Chapter 382 Coma
After a group of people were polite, Ao Tianchen and Princess Mingzhu chose a seat and sat down. Ao Tianchen happened to be sitting opposite Xia Zihan. When he raised his head, he could see her.
Seeing the couple sitting down, Xia Zihan wanted to add a few more dishes. Ao Tianchen said that they had just eaten, so Xia Zihan ordered a few plates of fruit and a pot of Longjing tea.
With Ao Tianchen here, everyone present felt a little uncomfortable, their appetites also dropped a bit, and they ended the meal hastily.
In the afternoon, Xia Zihan received an invitation from the Second Prince's Palace. The date on it was the day after tomorrow.
Those who received the invitations were Zeng Jing and Zeng Ning, and Zeng Yiran also received an invitation from Ao Tianchen.
The day after tomorrow, Zeng Yiran made an appointment to go boating with a few classmates, and by the way get to know more Jinshi.
Now, he could only shirk his previous appointment, but fortunately, Ao Tianchen invited all the Jinshi who were on the list this year, so he could get to know more people.
Not long after Xia Zihan received the invitation, he went to Sicao in the kitchen, trotted in, and said, "County Master, the Min family and the Chu family have made a small decision today."
Nuanyu said that at noon at Juxianglou, the county boss had eaten nothing, so she went to the kitchen and asked the cook to stew a bowl of wolfberry blood swallow for the county boss to eat.
As soon as I got there, I heard the cook and the housekeeper in charge of purchasing gossip gossiping about the marriage between the Min family and the Chu family.
"The wedding date has even been set, in three months." Si Cao said.
"Is it really decided?" Chu Fei listened to Zhuyu, then looked pityful and sympathetic, "This Min family aunt is really not a thing. Min Sibo was sold out by her in a hurry just after he was admitted to the top prize. ”
The woman he wants to marry is still such a person who cannot stand on the stage. It is really a pity for a great talent like Min Sibo.
Xia Zihan didn't care much whether Min Sibo was unlucky or not, but she did care about Miss Chu.
She stood up and walked out, "I'll tell my aunt."
The eldest girl of the Chu family is getting married, and as Chu Jingxiu's aunt, her aunt will still have to show her face when the time comes.
After all, Mrs. Chu is still over there.
Zhuo was not surprised at all when she heard the news, "I'll know it at noon."
She had already placed someone in the Chu family, otherwise, she would not be able to let the old man stay in the Chu family with confidence.
"The marriage with the Min family was the old lady's idea," Mrs. Zhuo said, "Chu Jingxiu is not young. The old lady sent people to tell her about several marriages, but she was either pushed away or rejected."
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This time, the old man spoke up and said that he was preparing a dowry of 10,000 taels of silver for each of the two girls of the Chu family, so the old lady sent someone to actively handle this matter.
No matter what, Chu Jingxiu and Chu Jinglan are her biological granddaughters. Now that the old man has offered to give them dowries, the old lady naturally wants to take the opportunity to marry off her two granddaughters.
Most wealthy families in the capital know the details of the second wife of the Chu family and would not marry Chu Jingxiu and Chu Jinglan easily.
The old lady had no other choice, so she set her sights on a few well-known talented people from poor families in the capital.
Mrs. Chu has already investigated Min Sibo's background. She is waiting for the list to come out. If he enters the first class, the matchmaker she hired will go to Min's house to propose marriage as soon as possible.
Mrs. Chu had a lot of calculations about this marriage, and even gave her two thousand taels of silver as a bribe to please Aunt Min, but fortunately, she got her wish in the end.
Zhuo's tone was indifferent and she didn't care at all that Chu Jingxiu married the number one scholar.
She sneered, "With the idiots in the second room of the Chu family holding us back, and such a vain aunt, I'm worried about Min Zhuangyuan's career."
After hearing this, Xia Zihan smiled and said, "Auntie is still thinking far ahead."
Yes, he is not afraid of opponents who are like wolves, but teammates who are like pigs. Min Sibo has a group of people who are holding him back. How far can he, the top pick, go in his career?
What's more, although Min Zhuangyuanlang has great talents, he is a kind and honest person at heart. Such a person is simply not suitable to compete with others in the intrigues of the court.
Min Zhuangyuanlang's official career may not last long.
No wonder her aunt wasn't worried that if Chu Jingxiu married the number one scholar, it would be detrimental to her if she changed her mind.
Auntie doesn't need to carry a man who can't walk like a light on his back.
Just when Xia Zihan breathed a sigh of relief, something big happened suddenly in the palace.
The emperor was fine, but he suddenly suffered from angina pectoris. His face turned pale and he was sweating profusely. Before the doctor could come, he fell into a coma.
At that time, the emperor was discussing with several cabinet ministers the matter of arranging positions for the number one scholar, Tanhua Lang, and other scholars.
As soon as the emperor was in trouble, these cabinet ministers were so frightened that they passed out as soon as they helped the emperor lie down on the dragon bed.
Several ministers were so frightened that their faces turned pale and they knelt at the door of the palace, not daring to express their anger.
After a cup of tea, all the doctors on duty from the Imperial Hospital arrived.
After more than a dozen imperial doctors took turns to check the emperor's pulse, they gathered around to discuss for a long time, but they could not come up with a result.
When the Queen, Concubine Lu, and several princes arrived after receiving the news, more than a dozen imperial doctors still failed to come up with a conclusion after consultation. Concubine Lu was so angry that her face turned livid, and she said angrily, "I have been raising you all, but now we are at a critical moment. Are you just such a waste?”
The Imperial Hospital has always been in the hands of the Queen. Concubine Lu has long had a lot of resentment towards the Imperial Hospital. Today, she just took advantage of this and wanted to punish the Imperial Hospital. When the queen saw her coming in, her first thought was not to worry about the emperor's illness, but to weaken the power in her hands. She despised Concubine Lu's increasingly violent temper.
The queen approached the dragon bed, sat down on the chair, held one of the emperor's hands, stared at him affectionately, and asked the imperial doctor, "How is the emperor? What's wrong with the rash?"
"Reporting to the Queen, I am useless. There is no rash in the Emperor's body."
The director of Tai Hospital hurriedly knelt down and said tremblingly.
The other imperial doctors also knelt down fearfully and said the same words as the dean.
"How could this happen?" The Queen became anxious after hearing this. "You should check the Emperor carefully again. This person has fainted. Is it still normal? There must be something that you have overlooked. All of you, get up and give it a good look. Your Majesty, take a closer look.”
With that said, the queen stood up and moved out of the way.
As soon as they were done, the imperial doctors stood up tremblingly and examined the emperor again.
But in the end, they still shook their heads.
Everything about the emperor was normal, but he was unconscious and showed no signs at all.
Finally, the queen called the cabinet ministers in and asked them, "Did anything go wrong with the emperor at that time?"
"Reporting to the Queen, the ministers were discussing court affairs with the emperor. The emperor suddenly covered his chest, his face turned pale, and a layer of sweat appeared on his forehead. Before the ministers could get closer, the emperor fainted."
The Minister of Staff took a step forward and bowed respectfully to report.
The queen frowned and looked at the emperor's heart, "Is your heart hurting?"
"Why is there heartache? The emperor has never suffered from it?" The queen said, "However, this time, the emperor's energy is not as good as before, and he seems to be lethargic."
"The Empress, it's useless for me to wait. I can't diagnose the cause of the Emperor's illness. Please punish the Empress." A group of people from the Imperial Hospital knelt on the ground again, trembling, kowtowing and demanding self-punishment.
Before the queen could speak, Concubine Lu couldn't wait and said, "Punishment, you can't even diagnose the emperor's condition, so you must be punished."
Then, he looked at the Queen and said, "Sister, punish them and vent their anger for the emperor. You won't disagree, right?"
The queen glanced at her lightly and asked calmly, "What's wrong with them?"
"Of course it's wrong. The imperial court is raising them, but they can't even diagnose the emperor's condition. Why is the imperial court raising a bunch of losers?" Lu Guifei said harshly, with a ferocious look on her face that made her want to send the emperor to the hospital immediately. Kill all these imperial doctors.
The queen frowned, seeming displeased, "Their medical skills were already top-notch in the Dasheng Dynasty, but in Lu Guifei's words, they have become worthless trash. If they are trash, then Lu Guifei, you Tell me, what kind of person is not a waste? ”
"Perhaps Concubine Lu is capable of rescuing the Emperor?"
Over the years, Concubine Lu was spoiled by the emperor and by Duke Lu.
Before, she was smooth sailing and her temper could be suppressed. Now, after experiencing repeated blows, she has long lost her patience.
She was eager to climb on top of the queen's head. She was eager to step on the queen's feet and whip her hard.
Because the situation was not good for her, she was confused and her temper became impatient. In the past, she was determined not to be so impatient.
Concubine Lu glared at the queen angrily, "Sister, what are you talking about? I'm not an imperial doctor. How can I save the emperor? If I had the ability, I would have saved him long ago."
But the queen still found a hint of guilt deep in her eyes.
Her face stiffened, and then her eyes were filled with resentment.
There is no need to doubt that she has determined that the emperor's coma must be related to Concubine Lu.
She glanced at the eldest prince intentionally or unintentionally, and the eldest prince nodded silently.
In the evening, Xia Zihan met the eldest prince's secret guard and asked Doctor Bai to come into the palace again.
"After the last poison was cured by Doctor Bai, the emperor followed the eldest prince's method and continued to pretend to be poisoned. His mental performance became worse and worse day by day, and he became lethargic. The food sent by the imperial kitchen, the emperor I can also eat it. With the antidote from Doctor Bai, the emperor has nothing to fear.”
"Unexpectedly, the Emperor, who has always been well, suddenly fainted today."
"My master suspects that the other party must have changed the poison because he couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to kill the emperor."
The poison has been changed, so the antidote given by Doctor Bai before is of course useless.
Xia Zihan also thought of this possibility, so he went to Doctor Bai's yard in person and told Doctor Bai about this matter.
Without the secret guard opening his mouth, Doctor Bai said with interest, "I'll go into the palace and have a look."
What Doctor Bai is most interested in is studying various poisons and developing antidotes. This is the highest level of a doctor's medical study.
(End of chapter)