Chapter 394: Life on the line
The sunlight shines through the diamond-shaped window panes, casting spots of light that rise and fall on the golden splendor of the entire hall.
The light spot was dazzling.
Just like Xiao Jingheng's excited and fluctuating emotions at this moment.
He was so shocked when he heard what Xiao Jingyan said that he even stumbled when speaking.
"C-can you take it seriously?"
Xiao Jingyan said firmly, "I dare not lie to my brother any more. The second prince is now being raised in Hengzhou and has grown up safely."
Every word in this sentence seems to carry a warm and comforting temperature.
Xiao Jingheng's eardrum penetrated into his heart, bringing out hot tears in his eyes.
He quickly helped Jamel Xiao up from the ground and hugged him tightly.
It has been many years since such a hug between brothers happened.
Xiao Jingyan heard his low sobs, and felt that this was the first time in his life that he saw Xiao Jingheng cry.
I don't know if it's because I miss my son or because of something else...
"Brother Emperor, do you not blame me?"
"Why blame me? It's you who made up for my regrets and saved me from having to live in guilt for the rest of my life. How could I blame you? Even rewarding you is not enough!"
Xiao Jingheng's eyes were filled with tears. After slightly letting go of Xiao Jingyan, he patted his shoulder hard, his excitement was beyond words.
"Good! Very good! Before you go to Zhuyin, you must first go to Hengzhou and bring Chengyu back. When Chengyu returns to the palace, I will raise you to the rank of Grand Prince, and the title will be hereditary!" [Grand Prince is the highest rank of nobility. If the emperor dies in the future and the new emperor is young, the Grand Prince can assist the new emperor and become the regent.]
Faced with this sudden reward, Xiao Jingyan was caught off guard.
However, before he could thank her, Xiao Yinzi's soul-destroying voice came from outside the door.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"
'Peng'
The door of the main hall was hastily pushed open, and Xiao Yinzi ran towards Xiao Jingheng with a pale face, stammering:
"Your Majesty...The Queen...The Queen fell from the platform and is seriously injured and unconscious!"
"What!?"
The joy on Xiao Jingheng's face disappeared in an instant, and he didn't even bother to prepare the sedan chair, and hurried towards Changle Palace.
When he arrived at Changle Palace, he was already sweating profusely.
At this moment, almost all the concubines in the palace gathered here.
Some people were kneeling in the courtyard and crying, while others were pacing anxiously in the main hall.
"Zhao'er!"
Xiao Jingheng didn't care about the others and ran straight to the inner bedroom.
But when he was about to push the door open, Ning Wanshuang stopped him.
"Your Majesty, the imperial physician is treating the queen inside. If you barge in now, I'm afraid it will distract the imperial physician, right?"
Concubine Yun also said, "Yes, Your Majesty, I know you are anxious when something like this happens, but the most important thing right now is to stabilize the Queen's situation first."
Ning Wanshuang persuaded Xiao Jingheng to sit down and warm up the seat, but Xiao Jingheng could not feel at ease for a moment and kept staring at the closed door of the inner bedroom.
While showing concern, he also asked angrily:
"What is going on? With so many servants following them, how could the queen fall from the platform?"
Ning Wanshuang explained, "After the Queen ascended the Cloud Platform, she first led the other concubines to pay homage to the Queen Mother, and then went to the Ten Palaces Bodhisattva Temple to personally pray for the Queen Mother and burn incense. Originally, I was going to accompany the Queen, but because Shunpin also copied the twelve volumes of the Rebirth Sutra, the Queen appreciated her efforts and allowed her to follow along.
To show sincerity, the gods must not be offended, so when entering the temple, the concubines had to dismiss the attendants. When I, the queen, and the concubines were praying for the queen mother, everything went smoothly. But when they came out, a young eunuch suddenly appeared from nowhere, rushed straight to the queen, and pulled the queen down from the cloud platform...
Fortunately, he didn't fall directly, but hit a platform, but he also fell from a height of nearly three feet [less than ten meters]. The evil eunuch died on the spot, and although the queen fell on him to cushion her fall, she also injured the back of her head and her condition is not good..."
After listening to Ning Wanshuang's detailed description of the whole process, Xiao Jingheng felt that this matter was extremely absurd.
But besides her, Rong Yue was also a witness to this incident, and now Rong Yue was also agreeing with her, so this incident could not be false.
Xiao Jingheng was furious and shouted at Jiang Deshun:
"Jiang Deshun! How did you manage to be a eunuch? In the palace, there are eunuchs who want to assassinate the queen!?"
"This slave deserves to die! Your Majesty, calm down!"
Jiang Deshun was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, and replied tremblingly:
"Your Majesty, the eunuch who fell to his death was Zhao Baozhong. He used to serve Concubine Yao... and Dai in the cold palace. After Dai was banished to the cold palace, he was also transferred to the cold palace and was responsible for delivering meals to Dai twice a day.
After the incident, I went to the cold palace to question her immediately. Dai looked like she had gone mad. When she heard that the queen was on the verge of death due to Zhao Baozhong, she laughed wildly and said bluntly... she had taken revenge... "
The real person herself admitted that she was the one who sent people to harm Zhao Hua.
Therefore, there is no need to delve further into this matter.
Xiao Jingheng was so angry that he threw all the ornaments on the table to the ground.
The porcelain and jade cups were shattered all over the floor, and the concubines were so frightened that they all bowed and knelt down.
"Your Majesty, please calm down..."
Xiao Jingheng shouted angrily: "Go and take that bitch to the execution ground immediately! I want her to be torn into pieces by five horses!"
The five-horse dismemberment was the most disgraceful capital punishment. Since the founding of the Qi Dynasty, it had only been used on officials who had colluded with the enemy and committed treason.
Now Xiao Jingheng was extremely angry and inflicted such punishment on Dai Chunying, which also caused shock to the concubines.
They looked at each other, and it was difficult to see any blood in their eyes.
The hall was silent, so silent that even the sounds of people breathing seemed noisy.
'Squeak'
As the door to the inner chamber was tremblingly pushed open,
Everyone's eyes turned to him instantly.
Court Judge Guo led three imperial physicians out and bowed their heads. Just by looking at Zhaohua's timid expression and the fact that he only dared to lower his eyes to look at the floor, it was clear that Zhaohua's condition was not optimistic.
Before Judge Guo could reply, Xiao Jingheng quickly entered the inner chamber.
"Zhao'er!"
He saw Zhao Hua lying quietly on the couch. Apart from some visible scratches on her body, she looked like she was asleep.
Judge Guo followed closely behind, saying in fear:
"Your Majesty, I have tried all the methods I can, but none of them can make the Queen wake up. The Queen has suffered a severe head injury this time, and now the only method left is the golden needle.
"But I am not an expert in this field, and I am afraid that my acupuncture may not be accurate, which may worsen the Empress's condition. In the Imperial Hospital, only Doctor Zhang specializes in the secrets of golden needles, and he may have a solution. Although he is still recovering, the safety of the Queen Mother cannot be delayed! Your Majesty, please send him to treat the Empress as soon as possible!"
At this moment, Xiao Jingheng was in a state of confusion and did not care to reprimand Judge Guo. He only ordered Jiang Deshun to quickly bring Doctor Zhang.
Then he sat on the edge of the couch, holding Zhaohua's hand tightly, tears flowing in his eyes.
"Don't be afraid, Zhao'er. I will never let anything happen to you!"
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