The First National Preceptor of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1228

When Xu Tian asked that question, the man immediately shut his mouth.

"Is there no one else with any objections? Then I will recommend Shen Qing. If anything goes wrong with Shen Qing, I will take full responsibility. Would that make Shen Qing qualified?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Qing was shocked. He hadn't expected Xu Tian to treat him this way, and he was even more grateful to Xu Tian.

"Your humble servant will do his utmost," Shen Qing replied immediately, not giving Lan Ying Wang a chance to speak, having received a coded message from Xu Tian.

Xu Tian nodded in satisfaction. The teamwork was quite good, and he might be a promising subordinate in the future.

"Very well, then I will believe you two." King Lan Ying naturally knew what they were thinking, and gritted his teeth, he could only admit it.

After the morning court session ended, at the Prince Lan Ying's residence—

“Your Highness, it’s obvious that Xu Tian is colluding with Shen Qing, a member of a humble clan, to sabotage you. This shows a complete disregard for Your Highness,” a second-rank official said indignantly.

Lan Yingwang, however, did not take it seriously and casually said, "With my current power, even if Xu Tian wanted to play tricks on me, it would be impossible."

"Your Highness must be careful. Xu Tian has considerable influence with the Emperor, and he may be looking to take this opportunity to trample you underfoot."

Originally, Prince Lan Ying had no such thoughts, but now that he had been reminded, his wariness of Xu Tian deepened.

"Since Xu Tian wants to use this matter to claim credit, then I will naturally not let him have his way. What are your thoughts?" King Lan Ying was a military general and knew nothing about strategizing, so he could only rely on his subordinates.

King Kelan overlooked a very important point: his subordinates were also burly military men. The hall remained silent for a long time, and no one could utter a word.

Inside the palace——

"Cough cough cough! Ugh!" Li Zhi lay on the bed coughing incessantly, his face turning red as he coughed up blood.

The divine physician quickly helped Li Zhi get out of bed and applied acupuncture to the top of Li Zhi's head.

After a while, seeing the divine physician stop acupuncture, Xu Tiancai asked, "Divine Physician, His Majesty's health was relatively stable a few days ago, so why is he now vomiting blood?"

The physician replied with a grave expression, "I have temporarily stopped the spread of the poison in His Majesty's body, but this is not a long-term solution."

Xu Tian naturally understood this principle as well. The officials in the court had been keeping a close eye on him for the past two days, which was why he dared not let the divine physician take any action.

“Now that the poison in His Majesty’s body has reached this level, I have to find a medicinal catalyst. If the catalyst doesn’t come soon, I’m afraid it will be too late to save him.”

He is a doctor, not a god. Without medicine to suppress the condition, even the best medical skills are useless and will be in vain.

"Tonight, I will take the divine physician out of the palace. I'll trouble the divine physician to disguise himself for a while." Xu Tian had already anticipated this day and handed the prepared servant's clothes to the divine physician.

The best time is now, as everyone is focused on the famine.