Chapter 211 The Truth
"You...what nonsense are you talking about?"
In the hall, someone finally reacted.
Prince Yu's daughter, Yan Shishuang, suddenly looked up and glared at Nangong Ziyun.
"My father was born to the Grand Empress Dowager. What do you mean by a deep mother-son relationship with Concubine Duan? Stop your nonsense!"
Yan Shichi, who was beside her, held her back and shook his head gently, reminding her to be patient.
Yan Shichi stood up, bowed to Nangong Ziyun, and was about to speak.
But Nangong Ziyun didn't give him a chance to speak.
She frowned and looked at Yan Shishuang with a stern tone.
"Your father is Prince Yu, born to the Grand Empress Dowager? Impossible! Blood is used as medicine to treat blood deficiency, and this blood must be from the same lineage. If Prince Yu is not Concubine Duan's biological son, and Concubine Duan uses Prince Yu's blood, not only will it not cure the disease, it will also cost her life!
"Enough!" Concubine Duan interrupted her.
"This young lady is very strange. I have no grudge against you in the past or in the present, yet you fabricate this story to frame me? It was clearly King Wu who donated blood for me back then."
As she spoke, she cast a loving look at King Wu: "Wu'er, tell me, was it you who donated blood for Mother back then?"
King Wu frowned and thought.
When his mother was sick, he did donate a large bowl of blood for her.
Even though he was always in good health, he fainted.
He was about to speak the truth, but his confidant Chen Mu spoke first:
"Your Highness, I remember it was Nanny Sun who bled you, a full bowl. You lost so much blood that you passed out. Old Master Nangong and Aunt Nangong didn't see you at the time. It's strange, how could Aunt Nangong say it was Prince Yu, with the mole between his eyebrows, who bled you?"
Nangong Ziyun looked at Chen Mu in disbelief: "Sir, are you kidding? A small cup of blood is enough for medicine, but a bowl of blood can be fatal!"
Chen Mu was also shocked: "This humble official dare not joke! At that time, Madam Sun really let Prince Wu bleed a bowl of blood!"
In order to increase the credibility of his words, Chen Mu swept his eyes across the hall and came to Wen Li'er.
He bowed to her and took away a bowl of grapes from the small table in front of her.
“It’s a bowl this big.”
he……
Everyone gasped.
Draining so much blood? Wouldn't the person become a mummy?
Everyone's eyes changed when they looked at Concubine Duan and Nanny Sun.
Is this King Wu's biological son? Aren't they afraid of shedding King Wu's blood?
King Wu's eyes became strange, and there was an extra layer of inquiry in the way he looked at Nanny Sun and Concubine Duan.
Nanny Sun knelt down in front of King Wu with a plop.
"Your Highness, it's my fault." She kowtowed deeply.
"I was too worried about the Queen Dowager at the time, afraid that there wouldn't be enough blood, so I took the initiative to put in more. I am guilty of this."
Nanny Sun's forehead hit the ground, and the impact was even more severe.
"You're lying!"
Nangong Ziyun scolded her, "My grandfather was worried that the palace servants wouldn't be able to control the amount of bloodletting and might endanger the prince's life, so he ordered my aunt to do it. My aunt heard the palace servants call the prince with the mole between his eyebrows "King Wu", and later she personally brewed the medicine and fed it to Concubine Duan. You are so bold! How dare you secretly bleed the prince? What were you doing? And you even said that you brewed the medicine for Concubine Duan... That's just nonsense!"
"You!" Nanny Sun glared at Nangong Ziyun sternly.
"Miss Nangong, you lied so brazenly in front of the Emperor and the Grand Empress Dowager. Do you really not want this head anymore? It was Old Master Nangong who ordered this servant to bleed Prince Wu. Later, it was this servant who brewed the medicine according to the prescription given by Old Master Nangong and fed it to Concubine Duan. The girl who followed Old Master Nangong at the time didn't go anywhere, let alone see the prince with a mole between his eyebrows!"
Everyone's eyes shifted between Nanny Sun and Nangong Ziyun, and for a moment they didn't know who to believe.
Wen Li'er was biting a piece of cake, watching Sister Ziyun's acting skills intently.
Receiving the emperor's eye warning, she slapped the table, transformed herself into a royal concubine who stood up for justice, and joined in the conversation between the two people in front.
"Madam Sun, I know you're lying the moment I hear you. You took the initiative to release a bowl of King Wu's blood, then lied and said you made the medicine yourself. For such an important life-saving medicine, the amount of blood released must be strictly followed. How could the genius doctor let you, a knowledgeable maid, prepare the medicine? This is related to Concubine Duan's life. Even if you were asked to prepare it, would you dare?!"
Nanny Sun came to her senses, tried to recall what had happened, and then changed her words temporarily.
"My Lady Imperial Concubine, it's been so long that I can't recall everything. It was indeed me who prepared the medicine, but the girl that Old Master Nangong brought into the palace was beside me directing things."
"Really? Madam Sun, are you sure you're not mistaken?"
Nanny Sun nodded repeatedly.
"This time, I'm not mistaken. It was she who accompanied me in boiling the medicine, but it was indeed me who bled the prince."
As she spoke, she looked at Nangong Ziyun.
"Miss Nangong, it was your aunt who entered the palace at that time, not you. You might have misheard a lot of things."
Nangong Ziyun smiled and said, "Don't worry, Ma'am. My aunt is at the palace gate right now. As long as the emperor summons her into the palace, we can find out the answer by asking her."
As soon as she finished speaking, Nanny Sun's expression changed, and Concubine Duan's expression became even uglier.
Yan Shixu opened his mouth and ordered, "Come here, invite Nangong into the palace."
Zhang Sima immediately led his men there.
Soon, a beautiful woman who looked somewhat similar to Nangong Ziyun was brought into the hall.
Although I am old, my facial features are still stunning, and my temperament has a unique cool beauty.
After she finished her greetings, Yan Shi asked her some questions.
"Nangong, let me ask you, when Concubine Duan was suffering from anemia and needed blood as medicine, were you the one who bled King Wu?"
Nangong Mu nodded: "Your Majesty, it is me."
"Then were you the one who prepared the medicine for Concubine Duan?"
Nangong Mu continued to nod: "It's a common woman."
Yan Shixu asked again, "Look, is this the one on your right, King Wu?"
Nangong Mu looked carefully at King Wu who was standing beside him and shook his head.
"He is not King Wu. King Wu has a very obvious black mole between his eyebrows. I heard the palace servants call him King Wu."
this……
Yan Shixu clapped his hands.
Outside the hall, two guards escorted a middle-aged man into the hall.
The man had lost a lot of weight and looked very haggard, completely different from his previous imposing appearance.
When she saw the person coming, Concubine Duan could no longer suppress the heartache in her eyes.
Everyone looked closely and wondered who else could this person be but Prince Yu.
Nangong Mu looked at him, bowed to Yan Shixu, and said, "Your Majesty, I can confirm that this man is King Wu. I personally bled him and gave him the medicine. Concubine Duan was holding his hand and kept calling him a good son."
Everyone was in an uproar.
"aunt!"
"Royal Grandmother!"
"Grand Empress Dowager..."
The Empress Dowager suddenly fainted, and for a moment, the hall fell into chaos.
Nangong Ziyun hurried forward, sent everyone away, and took out a bag of silver needles from his sleeve.
After a few injections, the Empress Dowager gradually woke up.
She looked at Concubine Duan, and then her eyes fell on Prince Yu, whose face was full of sarcasm.
After a while, tears welled up in her eyes, and she asked with difficulty, "Are you really Concubine Duan's son?"
The mockery on Prince Yu's face became even more intense.
"So what?"
His move caused a huge uproar.
Even Yan Shixu was surprised.
Seriously?
After investigating for so long, they actually did not find any evidence that Concubine Duan had swapped her children.
After what happened today, Prince Yu confessed himself.
The person who accompanied Old Man Nangong into the palace to see Concubine Duan was not Nangong Mu, but her sister Nangong Sha.
The two sisters looked somewhat similar, and so many years had passed, and because they were guilty, Concubine Duan and Sun Tong did not carefully identify them.
As for personally bleeding and boiling medicine for the prince who had a mole between his eyebrows, it was just an inference.
Bleeding is not a trivial matter. If you don't control it properly, it can really cost lives.
If Prince Yu was indeed the son of Concubine Dowager Duan, Concubine Dowager Duan loved her son dearly and would definitely not allow the palace servants to bleed him at will.
But Old Master Nangong had been the Imperial Physician for so many years, so he must have met the prince.
The best candidate can only be Nangong Sha, who entered the palace with Old Man Nangong.
Nangong Sha was an unmarried girl and had never seen King Wu. She could get away with it by having a specially arranged palace maid call King Wu to King Yu.
As for Concubine Duan holding Prince Yu's hand and calling him a good son, it was just because she had instructed Nangong Mu to say so in advance.
Let Concubine Duan and the others believe that he has already fully investigated the matter and there is no point in quibbling.
Things went exceptionally smoothly.
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