Painting Doctor Jinhua

At dawn, the sound of horse hooves suddenly rang out on the deserted streets of Jiankang City. It was good news from outside the city that the rebellion of King Shixing had been put down!

When Xiao Mohe entered the city with a hundred cavalrymen, he was greeted with welcome and cheers from the people of Jiankang City!

The body of King Shixing was placed in a coffin and transported to Taicheng in a prison cart. Although his body was not visible, the people on the street spit at him and cursed him constantly, and countless eggs and vegetable leaves were thrown into the coffin.

This made Chen Zhishen and Chen Zhonghua, who were Ma Rong, feel a sense of pride: It turned out that killing the King of Shixing could win the support of so many people. Is this what the people want?

In the Qianqin Palace in Taicheng, with a group of imperial doctors led by Yao Boxin waiting, Chen Xu woke up at one quarter past noon.

Several imperial doctors couldn't help but be ecstatic.

Yao Boshen secretly sighed: "This young lady's medical skills are really amazing. She said she would wake up at noon, and she really woke up at noon!"

But when Chen Xu woke up from his coma, everything was settled.

Xiao Moha ordered his men to carry the body of King Shixing to the front of the Taiji Palace and reported to the emperor: "King Shixing raised private soldiers in the Buddhist temple and colluded with Buddhist monks to assassinate the crown prince. When the plot failed, he stationed his troops in Dongfu City and raised the banner of rebellion to attack Jiankang. We were ordered by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to kill the traitor and have now been vindicated!"

Chen Xu was still a little confused when he woke up. To him, he just woke up from a sleep and found that he had lost a son.

Seeing Chen Shuling's body in front of him, Chen Xu was speechless for a long time, and only echoed in his ears:

"Prince Shixing is a corrupt official who harms the people, raises his own soldiers, and intends to rebel. Your Majesty, please punish Prince Shixing!"

Imperial Concubine Peng ran into the hall with disheveled hair, fell beside the corpse of Prince Shixing and burst into tears.

"Your Majesty, Shu Ling was wrongly accused. He died in front of Xie An's tomb. This must be related to Xie Zhen of the Chenjun Xie family. Your Majesty, please find out the real culprit and avenge our son!"

"Come here, take Concubine Peng away. She is unconscious and will be confined to Yuqing Palace from today!"

The one who issued the order was Queen Liu Jingyan.

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Peng immediately cast a resentful look at Liu Jingyan.

"My Lady, I have been treating you sincerely all these years, why did you kill my son so cruelly?"

"Peng, you are you, and King Shixing is King Shixing. The crimes King Shixing committed have angered heaven and man, and he should be punished according to the law. This has nothing to do with feelings. This Taiji Palace is not a place for you to come. Go back to your Yuqing Palace!"

"This Taiji Hall is not the place for me, but is it the place for you?" Mrs. Peng suddenly laughed crazily, pointing at Liu Jingyan and scolding, "You have been so good at disguising yourself over the years! You said you would uphold the code of conduct for women and never interfere in government affairs, but you took advantage of His Majesty's critical illness to exercise the power of the emperor and even sent the Right Guard General to hunt down my son. You have such a vicious heart, and you are just one step away from ruling the country from behind the curtain, right?"

"Shut up!" Chen Xu finally spoke at this time, but he shouted loudly, and then ordered the eunuchs to take Peng away.

"Your Majesty, everything I said was true. Why didn't you punish Liu, but instead reprimanded me?"

After Peng was taken away, Liu Jingyan knelt down on his knees.

"If Your Majesty wants to punish me, I am willing to accept the punishment!"

Chen Xu was quite shocked when he saw Liu Jingyan's calm and composed expression.

Before he could say anything, Yao Boshen came running over and reported to him, "Your Majesty, please do not listen to slanderous words. When Your Majesty was in a coma, it was Your Majesty who served medicine by the bed without taking off her clothes. It was also Your Majesty who invited a miracle doctor to treat Your Majesty, and only then did Your Majesty wake up.

When Prince Shixing rebelled, Her Majesty was not afraid of danger, ordered the Crown Prince to take charge, and summoned the Right Guard General to suppress the rebellion. Her Majesty was also thinking about the country!"

"Miracle doctor?"

During Yao Boxin's impassioned speech, Chen Xu caught hold of these two words. He vaguely remembered that he seemed to see Xie Yuqing coming to see him in his dream, but after he called out once, the shadow disappeared and he fell into a coma again.

"Yes, Your Majesty, it was Xiao Jinyu, the miraculous doctor who was famous throughout Jiankang. She cured Your Majesty!"

Chen Xu was silent and thoughtful for a long time before he asked Liu Jingyan to stand up and said, "Thank you, Queen!"

"It is my duty to share your Majesty's worries! The importance of the country still lies in your Majesty's virtue!"

"Since your majesty has woken up, I will take my leave now!"

After Liu Jingyan finished speaking, he bowed and was about to leave, but Chen Xu called out:

"Wait, did she put forward any conditions for treating me?"

Liu Jingyan paused, and without hiding anything, he turned around and said, "Yes! Your Majesty, please grant me your blessing!"

Many things don't need to be said too clearly. She knew that Chen Xu was a man of deep thoughts. If he didn't ask in detail, she wouldn't say anything in detail. Besides, there were several ministers in the Taiji Hall.

"Okay, go down!"

"Yes, I am resigning!"

After Liu Jingyan left, Chen Xu turned his attention to the Right Guard General Xiao Mohe who came to report. In fact, Xiao Mohe could be considered as the emperor's close guard, and like the Left Guard General Fan Yi, he was his confidant.

"Why did you obey the Queen's order and kill King Shixing?"

"Your Majesty, I believe that when Your Majesty was critically ill, the Queen ordered the Crown Prince to take charge of the affairs, quell the civil strife, eliminate the treacherous, and protect the people of Jiankang from the suffering of war. This is for the country and the people. As long as it is for the country and the people of Chen, I am willing to sacrifice my life!"

These words left Chen Xu speechless. After a long silence, he finally ordered Xiao Mohe to leave.

No matter how painful it is, Chen Shuling's death is a foregone conclusion. What needs to be done now is how to convict King Shixing and bury him with the right ceremony!

There was another dispute in the court the next day. More than half of the court officials believed that King Shixing's crimes were too numerous to list and he should be stripped of his royal title and demoted to a commoner. Only a few ministers retained his royal title and royal status in order to please the emperor.

After several debates, Chen Xu finally ordered Xiao Mohe to confiscate all the property embezzled by King Shixing, and awarded half of it to Xiao Mohe, and handed over the rest to the national treasury. He stripped Chen Shuling of his title of king, but still buried him in the imperial mausoleum.

Not long after King Shixing was buried, Concubine Peng hanged herself.

After seeing Peng's body, Chen Xu stayed in Yuqing Palace for a whole night without sleeping.

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But the death of King Shixing had become the most exciting topic in Jiankang City. Some people even wrote it into a storybook and sang it in wine shops and teahouses. In this storybook, Xiao Mohe was a hero who suppressed the rebellion, and Queen Liu was a heroine respected by everyone. In a short time, Queen Liu Jingyan's reputation soared and she was very popular among the people.

But apart from this, the Queen urgently summoned Xiao Jinyu to the palace, and the matter of the miracle doctor treating His Majesty became the most heatedly discussed topic. Some people who did not know the truth even spread that the miracle doctor had gone to the Yama Palace, saved His Majesty's life, and helped the Queen turn the tide and save Jiankang from danger.

There is even a rumor that the reason why King Chen Shuling of Shixing ended up like this was because he bumped into the tomb of Grand Tutor Xie.

"This is called good and evil will eventually be rewarded. Prince Shixing has done so many bad things that even Master Xie couldn't stand it anymore, so he appeared and took his life!"

"Yes, yes, this is what happened to him because he offended the genius doctor!"

Someone said something that made the listeners ponder: It seems to be true! Xiao Yun offended the genius doctor and ended up with a disabled body. Then the King of Shixing offended the young lady, so...

"So the fate of Prince Shixing was caused by that lowly maid? Was it her?"

It was as if winter was approaching in the Xiao Mansion, and the servants were in a state of panic all day long and dared not speak.

For these servants, this was not the first time that Princess Yunyin had lost her temper in the courtyard, and once the princess got angry, she would injure people at the very least, and even kill people at the worst. Since the rebellion of Prince Shixing, many people had disappeared inexplicably in the Xiao Mansion.

"Stop talking. King Shixing started a rebellion and ended up like this because of his crime. What does it have to do with Ah Yu? Don't blame her for everything..."

"Xiao Jian, I can't help but think about this. It hasn't been long since Prince Shixing kidnapped that slave girl to the palace, and it ended up like this. Who would believe you if you said it had nothing to do with her? Even the rumors outside say that this is the result of offending that slave girl!"

"It was the Prince of Changsha who found evidence that the Prince of Shixing was raising private soldiers and colluding with Buddhist monks. It was Xie Zhen who strongly advised the prince to break the law and be punished the same as the common people. From the beginning to the end, Xiao Jinyu had no involvement in this matter!"

"Just because she didn't participate doesn't mean she didn't add fuel to the fire. This bitch is really good at scheming! Is she going to scheme against me next?"

"No, I can't just sit there and wait for death. I have to strike first! I have to strike first!"

Princess Yunyin started to mutter to herself like a madman. Xiao Jian felt that this woman was really unreasonable. She could make a cause and effect relationship out of unrelated things. He ignored her and left.

At this moment, he had never imagined that this woman would do what she said and actually cause trouble!