Professional Ethics of a Concubine

"Quick! Quick! Call the imperial physician! Save the emperor's eldest grandson!"

"The maids and eunuchs in the manor are no longer allowed to move around freely! They must stay where they are and be searched!"

"Your Majesty, it's too chaotic here. Please move away first..."

"You must do your best to treat my eldest grandson. If you fail to do so, you will all be beheaded!"

"Oh, the emperor's eldest grandson is not in good condition. His face has turned black. The imperial physician cannot come for the time being. Is there anyone else who knows medicine who can take a look first?"

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For a moment, the banquet was in chaos, with all kinds of shouting and instructions being given. The guards also quickly entered the manor and completely sealed it off.

Xie Niankang also came to the Lantern Festival banquet and sat next to Ye Qingzhi.

After seeing Xie Hongbao fall to the ground due to poisoning, he was extremely anxious. He jumped up and down, craning his neck, trying to see through the crowd to see how Xie Hongbao was doing.

"Oh, Hongbao! Hongbao! Hongbao, you can't die!"

Xie Niankang didn't know that there was a hidden story behind the poisoning. In a hurry, he didn't think too much and naturally expressed his blessings, hoping that Xie Hongbao could recover.

"Don't worry, Hongbao will be fine." Ye Qingzhi grabbed his arm, asked him to sit down again, and whispered to him,

“This is by design.”

"Ah?" Xie Niankang was stunned for a moment. Although he didn't know who was being brought down by this vicious plot, he only cared about Xie Hongbao's safety.

So, after listening to his aunt, he stopped being anxious. But after sitting quietly for a while, he became anxious again and whispered to Ye Qingzhi,

"Aunt, please lend me some money. I was anxious just now, hoping that nothing would happen to Hongbao. I was afraid that he would be unlucky and suffer a backlash afterwards. I want to spend some money to buy some merit for him to eliminate the disaster."

"Where is your little piggy bank? How much have you saved?" Ye Qingzhi asked him in a low voice.

"I only have 12,000 taels of silver in my small treasury. Since this involves human life, I'm afraid it's not enough," said Xie Niankang.

"Then I'll give you another ten thousand? Is that enough?" Ye Qingzhi asked him with a smile.

"That's enough. After all, this is fake, and there is no real danger to life." Xie Niankang smiled and lowered his voice.

"I'm just afraid that he will be like his father, because he has never done any good deeds and is too immoral. Once he gets into trouble, he might break his leg or something."

Ye Qingzhi,...

As for what his father is doing now, although it is quite immoral in a sense, it is also a good deed that benefits the people and the country.

So, stop saying that the former crown prince was immoral!

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The emperor moved to another room, and the room suddenly became much quieter.

The Crown Prince, Ye Qingzhi, the Crown Princess, Ling Yue, the Second Princess and others naturally moved here as well.

The other royal family members remained at the banquet, waiting to be investigated.

Xie Hongbao was also placed on the bed in the room. His face had completely turned blue-black, and it was obvious that he was severely poisoned. It was quite scary.

His breathing became very weak and it seemed like he would die at any moment.

The emperor took a look at Xie Hongbao lying on the bed and was frightened by his dark face and purple lips.

Although he knew it was a setup, the emperor couldn't help but frown when he saw his eldest grandson suffering like this, and he couldn't help but glare at Xie Jin next to him.

Just pretend, why make it so realistic!

Scared someone to death!

Xie Jin actually felt nothing about this angry glare, but facing his powerful old father, he had to smile and comfort him.

"Don't worry, father. Hongbao will be fine! I see that his breathing is still steady. It shouldn't be a strong poison that will kill him immediately."

The emperor responded, walked away from the bed, sat on the main seat outside, and called out "Second Princess".

The second princess knelt down immediately, her face pale. She didn't wait for the emperor to question her, but fell to the ground, her eyes red as she blamed herself,

"Father, this is all my fault. I was careless and gave the thief the opportunity to poison me. I was scared to death. Fortunately, it wasn't you who ate that bowl of poisoned dumplings."

"I didn't eat it, so it's okay for Hongbao to eat it?! What are you thinking, so vicious!" The emperor slammed the table and shouted angrily.

The second princess was trembling all over due to the emperor's anger. She dared not say a word in rebuttal and knelt down obediently to be scolded.

"You take credit for me every day, saying that you manage the manor in perfect order, but in reality, you actually let your men dig such a big hole and successfully poisoned me!"

The emperor continued to spray her.

"If Hongbao is fine today, it's fine. But if he is in trouble, I want you to pay with your life!"

The second princess was shocked when she heard this, but she also felt very aggrieved and couldn't help but cry out loudly.

"Father, I didn't order the poison. It was the servants below who did their job poorly and they didn't supervise properly. Why do you blame me?

Moreover, Xie Hongbao was the son of the guilty crown prince. He was a guilty person to begin with. He died to protect his father from poison, so it was a worthy and valuable death!

You want me to pay for a sinner like him, I won't accept it!"

When the emperor heard this, he was so angry that his brain was filled with blood. Looking at her holding her neck high, thinking that she was superior to others, he could not help but stand up and kick the second princess on the shoulder.

"Bastard!" As the emperor kicked the second princess away, he almost lost his balance and was about to fall backwards.

Xie Jin quickly supported him and said in a gentle voice,

"Father, calm down, calm down. There is no need to be so angry over this unfilial daughter. Anger is harmful to your health."

There is no harm without comparison. Similarly, excellence and happiness are also achieved through comparison.

After the emperor was mad at the second princess, he found the crown prince more and more pleasing to his eyes. He is truly his good eldest son!

What the eldest son said is correct, and what the second princess said was correct.

She really needs to be punished.

The emperor sat down again, rubbing his swollen head and said,

"Prince, today's affairs in the manor are handed over to you. You must find the murderer and punish him severely. Also, those servants who neglected their duties must be severely punished."

"What about the second princess?" asked the prince.

"Remove her management rights of the manor and lock her up in the clan house for a month to reflect on herself," said the emperor.

"Just one month?" The prince frowned. "If it weren't for Hongbao who protected my father from the disaster, and my father had eaten the glutinous rice balls today, the consequences would be..."

"Then lock her up for a year!" The emperor immediately changed his mind.

The second princess had a look of astonishment on her face, and glared at the prince hatefully, as if she wanted to eat him.

The Emperor said to lock her up for a month, but the Crown Prince said to lock her up for a year. She hated the Crown Prince!

It must be because Ling Yue is close to the prince, so the prince is taking revenge on him in this way.

Xie Jin didn't care about the second princess's glare. This one year was only the current period of punishment. With the things that the second princess had done revealed in the manor, the punishment would have to be increased.

Killing the chicken to scare the monkeys, if you don't squeeze out all the blood from the chicken, how can you scare the monkeys jumping around watching?

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The imperial physician finally arrived, and there was more than one. All four imperial physicians on duty at the Imperial Medical Bureau came when they heard that the emperor was almost poisoned.

Because no one wants to come alone and encounter this bad luck, and at the same time they are also afraid that the other party’s medical skills are not good enough to remove the poison.

If you don't come now, you won't be able to escape later, so it's better for us to go to the guillotine together and wait for it, so we can discuss it together.

After the four imperial doctors came forward to diagnose Xie Hongbao, they all had the same bitter face, shook their heads and sighed, trembling with fear.

What kind of poison is this? They have never seen it before and can’t cure it!

Brushing, brushing, brushing.

The imperial doctors knelt in a row before the livid emperor, trembling with fear and with trembling voices as they reported the diagnosis they could give.

"The poison in the emperor's eldest grandson is extremely rare. It is not a poison we have seen before. It is difficult to prepare an antidote at the moment. We can only use conservative treatment, golden needles to seal the acupoints, and try to reduce the spread of the poison in the body as much as possible..."

The emperor couldn't help but look at the prince again, and when he saw him nod to him, he finally let go of his worries.

The prince was really calculating in his actions. The poison he used was rare. If he didn't know the truth, he would never have suspected that this was a set trap.

Actually, this is correct. As for the poison you gave to the emperor, you said you could just make an ordinary poison that is easy to detect and easy to detoxify. Then what was your purpose in poisoning him?

This would easily make people suspicious that there was something else going on behind the poisoning, but now, because of the rarity of the toxin, this suspicion has been greatly reduced.

"Is the life of the emperor's eldest grandson in danger?" the emperor asked again.

"Probably not in the short term, but if it goes on for a long time..." The imperial doctors hesitated, not daring to say anything unlucky.

"Can he still wake up?" the prince asked with a frown.

The imperial doctors were stumped again and could not answer for a moment. They could only say that they tried their best to treat the emperor's eldest grandson.

At this time, Ye Qingzhi spoke.

"Your Highness, Doctor Feng once gave me a bottle of detoxification pills, saying that they can cure all kinds of poisons. Why don't you give it a try? Maybe it will be useful."

This role was arranged by the prince, who said that he would give her the credit. Since anyone can give the antidote, he let her be responsible for the rescue.

"Where are the detoxification pills? Give them to Hongbao to try immediately." The emperor also cooperated and urged.

Ye Qingzhi immediately took out a small porcelain bottle from her purse and explained to everyone with a smile,

"When you're out and about, especially at a banquet, detoxification pills are a must. They can save your life if the food you eat is not clean."

Everyone,...

Concubine Ye is as cautious and rigorous as ever.

We all need to learn from her!

"There is nothing wrong with what Master Ye said." The emperor nodded and urged the prince to give Hongbao the medicine quickly.

The prince took the medicine bottle from Ye Qingzhi, poured out a pill from it, and fed it into Xie Hongbao's mouth.

Then, it's time to witness a miracle.

The emperor and others watched as the blue-black color on Xie Hongbao's face slowly faded away and his purple lips turned back to light red, and they couldn't help but look amazed.

"Wow! What a magical medicine!"

"This detoxification pill is really powerful!"

"It's worthy of being the medicine left by Imperial Doctor Feng!"

"Alas, God is jealous of talents! How could such a great doctor pass away unexpectedly?"

The four imperial doctors were more amazed than the other, full of admiration and envy, and also felt sorry for him.

Ye Qingzhi,...

It's another day to remember the late Imperial Physician Feng.

His medical school can therefore receive a lot of donations.

The prince's vicious scheme of Tangyuan killed several birds with one stone. He schemed against all the people he could, and took all the benefits he could. He even assigned a role to her so that she could take some of the credit.

High, it is high!