Mikago

The wind and the moon are short.

Before I knew it, nearly ten days had passed since the night in the medicine garden.

Just as the relationship between Lu and Tang was making rapid progress, the court fell into a subtle deadlock.

Emperor Huiming's condition became more and more serious, and there has been no early court since this period of time.Moreover, because of Zhao Yun's lesson from the past, he is unwilling to mention the matter of the crown prince supervising the country.

Zhao Jing, the new crown prince, seemed to have been put on hold and became a dispensable decoration.

Of course, Zhao Kyung is also a person who is unwilling to be lonely.Although he was unable to exercise power on the surface, in secret, he had already fought fiercely with people from all walks of life in the court.

Unlike Zhao Yun or Zhao Yun, Zhao Jing is not arrogant and cold, and he does not easily put on a domineering royal posture, and sometimes even has a bit of a market atmosphere.

For those who deliberately please him, he accepts them all; and for those who temporarily choose to wait and see, or even do not conspire with each other, he is also tolerant. It was still above Zhao Yun.

All these rumors in the court were reported by Tang Ruilang to Lu You in the inner court bit by bit.And Lu You worriedly reported the only piece of news from the Penglai Pavilion——

Just yesterday, Tianliang Xing secretly called him aside, and said solemnly: "The emperor's illness is quite strange, I'm afraid it will never recover."

On the third day after saying this sentence, Tianliang Xing's prediction came true.

In the Penglai Pavilion that night, the eunuch on duty sat and dozed on the ground at the end of the dragon bed as usual.In the middle of the night, he suddenly had an urgent need to urinate, so he crawled out of the inner room on all hands and feet, and went outside to relieve his hand lightly.

After solving the internal emergency, the eunuch on duty at night still crawled back to the inner room with hands and feet.However, as soon as he climbed into the door, he saw a pair of bare feet standing in front of him.

At this hour, who else could there be besides Emperor Huiming who got up at night?

The eunuch who was on duty at night was also calm. After serving the emperor for a long time, he naturally knew what was going on.He hastened to help the emperor out of Gong.

But at this moment, that bare foot kicked him violently on the cheek!

Caught off guard, the eunuch on duty at night was lifted upright and hit the door panel.That strength doesn't look like a person who has been ill for a long time.

Although the unlucky eunuch didn't know exactly where he had offended the emperor, he didn't dare to cry out for injustice, instead he rolled three times on the spot, then knelt and kowtowed.

Although Emperor Huiming was incompetent, he was not a violent and domineering emperor. In the past, even if he was angry, he would not deal with his subjects at will.The eunuch originally expected him to appease his anger, but unfortunately this time it backfired.

Immediately afterwards, not only was he kicked severely again, but he was also hit hard on the head by some heavy object, and blood gushed out immediately.

The eunuch was beaten until his eyes stared at him, and only then did he begin to wonder if the person in front of him was actually the emperor.

He covered the wound with one hand while raising his head.However, the moonlight was dim, and he could only see a silhouette vaguely, which seemed real but not real, but it was [-]% similar to Emperor Huiming.

He wanted to confirm further, but the man had already raised the object in his hand again, muttering something, and smashed it down again!

At the first moment of Chouzheng, Lu You was awakened by a knock on the door.

He put on his clothes and got up, saw two young eunuchs, their faces were pale, and the corners of their eyes were red, and they said something serious happened in the Penglai Pavilion, so they invited them over.

After barely getting dressed, Lu You hurried to Penglai Pavilion.

I saw a dead body covered with a white cloth parked in the yard, with blood stains on its head.He walked over and lifted the cloth, and saw that the face of the eunuch on duty was bloody.

Someone on the side lowered his voice: "This...is what the emperor did."

Lu You froze for a moment, but there was no change on his face, he just turned his head and asked the speaker, "Where is Tianliang?"

"Already in the inner room."

"Pass down the order that idlers are not allowed to enter or leave the Penglai Pavilion. Then let General Zuo lead people to patrol, and take all irrelevant people to Jingfutai first. Without my order, no one is allowed to be released."

After explaining this, he quickly walked into the cabinet.

The inner room of Emperor Huiming's daily life was empty, except for two young eunuchs, kneeling on the ground and scrubbing the blood.

Lu You turned around and entered the side hall, lifted the hanging curtains, and pushed open the gauze cabinet, only to see five or six eunuchs working together to press Emperor Huiming on the dragon couch.

"What is this for?!"

Lu You was asking about it, but Tian Liangxing came in with a golden bowl containing soup and medicine.

"It's not convenient here, please let the young prisoner take a step to speak."

So the two returned to the inner room as before, and pushed back the two little eunuchs who were scrubbing.Tian Liangxing opened his mouth to speak, but the first thing he let out was a sigh.

"Let's prepare everything that needs to be prepared... Your Majesty's time is probably numbered."

Lu You was not surprised, but just puzzled: "The corpse in the yard is really an act of the emperor? Given his physical condition and rational behavior, how could it be possible..."

"I understand what you mean, but I'm also very confused."

Tianliang Xing said: "Judging from the pulse condition and complexion, Emperor Huiming's dragon body is already like a candle in the wind, and his life may be in danger at any time. However, the current performance is simply more powerful than ordinary people... ...I am ashamed to say that I have practiced medicine for many years, but I have never seen a similar disease."

He spoke vaguely, but Lu You vaguely had some thoughts, and he took the initiative to clarify: "You don't have to hide it from me, the emperor's illness...is it related to the poison in his body?"

"Gu? You said there is Gu in the emperor's body?"

Now it was Tian Liangxing's turn to be stunned: "I've never thought in this direction. What you said seems to have such a possibility. But the palace is strictly forbidden, so how could it be..."

Lu Youdao: "No one knows exactly how this Gu came about. The reason why I heard about it is because Duke Changqiu was supervising the case in Liuquancheng and found that all the children of the clan living in the Li Palace were dead. Strange Gu in his body. He went on to investigate Emperor Huiming's situation, and only then did he make this terrifying discovery."

Tianliang Xing came to a sudden: "A few days ago, he asked me to take the emperor's blood sample for this reason... But if the emperor has been poisoned, it doesn't make sense to wait until now."

Immediately afterwards, he suddenly asked himself an answer.

"...That's right! Back then, in order to understand the course of the emperor's illness, I had carefully studied the prescriptions prescribed by the Imperial Medical Bureau for the emperor over the years. Among them was a so-called 'nourishing and strengthening' prescription, which the emperor had been taking for many years. But I I don’t know what it’s for. Now that you say it like this, could it be that this prescription is used to suppress Gu poison?”

"Perhaps that's why..."

Lu You was thoughtful, and then there was another "thud" in his heart, remembering that when he replaced Zhao Yang in Huiqing Palace, Zhao Yang had also taken some kind of "tonic medicine" from Yaowangyuan for a long time.

Yaowangyuan, Yaowangyuan again.How could this place, which was supposed to save the world and save people, hide so many secrets?

Sooner or later, we must figure it out.

Lu You was thinking to himself, and heard Tianliang Xing say: "Since it is Gu poison, then I will try to cure it with the method of dispelling Gu. But I can't hold too much hope, I can only say that I will do my best."

From this day on, Penglai Pavilion has become a forbidden area in Zichen Palace, and there are inner flying dragon guards patrolling day and night.The Ministry of Internal Affairs issued an order to ban all gossip and gossip in the palace, and everyone kept secret about Emperor Huiming's strange illness.And those who served around the emperor were all replaced by the most capable and loyal eunuchs and court ladies.

Of all the people, Tianliang Xing was the hardest and most frustrating one.

Since he suspected that it was caused by Gu poison, he did a lot of research, and he went to Huozuo Temple to ask Lao Shanggong for advice.

It's a pity that even Lao Shanggong said that this kind of Gu has not been seen in a hundred years, and there may not be anyone in Daning who can break the Gu.

In the end, he still failed to come up with any effective countermeasures. He just barely used decoctions and acupuncture to control Emperor Huiming's emotions and actions.

In this way, the emperor will not hurt the innocent again, but his mind is still unclear, and he has hallucinations all day long, just like a madman.

Because the emperor had been in charge of the government for a long time and did not let the prince supervise the country, many important tasks of the Daning Dynasty fell on the Shangshu, Zhongshu and the important officials of the three provinces under his sect.

At the same time, as a privy envoy, Lu You also traveled between the south side of the palace city and the imperial city every day, not only alienating Tang Ruilang, but even Penglai Pavilion hadn't been there for a while.

It was a ten-day day after all, all the officials rested, and there was no sound in the imperial city.Lu You read in Lizao Hall for a while, guessing that it should be lunch time, so he went to Penglai Pavilion to ask about Emperor Huiming's recent situation.

He backed away, went up to the second floor of Penglai Pavilion alone, and first smelled a strong smell of herbs.Looking for incense, I saw Tianliang Xing sitting in the side hall, sleeping at his desk.

Lu You understood that he was exhausted during this period of time, and couldn't bear to wake him up, so he walked alone to the inner room where Emperor Huiming was resting.

The two eunuchs guarding the door hurriedly bowed to him when they saw him.

Lu You heard that there was no movement in the room, so he quickly waved his hand to signal not to be disturbed, and only lowered his voice and asked, "How is your majesty?"

"Returning to Lord Shaojian, the emperor has just taken the decoction and is sleeping peacefully on the couch."

Lu You nodded, opened the door and walked in.