After the cannon fodder father and daughter married into the family, the whole family regretted it

The emperor looked down at a dozen ministers.

He didn't speak for a long time, and the powerful aura made the ministers dare not move.

Cold sweat broke out on everyone's forehead.

They were too eager to enter the palace. Perhaps they should wait until tomorrow morning when many colleagues were present to discuss the matter.

The emperor snorted coldly.

"The Crown Prince is indeed unwell. Someone, please ask Imperial Physician Xing to come over."

"Whoo!"

A palace maid took the order and left.

Doctor Xing, who had not slept all night, hurried over and bowed respectfully.

"Wei Chen has seen..."

"No thanks. You stayed at the East Palace all night last night and you know the Crown Prince's situation best. So you can tell us."

The emperor ordered coldly.

"Yes."

Doctor Xing bowed his head and felt dizzy, but he had to force himself to stay awake.

"The prince's pulse is weak... liver fire is strong... spleen and lungs... damage to the mind..."

He felt the pulse and described it as rapid and frequent.

The officials said they didn't understand, but they still nodded from time to time as if they understood.

Inwardly, he cursed Doctor Xing for talking too much nonsense. Why didn't he get to the point? What exactly was wrong with the prince? Could he be cured? When would he be cured?

After laying the groundwork for a full quarter of an hour, Doctor Xing finally spoke.

"Therefore, I judge that the Crown Prince is in this state because the poison has not yet been cleared, or in other words, it was too long ago that he was poisoned last time, resulting in sequelae."

"How to treat it? Forgive my limited medical skills. I need to get the original poison or antidote."

What do you mean?

When the Crown Prince was poisoned earlier, wasn't Prince Ning the primary suspect? Prince Ning had finally cleared himself somewhat, and now the Crown Prince has fallen ill. This...

"My dear ministers, since you are willing to share my worries, why don't you go to Prince Ning's mansion and ask about what happened that day, or find an antidote?"

The emperor's tone was inexplicable.

Are you suspecting Prince Shangning again?

Or doubt them?

More than a dozen ministers looked at each other quietly, and finally agreed reluctantly.

As soon as they left, Doctor Xing secretly breathed a sigh of relief, as he had lied on orders from the emperor.

The emperor glanced at him, and Doctor Xing was very tactful and bowed before taking his leave.

When the hall quieted down, the emperor sneered.

"Master Wang of the Censorate, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue... He really knows how to select people."

The dozen or so people who came were basically those who had secretly or openly defected to other princes.

They showed up so impatiently, but they didn't know they were being used as pawns.

The eunuch lowered his head, his eyes on his nose and his nose on his heart. He didn't dare to guess who the "he" the emperor was talking about, nor did he want to guess.

"Any news about the people sent to the Miao tribe in the southwest?"

The emperor suddenly asked.

"Your Majesty, I received news three days ago that they suspected they had found the Miao girl, and we haven't had any contact since then."

The eunuch replied.

In fact, ever since he learned that the prince was poisoned, the emperor has been sending people secretly to the southwest, hoping to invite someone proficient in witchcraft to detoxify the prince.

But every time we sent someone out, there would be no news of them later.

The southwest is a special place. It nominally belongs to the imperial court, but in reality, the imperial court has little influence there.

This has to start with the founding emperor. At that time, the world was in chaos, and the founding emperor took advantage of the situation to rise and become a local lord. He traveled east and west, and it took him twelve years to finally take control of this land.

At that time, the southwest was occupied by General Bai Ke, who was the largest local force. He had always stationed troops in the southwest and did not expand outward.

When the founding emperor was in a very good situation and occupied the world, General Bai Ke took the initiative to surrender. There had been no major conflicts between the King of the Southwest and the founding emperor, so the founding emperor naturally accepted it.

Not long after, the founding emperor officially proclaimed himself emperor and wanted to free up his hands to reorganize the southwest region, but he fell ill.

Very sick.

Years of fighting on the battlefield had put too much strain on his body, and he died of this illness in just three days.

After his successor ascended the throne, the imperial court had just been established and not only did he need to tidy up everything, he also had to win over the hearts of the people.

Not all the people left behind by the late emperor obeyed him.

He was so busy that he had no time to take care of the southwest. Just to appease General Bai Ke, he gave him the title of Marquis of Southwest.

It took four or five years before he finally took control of the situation.

He sent people to the southwest, appointed them to official positions, and wanted to slowly take over power in the southwest region.

But the southwest is special. Not only are various forces colluding with each other, but there are also local big tribes, the Miao people, who believe in their own leaders even more.

The officials sent to the southwest did not stay there for long before they were forced out.

Later, an official submitted a memorial, saying that the southwest was a cold and barren land, and there was no need to invest too much manpower and material resources.

Bai Ke, the Marquis of Southwest, also came to the capital and sent his daughter into the palace to show his loyalty.

The southwest was temporarily shelved. Later, the late emperor realized that something was wrong. Tax revenue in the southwest was decreasing every year.

He sent people to investigate and found that some big families were colluding with forces in the southwest. If he wanted to take action in the southwest again, he would face many obstacles.

Up to now, the southwest has not paid taxes for four or five years in a row, and has always been trying to ask the court for benefits under various pretexts.

"Announce the Minister of War to enter the palace."

"Whoo!"

The eunuch took the order and left.

The dozen or so ministers who left the palace actually went to Prince Ning's Mansion.

Prince Ning, who has always been gentle and humble, threw the cup directly.

"Idiots, a bunch of idiots!"

He finally got the news about the Eastern Palace and tried to send it to a dozen people, but they came to find him.

What will outsiders think when they see this?

No, it was the emperor who asked them to come. Could it be that the emperor really suspected him?

In short, the emperor diverted the blame to Prince Ning, causing him to shoot himself in the foot.

Donggong, Mr. Zhou and Fang Nanzhi washed their hands and officially started acupuncture.

The prince asked all the servants in the room to leave, leaving only the master and his disciple.

The prince's inner clothes and trousers were all taken off, only the key parts were covered, and his strong and sturdy body was almost completely exposed.

He felt a little uncomfortable, and his ears turned slightly red.

He turned his head and looked into Nanzhi's eyes which were as clear as water.

She wondered, "What's wrong with you? Is it hurting more?"

Why do you look so shy?

Qing Yan was silent for a while and nodded.

You can't say he's shy, right?

"Master and I have discussed this. The next acupuncture will be very painful. To prevent you from moving around, we need to fix you first."

Fang Nanzhi was serious and solemn.

Qing Yan nodded again, and for some reason, he looked like he was ready to be teased.

Old Zhou took out the straps and the little girl cooperated to secure the prince to the bed.

Then the acupuncture began...

It took half an hour just to do the acupuncture. After all the acupuncture points were pierced, Qing Yan almost became a hedgehog, with silver needles all over his head.

There are the most needles on the heart.

Qing Yan felt as if ants were gnawing at his body, and a dense pain came over him, finally all converging on his heart.

Mr. Zhou kept taking his pulse.

I feel that there has been a significant change in the pulse. The insect may be moving. It is very active.

In other words, Qing Yan was suffering from the double pain of acupuncture and poison.

"Humph!"

No matter how patient Qing Yan was, he couldn't help but let out a muffled groan.