When Emperor Mingde returned to the Taihe Hall, he was still thinking about Zhao Shu's words. He felt that it would be a sin to have read less of the memorials. There were so many powerful families in the world, and he needed to review more memorials before he could possibly defeat them.
There's also the Fengshan ceremony; I'm determined to accomplish this grand feat in my lifetime.
At this moment, Liang Yunsi reported: "Your Majesty, Lord Wei requests an audience."
Emperor Mingde looked up, put down his vermilion brush, and said, "Summon him." Wei Tingsi, dressed in military attire with his left hand still on his sword, walked in without looking to the side, knelt down before the dragon table, and said, "Your humble servant greets Your Majesty."
"Rise. What have you found?" he asked menacingly.
Wei Tingsi expressionlessly took out a memorial from his robes. "It has been investigated. Please review it, Your Majesty."
Liang Yun's eyes darted around, secretly surprised. Lord Wei's efficiency was getting higher and higher. In the past, such a matter would have taken several days or even months to investigate, but now she had found out the truth in just one day.
Thinking to himself, he kept working, taking the memorial from Wei Tingsi and respectfully handing it to Emperor Mingde. Then he lowered his head and stood aside, holding his whisk.
Emperor Mingde opened the memorial, glanced at it a few times, and then slammed it on the table with a "bang!" "They simply don't respect me at all!"
Liang Yunsi's heart pounded. The Emperor had been in a very good mood lately, which meant that the Princess's matter was probably serious. The Emperor had clearly been unhappy just now at Cining Palace, and now Zhihai had returned. He wondered who had run into trouble.
"Have all the evidence against Wang Kuanqi been collected?" Emperor Mingde asked.
Wei Tingsi lowered his eyes, his expression still blank, and replied in a calm and even voice, "Your Majesty, everything is ready."
"Post a notice: He will be executed in the autumn."
Liang Yunsi's heart pounded even harder. Although there had been instances of patriarchs of powerful families being executed since the founding of Dayong, such as the Jiang family, which was executed by Grand Tutor Wang for righteousness, and the Fan family, which was also dealt with personally by Grand Tutor Wang, the Fan family was not considered a particularly prominent family because they were merchants.
However, the only aristocratic family head whose execution was ordered by the Emperor himself was Wang Kuanqi. The Wang family had many disciples scattered throughout Dayong. At this moment, he desperately hoped that Wei Tingsi could dissuade him. If he wanted Wang Kuanqi dead, there was another way: to quickly support Wang Jiyang, completely control the Wang family, including those disciples, and then have Wang Jiyang, like the Grand Tutor Wang, uphold justice and kill his own family. Then no one would speak ill of the Emperor anymore.
However, Wei Tingsi replied, "Yes, Your Majesty, I obey."
Emperor Mingde, his face grim, waved his hand and said, "Go down."
The Empress Dowager was truly furious this time. Even though she felt sorry for Zhao Shu, she made her kneel until the moon and stars were sparse before letting Zhi Hai come out to accompany Zhao Shu back to the Prince's Mansion, without even seeing her once.
Zhihai, dressed in plain clothes, appeared in front of Cining Palace and said to Jiyun, "Help the princess up. The Empress Dowager wants the princess to return to her residence."
Ji Yun had been standing all day without eating, and his face was sunburned. Hearing Zhi Hai's words, he breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly helped Zhao Shu up, one on each side of her.
Zhao Shu kowtowed three times before the two men helped her up. Zhang Chu arranged for a carriage to take Zhao Shu out of the palace. Zhao Shu felt as if her hands and feet no longer belonged to her; no, her entire body no longer belonged to her.
I've long since become numb.
Upon returning to the Prince's residence, Huo Danlan was so frightened that she hurriedly sent someone to fetch a doctor. However, the old imperial physician Peng came running over unsteadily, carrying his medicine chest.
Upon seeing the old doctor, Zhao Shu weakly greeted him before falling into a deep sleep. She had never knelt for so long before, especially since the sun was blazing that day. When she got home and saw that everyone around her looked familiar, she felt relieved and fell asleep again.
Once Zhao Shuyi fell into a deep sleep, Xiao Guozi and the others were at a loss. They had just taken their medicine, and their faces and bodies were covered with cloth, making it difficult for them to move around.
The Huo family was managing everything inside and out. Huo Danlan was busy with all the work. When Duan Wang and the others wanted to show their kinship, Huo Danlan slammed the door and sent them away. If they still wanted to cause trouble, the old woman would throw them out of Zhao Shu's Qionghua Courtyard one by one.
Physician Peng took Zhao Shu's pulse, wrote down a prescription, and said to the chubby boy who was standing guard beside him, "Go and get the medicine, and simmer it over a low flame."
After Xiao Pang received the prescription, he hurriedly went to get the medicine. Huo Danlan asked worriedly, "Imperial Physician, I wonder when A-Jun will wake up? She knelt for too long today, will she suffer any lasting effects?" She had just learned from Zhi Hai that Zhao Shu had suffered so much today, and that the Empress Dowager was too cruel.
Physician Peng squinted at Huo Danlan. When did this girl, who was completely covered in cloth, arrive at Prince Yong's mansion? How come he didn't know?
Although the princess's knee injury wasn't serious, she had been kneeling for so long and needed proper care. But why should he trust this woman? It wasn't right to casually reveal patient information to someone he wasn't related to; he still had that much medical ethics.
He shook his head, stroked his beard, and said ambiguously, "Whether I stay or not, it all depends on fate. Who are you, young lady?"
Upon hearing that it was up to fate, Huo Danlan became even more anxious and worried. "Imperial Physician, what medicine should we use? Just tell me, and the Huo family will definitely find it, no matter how expensive it is." The old Imperial Physician Peng had been studying the prescription given by Zhao Shu recently, and he still couldn't turn it into an ointment. He had no time to pay attention to the current situation, and he had even stopped going to the Imperial Hospital recently.
Even more unexpectedly, Huo Danlan was the eldest daughter of the Huo family in Bianzhou. She still wanted to keep it a secret for Zhao Shu. Although it was not difficult to treat and could be cured in seven or eight days with a few doses of medicine, it was never good for a girl to have any illness that would leave lasting health problems. How could she reveal it so casually?
He shook his head. "Why are there so many unfamiliar faces in the Prince's mansion?" he muttered to himself. Then he said to Huo Danlan, "My medicine is not something that ordinary people can brew. I will go and brew the medicine for the princess."
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