It is a pity that Shen Shu's hope has not been realized.

Prince Cheng's funeral report was sent in the early morning of the second day, and then it was time to blame Concubine Hu.

Prince Cheng claimed that Prince Cheng was killed by the Hu family, and asked the Zongren Mansion to erase Concubine Hu's name from the jade and punish his family.

Taohua is too lazy to listen to this farce. At that time, there were other imperial doctors in the house, if the emperor asked, others would be fine, and the envoy Zheng Yuan and Imperial Doctor Li probably wouldn't hide it, especially Imperial Doctor Li, if he didn't make it clear that he himself was also guilty, he would definitely want the truth to be revealed more than others.

However, there was no movement on the emperor's side, and Concubine Hu first "committed suicide in fear of sin".

The way she died was to throw herself into the well, and according to the examination, it was indeed "drowning", but the question is whether she jumped into the well by herself or was thrown into the well, which is not explained by this sentence.

The mother-in-law who guarded Concubine Hu claimed that Concubine Hu had been crying and shouting that she was going to martyr Prince Cheng, and seemed to have lost her mind, and they were exhausted from guarding her, and they didn't fall asleep until late at night when she was quiet.

Of course, the Hu family refused to give up, saying that if Concubine Hu really wanted to be martyred, why didn't Princess Cheng allow it? Prince Cheng and Princess Cheng have always looked at these two side concubines, which are not pleasing to the eye. And the so-called "confession" of the fine willow also committed suicide, which door here is not clear? It was clearly a false accusation, and then they killed their daughter in the name of martyrdom.

Princess Cheng sneered and retorted, saying that Concubine Hu used some unsightly means to harm Prince Cheng, and she knew that she would not escape death, so she wanted to earn a good reputation for martyrdom, how could she allow it? The purpose of not letting Concubine Hu die is to erase her position as a concubine, and then to punish her, and she will never be allowed to be vaguely charged!

This farce is too exciting, coupled with a little rumor that I don't know who revealed later, saying that Concubine Hu seemed to be pregnant at the time, it made things even more boiling, and for a while in the streets and alleys, it actually overshadowed the dispute between the two parties in the court and Zhao, after all, the people are still more interested in these famous gossip, and they are more indifferent to things like which official is carrying the examinees.

The final result of this matter is actually very uninteresting, because although Prince Cheng claimed to have found the unsightly drug from Concubine Hu, the witness is dead, and there is no evidence of death. And the Hu family said that Prince Cheng killed his daughter, but there is also no evidence.

So in the end, the matter was settled, and Concubine Hu's name was still left on the jade of the Zongren Mansion, and she was buried as a concubine, and her dowry was all returned to the Hu family. As for the Hu family's lawsuit against Prince Cheng, I heard that the case was withdrawn after getting back the dowry. After all, the Hu family is now mediocre, and it is not without a small supplement to get back this dowry.

This ending is really not interesting, so that some idlers who make a living by spreading gossip on the streets and alleys have automatically made up many versions: some say that Concubine Hu was pregnant and was thrown into the well by Prince Cheng, and some say that the fetus in Concubine Hu's womb was not Prince Cheng's flesh and blood at all, but red apricot came out of the wall to confuse the royal bloodline, and it is also said that Princess Cheng gave the Hu family a large sum of money and sealed their mouths. It's just a lot of different opinions.

However, Taohua is of course more interested in the tearing up of the two parties of Zhao. Zhao Shangshu really worked hard this time, in just one month, several officials have been dismissed, and some of their entire families have been imprisoned. However, although the party was caught off guard at the beginning, it has now reacted and begun to fight back.

It's just that Zhao Shangshu himself may be really cautious, he has been in the office for many years, and he can't find many stains, plus he has been prepared, Yu Dang couldn't find a gap to attack him for a while, so he could only grab his henchmen, and the two sides were turned upside down, which was really called a dog-eat-dog.

And on Yu Ge Lao's side, it is really not enough to attack him with a deputy examiner, so the Zhao Party can only tear the Yu family's henchmen, and the central figures on both sides are still sitting firmly in the Diaoyutai, but their wings have been damaged.

In this piece of bite, Prince Cheng was buried in the royal mausoleum after seven sevens, and then, Prince Cheng's mansion gathered a large number of imperial doctors again - Prince Cheng's eldest son fell ill.

The father passed away, and as the only son, the eldest brother had to wear linen and filial piety, and weep and mourn. Naturally, he was a small child, and Princess Cheng still tried her best to reduce his burden, but this child seemed to be frightened when Prince Cheng died, and often had nightmares at night, and it was difficult to sleep.

Originally, in this case, he should simply be allowed to recuperate, but this year, filial piety is as great as the sky, and Princess Cheng has been attacked by the Hu family because Concubine Hu is suspected of being pregnant, and some people even say that she "has no mourning" after Prince Cheng's death. Therefore, Prince Cheng and Princess Cheng did not dare not let her son come out, so after such a hard work, the eldest brother finally fell ill after sending Prince Cheng to the mausoleum.

The child's body was already weak, and when he fell ill again at this time, it was really menacing, and his face began to swell again in a few days. At this time, the princess of Zicheng panicked - for her, although the death of her husband is a matter of great sorrow, she has not yet reached the end of the road, but if her son is gone, then everything is really over!

"Brother and sister, please, you must save your eldest brother!" When Prince Cheng and Princess Cheng entered the county palace, they fell to the ground. This time it was similar to what he said last time when he begged Taohua to heal Prince Cheng in Prince Cheng's mansion, but the feelings contained in the words were completely different, it was just a cry of blood, and it was really different from the dry howl last time.

As soon as Taohua's face was swollen when she heard it, she knew that something was wrong. The eldest brother's second kidney failure is probably inevitable.

Princess Cheng cried so much that her eyes were red and swollen, her face was sallow, she had to be supported by a maid when she walked, she grabbed Taohua's skirt and refused to let go, and finally she was broken by Mint with some strength: "The princess is pulling like this, our princess can't go to your mansion, right?" ”

"Yes, yes!" Only then did Prince Cheng let go, "Brother and sister, please, as long as you can save the eldest brother, I, I will set up an immortal tablet for you, and kowtow every day!" You can do whatever you want, even if I give you the whole palace! ”

It's a pity that sometimes, the entire palace and the immortal tablet are not used. When Taohua arrived at Prince Cheng's mansion, the eldest brother had already had convulsions and convulsions, as well as heart failure. Zheng Yuan made the first needle and poured ginseng soup, but the medicine stone had no effect, and the eldest brother clenched his teeth, and he couldn't even pour the ginseng soup at all.

"Princess...... The lower officials are incompetent...... Why don't you prepare something for the eldest son......"

Prince Cheng's eyes suddenly darkened. When it comes to rushing to this kind of thing, it must be that people are no longer able to do it, and manpower cannot save them, so they must obey the destiny of heaven. Especially if Zheng Yuan makes such people say such things, there is a good chance that the eldest brother will not be able to do it.

"Brother and sister, brother and sister...... "Prince Cheng fell to her knees and pulled Taohua's skirt, "Please save your eldest brother, you are the reincarnation of the Bodhisattva......"

Taohua shook her head slightly, and gently broke Princess Cheng's hand: "Jie Wai ......" is the medicine of her time, and acute kidney failure is not easy to treat, not to mention that here, there is neither hormone nor dialysis, she can't do anything at all.

Prince Cheng fell to the ground, suddenly got up and threw herself in front of the bed, and cried screaming: "Big brother, my big brother! Mother is here, open your eyes and take a look! ”

The cry was terrible, like a ghost call, and Taohua sighed and moved out of the house. The envoy of the Zheng court followed, and Taohua saw that he seemed to have something to say: "Lord Zheng, please speak up if there is anything." ”

"The lower official wants to say goodbye to old age." The envoy of the Zheng court hesitated for a moment, but still spoke, "The princess must know that these times, the court is becoming more and more unstable......

Taohua nodded: "But this is ...... with Lord Zheng, and the affairs in the court generally don't affect the imperial doctor."

Zheng Yuan smiled bitterly: "Don't hide it from the princess, we are imperial doctors, we look like scenery, in fact, we are not just a doctor, once there is anything bad about the nobles we serve, it is our sin." The princess knew that Imperial Physician Li was almost punished this time, and if it weren't for Concubine Hu, he wouldn't have been able to escape. ”

Imperial Physician Li has served Prince Cheng's Mansion conscientiously for more than ten years, and this time because of Prince Cheng's death, he almost fell unlucky, but fortunately, he was only removed from the title of Imperial Physician in the end. He couldn't wait for this, so he immediately took his family back to his hometown, and Hengzhu has also saved a family business in Prince Cheng's mansion over the years, and it is good to be able to get out like this.

"If he hadn't left, and he would have encountered today's events...... "The eldest brother died, and Prince Cheng couldn't spare him, "so I'm still lucky......"

Taohua listened carefully: "Then what is Lord Zheng afraid of?" ”

“…… It's the Queen Mother's ......" Zheng Yuan made a look at no one on the left and right, and said in a low voice, "The Queen Mother's palpitations are becoming more and more frequent, and the princess instructed those pills under the official system, the Queen Mother used to take them only occasionally, but recently she needs more and more...... "He is really afraid, in case he hasn't told the old queen mother that he has three long and two short, it's okay to say that his old face can't be saved, but I'm afraid that even his old life will not be saved."

Taohua couldn't help frowning. Heart disease, especially for elderly people like the Queen Mother, if they can't take care of themselves, then there is nothing they can do. But a few days ago, when the court was still calm, the Queen Mother was also recuperating in the harem, and she took medicine on time, so it is said that the situation will not be like this.

Zheng Yuan's envoy sighed: "The lower officials are only afraid, the queen mother said that she was recuperating, but in fact, she ...... "What is the use of people who are not quiet." Ren said that he broke his mouth and persuaded the Queen Mother to think less and think less, and the Queen Mother had to obey.

So the Queen Mother is not recuperating at all, but just hibernating...... Taohua was thoughtful, Shen Shu once said that the Queen Mother and the Queen would move, but what would be the movement?

"Then Master Zheng wants to ...... "What's the use of telling her this, she can't care about the matter of the old doctor."

Zheng Yuan's face showed a look of embarrassment, but finally said: "Xia Guan wants to ask the princess of the county, is there any medicine that will not hurt her body and can temporarily improve her palpitations?" As long as the Queen Mother feels that her health has improved significantly, at this time he proposes to tell the old man, and Bacheng can be released. Otherwise, the Queen Mother now only needs him to check his pulse, how can she let him go?

Taohua glanced at the envoy of the Zheng Academy. This person tends to be very flattering to the Queen Mother and the Empress, and he turns a blind eye to the few people who rely on the party power in the Tai Hospital, and he really doesn't look like an iron-clad person, and it is not a good choice for him to be in charge of the Tai Hospital.

However, he is only quite principled in medical skills and medical ethics, although he tends to be obedient, he will not do things with a clear conscience, for example, he has never been jealous of her medical skills before, and now, although he wants to say goodbye to old age, he also knows that some wolf and tiger medicines can make the queen mother's health temporarily better, but because these drugs will always leave some sequelae, so he does not want to use them. As an official he may not be qualified, but as a healer, he is qualified.

"There is no such medicine...... in fact, there is no one now, "If the envoy of the Zheng Yuan is willing, he may be able to inform me in detail of the Queen Mother's case, and jointly draw up a prescription to make the Queen Mother feel better." Now the Queen Mother no longer asks her to diagnose her pulse, but according to her observation, the Queen Mother belongs to hypertensive heart disease, and it is not possible to treat palpitations without lowering blood pressure.

Zheng Yuanzhi did not have an intuitive concept of hypertension, so although the drugs he prescribed also had a hypotensive effect, it was obviously not good enough. But the problem is that now that the court is biting like this, the queen mother can't calm down, and this disease has frequent attacks, and they can't solve this problem.

However, the envoy of the Zheng Yuan was already overjoyed: "Thank you princess, I will sort out the pulse case in the past few days and send it to the princess." This is probably his last chance to retreat bravely, and if he doesn't leave, I'm afraid it will be too late.

While the two were talking, the crying in the room suddenly rose again, and then stopped abruptly, followed by the exclamation of the maids: "Princess! ”

Taohua and Zheng Yuanenvoy glanced at each other and sighed at the same time......

The funeral of the eldest brother is much more plain than that of Prince Cheng, after all, he has not yet invited the prince to be crowned, and there is no grade on his body, although Prince Cheng has the heart to do it, she can't go beyond the rules, so she can only cry bitterly and do it in the prince's mansion.

This chaos made the Dragon Boat Festival in the entire capital not have a good life, and even the routine dragon boat racing in the Qujiang Palace was stopped, Jiang Xi was originally interested and wanted to take Brother Xu out, but he also retreated when he saw this appearance.

However, Brother Xu didn't know what he had missed, mint wrapped a string of small rice dumplings and lifelike five poisons with colored threads for him, and Dieyi sent some Ai Hu over, so he had a lot of fun, and played until the end of May, forgetting what his grandfather had mentioned about the dragon boat - after all, he hadn't seen a dragon boat yet, and he didn't know what fun that thing was.

For Brother Xu, the only thing that made him unhappy during this time was that his mother spent less time with him. According to the nurses and maids, the mother first treated his second uncle and then his eldest brother, so he was very busy. And recently, I've been working with a doctor to make a prescription, and I have to take care of what kind of bean planting, so I naturally have less time at home.

Brother Xu was very unfamiliar with the word uncle, of course, cousin was the same, but when he asked where the second uncle and the eldest brother were, no one answered-where they were, of course, they were all in the coffin...... I didn't see Prince Cheng's mansion holding funerals one after another, not long after Prince Cheng's seven-seven, the eldest prince was going to pass the first seven again. But how can such a thing be said to a child? The nurse hated her for her fast mouth, and was thinking about how to round it back, when a life-saving straw came outside: "The little uncle is here." ”

The little uncle is Jiang Bohua, when Brother Xu heard it, he immediately threw away the things in his hand: "Uncle! "There is no problem for him to say two words now, but it is still more difficult to say three words, so he can't distinguish several uncles from the title well, but Jiang Bohua is the only one who comes to the county king's mansion normally, and there is no hindrance.

The Cao family has been gone for more than a year, although Jiang Bohua still has filial piety, but he has come out of the grief and depression of losing his mother, his face is ruddy and energetic, but the meat that has lost weight will not grow back. Besides, it's time for him to draw strips, so now he looks like a skinny boy, completely different from the little fat bun he used to be.

However, he has insisted on practicing boxing by himself for more than a year, so he looks thin, but he is actually quite energetic, and he hugged Brother Xu, who rushed over: "Brother Xu!" ”

Brother Xu hugged his neck very happily: "Uncle! Good - stuff! "Jiang Bohua brings him something every time he comes, so when he sees Jiang Bohua now, he thinks of good things.

"When my uncle comes, he only asks for good things?" Taohua had just come back from the pox, and when she changed her clothes and entered the yard, she heard her son's little cheeky begging for something, and couldn't help but laugh, "Are you ashamed?" ”

Brother Xu'er's chubby face twisted: "Don't be ashamed!" "Uncle gives him good things every time, why be ashamed?

Jiang Bohua laughed, put his nephew down first, and saluted Taohua in a proper manner: "Sister." ”

"How have you been reading lately?" As far as Taohua knows, the academies are a little chaotic now, mainly because the scientific examination is also closely related to their future prospects, so some older students, especially those who have already made a name for themselves, are very concerned, and they bring these young students to be a little impetuous.

Jiang Bohua smiled: "The older brothers are concerned about the current situation, but Mr. has already warned us that reading is the most important thing now, and it is okay to listen to things outside, don't worry too much...... "That's all after the official, these young people haven't even started the exam yet, what's the use of thinking so far."

"Sir is an old man, you have to listen to Mr." Taohua looked at him and sighed a little, "In a blink of an eye, you are also older." It looks like it's a little taller. "Boy, when it's time to get taller, I feel as if I'm tall again after a few days.

Jiang Bohua saw Taohua and was still as close as before, but when he was older, he knew the defense of men and women, and his smile was a little shy: "It's a little taller, I'm more than an inch older this year." ”

"Just look at the skinny." At this time, the boys were like this, it looked like they had picked up a head with three tendons, and Taohua unconsciously reached out and touched the top of Jiang Bohua's head, "Can you care about the food at home?" ”

Jiang Bohua's face flushed, on the one hand, he felt a little embarrassed to be touched by his sister, but on the other hand, he felt kind: "Aunt Lin is very careful. My father said that I was only concerned about growing taller at this time, and it was inevitable that I would have to lose weight. My father has gained a little weight recently. ”

Momoka couldn't help but laugh. Jiang Xi is also middle-aged, he should have been blessed, he hasn't gone out again recently, and Baiguo is well taken care of, and he should be fat.

Brother Xu has been standing obediently next to him, he knows that adults can't interject when they speak, but in the end, the child's heart can't help it, seeing that Taohua doesn't speak, he immediately seized this opportunity to say to Jiang Bohua: "Uncle, good-something!" ”

Jiang Bohua and Taohua laughed together, and took out a noodle person to him: "This is the Medicine King Bodhisattva." ”

“…… Sun ...... "Brother Xu took the delicate noodle man in his hand, looked left and right, and suddenly a word popped out.

Taohua was a little surprised: "Brother Xu still remembers Sun Simiao?" "Last time she told Brother Xu about the medicine king Sun Simiao, but I didn't expect him to remember it when she heard the medicine king today, although the medicine king Bodhisattva and the medicine king are not the same thing, but it is rare that he is so young, and he really remembers.

Brother Xu nodded his little head and gestured: "Medicine...... "The nurses and maids at home all said that the mother would cure the disease, and of course he remembered the medicine king who could cure the disease."...... It's just that the name is so hard to remember, he only remembers Sun.

Taohua picked up her son and kissed him fiercely: "Brother Xu is so smart!" "Although my mouth is stupid, my brain is quite good.

Yuzhu came in from outside, and saw that the sister and brother were happy with their mother and son, and they really didn't want to report the news outside, but in the end they had to say: "Princess, Prince Cheng and Princess - here again......"

It is said that she is a subordinate, and she should not use the word "again", which inevitably means a little disgusted, but Yuzhu really can't help it - you said that she has a husband and filial piety, and her son has just died, shouldn't she stay at home at this time? What's the deal with running to someone else's house? I didn't see the little uncle of the Jiang family stay for a short time every time he came, isn't it because of filial piety? It's been more than a year. Prince Cheng has been dead for less than 100 days, so he ran to someone else's house with his filial piety, and he really didn't think he was unlucky.

"Prince Cheng?" Taohua couldn't help frowning, "What is she here for?" "At this time, everyone is dead, according to the temper of Prince Cheng, she should be blamed for not being able to save people at this time, and she doesn't want to see her at all.

But no matter what, since the people have come, they still have to see them. Taohua had to hand over her son to her younger brother: "Play with him for a while, you don't have to go back so early, eat before leaving." Your own family does not need these many courtesies. In fact, she doesn't care much about whether she has filial piety or not, especially her younger brother. It has always been Jiang Xi and Jiang Bohua who have kept the etiquette and refused to stay for a long time. But now it's been more than a year, in fact, it can be relaxed a little bit.

Seeing Jiang Bohua nodding in agreement, Taohua went to the living room. Prince and Princess Cheng were sitting in a chair in a daze, and turned her head a little sluggishly when she heard the footsteps.

She is now completely no longer the dignified and virtuous appearance she used to be, her cheeks are so thin that they are sunken in, and the lines on her face are all pulled down, which makes people look pitiful and terrifying. As soon as he saw Taohua, his eyes lit up and stood up suddenly: "Brother and sister!" ”

To be honest, as soon as she called her younger siblings, Taohua felt that there was nothing good, but she could only smile politely: "Second sister-in-law sit." I wonder what's going on today? ”

Instead of sitting down, Prince and Princess Cheng took a step forward: "Brother and sister, I have something important to ask you, you must help me this time." ”

Why should I help you? Taohua couldn't help but scold, and reluctantly pulled the corners of her mouth: "Second sister-in-law, I'm just a woman, what big things can I do." The second sister-in-law might as well talk about it, I can help if I can, and if I can't help, there is really no way. Now she would rather be self-deprecating than listen to the compliments of the princess.

Prince Cheng's eyes lit up: "Brother and sister, you can definitely help with this matter, and only you can help!" ”

"What the hell is going on?" Momoka asked with a headache.

Sure enough, Prince Cheng's answer was simply earth-shattering: "Brother and sister, you can pass Brother Xu to me!" ”