Male supporting role is not a stepping stone

"What's going on? Didn't you say that the emperor would wake up this morning?" Yang Yan asked with a gloomy face.

"Your Highness, I don't know..." The head of the Imperial Hospital answered with a stiff face, "We have repeatedly verified that the poison of His Majesty has indeed been resolved, but His Majesty just won't wake up..."

He was almost crying in anxiety. He finally found the cause and thought that his life and property could be saved. Why did it go wrong again at the last minute?

Seeing that he was an old man in his sixties and still looked so pitiful, Yang Yan felt a little bit sorry for him. In the end, he didn't say much, but only signaled him to check the emperor's pulse again to see if he could find out the reason.

The head of the Imperial Hospital kowtowed gratefully as if he had been pardoned, and then carefully lifted up the wrist of Emperor Zhengrui. He thought it was still a useless effort because they would check it every half an hour, but unexpectedly, this time they found something unusual.

He was shocked, fearing that he had misdiagnosed due to nervousness, and hurriedly signaled the imperial physician who was waiting beside him to take over the examination. When he saw his face suddenly change, he knew that he should have come to the same conclusion as himself.

The two exchanged a few words in a low voice, and after confirming that it was correct, they hurriedly reported: "Your Highness, Your Majesty, His Majesty has had a stroke!"

"What's wrong with you quacks?" The queen scolded, "First you said you couldn't find the cause of His Majesty's illness, and then after the prince caught the person who assassinated His Majesty, you said it was poisoning, and now that the poison has been resolved, you say it's a stroke!"

"Is this how you treat His Majesty? Even the cause of the disease keeps changing, how can I trust you?"

All the imperial physicians knelt down, The chief physician of the Imperial Hospital bowed his head in fear and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down. We are also quite puzzled, but the pulse of His Majesty does show this now."

The Queen did not want to listen to his explanation and was about to hold them accountable, but was dissuaded by Yang Yan: "Mother, please calm down. Although they have done something wrong, our father still needs their treatment. Why not write down the matter first and hold him accountable after he recovers?"

"Just listen to the prince!" The Queen sighed in her heart. She wanted to take the opportunity to delay for a while. If the stroke patient was not treated in time, it was not impossible that he would die like this. However, her son was still protecting his father. Although she was unwilling, she had to give up.

She said sternly, "You must do your best. If you can cure His Majesty, you will make up for your mistakes and you can make arrangements later. If the treatment is not good, I will not be able to keep you!"

The imperial physicians agreed one after another, and they were extremely grateful to the prince who saved them.

However, when everyone was discussing how to give acupuncture and medicine, Yang Yan called the chief physician aside and whispered a few words to him.

His face changed, and he walked quickly to the bedside of Emperor Zhengrui. He carefully lifted his head, untied his bun, and fumbled in his hair. Everyone was confused, but only one person showed a slight look of surprise.

After a while, the old head of the hospital suddenly looked happy. He pressed the emperor's head with one hand and pulled something out with the other hand. He slowly pulled out half of the shining silver needle from the emperor's brain!

"Ah!" Everyone exclaimed.

Yang Yan pointed at the man with a strange look before and ordered: "Catch him for me!"

Before the doctors could react, the two guards rushed forward like wolves and tigers and pressed the man in his forties to the ground.

"Doctor Li!"

After a brief panic, the other doctors hid away from him, fearing that they would be implicated if they got close. Thinking about the half silver needle and looking at the scene in front of them, what else did they not understand?

Doctor Li was really bold and dared to murder the emperor. This was a serious crime of killing nine generations of the family!

However, the captured man had no fear on his face, and even had a little smile on his face.

"Xiuyuan, why did you do such a thing?" The head of the hospital pointed at him sadly and said, "I will retire next year, and the next head of the Imperial Hospital is you. Who promised you such a great benefit and asked you to do such a thing that would not care about your life and property?"

Li Xiuyuan said nothing. After Yang Yan signaled the imperial doctors to continue to treat the emperor, he laughed and said, "It's useless. Silver needles are inserted into the acupoints for one day and one night. Even the great immortals can't save this dog emperor. This dog emperor is dead!"

The faces of the imperial doctors all became very ugly, and they obviously knew that he was telling the truth.

This man is really a vicious calculation. He first used Mengxian Powder to stun the emperor, and then inserted silver needles into the less important acupoints in the emperor's brain while treating him, so the previous pulse was so confusing.

When they found Mengxian Powder and thought the poison was cured, they didn't know that the place where the silver needle was inserted was slowly changing, and the blood was slowly blocked in the brain.

Even if they took the pulse, they thought it was an ordinary stroke and would not suspect more.

Even if it was discovered and the silver needle in the acupuncture point was removed, too much time had passed, and the artificial stroke had already occurred. The emperor was afraid that he would be in danger.

Although they were not accomplices, they were colleagues with him and did not discover his conspiracy. In addition, they failed to treat the emperor. They would probably be held accountable afterwards.

Thinking of this, everyone hated him immediately. It would be fine if he wanted to die by himself, but why did he implicate everyone to die together?

Yang Yan said at this time: "You all try your best to treat my father. No matter what the result is, I will not blame you for this person."

"Your Highness is kind." The imperial doctors were grateful and shed tears. After taking this reassurance pill, they all went to treat the emperor with peace of mind.

Yang Yan then began to interrogate the man who was kneeling in front of him: "Who instructed you to murder my father?"

"No one ordered him, so he deserves it." Li Xiuyuan sneered.

Yang Yan actually knew the person in charge, but he just didn't understand why this person wanted to help Shaoyang Ji. After all, according to the results of his previous investigation, there was no involvement at all between the two.

If Xu Zhi is serious about profit, he has been an imperial doctor for so many years and has accumulated a lot of property. He is not very luxurious and only has some normal expenses on weekdays.

In terms of reputation, he is already the deputy judge of the Taiyuan. As the old head of the house said, the next head of the house will fall on him next year, and he shouldn't be unable to wait in such a short time.

However, no matter what reason he was involved in, it didn't have much impact on him. Seeing that Yang Yan couldn't find anything out, he was about to ask someone to take him down for interrogation, but unexpectedly, a black line suddenly flowed from his lips. The liquid then softened and fell to the ground.

The guard hurriedly stepped forward to check and replied after a moment: "Your Highness, Li Xiuyuan has been executed."

This was the first time that Yang Yan saw someone die in front of him, but he was not surprised at all, as if he was used to it.

He couldn't help but guess what kind of person he was before he lost his memory. He waved his hand and asked someone to carry the body down.

Witnessing the sudden death of a person who was still alive just now, the imperial doctors who were busy treating the emperor were more or less affected. Some even almost failed to hold the silver needle.

The queen's expression remained normal. She winked at her son, and the two of them left the emperor's palace and went to the side room.

"Your Majesty," the queen said solemnly as soon as the door was closed, "I'm afraid this matter has something to do with your second emperor brother. You need to be on guard."

Yang Yan was a little surprised: "Why did the queen say this?"

"I have some impressions of Li Xiuyuan," the queen frowned slightly, remembering some past events that she didn't want to mention, "Back then, the Xiao family was very powerful, and she was always good at winning people's hearts with small favors. Many people in the palace had this experience. Her care.”

"The queen mother said that Li Xiuyuan is one of them?" Yang Yan quickly understood, but his confusion was even worse.

As far as he knew, the original owner's mother was not a merciful person. How could she allow the remnant power of the Xiao family to stay under her nose and safely climb to the high position of deputy judge of the Taiyuan Hospital?

As if she understood his thoughts, the queen sneered and said: "This Li Xiuyuan is actually smart. When the Xiao family was in decline, he ignored her and even beat the old eunuch who came to seek medical treatment when she was sick. Go out, now it seems that he is just acting."

Yang Yan understood in an instant that it was not the queen mother who failed to clean up the harem, but this person who was obedient and hid away, but...

"What kind of favor did Mrs. Xiao give him, was it worth risking his fortune and his life?" You must know that in the era of imperial power, Li Xiuyuan committed a serious crime that killed the nine clans. Once the incident comes to light, it will not be him alone, but the entire family. Hundreds of people will be affected.

"He prescribed the wrong medicine to Xiao, which almost caused a catastrophe. The emperor wanted to hold him accountable, but he was spared because Xiao begged for mercy. Very few people know about this matter, and even I have almost forgotten it. , If it hadn’t been for such a big thing, I’m afraid I wouldn’t be able to remember it.”

The queen briefly spoke and said, "The way I looked at Li Xiuyuan just now, it was obvious that he hated the emperor, probably because he was grudged for the way Xiao was dealt with."

"But if he wanted to avenge that woman, he should have included you and me in it, but he committed suicide without saying anything. It was probably to cover up for others, and this person is the only one I can The one that comes to mind is Shaoyangji.”

You can think of so many things based on this alone, and you are worthy of being a queen.

Seeing that she had guessed this, Yang Yan did not hide anything anymore and told her that he had discovered that the second prince was planning to rebel. At the end, he also mentioned: "My cousin refused to marry my son because she fell in love with the second prince." Emperor's brother."

"What? It was she who refused the marriage first, and you still told me that you didn't want her? How dare she, Rong Yinhua?" The queen, who was still calm when she heard him talking about the prince's preparation for rebellion, became distraught after learning about it. She was shocked and angry, unable to blame her son. What she was most concerned about was, "Do Duke Rong and his son know about this matter?"

She had thought a lot in that moment. If her father and brother knew about it but didn't tell her, did that mean that the Rong family had also sided with Shaoyangji and they had betrayed her together?