novelhk Chapter 146 The past is too painful to look back on
Chapter 146 The past is too painful to look back on
Zhou Chang held the green glass bottle between his fingertips and turned it in front of his eyes: "This is the last one. I want to know who is behind today's incident?"
“Well…” Fang She’s goldfish eyes rolled around, not seeming to be hesitant, but more like he was keeping the secret.
"As the most trusted person around my father, you wouldn't be afraid to even say his name, right?" Zhou Chang said, shaking the transparent bottle of emerald green glass inlaid with gold in front of him. "Don't worry, the words will enter my ears once they come out of your mouth, and no third person will know."
At this time, the two of them were standing by the flower bed on one side of the imperial study. The eunuchs accompanying Shouhou and Fang She had already stood a few steps away and were waiting.
Fang She was a servant who followed his master. He was as greedy for money as the Emperor Lin. The little green bottle was his "exclusive private supply" and he couldn't let it go. So he whispered three words: "Liu Dexia."
"Liu Dexia?" Zhou Chang was the donkey-faced deputy general manager whom he had met when he was Shen Rui. He didn't think anything of it at the time, but when he heard the name again, Prince Yi Fengming's consciousness exploded.
A overwhelming hatred surged into my heart, unstoppable.
Eighteen years ago, Prince Yi Fengming's biological mother was Concubine Lan. She was already seriously ill in bed and didn't have much time left.
At first, Concubine Lan’s illness was not a serious one. It was just a lung deficiency, cough and asthma caused by liver qi stagnation.
Unexpectedly, because the imperial physician Xu Wei was snobbish and could not get much benefit from his mother, Concubine Lan, he did not treat the patient with all his heart.
Coincidentally, Zhou Chang had also met the imperial physician Xu Wei, who was the one who treated Concubine Rui Shen Rui's throat. At that time, she did not have a good impression of this man and even doubted his medical skills.
At that time, Concubine Lan's illness was treated as a cold, but she didn't expect that the condition would get worse and worse, and it was out of control. In the end, she spent almost all her savings, but the disease was still not cured.
At that time, Prince Yi, who was only six years old, was still the ninth prince.
One day, Concubine Lan was seriously ill and her cough became more and more severe until she coughed up blood.
Prince Yi was extremely anxious and urged Uncle Qiu to call the imperial physician.
At that time, Uncle Qiu was only in his twenties and less than thirty years old. He was the eunuch in charge of Huilan Garden. His body and legs were still in good health.
Uncle Qiu had been there several times before but had always failed. He had no choice but to go again. The person he found was Liu Dexia, who was the manager of the Yingshifang of the Nei Tingfu at that time.
Because Noble Lady Lan had been ill for some time, she had already informed Concubine Yi, who had also given permission to summon the imperial physician to the palace at any time.
However, if he wanted to summon the imperial physician, he would need a token to enter and exit the inner palace, and he had to go through someone in the office. All of this was in Liu Dexia's hands.
After Uncle Qiu went to find Liu Dexia, Prince Yi at the time was anxious and worried, so he followed him secretly. Standing far away outside the courtyard gate, he saw Uncle Qiu kneeling on the ground and begging bitterly.
Liu Dexia had a dark face and turned up his nose. He looked down at Uncle Qiu and said in a shrill voice, "How long has Lady Huilan Yuanlan been ill? It must have been a year or so. It's probably not an emergency, let alone a moment's illness. But you servants don't know how to remind your masters and ask for the imperial physician every few days. Isn't it annoying? You have nothing to do when you are free, but we have a lot of things to do here."
Uncle Qiu knelt on the ground and blocked Liu Dexia's way: "Eunuch Liu, please be kind. Lady Lan is really dying this time. Please send someone to find the imperial physician immediately. If you delay any longer, something terrible might happen."
"What big deal? You said so yesterday, the day before, and the day before that. According to our family, how big a deal can it be? It's all because of you, a bunch of slaves, who are looking for trouble." Liu Dexia yelled and walked out impatiently.
Uncle Qiu grabbed Liu Dexia's hem and said, "Eunuch Liu, you are very busy. How about you give me a pass token and I will go find the imperial physician myself? Lady Lan is really dying."
"A pass? How can anyone give it to you?" Liu Dexia kicked Uncle Qiu away. "Didn't you hear that Concubine Jin of Jinxiu Palace is in a hurry to get lilies. Today is Concubine Jin's birthday, and His Majesty will be there too. We don't have enough manpower right now, so we have to go there to deliver something. When we have more manpower, we'll send someone to invite the imperial physician. That should be fine, right?"
"No, it will be too late by then." Uncle Qiu held Liu Dexia tightly.
"Humph," Liu Dexia sneered, and kicked Uncle Qiu's shoulder with more force, "You have been in the palace for so many years and you still don't have any sense. Get out of here, you stupid guy."
Uncle Qiu was kicked to the ground, and when he got up, Liu Dexia had already strode out of the room.
As soon as Liu Dexia went out, he saw Prince Yi standing in the yard in a daze. He was stunned at first, then he put on a fake smile: "Hey, Your Highness, why are you here?"
At that time, Prince Yi Fengming was only six years old. He had an expressionless face and stared straight at Liu Dexia without saying a word.
Liu Dexia showed no shame on his face, and only knew how to pretend: "Qiu Chang, what do you do for a living? You come here to make trouble for no reason, and you don't think highly of the Ninth Prince. How can you let the Ninth Prince run around? If someone is blind and bumps into the Ninth Prince, what will happen?"
Uncle Qiu got up from the ground and ran out of the door. He was also surprised to see Prince Yi: "Your Highness, why are you here?"
Prince Yi still did not answer, and used all his strength to control his small body from shaking too violently.
"Oh, Your Highness the Ninth Prince, I have other things to do. I really don't have time, so I'll take my leave first." Liu Dexia took advantage of Uncle Qiu's speech and walked away, not taking the young Ninth Prince seriously at all.
He had only said half of the word "retreat" when the man had already disappeared at the door.
Uncle Qiu stepped forward and pulled Prince Yi over: "Your Highness, please go back first. I will find a way to find the imperial physician."
"Uncle Qiu, what other solutions can you think of?" Prince Yi used all his strength to say this softly. Before he finished speaking, two lines of tears flowed down his face.
I feel desperate, angry, and heartbroken, but I don’t know what else to do.
Uncle Qiu looked at Prince Yi's pale face, and saw that he couldn't control his trembling body no matter how hard he tried. He felt very distressed and gritted his teeth, "Your Highness, please go back first. Even if I risk my life today, I will invite the imperial physician for your Majesty."
After saying that, he ran out.
Prince Yi was stunned for a moment, turned around and tried to follow him, but found that Uncle Qiu had disappeared on the long street.
Later, he returned to Huilan Garden in a daze and stayed by his mother's side.
By then, Concubine Lan no longer had the strength to cough up blood, and could not even speak. She could only look at her son with cloudy eyes.
I don't know how much time had passed, but it was already dark. The imperial physician Xu Wei didn't arrive until Concubine Lan was completely dead. After confirming that she was dead, he turned around and left to report the result to Concubine Yi.
Prince Yi already knew the ending when his mother, Concubine Lan, looked at him for the last time.
At that time, it didn’t matter whether Xu would come or not.
The little Prince Yi looked at his mother's body lying quietly on the bed without shedding a tear.
He had already cried all the tears he needed to cry. He only needed to remember two names. One was the eunuch Liu Dexia, who flattered the powerful and bullied the weak and watched people die without saving them; the other was the imperial physician Xu Wei, who misdiagnosed his mother and was a mediocre doctor who killed people.
Later, Uncle Qiu was carried back.
Prince Yi then realized that Uncle Qiu had forced his way into the palace with no other options, and was caught and beaten with forty sticks.
They had no money to see a doctor at that time. Aunt Jing finally found a way to see a doctor and used medicine. His life was saved, but his legs were disabled. "It's the bottom of the valley. No matter which choice you make, it's going up.
Haha, you didn’t expect that you could dig holes.”