Of course, Yuwen Lan had considered Yan Shu's concerns at this time.

But now he had no choice.

In the past, he was concerned about the Queen Mother, so he never let Zhang Shengkang get close to him. Although he is well now, Zhang Shengkang has bad intentions. If he knew his physical condition, he would not know what he would do in the future.

So he would rather choose Jiang Nianqi.

Anyway, he is just straightforward, even if he recognizes him, he will not do anything bad.

The most important thing is that he is already well, what is there to be afraid of?

Can he guarantee that he will never get sick and never call the imperial physician in the future?

So since he has to find someone, of course he chose Jiang Nianqi.

At this time, Yan Shu asked him through the door, "Your Majesty, are you sure you want to find Doctor Jiang Yu?"

Yuwen Lan sighed, "No problem, let's find him."

And hurry up...

The girl outside the door said yes again, and finally went to call someone.

In a moment, Doctor Jiang Yu hurried to Qianming Palace.

Yan Shu knew that someone was feeling unwell, and before Doctor Jiang performed the ceremony, she hurriedly said, "Your Majesty is not feeling well, Doctor Jiang, please come and see your Majesty."

Doctor Jiang agreed, hurried to the king, stretched out his hand and carefully took his pulse.

After a moment, Yuwen Lan heard a burst of exclamations——

[Hey, this, this, isn't this that...improper official??? I was wondering why he has such an extraordinary temperament, but it's actually your Majesty??? It's actually your Majesty!!! 】

Yuwen Lan, "..."

As expected, he recognized him.

Fearing that he would forget the main thing, he had to open his mouth and say, "I can't drink goat's milk since I was a child. The snacks I just had probably contained goat's milk, so, so..." Fortunately,

Doctor Jiang was also a smart man. He reacted before he finished speaking and took the initiative to say, "Your Majesty, don't worry. I think there is not much goat's milk in the snacks. There is nothing wrong with your body. I will prescribe medicine for your Majesty."

Yuwen Lan nodded, and then he picked up the pen and hurriedly wrote the prescription, and asked Fu Hai to go to the pharmacy to get the medicine.

~~

In Ci'an Palace, it was already dusk outside, and the Queen Mother was still waiting for news.

Soon, Zhang Shengkang hurried into the palace. The Queen Mother asked hurriedly, "How is it?"

Zhang Shengkang bowed his head and said, "I have been waiting in the Imperial Hospital, but His Majesty did not summon me."

"His Majesty did not summon you?" The Queen Mother

was stunned.

——Is the Emperor still on guard against her?

This child...

So she simply ordered the palace servants, "Prepare the sedan chair."

Then she said to Zhang Shengkang, "I will take you there personally."

~~

After Doctor Jiang's busy work, the King drank the medicine, and soon, the symptoms finally disappeared.

Seeing this scene, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Yan Shu couldn't help but sigh in her heart. In order to help the Emperor treat his illness, the Queen Mother really had a unique mind.

Tonight can really be called ups and downs, very dramatic.

——As

a mother, she worries that her son will be childless, so she racks her brains to force him to get treatment;

but in fact, her son has already recovered quietly, but he just doesn’t want to tell her?

Tsk tsk tsk, if this is compiled into a storybook, it will definitely be attractive.

Yuwen Lan, "..."

At this time, she actually wants to compile it into a storybook?

Of course, he also knows that she is just talking.

But at this moment, he himself is really speechless and puzzled.

——He didn’t intend to hide it from the Queen Mother, but he couldn’t take the initiative to tell the Queen Mother that he was already well without any reason.

Originally, he thought that as long as Yan Shu was pregnant, the Queen Mother would naturally understand, but he didn’t expect that the Queen Mother would be so impatient... Well

, it seems that he can’t eat the things in Ci’an Palace from now on.

…

Just as I was thinking complicatedly, I saw that Doctor Jiang suddenly looked serious and knelt down and said, "I have something to report to Your Majesty."

After speaking, he glanced around and said anxiously in his heart, [This is a very important matter, I hope Your Majesty can understand what I mean! ]

Yuwen Lan understood and waved his hand to retreat.

But Jiang Nianqi still didn't speak, and still glanced at his side with a little concern.

Yan Shu was standing there, pretending not to understand, looking around and fiddling with her fingers.

Yuwen Lan, "..."

But she heard her anxiously saying in her heart, [Don't let me go! I'm here to tell you the news tonight! What secrets must I hear! ! ! Anyway, you have chosen to die, why do you still care about me alone! ! ! !

Yuwen Lan, "..." He

could only say to Jiang Nianqi, "Yipin is not an outsider, just tell me if you have anything important to say."

Doctor Jiang then responded, "I am reporting this with courage. I noticed that the smell in this bedroom is a little strange. If Your Majesty has ever been unwell, I am afraid that the cause is still here."

As soon as these words came out, Yan Shu's heart skipped a beat.

The cause that Doctor Jiang mentioned... could it be the cause that caused the emperor's impotence in the first place?

Tsk, this is indeed a serious matter!!!

But then again, Doctor Jiang was not stupid. He knew to give such a subtle reminder and did not directly say that he had recognized the emperor.

Yuwen Lan frowned and asked hurriedly, "What's wrong?"

- You know, since the first time he went outside the palace to see him for treatment and was told that he was poisoned, he had replaced almost everything in the bedroom, including the bed curtains, flowers and trees.

The incense that was most likely tampered with was not used again.

Now Doctor Jiang still said it was wrong?

Could it be...

this couch?

- This was an item passed down by Emperor Gaozu, it is unlikely to be tampered with.

Just as he was thinking this, he saw Doctor Jiang walk to the Bixiao Sword hanging at the head of the bed, approached it and smelled it again and again, and then said to him, "Your Majesty, the abnormality may be in this sword."

Yuwen Lan paused.

——This sword is a relic of the previous emperor. Since the previous emperor passed away, he has kept it with him as a thought.

He was puzzled and said, "This sword is made of iron and copper, how can it be abnormal?"

Doctor Jiang pointed to the sword handle of the hand guard and said, "I dare to guess that the abnormality may be here."

Hearing this, Yan Shu couldn't help but approached to take a look, but saw that the sword handle was hollow, with exquisite auspicious cloud patterns carved on it, showing the color of natural brass.

She shook it in her hand again, but heard no sound. She looked at it closely, but couldn't see what was inside.

Just as she was wondering, Yuwen Lan took the sword and inspected it. He suddenly took out a sturdy dagger and pried it in two with a few operations on the sword.

This revealed the true appearance of the things inside.

The beautifully carved inner wall of the sword was covered with a layer of golden substance, which seemed to be some kind of paste, but it was now extremely hard.

Doctor Jiang took it under his nose and sniffed it carefully, and his brows became more and more wrinkled.

Seeing this scene, the others were getting more and more nervous. Yuwen Lan asked hurriedly, "What's the matter?"

Doctor Jiang Yu answered as he listened, "Your Majesty, there are probably dozens of medicines in here, such as tortoise shell, chicken gall, scutellaria, golden cherry, etc., as well as saltpeter and sulfur mixed in. These are all things that suppress desire. If you come into contact with them every night for a long time, it will definitely make the key parts of men numb and lose the ability to reproduce."

Yan Shu, "!!!"

My goodness, isn't this chemical castration? It turns out that this is the culprit!

Looking at Yuwen Lan again, his brows were also tightly locked -

yes, he was normal in the past, but since he ascended the throne and moved into the Qianming Palace, he has gradually become abnormal.

He was indeed becoming more and more numb, and his heart gradually lost all desires, until he met Yan Shu.

So, the source of his illness was this thing?

Yan Shu asked him hurriedly, "But why is this thing in your majesty's palace? Who put it in this sword?"

He thought to himself, "Since this is the sword of the late emperor, it might be aimed at the late emperor, to kill the late emperor! So... could it be the empress dowager? 】

[The empress dowager hated the late emperor for having concubines here and there, so she decided to chemically castrate her husband? 】

Yuwen Lan, "???"

He knew the word "chemically castrated", but what did it mean with the first two words?

Before he could figure it out, he heard her reject the idea herself -

[It's impossible. If it was the Queen Mother who put it there, she would definitely know about it. Then why would she have to go through so many troubles to urge the Emperor to see a doctor?]

... Yuwen Lan thought so too.

So the first person he rejected was the Queen Mother. He also

heard her thinking, [Could it be that another concubine of the late emperor did it?]

[That's not likely. First of all, even if this concubine could enter the Qianming Palace, how could she do this under the nose of the late emperor?]

[Besides, a concubine must compete for favor. How can she compete for favor by drowning the late emperor?]

Yuwen Lan, "..."

After all, he was his father. Could he not use the word "drowned"?

But of course, her analysis made sense. The possibility that other concubines of the late emperor poisoned was almost zero.

So who could it be?

At this moment, a voice was heard outside the door, "The Queen Mother has arrived..."

The three people in the hall were all startled.

Yan Shu, [Why is the Queen Mother here? Could she be here to check if the Emperor has diarrhea?]

Yuwen Lan, "..."

Very likely.

He put the sword aside first, and then saw the Queen Mother step into the hall, followed by Zhang Shengkang.

Seeing this person, Doctor Jiang Yu, who was nervous just now, also calmed down and followed Yan Shu to salute the Queen Mother.

Yuwen Lan also showed no sign of surprise, and only asked, "Why is your mother here?"

But the queen mother said anxiously, "I was confused, and just found that the taro paste cakes sent to Your Majesty just now are not suitable. Your Majesty cannot eat goat's milk since he was a child. I forgot to tell them not to put goat's milk in it, and they were sent directly to Your Majesty after they were made... Is Your Majesty okay these days?" "

..."

Yan Shu sighed silently in her heart. Otherwise, the queen mother would say that she is amazing. There is no trace of deliberateness in her acting.

But the emperor was not bad either. He only said, "I did feel a little uncomfortable just now, so I called Doctor Jiang Yu. I just drank the medicine and I am fine now." The queen

mother was a little surprised, "Fine?" After

saying that, she looked at him again, but saw that his complexion was indeed not bad, and couldn't help muttering, it seems that he is really fine?

In this case, the Queen Mother could only sigh and blame herself, "It's all my fault. How could I be so careless? I just remembered that I was afraid that something might happen to His Majesty, so I specially called Zhang Shengkang to come with me."

Yan Shu watched silently from the side, thinking that it was rare to see the Queen Mother speak like this.

——She was really afraid that the emperor would be angry.

However, it must be said that the Queen Mother's imagination is also very big. Who else can come up with such a method and dare to use it on the emperor?

If the emperor is cruel, he can use this to make a big fuss with her.

But Yuwen Lan said, "It's just a little thing, mother, don't blame yourself so much."

Yan Shu understood that the emperor wanted to give the Queen Mother a face.

After all, he is a filial child, and he still values ​​friendship.

But the empress dowager nodded and said, "That's good. However, let's ask Imperial Doctor Zhang to check on His Majesty, to be absolutely sure."

Yan Shu, "..."

Yes, it's so hard to plan this, if we don't ask Zhang Shengkang to check on the emperor, wouldn't it be a waste of time?

However, the emperor just said, "No need, I am indeed fine. The queen mother has also seen the medical skills of Doctor Jiang Yu with her own eyes. Don't you believe it? He has solved a lot of worries for me recently."

Yan Shu paused again. The emperor was sending a signal to the queen mother!

After hearing what he said, the queen mother was stunned, and tried to ask Doctor Jiang Yu, "How is your majesty's health now?"

Doctor Jiang Yu hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, your majesty is in good health now. Except for the diarrhea caused by the incompatibility of goat milk just now, there is no other problem at all."

Hearing this, the queen mother pondered in her heart-[

Has the emperor already consulted this doctor Jiang Yu? Does this mean that the disease has been cured? This is a good thing! However

, before she could be happy, the emperor suddenly asked her, "I have something I want to ask my mother." The

queen mother came back to her senses and asked hurriedly, "What is it?"

Yuwen Lan took out the sword he had just put down, and presented it to the queen mother along with the sword holder and the things inside.

"Just now, I found a strange object in this sword holder."

"Strange object?"

The queen mother and Zhang Shengkang were both stunned and cast their eyes towards the sword holder.

Yuwen Lan continued, "My mother also knows that this sword originally belonged to my father. Since I inherited the throne, I have kept it in this palace. It is unlikely that anyone would tamper with it. So I wonder if it was put in there when the late emperor was still alive."

As he spoke, he stared at the expressions of the two people and said word by word, "Doctor Jiang Yu just checked it and found that it might be poisonous."

Poison? The queen mother

was obviously stunned and hurriedly ordered Zhang Shengkang, "You come and take a look too."

[There is actually such a thing in this sword, what on earth is going on?]

Yuwen Lan thought to himself, it seems that the queen mother is also unaware.

But seeing Zhang Shengkang agreed, he hurriedly took the sword and carefully examined it.

He touched it, and put it under his nose to smell it, while secretly thinking in his heart, [Yes, this is the Sanqing Pill, which is hidden so secretly!]

Sanqing Pill?

Yuwen Lan was secretly stunned. It seems that Zhang Shengkang already knew about this thing?

He tried to talk to the Queen Mother again, "I was thinking, is this thing aimed at the late emperor? But I don't know who wants to harm the late emperor?"

After saying this, Zhang Shengkang spoke, "Your Majesty, if I am not mistaken, this thing is called Sanqing Pill, which is usually used by people who practice Taoism to abstain from desire."

"Abstain from desire?"

The Queen Mother was stunned.

Then she also reacted, sneering in her heart, [That man is really willing to risk everything for immortality!]

Yuwen Lan, "..."

Is he talking about the late emperor?

Could it be that the late emperor put it himself?

At this time, the Queen Mother also said with a gloomy expression, "Qianming Palace is the residence of the emperor. I cannot enter without being summoned. At that time, the late emperor devoted himself to Taoism and did not care about government affairs. He only allowed the White Crane Immortal to enter and exit. So in my opinion, if this thing was not done by the late emperor himself, then the White Crane Immortal is the most suspicious." After

hearing this, Yuwen Lan also thought of it.

——Since he was seven or eight years old, the late emperor met a Taoist named White Crane Immortal and began to indulge in Taoism. At first, he just read related books and talked about scriptures and Taoism with the White Crane Immortal from time to time, but later the situation became more and more serious, and he even set up an incense burner in the palace. He just meditated and refined elixirs every day, and ignored everything else.

All the important affairs of state were handled by the ministers and the empress dowager. Except for White Crane Immortal, no one else was allowed to get close.

At that time, he led troops to fight against the Xiongnu and was away for half a year. After returning, he wanted to see his father. He waited outside the Qianming Palace for half a day, but only White Crane Immortal came out and told him that the late emperor was in seclusion at that time and no one could see him, so he asked him to go back first.

From this point of view, it is indeed the late emperor himself and White Crane Immortal who are the most likely.

Moreover, since him, no royal heirs have been born in the palace. Now it seems that this thing is also related.

The late emperor is also very likely to have been poisoned by the Sanqing Pill like him.

Yuwen Lan just figured it out, but heard the empress dowager sneer in her heart, "What a man, he almost made himself childless! Poor me, I have worked hard for half my life to clean up the mess for him, thinking only of his son, but now not only does he not appreciate my kindness, but he also doubts me? It's really chilling! 】

Yuwen Lan, "..."

It seems that

the Queen Mother really doesn't know. He was silent for a moment, and then said, "

I'm sorry that you have been wronged over the years." The Queen Mother only said, "I just want the best for Your Majesty."

Her voice had become cold.

Yuwen Lan could only say, "I didn't do well enough, and I made you suffer."

The Queen Mother still said coldly, "It doesn't matter, now that Your Majesty is fine, I am relieved."

Then she sighed, "It's been a long time since I came out. Since Your Majesty is in good health, I will go back first."

Then she turned and walked out of the palace.

Seeing this, Zhang Shengkang could only hurriedly tell Yuwen Lan, "Since your majesty is well, I will take my leave."

Then he followed the Queen Mother's footsteps.

Yuwen Lan showed no joy or anger on his face, and sneered in his heart.

When the late emperor was critically ill, Zhang Shengkang stayed in the Qianming Palace every day, and he must have discovered the abnormality a long time ago.

It may even be earlier.

But he never mentioned it to anyone.

Even the Queen Mother didn't know.

What was he planning?

Was he waiting for me to find him, and then he would find this thing, so that he could make a contribution?

Sure enough, just when the other party was about to step out of the palace gate, Yuwen Lan heard him say in his heart, [I calculated everything first, but this Jiang guy got there first! God is unfair! ]

~~

After the Queen Mother and Zhang Shengkang left, Yan Shu, Yuwen Lan and Jiang Yuyi were left in the palace.

——Although he had solved the mystery that had troubled him for a long time tonight, Yuwen Lan was still not relieved.

He had never thought that this thing was actually related to his father.

Why did his once wise and powerful father become like that?

My heart was heavy when I heard Yan Shu eating melons——

[Why do I feel like the old emperor is also a victim! After all, he can practice Taoism, and he can't possibly implicate his son and make himself extinct!]

[And if he knew about this, he should have told his son before he died! Since he didn't say it, he must not have known it himself, not to mention that he kept it in such a hidden place,] [

Fuck, it seems that the Taoist Bai He was very ambitious! Where is he now? 】

But the system said,【ran away. The death of the late emperor was quite sudden. He was cultivating when he suddenly vomited blood. There was chaos inside and outside the palace. Everyone's attention was on saving the late emperor. The empress dowager was also trying to ensure that the emperor would succeed to the throne smoothly. In addition, at that time, the various families in the royal family were also rebelling. The government was in chaos, so this person ran away.】

Yan Shu,【……】

Tsk, the old emperor really...didn't leave any good things for his son.

Why did he come?

Of course, now is not the time to complain about the late emperor. She was about to speak to the emperor, but she saw that he had already called someone outside the door, "Send the Jinyiwei to immediately find the White Crane Immortal."

The person outside the door responded, and Yan Shu was relieved.

However, at this moment, Jiang Yu suddenly knelt down and said, "I didn't recognize your majesty before, please forgive me."

- If he had known that the official was the king, he would never have said it so bluntly!

What about "indulging in lust"...

Yuwen Lan, "..."

He could only pretend not to hear, and said, "You solved the problem for me, I should reward you."

Then he ordered Fu Hai, "Pass the order, Jiang Yu's medical skills are superb, and he will be promoted to the chief physician."

Everyone outside the door agreed, and Jiang Yu also kowtowed, "I thank the king for his great grace."

Ahem, and thank the king for not killing me.

Tonight is really... too thrilling!

Just as she was quietly relieved, she saw the king speak again, "Forget about what happened before, and don't mention it to anyone again."

Doctor Jiang Yu hurriedly said solemnly, "I obey your command."

~~

After experiencing the goat milk incident, the relationship between the empress dowager and the emperor became a little subtle.

Yan Shu understood that the emperor was probably concerned about the goat milk, while the empress dowager was suspicious of the emperor and she was still upset.

——Tsk, this matter is really difficult. The two have their own positions and grievances.

If you want to blame someone, you can only blame the old emperor for not caring about others. After the disaster, he left so many historical problems for the mother and son to deal with.

Moreover, biological mother and son are better, but these two are still a little bit of blood relationship, so the relationship can be far away. A

few days later, the empress dowager had a headache again.

The emperor got the news and went to visit in person, but was declined by the empress dowager.

In desperation, he had to order Yan Shu to serve him instead.

Yan Shu, "..."

Isn't this like a fire in the city gate that affects the fish in the pond?

... She has offended everyone.

However, as a palace concubine, it is her duty to serve the empress dowager when she is ill, so she stayed by the bed for several days without complaining.

Fortunately, the empress dowager did not make things difficult for her. When she was feeling unwell, she only asked Madam Zhuang and Zhushu to serve her. When she was no longer feeling unwell, she asked her to read a storybook to pass the time.

And the storybook she read was the one she wrote herself.

Yan Shu, "..."

She could only suppress her embarrassment and read to the empress dowager as vividly as she could.

However, the Queen Mother complained to her, "This Xiaoyao Master's story is interesting, but he has been too lazy recently and has not come up with new stories. People are waiting too long."

Yan Shu agreed with a smile on her face, but she was sighing in her heart.

She wanted to write, but she was reviewing her old works all day, so how could she have the time?

Just as she was thinking about this, she saw the palace servants come in and report, "Your Majesty, the wife of the Marquis of Pingjin is here to visit you."

The wife of the Marquis of Pingjin is the Queen Mother's aunt's cousin, and she is not usually in the capital. She only goes to the palace to visit the Queen Mother during festivals. This time, she probably heard the news that the Queen Mother was ill, so she went to the capital for several days.

Since the incident at the Cheng'en Mansion, the Queen Mother has become increasingly cold to her natal family, but she still has some contact with her cousins.

Especially since this cousin came all the way from Pingjin, the empress dowager couldn't refuse, so she nodded and said, "Please come in."

The palace maid agreed.

Not long after, she led two women, one old and one young, into the palace.

They were the wife of Pingjin Marquis and her youngest daughter Huo Yingxia.

——This family is legendary.

Mrs. Huo was bound to her mother-in-law's fate. She gave birth to five sons in a row, and only had this youngest daughter when she was forty years old. She always treasured her like an eyeball and took her everywhere.

However, although the mother and daughter had a good relationship, they didn't look alike.

Mrs. Huo had a round face and bright eyes, and looked a bit heroic.

Her daughter had an oval face and a pair of slightly upturned peach blossom eyes, which looked quite charming.

Yan Shu had seen the mother and daughter before during the New Year and the Queen Mother's birthday banquet. Seeing them again, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart -

it is said that a concubine takes after her father, could it be that the Marquis of Pingjin looks so charming?

But then the system dinged, [The Marquis of Pingjin is not charming, but his concubine is charming. This concubine is actually born to his concubine.]

Yan Shu, "???"

What kind of story is this?