When the third brother volunteered to go to Shangzhou to provide disaster relief, his grandfather sent people to secretly watch him and discovered the miracle doctor, Ye Qinghuan, who saved the third brother and many people infected with the plague.
She was originally a concubine's daughter of the Ye family, a noble family in Shangzhou. The Ye family had some relatives with her maternal grandfather's family. The father of Ye Qinghuan's biological mother, Mrs. Ye, was the cousin of her maternal grandfather.
Since Ye Qinghuan was young, her father and stepmother have ignored her and her mother, and she has lived away from home with her biological mother.
After the disaster relief, the Ye family suddenly took the mother and daughter back home, and used her mother to threaten her to marry a seriously ill man in place of the Ye family's legitimate daughter.
That man had been engaged to the eldest daughter of the Ye family since childhood, and they were a perfect match. However, he suddenly fell seriously ill, and the eldest daughter of the Ye family naturally refused to marry him again, but she could not break off the engagement, so she had to let Ye Qinghuan marry in his place.
Ye Qinghuan naturally refused, but she had no choice for her mother's sake.
But later, the man she was going to marry suddenly died of illness before the wedding, so she escaped the disaster.
Her grandfather brought her to the capital, and because she knew medicine, he sent her to the Imperial Hospital under the pseudonym Ye Qing.
She had saved the Third Prince and thought it would be of some use.
Now it seems to be really useful.
Hearing his own prince say this, Wang Qiren hesitated to speak, "Then Ye Qing, I'm afraid he's useless."
Cheng Hui asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
"Ye Qing was so stupid that she didn't even think of finding a scapegoat and actually took matters into her own hands. Imperial Physician Wang's son had a good relationship with her and wanted to take the blame for her. But when Imperial Concubine Yi was about to punish Wang Yanqing, she came forward and confessed."
"What happened to Concubine Yi in the end?" Ye Qinghuan was good-looking, and she had a unique charm when she dressed as a man, which made him feel itchy. Chenghui thought it was a pity that she was gone like this.
Wang Qiren replied, "Noble Concubine Yi has not yet been dealt with. They have only been asked to take good care of the Empress Dowager to atone for their crimes. They will probably investigate further before making any decisions."
At this point, seeing the prince frown, Wang Qiren hurriedly added: "Don't worry, your highness, Ye Qing's mother is in our hands. We are not afraid that she will betray us. If Concubine Yi finds out, we can just put her to death."
Chenghui secretly sighed that it was a pity, but he knew what was important. Once he sat in that position, he would be able to have any woman he wanted. He sighed and let the matter go.
After a while, Cheng Hui thought about his father's current condition and couldn't help feeling depressed. "Is my father's health really in such a state?"
"Yes, the servant arranged for someone who has some medical skills, and she saw it with her own eyes."
Wang Qiren saw that the prince was in a low mood and could not help but remind him: "Prince, the emperor is ill. I know you are sad, but this is not the time to be sad.
There are so many people outside who are eyeing us covetously. Not to mention the Third Prince, even the Fourth Prince's mother's family has been making various moves recently."
The mother of the fourth prince Chengying, Concubine Jing, was promoted to Concubine Jing two years ago. Concubine Jing's father is now the Minister of Revenue and holds real power.
Moreover, the fourth prince Chengying was only a few days younger than the third prince, but he was not favored by the emperor just because he was born on the Ghost Festival.
Although the Fourth Prince is mediocre, his mother's family is powerful, and he is now capable of competing for the position of Crown Prince.
Wang Qiren's words brought Chenghui back to his senses.
Yes, now is not the time to be sad, there are still those two troublesome bastards eyeing us covetously.
Now that his father is seriously ill and doesn't have much time left, he must seize the time and seize the position of crown prince before his father passes away!
Thinking of this, Chenghui got up and left the palace, heading towards the Wu'an Marquis's Mansion.
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On the second day, Ning Yuxi found out about Ye Qing and learned that he was from Shangzhou, came from an ordinary family, his ancestors were doctors, and he had only come to the capital a few months ago.
Once, the wife of Doctor Wang went to a mountain temple to burn incense. The road was blocked by heavy rain and the car overturned in the middle of the road. Mrs. Wang fell unconscious and Ye Qing happened to pass by and saved her.
Later, she was admitted to the Imperial Medical Bureau. Doctor Wang was grateful to him for saving his wife, so he accepted him as his apprentice and gave him a lot of support.
There sounded nothing wrong with Ye Qing's life experience. The people she had come into contact with and the things she had done in the few months since she entered the palace had been checked, and there was nothing unusual.
But the more there was nothing unusual, the more Ning Yuxi felt that something was fishy. His ancestors were also doctors, and the fact that he was able to be admitted to the Imperial Hospital showed that he had some basic medical skills. It was impossible for him to have forgotten the most basic properties of medicines.
Even if she forgot, the empress dowager has always been cautious in using medicine. When she changed the medicine when it was out of stock, she should have asked Doctor Wang or other experienced doctors. How dare he make the decision on his own?
However, he is a man who dares to act and take responsibility. If there really was someone behind him who was instructing him, Wang Yanqing would have been willing to take the blame for him after the incident, but he still came out to confess.
But what does the person behind this want to do? If he wanted to harm the empress dowager, why did he just replace it with an ordinary medicinal ingredient? It would not harm the empress dowager, but would only cause her illness to relapse.
Thinking of Chenghui's resentful look when he left that day, Ning Yuxi's heart tightened. Could it be that he was trying to lure the tiger away from the mountain?
Thinking of this, Ning Yuxi hurriedly called Song Qu and asked him to carefully investigate the people who had entered the emperor's bedroom after she left that day.
Although Song Qu was puzzled, he did not ask too many questions. The Queen had her own reasons for doing things. Now that the Emperor was seriously ill, all the affairs in the palace depended on the Queen.
He had carefully looked at the palace maids who were cleaning the bedroom at that time. They were all familiar faces in Shengchen Palace, but the Empress asked him to check carefully. Could something have happened to those people?
With a purpose, Song Qu actually found some clues.
At ten o'clock in the afternoon, Song Qu came in to report, "Your Majesty, one of the three maids who cleaned the emperor's bedroom that day was named Yunzhi. She is from the same hometown as the eunuch Wang Qiren who is beside the Third Prince. The two have never had much friendship.
But a while ago, Yunzhi's mother fell seriously ill and was in urgent need of money. At that time, I lent her twenty taels of silver. Later, her mother recovered and I didn't take it to heart. "
"But I have investigated carefully again. Her mother's illness was actually caused by her brother's gambling addiction. He owed hundreds of taels of silver and even mortgaged the family house."
"His father is gone, and his mother can't control him. The debt collector couldn't find anyone, so he beat his mother up and threatened to cut off his hands if he didn't pay back the money."
"Your Highness, you know that gambling is a bottomless pit. Yunzhi's salary is not enough to pay back the debt, but she hasn't borrowed from anyone recently. I've inquired about her brother and he's fine now. Someone must have helped her brother pay off his gambling debts."
"Can you find out who it is?" Ning Yuxi asked.
Song Qu lowered his head and said, "That person is very cautious. I haven't found any strong evidence. But when the Second Prince left the palace yesterday, someone saw that Wang Qiren didn't follow him. I think he stayed in the palace to do something."
It seems that this matter is closely related to the second prince. The second prince went to great lengths to see the emperor just to confirm the emperor's physical condition. So what will he do after confirming it?
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