klisemfg Chapter 648: The prince is poisoned, Shirou is disabled
Chapter 648: The prince is poisoned, Shirou is disabled
"I suspect that Doctor Wu may be related to Duti Valley." Yun Mujiu further speculated: "Since the book he wrote is somewhat related to Duti Valley, maybe he conspired with someone in the valley to do some shameful evil things."
Du Ziheng thought hard, and finally said helplessly: "Princess, I have never seen anyone who looks like Doctor Wu, whether in Duti Valley or outside of Duti Valley."
"It's okay. It's okay if you haven't seen it. We will find other ways to find out the truth." Yun Mujiu turned his head and looked at Ye Xiaohan. "Yes, didn't the prince send people to Duti Valley to inquire about the matter of Du Ziheng being driven out of the valley? Have you received any clues now?"
Ye Xiaohan pondered for a moment and said, "The secret guards are already investigating. It will take a few days for them to send back any news."
"Then we will wait for the reply from the secret guard." Yun Mujiu gave Du Ziheng a comforting look, "Believe in the prince, and relax. The prince and I, as well as the others in the Ye Mansion, will definitely help you clear the injustice you suffered in the past."
Ye Xiaohan took over the conversation, saying coldly: "Du Ziheng, even if you never return to Duti Valley, you must regain your innocence. A real man should fight for his dignity."
Wei Bai, Wei Song and Butler Zeng followed up with a few words of encouragement to Du Ziheng.
Du Ziheng choked up, "Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you, Princess." He turned his head and glanced at Wei Bai and others, "And everyone who is so kind."
After asking Du Ziheng a few questions, Yun Mujiu and Ye Xiaohan walked to the flower hall again.
It had been a long time since the incident happened, and Duti Valley was a special organization, so it was even more difficult to investigate the case. But no matter what, she and Ye Xiaohan had to find out the truth.
Duti Valley is located deep in the mountains, isolated from the outside world, and very few people know its exact location.
To put it another way, even if someone knew an approximate location, it would be impossible to find the small valley where Duti Valley is located in the dense mountains.
A few months ago, Xiao Han asked Du Ziheng to provide the route to Duti Valley, and then sent a group of secret guards to find Duti Valley. After going through untold hardships, they did find Duti Valley, but it was difficult to get close to Duti Valley.
Not long ago, the secret guards hovered outside Duti Valley for some time. In a few days, Ye Mansion will receive a reply from the secret guards.
Soon, they will be able to find new clues!
This morning, the prince vomited blood, which frightened everyone in the prince's mansion. Doctor Shi was so frightened that his face turned pale.
Yesterday, Doctor Shi followed the Emperor's orders and stayed at the Prince's residence to treat the Prince. However, even as the chief of the Imperial Hospital, he could not find out the cause of the Prince's illness.
Doctor Shi worked all night, but he was not able to help the prince reduce his fever. In the morning, the prince developed new symptoms of discomfort, spitting out blood one mouthful at a time, which was even more frightening than the previous high fever.
There was chaos in the prince's mansion, so Doctor Shi quickly sent someone back to the palace to report the situation, and later went to the prince's bedside.
The prince was already unconscious, with blood oozing from the corners of his mouth. Doctor Shi trembled, stretched out his hand to feel the prince's pulse, and then took some of the blood that the prince had vomited for examination.
Time passed minute by minute. Doctor Shi looked at the silver needle stained with blood, and then looked at the prince's expression. His forehead was black, his eyes were red, and he had heavy dark circles under his eyes. His whole face exuded a weird feeling.
It's over! The prince has been poisoned! He might die!
In Fengyi Palace, the Emperor was having lunch with the Empress. They received the news from the Crown Prince's residence and were surprised. How come the Crown Prince had not gotten better after being treated by the Imperial Doctor for so long? In fact, his condition had worsened this morning!
Before the emperor and empress were ready to send a new imperial physician out of the palace, Eunuch Li came rushing in: "Your Majesty, Empress, something terrible has happened!"
"Why are you in such a hurry? I order you to tell me quickly!"
“Your Majesty, there is new news coming from the Prince’s mansion. Doctor Shi said…said…” Eunuch Li didn’t dare to say the rest of the words.
"You little dog!" The emperor's remaining patience was being worn out by the prince day by day, and he immediately guessed that something had happened to the prince again.
Eunuch Li knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, Empress, Doctor Shi said that the Crown Prince has been poisoned. The situation is very serious. I'm afraid he won't live long!"
"What!" The emperor and empress widened their eyes at the same time, and the empress almost fell down.
The emperor supported the queen and ordered, "Come here, go to the prince's residence!"
"Your Majesty..." The Queen burst into tears, looking worried.
Then she thought, how could the prince be poisoned? She had been asking Doctor Wu to take care of the prince's health all these days, and only Doctor Wu, an outsider, had contact with the prince's food.
The Queen told the Emperor what she was thinking, her voice tearing up as she said, "Your Majesty, it's not that I don't believe in Divine Doctor Wu, but Divine Doctor Wu and his daughter have been causing a lot of trouble recently. For the sake of the Crown Prince's safety, I have to think twice."
"Queen, there is no need to explain. I understand your concerns." The emperor waved his hand and said, "Come here, take Divine Doctor Wu to the Crown Prince's residence. Also, the imperial guards go to Princess Gaoyang's residence and take Miss Wu to the Crown Prince's residence!"
The atmosphere in the Princess's residence had been gloomy for several days. Because three of Princess Gaoyang's husbands had died, she had to be cautious in choosing her fourth husband in order to create a good image for herself.
Although the Cao family's background is not very powerful, they have a good family tradition and a good reputation in the court and among the people.
The eldest son of the Cao family, Cao Hanmo, was well-read, elegant, and well-mannered. Princess Gaoyang was quite satisfied with his appearance, character, and family background. Therefore, in order to marry Cao Hanmo, Princess Gaoyang did not hesitate to marry into the Cao family.
In order to appease the Cao family, the emperor specially allocated a house to be the eldest princess's residence. It is called the princess's residence, but in fact it is where the princess and the Cao family live together. Strictly speaking, a woman must obey her husband after marriage, so the eldest princess's residence is actually the Cao residence.
As a result, after Princess Gaoyang was punished by the emperor to stay in the mansion for a month to reflect on her mistakes, no one in the entire Cao Mansion could enter and leave the mansion freely.
Princess Gaoyang was defeated by Yun Mujiu repeatedly, and was so angry at Yun Mujiu that she fell ill again. The Cao family's attitude towards Princess Gaoyang also changed. Even Prince Consort Cao was no longer as gentle and polite to Princess Gaoyang as before.
"Wuwuwu..." Princess Gaoyang looked at the empty bedroom, feeling angry and aggrieved. She had cried many times in the past two days. She was punished by the emperor, and the servants were not allowed to take care of her when she was sick. She had never experienced such a lonely situation before.
Another piece of news came, which was devastating to Princess Gaoyang: the imperial guards were going to take Wu Mingwei away.
Princess Gaoyang didn't understand why Wu Mingwei was taken away. Wu Mingwei and Wang Gou were officially husband and wife, and Wu Mingwei was a resident of her mansion. How could she be taken away?
Did Doctor Wu intercede for Wu Mingwei to be released back to the palace? Or did Wu Mingwei get into trouble again outside, which might even involve the Princess's residence?
However, the imperial guards looked indifferent and did not answer the questions of Princess Gaoyang and the Cao family.
At the same time, the people of the Yun Mansion had almost pawned all the valuable things in the mansion and could not raise more money. At Ye Chufeng's suggestion, the pawnshop owners all lowered the prices of the items pawned by the Yun Mansion to the lowest possible level.
The Yun family had no money left, and not only could they not hire a better doctor, they also couldn’t afford good medicine.
Not long after, Ye Mansion received shocking news about Yun Mansion...
Yun Shirou is disabled!