Huo Wuyou has limited spies in the palace, and even if he passes the news on, he can only ask for help from the empress dowager.
However, he didn't want his grandmother to get involved in this matter. He needed someone to open the palace gate for him.
As expected, no one knew how Gu Shichong had managed to get the news into the palace. Within a stick of incense, a eunuch hurried in to report, "His Majesty has verbally ordered that the Marquis of Lin'an be accompanied by a physician to the palace to see Him!"
Huo Wuyou just glanced at Gu Shichong deeply, then led Sui Yunlang into the palace.
The eunuch Huo Wuyou who led the way recognized him as someone close to the emperor.
"Sir, I wonder if Your Majesty is offended by my late-night request for an audience?"
The eunuch who led the way lowered his brows and said, "An Zhaoyi was supposed to be attending to the sick this evening, but the Empress, worried about Your Majesty, also went to the Hall of Eternal Life. When the Empress learned that the Marquis requested an audience, she consulted with An Zhaoyi and awoke Your Majesty, requesting His Majesty issue a decree to summon him. When Your Majesty awoke, he did not reprimand the Empress."
The emperor's illness is important, but the commander of the cavalry battalion's request for a late-night audience is also in accordance with the rules. Whether or not to wake the emperor tonight, both have their reasons. An Zhaoyi's words are naturally not as effective as the queen's. Since the queen has nodded in agreement, there is no reason not to follow the rules.
On the long palace road, Huo Wuyou was only thinking: The last time Ge Guipin was eliminated, the Queen and Gu Shichong had cooperated, which made the originally neutral Queen begin to turn to Prince Gong.
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The inner hall of the Hall of Eternal Life.
The emperor was half lying on the couch with a thick soft pillow behind him. He looked very weak, his eyes kept closing and opening from time to time, making people fear that he would suddenly faint.
Outer hall.
The Queen and Concubine An sat quietly, looking at each other without saying a word.
Under her sleeves, An Zhaoyi's hands were shaking slightly... Why would he suddenly come to the palace to ask for an audience with Marquis Lin'an on the night of his wedding?
She suppressed her thoughts and looked at the Queen calmly: She was the only one taking care of the sick patient tonight, so why did the Queen come here so coincidentally and without any warning?
The two of them had their own thoughts, and the Queen calmly met An Zhaoyi's gaze.
When she arrived at the Changsheng Palace, although An Zhaoyi tried her best to hide it, she still caught the fleeting panic in her eyes. What was An Zhaoyi doing before she arrived at the Changsheng Palace? Why did Prince Gong suddenly send a message to her to let Lin'an Hou into the palace?
After staring at each other for a moment, An Zhaoyi's face showed worry. "Empress, I was truly worried about Your Majesty's health, so I took the initiative to refuse the Marquis of Lin'an. It was my ignorance..."
The Queen's expression darkened imperceptibly. "Your Majesty is the most important thing to me, and I understand that."
As they were talking, a young eunuch came in and said to Peng Hui, "Eunuch, the Marquis of Lin'an has arrived."
Peng Hui nodded and went to the inner hall to pass on the message.
The inner hall and the outer hall were separated by a screen. After a moment, Peng Hui walked out from behind the screen and said, "Call the Marquis of Lin'an."
Huo Wuyou was seen wearing his wedding dress which he had not had time to change out of, and walked into the hall with a doctor behind him. He paid his respects to the two concubines, then bowed towards the inner hall and explained the reason for his visit.
"Uncle is ill, and the palace doctors have been treating him for a long time but have been unable to cure him. Wuyou has searched far and wide for a cure, and finally found one. I would like to ask for your permission to recommend a doctor to take his pulse."
Upon hearing this, An Zhaoyi couldn't sit still for a moment and stood up unconsciously: "Marquis Lin'an, the palace physician is experienced and experienced, how could he be inferior to a wandering doctor?"
An Zhaoyi was also a little puzzled. You know, when Huo Wuyou was in Jiangzhou, he almost died because of a serious injury. But Xue Tingliu died in a tragic way, and his body was burned. The things on his body had long been burned to ashes. Even His Royal Highness Prince Sheng didn't know whether Huo Wuyou was seriously injured because of the Seven Days of Grief-Relieving Formula.
Huo Wuyou remained respectful, "Empress Zhaoyi, although the Imperial Hospital has the most brilliant doctors in the world, they may not have seen as many cases as ordinary doctors. I just want him to check your uncle's pulse, maybe he can get some insights."
Suppressing her guilty conscience, An Zhaoyi glanced at the Empress again and lowered her eyes slightly, "I am also worried about Your Majesty."
She couldn't object too strongly now, otherwise even the Queen would be suspicious. Moreover, since Huo Wuyou didn't die at that time, the poison he was poisoned with was most likely not the Seven Days to Eliminate Hatred Recipe. There was no antidote for this poison, and she didn't believe Huo Wuyou really had a way to detoxify it.
Observing the expressions on everyone's faces, the Queen remained silent, only silently asking towards the inner hall, "What do you think, Your Majesty?"
Peng Hui rushed back and forth, delivering a message for the seriously ill emperor. After a moment, he said, "Your Majesty, do as the Marquis of Lin'an has said."
So, Sui Yunlang, who was almost sober, was taken to the inner hall to take the emperor's pulse.
An Zhaoyi's fingers under her sleeves became increasingly anxious, and in the cold winter, a thin layer of sweat broke out on her back unconsciously.
The Queen looked at Huo Wuyou. Although Prince Gong asked her to help Huo Wuyou enter the palace, the Queen was not sure what Huo Wuyou was doing today, and she couldn't help but feel suspicious.
An Zhaoyi felt something was amiss and wanted to go behind the screen to check, but Huo Wuyou blocked her way with a bow and said, "Please don't stop His Majesty from seeing the doctor."
She couldn't help herself, "Marquis Lin'an, it's unusual for a minister to enter the palace so late at night. You brought a traveling doctor of unknown origin so close to His Majesty. If His Majesty behaves in the slightest, your actions will be tantamount to treason!"
Huo Wuyou remained unmoved, "Your Majesty, please be careful with your words. Your Majesty is blessed with great fortune and will be safe. Moreover, I came here alone, without a single soldier. As the commander of the Cavalry Battalion, I have done nothing against the rules. I do not know how you can accuse me of treason."
Before An Zhaoyi could say anything, Sui Yunlang emerged from the inner hall, his brows lowered and his eyes submissive. He bowed and said, "Reporting to the Empress and Consort Zhaoyi, I have examined and found that Your Majesty's condition is not caused by illness, but rather by a strange poison."
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