Practicing Medicine in the Tang Dynasty

Ming Chongyan's death was like a stone falling into the abyss. After stirring up a wave of turbulent ripples, it quickly returned to the tranquility of stagnant water.

Time passed silently like this for nearly a year, and the news of his death was also covered up under the thick ice and snow. It was not until the spring warmed and the snow melted that it reappeared.

And this little sign came from the gossip of Donggong.

I don’t know which one with a long tongue spread the word, saying that Ming Chongyan’s former prince Li Xian sent someone to kill him. This rumor that has been frozen with the truth of the matter is like spring breaking through the ice and snow. , Re-spread in the streets and alleys of Luoyang, the eastern capital.

However, rumors are just rumors after all, no matter how loud they are, they can only be a little talk after dinner, not on the stage.

As long as the criminal thief has not been arrested, this case will remain unsolved. It is like a knife blade, ready to stab at any time to reveal the bloody truth.

In the Prince of England's mansion, there is still a peaceful and quiet day, and the sky covered with snow all winter lazily paints a touch of spring with the smell of ice and snow in the early sun. Red and green are covered with a layer of light frost, the color is light and thin, as cold and bland as the breath breathed out by the God of Spring unintentionally.

Wei Xiang sat behind the hanging Xiaoxiang bamboo curtain, holding a long colorful embroidery thread in her hands. The bright sunlight folded over the melting spring snow, rendering a misty and dazzling brilliance in front of her eyes.She squinted her eyes and picked out embroidery threads of different colors one by one, as if sorting out the many chores that happened in the court recently, it took time and patience to distinguish the colors bit by bit.

Wei Chengqing's earnest "Admonition to Shan Shan" did not persuade the prince, but aroused his dissatisfaction. I don't know what kind of coquettish effort Zhao Daosheng used to fascinate the prince so much. Fascinated.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, you will understand the reason. Maybe it is because others can't tolerate him, so the prince can tolerate him especially.The concubine lost her husband, and even though she was a high-ranking clan lady, she was greeted by thousands of people; but if Zhao Daosheng lost this big tree to rely on, he would be as helpless as a falling flower Damn, I don't know where to wither and wither.It's so pitiful, which man wouldn't feel bad about it?

As long as he clings to the prince's little distress, it will gradually take root in his heart. Now to tear him away from the prince is tantamount to cutting off a piece of flesh in his heart. No matter how fast the hand is, no matter how sharp the knife is, A heart-piercing pain is inevitable.

I heard that the Imperial Medical Office developed an anesthetic powder in the past two years, which can make people cut flesh and scrape bones without feeling pain, but unfortunately, this medicine can't be used on people's hearts after all.

No, it should be said that fortunately this medicine can't be used on people's hearts, which allowed her to grasp the one-inch fragile weakness under Li Xian's tough and perfect shell, giving her a chance to hit every time.

Just as she was fascinated by the embroidery thread, someone had lifted the bamboo curtain and walked in step by step, with the sound of crushing snow into ice in their rustling footsteps.

Knowing that he just came in from Chunhan staggering outside, Wei Xiang hurriedly put down the embroidery thread in his hand, and asked the servants to bring a bowl of hot goat's milk.

"Today is not the day to go to court. What happened to summon His Highness in a hurry?" Wei Xiang brushed off one or two tender green willow leaves from Li Zhe's shoulders, quietly sizing up his expression, seeing him A pair of blade-like thick eyebrows were furrowed into deep ravines, even the tips of the brows were stained with the chill of spring, thinking that this trip was not a good thing.

Li Zhe took off his wet robe and put on a thick cloak, sighing: "Do you still remember that Wei Chengqing from your mother's family? Years ago, he wrote a letter "Yu Shan Zhen" to persuade Admonish the prince's virtue."

Wei Xiang nodded, and she was the one who brought up the matter: "I remember, I just heard that His Royal Highness didn't take it to heart, and Duke Wei's thoughts were wasted in vain."

Li Zhe said sadly: "It is precisely because Xian didn't care about it and didn't correct his words and deeds that he angered the Queen of Heaven. The Queen of Heaven said that he was corrupt and contrary to the prince's virtue. Now there will be three joint trials, ordering Xue Yuanchao and Pei Yan and Gao Zhi jointly tried the case on Wednesday."

Wei Xiang couldn't help but jump in her heart. Xue Yuanchao and Pei Yan are the ministers of the two provinces under the Zhongshu sect, and Gao Zhizhou is the doctor of the imperial history. Is such a menacing lineup really just for a simple decency? case?

Among these three people, Xue Yuanchao and Pei Yan are powerful confidantes who have been promoted by Tianhou in recent years. It's over.

Suddenly, a thought arose in her heart, like a piece of driftwood that couldn't be held down, floating faintly, hitting the door of her heart.

If it was just a simple Fenghua case, it would definitely not use such a battle to deal with it. In the past, the case of Princess Gaoyang's rebellion with King Jing Li Yuanjing was precisely because the princess falsely accused Fang Yizhi of being rude to him. However, Changsun Wuji caught the handle, and in the end it almost affected the entire government and the public, causing a shocking case.

But now, what the Queen of Heaven meant was that she wanted to emulate her biggest political enemy, Changsun Wuji, and come here to attract the big with the small?

In the blink of an eye, Wei Xiang had a vague judgment.

Now that Tianhou has seized this opportunity, she will definitely not let the opportunity slip away so casually. She must have made sufficient arrangements to reveal her long-hidden minions.

"Xiang'er." Li Zhe's voice was full of remorse, "I didn't know that things would develop so badly. If I knew that my mother would attach so much importance to this matter, I wouldn't have asked Wei Gong to write a letter to remonstrate. , it was I who killed Xian..."

Wei Xiang was startled suddenly, her heartbeat seemed to miss a beat, and it only took a moment, she quickly turned her mind, and gently held Li Zhe's hand: "Even if Wei Gong doesn't say it, people in the world will see it, It’s His Royal Highness who doesn’t know self-respect and self-love, so how can you blame Duke Wei for exposing him?”

Li Zhe shook his head in a daze, with a distressed and helpless expression, like a little lost animal, as if there was a cliff in front of him, and if he took a wrong step, he would fall into the bottomless abyss.

Wei Xiang immediately read the secret behind it: "Is there... anything else happening? The interrogation of the three divisions has nothing to do with you. You must be summoned because of other results. Just tell me Well, what happened in the end? I can also make up my mind for His Highness."

Li Zhe looked up at his first wife, like a man in a desperate situation looking at the rope of survival, with endless fear and panic in his eyes, but also a glimmer of hope hidden: "As soon as Zhao Daosheng, the virtuous housekeeper, is interrogated, After confessing everything, he said that it was the crown prince who instigated him to kill Ming Chongyan."

"It turned out to be him..." Wei Xiang said in surprise, "I thought he and the crown prince just fell in love with each other, but I didn't expect him to be so bold as to kill someone with power."

It turned out that it was with such a secret in his hand that Tianhou decided to investigate the case so resolutely. I am afraid that even if Wei Chengqing did not write a letter of remonstrance, Tianhou would use someone else's mouth to reopen this case that has been roughly understood.

And for the first time and the only time she made a move, it happened to coincide with Tianhou, and she thought of a piece.

This couldn't help but make her feel a little proud in her heart—her Wei Xiang's aptitude is probably not inferior to Tianhou's. Why are you willing to be a little princess?

If she wants to do it, she must be a princess, a queen, a person who listens to politics behind the curtain, and a woman who everyone in the world will look up to!

"He actually slandered the virtuous, vain the prince's love for him, how dare he do such a thing, and shirk it on the prince!" Li Zhe almost gritted his teeth with hatred, "Now that he has confessed to the prince, the Queen of Heaven has ordered a thorough search Donggong, find out the criminal evidence."

After that, he held Wei Xiang's hand in panic, his fingertips trembling slightly: "Do you know what they found? They found hundreds of armors in the East Palace stable! Those armors were covered with thin The dust must not be put in after a day or two."

Even Wei Xiang couldn't help being surprised: "Armor? Could it be that the prince..."

"They say this is evidence of the prince's rebellion, but Xiang'er, how could the prince rebel? He is already the prince!"

"A man's ambition will always expand, maybe he is not willing to sit in the position of prince for too long..."

"No, he was framed. He was framed by his lover and his mother together." Li Zhe showed a bleak smile, but his eyes were clearer than ever. He clearly saw everything his mother did in the past , and clearly saw the future that awaits Li Xian, "Mother has done so much to make him an unrighteous traitor, an ambitious son, to let him step down from the throne of the prince and become a A poor and pathetic prisoner!"

"Maybe you have misunderstood the Empress Dowager?" Wei Xiang whispered, "Think about it, all of this is evidenced by human beings and physical evidence. Anyone who changes it will think that this is the prince's ambition and conspiracy. Any evidence can prove that this is what Tianhou did."

Hearing this, Li Zhe jumped up suddenly as if being scorched to the soles of his feet. He squeezed Wei Xiang's shoulders tightly, as if she was afraid that she would not believe it, and held her slender body fiercely. .

"The evidence is the death of Princess Andingsi, the death of Emperor Xiaojing. Haven't you seen it yet? Mother, she has gone crazy for power, and she will kill everyone who hinders her power. The last one is Brother Hong, and next It’s Xian, and then it’s me!”

"No, you didn't do anything, you'll be fine." Wei Xiang used her slender fingers like catkins to slowly remove Li Zhe's tight hand, and whispered in relief, "Everything about the prince, Regardless of whether he did it himself or was framed by others, it was all because of his domineering that made him a target of power."

"But now the target will soon be me, me, what should I do..."

Wei Xiang slowly hugged his trembling body, like a mother beast protecting her cub, using her weak body to support the man who was almost collapsed in front of her.

"Your Highness, if you think about it, this is not a bad thing. You will be a prince soon, and you will soon have power. If you want to fight against power, the only way is to obtain higher power."

"Get higher power..." Li Zhe murmured.

"Yes, that's right. Only in this way can we have a chance to defeat the Queen of Heaven." Wei Xiang let go of his hand and looked at Li Zhe with a smile on his face, like a mother who encourages her child to take the first step, beckoning him seductively. He waved, "Li Tang's future is in your hands."

Li Zhe suddenly woke up, and the pain in his eyes gradually settled, forming a layer of cold frost: "You are right, I will never hand over Li Tang's world, if mother insists on using power to break it If there is a relationship between us, I can also use power to correct her mistakes."

"You're right to think so." Wei Xiang then smiled, his gaze passed Li Zhe's eyes full of coldness, and fell on the spring light of melting ice and snow outside the window.

She seemed to see that her spring was breaking through the ice and snow, slowly walking into her long lonely life.