The emperor asked the courtier to ask, just to try it out, but Song Wan Yue said so, and he couldn’t decide, and asked the courtier, “What do you think?”
“I don’t think so, medicine is poisonous in three parts, since the ancient prescription says so, it means that the dosage of the herbs is just right, if we increase the dosage, we don’t know what the consequences will be.”
If it is good, all will be happy, but what if the medicine is overdone? He and the eunuchs could not afford that.
The Emperor was a little annoyed, he thought that every time he took the medicine it was as effective as yesterday, but if he recovered as he did today, he might not be back to his old self in three days.
When Consort Xiao Xian came over she saw that His Majesty was not looking well, she put the food box she was carrying on the table and opened it, took out the soup she had carefully boiled, served a bowl of it and brought it to His Majesty, scooped up a small spoonful to try and taste and drank it into her mouth, feeling it was almost right, then she scooped up some more and passed it to His Majesty’s mouth, “I got up early in the morning and boiled it, Your Majesty, do you want to taste it? ”
The emperor opened his mouth, and Xiao Xianfei fed it in, then took out a handkerchief to wipe the corners of his mouth.
The first time I saw a bowl of soup, I wiped it wet.
She put the bowl back without a trace and replaced it with a handkerchief to gently wipe His Majesty’s hand, “I know His Majesty is anxious, but the matter of taking medicine cannot be rushed, if Your Majesty feels tired of lying down, you can ask Feng’er to move the folders here and you can watch him handle them.”
The emperor held her hand back and gently rubbed it, “That’s not necessary, after decades of reviewing documents, I’ve long had enough, now it’s easy to have this opportunity to be lazy, I’m happy to do so, but I’m in this condition, it’s really inconvenient.”
I have already thought about it and will eat according to the ancient recipe, it’s just a matter of waiting a few more days.”
After saying that, he patted the position at his side, “I am a bit sleepy, Ai Fei came up to accompany me to sleep for a while.”
Consort Xiao Xian took off her shoes and socks, got on the bed and lay beside the Emperor.
Eunuch Huang lowered the bed curtain and tiptoed back down.
For five days in a row, Consort Xiao Xianfei and the Crown Prince accompanied His Majesty for his meals.
The Emperor’s illness was getting better and better, and there was more and more laughter in his bedchamber, and there were smiles on the faces of the palace people who had served him with trepidation for many days.
On the sixth day, looking at himself in the mirror, the Emperor’s face was pleased, “Huang De, go and call the Crown Prince here.”
“Yes.”
Eunuch Huang ran quickly to the imperial study.
But a moment later, the Crown Prince came over in his sedan chair.
When he got off the sedan chair, he walked quickly into the palace and was just about to step into the bedchamber when he heard a stern shout from the Emperor, “Take the Crown Prince down!”
Several guards stepped forward and surrounded the Crown Prince.
The prince’s happy smile froze on his face.
Snap!
Inside the house, the tealight in Consort Xiao Xian’s hand fell to the floor.
Her eyes were wide open as she looked at the Emperor incredulously.
His Majesty smiled as gently as ever, slowly walking up to her, raising his hand to rub her cheek, suddenly sliding his hand down and pinching her neck, “Is Concubine Ai surprised?”
“Your Majesty, Your Majesty ……”
The Emperor increased his strength, watching Consort Xiao Xian’s face turn white a little, his heart was incomparably painful, since he woke up, he had been thinking of this moment, thinking of making this mother and son worse than dead, regretting coming to this human world.
“Do you really think I don’t know that it was you and your son who gave me the medicine that caused my stroke? It is a pity that you are still not bold enough to take the opportunity to get rid of me.”
“Your Majesty has wronged, wronged my servant and my concubine.”
“Whether you have wronged me or not, just call Song Wangyue here. After all, without her to provide the medicine, you mother and son would have been able to harm me.”
The first time I saw her, I saw her fall to the ground like mud.
“Huang De, go and call Song Wan Yue here.”
“Yes.”
Eunuch Huang answered loudly and ran out like his feet were flying, the breath he was holding in his heart exhaling long and hard as he ran.
Song Wangyue came quickly, sensing something was wrong as soon as one foot entered the palace gates, and was about to withdraw her vigilance, but it was too late, as dozens of bows and arrows were pointed at her in unison.
“Miss Song, please go in.”
Eunuch Huang gave her a push.
Song Wangyue stumbled into the palace gates and at a glance saw the Crown Prince being escorted by several guardsmen kneeling at the entrance of the bedchamber.
Before she could even think about what was going on, the medicine chest was ripped away by Eunuch Huang, and then several of the forbidden guards came forward and escorted her to kneel at the entrance of the bedchamber as well.
The emperor came out from inside and looked at her from above, as if she were an ant, “Song Wan Yue, you didn’t expect that, did you?”
“Indeed, I didn’t expect that the Emperor would be so kind as to return the favour.”
“Revenge?”
Like hearing a big joke, the Emperor laughed out loud, “Song Wan Yue, you think I don’t know that it was you who gave them the medicine that made me unconscious and that the Crown Prince would take the throne, I know everything!”
“I haven’t moved these days because I want to know what other tricks you are playing? But now it seems that I have overestimated you all, you don’t have the guts to abolish me and support him to the throne.”
Song Wangyue was not surprised or afraid and smiled faintly, “Your Majesty is half right, it’s not that we don’t have the guts to abolish you, but there are still things you need to do.”
“Full of nonsense, I am the Son of Heaven, the master of this Great Qing, only I have ever asked others to do things, it is not your turn to dictate to me!”
“Is that so?”
Song Wan Yue smiled and looked behind him.
The emperor was shocked and turned back hastily, but Xiao Xianfei, who was sitting on the ground, had already stood up and walked in front of the emperor at some point.
“How dare you, come ……”
“Does Your Majesty feel any discomfort now?”
Consort Xiao Xian softens her voice, as she has done for more than ten years in the past.
However, the emperor heard his heart jumping straight, these few days he was doubly careful, secretly let a dozen people to keep an eye on, did not find any abnormal movement of them, but this words of Consort Xiao Xian ……
The idea has not yet fallen, suddenly a burst of pain came, pain he cold sweat, can not even stand up.
“Your Majesty!”
Eunuch Huang was alarmed and was about to run over quickly, but was stopped by a forbidden guard with his hand outstretched.
“Great ……”
Before the word “courage” could be uttered, someone behind him kicked him in the knee socket, and he fell to his knees as his legs went weak.
“Take, take them down!”
The emperor ordered with difficulty.
Not only did no Praetorian guards come forward, the Praetorian guards escorting the Crown Prince and Song Wan Yue instead took two steps back in unison as the Crown Prince and Song Wan Yue stood up.
“You, you guys ……”
Before he could finish his words, the emperor was lying on the ground rolling in pain.
Consort Xiao Xian and the Crown Prince looked on indifferently.
All the palace staff had long since been stunned and stayed in place in silence, hating to shrink into a ball.