Chapter 63 Chapter 63 He looked at her deeply for a few breaths, but did not...
Xu Qing'an was a step slow after all.
When he pulled Zhang Fan's sleeve, Zhang Fan's body had already rushed towards the hall pillar with unstoppable momentum. Even though Zhang Fan's speed was slowed down by Xu Qing'an's pulling, the force of the final collision was still quite strong.
A prime minister was forced to hit his head against a pillar in the Golden Palace to show his determination.
There was astonishment in the hall.
Shangguan Xu was also shocked by the scene in the hall. The moment it happened, she immediately opened the curtain and stood out.
"Quickly call the imperial physician!"
In the hall, Xu Qing'an knelt down and embraced the person. He watched the person's lips move slightly in his arms.
"Erlang...Erlang..."
Every time before he shouted, his lips opened silently, and Xu Qing'an knew what he wanted to shout.
Zhou Jingzhi is here, and the Majesty whom he protects in his heart is here.
"I'm here..." Xu Qing'an held his hand tightly, letting him feel his warmth. "I'm here."
"Don't worry, teacher."
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After this incident, the Shuo Dynasty came to an abrupt end, and the implementation of the new policy was naturally put on hold. However, for a period of time afterwards, the Taiji Palace was crowded with people, and almost all the imperial physicians gathered in a side hall.
On the couch in the inner room, the wound on Zhang Fan's forehead had been treated, but he was still in a coma.
Xu Qing'an's eyes were solemn, and the anxiety on his face could not be concealed as he waited outside.
"His breathing is weak and he is unconscious. I'm afraid he has sustained some serious injuries." The imperial physician sighed to Shangguan Xu.
Shangguan Xu said in a low voice: "No matter what, save your life first."
The imperial physician sighed again and said that he could only try his best.
Shangguan Xu then turned his gaze to the young man wearing a crimson official robe, frowning and speechless.
Zhang Fan has a gentle temperament and is usually harmonious but not competitive. In all his years as an official, he has never been heard of having an argument with anyone. He even seems to be quite submissive because of his good temper, which is the key reason why he was chosen as one of Su Wang's husbands.
But now, the "weak" prime minister, whom everyone thought was good-tempered and easily manipulated, had actually committed suicide by banging his head against a pillar in court to obstruct the new policies of Prime Minister Su, arguably the "first person in the imperial court." Even outsiders like Shangguan Xu, who witnessed this incident, were unable to recover for a long time, let alone Xu Qing'an, a student with a close relationship with Zhang Fan.
"My Lady, someone is coming."
Qinghe walked into the hall and spoke softly to Shangguan Xu.
At this moment, Shangguan Xu withdrew his gaze from the young man's eyebrows.
And Xu Qing'an also raised his eyes.
"Zi Yang!"
When Qinghe finished speaking, Xu Qing'an saw that the person following her was Xun Yang.
Xun Yang and Xu Qing'an exchanged glances, but before stopping, they still bowed to Shangguan Xu: "I pay my respects to Your Highness."
"I have seen Doctor Xun's medical skills before, and today Mr. Zhang's condition is urgent, so I sent someone to invite him to the palace. But when I saw you guarding Mr. Zhang's bed, I did not inform you of this matter in advance." Shangguan Xu raised his hand to Xun Yangxu to avoid the formality, then looked at Xu Qing'an and said.
Xu Qing'an lowered his eyes and said in a low voice, "Just now, when I saw the teacher in danger, I was panicked and overlooked many details. I am sorry to have caused the queen trouble."
Shangguan Xu didn't want to say more about the current situation, and directly said to Xun Yang: "Okay, the situation is urgent, let's not talk about this for now, Doctor Xun, please go in quickly."
Xun Yang nodded and was led in by the people from the Imperial Hospital.
However, not long after he entered, a palace servant came out and said, "Your Majesty, Doctor Xun said he left something at his residence and would like Your Majesty to send someone to help get it."
Shangguan Xu asked in confusion, "What is this? There's not even the Imperial Hospital?"
At this moment, Xu Qing'an, who had been silent for a long time, spoke up: "Your Majesty, you don't know that Ziyang has many homemade medical instruments and medicines when practicing medicine. He has used them for so many years that he has become accustomed to them, so he usually doesn't use other people's things as substitutes."
As soon as Xu Qing'an opened his mouth, Shangguan Xu suddenly thought, "You've known him for many years, so you should be familiar with many of his habits. He happens to live in your house, so why not just make the trip yourself?"
Xu Qing'an nodded: "Mr. Zhang is my teacher, so it is really my responsibility to go this time."
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Xu Qing'an rode a fast horse out of the palace and headed straight to the mansion without stopping for a moment.
Sure enough, when he dismounted and returned home, Gu Chou was waiting for him there.
"My dear."
Xu Qing'an stepped forward quickly, raised his hand to stop Gu Chou's greeting, and said directly: "I just heard Ziyang's words in the palace and knew that there was an urgent matter in the palace. What's wrong, An Ce? Where did the important matter happen?"
Gu Chou frowned and asked, "My dear, you don't look well. How is Mr. Zhang doing?"
Xu Qing'an shook his head slightly: "I'm not sure yet, but he's still being treated."
There was silence in the room for a moment.
"Let's talk about your side first." Xu Qing'an spoke first.
Gu Chou nodded and said, "I have two things to report to you today. One is related to A Zheng's life experience, and the other is about the matter of Prince Zhao that you previously instructed me to investigate."
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Gu Chou first talked about A Zheng's case. "The people we sent out started their investigation based on A Zheng's original surname and the Zhao army dagger. As expected, they found out that there was a personal guard captain named Yao in the Zhao prince's family palace. Coincidentally, that captain disappeared shortly after Your Majesty ascended the throne and the title of Zhao prince was sealed. I heard he resigned on his own initiative at that time."
Xu Qing'an asked, "Is there any information about his family members?"
Gu Chou said, "He was married and had a son and a daughter, but they later disappeared with him."
Xu Qing'an pondered: "A Zheng seems to have a younger brother..."
Gu Chou said "hmm" lightly: "So it is very likely that the guard surnamed Yao is related to A Zheng, or even a father-daughter relationship. The most important thing is that the time information also matches."
Xu Qing'an asked again, "Do you have a detailed biography of that captain?"
Gu Chou pulled a booklet from his sleeve and handed it over. "It's all here. This man was originally from the Imperial Guards. After King Zhao was crowned king and established his own government, he was transferred to King Zhao's personal guard. He then followed King Zhao to Pingzhou to become his vassal."
Xu Qing'an glanced at the booklet and said, "Hmm, it seems this person is pretty much related to A Zheng. I'll share all this information with A Zheng when I have time and see if I can help her remember anything."
"What about the other thing?" Xu Qing'an closed the booklet, put it down, and asked.
The Prince of Zhao is also the current emperor.
Gu Chou wasn't sure why Xu Qing'an suddenly started investigating this matter, but he knew it wasn't a simple matter. He said, "When the title of Prince Zhao was sealed, the servants in Prince Zhao's mansion were either dismissed or assigned to different places. Fortunately, the people who went to investigate found a maid who had served in the inner courtyard of Prince Zhao's mansion."
"She said that in her memory, the young master did seem to have an eye disease back then, but she wasn't serving him closely, so she wasn't quite sure of the specific situation. She only heard such rumors at the time, but it didn't last long before there was no further news. Not even the inner courtyard had heard of the matter."
At the beginning of the seventh year of Xining, a secret letter was enclosed in the New Year's greetings from King Zhao.
In the letter, Prince Zhao wrote that his son's eyes seemed to be not very sensitive to the distinction between red and green. In order to solve this problem, he had consulted the medical officer of Prince Zhao's palace, but the medical officer had no good solution. So he wrote a secret letter to the capital to ask for help from the then Emperor Zhou Jingzhi, to see if the doctors in the Imperial Medical Bureau had any solution.
It was natural that the news of the prince's hidden illness could not be spread, so as soon as they discovered that there was something wrong with the prince's eyes, the inner court of Prince Zhao's Mansion blocked the news. Zhou Jingzhi also privately invited the most experienced physician in the Imperial Hospital to come and inquire.
However, the imperial physicians at the Imperial Medical Bureau had no solution.
So Zhou Jingzhi wrote another letter to Xun Yang, asking him to come to Beijing to discuss the matter. As a result, a sudden change happened on the night of Shangsi that year, and the secret letter asking Xun Yang to come to Beijing turned out to be his own life-saving letter.
But that’s all for later.
Now, Xu Qing'an, who was sitting in the seat in the room, was silent for a long time after hearing what Gu Chou said.
What Xu Qing'an was certain of was that Prince Zhao did have an eye disease that made it difficult for him to distinguish between red and green, and he had heard from more than one person that this disease was incurable.
I remember that King Zhao once said in a letter that although the prince's eye disease was not so severe that he could not distinguish red and green, he would find it difficult to distinguish between the two colors as long as they were not so bright.
This is also why Xu Qing'an used blue and yellow as the main colors when making shadow puppets for the little emperor, because those two colors are more friendly to the eyes of people who have difficulty distinguishing red and green.
All along, Xu Qing'an had been thinking about taking the best possible care of his nephew. Not only was he the Third Prince's only child left in the world, but he was also a pitiful child who lost his father at a young age. Until he saw the colorful landscape painting of flowers and birds in the palace...
That eye disease is incurable, so who is the person sitting on the throne now?
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In the Taiji Palace, Shangguan Xu stared at the clepsydra, calculating the time bit by bit.
The people in the inner room were still busy, with many palace maids and eunuchs rushing in and out, and figures coming and going like the tide.
She stopped a maid who was coming out and asked, "What's going on in there?"
The maid said truthfully, "The new doctor, Xun, and the other imperial physicians have worked together to find a stable solution and have also given him acupuncture. Mr. Zhang is now looking much better."
Shangguan Xu pondered over this, thinking of Xu Qing'an, who had been sent to fetch medical supplies. He glanced at the water leak again and said to Qinghe, who was waiting nearby, "Send someone to the Xu residence to check. Why has it taken so long to get something and no one has returned? Let's see if something happened on the way."
Qinghe should be it.
However, less than half a minute later, just after they had selected the people to send out, Qinghe came back into the hall from outside.
"Your Majesty, Master Xu is back."
Shangguan Xu looked up and saw the young man, still wearing the crimson official robe, approaching Qinghe from behind with a medicine box slung over his shoulder.
His clothes clearly hadn't changed at all, but it couldn't hide the dusty look on his body. There were even a few bloodshot streaks in his eyes, and he looked a little more tired than before.
Perhaps it was caused by the short period of running back and forth, Shangguan Xu did not think too much about it.
She met his gaze and saw him look at her deeply for a few breaths, then said without saying anything more: "I'll take the things in first."
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