyu fiddling with an urn. He curiously leaned over to take a look and asked, "Doctor Lin, what is this?"
"Golden Silkworm Gu..."
Hu Ji saw the golden multi-legged insects in the jar and quickly moved away: "Why do you raise such a thing?"
Lin Qingyu closed the lid on the jar and said casually, "Its wings can be used as medicine."
Hu Ji laughed dryly: "I see."
"You went to the Imperial Household Department just now?" Lin Qingyu asked, "Did you get any information?"
"News?" Hu Ji thought for a moment, "Oh, I heard from the eunuch who sent flowers to the East Palace that the Crown Prince has been moody and irritable these past two days. It seems that it is because the guard who often follows him suddenly disappeared."
As expected. For someone as stubborn as Shen Huaishi, it would take time for him to completely accept this matter. I just don’t know what he came up with after thinking about it for two days.
In "Huai Bu Shi Jun", Shen Huai Shi will put a knife to Xiao Cheng's neck after learning the truth. Now that the "truth" he has learned is even more cruel, shouldn't his actions also be more pleasing to the eye?
The palace was surprisingly quiet that night. In the second half of the night, all the doctors on duty at the Imperial Medical Bureau dozed off.
Under the cover of night, a palace maid stumbled into the Imperial Hospital, breaking the peace. She almost cried out, "Call the imperial physician! Call the imperial physician from the East Palace!"
Everyone was awakened and stood up, except Lin Qingyu, who remained sitting with a frown on his face.
——Why do we need to summon the imperial physician? Could it be that Xiao Cheng could still be saved?
Everyone knows that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has always been in good health. He urgently summoned the imperial physician in the middle of the night, so he must have suffered an acute illness. The palace maid was so flustered, she must be seriously ill.
Hu Ji was the chief physician of the Eastern Palace. He did not dare to slack off at this moment and was ready to leave with his medical box on his back. Lin Qingyu called him: "Doctor Hu."
Hu Ji asked anxiously, "Doctor Lin, is there anything else?"
Lin Qingyu hesitated for a moment and said, "It's okay, go ahead."
In addition to Hu Ji, many other imperial doctors came one after another. Lin Qingyu is the imperial physician appointed by the emperor himself, and he has to stay in the Imperial Hospital on standby for the emperor.
Hu Ji and others were gone all night and did not return until dawn. The lights in the East Palace were on all night long; one could only see people going in but not coming out. The Eastern Palace seemed to be blocked, and Lin Qingyu could not wait for any news.
At noon, Lin Qingyu finished his shift and left the palace with a heavy heart. As soon as he left the palace, he heard someone calling him, "Doctor Lin."
Gu Fuzhou was wearing a military officer's uniform and was at the palace gate at this hour. He should be going to court.
Lin Qingyu walked quickly to him: "General."
Gu Fuzhou looked distracted, as if he had not yet woken up. "You must be hungry after being on duty all night. I prepared some food for you. Eat it while it's hot in the carriage later."
Lin Qingyu took the food box handed to him by Gu Fuzhou and said, "General, you are so thoughtful."
Seeing that Lin Qingyu looked unhappy, Gu Fuzhou's remaining sleepiness disappeared immediately, and he lowered his voice and asked, "What's wrong? Is Shen Huaishi making any moves?"
"Chen Huaishi has taken action. But I think he is still holding back. Otherwise, with his skills, how could he not kill Xiao Cheng with one blow?" Lin Qingyu lowered his eyes and endured it, holding the food box that Gu Fuzhou gave him tightly in his arms, "If Xiao Cheng is lucky enough to survive..."
Gu Fuzhou pondered for a moment, his brows relaxed, and he smiled: "Don't say that it's uncertain whether Xiao Cheng is dead or alive. Even if he is lucky enough to survive, I will work hard to help you think of a better solution." Gu Fuzhou raised his hand and covered the back of Lin Qingyu's head with his large palm. "Don't worry, it's not a big deal. Go back to sleep and remember to eat something first. I will accompany you after court."
The author has something to say: What should I do if my wife is in a bad mood?
Pick him up from get off work, bring him delicious food, coax him, and pat his head.
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