The group's favorite, the blind princess is both a doctor and a poisoner

imperial study room

Su Lin and Lu Zhenting knelt down and kowtowed.

"Your Majesty, my daughter and the prince are not married yet, how can she live in the Regent's Palace? This is really inappropriate!"

"The Prince Regent is a precious physique, with countless divine doctors and attendants in his palace. Minghua is still young, how can she bear the responsibility of tending to him? Your Majesty, please consider my age and the fact that I only have one granddaughter, and grant me mercy and choose someone else to tend to him."

The emperor sat at the desk, listening to Su Lin and Lu Zhenting's words, his face grim.

Xiao Heng's action was really reckless. He didn't even know about it beforehand, but he just ignored it and took the person away in front of all the ministers.

Attending to the sick? What the hell is this?

The emperor was so angry that his chest heaved and his head buzzed. He rubbed his aching brow.

He glanced at the two people still kneeling on the ground and took a deep breath.

"My two beloved ministers, please get up first."

Su Lin and Lu Zhenting refused to get up. The emperor's eyelids were twitching. This Xiao Heng was really going to cause him trouble.

He has to do the job of cleaning up the mess again!

The emperor said with a serious expression and frown, "Master Konghui said that Brother Heng is suffering from a serious illness that only Princess Minghua can cure. Now that his old illness has recurred, there is nothing wrong with keeping Minghua by his side."

"As for attending to the sick, that's just a saying. He has always cherished Minghua. The old Duke is worrying too much."

After listening to the emperor's words, Su Lin and Lu Zhenting looked at each other. Knowing that the situation could not be reversed, both of them looked gloomy.

After standing up and bowing, he hurried out of the palace and headed for the Regent's Palace.

After the two men left, the emperor lowered his eyes and remained silent.

Huang Zhongsheng served hot tea and stood aside respectfully with his head lowered.

After a long while, the emperor slowly spoke.

"When the Queen Mother saw him in the palace that day, she only thought that the child looked very similar to her. But after seeing him today, I can see that his inner character is exactly the same."

Huang Zhongsheng quietly glanced at the painting of a woman in red dancing with a sword on the table.

"Mother and daughter are of the same blood, so they naturally look alike."

The emperor laughed lightly, "Yes, mother and daughter are of the same blood..."

Thinking of Su Yuejian's sword dance today, his expression darkened a little.

"She is much smarter than I thought. She was able to find the Lycoris radiata."

The emperor lowered his eyes and looked at the painting. He was silent for a long time. "I am the one who let her down."

Huang Zhongsheng lowered his head and stood quietly aside.

"You go down."

"Yes." Huang Zhongsheng followed the order and walked out. The emperor's voice came from behind him, "Send Wen Zhiling to the Regent's Palace to take a look, and then send a few reliable medical officers to the Regent's Palace to attend to the patient."

Huang Zhongsheng paused, then bowed and accepted the order.

As soon as he reached the door, he saw Concubine Ru, who came to plead for Xiao Chengchang with an anxious look on her face.

Huang Zhongsheng restrained his expression and walked forward quickly.

"Oh, Empress Rufei, you seem unwell. Why are you here so late?"

Concubine Ru didn't bother to exchange pleasantries with him at the moment. She glanced at the brightly lit study and said anxiously, "Is the Emperor in there? Please tell the eunuch that I have an urgent matter to see the Emperor."

Huang Zhongsheng smiled and bowed, "Your Majesty, please don't blame me for being nosy. The Emperor is having a headache right now because of the Regent's old illness. If you go in now, I'm afraid..."

"An old illness flared up?" Concubine Ru was stunned. She had just woken up and hurried over here. She had no idea what happened at the palace banquet later.

Judging from Huang Zhongsheng's words, the emperor was in a bad mood at the moment, and going in rashly would only add fuel to the fire.

Ru Fei paused, turned her eyes, and then smiled.

"Thank you for your reminder, eunuch. It's late at night, and the emperor staying up late reviewing memorials is harmful to his health. I made some ginseng soup for the emperor, please pass it on."

After saying that, Hongxiu beside her handed over the food box.

Huang Zhongsheng took it with a smile, and as he looked at Rufei and Hongxiu walking away, his smile gradually faded.

He glanced at the light in the imperial study and lowered his head secretly.

Empress Ru and Prince Gong were also foolish, and actually set their sights on Princess Minghua.

If it weren't for the Emperor's...

Alas... I'm afraid that both mother and child are long gone...

Inside the room, the emperor looked at the memorial submitted by Lu Zhan regarding the case of privately casting weapons, his face as gloomy as the dark clouds before a storm.

...

As soon as Concubine Ru learned that Xiao Heng had suffered a relapse of his old poison, she immediately sent people around her to find out what happened.

He turned around and took Hongxiu to Shou'an Palace to ask to see the empress dowager, but was stopped by Zhu Qiu again.

Inside Shou'an Palace, the Queen Mother sat in front of the makeup mirror while the palace maids took off her makeup and hair.

Zhu Qiu came in bowing, the empress dowager waved her hand, and the palace maids retreated.

The Queen Mother turned around and asked, "What's going on? Is he really suffering from an old poison? What did the imperial physician say?"

Zhu Qiu shook his head and said, "No one is seen in the Prince Regent's Palace. Our people haven't heard anything. The doctors and medical officers sent by the Emperor have all been turned away. Even Taifu Su and Duke Lu, who wanted to see Princess Minghua, were not allowed to enter the palace to see her."

The Queen Mother's brows were furrowed.

Zhu Qiu continued, "But the palace servants said that when the Prince Regent left the palace, his attendants were indeed hurried and looked unwell. I think even if it wasn't a relapse of the old poison, then something else must have happened."

The Queen Mother was even more puzzled upon hearing this. "Big deal? Things happened one after another at today's banquet. From what I've seen, none of them are small. Chang'er is his nephew, and he actually crippled one of his legs for a woman."

Tears welled up in her eyes, "Ever since he was in my belly, he's been a man-eating devil, and now that he's grown up, he's even more so..."

"How could I have given birth to such a cruel child..."

Seeing the Queen Mother so distressed, Zhu Qiu's eyes also turned red. She tried to persuade her, "Your Majesty, today is your big day. How can you shed tears?"

The Queen Mother shed tears and spoke after a long while, "Zhu Qiu, he is, after all, my own flesh and blood. If it is true as the imperial physician said, he will not live long... then all these years..."

Zhu Qiu knew that although she could not forgive Xiao Heng, she still felt sorry for him in her heart, so she whispered to comfort him.

"Your Majesty, the prince is blessed by heaven, and there is also Princess Minghua."

"Speaking of which, that major event is probably related to Princess Minghua. I just heard from a few young palace maids in the Queen's palace that they saw the head of the Xie family and Princess Minghua discussing something during the palace banquet. The prince got into a fight with him and injured the head of the Xie family."

The Queen Mother paused, stunned for a moment, "Master Xie? Was he injured?"

Zhu Qiu nodded, "I heard that Patriarch Xie seems to have a crush on Princess Minghua..."

The Queen Mother frowned, thinking of Su Yuejian's performance today. She was silent for a long time, then sighed slowly and said,

"Master Kong Hui said she was blessed with good fortune, but Xiao Heng happened to fall in love with her. Given his personality, I'm afraid this is more of a disaster than a blessing."

The Queen Mother lowered her eyes to look at the Bodhi beads in her hand and chuckled.

Waiting for illness?

Xiao Heng's excuse was really perfunctory, it was actually imprisonment.

He would never allow anyone to touch the things he had determined on. He was afraid that Su Yuejian would never be able to leave the Regent's Palace again.

Regent's House

The scarlet in Xiao Heng's eyes had long since faded, but the hostility in his body had not dissipated. He looked at the girl who had fallen asleep on the bed with drooping eyebrows, and undercurrents were rolling in his eyes.