The emperor's daughter Changping

Wang Chengen brought Ah Jiu and the others to kneel in front of the old man and said, "Report to the Empress Dowager, Your Majesty Zhou and the two princesses have arrived."

The queen mother took a trembling step forward after hearing this, and muttered: "Chang Ping, my good granddaughter!"

Empress Zhou hurriedly took Xiao Shi and Ah Jiu to kneel down and said: "See the Queen Mother!"

A court lady and concubine supported the queen mother, walked in front of Ah Jiu and helped her up, "Get up, get up, my Changping!"

After speaking, he pulled Ah Jiu into his arms, already crying.

"Huang... Grandma Huang!" Ah Jiu was stunned, his body was a little stiff, and he spoke slowly after a while.

Although Ah Jiu misses the gray-haired queen mother who loved her in her childhood memories, but today she can meet again, and the scene of parting back then is vivid in my memory. She and her mother drove out of the palace and tasted the ups and downs of the world. Now that these years have passed, although the resentment from childhood has gradually faded with time, there is still some grudge in my heart.

Queen Mother, in the past six years, have you ever regretted one day, or have you ever thought of me and my mother living on the streets, being hunted down and worried about us, Queen Mother, how can you bear it?

The queen mother seemed to feel something, let go of Ah Jiu and ordered Queen Zhou and Xiao Shi who were kneeling on the ground to get up.

The Empress Dowager's attitude towards Empress Zhou was always indifferent, and she still treated Empress Zhou as usual. I think she really didn't like Empress Zhou from the bottom of her heart, and even her attitude towards Xiao Shi was not very good, so she only asked the eunuch to read the emperor's decree.

It is only said that the emperor was busy with state affairs, so when Qin Tianjian chose an auspicious day, it was recorded in the roster of the clan, and the ancestors were listed on the incense stick. He was named Zhu Yanyan and Princess Zhaoren. Because he was still young, his mother Zhou Take care of him and stay in Zhaoren Hall.

Princess Changping moved into the Ningshou Palace where her biological mother lived before her death. Twenty court ladies and eunuchs from various factions took care of her diet and daily life, and she listened to her homework in Chuxiu Palace every day.

From the beginning to the end, there was no mention of Queen Zhou's matter, but she was placed in an awkward position.

Seeing Queen Zhou standing there with her head bowed, Ah Jiu was expressionless, she couldn't see her emotions, felt aggrieved, and wanted to ask, but Queen Zhou grabbed the corner of her clothes and shook her head, signaling her not to make trouble.

Ah Jiu saw that her eyes were firm and she didn't feel sad or lost, so she endured it, but hated herself for being incompetent in her heart.

A series of events, half a day has passed, and the Forbidden City is full of red in the evening and sunset, which makes people feel a little sad in their hearts.

During the entire ancestor worship ceremony, Emperor Chongzhen did not appear. Ah Jiu felt more and more disappointed. At the end of the day, he was exhausted, mentally and mentally haggard, and collapsed on the ground without knowing his body. The woman standing on the right side of the queen mother was busy. He ordered someone to go to Xuan to see the imperial physician, but fortunately this place was not far from Ningshou Palace, so he asked people to carry Ah Jiu back to Ningshou Palace to wait.

Not long after, three or four old men came to return to their orders. They were four imperial physicians Li, Wang, Zhang, and Sun from the imperial hospital.

That Imperial Physician Wang was the Imperial Physician Wang that Zhou Xian invited to see Ah Jiu that day. He already knew that Ah Jiu was a princess, so he quickly brought the four major Imperial Physicians of the Imperial Hospital to make a diagnosis.

Several people had their pulses healed one after another, and looking at Ah Jiu's face, they all shook their heads and sighed. The Queen Mother asked: "Doctor Wang, what's wrong with Changping?"

The Imperial Physician Wang said with a look of embarrassment: "Report to the Empress Dowager! The princess has suffered from a rare poison. I have been practicing medicine for 30 years, and I have never seen such a strange poison!"

Doctor Li said: "According to what I see, Her Royal Highness is poisoned by a poison. This poison will not kill people immediately. It will only make people weak and weak at first, as if they have been drugged! But at most After seven or seven days, the symptoms will gradually appear, penetrate the heart and spleen, penetrate into the internal organs, and make people feel so painful!"

Doctor Sun said: "This venom is similar to snake venom, but it is not a single snake venom. This is the difficulty. If the root cause cannot be found, the root cause of the disease will be difficult to eliminate!"

Chang Ping was startled when he heard this, no wonder he has been drowsy for the past two days and his limbs are weak and weak. It turned out that he had been poisoned by such a strange poison, and only then did he realize that the forearm of his left hand was scratched by that red medicine on Feishilin that day. After one knife, the wound still hurts to this day. That day, He Hongyao seemed to say that he planted her Wu Ri San, so he told the truth.

Doctor Wang and the four were shocked and said, "It's five days away?"

After speaking, several people looked at each other and shook their heads.

The imperial doctor said: "I have heard that there is a kind of Wudu powder in Jianghu called 'Wu Du San', which is made of golden leaf chrysanthemum, black heart lotus, peach blossoms stained with miasma poison, wisteria in the cold bitan of Miaojiang, and green jade. Silkworm Gu is a highly poisonous product made from the ashes of the five poisonous substances of silkworm Gu.

After being poisoned by this poison, there will be no attack for a while, but after seven to forty-nine days, if there is no antidote, the whole body will fester and die. The death is very painful, even more uncomfortable than death from a poisonous snake. "

Speaking here, Imperial Physician Zhang suddenly stopped, not daring to continue, the Queen Mother trembled all over when she heard him stop, and hurriedly said: "Doctor Zhang, it's okay for you to say it!"

Doctor Zhang led the order: "According to the diagnosis of Weichen and others, the poison the princess suffered from is very similar to that of Wudusan, and they all developed after seven to forty-nine days. It is not difficult to detoxify the princess, but the first thing is to investigate It is only those five kinds of drugs that can prescribe the right medicine! We will do our best to find out the root cause as soon as possible."

At this time, the concubine on the right side of the queen mother said: "Since it's five days away, will the princess be in any danger after five days?"

Ah Jiu only noticed this woman at this time, but she saw that she was wearing plain clothes and green radish palace attire, with a peaceful face and picturesque eyebrows. Standing among the concubines, she had a peaceful state, but also attracted people's attention. breath.

After pondering for a long time in my mind, I realized that she was the noble concubine Yuan who had just entered the palace that year before she left the palace.

"This..." Hearing her question, the four great physicians hesitated for a moment.

"Bastards!" Seeing them like this, the queen mother couldn't help scolding: "The academicians of the dignified imperial hospital can't cure the poison of the princess. What's the use of the imperial court supporting you?"

Physician Wang and others were so frightened that they hurriedly knelt down and said, "I am incompetent, please forgive me, Queen Mother!"

The queen mother was so angry that even if she wanted to order someone to pull her out for execution, fortunately Ah Jiu stopped it in time, and the person who tied the bell had to be untied. She thought that her poison might only be cured by some red medicine. Now it is no wonder that these imperial physicians are not skilled. There are so many master poisoners in the Jianghu, some of them can't be kept secret.

At this time, only one eunuch said: "Report to the Queen Mother, the servant has a plan, I don't know if it is feasible or not?"

The queen mother said: "Eunuch Cao, please tell me, if the princess's poison can be cured, the Ai family and the emperor will definitely reward you a lot!"

It turned out that this person was Cao Huachun, the head of the eunuchs.