After hearing Ning Yuxi's words, Chenghui felt as if his throat was pinched.
After a while, he smiled and said, "Your Highness, you are too kind. I just heard that my father was ill and was very worried about him, so I came to visit him. However, Eunuch Song insisted that my father had gone to bed and stopped me..."
Ning Yuxi interrupted him, "The emperor has indeed fallen asleep. I will tell the emperor every word of his filial piety when he wakes up. Now, you can go back."
There was a moment of silence. Cheng Hui stared at Concubine Yi. After a moment, he said in a cold tone, "Since that's the case, I'll have to come back another day."
…
For three consecutive days, the emperor showed no signs of waking up.
To the outside world, Ning Yuxi only said that the emperor was recuperating. Only she and the servants in Shengchen Palace knew the truth. Even the empress dowager did not know.
The crown prince has not yet been appointed. If the news that the emperor is seriously ill and unconscious gets out, there will be chaos in the court.
She heard from her brother that Prince Shen and the Marquis of Wu'an had been quite active recently. If they knew about the emperor's situation, they would probably act even more recklessly.
What if the emperor never wakes up again... Ning Yuxi didn't dare to think about it.
Now we can only pray that the emperor survives this disaster.
On the fourth day, Chenghui could no longer hold back and went to the palace to visit the emperor again.
"The Emperor has not appeared in public for several days, and the people in the court are in a state of panic. This prince is also very worried. Why does Concubine Yi repeatedly prevent this prince from visiting the Emperor?"
Ning Yuxi's face was filled with worry. "Divine Doctor Zhong said that the Emperor's illness requires rest and recuperation. I know that Prince Shen is filial, but if the Emperor's condition worsens as a result, can Prince Shen bear the consequences?"
Chenghui was very impatient. It was really hateful that Concubine Yi repeatedly prevented him from visiting his father.
His father was seriously ill and might pass away soon. As the crown prince had not yet been appointed, he, as the eldest son, naturally had to shoulder the heavy responsibility, and everything was justified.
But if his father's condition was not incurable and there was still room for recovery, he would not have acted like this.
It’s just a pity that Imperial Concubine Yi keeps a close eye on my father, and the only doctor Zhong who knows about his father’s health condition has been living in a side hall of Shengchen Palace and is not usually seen.
He had to see his father's physical condition with his own eyes.
Cheng Hui said in a deep voice, "Whether the illness has worsened or not is not up to you to decide. Imperial Father has always been cared for by you, Imperial Concubine Yi. Now that he has suddenly fallen ill, how can we be sure it's not due to your inadequate care?"
After a pause, Cheng Hui stared at Concubine Yi with his eyes slightly narrowed, "Perhaps, Concubine Yi is the cause of my father's illness!"
Ning Yuxi frowned deeply. It seemed that Prince Shen was determined to see the emperor today.
"Prince Shen, be careful with your words. Prince Shen grew up in the palace and should understand that according to palace rules, those who casually slander others will be punished with tongue-pulling and execution!"
"Prince Shen, as a descendant of the royal family, should understand the rules and regulations. Don't break the law knowingly. I, because I think you are filial and lost my composure for a moment, will not hold it against you. In the future, you must be more careful in what you say and do, and live up to your title!"
After saying this, Ning Yuxi walked into the hall with a flick of her sleeves and ordered someone to close the door.
Chenghui was left standing outside the door with an angry look on his face.
Looking at the tightly closed palace door, Chenghui clenched his fists and veins bulged on his forehead.
But she was born in a humble military family. If Princess Yinzhen had not been so blind as to fall in love with her brother and let her brother marry the princess, what would her Ning family be!
How dare she, a mere concubine, be so arrogant in front of him, the legitimate prince? In ordinary families, concubines are just slaves, and they have to bow down to the legitimate son or daughter even if they are their elders. How dare she be so arrogant!
If it weren't for Concubine Yi's seductive charm, which made the Emperor dislike my mother and imprison her, she wouldn't be able to be so arrogant now!
Chenghui suppressed his anger and left. When he was about to leave the palace, he called the eunuch Wang Qiren who had followed him since childhood and whispered a few words in his ear.
After receiving the order, Wang Qiren nodded, then turned and walked towards the palace.
…
Ning Yuxi looked at the emperor who showed no signs of waking up, with worry on her brow. She could block it once or twice, but she couldn't always prevent people from visiting. After all, Chenghui was the emperor's son.
Doctor Zhong said that although the emperor has not woken up, his condition has not continued to deteriorate. Now the probability of waking up and not waking up is 50% each, and it can only be left to fate.
After lunch, Ning Yuxi dealt with a few things that Luoying was unsure about, and then she heard the eunuch guarding outside the door come in hurriedly to report that someone had come from the Empress Dowager's palace and said that the Empress Dowager's illness had relapsed and she had fallen ill again.
Ning Yuxixin mentioned that the empress dowager's illness had been gradually improving in the past few days, so why did it suddenly relapse?
Without time to think, Ning Yuxi hurried to the Cining Palace and told Song Qu to guard the emperor before leaving.
In the Cining Palace, Doctor Wang has stabilized the empress dowager's condition, and she is sleeping soundly.
Ning Yuxi went to see the empress dowager first, and only breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that her breathing was steady and there was nothing wrong with her.
After leaving the bedroom, Ning Yuxi asked Doctor Wang about the whole story.
Unexpectedly, Doctor Wang suddenly knelt down and apologized, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. The Empress Dowager's relapse is all my fault."
Ning Yuxi was startled for a moment and asked in a deep voice, "What's going on?"
Doctor Wang did not dare to hide anything and told the Queen Mother the reasons for her recurring illness.
It had rained the previous two days, and one of the medicines the Empress Dowager often took became moldy due to moisture while drying in the sun, making it unusable. The person who prepared the medicine replaced it with another one with the same effect.
However, the properties of that medicine were different from the original one, one was cold and the other was warm. The Empress Dowager had a cold body, so taking a cold medicine would naturally be detrimental to her condition.
Fortunately, that medicine is not the main one, the dosage is small, and it does not affect the body.
After hearing what Doctor Wang said, Ning Yuxi suppressed her displeasure and scolded him, "Doctor Wang, I trusted you and asked you to take care of the Queen Mother, but you made such a huge mistake for me."
She had instructed Doctor Wang to personally prepare the empress dowager's medicine, from selecting the herbs to boiling them. Doctor Wang had been practicing medicine under his father, Wang Yuanpan, since he was a child, and with thirty or forty years of experience, he shouldn't have made such a mistake.
Could it be that something happened and someone did it on purpose to threaten Doctor Wang?
Doctor Wang prostrated himself on the ground, not daring to look up. "I have betrayed your Majesty's trust. I beg your Majesty to punish me."
Seeing that he didn't offer any explanation, Ning Yuxi asked directly, "Doctor Wang, I know your medical skills. Logically, you shouldn't have made such a mistake."
Doctor Wang was speechless. Ning Yuxi's tone deepened, "Doctor Wang, if I find out the real murderer, I will never let him go!"
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