The cold winter was cold, and the snow was like a huge white woolen blanket, covering this vast wasteland, shining with a cold cold light.

In the thirteenth year of Zhengde, this year's winter came earlier and colder than usual.

At this moment, the cold Chu State is celebrating the whole country, everywhere is full of lights, singing and laughing, everyone's face is full of smiles, and the big red palace lights are also hung in the quiet and dull palace, all because in a few days, the prince is going to get married, and the second princess is officially the daughter of the prime minister.

The great joy was not interesting to Fang Ling at this moment, and at this time he was anxiously pacing in front of the gate of the Binghua Palace, waiting for the imperial doctor to come.

The sixteen-year-old boy frowned, a pair of big black eyes looked extraordinarily deep, he was wearing a rough cotton coat, and a washed white cotton jacket was put on the outside, and it was as rare as a rare treasure in the palace, and even the eunuchs and maids in the palace wore better clothes than this young man. is so down-and-out and shabby, but he is the elder brother of the current crown prince, His Royal Highness the Great Prince who has the blood of the Chu royal family flowing with it.

Sixteen years ago, Su Guifei, who was pregnant, was sent into the cold palace by the angry Chu Emperor of Long Yan because she was involved in a rebellion case, and she seemed to deliberately forget the dragon fetus in her womb.

And on the afternoon of Fang Ling's birth, Song Guifei also gave birth to a dragon son, who is now His Royal Highness the Prince, and Song Guifei was canonized as the queen.

The establishment of the Binghua Palace has a history of hundreds of years, and the palace was established together, the tall main hall and spacious courtyard, there is nothing else in the facilities, the empty hall looks extremely desolate, due to the perennial disrepair of many houses have collapsed, most of them are concubines who have fallen out of favor over the years, there are no maids and maids here, only a group of women who are half crazy and half stupid.

At the beginning, the eldest mother and son lived, and they lived very richly, and the eunuchs of the Internal Affairs Office waited carefully, delivering meals on time and adding clothes according to the season, after all, this disgraced concubine also brought a big prince, but as time passed, the Chu Emperor ignored the mother and son, and the eunuchs of the Internal Affairs Office did not take it to heart.

The situation of the mother and son is getting worse, it is a blessing to be able to eat three meals a day, and more is leftovers, Song Guifei, who is staying in the cold palace, has no money to deal with these eunuchs, and there is still a guard who has received the favor of Su Guifei to help the two, Su Guifei is from a wealthy background, and she has earned a lot of silver taels by using the female celebrity she is good at, so she can eat better for eunuchs.

The eldest prince Fang Ling has spent sixteen springs, summers, autumns and winters in such an environment, he has been smart and forbearant since he was a child, whether it is these bullying eunuchs or guards, Fang Ling's little face will not show, as the eldest prince, he has no brocade clothes and jade food since he was a child, and there are no guards who call and hug him, there are just endless white eyes and ridicule and unfair treatment, he can only constantly remind himself to forbear, and his mother depends on Fang Ling, while reading the poems and books that his mother exchanged for embroidery, while practicing his fists and feet with the guards who help his mother, he has never slackened for a moment, 16 years of repeating, never said a word of bitterness, he never shouted tired, he only knew that he needed to work hard to make himself and his mother live a better life in the future.

Three days ago, the mother who was embroidering suddenly fainted, and the Tai Hospital Chen Tai Doctor said that the mother was weak and weak, but after eating for three days in a row, the mother's condition did not improve, and the Chen Tai Doctor said that he would prescribe a good medicine today, which has passed all morning, and no one has been seen.

Fang Ling was looking forward to it, and he decided to go to the Tai Hospital by himself.

The palace is divided into two main bodies, the inner palace is the place where the Chu emperor and the concubines live, the outer palace is the place where the Chu emperor went to court and dealt with government affairs, and the functional status of the Tai Hospital is relatively special, it is at the junction of the inner palace and the outer palace, and it is not very far from the Binghua Palace where Fang Ling lives.

According to the regulations, Fang Ling is not allowed to move at will outside the cold palace, but he is the eldest prince, and he has been clever since he was a child, so the eunuchs and guards will follow him with a closed eye, as long as he does not break into the inner palace, no one will care about him.

Fang Ling walked quickly to the Tai Hospital, saw that the two guards were talking idly, and when they saw Fang Ling coming, the two were not surprised, obviously Fang Ling was a frequent visitor here, and hurriedly returned to the place where he should stand, and wanted Fang Ling to salute and say hello.

Although Fang Ling is a prince who has fallen out of favor, and there is a mother who has been beaten into the cold palace, but what flows on his body is the real royal blood, and the status in the palace is strictly hierarchical, if the two of them dare to commit the following crimes, they will definitely not die well, which one of them can be on duty in the palace is not a human spirit, know what kind of person can oppress, what kind of person can flatter, for this disgraced prince, they dare not bully but are too lazy to flatter, now that the prince is married, it is difficult for this prince to turn over.

Fang Ling didn't care about the attitude of these guards towards him, he was used to these people, he walked into the empty hall and didn't see anyone, and asked, "Why is there no one?"

The guard behind him said slowly: "The queen mother is infected with a cold, and the doctors of the entire hospital have gone to serve." ”

Fang Ling glanced at his mouth unhappily, thinking that his mother was sick and wanted to take a pair of medicines, it was so troublesome, she was a queen with a cold but asked the entire hospital to serve, it was really domineering.

"Imperial Physician Chen said that if His Highness is here, he will go to the backyard to get the medicine, and he has already cooked the medicine," the guard said again.

Fang Ling nodded, this Imperial Physician Chen is still very good, although he is arrogant and straightforward, he is not as arrogant and rude as others.

Along the winding corridor to the backyard of the decoction pharmacy, looking at the rows of clay pots on the medicine table, each clay pot is marked whose medicine, Fang Ling found his mother's medicine, Yu Guang saw that the door of the medicine room was open, and immediately dispelled the idea of leaving, every time I came here, there were people watching, no one was guarding today, wouldn't it be a pity to miss such a great opportunity, Fang Ling tiptoed open the door and walked in, smelling the strong aroma of medicine, Fang Ling hurriedly took out the yellow paper in his arms, this is the prescription prescribed by Imperial Doctor Chen, according to the prescription written on the prescription Fang Ling began to grab the medicine, of course, ginseng has the best quality with the oldest year, and deer antler velvet must take the best, Finally, Fang Ling opened a small drawer, and there was very little inventory on the establishment surface, so he simply grabbed it, it didn't feel like much, he pulled out the drawer, reached out and touched it to see if there was anything missing, and there was a feeling of pain in his hand.

Fang Ling hurriedly pulled out his hand, but saw that there were several wounds on the palm of his hand, he leaned down and carefully groped, and took out a strange dagger from a crack, the dagger was inch long and antique, and there were strange lines engraved on it, and there was Fang Ling's fresh blood on it, such a sharp dagger would definitely be used in the future, Fang Ling put the dagger directly into his arms.

After packing the medicinal herbs he caught, he shook his head and left satisfied.