Transmigrating into a female supporting role in a book

More and more people gathered outside the upper study room. Princess Furou, who was originally going to Kunning Palace, turned back halfway and brought the head maid of the Queen with her. It seemed that Jiang Kang's injury would soon become known to everyone in the palace.

Some came to help, and some came to watch the fun.

While there were many people around, I left the place of trouble.

There were no classes the next day because the emperor wanted to investigate the matter thoroughly.

Cai Yin, who had gone out to get information, came back with a serious expression, "Princess, do you want to visit the patient? I heard that the Ninth Prince has not woken up yet, and all kinds of precious medicinal materials have been sent to his Qinglang Palace like water. I also heard that..."

She hesitated to speak, looked around to make sure no one else was around, then lowered her voice and continued, "I heard that because of the Ninth Prince's injury this time, His Majesty investigated and found that since the Ninth Prince moved out of the Queen's place and lived in Qinglang Palace two years ago, the palace servants have not been serving him attentively. The Ninth Prince uses only old things in his room, and there are only a few clothes in the closet, and they are all from last year. I really don't want to believe it. He is still a prince. How dare they do this?"

I recalled the situation when I met Jiang Kang before. I didn't tell from his appearance that he was in such a difficult situation in the palace. I only remembered that when the gentle and polite young man smiled, his cheeks would slightly turn red.

"How could this happen?" I murmured again and again.

"I think maybe some people think that His Highness is still young and has no chance of becoming the emperor. In addition, the Queen doesn't have her heart set on him, so..."

I don't agree with Caiyin's words. It is impossible for the Queen to really ignore the Ninth Prince. Even if she really likes Princess Furou who is kept by her side, Jiang Kang is a prince after all. Even if he does not participate in the fight for the throne, he will have to enter the officialdom and gain real power in the future.

As the mistress of the harem, if the queen doesn't pay attention to Jiang Kang, it means that she doesn't care about the entire harem, or the emperor himself.

The queen is just a little weak, but her brain is fine. When I was still the Princess of Zhenbei, I participated in a matchmaking party organized by the queen. However, it was in the name of flower viewing, but in fact it was to choose a wife for the prince. It was just because of some accidents that there was no follow-up.

I instructed Caiyin, "Please keep an eye on the affairs of Qinglang Palace for me. We won't send any gifts for now. I will go visit His Highness the Ninth Prince in person when he's feeling better." Caiyin agreed and walked out.

After a while, someone in the yard reported that the emperor had summoned him.

When I came out, I saw a familiar-looking eunuch. Wasn't this the one who Fang Yian used to fake an imperial decree to call me last time?

I thought he was using the same old trick again, but this time he really led me outside the imperial study.

"Princess, please come in. His Majesty is already inside." The other person lowered his head and respectfully lifted the curtain for me.

I took a deep breath and said to myself, I should have changed into something more formal.

There was no point in thinking too much at this point, so I lifted my skirt, stepped over the threshold and walked in.

It turned out that the emperor came to ask me about Jiang Kang’s injury yesterday. I guess someone reported to him everything they saw at the scene.

I told him everything I had seen. After the emperor listened in silence, his expression became much worse than before.

This is because when I first saw the Ninth Prince being chased and beaten by Jiang Che, I thought it was another palace servant being bullied, but I didn't expect that the person who fell was actually the Ninth Prince. It stands to reason that Jiang Che and Jiang Tu should have been raised by Prince Duan himself, and the Emperor favored him, so he promoted his grandson to the same treatment as his own son, but he didn't expect that a lawless prince would emerge.

In a few years, when Jiang Che grows up a bit, he might become Princess Yanyun again, or even better than the Princess Yanyun.

The atmosphere in the imperial study became increasingly oppressive. The emperor did not speak, and the people around him lowered their heads and dared not move. I stood in the middle, sticking like a log. It was not my fault, but why did I feel like I was being punished?

At this time, someone trotted in, knelt in front of the emperor's desk, and asked softly, "Your Majesty, it's time for dinner. Should we serve the meal? Do you want an extra pair of chopsticks?"

The emperor finally came back to his senses. "I have no appetite right now. I want to go for a walk in Qinglang Palace." He looked at me and said, "Hui'er, are you hungry?"

I quickly shook my head, "I had lunch late, so I'm not hungry at all."

"Then come with me and go see your brother."

The word "brother" brought back memories of the past. I put on a docile and well-behaved appearance and followed the emperor to the Qinglang Palace.

As soon as we arrived, we heard the Queen scolding someone in a crying voice. When we entered the yard, we saw that there was already a circle of people standing there, most of them were imperial doctors.

I have never seen the Queen Mother lose her composure like this before. She grabbed a man by the collar of his clothes, as if she wanted to tear him apart.

When the people in the yard saw the emperor appear, everything became quiet.

The emperor deliberately did not let the palace servants inform him in advance because he wanted to come and see what the Qinglang Palace looked like now.

After paying her respects, the Queen pointed at the person she had just scolded and complained to the Emperor, "This quack doctor actually wanted to cut open Kang'er's head, and said there was a 30% risk that he would never wake up again. How could such a person be allowed to enter the Imperial Hospital? Your Majesty, you should expel him from the palace! Otherwise, he will harm others again!"

I couldn't help but glance at the imperial physician whose clothes were wrinkled by the Queen. It was actually Doctor Sun. He looked indifferent, as if he was not worried at all about the troubles he would face.

The emperor could not just listen to the advice of the empress's family who did not know medicine. After asking other experienced imperial doctors, he learned about Jiang Kang's current condition. Although the method proposed by Doctor Sun was dangerous, it was also to release blood stasis and treat the patient. It was recorded in ancient medical books. This method sounds bizarre, but it can be verified and is not something Doctor Sun said casually.

As a modern person, I roughly guessed Jiang Kang's illness. He was hit on the back of his head and had intracerebral hemorrhage. Although the wound was treated, the blood in the brain was congested and the intracranial pressure continued to increase, and the person remained in a coma. In this case, in a modern hospital, it would also be a craniotomy and bloodletting. Even with modern medicine's various advanced instruments, the risk of this operation is very high, not to mention that there is no sterile operating room environment at present. Doctor Sun dared to tell the queen about this treatment method, which was really fierce.

When the emperor entered the palace, he had to see the patients first, so I followed him.

Jiang Kang lay on the bed, lying on his side, as if he had fallen asleep, and he had not woken up. The young eunuch who had been taking care of the patient beside the bed had red eyes from crying, and when he saw the emperor coming, he knelt upright, not daring to raise his head.

The emperor stepped forward and took a look without saying a word. His expression became even uglier.

The queen kept wiping her tears and when she wanted to say something else, she suddenly started coughing violently and had to leave.

"You shouldn't move around in your health. Kang'er has so many people serving him here. Even if you come over, you won't be able to help. You'd better take care of yourself first!" The emperor frowned.

But the queen obviously misunderstood his meaning. Her face turned pale and she said angrily, "Your Majesty, don't worry. I will go back to Kunning Palace now and will not bring the disease to Kang'er!" After that, she took her people away directly, as if she did not give the emperor any face at all.

As a front-line spectator, I saw the expressions of both of them clearly. It was hard not to wonder what the discord between the emperor and the empress had caused, and how it had come to such a tense situation.