jdhmnovel Chapter 200 Big Reversal
Chapter 200 Big Reversal
"My fellow citizens, this is Dr. Wen, the highly skilled doctor from the Imperial Hospital. I'm sure many of you have heard of him, and you wouldn't doubt his words."
Ling Xuan cried out in his heart that something was wrong, and kept thinking in his mind what to do if Doctor Wen really said that Concubine Yi was three or four months pregnant.
He knew that Doctor Wen was the emperor's man, and the emperor never made a mistake in choosing someone.
Now Doctor Wen is standing on the opposite side, most likely under duress.
The other party used this incident to stir up the emotions of the people. How vicious!
At the same time, he was also wondering whether it would be counterproductive if he shot Doctor Wen to death with an arrow.
Before he could take action, Doctor Wen spoke.
"People, don't believe their lies. They are rebels!"
"The purpose is to incite your emotions and make you rush into the palace so that they can take the opportunity to snatch the imperial seal from Concubine Yi."
"Then I'll use the lives of Concubine Yi and the Prime Minister and the Imperial Seal to threaten the Emperor. Don't be fooled by these rebels!"
The sudden reversal caught everyone off guard.
Especially that group of rebels!
Everyone was stunned, and their eyes seemed to be filled with poison as they looked at Doctor Wen who was being pushed out.
Ling Xuan, who had already clenched the bow and arrow, breathed a sigh of relief.
The rebels were furious. They didn't expect that Doctor Wen would suddenly turn against them.
The leading man looked at Doctor Wen with gritted teeth.
He squeezed out a few words from between his teeth.
“Don’t forget your family!”
Doctor Wen was not afraid at all. He straightened his back and raised his chin slightly.
"People, these rebels kidnapped my family and used their lives as a threat to get me to come out and throw dirty water on Concubine Yi."
"But my Wen family has been practicing medicine for generations, and I would never do such a shameful thing even if I die."
At this moment, the onlookers seemed to see the brilliance of Doctor Wen as a medical practitioner.
The veins on the forehead of the man in the lead were throbbing. He never expected that Doctor Wen would actually dare to disregard the lives of his family members.
He is really a good dog of Emperor Yuan Sheng.
In just a few breaths, the leader had already thought of a countermeasure.
"You are Concubine Yi's adulterer!"
"No wonder Concubine Yi only asked you, the imperial physician, to see her when she was pregnant."
"If she was really pregnant with the Emperor's child, why would she only look for you to see it? She wants everyone in the world to know that she is pregnant with the Emperor's child."
"Besides, we are just a group of ordinary people speaking up for the emperor. How can we rush into the imperial physician's house and seize your family?"
Doctor Wen sneered in his heart and stood with his hands behind his back, like a sturdy pine or cypress that is unyielding.
"It's not so easy for you, several thousand men, to storm into the home of a mere imperial physician. Otherwise, why would I have followed you here?"
"If this imperial physician had truly committed something unforgivable, why would I have followed you here?"
"The truth is that you have captured my family and threatened me to help you slander the Emperor, Concubine Yi, and the Prime Minister."
"You are the rebels!"
"I want to seize this last opportunity to seize the emperor's throne."
The rebel leader clenched his fists, wishing he could beat Doctor Wen to death.
But if he really did that in front of so many people, it would mean that they were guilty and that they were rebels.
Both sides insisted on their own opinions and the situation was deadlocked for a while.
The people were also confused. On one side were the honest and upright prime minister and his daughter, and on the other side were thousands of ordinary people. Who was telling the truth and who was lying?
Just when the situation was getting intense, Ling Xuan spoke up and broke the stalemate.
"Shut up, everyone. I don't care if you're ordinary people or rebels. If you gather to cause trouble, you'll be thrown into jail. Follow me."
"When we get to the prison, the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple will find out the truth!"
Ling Xuan saw that the leader had been suppressing his murderous intentions towards Doctor Wen.
Although I don't know why Doctor Wen suddenly turned against us, I'm glad that it didn't make things more difficult.
It can also be seen from the attitude of the rebels that they dare not rebel openly and can only carry out these small secret actions.
In this way, he would not have to worry too much about the safety of the people. He just needed to delay them first and wait for the emperor to return to the capital or the 30,000 troops from the suburbs of the capital to arrive and temporarily control them. Then the crisis would be temporarily resolved.
But he never expected that the privileges given to him by the emperor would one day backfire on him.
"Oh! I get it, you are the adulterer. You are in cahoots with the Leng father and daughter and Doctor Wen."
"You are a military commander and have no relationship with Concubine Yi, so why do you often come in and out of the harem?"
"No wonder you, a military commander, are so close to the Prime Minister, the head of the civil service, today. I guess you're discussing how to transfer the Zhongli family's world to your Ling family."
Ling Xuan, who has always been emotionally stable, was so angry that he almost laughed.
Why are these rebels biting whoever they catch like mad dogs?
It would be fine if the emperor trusted him, but if the emperor was suspicious and did not trust him, not only would he be doomed, but even his Ling family would be ruined.
Before Ling Xuan could say anything, a student who was taking the science exam this year couldn't stand it anymore and stood up.
"I said, are you playing a guessing game here? One moment you say the father of Concubine Yi's baby is Imperial Doctor Wen, and the next moment you say it's General Ling."
"You keep saying you have evidence, but where is your evidence?"
"Investigations require solid evidence. How can you just openly bring up something as serious as this?"
"Are you treating all of us as fools?"
"After all this talk, you haven't produced any useful evidence. Now I'm beginning to doubt whether you are really, as Imperial Doctor Wen said, a rebel army plotting to seize Dongxia's territory before the Emperor returns to the capital!"
After hearing this, the people nodded frequently, seeming to agree with what the scholar said.
Ling Xuan raised his eyes and glanced at the young man in a worn but simple scholar's robe.
The two men had never met before, but the man's words directly touched upon his heart.
If he spoke himself, the effect would certainly not be as good as if others spoke.
The leader never thought that things would develop in this direction.
In their expectation, even if there was an accident, it would not happen at this stage, and at least they would enter the palace.
Unexpectedly, the whole thing collapsed at the point of Doctor Wen.
Thinking of this, the look he gave Doctor Wen was as if filled with poison.
But suddenly he discovered that Doctor Wen had quietly moved behind Ling Xuan.
He couldn't help but grit his teeth, and had already thought of countless ways to torture Doctor Wen's family.
But at this moment he could only bite the bullet and continue with his next plan.
Otherwise, it would not be Doctor Wen’s family who would be tortured, but himself.
"Who are you? You're speaking in favor of that demon concubine. Could it be that you're her mistress?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the people became unhappy instantly.
An old lady squeezed out from the crowd and spoke to the rebels, cursing the ancestors of thousands of people in front of her.
"Bah, you sons of bitches! General Ling, I think you're just a bunch of rebels. You keep throwing mud at Concubine Yi!"
"I am fifty-eight years old, a woman of advanced age, and I can no longer bear children. Today, I am speaking on behalf of Concubine Yi. Does that mean I am her mistress?"
The people burst into laughter, and the wind direction completely changed for a moment. Thousands of rebels clenched their fists, ready to use force at any time!