Since entering the court and assisting the prince, Zhou Xianrui, who has always regarded becoming a generation of virtuous kings as his ultimate goal.

Now that the prince has indeed died, he is inevitably a little confused.

The backbone of the assistant for many years is gone, and he seems to have lost the direction he has worked for in an instant.

Just when Zhou Xianrui was in an extremely depressed mood, suddenly Xiao Jinxuan gently held his arm, and said in a cold voice as always:

"Your Highness, it's time for us to go in, now that we've finally come to this point, we have no room to turn back. You are the only hope for the imperial court now, if you don't cheer up, who can compete with the Xue clan. ”

Xiao Jinxuan's voice as clear as spring water soothed all the uneasiness in Zhou Xianrui's heart.

Thinking of the top priority, it is indeed necessary to stabilize the situation first.

Immediately, Zhou Xianrui couldn't help but suppress all his other anxious thoughts, and after nodding his head to signal Xiao Jinxuan that he was not in trouble, he immediately walked to Emperor Ming's bedroom.

And when Xiao Jinxuan followed behind, she also walked into the dormitory.

Immediately, the pungent and bitter smell of the decoction, as well as the anxious angry rebuke of King Yongchang, came one after another.

seemed to sense that someone was coming in, and when King Yongchang casually threw an imperial doctor aside, and then turned his head to see that the people who came were Zhou Xianrui and Xiao Jinxuan.

Immediately, the old prince couldn't help laughing out loud with great joy, and then stepped forward and patted Zhou Xianrui on the shoulder, and said with satisfaction:

"It's good that you kid rushed back, the Xue family's actions are not small now. This prince is trapped here, and he has no skills. I want to see if they dare to be so arrogant after you return to Beijing. ”

As soon as he finished saying this, King Yongchang came to Xiao Jinxuan's side, and after carefully looking at the other party for a long time, he was obviously relieved and said:

"Since the news of the death of the Emperor in the war came, I asked the two boys in the family to go and see you, but Jinxuan, you didn't see anyone. My father has been worried about you for a long time, and then he was detained in this dormitory, so he couldn't take care of you. Now that he sees that Jinxuan's complexion is not bad, his father is also relieved. ”

After briefly reminiscing about each other, King Yongchang even talked about the situation of Emperor Ming carefully.

Immediately, Zhou Xianrui came to the imperial bed, looked at Emperor Ming, who was obviously thin and extremely weak, and then ordered the four imperial doctors on the side in a deep voice:

"You retreat outside the palace first, this king has already brought someone to treat your father, and if necessary, this king will call you in."

But when they heard this, the four imperial doctors didn't move after glancing at each other, but continued to stand there.

Especially among these four people, a younger imperial doctor, perhaps because of his youth and vigor, immediately even said something and directly refused:

"The four of us were appointed by the Empress to personally diagnose and treat His Majesty's condition. Even you, Your Royal Highness, have no right to ask us to leave this palace even half a step. Unless it is the queen herself who decrees it, it ......"

The young imperial doctor tilted his head arrogantly, but the words in his mouth were not finished. Zhou Xianrui's golden dragon sword had completely cut his throat.

Seeing this young imperial doctor, holding his neck with both hands, he couldn't stop the large stream of blood coming out of his neck.

Zhou Xianrui's knife-like resolute face, but there was no trace of emotion, and he looked at the remaining three again, which would have been trembling with fright.

Then he said in a low and majestic voice: "Those who stay will end up with him, and those who want to live will get out of the dormitory for this king immediately!" ”

Seeing this, the young imperial doctor had died of exhaustion and fell to the ground.

Immediately, the remaining three imperial doctors were so frightened that they almost broke their hearts, and immediately rushed out and ran out.

And when the idle people in the room and others were all retreated one by one, Old Man Ding was invited to the front and began to treat Emperor Ming.

Unlike the other doctors' inquiries, I saw that this old man Ding did not call for a pulse, but directly took out a silver needle more than three inches long, and then stabbed it above Emperor Ming's head.

Seeing this scene, even Zhou Xianrui, who personally invited Old Man Ding, immediately couldn't help but stop the other party, and asked solemnly:

"What do you mean by this, my father, the emperor still has any illness, you haven't diagnosed and treated, and it doesn't seem appropriate to use needles directly."

Almost as soon as Zhou Xianrui's words were finished, standing on the other side, King Yongchang, who still didn't know the origin of Old Man Ding, said even more dissatisfied:

"I said, Wise boy, where did you get this old man? Your father, the Emperor of the Ninety-Five, where can you ask people to administer needles at will. There has to be a mistake in this, and neither of you nor I can afford this consequence. ”

Old man Ding heard King Yongchang's words in his ears, and when he looked at his hand holding the needle, he was also caught by Zhou Xianrui.

Immediately, the old man Ding couldn't help but snort, and his idle left hand, as if he was doing a trick, had an extra cow hair needle. grabbed Zhou Xianrui's wrist and stabbed him gently.

And Zhou Xianrui, who was looking at this, immediately grabbed Old Man Ding's wrist, and the whole person even shook weakly.

If Deng Chang hadn't helped him immediately, he would have lost his center of gravity and fell to the ground.

And as soon as his right hand regained his freedom, he saw that the old man Ding was not looking at Emperor Ming, and then opened his dilapidated medicine box.

While throwing the three-inch silver needle in his hand, he muttered in his mouth:

"What about the king of heaven and Lao Tzu, what about the ordinary people, not all of them have only one life to live. I have come to see the sick with good intentions, old man, and since you think that I will harm this emperor, then I will leave immediately. The province's kindness was not reciprocated, and it was suspected for no reason. ”

The old man Ding had already carried the medicine box on his back, and as soon as he finished speaking, he walked out of the dormitory angrily.

Seeing this scene, Xiao Jinxuan, who hadn't spoken much since she came in, immediately stepped forward, stopped the other party with a gentle smile and said:

"Don't worry about Ding Lao, in fact, you should also understand us. After all, the emperor is a member of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and he really can't make the slightest mistake. And have you ever thought that the lives you save are just a drop in the bucket? If the saint can be safe, then you are equivalent to avoiding a turbulent catastrophe for the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty, this is the great benevolence and great goodness, how can you ignore it. ”

The old man Ding, who was still angry just now, looked like he was about to leave. Hearing Xiao Jinxuan's words, and looking at the other party for a while, he suddenly laughed and said:

"You girl doll really has a sharp mouth, for the sake of falling in love with you, and what you said is really reasonable, then the old man won't leave, help you stay and see the emperor."

As soon as he finished saying this, Old Man Ding took out the three-inch-long silver needle from the medicine box.

This time, he didn't do it directly, but explained first:

"Shicai also blames me, looking at you emperor, the Gu is too deep and has almost eroded to the brain, so I forgot to explain and directly apply the needle. But don't worry, I've always had a needle, and I won't lose my proportion. ”

In fact, if you talk about it, Zhou Xianrui and this old man have been together for the longest time, but the other party has never said what his name is.

And now when he heard the other party call himself Ding Yizhen, everyone in the hall was stunned for a while, especially King Yongchang had excitedly shouted:

"You are the ghost doctor Ding Yizhi, if this is the case, it is really great, with you always here, then my imperial brother can be regarded as saved."

And this old man Ding, who had already stabbed the silver needle into the position of Emperor Ming's Heavenly Spirit Bone, shook his head with emotion and said after he withdrew his hand:

"Don't be too happy, I have already said that your emperor is a Gu and not sick. If he had been handed over to me a month ago, the old man would indeed have a way to force the Gu worm out. But now there's nothing I can do but slow him down. ”

The ghost doctor Ding is a needle, no one can say what nationality he is, and no one knows where he came from.

However, the ghost doctor who travels around the world is almost recognized as the most skilled person in medicine today.

Now seeing that the other party said that Emperor Ming could not be cured, everyone who was still in joy just now felt extremely desperate this time.

Just when the atmosphere in the hall was a little depressing, everyone was at a loss, and they were in no mood to speak.

Suddenly, I heard a cough on the couch, and then Emperor Ming's weak voice sounded clearly.

"Although I don't have the strength to open my eyes, I have heard all your words. If I can really live a few more days, God will be kind to me."

Seeing that this needle was really good, just one needle went down, and Emperor Ming, who was in a coma, woke up, and immediately Zhou Xianrui hurriedly stepped forward and said worriedly:

"Father, you have to resist it, the Great Zhou Dynasty can't do without you. Although I know that you should be told to recuperate with peace of mind now, but for the sake of the court, the court must tell your father everything about the situation. Now Empress Xue controls the imperial city, and his father Prime Minister Xue Cheng controls the previous dynasty, and the whereabouts of the second brother Xiantai are unknown, but Yierchen sees that he must have gone to transfer troops. And these people must wait for everything to be deployed, and then they will start to do that rebellious thing. ”

Speaking of this, a trace of hesitation flashed in Zhou Xianrui's eyes, but in the end, he still made up his mind and continued:

"And you may not know that the prince and his wife have been poisoned by Empress Xue. The second brother Xiantai was born to Empress Xue, and as soon as the eldest brother died, he was the prince of the emperor, and it was logical to inherit the throne. ”

If it shows that the emperor has expected the changes in the Xue family's heart, he has long expected it.

Hearing that the prince had been poisoned, he was immediately stimulated and coughed.

It wasn't until Old Man Ding asked Emperor Ming to swallow a purple pill that the other party breathed a sigh of relief and continued to say slowly:

"Your second brother Xiantai is indeed capable, but he is not a benevolent master. The Great Zhou Dynasty fell into his hands, and with the power of the Xue family, the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty would have a hard time. ”

Having said this, Emperor Ming suddenly held up his strength and grabbed Zhou Xianrui's hand.

Then he half-propped himself up from the couch, and said with a resolute face:

"Xianrui, you have to cheer up, although you are not my sister-in-law, but your wise and wise father is in your heart. Now that my life is not long in coming, the heir to the throne, my father, is ready to pass it on to you. Suppress the Xue family and fulfill this unfulfilled wish for his father. To be a good emperor who works hard and thinks about the people, Xianrui, you must promise your father to be a Ming monarch, otherwise it will be difficult for your father to feel at ease when he arrives under Jiuquan. ”