The Cannon Fodder and Villain’s Happy Ending

Princess Duan fainted?

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This news made the surroundings suddenly quiet, and the princesses and county masters also heard it, and they all fell silent.

Qin Di stood up abruptly.

There was no need for her to speak, the Empress Dowager Liu had already said, "Xiaoji, you can go and have a look."

Qin Di was blessed by Empress Dowager Liu, and hurried to the seat in Duan Wangfu.

There was a chaotic mess over there, and Qin Di saw at a glance that Princess Duan was leaning against Wang mama with her eyes closed, surrounded by three or four maids, and some people were holding smelling salts and put them under Princess Duan's nose. Among the people who were pinching her gently, someone fanned her with their sleeves.

Other people in the palace saw Qin Di, gave her a way, and saluted her: "Miss Qin San."

Qin Di walked to Princess Duan in three steps and two steps, a faint scent of incense lingered on her nose, lingering.

This smell is as elegant as orchid, with a plum scent, Qin Di is very familiar with it, she is sure that it is the smell of Jiuhexiang.

She smelled it as soon as she stepped into the private seat, and at this time, the scent became more intense.

Qin Di raised his eyebrows and raised his eyes to look at Gu Zezhi, who was standing beside Princess Duan. The moment the two looked at each other, Gu Zezhi quietly blinked his right eye at her, and then he looked worried again. look.

Qin Ji: "..."

"What about the imperial physician?"

At this moment, an anxious male voice sounded in Qin Di's ear, "Why hasn't the imperial physician come yet?

! "

This is a man in his fifties. He is wearing a blue robe of a grand teacher. He is majestic and tall. His tall figure is still tall and straight, but there is no trace of old age. His appearance is four or five points similar to Gu Zezhi. I know that this person should be Duan Wang.

"My lord."

Qin Di blessed Duan Wang with his blessing.

Duan Wang heard the sound and looked at her, and at a glance, he judged that this was the daughter-in-law that the emperor pointed to Gu Zezhi.

Duan Wang's eyebrows were tightly locked, and he didn't want to greet her, so he just nodded to her, indicating that she would not be polite.

Because Qin Di was here, he avoided a few steps and said hurriedly: "Come on, go and urge the imperial doctor!"

"Mother Wang, is the princess alright?"

Qin Di squatted down with a worried face, "Why is this happening?

! "

She held Princess Duan's right hand and felt that her right palm was warm and soft, and her heart was calm, but her face became more and more flustered, and she called out with a sob, "Princess, don't scare me!"

Madam Wang wiped the forehead with a handkerchief on Princess Duan's forehead, wiping off the unwarranted cold sweat.

"Well..." Princess Duan made a low voice, her eyelashes trembled slightly, and then slowly opened her eyes, her eyes blank, "I...I'm fine..."

She still looked weak and weak, leaning against Wang Ma's body.

"The princess is awake?

! "

Duan Wang immediately looked over, and at this moment, there was a mess of footsteps behind, and a maid shouted excitedly: "The imperial doctor is here!"

With a report, the three imperial physicians hurriedly entered the elegant seat with their medicine boxes, along with the great eunuch Zhou Xin who served by the emperor's side.

The empress and empress dowager went out of the palace to appreciate the lanterns on these cold and freezing days, and they were accompanied by imperial physicians. Therefore, after learning the news that Princess Duan had fainted, the emperor immediately sent all the imperial physicians over.

Duan Wang raised his hand to signal the three imperial physicians to avoid the ceremony, and immediately ordered: "The imperial physician orders, go and check the pulse of the princess."

So, the imperial physicians carried the medicine box and gathered in front of Princess Duan. The imperial physician ordered Liu Lingfang to take out the pulse pillow and asked, "Did the imperial concubine suddenly faint?"

"yes."

Mammy Wang said worriedly, "The princess has been ill for the past few days. It's good and bad. Just when she was looking at the lights, the princess suddenly said she couldn't breathe, and then fainted..."

Princess Duan was not in good health. When she first arrived in the capital in the early twelfth year of last year, she asked the imperial doctor to visit the palace several times. Liu Lingfang also knew about it.

There was also Princess Duan's pulse case in the Taiyuan Hospital, and he had seen it too.

Liu Lingfang: "Rong Xiaguan will first diagnose the pulse of the princess."

Madam Wang hurriedly took a clean handkerchief and put it on Princess Duan's right wrist. Liu Lingfang took the pulse carefully, and the others around waited with restrained breaths, daring not to make the slightest sound, for fear of affecting him. .

After a while, Liu Lingfang got up, took two steps back, and then the other two imperial physicians took turns to check the pulse.

Afterwards, the three imperial physicians gathered around to discuss for a while. Liu Ling bowed his hands to Duan Wang and said, "My lord, the princess is overworked, and she is also a little unaccustomed to the environment, and her body is very weak."

Duan Wang hurriedly asked, "Is the princess okay?"

Liu Lingfang replied in an orderly manner: "The princess needs a good life and recuperation, so she can't work too hard."

King Duan breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Princess Duan, "This king said earlier that it is a long way from Xijiang to the capital. If you are not well, don't come here. You still have to follow."

"Hey, it's too hard to get used to the soil and water. Look at you, after coming to the capital, your body will not feel better. After a while, you should go back to Luo'an City first."

Thinking that Liu Lingfang just said that Princess Duan was too laborious in addition to being unaccustomed to the soil and water, and Wang Duan continued to recite: "You, you are a life of hard work. I'm just tired."

"Princess, after listening to this king's advice, this prince concubine is about to become a grandmother. She has been obedient and demure for so many years. After returning to the Western Border this time, the princess should give the princely concubine all the central income of the palace. You can relax too, take good care of you, you can’t say that the great-grandson Chenghuan will fall on his knees in the coming year, how wonderful!”

Princess Duan: "..."

Her face was pale, her eyes drooped, and she leaned weakly against Mammy Wang's body, but her hands under her sleeves were already tightly clenched into fists.

The three imperial physicians looked at each other in dismay, feeling that they had heard something they should not have heard.

Zhou Xin disagreed, thinking to himself: No wonder the emperor always said that Duan Wang was biased, and his heart was really biased to the horizon.

Duan Wang made a decision on his own: "Then say that..."

"Ah!"

Qin Di suddenly covered his mouth and sneezed, interrupting Duan Wang's unfinished words.

Duan Wang frowned and looked at Qin Di.

Before Duan Wang could speak, Qin Di frowned and asked Mammy Wang, "Mammy Wang, what incense did the princess use today, and why is the smell so strong?"

"It's Jiuwaxiang."

Madam Wang hurriedly replied, "The princess has been sleeping poorly recently, and she is always dead at night. When she went out today, the princess asked her servants to add some extra and bring it with her to soothe the mind and meditate."

With that said, Mammy Wang took out a hollowed-out sachet with silver grape branches and leaves from Princess Duan's purse. Once the sachet was taken out, the fragrance in the air became much stronger.

Liu Lingfang's nose moved, his expression suddenly a little subtle, and a trace of doubt appeared between his brows.

Qin Di took the sachet, put it under his nose and smelled it, "Mother Wang, there may be too many of these nine and incense sticks. I read in the book that a pinch is enough every time. After putting so much, I feel dizzy when I smell it, let alone the princess."

Qin Di replied to the guest and said: "Take it and take it away, don't let the princess smell it again."

She handed the silver sachet back to Mother Wang.

The folds between Duan Wang's eyebrows deepened, and he said unpleasantly: The rumors in Beijing are indeed true, this third Qin girl is not only ignorant, but also too self-talk! Don't even look at how she can speak here!

Duan Wang coughed twice, then cleared his throat and said, "Miss Qin, don't be ridiculous."

"My lord, the princess is feeling stuffy and dizzy now. Maybe it's because of the smell of this fragrance that she's fainted."

Qin Di retorted with a look of disapproval.

King Duan didn't want to mess around with a girl, so he frowned and called, "Zezhi."

It means, let Gu Zezhi take care of his daughter-in-law who has never been there.

Gu Zezhi didn't say a word, but he didn't hear it.

He looked at Qin Di with gentle eyes, and his eyes lit up.

This girl and him are very tacit, she knows what he wants to do, and he doesn't need to say a word at all.

In this world, there is no other person who can communicate with him like Qin Di.

Qin Di received Jin Thigh's admiring look, and her eyes brightened a bit: She also felt that she did a good job!

"Zezhi!"

Duan Wang's tone became heavier.

"Xiao Ji," Gu Zezhi called gently, but instead of "drinking" her rudeness as King Duan wished, he said, "Can the concubine smell this incense, it's useless for you to say it, It's useless for the father to say it, it happens that Imperial Physician Liu is here, let Imperial Physician Liu take a look."

"indeed."

Qin Di sang with Gu Zeyi in a tacit understanding, and commanded as a matter of course, "Mother Wang, please show it to Imperial Physician Liu."

So, the sachet was handed to Liu Lingfang again.

When the sachet was just taken out, Liu Lingfang felt that something was wrong. After taking it, he smelled it immediately, and carefully opened the sachet, took out the Jiuhe incense inside, looked at it carefully, and crushed it again. After breaking it a little and smelling it again, his expression became more solemn.

Then, he handed Jiu Hexiang to the other two imperial physicians, and the three of them gathered around and whispered.

This time, Qin Di didn't need to say more, even Duan Wang saw that something was wrong.

Duan Wang hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with this sachet?"

Liu Lingfang said hesitantly, "My lord, this incense may be poisonous."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked, and the surroundings became even quieter.

Duan Wang's eyes widened in shock, and he blurted out subconsciously, "This is impossible!"

"..." Liu Lingfang's expression became more and more hesitant.

The backyard of this inner house is always a little shy, the harem is like this, and the backyard of the palace is also like this. Those of them who are imperial physicians are the most reluctant to encounter such a thing, so as not to accidentally implicate themselves in it.

But now it is Princess Duan who is poisoned, and Zhou Xin is still here, this matter must be reported to the imperial front, and it is impossible to hide it.

"How can it be poisonous?

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Duan Wang still didn't believe it, "This Jiuhexiang is used by the princess every day."

Liu Lingfang looked at the weak Princess Duan with sympathy, and said, "It is because the Princess is using it every day that it is eroded by the toxins in the incense, and she is so weak."

Duan Wang looked disbelieving and questioned: "Then tell this king what poison is in it!"

Liu Lingfang said: "You have to light some incense, and the lower officials can judge."

"point."

Duan Wang insisted, "You must be mistaken!"

Therefore, Liu Lingfang personally lit a section of Jiuhe incense. After the incense was burned, the fragrance became three-point richer. The three imperial physicians gathered around, sniffing the incense for a while, and whispering for a while.

In the end, the imperial physician ordered Liu Lingfang as the representative to report back to King Duan.

"My lord, this incense is indeed poisonous!"

Liu Lingfang's tone was very positive.

King Duan looked at the lit incense with uncertainty, and then looked at the princess, and he heard Liu Lingfang continue to say: "This incense is indeed Jiuhe incense, but the incense is mixed with a kind of red phoenix grass. grass juice."

"This kind of red phoenix grass is extremely rare in the Central Plains. It only grows in a few small countries west of the Western Xinjiang, and its toxicity is very overbearing. If ordinary people smell it for a day or two, it will be drowsy, but it will become drowsy after a long time. Once it invades the heart and lungs through the nasal cavity, it will erode the body a little bit.”

"At first, people will only feel tired, but slowly, the embankment of a thousand miles collapses into the ant's nest, and the body is immediately hollowed out by toxins, and in the end, the medicine stone will be ignored!"

After a pause, Liu Lingfang's expression became more solemn, "Furthermore, the overbearing toxicity of this red phoenix grass lies in the fact that it cannot be diagnosed by relying solely on the pulse phase."

The other two imperial physicians also nodded slightly and looked solemn.

It is precisely because of this that although Princess Duan has seen several imperial doctors, and they have also examined Princess Duan's pulse just now, they only feel that she is weak and tired.

If they didn't happen to smell the fragrance of this sachet, how would they know that Jiuhexiangli had been manipulated!

No, it should be said that on weekdays, they just happen to smell the incense in the house, and I'm afraid they can't distinguish it. After all, the smell of this red phoenix grass is not obvious in the fragrance of Jiuhe.

But today, Princess Duan didn't sleep well, so the sachets she wore contained a lot of Jiuhe incense, and the smell was strong, and Princess Duan fainted again, so they faintly realized that something was wrong.

The short fat doctor couldn't help but whispered in a sigh: "It's all God's will!"

This mishap, but Princess Duan saved her life! Otherwise, Princess Duan was afraid that she would go underground and would not know how she died.

Duan Wang was still a little unconvinced, and confirmed again and again: "Is this Jiuhe Xiangli really poisonous?"

If an ordinary official questioned the imperial doctor's judgment like this, Liu Lingfang would have turned his face, but King Duan is the emperor's uncle, and his status is noble. Liu Lingfang naturally wanted to give some face, and nodded: "Xiaguan is convinced."

Duan Wang took two deep breaths and asked worriedly: "Emperor's doctor, how is the body of the princess?"

"Rong Xiaguan will examine the pulse of the princess again."

Liu Lingfang checked Princess Duan's pulse again, this time it took longer.

Everyone else was silent, and the sound of fireworks came from outside the seat.

After a while, Liu Lingfang finally put his hand away, and said again: "This Princess Jiuhexiang must have been used for several months, and the foundation has been depleted. It will take some time to take care of it."

Duan Wang asked a little impatiently: "Is there no antidote for this red phoenix grass?"

Liu Lingfang: "My lord, there is no cure for this poison.

Poisoned people can only be raised slowly. "

To be honest, Princess Duan was lucky to find out the problem at this time. Her body can still be saved now. Just wait to die.

Duan Wang's eyebrows were deeply locked, and he couldn't hide his worry. He couldn't help but scolded the servants around him: "I said, don't let the princess use some things of unknown origin. "

Madam Wang said with a blessed body: "My lord, this Jiuhexiang was given by the concubine!"

Duan Wang was stunned for a moment, and then scolded: "Nonsense!"

Duan Wang's face became even more ugly, his face sinking like water.

This scumbag dared to casually climb on the emperor's concubine!

The maiden Wang said again: "My lord, the slave and maid are not false, this Jiuhexiang is really the filial piety of the prince concubine to the concubine!"

Duan Wangfei leaned on the back of the Taishi chair with her eyes half-drooping, and said nothing, but since she didn't refute Wang Mama, she also recognized it.

Qin Di on the side pursed her lips. The last time she heard Princess Duan talk about the origin of Jiuhexiang, she said that it came from a monk.

But now that Mammy Wang dared to pull out the concubine, Gu Zezhi must have found something these days.

Qin Di glanced at Gu Zezhi. He was standing by the window with his hands behind his back. The light of the fireworks outside illuminated his face a little dark, and his eyes were surprisingly bright.

Duan Wang still didn't believe it, and he was too lazy to talk to Wang mama. He turned his head to persuade Duan Wangfei, "Princess, even if you don't like Shizi, you shouldn't rely on her."

"Snapped!"

Outside, another huge fireworks exploded in the night sky, illuminating Princess Duan's face, which looked pale as paper, and her eyes were as deep as pools.

Qin Ji: "..."

This Duan Wang is too eccentric and too righteous.

Not only Qin Di thought so, but Liu Lingfang and other three imperial physicians also thought so, all of them were silent, just pretending that they didn't hear anything.

Hey, the less you know about this kind of inner house, the better.

Suddenly, Gu Zezhi, who had been silent for a long time, spoke up: "The imperial doctor's order, please give my mother and concubine a prescription first."

Gu Zezhi's handsome face was calm, showing no joy or anger, and even his tone was warm.

Liu Lingfang was amnesty and felt that the third son of King Duan was really good-natured, so he hurriedly said: "Second Master Gu, please wait a moment, I will go to prepare the prescription now."

Liu Lingfang took two imperial physicians to discuss the prescription, and another maid hurried to prepare the pen and ink.

Zhou Xin took all the scenes just now into his eyes, because it was a household chores in Duanwang's mansion, and it was inconvenient for him to say anything, so he never interrupted from beginning to end.

Seeing that the matter was over, Zhou Xin threw off his whisk and planned to leave.

"Eunuch Zhou, please stay."

Seeing that Zhou Xin was leaving, Duan Wang quickly stopped the other party.

Zhou Xin smiled and bowed his hands to King Duan, and said, "My lord, the emperor is worried about Princess Duan's condition, so the slave has to go back and report."

Duan Wang's expression showed a bit of embarrassment, he cleared his throat again, and said solemnly: "Eunuch Zhou, this matter has not been investigated yet..."

His implication was to tell Zhou Xin not to talk nonsense when he came to the emperor.

Zhou Xin threw off his whisk again, still smiling on his white face, and said, "My lord, the slave will report truthfully, and the emperor will have a conclusion."

After he finished speaking, he didn't care about Duan Wang's reaction, he just turned around and left.

Duan Wang: "..."

Looking at the back of Zhou Xin's departure, Duan Wang's complexion sank three points again, and his heart was a little confused.

He glanced at Mammy Wang displeasedly, somewhat blaming Mammy Wang for just talking nonsense.

The princess has been married to the palace for so many years. She has always been a virtuous person, and she also respects the princess. How could she do such a thing!

Even if Wang mama has doubts about the prince concubine, she can go back to the house to talk about it, but she has to talk nonsense in front of Zhou Xin and outsiders, adding some unnecessary troubles.

This matter was originally very simple. After they returned to the mansion, if they interrogated carefully, they would definitely be able to figure out the ins and outs of the matter, so why bother the emperor!

Taking 10,000 steps back, even if this incense is really filial to the concubine, the concubine must have been used by others, so we have to find out the person behind the scenes first, right?

Duan Wang was upset, and it was inevitable that he would express his anger. He turned to Princess Duan and shouted, "Princess, you should also take good care of your subordinates!"

Princess Duan: "..."

Although Princess Duan didn't say a word, Qin Di was right beside her and could clearly feel her body tense up a little bit.

Qin Di hurriedly instructed the maid to pour a glass of warm water and feed Wang Duan to drink water in person, "Princess, please drink some warm water."

Princess Duan drank the water slowly, never looking up at Duan Wang again, there were blue veins on the back of her hand holding the teacup.

Obviously, Princess Duan is definitely not as calm as she has shown.

The people in the surrounding palace also knew that the atmosphere was not right, and they all fell down, trembling with fear.

Only Qin Di noticed that Gu Zezhi didn't tell Duan Wang a word from the beginning to the end. She couldn't help but glance at Gu Zezhi again. A few steps away, he was listening intently to the three imperial physicians discussing the prescription. .

The imperial physicians gathered around and talked about a cup of tea, and finally Liu Lingfang gave two plans: "Gu Sangongzi, the first prescription is to warm up and make up for the princess for the first half of the year; as for the second prescription, it uses strong medicine, and Poisoned..."

Gu Zeyi looked at the two prescriptions with ten lines of eyes, and said with a gentle and decisive expression, "Use the warm and nourishing prescription."

As soon as the recipe was settled, Zhou Xin came back again, and passed on a series of oral instructions on behalf of the emperor:

"Your Highness, Your Majesty announces your visit."

"Gu San Gongzi, the emperor asks the son to accompany Princess Duan back to the palace. Also, the imperial physician order, you and the two imperial physicians will also go to Duan Wangfu."

Gu Zezhi and the three imperial physicians all took orders: "The minister follows the order."

Only Duan Wang hesitated for a moment.

He thought for a while, and felt that the emperor didn't know much about the prince and concubine. He was afraid that he would have some misunderstandings about the prince and even the prince because of what Wang Ma said just now. He should go and explain to the emperor.

But he was not worried about the princess in his heart. After hesitating, he told Gu Zezhi, "Zezhi, take good care of your mother-in-law, and this king will go to see the emperor."

Duan Wang followed Zhou Xin out of his seat.

Gu Zezhi neither responded nor looked at Duan Wang, and said to Qin Di warmly, "Xiao Di, you can go back.

I'll take my mother-in-law back home first. "

Qin Di replied obediently, she couldn't help much anyway.

The servants of Duan Wangfu immediately acted, and after a while, the seat became empty, only the residual fragrance of Jiuhexiang remained.

Qin Di returned to Empress Dowager Liu's side again, and the other ladies around also craned their necks to look at her, either worried, curious, or suspicious.

Without waiting for Qin Di to salute, Empress Dowager Liu eagerly asked, "Xiao Di, how is Princess Duan?"

Empress Dowager Liu and Princess Duan have been concubine for many years, and they still have some friendship.

Qin Di explained everything that happened just now, including how the imperial physician discovered that Jiuhexiang was mixed with the grass juice of Chifengcao, but he did not mention anything about the matter of Wang Mama's identification of the prince and concubine. The women also pricked up their ears and were stunned.

There is no need for Qin Di to say anything else, these are enough for Empress Dowager Liu to think about it: Just imagine, who would poison Princess Duan?

The answer is obvious.

The corners of Qin Di's lips were slightly tilted at an angle that Empress Dowager Liu couldn't see, and Empress Dowager Liu let her think about it.

Empress Dowager Liu slowly twisted the Ganan Liuzhu bracelet in her hand, thoughtfully.

Nine times out of ten, this incident has something to do with Prince Duan.

She still remembered that the emperor once said with emotion that one of Gu Zezhi's direct sons was crushed on his head by a concubine, but if Gu Chenzhi had a small heart, Gu Zezhi would suffer.

At that time, Empress Dowager Liu didn't take it seriously. She had also met Gu Chenzhi, the prince of King Duan. He was a sensible man, and he was so many years older than Zezhi. Zezhi was like a brother and a father.

Besides, the title of this prince has been decided, how could the eldest brother treat the younger brother badly!

But now it seems that he still underestimated the people's heart.

If this was really what Gu Chen did, Concubine Feng was probably also involved. Gu Chenzhi must have wanted to straighten Concubine Feng and let Concubine Duan make a seat for his mother!

Once Concubine Feng is straightened, then Gu Chenzhi will be the heir apparent, and his position will naturally be more stable.

The more Empress Dowager Liu thought about it, the more she felt that this battle between the descendants was a taboo and a sign of unrest in the family, whether it was an ordinary family or a royal family.

Empress Dowager Liu sighed secretly. She was about to take a sip of the tea cup in front of her with a sigh, but she suddenly thought of Gu Jing and Gu Zhen, and her hand was in the air.

Isn't this pair of brothers like Duanwang's current situation?

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She has so many grandchildren under her knees, because Gu Jing has the blood of the Liu family in her body, she has been partial to him since she was a child. She was very disappointed in him because of Gu Jing's plea for Qin Xin, but after all, Gu Jing is Her grandson, these days, he often comes to the Cining Palace to greet her and make her happy, and she is somewhat soft-hearted.

But now, Empress Dowager Liu couldn't help but shuddered.

Gu Zhen is the direct son, if the eldest concubine succeeds the throne, will he be able to accommodate Gu Zhen in the future?

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In the past thousands of years, has there been less cases of royal brothers killing each other?

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Qin Di watched as Empress Dowager Liu's complexion changed brightly and darkly.

Empress Dowager Liu didn't speak for a long time.

After a while, she looked at Qin Di again and changed her words: "Xiao Di, don't hold back on this rare lantern festival. You don't have to accompany Ai's family here, just play by yourself."

Qin Di responded, and she didn't care whether to go shopping or not, so she sat back in her seat and continued to look at the lights.

On the high platform in front, the dragon dancer had already retreated, and a lion dance team was replaced. Qin Di held his chin and watched for a while, and he felt a sense of changing the soup instead of the medicine, and felt bored.

Qin Di was so idle that he panicked. At this moment, a palace maid in a blue-blue palace dress came over to serve her tea, quietly pointed in a certain direction, and said, "Miss Qin, look down."

Qin Di looked in the direction she pointed, and saw a purple figure in the crowd on the street.

Gu Zezhi looked up at her, curled his lips into a smile, beckoned to her, and motioned her to come down.