northernbook Chapter 696: Shu He is in a coma and the emperor is furious
Chapter 696: Shu He is in a coma and the emperor is furious
Zhang Qiong took Shu He's pulse and his expression changed again and again.
Seeing him like this, the emperor frowned and asked, "How is Princess Li? Is there anything serious?"
Zhang Qiong took the pulse and quickly replied, "Your Majesty, Princess Li has been severely poisoned. The poison is extremely unique. Judging from her pulse and symptoms, it doesn't seem like the common poisons we use in Tianqi."
"Furthermore, I discovered that Princess Li's eyes have been poisoned and she may become blind..."
Emperor Qiwen's expression changed. "Blind? So serious?"
Zhang Qiong nodded in response and said, "Not only that, the toxins in Princess Li's body have already mixed into her blood and are circulating throughout her body. If the poison is not detoxified in time, it will probably corrode her tendons and veins, and she will be unable to recover!"
Liu Qin was standing at the back. When he heard this, his expression changed slightly, and his lowered eyes were full of confusion.
Could it be that this imperial physician is also one of Prince Li's men? Princess Li didn't look that serious just now, so why did he say it was so serious?
After hearing this, Baili Moqing's eyes flashed with a hint of doubt, and he looked at Zhang Qiong with a slightly inquiring look.
His expression was calm, and his speech was steady and normal, as if he didn't want to lie.
what happened?
Did Ah He do it on purpose?
“Ah He!!”
Baili Moqing shook her shoulders gently, but the person on the couch didn't respond at all.
He was a little panicked. Could it be that there was really something wrong with the antidote given by Shen Yao?
"Mother!!"
Just as Baili Moqing held Shu He's hand, he heard Yi'er's hoarse crying voice coming from outside.
When Emperor Qiwen turned around, he saw a pink figure flash by. In the blink of an eye, Yi'er had come to Shu He's bed and was crying.
"Mother, what's wrong with you? Who bullied you?"
"Mom, wake up! Yi'er is here, Yi'er is here, please open your eyes and look at Yi'er!"
The heart-wrenching cry of the child is heartbreaking.
Emperor Qiwen glared at Liu Qin, "What's going on?"
This is the Taiji Palace. How come Princess Yongning was allowed in without anyone notifying her?
Liu Qin looked confused and was about to go downstairs to ask when he saw Su Che walking in with the third princess.
"Father!"
"emperor!"
Upon seeing the two, Emperor Qiwen walked over and said with a hint of rebuke, "Yun'er, why did you bring Yi'er here? The seventh son's wife is in a serious condition. Wouldn't it be distressing for her if this child saw her?"
"Look at that child crying. Isn't it heartbreaking?"
Baili Ruyun was also in great difficulty. "Father, the news of my seventh brother and his men being assassinated has spread all over Kyoto. I am at my son's residence and happened to hear the servant report it."
"I really can't hold her back any longer. You know, this child is incredibly strong. The people in my house just tried to pull her back, but she threw them around and nearly broke their legs..."
After the Third Princess finished speaking, Su Che added, "Just now outside the palace, I wanted to ask the little princess to wait outside, but I didn't expect the little princess to just call...call in."
The guards didn't dare to stop her because they were concerned about her identity. Mainly because Yi'er was really powerful, those guards couldn't stop her.
Suche could only acquiesce as she rushed in.
"Your Majesty, the young princess was worried about Princess Li, so she stormed the hall. It's understandable. You..."
Emperor Qiwen glanced at him coldly, "What nonsense are you talking about? Don't I know? Do you want me to tell you?"
Su Che shrank his head and lowered it slightly. As long as the emperor did not blame the little princess, nor did he blame their brothers in the imperial guards, it would be fine.
"Father, what happened to my seventh brother's wife? Is it serious?"
The third princess was really worried about Shu He.
Although she was wary and suspicious of Shu He before, after spending these days with him, she had already seen clearly who was human and who was a ghost around him.
In the royal family, there were few people who could treat her and Xu Si Nian so purely. Now Shu He was not only her sister-in-law, but also her friend!
"Your Majesty, Prince Yong and his wife are waiting outside the palace. They heard that Princess Li was seriously injured and wanted to see how she is doing."
Liu Qin got the news from Xiao Tanzi and hurried forward to report it.
Emperor Qiwen's expression changed slightly, and he said calmly, "Let them in."
When Prince Yong and his wife walked over from the main hall, their expressions changed slightly when they saw the officials kneeling on the ground.
As soon as he came in, he asked about Shu He first. Seeing Yi'er crying so sadly, Xu Sinian went up to comfort her.
After much persuasion, Yi'er finally moved aside and let the imperial physician examine Shu He.
Baili Moqing looked at Yi'er, his heart aching, "Yi'er..."
Yi'er looked at him, disappointment surfacing in her tearful eyes, "Didn't you say you would never let mother and I get hurt again? Why didn't you protect mother?!"
"I will never believe you again!" Yi'er yelled, then threw herself into Xu Cinian's arms and burst into tears.
Baili Moqing stood there in a daze, his hands and feet were cold, and his whole body was stiff.
Not long ago, Shu He asked him to take the initiative to find Yi'er to break the ice. He just felt that he and Yi'er could be reconciled as before, but now, he feels that his relationship with Yi'er has returned to the freezing point.
Xu Si Nian saw Baili Moqing's pale face and the indescribable loneliness and sadness on his face. He felt sorry for him and said to Yi'er, "Yi'er, your father doesn't want this..."
Zhang Qiong was giving Shu He acupuncture beside the bed with a serious expression on his face. The other imperial doctors were looking through medical manuals, all of them frowning.
Emperor Qiwen looked at the situation and was so angry that he threw his sleeves and left.
Arriving at the outer hall, he was furious and pointed at the group of people and shouted, "Did you hear that? Princess Li is in danger of death, and there's no way to save her!"
"Do you know what this means?!"
"A mere prince of Beidi dared to commit assassination in the capital of Tianqi, and you, a bunch of Tianqi officials, actually dared to 'stand up for him'?"
"Tell me, what's wrong with Shen Yao?!"
"And what did you just say? The person who was assassinated was Princess Li, not Prince Li, so Prince Li shouldn't have killed Shen Yao, is that what you mean?"
Everyone was silent, lying on the ground, not daring to say a word.
"Zhang Chong, I want to ask you, is this what you just said?!"
Zhang Chong's body trembled as he lay on the ground. He quickly said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."
"How dare you say that you didn't mean that?" Emperor Qiwen shouted angrily again, making Zhang Chong's words choke in his throat and he dared not say anything.
"Haha! Great! You are truly a good official of our Tianqi!"
"Why, assassinating the princess is a small matter, then does it mean that it will become a big deal only when Shen Yao comes to kill me?"
When these words were spoken, everyone's heart skipped a beat and almost stopped beating.
Everyone's voices trembled as they said in unison, "Your Majesty, please calm down!"
"Calm down?" After hearing these words, Emperor Qiwen felt an immense disgust for these officials who formed cliques for the first time!
"Prince Tianqi was assassinated, and instead of being angry, you asked me to calm down?"
"What's wrong? You're so used to kneeling to others that now you can't even straighten your back?!"
"Shen Yao has committed such a heinous crime, and you officials dare to come before me and criticize Prince Li?"
"Do you think this is a good opportunity?"
"Are you planning to take advantage of this opportunity to overthrow Prince Li and replace your master with someone new?!"
After hearing this, everyone felt as if the sky was falling, and their bodies trembled uncontrollably, "Your Majesty, I am terrified!!"
Emperor Qiwen looked at this group of people and was so angry that he walked back and forth in the hall with a sneer on his face.
Finally, his gaze fixed on the man kneeling in the front row, "Zhang Chong! You are the Minister of the Central Secretariat, yet your behavior is inappropriate and your words are absurd! You can't distinguish the important matters of state, and you are only concerned with hiding your head like a turtle. Do you think you are still worthy of this position?!"
"Aren't you afraid that Tianqi and Beidi will fight? Then I will let you go to the front line and see! See how our frontline soldiers of Tianqi face the enemy army! See how they stand tall and straight at the border of Tianqi!"
"Come here! Deliver the order!"
"From today on, we will order Minister Zhang Chong to go to the northern border and defend the national border! Let our Minister Zhang Chong see whether we, the great Tianqi, are really afraid of the Northern Di!"
Zhang Chong lay on the ground, beads of sweat the size of beans kept hitting the golden brick floor. The water stains disappeared when they fell to the ground, but the deep water marks were extremely conspicuous and glaring.
There was despair in his eyes and the expression on his face became unbelievable.
"emperor……"
The words "spare my life" were stuck in his chest. He looked up at Emperor Qiwen, and the cold, angry look in his eyes told him that there was no turning back.
After receiving the instructions, Meng Fang immediately took two people to take Zhang Chong away.
The rest of the people on the ground were trembling in fear. Not even a word was uttered, let alone pleading for Zhang Chong. They were afraid that they would be targeted by the emperor and become the second Zhang Chong.
Emperor Qiwen looked at the cowards on the ground and roared again, "Get out of here!"
A group of people kowtowed and took their leave. Just as they stood up, Emperor Qiwen spoke again. They knelt down again in a hurry, and their knees were almost broken.
"Go back and tell your master that the Fourth Brother's incident has just passed. Tell them to behave themselves!"
"If you dare to stir up trouble again, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
After hearing this, everyone was shocked.
They seemed to hear a hint of potential crisis in these words.
Perhaps, after returning this time, they will have to keep their distance from those princes.
After coming out of the Taiji Hall, the officials rushed out of the palace. On the way, they dared not say a word to others, for fear that the emperor would hear about it and they would be considered to be "forming a clique."
After leaving the palace, everyone went home and did not dare to go to their masters' houses to report.
The Eighth and Ninth Brothers waited at the mansion until almost midnight, but still no one came back. Later, they sent people to the officials' houses to inquire, but were all turned away.
The two men sensed something was wrong and were about to enter the palace to check the situation when they heard a lot of letters being delivered by people outside.
After reading the letters, Lao Ba and Lao Jiu couldn't stop sneering.