Chapter 52 Ling Zixia's Pseudo-Illness of Vomiting Blood
The chaos on the path to the Prime Minister's Mansion continued, and Chief Steward Wang's sharp shouts were soon responded to.
The steward of the mansion came hurriedly with several servants, and behind them was an old man carrying a medicine box.
This old man was none other than the Prime Minister's Office's chief physician, Imperial Physician Sun, who was a retired imperial physician from the palace.
Imperial Physician Sun has always had a close relationship with Li Ruolan's family, so he is naturally the mistress's confidant.
As soon as he stepped into the chaotic place, he immediately smelled the strange burnt smell in the air.
Doctor Sun's eyes quickly swept across the room, finally landing on Eunuch Fu who was groaning in pain on the ground.
When he saw Eunuch Fu's bloody feet, his brows couldn't help but furrow.
Doctor Sun ignored everyone around him and walked straight to Eunuch Fu and squatted down.
He carefully examined Eunuch Fu's injuries, and then a trace of deep suspicion flashed in his eyes.
The wound looked like it was caused by a burn, but there was no trace of open flame around it.
He took out a silver needle from the medicine box and tested the skin around the wound, but the needle showed no signs of turning black.
This meant that the wound was not caused by a deadly poison, but the strange corrosion left him puzzled.
Doctor Sun was filled with doubts, so he stood up and looked around.
His gaze finally fell on Ling Zixia, who was protected in the middle by the guards, as if she was the core of the chaos.
He saw Ling Zixia's clothes were soaked, the backs of her hands were red, and she was being supported by a maid. She looked frightened and weak.
A doctor's intuition arose in his heart, and he felt that this woman was not as simple as she seemed.
Imperial Physician Sun gave cold orders to the steward beside him, requesting that Eunuch Fu be carried to the side room for treatment first.
The servants hurriedly carried Eunuch Fu away, but Doctor Sun did not leave with him.
Instead, he walked slowly to Ling Zixia with a majesty on his face that could not be refused.
"This must be Aunt Ling. I need to take a look at your burns as well."
His words sounded concerned, but his sharp eyes were fixed on Ling Zixia.
Ling Zixia knew that this doctor was Li Ruolan's man, so she understood that this examination was not done out of good intentions.
If he found out that the back of his hand was intact, then there would be a huge flaw in the perfect frame-up.
Ling Zixia's face immediately showed an even more panicked look, and she instinctively hid her hands behind her back.
"I dare not trouble Doctor Sun. I... I only have some minor injuries. It's nothing serious."
The more she refused, the more suspicious Doctor Sun became.
He snorted, his tone becoming stern.
"My aunt is wrong. Eunuch Fu's injury in the Prime Minister's residence is of great importance. No detail can be overlooked."
Doctor Sun stretched out his hand as he spoke, and he was actually trying to forcibly pull Ling Zixia's wrist over for examination.
Seeing this, Qing'er immediately stepped forward, wanting to stand in front of Ling Zixia.
However, Ling Zixia secretly pulled her, indicating that she didn't need to act rashly.
Just as Doctor Sun's fingers were about to touch Ling Zixia's wrist, Ling Zixia's face suddenly turned as pale as paper.
She seemed to have suffered a huge blow, and her whole body shook violently.
Then she covered her mouth tightly with a handkerchief and let out a heart-wrenching cough.
The cough was so rapid and sharp that it seemed as if it was going to cough out all her internal organs.
Everyone present was stunned by this sudden change, and they all stared at Ling Zixia in a daze.
Doctor Sun's outstretched hand froze in mid-air, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.
Ling Zixia coughed for a long time before she stopped, and when she slowly removed the handkerchief from her mouth, everyone gasped.
There was a shocking pool of bright red blood on the snow-white handkerchief.
She actually coughed up blood in public, which was a hundred times more serious than the burns on her hands.
Doctor Sun's expression instantly turned extremely ugly. He knew that he couldn't dwell on the burns anymore.
Regardless of whether Ling Zixia is real or fake, coughing up blood is an emergency that must be treated immediately, otherwise he will be held responsible.
No one noticed that when Ling Zixia was coughing, her other hand inconspicuously touched the place on her sleeve that was soaked with tea.
She used her golden finger to reverse the ordinary tea into a strong drug that could severely irritate her throat.
It was this drug that caused her to cough violently and cough up blood as a disguise.
Doctor Sun immediately stepped forward and spoke in a deep voice.
"Auntie, please don't panic. Let me take your pulse."
As he said this, he was about to grab Ling Zixia's wrist again.
However, Ling Zixia's body suddenly softened, as if she could no longer hold on.
She closed her eyes and fell into Qing'er's arms.
"Master! Master, what's wrong with you?"
Qing'er let out a shrill scream and hurriedly hugged Ling Zixia's limp body.
At the moment when Ling Zixia was "unconscious", she whispered a few words in Qing'er's ear in a voice that only Qing'er could hear.
"...hairpin...Jasmine..."
Qing'er's body trembled when she heard this, and she immediately understood what her master meant.
While calling out to her master loudly, she hurriedly took off a simple silver hairpin with a jasmine flower from Ling Zixia's bun.
She put the silver hairpin to Ling Zixia's nose, as if she wanted to wake her master with the faint fragrance of the hairpin.
Seeing this, Doctor Sun was anxious, but he could only wait on the side.
He didn't know that the silver jasmine hairpin had already been treated by Ling Zixia with her golden finger.
It is attached with a special reversed spice that can temporarily disrupt a person's pulse.
The moment Ling Zixia inhaled the fragrance, her pulse began to become extremely weak and chaotic.
Doctor Sun finally seized the opportunity and placed three fingers on Ling Zixia's wrist.
When his fingertips felt Ling Zixia's pulse, his face changed again.
He only felt that the pulse under his finger was as weak as a gossamer thread, intermittent and chaotic.
This is clearly a sign of a critical condition caused by shock and fear attacking the heart, causing reverse flow of Qi and blood, and leading to damage to the heart meridians.
He was simply unable to diagnose any specific cause of the disease from the chaotic pulse.
Beads of cold sweat oozed from Doctor Sun's forehead. He knew that he was in big trouble this time.
If something really happened to Ling Zixia in front of him, no matter what the cause, he would not be able to escape responsibility.
In the midst of this chaos, Zhao Wenxuan and Prime Minister Zhao Wuji, surrounded by a group of guards, finally heard the news and rushed to the scene.
As soon as they arrived at the scene, they saw Eunuch Fu being carried away and the horrifying scene of Ling Zixia "coughing up blood and fainting".
Zhao Wenxuan's face turned pale in an instant, and he rushed to Ling Zixia's side.
"Zixia! Zixia! What's wrong with you!"
He looked at Ling Zixia's bloodless face and the bloodstains on the handkerchief, his eyes filled with unprecedented panic and anger.
Zhao Wuji, who was standing aside, looked at everyone present with a cold and unfathomable gaze.
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