Red Mansion Rebirth: Ghost Phoenix

That night the prince broke a total of 55 lanterns, strained his right arm, and fell into a coma until noon the next day, with a high fever.

The entire Eastern Palace was in a panic, and the Crown Princess almost got out of bed and went to see the doctor despite the doctor's advice.

She persuaded the Crown Princess and Mei Ruoqin to stop, and also stopped Wu Liangyuan and other concubines. Wang Xifeng did not take off her clothes and served them personally by their side.

When the news reached the Daming Palace, Emperor Shengping was shocked and quickly ordered people to investigate what was going on.

After he finished listening to the conversation between Empress Mo and the Crown Prince word for word, veins popped up on Emperor Shengping's forehead and he raised his hand to smash the tea bowl: "Foolish woman! I have finally raised a filial and respectful Crown Prince, but she insists on stirring up trouble!

"Will she not stop until all my sons kill each other?!"

Dai Quan stood by and lowered his head in silence.

Ten years ago, he was an eyewitness to the bloody storm in Chaoshang.

Not to mention that Emperor Shengping experienced a heart-wrenching experience, even he, a eunuch who was just watching from the sidelines, felt exhausted.

"Such a foolish woman..." Emperor Shengping's face was filled with murderous intent. He gritted his teeth and whispered, "Call Li Wan'an."

Dai Quan was startled, looked at Emperor Shengping, and gently dissuaded him: "Your Majesty, there are only two months left..."

"In two months, I will be moving to another palace. The prince is filial, and I am afraid that in order not to disturb me, he will really find other excuses to keep that stupid woman.

"In the past thirty years, I have not paid much attention to this son. Now I have to hand over such a mess to him. I feel guilty about it.

"How could I bear to let this child be branded as unfilial and be criticized by future generations for no reason?

"I must get rid of this disaster!" Emperor Shengping's eyes were fierce and his fists were clenched.

After hearing these words, Dai Quan knew that he could no longer persuade him, so he bowed and retreated quietly.

Li Wan'an was the former court judge. Because he was obsessed with all kinds of poisons, he was used by others and caused the deaths of two princes. Emperor Shengping then demoted him to a small medical practitioner in a pharmaceutical workshop.

From that great chaos to now, Emperor Shengping has not mentioned this name for eight years.

But Dai Quan knew that when the world was at peace, everything was fine. However, if something happened, Doctor Li would quietly return to the court, so he had taken good care of him during the past eight years.

Otherwise, how could an old man who had fallen from a high position live safely in a place like a pharmacy until now?

That night, after everyone had settled down, Dai Quan quietly took Li Wan'an into the Zichen Hall.

Su Yu, who was acting cute in front of the emperor, was holding Emperor Shengping's hand and begging him to play with her.

Emperor Shengping stroked her head with a gentle smile, then took off the brocade and gold-thread purse from his waist and threw it to Suyu for her to grab and bite.

Li Wanan is a skinny old man. He is not tall, but his back is straight and his eyes are bright.

"Li Wanan, do you admit your guilt?" Emperor Shengping was fiddling with his purse and teasing the cat. He didn't even look at Li Wanan. His question was nonchalant, but he went straight to the point that hurt Li Wanan the most.

Because the reason why Li Wanan was so angry that he almost lost his life was not because he was used to develop poison, but because of the words he said to defend himself:

"There's nothing wrong with poison, and there's nothing wrong with me developing poison. The real fault is the person who uses poison to harm others!"

Even if that person is the emperor's son.

Emperor Shengping was so angry about this that he beat him with forty canes in public. If Dai Quan hadn't secretly sent someone to watch over him, Li Wan'an would have died.

Eight years passed. Just when Dai Quan thought that the old man should have learned to bend down, the old doctor just bowed and said in a deep voice:

“I believe that there is nothing wrong with poison, there is nothing wrong with developing poison, and there is nothing wrong with using poison to kill people.

“The one who is wrong is the one who breaks the law.”

Emperor Shengping paused and glanced at Dai Quan.

Dai Quan was so frightened that his face turned pale, his legs went limp and he knelt down, hastily denying: "I didn't say a word to him!"

"Hmm." Emperor Shengping lowered his eyes and continued to play with the cat. "Li Wanan, you have been working in the pharmacy for so many years. Have you developed something that can make people die quietly and painlessly?"

Li Wanan remained calm and raised his hand to answer: "No. It is unlikely that there is such a poison in the world.

"But I have discovered quite a few drugs that can make a person slowly weaken and die. There are some ailments, but not many. It won't be very painful."

Suyu lay on the mat, breathing heavily with her mouth open. She stared at Li Wanan with her bright eyes wide open.

Emperor Shengping subconsciously blocked Suyu's sight and looked up at Li Wanan: "Very good."

An hour later.

Wu Jin stood behind Wang Xifeng and meowed softly a few times.

The prince, who was sleeping on the bed, opened his eyes slightly and coughed softly.

Wang Xifeng dropped the black gold and hurried forward to ask him softly, "Your Highness, are you awake? Do you want some water? Does your head still hurt?"

The prince closed his eyes again and took a rest before opening them again and whispered to her, "What time is it?"

"It's the first quarter of the day. You've been burning it for a whole day and night." Wang Xifeng said softly, reaching out to pour warm water from the pot beside her and bringing it to the prince's lips, "Moisten it a little."

The prince tilted his head slightly, took a sip of water, and closed his eyes again: "Headache."

Wang Xifeng put down the tea bowl and touched the prince's forehead. She found that it was still a little hot, so she knelt at the head of the bed, stretched out her hands to massage his temples, and whispered:

"How big of a fight did you have with the Queen?

"Not only did you get yourself sick from anger, but the Empress in the palace also said she was ill. The abbot of Da Ci'en Temple was scared to death, and today he sent a message to the East Palace, saying that he would come to exorcise the evil spirit for you.

"The Crown Princess heard it and almost chopped off his head. She asked me to scold him in person and had the messenger kicked out."

The prince's eyebrows jumped twice, but he smiled with the corners of his mouth curved: "His lecture was too boring, I was distracted, and he was not happy, so he rang the bell to warn me.

"I made up a dream for him to interpret. He led me to think about the old case of the brothers' fight.

"Now that I'm ill, he's afraid that I'll tell my father what he said, so naturally he's scared out of his wits."

Wang Xifeng muttered, "This thief baldy should scare him to death! He can't let everyone live in peace every day! Why bring up those old things? We are all family members. As long as we behave ourselves, who wouldn't want to pretend to be deaf and dumb?"

The prince reached out and pulled her hand, the curve of his mouth deepened: "You are getting more and more courageous."

"Your Highness, if you don't want to sleep, can I call the imperial physician in? He can check if your fever has subsided and give you a massage - it will be more effective than my random kneading and pressing."

Wang Xifeng changed the subject abruptly.

The prince nodded slowly and whispered, "Thank you for your hard work. I'm fine now, just let Qinghai take care of me, you can go back now."

Wang Xifeng thought for a moment and said, "Your Highness, please promise me that you will not ask about external affairs tonight and just take care of yourself. Then I will leave."

"Well, okay, I agree."

"Then I will take my leave."