Chapter 167 Are you planning to raise her?
His legs went weak and he almost fell to the ground, his voice trembling: "You... Xuan... Eunuch Xuan, what has happened to the queen... What has happened?"
Little Xuanzi supported him: "These are the Black Armored Army sent by the emperor to protect Concubine Zhen."
"Oh, the Black Armored Army!"
Imperial Physician Yan widened his eyes and his legs went weak again: "The Black Armored Army? Why are the Black Armored Army here?"
What powerful person did Concubine Zhen offend? The emperor actually wanted to use the Black Armored Army?
It is said that anyone who has seen the true face of the Black Armored Army will be silenced in the dark night.
Wuwuwu...
What hatred and grudge does Concubine Zhen have?
Xiao Xuanzi couldn't explain it clearly, so she leaned over and whispered in his ear: "General Ye is going to rebel tonight. He was sent by the emperor to protect Hexi Palace. The queen missed you and was afraid that you would be hacked to death, so she asked me to pick you up."
"Why didn't you say so earlier?"
Doctor Yan glared at him angrily, grabbed his medicine box, and ran to the flower hall like a gust of wind as if there was a vicious dog chasing him.
Xiao Xuanzi grabbed the strap of his medicine box and pulled it out: "The queen is in the side hall."
"Why didn't you say so earlier?"
It was the same sentence again, and Doctor Yan opened his hand and ran to the side hall quickly.
So scared, so scared...
The fourth prince watched the imperial doctor Yan checking the pulse of the great-grandfather, with confusion in his big eyes. He looked up at Jiang Xinyue: "Empress Zhen, what happened to the great-grandfather?"
The child was actually very smart. When he asked this question, his voice was full of tears. How could he not know what happened to his great-grandfather?
He just didn't want to believe it and couldn't accept it, so he wanted to find someone he trusted to deny his thoughts.
Jiang Xinyue touched his head: "Empress Zhen doesn't know either. Let's wait for the imperial doctor and see what he says, okay?"
She didn't dare to promise the fourth prince anything, because Eunuch Sheng really looked like he was going to die soon.
"Ah... Tsk..."
Doctor Yan sighed, and Xi Que couldn't bear to watch: "Doctor Yan, please say something!"
Doctor Yan looked at the Fourth Prince, then looked at Jiang Xinyue: "Does Concubine Zhen intend to raise the Fourth Prince?"
"What does this have to do with whether I raise him or not?"
"If your majesty intends to nurse the Fourth Prince, I will prescribe medicine for Eunuch Sheng. If your majesty does not intend to nurse the Fourth Prince, there is no need to save Eunuch Sheng."
Imperial Physician Yan said honestly, "He has been overworked for many years and has been beaten. He has endured every time he was sick and has not received timely treatment, which has accumulated into this disease. It is useless to rely on medicine once or twice. He has a disease that comes with wealth... He must be taken care of in the future and cannot overwork himself."
If Concubine Zhen intends to nurse the Fourth Prince, and is kind-hearted and cannot bear to see this old man who has had a rough life die miserably, and is willing to use expensive medicinal materials to honor him, then there will be no problem with him dying of old age.
But if you don’t plan to raise her…
and only rely on her for a day or two, she will have to go back to the “cold palace” to suffer, so it’s better not to waste things.
The fourth prince blinked his eyes as if he understood, knelt on the ground in fear, and kowtowed: “Empress Zhen, please save my grandmother, I…Empress Zhen, don’t raise me, please save my grandmother, I won’t… I won’t pester you, Empress Zhen…”
He was really too young and didn’t know how to please Empress Zhen.
And he didn’t want my grandmother to die more than to make Empress Zhen like him.
If the price of following Concubine Zhen was to lose my grandmother from now on, then he didn’t want to stay in Hexi Palace.
"Don't!"
Jiang Xinyue quickly helped him up and said to Doctor Yan, "Whether I raise the Fourth Prince or not, I will save Eunuch Sheng's life, just to accumulate blessings for the child in my belly."
She couldn't say too much, lest it fail and disappoint the Fourth Prince.
He is really too sensible, so sensible that it makes people feel distressed.
Although Emperor Xuanwu was mentally abused by the Empress Dowager when he was a child, he never lacked anything materially. He
was served by groups of servants, and he was served as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Majesty the Emperor with luxurious clothes and food.
The Fourth Prince has nothing.
The emperor today is even more excessive than the Empress Dowager back then.
With Jiang Xinyue's words, Doctor Yan dared to prescribe medicine. Xiao Xuanzi looked at the names of the precious herbs and finally understood why Doctor Yan hesitated.
If it weren't for her queen's favor, these herbs would never have come to Hexi Palace. It
just so happened that among the things the emperor rewarded, there were a batch of rare herbs. After Xiao Xuanzi looked at them, she prepared to go to the warehouse to get the medicine to boil.
When she came out of the side hall, it was already dark.
Jiang Xinyue held the Fourth Prince with one hand and touched her belly with the other. She closed her eyes and listened carefully...
the sounds of weapons clashing, shouting, smashing, crying...
Imperial Physician Yan widened his eyes again: "Your Majesty... did you... did you hear it?"
"I'm not deaf."
She turned around swiftly and went back to the flower hall. After leaving Jiang Chuan and Xiao Xuanzi in the side hall to take care of Qian Sheng, she took the others back to the flower hall behind the archway and asked Xi Que and the others to lock all the doors.
"From now on, no one is allowed to leave this door."
In order to prevent people like Yang Er from taking advantage of the chaos to open the palace gate, she locked everyone inside. The six guards previously given by the emperor were at each door, with shining swords in their hands to warn people with ulterior motives.
If you dare to act rashly, their hungry swords will not be vegetarian.
Jiang Xinyue sat on the armchair. Although the fourth prince was afraid, he still pretended to be calm. He held a dwarf and sat at her feet. His thin hands revealed his fear and tightly pulled the edge of Jiang Xinyue's skirt.
If it weren't for her stomach discomfort, she really wanted to hold this poor little thing in her arms and comfort her.
"Don't be afraid, Fourth Prince. With Empress Zhen here, no one can hurt you, and your ancestors will be safe."
The little person nodded with tears in his eyes, "I believe in Empress Zhen."
Empress Zhen smells like her mother.
Although he couldn't remember what his mother smelled like, he felt that if his mother was still alive, it would be like this, a reassuring smell.
Fragrant, warm... like the sun.
The shouting and screaming got closer. Jiang Xinyue handed the fourth prince to Xi Que and walked to the door, looking out through the carved windows and doors.
Doctor Yan and the others followed her example, leaning on the door and looking out.
"Ah!"
After a scream, more screams rang out.
It wasn't just one place, but the sound came from all directions.
Those rebels who jumped in from the wall didn't know that the entire circle of the Hexi Palace was surrounded by black-armored soldiers waiting in a fierce battle array. Before they landed, they were stabbed to death by the black-armored soldiers' long spears in mid-air.
Jiang Xinyue shook her head as she watched those people being thrown out like dumplings.
It was too tragic, really too tragic.