A crown princess who doesn't do infrastructure construction isn't a good doctor.

Seeing their actions, Beitang Yan realized something, but he wasn't worried about what had happened to Qin Suiyou. He simply asked, "What do I need to do?"

"Keep an eye on your surroundings. If anyone suspicious tries to slip away, grab them."

"it is good."

A moment later, several gasps of surprise came from inside the room.

"Father!"

"What's wrong with my father?!"

"Doctor, what exactly happened?!"

Outside, the sudden commotion inside caused an uproar.

"What's going on here?"

"Could it be that Master Kong is going to have a bad time?"

"Don't talk nonsense. I just vaguely heard that he just needs to rest in bed and he'll be fine. There's no way something could happen to him. The person inside is a famous doctor from Yejing."

Inside the room, the doctor, who was about to pack up and leave, watched as Kong Qi began to vomit after only swallowing a few mouthfuls of medicine. Not only did he vomit the medicine, but it was also mixed with horrifying blood.

Although somewhat at a loss, he was, after all, a renowned doctor who had made a name for himself in Yejing, and he quickly took Kong Qi's pulse again.

Not long after, the doctor's expression turned somewhat unpleasant.

"This……"

Seeing this, the three brothers asked anxiously, "What's wrong?"

"This pulse is weak and feeble, indicating stagnation of blood and qi; it seems there is something, yet it seems there is something..."

Kong An, who was rather impatient, couldn't help but urge him anxiously, "It seems like there's something, so tell me!"

Even though they asked that question, the people around them couldn't tell from the pulse that it was a good sign, and they didn't dare to expect anything from the doctor afterward.

Ultimately, the truth had to be revealed. After a sigh, the doctor said, "Please forgive me, gentlemen, but Master Kong's pulse does indeed suggest that he is about to die."

"Impossible! Didn't you just say that you only needed to rest and recover? How could you have gotten like this in such a short time!"

The doctor shook his head.

“What I said is true. I told the truth both times, but I really don’t know why it suddenly got worse.”

Kong An glanced at his two equally anxious brothers, then suddenly remembered something and his eyes turned to the vomit that hadn't been cleaned up yet.

Several other academy heads and administrators had also left, so Kong An lowered his voice and exclaimed in alarm, "Could it be that there's something wrong with the medicine? Father vomited after drinking that medicine!"

The doctor thought that Kong An had suspected him in a moment of panic, so he did not get angry directly. However, he argued, "The prescription I just wrote could not possibly have any problems. Even if it cannot completely cure Master Kong, it could not possibly worsen his condition."

"I didn't mean to doubt you."

After saying a sentence, Kong An looked at his elder brother Kong Wen.

Kong Wen nodded slightly and said to the doctor, "Please do your best to treat my father. I will not involve you in any other matters."

Realizing that something might have gone wrong, the doctor considered the matter for a moment, but still didn't want to get involved, so he said, "You should give Master Kong some ginseng for a few days, and then find another famous doctor. My medical skills are not good enough, so I won't get involved."

With that, the doctor got up, picked up the medicine box that he had almost finished packing, and walked out.

"Doctor, doctor!"

Kong An hadn't expected to be scared away so easily, and he was a little flustered. But the doctor walked very fast, and the young apprentice's legs could hardly keep up with him.

"Brother, what should we do?"

Kong Wen sighed and said, "Second brother, first call someone to bring those ginseng roots. I will send someone to find another doctor. If that doesn't work, I will go to the palace to ask the imperial physician."

After giving the instructions, Kong Yan said, "I'll stay here and watch over things. You can handle the rest."

Kong Yan was the most devoted to scholarship among the three brothers and paid little attention to worldly affairs. He took the initiative to take on the responsibility of caring for their father so that his elder and younger brothers could rest assured.

Kong Wen and Kong An nodded and then went out first.

"Gentlemen, I'm afraid my father won't be able to visit you today. I thank you all again. Please go back to your rooms and rest for now."

After several unexpected events, everyone thought that the literary gathering was probably going to have to stop, but since the hosts hadn't said anything about ending it, they didn't know what to say. They offered some token words of comfort and then dispersed.

Back inside, as soon as the door was closed, Ke Zuo asked, "What happened just now? What did Lu Xi go to do?"

Lu Xi crossed his arms and frowned.

“Someone wanted to poison Master Kong. Youyou asked me to put something in it to detoxify him and also make him vomit up some stagnant blood. He fainted earlier and his body was full of turbid qi. He needs to vomit it up to recover quickly.”

"Who could harbor such deep hatred as to poison a nationally renowned scholar?"

Lu Xi shrugged.

"do not know."

Looking at Qin Suiyou, he also shook his head and said, "I just noticed something wrong with the decocted medicine and asked Lu Xi to deal with it."

"With so many people here today, who did it?"

Ke Zuo asked in confusion, "Qin Suiyou had previously asked Beitang Yan to keep an eye out for any suspicious people trying to slip away, but in the end, there were no results."

"Speaking of which, when we went over there just now, it seemed that apart from the heads of a few academies, we didn't see those ministers and princes."

Xu Chi continued Ke Zuo's words, saying, "Perhaps some of them know something and don't want to get involved in this mess."

"Master Kong is so famous in Beiqian, people are trying to win him over, so why would someone take the opportunity to poison him?"

"The recent floods have been handled very poorly. Some people are denouncing Prince Jing, who is in charge. Confucius has a student who has entered the court as an official, and he has even submitted a memorial impeaching him."

Hearing Beitang Yan casually recount these matters, Ke Zuo didn't take it seriously at first, but upon realizing the man's identity, he immediately understood.

"But what does this have to do with Master Kong? No matter how much it involves him, it shouldn't be to the point of taking his life."

After all, it wasn't Confucius who spoke out against it, and Confucius didn't use his reputation to amplify the matter.

Upon hearing Ke Zuo's question, Qin Suiyou said, "They intend to restrain the Kong family, but Master Kong has clearly stated that he will not participate in any political struggles, but his sons have not said the same thing."

"But that's someone else's father! Wouldn't that create an enemy?"

Qin Suiyou looked up at Ke Zuo and smiled slightly.

“They can frame someone, after all, there were so many people there.”

This time it was Lu Xi's turn to be puzzled.

"But no one else has a reason to harm Master Confucius."

Qin Suiyou nodded.

"That is indeed a problem, but we'll probably know once our intelligence personnel arrive."

Upon hearing this, all of them shook their heads.

"Seriously, the turmoil and chaos of imperial society are too complicated; it's simply not a place for a lazy bum to stay."

Smoothing Ke Zuo's hair, which he had messed up himself, Xu Chi said softly, "Don't be angry. We won't stay here forever. After things are over here, I'll take you to the Northern Region to see the snow-capped mountains. I heard that the area is sparsely populated and such things will happen less often there."