Chapter 473 Murder (Part 1)
"I'm so sorry you still care about me."
Ye Chutang held the warm cup in his hand, feeling slightly warm in his heart.
Chu Qiyuan waved his hand.
"You have a cold body. The winter in the capital is extremely cold, so you should be more careful."
Chu Qiyuan recalled that when they first met, Ye Chutang was very weak.
However, with such an extremely weak body that seemed like it would be blown down by the cold wind at any time, he actually solved the plague in the whole city.
Bold, decisive, without any drag.
At that time, Chu Qiyuan thought that if she were a man, she would have a vast world for her to display her talents.
However, after seeing what happened after she returned to Beijing, he realized that he was narrow-minded.
——For some people, there is no need to specially reserve heaven and earth for them. Instead, wherever she flies to, that is her heaven and earth.
"It's okay for me. But Xiaowu, do you think there is any solution?"
Chu Qiyuan asked Xiaowu to open her mouth again, checked her repeatedly for a while, thought for a long time, and then said: "She could speak originally, but she was frightened when she was young, and her mind was frightened, and her courage was scattered, which caused her mouth to stagnate and she can't speak."
Ye Chutang held Xiao Wu who ran back to her side with one hand, took out the purse that she had prepared earlier from her sleeve, pinched a candied fruit and fed it to her, then nodded: "She doesn't remember what happened at that time."
Chu Qiyuan sighed, looking at the small, soft figure with pity in his heart: "Although she doesn't remember, the trauma is still there. Besides, she is still young, and she can't take medicine casually. This... I'm afraid it's not easy to deal with."
Xiaowu climbed onto the stool and sat obediently next to Ye Chutang. A sweet and sour taste filled his mouth and his little face wrinkled.
Over the years, she had heard others mention her illness and had gotten used to it, so she naturally didn't mind it at this time.
Chu Qiyuan retracted his gaze and looked at Ye Chutang: "You should know these best."
Ye Chutang knew it clearly.
Xiaowu cannot speak. Ultimately, it is because of mental trauma. The incident that year left her with a deep psychological shadow.
It didn’t matter in the past. As long as Xiaowu didn’t talk, she could still support him for the rest of his life.
But now it was Xiaowu who wanted to speak.
But according to Chu Qiyuan, medication is not recommended and we can only take it slow.
Just as she thought.
Chu Qiyuan consoled her, "She is still young. Maybe she will be able to speak for herself someday. This matter should not be rushed."
Ye Chutang nodded: "You are right."
Her expression was calm and indifferent, and she had obviously expected Chu Qiyuan to give such an answer.
Chu Qiyuan paused and said, "You came here today for more than just this matter, right?"
It turns out that old ginger is still spicy.
Ye Chutang glanced outside and saw a cold wind blowing outside the courtyard, and sporadic snowflakes began to fall slowly.
There seemed to be only silence between heaven and earth, peace to the extreme.
However, beneath this calm, who knows how many undercurrents are lurking?
There is no peace in this huge capital city.
Ye Chutang retracted his gaze, raised his eyes and looked at Chu Qiyuan, and asked calmly word by word:
"Who are your people in the Imperial Hospital?"
Chu Qiyuan was stunned for a moment.
He knew that Ye Chutang had come to him today for important matters, but he never expected that she would ask such a straightforward question.
What she was clearly asking was: Who can be trusted in the Imperial Hospital?
Chu Qiyuan was silent for a long time, and finally shook his head and smiled bitterly: "You even guessed this."
The little things in the Imperial Medical Bureau were actually kept very well hidden. They were all shrewd people and each one was better at saving face than the other. He didn't expect that Ye Chutang was so keen to detect the problem after only treating Emperor Mu Wu for a few days.
The people in the Imperial Medical Service each served their own masters and had long since fallen apart. They had fought overtly and covertly countless times.
As the director of the Imperial Medical Bureau, he felt very ashamed. Now that Ye Chutang was so close to him, he felt even more ashamed.
Ye Chutang disagreed: "You are in charge of everything, but can you control what so many people think and do?"
Chu Qiyuan was somewhat surprised at her insight, but then he thought it was normal for her to think this way.
She was not an ordinary woman.
During the time she was treating Emperor Mu Wu, she must have seen a lot of things.
Thinking of this, Chu Qiyuan felt much more relaxed.
He thought for a moment and said two names.
Ye Chutang soon realized that the remaining people could not be trusted 100%.
“…”
She knew that there were problems in the Imperial Medical Service, but she never expected it to be so outrageous. There were only two people that Chu Qiyuan could trust 100%!
After a moment of silence, Ye Chutang said, "You must have had a hard time in the Imperial Hospital these years."
Chu Qiyuan: “…”
He coughed and tried to save his dignity: "It's not that the rest are untrustworthy, but I'm not close friends with them, so I have no right to comment."
This means that he has no idea what bad things others have done in private.
Ye Chutang raised his eyebrows: "So, you don't trust Zhou Kangxue and Lord Zhao Xuanping?"
Zhou Kangxue would be fine, but the key point is that Zhao Xuanping has a close relationship with the Princess's Mansion.
Moreover, he was also responsible for treating King Lie Xiao Chengqi.
Chu Qiyuan paused for a moment and said frankly: "What I just said is the truth."
He and Zhao Xuanping were just ordinary friends, and he was not sure which side the other party was on.
Ye Chutang seemed to be thinking about something.
Chu Qiyuan noticed something: "Do you suspect he has a problem?"
Ye Chutang did not answer directly, but asked another question:
"How many people know about your majesty's heart disease?"
Chu Qiyuan was stunned at first, but then he was relieved: "Nothing really escapes your eyes. There are indeed not many people who know about this. One is the eldest princess, and the other is me."
Now, Ye Chutang has to be added to the list.
"I left the capital this time to find medicine for Your Majesty."
Ye Chutang tapped his fingers lightly and said firmly, "That is to say, Your Majesty was already feeling unwell before this illness."
Chu Qiyuan didn't expect her to be so sharp that she could deduce so many things with just one sentence. But he thought that with her medical books, what could she not know once she took the patient's pulse?
Chu Qiyuan quickly admitted, "Yes. Your Majesty has had occasional chest pain since the autumn hunt, but this was unknown to outsiders until he suddenly had a high fever and it was severe. After this, I'm afraid it will be even more serious."
He sighed helplessly: "I thought that I could get some relief after finding medicine, but..."
But Emperor Mu Wu's condition suddenly worsened, and those medicines were actually no longer useful.
That was Ye Chutang's effort to turn the tide and save his life, but it was ultimately to no avail.
Emperor Mu Wu is only hanging on half his life now.
Ye Chutang asked, "Are you sure that no one else knows about your majesty's heart disease?"
Chu Qiyuan was a little surprised why she kept asking this question: "It should be, I have been treating your majesty all these years."
Ye Chutang remained noncommittal.
After a moment, she said:
"You just came back, so you probably don't know yet. King Lie used the antidote that the Royal Guards brought back from Guanling, but his condition became even worse."
Chu Qiyuan was shocked: "How could this happen? The medicine was not provided by the Imperial Hospital - are you saying that someone secretly plotted to murder King Lie?"
Although it is said that there is someone, the person in charge of this matter is actually Zhao Xuanping.
Ye Chutang gently put the porcelain cup down. With a "bang", it landed heavily on Chu Qiyuan's heart, not too heavy or too light.
"Without evidence, no one can be sure. However..." She paused, "Perhaps someone already knew about your majesty's illness and deliberately caused it."
Chu Qiyuan suddenly jumped up: "What did you say!?"
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