"It's not a cold or fever." Zhou Yuanhe walked to Ye Zhou's side after the examination. He lowered his head slightly and whispered in Ye Zhou's ear: "It's poisoned. I just checked it. There are no bite marks, but there is a deep wound."
"It should be that someone extracted venom from snakes or other poisonous animals, but the wound is not shallow, nor is it too deep, so there is no danger to life so far." Zhou Yuanhe, "It may also be that the amount is not large enough and the toxicity is not strong."
Ye Zhou also asked softly: "Can it be saved? Can we find out what kind of poison it is? Can we buy serum?"
Zhou Yuanhe lowered his voice and said, "I don't know what kind of animal the poison is from. I need to take his blood sample back for observation. Besides, I don't know much about the animals here. I have seen many of them before."
Ye Zhou was silent for a few seconds and then said, "Take the blood sample first. I'll look for the corresponding products in the system."
He even hoped that there was a medicine in the system that could cure all poisons.
However, instead of hoping that there is a medicine in the system that can cure all poisons, it is better to hope that the poison is not very toxic and will not kill Lord Chen.
"Has Lord Chen ever been conscious since he fell ill?" Ye Zhou asked the eunuch.
The eunuch shook his head slightly: "Your Majesty has been in a coma since he fell ill. He is rarely awake. Even when he is awake, he just asks me to open the window or draw the curtain."
The eunuch said, "At first, the king was just feeling unwell, always feeling dizzy and vomiting, and within two days, he became like this."
Ye Zhou nodded slightly. He knew that he would not get any results by asking any more questions. He probably didn't even know who wanted to harm him.
If Zhang Rong was killed, the situation of the Marquis of Chen in the State of Chen would not get better, but would only get worse.
The aristocratic families will launch a frantic counterattack. For Marquis Chen, this is a hurdle he must overcome. If he passes it, he will have most of the say in the State of Chen. If not, Crown Prince Chen Rui will become the new "Marquis Chen".
After seeing Lord Chen, Ye Zhou did not leave Chen Palace immediately. He asked the palace maid to report and met Madam Chen, whom he had never seen since she left the supermarket.
Perhaps only Ye Zhou's arrival could make the monarch's wife dress up to meet him late at night.
The marquis's wife arrived quickly. She looked haggard, and even worse than when she was seriously injured. Her face was pale, her eyes were bloodshot, and her bags under her eyes were frighteningly large.
"Immortal." Madam Hou bowed to Ye Zhou.
Ye Zhou raised his hand slightly: "Madam, please don't be polite."
Madam Hou stood up straight. She knew why Ye Zhou came, so she said without waiting for Ye Zhou to ask, "My Immortal, this matter has nothing to do with my mother's family. My father passed away, and the Jiang family has not yet chosen a new head. If something happens to the Lord, my Jiang family will be in turmoil. Not only will it not be beneficial, but it will also cause chaos."
She did not appeal to his emotions, but only talked about weighing the pros and cons. Ye Zhou believed her instead.
"Madam, which family do you think would do such a cruel thing to Lord Chen?" Ye Zhou asked. "I heard from the eunuchs that after Lord Chen got into trouble, only the Zheng and Zhang families sent people to visit him."
Madam Chen thought for a moment and said hesitantly, "If it was Zhang, then it would be too blatant. The king had just killed Zhang Rong and something happened. Zhang should not be so stupid."
"But if it is the Zheng family, the head of the Zheng family is already the left prime minister, and the next step is just..."
Mrs. Chen didn't finish her words. She looked up at Ye Zhou and found that there was no anger on Ye Zhou's face.
Ye Zhou just smiled: "So it was directed at me. Lord Chen took the blame for me."
"He wants to be the prime minister." Ye Zhou said with a smile.
Madam Chen said quickly: "This matter has nothing to do with the immortals. Even if there were no immortals, my husband would not let the Zheng family be the prime minister."
With Mrs. Chen's introduction, Ye Zhou learned that the Zheng family was not a native family of the State of Chen.
They fled from Zheng State, but compared to people like Zhao Mu who fled from their motherland within a few decades, the Zheng family had a longer history. They fled about three hundred years ago.
When Ye Zhou listened, he felt that the order of this world was very clear.
In his place, let alone three hundred years, the new generation can be considered a local of wherever they are born.
The Zheng family has been in the State of Chen for three hundred years, but people in the State of Chen still do not consider them to be "their own people". Even though the Zheng family is in a high position, the Lord of Chen will still be on guard against them.
But it was normal for them to be wary. Mrs. Chen quickly explained that once a family defected from their motherland and were taken in by the Wei State. As a result, this family stayed in the Wei State for five hundred years. The secret was not made public until the family fell into decline and only had one child left.
The whole country of Wei was in an uproar. They couldn't believe that there was a family that could act as spies and lurk for more than 500 years. This family had even served as prime minister in Wei.
Since then, all countries have begun to investigate aristocratic families, and all aristocratic families have to produce their family tree - even those with records of less than 500 years are not allowed.
Fortunately, the noble families would rewrite their genealogy every five years, otherwise the bamboo slips from five hundred years ago would have turned to ashes long ago.
Even if a foreign family wanted to forge a family tree, it would be difficult, because the family tree records not only the main branch, but also the branches. Every ten or twenty years, the branches would hand over the family tree on their side to the main branch.
If one wants to make the forgery perfect, there are too many things that need to be fabricated, even the "marriage of ancestors" has to be made up.
Moreover, most foreign noble families are unwilling to falsify their family tree. If they really did, and it was passed down to their descendants, wouldn't their descendants have to worship ancestors who didn't exist at all?
Therefore, the three hundred years of the Zheng family are not very valuable.
At least in the eyes of Lord Chen and Madam Chen, three hundred years is far from enough for the Zheng family to forget their motherland.
They could accept scholars jumping back and forth between countries, but they could not accept that the aristocratic families had another country in their hearts.
It's like a company can accept employees changing jobs, even if the employee holds a high position, but cannot accept key members of the company changing jobs.
Because the former can be recruited again, but if something happens to the latter, it will bring a huge blow to the company.
And the country is not like a company. If something happens to a company, as long as it is run properly or has external help, there is a great chance that it will recover.
But if a small country like Chen were to be stabbed in the back or something happened, the consequences would be unimaginable.
No country will be willing to help it and will only want to divide it up.
If the State of Chen had not been sandwiched between two powerful countries that were mutually controlling, it would have been annexed long ago.
The prime minister is the head of all officials and is in charge of state affairs. This position is equivalent to that of a country's vice monarch.
If something happens to Lord Chen, Ye Zhou can completely control the entire State of Chen in the name of Prime Minister.
However, since he became the prime minister only because he had nothing to do, he did not form a clique or cultivate his own power. The only people in his camp were the two scholars he recommended to Marquis Chen.
It doesn't seem that difficult to deal with a prime minister who has no one to protect him.
No wonder.
After listening to Mrs. Chen Hou's explanation, Ye Zhou sorted out everything.
The Zheng family came here for Ye Zhou, so the poison they gave to Lord Chen was not serious. Even if he didn't receive treatment, he would probably get better naturally.
They just wanted to capture Ye Zhou when Lord Chen was unable to handle state affairs.
By the time Marquis Chen recovered and regained consciousness, the matter was already settled. Even if Marquis Chen wanted to be angry, he had to consider that he had already lost "Ye Zhou" and could not lose the Zheng family again.
"Don't worry, Immortal." Madam Chen immediately made a promise after she finished speaking, "Although my Jiang family is in chaos now, my brother is in charge of all the soldiers in Linzi. Immortal, why don't you go to the Jiang family to hide first... After a while, I will deal with Zheng."
Ye Zhou looked at Madam Chen and said with a smile, "Madam, what ideas do you have?"
It’s not that Ye Zhou underestimates Madam Chen, but Madam Chen’s two greatest supports are that Lord Chen is now in a coma and her mother’s family is in civil strife.
Madam Chen lowered her head and said calmly, "To be honest with you, Immortal, three of the six surnames in the country are now attached to me."
Ye Zhou raised his eyebrows, and Madam Chen bit her lip and told him everything: "It's not that I hid it from Your Majesty, but the noble families are closely related and have many in-laws..."
It is true that she is the wife of Marquis Chen, but she is also the daughter of the Jiang family.
These noble ladies who come from aristocratic families have absolutely no intention of marrying and obeying their husbands.
Their dignity comes from their surnames, so even after getting married and starting a new family, they are still proud of their own surnames, not their husband's family.
Therefore, after getting married, most noble ladies will work harder to gain a higher status in their natal family.
This is what happened to Madam Chen. She became the Marquis's wife, and thus also implicitly became the behind-the-scenes head of the Jiang family.
When her father was still alive, as a daughter she would not challenge his authority and status.
But after her father died, she would do her best to help her brother get the Jiang family, and she would no longer have any respect for her brother.
Ye Zhou even dared to bet that if her brother did not obey her orders, she would choose another brother.
However, Ye Zhou didn't care much whether Mrs. Chen was trying to seize power.
If she could become the second Empress Lu, it would be a good thing. The most important thing is whether the people live well.
"No need." Ye Zhou walked up to Madam Chen and said, "Madam, you should focus on how to deal with the Zheng family."
Madam Chen gritted her teeth and said, "Don't worry, Immortal, I will uproot the Zheng family and wipe them out completely!"
Ye Zhou nodded slightly and said nothing more.
Even if Zhou Yuanhe couldn’t find a cure for Chen Hou’s “illness”, it wouldn’t kill him.
The Zheng family had no intention of harming Marquis Chen. The root cause was that the prince was born to Jiang's daughter. If Marquis Chen died, the Jiang family would be the one to benefit. Even if there was internal strife in the Jiang family, the Marquis's wife would still be the biggest beneficiary. She could take this opportunity to truly control the Jiang family.
What the Zheng family has always wanted is the position of prime minister.
After a trip to Chen Gong, Ye Zhou learned the ins and outs of why he was in trouble and solved his doubts, so it was not a wasted trip.
Madam Chen personally escorted Ye Zhou out of the inner palace and gave him a token before he left.
"This order will allow the immortal to take charge of the affairs of the palace." Madam Chen said solemnly, "If the Zheng family is stubborn and wants to deal with the immortal, the immortal can kill them on the spot."
Madam Chen: "I know that the immortal didn't kill the Yang family because he was thinking about the king. The immortal is kind-hearted."
She bowed deeply.
Ye Zhou smiled and said, "Madam, please go back."
"Now that I know that Lord Chen is safe, I feel relieved."
He also has to go back to deal with the Yang family.
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In the early morning, water droplets gathered on the weeds in the yard, hanging on the tips of the leaves and falling with the leaves. The sound of roosters crowing was endless. The people of Linzi City woke up from their sleep, got dressed and washed, and the whole city woke up.
Only the Yang family seemed to be still asleep, and there was no movement in the entire house.
All the members of the main branch of the Yang family stayed in the hall all night. The young ones were fine, but the old ones could not bear it any longer and have been sleeping against the pillars until now. They had to be called by the younger ones to wake up.
The people they sent out have not returned yet, and there is neither good news nor bad news.
Not a single servant came back with any news.
The patriarch's younger brother also became listless from his initial rage.
No one spoke, and the only sound in the room was heavy breathing.
The servants didn't even dare to go in. There were so many living people in the Yang family, but they looked as if they were dead.
"No need to inquire." An old man was awakened by the younger generation. He stood up with the help of his family and said tremblingly, "From now on, our family will no longer dare to call ourselves Yangs. We will leave Linzi today."
After these words were spoken, the silence in the room was broken.
The man looked at the old man: "Uncle...what are you doing?"
The old man smiled bitterly and said, “Yier, the Yang family can’t go on like this.”
Yang Yi looked at the old man steadily.
The old man did not back down at all. He looked at this younger generation who had aged a lot overnight and said in a gentle voice, "Yier, things have come to this point. There is no choice."
"For the sake of the Yang family." The old man said, "We must leave Linzi and no longer be members of the Yang family."
"We are just branches of the Yang family. Even without us, the Yang family can still continue."
"As long as your son can stay in Linzi and remain with the Yang family, there is still hope for the Yang family to revive." The old man looked at the child who had repented after his impulsiveness. This was the child he had watched grow up. He took a deep breath and said softly, "A strong man cuts off his arm, and the Yang family will also cut off its arm."
"And you." The old man said softly, "You...go with peace of mind."
"When the time comes, your son will bring your head to the king to ask for forgiveness."
"In this way, Yang can survive."
The head of the family has been captured, and now the only important head that can be presented to Lord Chen is Yang Yi's.
No one in the Yang family can replace him.
They took this risky move just to get rid of the businessman, not only because the businessman endangered their interests, but more importantly because of the orders of the family they depended on.
The Yang family knew that if this matter was successful, both they and the dependent families would benefit.
If this fails, they are the only ones who have to pay the price.
The monarch will wake up soon, and by then their use of force in Linzi City and even their raising of private soldiers will be discovered. Even if the monarch does not kill them, the Yang family will no longer be able to stay in Linzi City.
In order to save themselves, they must calm the monarch's anger or shut his mouth.
All they can do is beg for mercy from the Lord. The life of the patriarch, the head of the patriarch's brother, and most of the Yang family are all they can offer.
The old man took out a dagger from his arms, walked up to Yang Yi and handed the dagger to him.
Yang Yi knelt on the ground, raised his upper body, and took the dagger with both hands.
He smiled bitterly and said, "It's me. I am ambitious, foolish and impatient. Please wait for a moment, uncle. Let my servant follow me to the inner room."
He was unable to help the Yang family advance any further and could only pay with his life.
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