Chapter 1391 She Wants to See the Emperor
"Why? She has had someone take care of her all this time, and people from the Imperial Pharmacy have been sending her medicines, but her illness still hasn't healed."
“…”
"Not only did it not get better, it got so much worse!"
When he said the last few words, he slammed the hand holding the teacup on the table. There was a "clang" sound, and the whole teacup was shattered in his hand.
The tea splashed all over the floor.
"Oh, Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"
Eunuch Yu on the side was frightened and hurried forward to hold Zhu Feng's hand. Fortunately, his palms were thick and the teacup was broken, but it did not cut a wound on his palm. It only wet a large area of his sleeve.
Eunuch Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly asked someone to come in and clean up the table and floor, and handed him a handkerchief.
Zhu Feng just held it in his hand and continued to stare at Wang Baizhi coldly.
"explain!"
"yes."
Wang Baizhi was trembling again at this time.
What I was thinking about before, the unfinished business from last night, was exactly this one.
When he was taking the imperial concubine's pulse, he was confused. She had been taking medicine, but her cold had not been cured, and even her cough had not stopped. The emperor did not care about these things at the time. He just asked him to examine the imperial concubine first to make her feel better. However, the facts proved that the emperor did not really care.
He is just here now to settle the score.
He thought for a moment and could only speak cautiously, "In reply to the emperor, I examined the imperial concubine's pulse last night and just now, and discovered something strange."
"What's strange?"
"I have discovered that the medicine has not had any effect on your Majesty's body."
"What?"
When Zhu Feng heard this, he almost stood up from his chair. His tall figure moving like this immediately gave people a strong sense of oppression, which made Wang Baizhi's heart tremble even more.
He frowned and said, "Speak more carefully!"
"yes."
Wang Baizhi nodded and said carefully: "Before, because Aunt Tongyun is proficient in pharmacology, she has been preparing medicine for the Empress. I also obeyed the Emperor's orders and had people deliver the medicine to the cold palace on time-"
Zhu Feng said coldly: "Don't talk nonsense."
"Yes. Later, the Empress seemed to have caught a cold again. Aunt Tongyun said that the pills were no longer effective, so she asked the Imperial Hospital to send a decoction to the Imperial Pharmacy. The medicine the Empress took was Aconite Decoction."
"Fuzi decoction?"
"Yes, Fuzi Decoction has the effect of warming the meridians and dispelling cold, which is exactly what Your Majesty needs now."
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"Logically speaking, after taking one dose of this Aconite Soup, your Majesty's condition should improve. Then, with the addition of warming and nourishing medicinal food, the disease will be cured. However, I just took your pulse and found that your Majesty's condition is even more serious than before. This is impossible. Unless -"
"Unless what?"
"Unless, Your Majesty has never taken Fuzi Decoction."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Feng frowned.
Wang Baizhi hurriedly said, "But this shouldn't be the case. I just asked Aunt Tongyun, and she says she drinks medicine every day."
"What's going on then?"
"this--"
Wang Baizhi was also a little speechless.
Logically speaking, Aunt Tongyun would not lie, and the Imperial Concubine should not be unaware of whether she had taken the medicine or not. Besides, who wouldn't want to get better?
Zhu Feng was silent for a while, then said, "Then, what about the Imperial Pharmacy?"
Wang Baizhi said hurriedly, "The prescriptions for decoctions from the Imperial Pharmacy are approved by this humble minister every day."
Zhu Feng's brows furrowed even tighter.
There was nothing wrong with the imperial pharmacy, and there was nothing wrong with the imperial concubine, but her illness hadn't been cured. It couldn't be that it hadn't been cured for no reason.
No matter how brave Wang Baizhi was, she would not dare to deceive him.
What went wrong?
Zhu Feng frowned and fell into deep thought.
As he thought this, he didn't let anyone stand up. Naturally, Wang Baizhi didn't dare to move, so she could only kneel stiffly in front of him. Both the king and the minister were silent.
Fortunately, Eunuch Yu was watching from the side and felt sorry for them.
He took a step forward and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, Doctor Wang——"
But before he could finish his words, footsteps were heard outside, as if someone was talking to Xiao Shunzi who was guarding outside.
Zhu Feng frowned: "Who is it?"
Xiao Shunzi hurried in and replied, "Your Majesty, it's Hanxiang, the maidservant of Concubine Ning, who wants to see Your Majesty."
When he heard it was them, Zhu Feng's face became even darker.
Last night, it was Hanxiang who came to ask for a meeting, saying that Concubine Ning was not feeling well.
However, Concubine Ning had been unwell more than once or twice in recent days, but he didn't pay much attention to it. He just asked two imperial doctors from the Imperial Hospital to go and take a look. After that, there was no news, so it was obvious that she was fine.
However, their coming again at this time made Zhu Feng hesitate for a moment.
After a moment of silence, Zhu Feng said, "Let her in."
Xiao Shunzi responded and went out immediately. Zhu Feng raised his hand towards Wang Baizhi again, and Doctor Wang was saved and stood up from the ground.
After a while, Hanxiang walked in from outside.
"This servant pays homage to His Majesty."
"What happened to you guys?"
Upon hearing this, Hanxiang broke out in a cold sweat. She could only bite the bullet and say, "Your Majesty, Concubine Ning is truly distressed and keeps calling out for Your Majesty. This humble servant has no other options, so she can only risk her life to beg Your Majesty."
Zhu Feng gave her a cold look.
"Risk your life? What? Am I going to chop off your head?"
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"Do you think I'm the kind of tyrant who kills people without blinking an eye?"
Upon hearing this, Hanxiang turned pale with fear and kowtowed repeatedly to him: "Your Majesty, please spare my life, Your Majesty, please spare my life, this is not what I meant."
“…”
Zhu Feng's eyes were cold as he watched her kowtow more than a dozen times, her forehead swollen. Then he said, "Didn't the imperial physician go to Jianfu Palace last night to check? What's wrong with Concubine Ning?"
Hanxiang was sweating profusely and whispered, "This, Concubine Ning is not sick."
“…”
"It's just that her stomach has been uncomfortable."
“…”
"Your Majesty also knows that the Empress fell into the river while pregnant, and then had a bumpy journey back to Peking. She has been feeling very uneasy these days."
“…”
"My stomach has been hurting so much these past two days, but the imperial physician couldn't find anything."
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"Your Majesty is worried that someone wants to—"
Having said this, she did not dare to finish her words, fearing that if she said a wrong word, the emperor would be furious again. So, she swallowed her saliva and said, "Just now, the queen was upset again, and she wanted to see the emperor."
“…”
After hearing her say this, she immediately lowered her head and didn't dare to look at him.
Zhu Feng's eyes flickered.
After a while, he stood up and said, "Let's go."
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