Chapter 147 Visiting the Palace
In fact, Shen Wangshu had just finished writing a letter home and sent it off on the night of the winter banquet. In the letter, he asked about his recent situation and informed him of his own situation. He said that he was doing well in the general's mansion and had met his eldest sister. Finally, he told Chen Ting tearfully that a lecher had been staring at him for a long time at the banquet today, and asked him to come back quickly to protect her.
There is no shame in acting like a spoiled child in a letter as there is in person, Shen Wangshu picked up the pen and started writing, it was just a matter of moving his wrist anyway.
As for how that person would react after reading it—he didn’t reply to the last letter from home, so it doesn’t matter how he reacts.
After returning from the meeting at Prince Ning's Mansion, the future schedule was suddenly clearly planned, and the atmosphere seemed to have suddenly become tense.
With the princes entering the capital, the confrontation between the Crown Prince and the Fifth Prince has come to an end. These three days are probably the last chance for the Fifth Prince to struggle.
In this way, Shen Wangshu didn’t have to worry about her personal safety for the time being. How the fifth prince outside was struggling to save himself, and how he was dying to resist... She in the general’s mansion knew nothing about it.
After Zhang Dai returned, he began to make human skin masks behind closed doors. Shen Wangshu's knowledge was not as solid as his, so he took the time to review the various pharmacological knowledge of heavy metal poisoning, and by the way, he studied the mainstream pill recipes currently popular in the capital - the kind that all wealthy families use.
Various heavy metals are added to them to a certain extent. Lead, mercury and the like are common, and there are also less common ones. Ku Ku puts them in his mouth and doesn't know what the consequences will be. Anyway, after eating them, he feels that his face is rosy, he is in good spirits, and he has unlimited strength.
Everyone has been poisoned, and the one who was most seriously poisoned is now lying down and unable to get up.
On the third day, it was the day agreed to go to the palace to see the emperor.
The name card that Zhang Dai submitted was indeed easily reviewed. Shen Wangshu asked people to pay attention to the situation outside in the past two days and learned that the fifth prince had now been thrown into the imperial prison and had no chance of making a comeback.
From the outside, this battle for the throne has finally come to an end.
But for them, everything has just begun.
The consultation among the ministers was scheduled for noon, so Zhang Dai certainly couldn't set out directly from the General's Mansion. He came early in the morning to cooperate with Mei Xue, and after helping Shen Wangshu disguise himself, he got on an inconspicuous carriage at the gate of the General's Mansion. After several turns, he arrived at the inn that had been booked a few days ago and pretended to set out from there.
In the inn, Shen Xihe had arrived early.
Prince Ning will go to the palace early today to wait. He will be in the light while the others will be in the dark.
When Shen Xihe saw Zhang Dai and a strange woman in coarse linen clothes getting off the carriage, he was stunned for a moment: "Is Nian Nian not coming...?"
But it’s better this way. If she doesn’t enter the palace, the risk will be much smaller.
Zhang Dai didn't say anything, but there was an inexplicable look in his eyes. Then Shen Xihe heard this plain-looking, pleasing-looking female doctor call out in her sister's voice: "Sister? It's me, hehe."
Chen Xihe almost couldn't catch his breath, and when he looked over again, he looked carefully: "Nian Nian, you..."
No matter how she looked left and right, she couldn't tell what the person in front of her had to do with her pretty little sister.
His entire body, including his figure, was wrapped in clothes that were deliberately made loose. The exposed skin was also processed in detail. It was not white and smooth, but rough and dark. Even his hands were rough when he stretched them out. It was obvious that he was used to doing work.
There were even fewer flaws on her face. Shen Xihe turned around and observed, but could not see anything. This new face fit her perfectly, as if she looked exactly like this.
"I finally understand why you were so sure that day." Chen Xihe was amazed: "Let alone outsiders, I couldn't recognize my sister even when I stood here myself."
Shen Wangshu lowered her head again, coughed twice and lowered her voice slightly. When she looked up again, even her temperament had changed. She restrained her brows and eyes, and followed Zhang Dai in a humble and submissive manner. No one would connect this female doctor who could not be found in a crowd with the stunningly beautiful general's wife.
"Please go back, we'll set off now." Zhang Dai said.
Chen Xihe felt relieved when he saw that their disguises were flawless, and watched them get on the carriage sent by the palace to pick them up.
After disguising herself as a female doctor, Shen Wangshu spoke as little as possible, saying less and making fewer mistakes. Her new persona today was a taciturn rural female doctor who just did her job efficiently, even rolling up the needle bag and putting it in her sleeve pocket.
In addition to Zhang Dai, there were doctors from other places who came to see the emperor. None of them had been to the palace before. When they entered the palace gate, some people couldn't help whispering and talking to each other, sighing at the grand and bright palace. Even the ground was paved with bluestone slabs, the palace walls were tall and grand, and the tiles on the roof...
"No noise is allowed in the palace!" The accompanying guards finally couldn't stand the noisy noise anymore, frowned and shouted, and everyone finally calmed down.
The Crown Prince and the Queen curled their lips calmly upon seeing this scene, with contempt in their hearts - what's the point of these ignorant country folk vying to enter the palace, who can only cure a cold at most? Can they really look favorably upon his father? That’s it? Just them? ?
The ministers and the Imperial Hospital staff who were also eagerly waiting not far away: "......"
I'm so worried.
Can such a group of people who are forcing something to happen really save His Majesty?
"You are the doctors who came to see the emperor today, right?" The prince stepped forward, picked a man at random, and grabbed his hand and earnestly instructed him: "I hope you will do your best. Anyone who can revive my father today will be rewarded with ten taels of gold."
"If there are others who can see the crux of my father's problem, they will all be rewarded."
Zhang Dai and Shen Wangshu were mixed in the crowd to express their gratitude, but when they heard these words, their hearts were as clear as a mirror and they were not moved at all.
What reward will be given to the person who can cure the emperor's illness? A reward of losing one's head?
Even if there is no one in the entire Zhou Dynasty who can cure the emperor, there must be someone who can tell what is wrong with him, right? Why hasn’t it been cured yet?
It’s because these people can no longer treat the emperor due to various “accidents”.
If there is someone capable of waking up the emperor today, the ten taels of gold would be gone before he could even warm up to it.
I'm afraid I won't be able to spend it even if I get it.
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