Chapter 307: The King's Way is Slightly Incomplete
Wei Qinglan briefly explained the matter.
The palace was a noble place in the mortal world, and it should have been surrounded by purple air and auspicious clouds. However, when they arrived, it was gloomy and dark, with no sunlight. It was obvious that someone had set up an evil formation above the palace to devour the emperor's dragon energy. Now King Zhou was seriously ill in bed, looking emaciated and unconscious, which was naturally related to the fact that the dragon energy in his body had been almost devoured.
After hearing this, the three officials were all shocked.
The Grand Master was shocked, looking at the unconscious King Zhou, "So, the celestial phenomena have been abnormal recently, the well water has overflowed, the river water, spring water, and pond water have all risen, the palaces, mansions, and houses are all shaking, and there is also a five-colored light that penetrates the Purple Star and spreads in all directions, turning everything blue and red. The twenty-eight constellations are not visible in the sky. Is it related to this formation?"
"It should be. The celestial phenomena are abnormal, and the king's way is slightly flawed." Wei Qinglan nodded, "King Zhou has disregarded the lives of tens of thousands of people in Hexin City, and now he has sent troops to Yunshan City. With the war, countless casualties have been caused. The government is skewed, the country is unstable, and the way of heaven is giving us a warning."
The guardian trembled, "Since the new Heavenly Master took office, the king has become a different person. No wonder he ignored the words of the court officials like us, became tired of the crown prince, and trusted the Heavenly Master wholeheartedly. It turned out that the evil array was at work."
The Grand Master trembled as he said, "Two Immortals, since you two have broken this evil formation, can the King... still be saved?"
"If we hadn't come, the king would have died within three days. But now that we are here, the king can be saved. However, the immortals can save the common people, but they cannot affect the life span of the emperor and the royal family." Wei Qinglan looked at the three officials, "May I ask you, do you really want us to save the king's life?"
The Grand Tutor said, "Of course we have to save him."
"We have come to the capital of the mortal realm to meet King Zhou because of the karma of He Xincheng. If we only break the formation and ask the king to withdraw the edict to send troops to Yunshan City, it can be regarded as settling the karma involved in the matter of He Xincheng. It will not be too deeply involved with the royal court. Then my junior sister and I will return to the immortal gate and receive some punishment. But if we save King Zhou's life, the karma involved will probably be great." Wei Qinglan said: "According to the Four Realms Agreement, no realm can interfere in the personnel of the royal families of other realms. Otherwise, it will violate the Four Realms Agreement. Once the Four Realms Agreement is torn up, the consequences will be disastrous."
"But the Immortal Sect has always protected the mortal world. Now that the king's life is in danger, how can the Immortal Sect sit idly by?" said the Grand Tutor.
The Grand Master was much calmer than the Grand Tutor. "Has the Imperial Physician arrived? Let's hear what the Imperial Physician has to say first."
The old eunuch quickly replied, "The imperial doctors are here and are waiting outside the palace."
The Grand Master ordered, "Let them all come in."
The imperial doctors came in one after another carrying medicine boxes. More than ten of them crowded in front of King Zhou's bed and took turns taking his pulse.
After a moment, the leading doctor bowed to the three officials and said, "Your Majesty's pulse seems to be stronger than yesterday."
The Grand Master asked, "Is there nothing else?"
The imperial physician considered carefully and said, "Your Majesty, he was gradually weakening and on the verge of death, but now... he seems to have some life again..."
"The king's illness is so serious and has been delayed for so long, why did you hide it and not report it?" asked the Grand Tutor.
The leading doctor knelt on the ground and said, "Grand Master, please forgive me. We are the people of the Heavenly Master. We are not allowed to disclose the king's condition. We said that the king will be fine. If we dare to disclose the king's condition, we will have our heads."
The other imperial doctors also knelt on the ground and nodded in unison.
The Grand Master asked, "How much life does the king have left? Please do not hide anything and tell us the truth."
The chief doctor replied: "According to the pulse, he has about seven days to live."
The Grand Tutor was silent for a moment.
Jiang Lisheng looked at the chief imperial physician and thought that the imperial physician from the Imperial Hospital of the Mortal Realm seemed to have some skills and was quite accurate in what she said. She fed King Zhou a pill that could indeed save his life for seven days.
"Don't you have any other way? Can't save the king?" asked the tutor.
The doctors all shook their heads, and the leading doctor said, "Master, we have tried everything we can these days, but the king's health is getting worse..."
"When the Heavenly Master left, the king was still fine. As soon as he left, the king's health deteriorated rapidly. Is that true or not?" asked the Taibao.
The doctors nodded, "Yes."
"What does the Heavenly Master want to do? She is a member of the Feng family, why does she want to harm the king's life?" Taibao said angrily: "I thought she was just trying to seduce the king, but I didn't expect that she actually wanted to kill the king."
The Grand Master waved his hand, "You all should leave first!"
The imperial doctors had originally thought that the three officials would punish him, but now that they saw that he was not to be punished, they all retreated as if they had been pardoned.
The Grand Master looked at the unconscious King Zhou, then turned to Wei Qinglan and Jiang Lisheng, "My two immortals, when will the king wake up?"
Jiang Lisheng said: "He should wake up in an hour. It won't take too long."
The Grand Master nodded and discussed with the Grand Guardian and Grand Tutor, "Please invite the Crown Prince to come. Ask the Crown Prince for his opinion on this matter."
The guardian hesitated, "Should we ask the prince to leave the East Palace? But the king ordered the prince to reflect on his mistakes behind closed doors."
The Grand Master said, "What time is it now? How can the Crown Prince still reflect on his mistakes behind closed doors? Even we don't know what happened in the palace, let alone the Crown Prince who has been confined to the palace all this time? The Crown Prince is the heir to the throne. The affairs of the palace and the King now concern the country and people of the Western Zhou Dynasty. How can we not ask the Crown Prince for his opinion?"
The Grand Tutor also nodded and agreed, "Yes, please ask the Crown Prince to leave the East Palace. If the King asks for punishment, we will bear the consequences together."
The Taibao was speechless for a moment and looked at Jiuqing behind him.
Feng Chang, Ting Wei, Nei Li, Lang Zhong Ling and others looked at each other, and after a moment, they all nodded. Now that the king was so ill, the three ministers agreed, and there was no reason for them to disagree.
So the Grand Master ordered the old eunuch, "Go to the East Palace to invite the Crown Prince, and you go in person."
The old eunuch took the order and went there tremblingly with his men.
Jiang Lisheng saw that the court officials of the Western Zhou Dynasty were united and did not cause internal divisions because of the serious illness of the King of Zhou, the Crown Prince's self-reflection, and the power struggles in the court. Everyone discussed and discussed and soon reached a consensus. She could not help but nod in her heart and picked up another piece of cake to eat.
After the three dukes and nine ministers finished their discussion, they turned around and saw Jiang Lisheng sitting at a table not far away, eating several plates of pastries with gusto. They were speechless for a moment.
The Grand Master asked tentatively, "Master Jiang, don't people in the Immortal Sect practice fasting? Do they also eat grains?"
"Others are practicing fasting, but I'm different." Jiang Lisheng felt that there was no need to be polite with them. Although she had only spent one meal with Ji Man in the East Palace, she had seen through his character. The prince valued benevolence and filial piety, so if she asked him to discuss the matter, he would definitely want to save his father. If he wanted to save his father, she would give him the remaining half of the immortal grass.
She was not happy to use the immortal grass to save the King of Zhou, who was not very good at governing. So, what was wrong with eating some of his cakes? Even if the whole palace was filled with cakes for her to eat, it would not be as precious as her immortal grass.
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