Chapter 339 Ask Madam Gu to Save the Emperor
Behind the rockery.
After making sure that there was no one around, Ma Fuhai lowered his voice and spoke in a hurried tone.
"Madam Gu, the emperor... the emperor is seriously ill!"
His voice trembled uncontrollably, and his eyes were filled with fear and anxiety.
"The emperor is often unconscious nowadays, and even when he is awake he is confused. He only recognizes Consort Ming."
"The doctors at the Imperial Hospital have been trying to figure it out, but they can't find the cause. They can only say that it's due to excessive worry and exhaustion."
He paused, his voice lower, almost to a whisper, with a hint of ominous suspicion.
"But from what I see, it doesn't look like... it doesn't look like it at all. It looks more like he's been poisoned..."
"Nowadays, Prince Su and Consort Ming are in control of everything in the palace."
A trace of uneasiness flashed in Ma Fuhai's eyes. "I have served the Emperor for most of my life. If... if a new Emperor ascends the throne in the future..."
He didn't finish his words, but the meaning was self-evident.
Once Prince Su ascends the throne, he, the eunuch who was the confidant of the former emperor, will never have a good ending. The best outcome will be to be expelled from the palace.
He suddenly bowed to Chu Ruohan, his posture very low, almost kneeling down.
"Madam Gu, I dare to ask you... please save the Emperor!"
"It can be considered as... saving this old slave's worthless life!"
Chu Ruohan helped him up, but did not agree immediately. She looked at him seriously.
She pointed to Dr. Qian who had been silent beside her.
"We ventured into the palace precisely for this purpose."
"This Doctor Qian is a skilled doctor. Perhaps he can find the root cause of the emperor's illness."
"However, the Emperor's chambers are heavily guarded now. How can we get close?"
A gleam of light suddenly flashed in Ma Fuhai's eyes, as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw while drowning.
"Don't worry, Madam Gu."
"I have my own way to get you and Doctor Qian into His Majesty's bedroom without anyone noticing."
Ma Fuhai led the three people through a hidden path.
This is a secret passage specially built by the emperor when he was young, and only a few trusted servants know about it.
"When the emperor was young, he liked to travel incognito, so he ordered people to dig this passage."
Ma Fuhai explained in a low voice as he carefully pushed open a secret door that seemed to be integrated into the wall.
Chu Ruohan protected her bulging belly and followed Ma Fuhai's footsteps, trying not to make any noise.
Gu Cheng'an and Doctor Qian followed closely behind, looking alert and ready to deal with any possible accidents at any time.
After passing through this narrow and dark secret passage, we arrived in front of a seemingly ordinary wall.
Ma Fuhai gently pushed an inconspicuous brick on the wall, and the wall moved silently inward, revealing the interior of the emperor's bedroom.
"Madam Gu, this is the emperor's bedroom."
Ma Fuhai carefully looked inside the hall and after confirming that no one was there, he waved for them to come in.
Inside the spacious and magnificent bedroom, only a few palace lanterns were burning faintly, and the air was filled with the scent of medicine mixed with sandalwood.
The emperor was lying on the big bed carved with dragons and phoenixes. His face was haggard and his breathing was weak, as if a gust of wind could blow him away.
Doctor Qian did not dare to delay and immediately went forward to check on the emperor's condition.
He carefully examined the emperor's pulse, pupils and skin color, then opened the emperor's eyelids and observed for a moment.
"How is it?" Chu Ruohan asked anxiously.
Doctor Qian frowned and shook his head solemnly: "The emperor's symptoms are very strange, not the common signs of poisoning."
He paused, then lowered his voice, "Based on my many years of medical experience, the emperor's condition doesn't seem like he's been poisoned."
"Instead, it seems like... I've been poisoned."
"Gu?" Ma Fuhai was so frightened that he almost cried out and quickly covered his mouth.
Chu Ruohan was also shocked. She didn't expect such a conclusion.
The use of poison has always been a taboo in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. It is mostly a secret technique from the barbarian lands in the southern border. It takes a lot of courage and means to be able to use such a poison in the imperial palace.
Doctor Qian took out a silver needle from the medicine box and was about to give the emperor acupuncture when the emperor on the bed suddenly opened his eyes.
"Who are you? How dare you sneak into my bedroom? Do you want to kill me?" The emperor's voice was weak. "Someone come! Quickly!"
Seeing this, Gu Cheng'an quickly stepped forward and struck the emperor on the back of the neck with his palm.
The clarity that had still lingered in the emperor's eyes disappeared in an instant, and he fell into coma again.
"Your Majesty!" Ma Fuhai exclaimed, his face pale.
"It's okay, I just fainted." Gu Cheng'an explained in a low voice, with a hint of nervousness in his tone, "If he continues to scream, we will all die here."
Ma Fuhai covered his chest, still in shock.
"If the emperor is awake, he will definitely take your life!"
At this moment, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside the bedroom. It was obvious that the emperor's shouting had alarmed the guards.
Chu Ruohan's heart tightened and she quickly signaled everyone to hide.
Almost at the same moment they hid, the door of the bedroom was pushed open, and Mingfei, dressed in pink, walked in slowly.
"Your Majesty?" Ming Fei's voice was soft and concerned. "Were you calling for help?"
Ma Fuhai hurriedly stepped out from the darkness and bowed respectfully: "Your Majesty, the Emperor seems to have had a nightmare just now and has fallen asleep again."
Ming Fei looked at the emperor suspiciously, then at Ma Fuhai.
"I clearly heard His Majesty shouting 'Come here' just now."
"It was this old servant who came to visit the emperor, and may have disturbed Long Meng." Ma Fuhai explained carefully.
Ming Fei's eyes swept around the bedroom. Chu Ruohan held her breath and dared not move at all.
"It seems that you are not the only one in this hall?" Ming Fei suddenly spoke, her voice no longer gentle, but rather sharp.
Chu Ruohan's heart trembled, and she immediately made a decision: "Catch her!" She ordered in a low voice.
Upon hearing this, Gu Cheng'an suddenly jumped out from the darkness and pounced on Ming Fei as fast as the wind.
However, to everyone's surprise, Ming Fei calmly dodged to the side and easily avoided Gu Cheng'an's attack.
"Humph, there's an assassin in the palace!"
Ming Fei sneered, and her slender palm, with a sound of breaking through the air, went straight for Gu Cheng'an's throat.
Gu Chengan barely dodged it and gasped in shock.
"She actually knows Kung Fu!"
Seeing this, Ma Fuhai hurried to the door of the hall, closed it and locked it.
"The Emperor wants Empress Mingfei to accompany him. No one is allowed to come in and disturb him." He shouted loudly to the guards outside the door.
Inside the palace, Ming Fei and Gu Cheng'an had already exchanged several moves. Both of them were as fast as lightning, flying up and down in the bedroom.
Ming Fei's martial arts skills far exceeded Gu Cheng'an's imagination, and he gradually fell into a disadvantage...
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