Chapter 42: Forced to Helpless Choice

But time waits for no one, only three days have passed, Chu Litian has not found a way to suppress the plague, the emperor is furious, and issued a holy decree to put Chu Litian in prison.

And in the past few days, a very bizarre thing has happened, Dr. Hu died unexpectedly.

A few days ago, Chu Litian was still together with him to study the prescription for treating plague patients, and in the evening he sent someone to send Dr. Hu back, and when he went to look for him the next day, all he saw was the scene of him lying on the ground with a pale face, and he only said one sentence and swallowed, and Chu Litian didn't know what that sentence meant.

Therefore, for the emperor's decision to put him in prison, Chu Litian was powerless to fight, although Qingfeng and they were already looking for doctors who could suppress the epidemic.

But in the afternoon of the same day, the holy decree came to the Eight Princes' Mansion, and Ye Zitong knelt down with Chu Litian and the four side concubines and concubines, and listened to the screaming eunuchs convey the bad news to them.

After listening to the eunuch read the holy decree, Zhang Ying fainted on the ground, and the other concubines were also pale.

"Can you let me see my father?" Chu Litian stood up and took the holy decree with a gloomy face.

"The emperor is discussing with the ministers how to cure the plague, I'm afraid I don't have time to see you, the eighth prince."

"This matter started because of me, and I have no objection to putting me in prison, but please let my father-in-law let go of my side concubines and let them leave the house."

As soon as Dead Muyan heard this, she became anxious: "Prince, what do you mean by this?" We are born as your people and died as your ghost as the Eighth Prince, how can you drive us away at such a time? ”

"I only need the concubine to go to prison with me, and everyone else can leave, and they don't have to be implicated because of me." Chu Litian added.

Ye Zitong was hesitating whether to come forward, but when he heard Chu Litian actually say such heartless words, he immediately stood up and retorted, "What do you mean?" Why did you let the other women go and keep me in jail with you? ”

Chu Litian, who had always had a cold face, suddenly raised a smile and said, "I can't bear you to go, I need your company in the long night of being in prison!" ”

"No, please choose someone else, Deadwood Yan looks like she wants to go to prison with you, you might as well choose her......"

"Nope." Chu Litian shook his head.

At this moment, Ye Zitong finally made up his mind and said to his father-in-law: "I can cure the plague, father-in-law, you can take me to see the emperor." ”

"Really? Eighth Princess, this is not a joke, besides, you are a woman, how can you understand this? ”

Ye Zitong didn't like to be looked down upon by others the most, she smiled and patted her father-in-law's shoulder, and said, "Father-in-law, I think there seems to be something wrong with your shoulder, you can see if you have been bitten by insects." ”

The father-in-law immediately lifted his clothes and saw that a centipede had bitten out a red envelope on his shoulder, which was very itchy.

Ye Zitong's beautiful eyes were raised, revealing a smug smile.

"The Eighth Imperial Princess, it is the slave who has no eyes and does not know Mount Tai, the Eighth Imperial Concubine quickly think of a way for the minion, this centipede is a poisonous thing, it is terrible to be bitten!"

"Take me to the emperor, and I'll give you the antidote."

"Ah, what's this...... The emperor must also very much want to know what you can do with the Eighth Imperial Princess, and the servant will take you into the palace immediately. ”

Ye Zitong nodded with satisfaction and threw him a small bottle: "This is the antidote, okay, let's enter the palace." ”

At this time, Chu Litian grabbed her elbow and grabbed her: "How can you cure the plague?" Isn't this a death? ”

"Don't look down on people, okay? I've been studying medicine lately, and I've made a lot of achievements, and besides, I'd rather be put to death by the emperor for not curing the plague than be locked up in prison with you. Ye Zitong said viciously.

"Are you completely sure in that case? Then I won't allow you to die. Chu Litian's strength in grabbing her elbow was a little heavier.

"Is it better to be put in prison with you than to die?" Ye Zitong saw him holding on to himself, and shook his arm vigorously, "You let go of me." ”

"Don't let go."

"Then don't blame me for being rude." Ye Zitong flicked a pill at Chu Litian, the pill scattered into powder in mid-air, and was inhaled into his nose by Chu Litian, his body immediately became sore, and he had no choice but to let go of Ye Zitong's hand.

"Thank you." Ye Zitong nodded at him, "I will persuade the emperor not to condemn you, but if I convince him, you must promise me one condition." ”

"On what terms?"

Ye Zitong's gaze became extremely deep: "I haven't remembered it yet, I'll tell you when I think about it." ”

After that, she left with her father-in-law, and the sour numbness from her body suddenly hit Chu Litian's whole body, and his eyes were dark, as if the sky was spinning, and Dead Muyan and others hurriedly supported him.

Ye Zitong gave Chu Litian a fascination, which can make people's muscles sore, and his mind is in a trance for several days, so Chu Litian really slept groggily for two or three days, during which he continued to talk nonsense, and the most readable was Ye Zitong's name.

When Chu Litian woke up, it was already noon on the third day, and the dazzling sunlight blinded him for a while.

"Prince, you're finally awake!" Lai Xi walked in from outside with a basin of water, and when he saw Chu Litian wake up, he was so happy that he almost dropped the basin.

Chu Litian rubbed his temples and sat up: "What do you mean I finally woke up?" How long did I sleep? ”

"Three days."

"What about Ye Zitong?"

"Prince, you haven't eaten for the past three days, I'll tell Ah Xiang to prepare a meal for you first."

"What about Ye Zitong?" Chu Litian staggered to his feet, and the cold light in his eyes made Lai Xi shudder.

"The princess, she...... Went to the Southwest. "On the day you fainted, she set off for the southwest, and the emperor forgave your sins." ”

Chu Litian's eyes widened, this woman ...... Although he knew that she was talented and intelligent, and the medicine she studied was also making rapid progress, the plague was by no means an ordinary epidemic, just like the smallpox of the past, which needed to be successfully cured after many practical years, but she was just a woman's family, and even Dr. Hu couldn't solve it, how could she do it?

"How did the emperor agree?" That's too sloppy! My father had always been conservative, so how could he take a woman's word and let her go to cure the plague?

Lai Xi shook his head: "I don't know, in short, the emperor seems to have been moved by what the princess said, and sent many entourages to go with her, it has been three days now, and the princess should have settled down there." ”

"Laixi, go and arrange the carriage, I will go to the Southwest City immediately." After thinking about it for a while, Chu Litian resolutely decided, Ye Zitong was just a weak woman, how could she escape with her whole body when she went to that kind of place full of plagues? As the main person in charge of this incident, he cannot sit idly by.

"How can this work? Prince, your body is just getting better, the doctor said that you can wake up in at least five days, and now it is only three days, you should feel lucky, your current body is really not suitable to leave, besides, your golden body, you should not go to that place in the southwest city, in case you contract some evil disease......"

"Go prepare!" Chu Litian let out a low roar.

His patience had reached the limit, and thinking that Ye Zitong might be infected with the plague, he was so anxious that he couldn't wait to go to Southwest City to bring her back.

Raisi was startled by him and had no choice but to walk out.

After a while, he walked in again, Chu Litian had just packed his clothes, and said without raising his head, "Is the carriage ready?" ”

"Eh, why are you so impulsive? In that kind of place in the southwest, everyone avoids it, if you want to send it to death, just hit the wall directly, why travel a long distance to send it to death? ”

Chu Litian frowned: "Laixi, am I usually too good to you?" ”

Lai Xi shivered and hid behind Zhang He, and stammered: "Prince, I really can't watch you go to death, and he is the only one who can control you right now......"

"Thank you for trusting me so much." Zhang He nodded solemnly at Laixi, "You can go." ”

Lai Xi fled and left Chu Litian's room.

Chu Litian put down his luggage angrily, his face was gloomy and terrifying: "What are you doing here?" Get out of the way. ”

"I'm here to bring you back to your senses, so that you don't want to die, you forgot your big plan? Look at yourself, a dignified eighth prince, he actually wants to go into the tiger's den alone for a woman, don't forget, your task now is to accompany the emperor to soothe his love and please him. If you go to the southwest, you will only be sent to death with that woman, and then there will be nothing! Is this the outcome you've been trying to see for more than 20 years? ”

Of course not, Chu Litian knew very well what would happen to him when he went to the southwest, and the best result was that Ye Zitong was not sick, and he took her away. And because he did not suppress the plague, the emperor condemned him again, he was imprisoned again, and Ye Zitong would also be affected by him.

He just needs someone to help him calm down.

"From the last time I saw Ye Zitong in the gambling house, I knew that she was different from other women, and I knew the reason why you cared about her, but you must know that you have worked hard to hide your head and tail for so many years in order to take back what you deserve, think about it, why the emperor doesn't like you, it's not because you're not good enough, but Chu Yatian's mother is more powerful than your mother, he gets more, we have to get rid of him in order to get your things. Until then, you can't afford to make any more mistakes. ”

Chu Litian sat back in his chair, he exhaled and looked at Zhang He: "What if Zitong is sick?" ”

"Chu Yatian has begun to suspect you, he has cut off all your preparations for the end, you have no miracle doctor, no doctor Hu, now we can only find a way to suppress the epidemic while appeasing the emperor, otherwise no one will be able to rescue your woman from the dire situation!"