I practiced medicine in ancient times

Chapter 261 Framed

In the cold palace.

"Your Majesty, we have found what you wanted. Next...should we put it into the Fourth Prince's womb?" Xiao Cui found what Concubine Wu had ordered, and she hurried forward to report. However, when she thought of the power and status of the Fourth Prince, her voice trembled a little if she thought of him being discovered and caught.

Concubine Wu sat on a stone bench in the cold palace with a sneer on her face. She looked up at Xiao Cui with a look of determination in her eyes: "Vote, why not? Remember, this is my chance to turn things around, and it is also his doom.

But he couldn't do it openly, for fear that he would be discovered by the nanny serving the Fourth Prince before he even reached his palace.

I heard that in a few days, the Emperor, the Empress Dowager and the Queen will go to the Tianlong Temple to chant Buddhist scriptures and eat vegetarian food.

As soon as the emperor leaves, throw the thing next to the eunuch who serves the Fourth Prince, so that the eunuch can be infected and then pass it on to the Fourth Prince."

"Okay." Xiao Cui was afraid when she heard Concubine Wu's words, but she did not dare to disobey her orders.

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The Empress Dowager had a close call this time, and as the eldest princess's madness was getting better after being treated by Xu Qingyi, the Empress Dowager became even more determined to go to the royal temple, Tianlong Temple, outside the capital to chant Buddhist scriptures and eat vegetarian food, praying to the Buddha for good health and for peace and prosperity for her Tianshan Kingdom.

This time when the Empress Dowager went to Tianlong Temple, she not only brought the eldest princess and her son with her, but also the Empress, and Emperor Rui'an was among them.

Emperor Rui'an originally did not want to go, but when he saw that his elder sister had recovered, he was delighted and went to Tianlong Temple together to pray for blessings.

The Queen Mother's decision made the entire palace busy. The palace servants were busy preparing the Queen Mother's luggage and various necessities for the journey. Xu Qingyi even personally prepared some health-preserving and first-aid pills in case the Queen Mother needed them during her stay in the temple.

Tianlong Temple is located in the mountains outside the capital. The mountains are steep, the forests are lush, and the temple is simple and solemn. After the Queen Mother arrived at Tianlong Temple, she immediately began her life of asceticism.

the other side.

That day, as night fell, the lights in the Fourth Prince's bedroom were bright. Xiao Cui took advantage of the night and quietly sneaked into the Fourth Prince's bedroom, came to the wing where the eunuch who served the Fourth Prince lived, and placed a piece of bloody underwear under the eunuch's pillow.

After doing this, Xiao Cui's heart was pounding. She knew that what she was doing was extremely dangerous, but she still chose to take the risk, as a way to repay Concubine Wu for saving her life. She took a deep breath, then quietly left the room, looked around, and when she saw that there was no one, she tried not to make any noise and left quickly.

After returning to her residence, Xiao Cui's heart still could not calm down. She knew that she had taken this step and could not turn back. She was originally the daughter of a poor family. Her family had suffered a disaster, her mother died of illness, and her gambling father sold her out. Her father was in debt and was beaten to death.

At this moment, if she did this and it was discovered, she would be doomed. Xiao Cui immediately packed up her belongings, took the eldest prince's badge and left the palace, planning to find a place to live in hiding.

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The Fourth Prince in his bedroom was unaware of all this; he was still concentrating on handling government affairs.

However, his personal eunuch Xiao Zhuzi, after serving the Fourth Prince, returned to his own residence and fell asleep immediately without noticing the bloody piece of underwear under his pillow.

Five days later, Xiao Zhuzi woke up from a nightmare and found himself very tired, with back pain and no strength at all.

He stayed in bed for a while, and when he was lying down, he found something white under the pillow. He reached out to touch it, took it out and saw that it was a piece of underwear with blood stains.

"Is this dress mine? Why is it under my pillow and why is there blood stain on it?" Xiao Zhuzi was dizzy at the moment and couldn't think straight. He threw the dress into the bucket and planned to come back to wash it after serving the Fourth Prince.

Xiao Zhuzi poured some cold water and washed her cheeks to make herself more awake. Then she went to the Fourth Prince's bedroom to serve him.

In the morning, at 3:30 pm, the Fourth Prince slowly woke up and said, "Xiao Zhuzi, help me change my clothes. Xiao Zhuzi."

"Yes." The Fourth Prince called out twice. Xiao Zhuzi, who was waiting outside, came in dazed and flushed. She helped the Fourth Prince up and began to change his clothes and help him wash.

Xiao Zhuzi, who had just been serving the Fourth Prince, suddenly fell to the ground with a red face and became unconscious.

"What's wrong? Someone come!" The Fourth Prince saw the young eunuch who had served him for many years suddenly fainted. He saw Xiao Zhu's face was red, so he touched his forehead and found that he had a fever. He immediately called the guards who were guarding outside.

"Your Highness, what do you have to say?"

"Xiao Zhuzi has a high fever. Go to the Imperial Hospital and ask an imperial physician to come and check on Xiao Zhuzi." The Fourth Prince instructed the guard.

"Yes, I'll go right away." The guard took the order and went down immediately.

Another guard went down directly carrying Xiao Zhuzi.

However, as luck would have it, the person that the guard invited to the Imperial Hospital to treat Xiao Zhuzi was Xu Qingyi's apprentice Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan came to the side room where Xiao Zhuzi lived and first felt his pulse.

The pulse was beating very fast, more than seven times per breath, and the high fever would not subside.

Lin Yuan originally wanted to wake up Xiao Zhuzi to ask about his condition and where he felt uncomfortable, but Xiao Zhuzi had a high fever and was mumbling in his sleep, so he couldn't be woken up.

Seeing this, Lin Yuan wrote a prescription. Before leaving, he found a circle of red rash on the back of Xiao Zhuzi's neck, accompanied by two blisters. He then checked Xiao Zhu's limbs and other parts of his body to see if there was any rash. After finding none, he took the prescription back to the Imperial Hospital.

However, on the way back to the Imperial Hospital, Lin Yuan felt something was wrong. He couldn't tell what was wrong, but he always felt something was weird, as if he had overlooked something.

Even when he returned to the Imperial Hospital, he didn't hear Xu Qingyi calling him several times. It was only when Chen Xiu pushed Lin Yuan that he came to his senses.

"Lin Yuan, what are you thinking about? Master has called you several times, but you didn't hear it?" Chen Xiu asked.

"I was just examining a young eunuch in the Fourth Prince's palace. I felt that something was wrong with his illness. I was so engrossed in thinking that I didn't hear you calling me, Master." Lin Yuan scratched his head embarrassedly.

"The eunuch serving the Fourth Prince is sick? You feel something is wrong. What's wrong?" Xu Qingyi asked with a slight change of mind.