allonlinenovel Chapter 281 Notice from the Imperial City
Chapter 281 Notice from the Imperial City
"What's the meaning?!"
The expression on Wei Yi's wheat-colored face tightened, and he drew his sword, with the blade lying between him and Lin Chuan. The atmosphere suddenly became tense and a fight was about to break out.
"Put down the sword!"
Lin Chuan said in an oppressive voice: "You are no match for me! You are no match for those people on the roof! If I want to kill you, it's easy!"
What he said was correct. I wonder what kind of person Prince Su is. He has so many experts under his command!
Judging from the footsteps, I’m afraid only Qingxuan can subdue these people!
But in the current situation he had no choice but to resist. He was the only one by the Fourth Prince's side, and he had to be loyal to his duty even at the cost of his life.
Wei Yi did not listen to him, but tightened his grip on the sword and asked coldly: "What do you want to do?!"
Lin Chuan looked him straight in the face and answered frankly, "I told you when we came in, we are all here to protect you."
Wei Yi was full of doubts about his words, "This is more like imprisonment!"
Lin Chuan did not hide it and replied: "It is imprisonment, but also protection! You have seen the strength of those assassins. They are all desperate warriors. If you leave this palace, you will be dead. You know this very well!"
Wei Yi stared at Lin Chuan, and Lin Chuan looked at him calmly.
Perhaps it was an acknowledgement of Lin Chuan's words, the murderous aura on Wei Yi gradually disappeared.
He retracted his gaze, sheathed the sword, and asked in a deep voice: "Why do you do this for us? I don't believe you want to do good deeds!"
Seeing that he had put away his killing intent, Lin Chuan sat back on the stool with his sword in his arms, and said calmly: "You are right, our prince just wants to do good deeds! If you die, the two countries will surely go to war again, and the only ones who will suffer are the people of the two countries!"
Wei Yi looked at Lin Chuan with a gentle face, as if he was trying to consider how credible his words were.
But under the current circumstances, he could only understand it this way. Otherwise, he couldn't understand why someone would be so dedicated to protecting someone who had nothing to do with him or her.
Butler Wu strode into the hall and saw Xiao Yu sitting there drinking tea. He stopped three steps in front of him, bowed and reported: "Your Majesty, I asked the servant to do what Guard Yun asked me to do. Now the streets of the capital are full of notices for hiring doctors with a large sum of money. I believe that the news has been spread by now."
Xiao Yu put down the teacup and asked calmly, "How do you arrange to find a witness?"
Steward Wu said, "The princess had previously instructed that the leftovers in the mansion should be given to the beggars, as it would be a pity to throw them away. At least they can have enough to eat. Their boss, Tie Niu, has received a lot of favors, so I asked Tie Niu to go find them. They have a lot of people and they do things inconspicuously. I'm sure there will be news soon."
Xiao Yu curled his lips lightly and said, "You've done a good job. Report to me anytime you have any news."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Butler Wu nodded and asked, "Just about the notice to recruit doctors, there are at least thousands of doctors in the capital, but can all the doctors who want to come come in?"
"Line up and bring them in one at a time."
Xiao Yu said: "If the eldest prince of Xiliang asks to see me, bring him directly to the hall and tell Yan Qing that no one else can be allowed in until the princess recovers."
"Yes, Your Highness." Butler Wu bowed and left the hall.
*
Outside the Qinzheng Palace, Xiao Changshi and Sima Changfeng walked out one after the other. When they were alone, Xiao Changshi turned around and stared at Han Feng behind him, asking, "When did Commander Han form an alliance with Prime Minister Su?"
Han Feng curled his lips, but did not answer. Instead, he changed the subject, "Your Highness, it's getting late. We should quickly send someone to invite Lord Duan to Prince Su's mansion to arrest the criminal!"
Xiao Changshi was pleasantly surprised by his discovery, and his heart was filled with joy.
Su Heng sent someone to deliver a message to him yesterday. He had doubts at first, but he didn't expect it to be true.
In this way, the assassin at Baizhang Cliff and the assassin at Longhua Temple, everything seemed to make sense.
The Imperial Guards are the guardians of the entire imperial city. To control the Imperial Guards is equivalent to to control the entire imperial city.
But there is still one last line of defense, the commander of the Imperial Guards Liu Fang.
As long as he can win over Liu Fang, once the Imperial Guards are in his hands, the throne will be his!
Xiao Changshi curled his lips and smiled, "Commander Han is right, but your habit of dragging others into trouble is really not a good habit!"
Han Feng said calmly: "Your Highness is overthinking. I am just speaking the truth. The most important thing is to capture Prince Su, isn't it?"
"Of course! Please come in!" Xiao Changshi echoed and made a gesture of invitation.
Han Feng did not refuse. He took a step forward and walked side by side with Xiao Changshi.
I don’t know what the relationship between Han Feng and Prince Su is, and why he joined Su Heng’s camp.
This old fox is really not simple. Even when he is not in the court, there are still people like Han Feng working for him!
However, even if he is an old fox, if he wants to return to the court, he can only be used by him!
*
Outside the Wenhua Gate of the Imperial City, Li Mao sat in the carriage with his brows frowned, his hand on his forehead and his eyes closed.
His mind was filled with the scene of Princess Chaohua being stabbed with a dagger, bleeding all over the ground, and dying in front of her.
If I had known this would happen, I shouldn't have indulged her and brought her to Daning.
This trip was not for fun, but for an important matter - that was to find out the military order of the Ironclad Army that his father was in charge of.
According to the information he had obtained, the Iron Armored Army had been mobilized once seven years ago, but he checked all the generals in Xiliang and found that no one had mobilized the Iron Armored Army.
So, he wondered if it was someone from Daning who was transferred.
Although this idea is ridiculous, it is not impossible!
There were often wars of varying sizes among the neighboring countries, but only Daning and Xiliang lived in peace.
I heard that seven years ago in Daning, a brutal war took place and all the Pei family troops were massacred at Hanshan Pass.
I don't know if it was done by the Iron Cavalry, but the incident happened seven years ago, so it's worth checking.
There must be someone in the court of Daning who knows the inside story.
His father happened to be ill, so he took the opportunity to come to Daning.
Originally, he only planned to come with his fourth brother to investigate the matter of the military talisman, but he didn't expect Chaohua to insist on coming along, and ended up dying at the hands of that vicious woman.
My fourth brother is also missing and his life or death is uncertain!
Everything is a conspiracy of Prince Su's Mansion. He is determined to make that vicious woman pay with blood!
Qingxuan, wearing a black brocade robe with dark patterns, sat in the front of the carriage. With his slightly dark face, he looked around at the people with sharp eyes, preventing any suspicious person from approaching the carriage.
"Emergency notice! Prince Su and his wife were attacked by an assassin on West Street last night. The princess was so frightened that she fell ill. Prince Su's mansion is now offering a large sum of money to seek medical treatment. Anyone who can cure the princess will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver!"
"Emergency notice!..." The servant began to repeat the contents of the notice loudly.
"Qingxuan!" Li Mao shouted loudly to Qingxuan outside the curtain.
Qing Xuan lifted the curtain and walked into the carriage road: "I am here! Your Highness, do you think that notice is unusual?"
Li Mao asked anxiously, "That's right! Prince Su took that vicious woman to West Street?!"
Qing Xuan said: "Usually when assassinating someone, they would send out assassins, and the host would not personally go out. That way, even if they are captured, they can clear themselves of suspicion!"
Li Mao's joints creaked as he clenched them. "That vicious woman came here to seek revenge for the last collision. She must want to see Chao Hua die in person!"
Many vendettas in the martial arts world are like this!
But why did Prince Su make such a big fuss to announce to everyone that they had been to West Street? He could have just said he was looking for a doctor.
Qingxuan found this very strange!
In this way, wouldn't it be an easy way for people to treat them as suspects?
Suddenly an idea kept emerging in his mind!
"Your Highness, there is another possibility! The assassination they encountered was the Fourth Prince and the assassin!"
"After the assassins retreated last night, I went out to look for the Fourth Prince, but there was no body except three pools of blood on the street!"
Li Mao frowned, doubting Qing Xuan's idea. "You mean, they ran into the fourth brother and the assassin?"
"Yes!" Qingxuan replied.
Li Mao disagreed with his point of view, "It is possible that they were not satisfied with killing Chaohua, so they arrested the fourth brother!"
"Perhaps. Your Highness, why don't you go and ask clearly?"
The eldest prince has always been sensible, but he was overwhelmed by the death of Princess Chaohua.
Qingxuan agreed with Li Mao's words, but through the last time Princess Chaohua bumped into the Princess of Su and the notice, Qingxuan had a feeling that the Princess of Su might not be as unruly as Princess Chaohua.
But the facts still need to be verified, and we cannot let our guard down against them until they are completely cleared of suspicion.
Li Mao thought that Li Jue's life or death was uncertain. If he really fell into the hands of Prince Su, he would rescue him no matter what.
"Let's go to Prince Su's Mansion!"
"Your Highness, aren't you waiting for the commander of the Imperial Guards?"
Only after Qingxuan reminded him did Li Mao come back to his senses from his anger, but when he thought of his fourth brother whose life or death was uncertain, he didn't want to wait even a moment!
"Horseman, stay here and tell that man that we are leaving first!"
The coachman received Li Mao's instructions, got off the carriage and waited for Han Feng on the spot.
Qingxuan drove, and together with Li Mao, they headed straight to Prince Su's mansion.
*
At the gate of Prince Su's mansion, because of the notice that the servant had just posted, in less than an incense stick of time, fifty or sixty doctors had gathered at the gate, all clamoring to treat the princess.
Yan Qing put his hands on his hips, looking at the group of people in front of him who were chattering non-stop, his brows twitching.
Some had gray hair, some looked younger than 18 years old, some carried large medicine boxes, and some had nothing at all.
He stared with his big round eyes and shouted, "Shut up!"
This shout really worked, and all the people who claimed to be doctors calmed down.
"I will conduct a screening first. Those who pretend to be doctors or those who have poor medical skills should step out. If anyone comes in and cannot explain the cause, I will immediately have him sent to the Jingzhao government office! You can handle it yourselves!"
Although Yan Qing always had a smiling face, when he became serious, he looked a bit intimidating.
Because of his words, the eyes of several people began to avoid him and they looked very guilty.
Many of them looked at each other.
Although the medical fee is very tempting, life is more important. You can't risk your life for money!
Some came purely to see the scenery of the palace, while others heard that the princess was extremely beautiful and wanted to see her face.
None of these are more important than life.
Yan Qing looked at them and emphasized again, "If anyone wants to leave, it's not too late to regret it now!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a fat, middle-aged man said, "I suddenly remembered that the sow at home is about to give birth, and I have to go back!"
After saying that, he ran away!
Yan Qing couldn't help but sigh, can a fat man run so fast? !
"I forgot to take my medicine box. I'll go back and get it!" A man who looked like a newly-wed, dressed like a scholar, ran away!
"My wife is about to give birth!"
Yan Qing was speechless. Your wife and his pig were born on the same day. What a coincidence!
"There's rice cooking on my stove!"
“My clothes haven’t been washed yet!”
……
After making a series of excuses, only twenty people who looked like doctors were left.
Yan Qing nodded in satisfaction and continued to explain the rules, "Because the princess is very ill, in order to avoid disturbing her, only one person can go in at a time. If it doesn't work, the next person will be replaced until the princess is cured!"
As soon as this was said, two people became angry and asked, "How long will this queue last?"
"Yes, we can go in together and discuss diagnosis and treatment with each other!"
Yan Qing looked at them and shouted, "This is the rule. If you can't follow it, you can leave now!"
As soon as these words were spoken, there was silence without a single noise.
"If you have no objection, let's get started! Start with you!" Yan Qing pointed at the middle-aged man in a gray robe standing in front of him. He was of medium height, carrying a black medicine box on his back, and had a mustache. He looked like the man in the right position.
"Yes." The man nodded and bowed, then followed the servant into the palace.
The man was a polite man. He kept his eyes straight ahead and followed the servant to the inner courtyard of Furong Pavilion.
After opening the door to the inner courtyard, Xia He led him to the bedroom where Su Lingyue was resting.
Su Lingyue looked at her pale and bloodless face in the mirror and felt very satisfied.
"Caidie, the profit is good! You can transform me into this!" Su Lingyue looked at herself in the mirror and almost couldn't recognize herself.
Caidie's round little face was full of pride. She raised her head and smiled proudly, "Of course, my sister and I did the young lady's makeup. Of course, only my sister and I know how to do it best!"
Caiyi said, "Now that your makeup is done, Miss, please drink your medicine! It's not hot anymore."
"Well, bring it here!"
Su Lingyue nodded in response, took the bowl of medicine handed to her by Caiyi, and drank the medicine in small sips.
Caiyi took the empty medicine bowl, handed over a piece of dried plum, and put it into Su Lingyue's mouth.
The slightly sweet, sour and salty taste spreads in the mouth, diluting the bitter medicinal taste.
Caiyi glanced at the door and said, "Miss, go lie down quickly, it's almost time!"
After Su Lingyue lay down on the bed, she placed her slender white fingers on her own pulse.
Sure enough, her pulse had begun to become disordered, but she did not feel any discomfort at all.
Caidie let down the lotus-colored gauze curtain to cover Su Lingyue.
The prince has instructed that there must not be any gaps in the gauze curtain.
Not long after Su Lingyue lay down, there was a knock on the door.
Xia He knocked on the door and said, "Sister Caiyi, the doctor is here."
Caiyi opened the door and politely led the person into the house.
What caught their eyes was a screen with Suzhou embroidery and auspicious cloud patterns. They walked around the screen and took a quick look. The furnishings inside were very elegant, yet also revealed a low-key luxury. Every decoration and table and chair were beyond their reach.
He didn't want to look at it for too long, he just wanted to cure the princess and get the one thousand taels of silver reward.
But as soon as he walked around the screen, he saw a woman in a goose yellow coat sitting next to a round agarwood table. She had a stern face and a long sword in her hand!
There are guards!
He couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat!
There was only one hand stretched out from the side of the bed, with a green handkerchief covering it. The handkerchief was completely opaque, so it was impossible to tell whether the hand underneath was beautiful or ugly.
"Doctor, please sit down!" Caiyi brought a stool and asked the doctor to sit down beside the bed.
He sat down carefully and said respectfully, "Princess, please forgive me. I will start to feel your pulse!"
He felt for the pulse through the handkerchief.
But the more he felt the pulse, the stranger it seemed. With such a chaotic pulse, he was still alive!
"Doctor, how is my young lady?" Caiyi asked in a low voice.
The man frowned and said thoughtfully: "The princess' pulse is very chaotic. I'm afraid I have to give her acupuncture first to stabilize her pulse before proceeding with treatment!"
"How could this happen? Do you know?" Caiyi continued to ask.
The man remembered the content of the notice and said, "The princess is really too frightened. After her pulse is stabilized, she can take some soothing medicine for a few days."
Caiyi glanced at him, made a gesture to ask him to leave, and said lightly: "You can go back!"
The man panicked when he saw the order to expel him, and said hurriedly: "Just do as I say, and within three days, the princess will definitely recover!"
Caiyi didn't want him to bother her any more, so she said coldly, "Your medical skills are not good enough, please go back!"
Then he told Caidie, "Give him 20 taels of silver as consultation fee."
Seeing Caiyi's tough attitude, the doctor looked at Li Jing, who was sitting at the table with a sword in his hand and a murderous look on his face. He could only pick up the medical box with regret and leave the bedroom.
What a pity, it’s only one thousand and two taels of silver!
"You can't even tell my real pulse. Your medical skills are not as good as mine!" Su Lingyue curled her lips.
Caidie said, "Maybe he came here for the one thousand taels of silver!"
"Maybe!"
Su Lingyue said: "Call the next one and see if there is anyone with good medical skills!"
Maybe there really is a miraculous doctor who can help Xiao Yu too!