Twenty-six years ago, when the late emperor suddenly died and the current emperor, the then crown prince, was on an ordered tour of the south and not in the capital, the second prince rose up and joined his maternal grandfather, the then Marquis of Wu Bo, to take control of the palace and coerce the late empress into giving the then crown prince an edict to abdicate.
When the news reached King Qin, who was practising outside the city, he led his troops into the palace. In panic, the Marquis of Wu Bo held a sword to the neck of the late Empress and threatened to kill her if she did not withdraw from the palace.
The Empress was the biological mother of the current Emperor and King Qin, so he was forced to retreat.
King Qin went berserk and not only killed the Second Prince and Marquis Wu Bo on the spot, he also personally led his troops to the two houses and exterminated their entire families.
“I, my mother and my aunt were not in the House that year during that scourge and escaped.”
The Duke of Qi sat back.
Back then, they all knew that the two houses had been exterminated by King Qin, but no one had bothered to check if everyone in their houses was there, and it was possible that there had been a leak.
Or perhaps the Second Prince and Marquis of Wu Bo had long had the intention of usurping the throne back then and had arranged for their families to go out early on.
No, if that was the case, Marquis Wu Bo should also have arranged his two sons first, not his daughter, so perhaps it was really a coincidence.
“Speak on!”
Qin Qian turned his head to look at the tealight in front of him, the Duke of Qi saw it clearly, picked it up and got up to walk over and squatted down, passing it to his mouth.
Qin Qian took a few difficult sips and licked his lips, “My mother and my aunt have married incognito since then, but they have never forgotten the hatred of the extermination of their family, especially after hearing that King Qin was abolished, they have moved this hatred to the son of King Qin, so all these years my aunt’s father has been running a dart board, travelling north and south, just scouting around for information, and by chance they saw But my mother and my aunt are the daughters of sinful ministers, so if we reveal our identities, even our families will be condemned, so we came up with this idea to lure you over to investigate his origins.”
After finishing his sentence in a broken voice, blood flowed from the corner of Qin Qian’s mouth.
“Aren’t you afraid that I will reveal your identities?”
“You, you don’t ……”
Before he finished his words, Qin Qian once again fainted.
“Imperial Doctor Zheng!”
When Imperial Doctor Zheng entered again and saw Qin Qian in such a state, he immediately knelt down to take his pulse, and after a long time shook his head, “The injury is too serious, even if he performs acupuncture, he will not wake up for a while.
“I’ll leave it to you!”
Imperial Doctor Zheng responded, and seeing that there was a pen and ink on the table, he went over to write down the prescription and handed it to the master, asking him to go and get the medicine.
The master took the prescription and ran to the backyard and reported to the county magistrate.
“Listen to them and go and get the medicine immediately.”
Only then did the master leave the courthouse to get the medicine.
The county magistrate thought for a moment, but went to the front, and before he could get there, he saw Sheriff Liu carrying Qin Qian over in a hurry, followed by Imperial Doctor Zheng.
“Please find a room for him, I need to heal him.”
The county magistrate placed the man directly in the courtyard where Imperial Doctor Zheng and his two men were staying.
Inside the back courtyard, Duke Qi fiddled with his teapot and mused.
The Third Prince asked, “How credible does Grandfather think his words are?”
“They shouldn’t lie, the descendants of Marquis Wu Bo are, after all, wearing the guilt, and if you or I were to submit a report to the Emperor, all of them would be beheaded.”
“Grandfather said yes, next we ……”
“Naturally, we will use them and find conclusive evidence.”
……
After the Third Prince and the Duke of Qi left, the hearts of the people in the room that had been worried for days fell back slightly.
“Wan’er ah ……”
Looking at her daughter’s haggard face, Meng advised her heartily, “Since your grandfather is fine, let Yue’er accompany you home to take a good rest while Mother stands guard here.”
Xu shook her head, as long as her grandfather did not wake up, her heart would not be secure.
“Listen, when your grandfather wakes up, he certainly won’t see you like this, and Yue’er and Yi’er, they haven’t had a good rest for several days either, if you don’t go back, the two children’s bodies won’t be able to bear it either.”
“Mother ……”
Xu’s red and swollen eyes became even redder, for the past few days, she had been blaming herself, “If I hadn’t recovered my memory in the first place, grandfather wouldn’t have he fainted in anger, and wouldn’t have come to Qingping County, let alone not been poisoned.”
“What silly things are you saying? Your grandfather has always loved you, he remembered you day and night during those years you were missing, the day he saw you in the capital, he was so happy beyond words, he went back and stole wine in the middle of the night despite his health, for your grandfather, to see you every day was the most joyful thing for him, listen to mother, go back and have a good sleep, maybe when you wake up, the imperial doctor will have developed an antidote and you will be able to talk with your grandfather again. ”
“Yes, Mother ……”
Song Wan Yue bent down to support him, “Grandfather won’t wake up for a while, it’s useless for us all to keep watch here, Gu Yi and I will accompany you back, let’s all rest well and keep our spirits up, so that grand great grandfather will be happy to see us when he wakes up.”
“Yue’er is right, your grandfather must want us all to be well, listen to mother and go back to rest quickly.”
Only then did Xu get up, and Song Wangyue and Gu Yi helped her out of the academy, onto the carriage, and back to the house.
Song Lin had not been home these few days, guarding the mansion, not knowing how many times a day he came out to see if Xu had come back, so today he simply squatted at the door, and when he saw the carriage coming, he hurriedly got up.
As soon as the carriage stopped, he went over and lifted the curtain, seeing the haggard Xu, he was very distressed, “I heard that the imperial doctor from the capital has come, has grandfather been saved and woken up?”
“Not yet, the imperial doctor still has to develop an antidote.”
Song Wan Yue replied while giving Song Lin a wink, “My mother hasn’t rested much these few days.”
Song Lin immediately reached out his hand and helped Xu out of the carriage, turning around, “I’ll carry you.”
Xu’s face instantly turned red.
“We didn’t see anything.”
Song Wangyue covered her own eyes with one hand and Gu Yi’s with the other.
Xu blushed even redder, glared at Song Lin and was about to get off the carriage, when he was carried on Song Lin’s back without a word.
Song Wan Yue smiled as she watched the two go in, before bending down to get out of the carriage. Thinking of something, she turned back around and asked, “Are you still coming down?”
“I’m going to the tavern.”
Song Wangyue nodded and got off the carriage and headed inside.
Gu Yi’s lips moved, wanting to call out to her, but in the end no sound came out, and only when he could not hear her footsteps did he order the carriage driver, “Go!”
The carriage hurried to the mansion, where both Master Gu and Doctor Yao were present.
“My lord.”
The two men stood before him respectfully.
They hadn’t expected Qin Qian to have laid the Ten Days’ Sleep on the old man either, and with Song Wangyue’s acumen, they were afraid that they had guessed that they had laid the Fifteen Days’ Sleep.