Feng Yuheng suddenly realized that the "master" those two people were talking about was most likely Zhang Yuan. Xuan Tianming had told her that Concubine Yuan Shu had instigated Emperor Tianwu to punish Zhang Yuan and that he would be sent to the Criminal Slave Division as a slave. Calculated, it should not be the day to be sent to the Criminal Slave Division yet. From what those two people said, it seemed that Zhang Yuan's injuries were not very good.
She glanced in the direction of Cunshan Palace, suppressed the anger that remained in her heart in Changning Palace, then turned around and ran towards the eunuch's courtyard where Zhang Yuan lived near Zhaohe Hall.
Never mind, it won't be quiet these days anyway, let's check it out tomorrow at Cunshan Palace! If Zhang Yuan is really seriously injured, she can't just ignore it now that she has heard about it. Moreover, Zhang Yuan has been with Emperor Tianwu before, and she also wants to ask Zhang Yuan about Emperor Tianwu's condition in person.
The west side of Zhaohe Hall is a place for eunuchs who serve in Zhaohe Hall to live. Zhang Yuan originally lived alone in the largest main room in that courtyard. The furnishings inside were all awarded by Emperor Tianwu. Although it was just a place for eunuchs, the room was quite magnificent. Not to mention that he had everything that Zhaohe Hall had, and it was almost half as luxurious. But when Feng Yuheng arrived, she found that the hall was empty. She searched the whole room, but there was no trace of Zhang Yuan at all.
She thought for a moment and remembered that Xuan Tianming had said that the eunuch who served Emperor Tianwu had been replaced. Now that Zhang Yuan was punished, the owner of this room must have changed, right?
So he hurried out of the house, walked around the yard again, and finally chose the woodshed as his target.
The door of the woodshed was ajar, and when she walked in, she could hear a soft moan from inside. The sound was painful and very faint. She recognized it as Zhang Yuan's voice, and at the same time, she could tell from the outside that there was no one else inside except Zhang Yuan, so she pushed the door open and closed it behind her.
Zhang Yuan was lying on the firewood pile at this time, with his hair disheveled and his face half covered, looking very embarrassed. Feng Yuheng did not deliberately hide his movements when he entered the room. The person lying on the ground heard the sound and thought that the two apprentices who had asked the imperial physician for him had come back. He asked weakly: "How is it? Is anyone willing to treat my injuries?" After asking, he waited for a long time and saw no movement, so he sighed again and said: "I have said it before, it won't work. Today is different from the past. Just for the current situation in the palace, the imperial physicians who have a little brain will not do things against the emperor's wishes. What's more, there are still the spies of Concubine Yuan Shu and the Eighth Prince watching us. Who dares to come to see my injuries? You all go back, don't worry about me. If someone sees you coming to see me, I'm afraid you will also be beaten. Go, go, just pretend that you don't have a master like me, and don't be implicated by me." He said so many words in one breath, a little tired, and lay on the firewood pile panting.
Feng Yuheng shook his head helplessly, walked forward a few steps, sat down next to him, and said, "You do know how to think about others, but I don't know how the palace will deal with you if you die of pain like this."
Zhang Yuan subconsciously replied, "It's just a mat rolled up and thrown into a mass grave. What can we, rootless people, expect? If it were in the past, the emperor would definitely make a coffin for me with good wood and bury me in a beautiful place." He sniffed as he spoke, as if he was crying, "But not now, the emperor doesn't want me anymore." After saying that, he buried his head in the firewood and sobbed. He cried for a long time, and suddenly seemed to react to something. He raised his head suddenly, which affected the wound and almost made him faint. But he still struggled to turn his head to look at the person who was talking to him. It didn't matter what he saw, he was so shocked that he almost cried out.
Feng Yuheng said helplessly, "If you alarm everyone, I won't be able to treat your wounds." As she spoke, she started to take off Zhang Yuan's pants, which frightened Zhang Yuan so much that he tried his best to hide, but he couldn't hide far because of the pain. This movement caused the wound to bleed again. "If you move again, I'll leave." Feng Yuheng threatened him, "You don't want to die in such an unclear way, do you? Do you think the emperor's condition is okay? Don't you want to help the emperor overcome the difficulties?"
When Emperor Tianwu was mentioned, the young eunuch perked up and said quickly, "I want to, I want to help the emperor, but how can I help?" Zhang Yuan sobbed and started crying again, but he did not refuse Feng Yuheng's move to see his injury.
Feng Yuheng successfully pulled off Zhang Yuan's pants. Although he didn't intend to kill him when he was beaten with thirty boards, the bad thing was that he was not well taken care of. Not only was he driven out of his original house, but he was also thrown into the woodshed. Not only was there no medicine, but the woodshed was freezing cold, so how could it be conducive to the healing of the wound?
"Bite this in your mouth." She pulled out a roll of gauze from the space. "It will hurt, but you can't make any noise, okay? There are eyes everywhere right now, and you'll be easily discovered if you make any noise."
Zhang Yuan nodded and bit the gauze in his mouth. Then, Feng Yuheng took out disinfectant alcohol, anesthetics, anti-inflammatory drugs, and wound medicine one by one from the space and treated Zhang Yuan's wound neatly.
Apart from the initial pain during disinfection, Feng Yuheng sprayed anesthetic directly on it after disinfection, and soon the pain disappeared. She took the gauze out of the other person's mouth, and her hands kept working. While treating the wound, she asked Zhang Yuan: "While you were still serving the emperor, did you find anything special? For example, did Concubine Yuan Shu or the Eighth Prince give the emperor anything special to eat? Or did they do anything special? Think about it carefully, don't rush to answer, you must think it through."
Zhang Yuan really thought about Feng Yuheng's question, and this was not the first time he thought about it, but after thinking about it, he still couldn't think of anything surprising. The only thing was: "The emperor always has a headache. He had a headache once in Yuehan Palace. Later, one time, the servant mentioned the three words Yuehan Palace again, and the emperor's head hurt again, and he looked dazed. The servant said something offensive, and the state was like being possessed by evil spirits. Yuehan Palace or Empress Yunfei were like a thread, pulling on the emperor's nerves. He couldn't mention it. As long as he mentioned it, he would react immediately. But this reaction would disappear in an instant when Concubine Yuan Shu arrived... For example, if headache is a disease, then Concubine Yuan Shu is the best medicine to cure it. As long as she comes, the emperor will be cured immediately."
Zhang Yuan's words reminded Feng Yuheng of what Concubine Yun said that day. She once again confirmed her grandfather's analysis. It was obvious that Emperor Tianwu was under the spell of a Gu technique, and there was someone controlling him from the other end!
"I understand." She said to Zhang Yuan, "I have taken care of your wound. Now the anesthetic has not worn off yet, so you don't feel any pain. After more than an hour, the anesthetic will wear off and it should be a little painful, but it won't be as severe as before." As she spoke, she handed a small medicine box to Zhang Yuan, "Take this. The large white pills are for reducing fever. If you have a fever after the anesthetic wears off, take two of these white pills. The red one is for anti-inflammatory. Whether you have a fever or not, you must take two of these anti-inflammatory pills after six hours to prevent wound infection. And this smaller white pill is for pain relief. If the pain is unbearable, Just take one pill, don’t take more, understand?” She handed him a box of ointment and said, “This is an external medicine for wounds. If you can’t reach it yourself, you must find a reliable person to help you. By the way, the two people who went to the Imperial Hospital to ask the imperial physician for you were taken away by the Imperial Guards, and I don’t know if they can come back. Now I don’t have a better way to save people in this palace, so you should try your best to protect yourself. No matter what, saving your life is the most important thing. It doesn’t matter if you go to the Criminal Slave Bureau. Just bear with it. The Ninth Prince and I will find a way to save your father outside. We will also come in from the palace frequently. You should be smart. I will come to see you next time I enter the palace.”
After she finished speaking, she didn't stay any longer and told Zhang Yuan to quickly put the medicine away before leaving quickly under the cover of night.
Zhang Yuan lay there alone, watching Feng Yuheng walk away, and couldn't help shedding tears again. In fact, he was not afraid of death, pain or hardship at all, but he felt particularly uncomfortable when he thought that he would not be able to serve Emperor Tianwu in the future. He entered the palace at the age of four, and has been serving the emperor with his master since entering the palace. At that time, he was young and always made mistakes. The emperor would yell at him, but he never punished him once. Sometimes his master beat him with a stick, and the emperor would secretly give him some candies behind his master's back. Later, when his master was old, the Ninth Prince also opened his own residence, so his master went out to take care of the Ninth Prince, and Emperor Tianwu was left alone.
The young eunuch had been dependent on Emperor Tianwu for these years. He had watched the emperor grow from middle age to old age, watched him miss Concubine Yun day and night, and had also played with him. Sometimes they even had big quarrels when they disagreed. As time went by, they no longer respected each other, and he dared to say anything in front of the emperor. When the old emperor got angry, he would kick him, but it was not heavy at all, it was just a joke. He had the best food and the best things in the palace over the years. Emperor Tianwu would think of giving him a share of any good things and treated him like his own child.
Zhang Yuan felt very uncomfortable when he thought of this. He was holding back a lot of energy in his heart. If one day he knew who had harmed the emperor like this, he would fight that person to the death. Even if he died, he would still be skinned alive. The emperor was harmed like this, and he felt very uncomfortable. Fortunately, there were still Prince Yu and Princess Yu. Now all hope was placed on Prince Yu.
He stuffed the medicine in his hand into his sleeves, pulled up his pants, and felt warm in his heart. Princess Yu is really a living Bodhisattva, His Highness the Ninth Prince is so lucky!
When Feng Yuheng returned to Prince Yu's Mansion, it was already dawn. Xuan Tianming had not slept all night and sat in front of the desk in his bedroom waiting for her. When he saw her coming back, he hurried forward and asked worriedly, "Why did you take so long? A whole night! Did you find anything?"
Feng Yuheng rushed to the desk and drank the half-drunk tea of Xuan Tianming in one gulp. Then she told him everything she had seen and heard in the palace, including the return of the Sixth Prince Xuan Tianfeng, the fact that Concubine Li was mourning him, and the fact that she had treated Zhang Yuan's injuries and heard Zhang Yuan say that Emperor Tianwu had a headache whenever he mentioned Yuehan Palace.
After she finished speaking, Xuan Tianming did not mention anything else, but said: "It's not good. Sixth Brother coming back at this time may be dangerous..."
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