Chapter 56: Losing Your Head If You Can't Cure It (Revised)
Ning Ke walked into the palace, all the long windows inside were tightly closed, and the curtains hung low, dark and dull.
She walked all the way in, and was surprised to find that there was not even a mirror in the whole dormitory!
The prince's illness is already so serious? Can't even look in the mirror? So what are her chances of winning?
In addition, she didn't know how many guards were arranged in the invisible darkness, and as soon as she entered, she felt that she was being watched by countless eyes, what did it mean to be so heavily guarded?
The strange disease of the prince was a strange phenomenon in ancient times, and it would be said by people with a heart that this was a sign that the Great Yan Dynasty could not last for a long time, and the people of the royal family would be even more said to be monsters and the like.
This is a strange disease, and a royal disgrace. The emperor has always kept secrets, nothing more than not wanting to cause unnecessary turmoil.
But now that she knows the secret, and whether or not she can cure the prince, the mere fact that she knows about it will bring her death.
pursed her lips and walked silently to the depths of the palace, Ning Ke found that the Queen Mother and Chu Junyue had been waiting for her all morning, and the two people who had been silently supporting and guarding her were here, and her heart settled down inexplicably.
"I've seen the Queen Mother, I've seen the Regent!" Even if the relationship is good, but in front of outsiders, Ning Ke still has enough etiquette.
After the Queen Mother detoxified, her face was a lot ruddy, and her spirit was good, she gently took her hand and said softly: "Ke'er, the prince's illness ...... Don't put too much pressure on you, it's best if you can be optimistic, if you can't, you don't have to force it. ”
I thought she couldn't see it well, so I gave her a vaccination first!
Ning Ke smiled, "Queen Mother, Ke'er hasn't taken the prince's pulse yet! Everything is unknown, it's not good, Ke'er can really cure the prince!"
"Also, the mourning family is old and confused. Ke'er has excellent medical skills, and maybe she can really rejuvenate her hands. The Queen Mother smiled lovingly.
Chu Junyue glanced at her deeply, didn't speak, but bowed slightly to the emperor and empress, and the emperor was a little surprised when he saw him there, "Junyue, why do you have to come over." ”
"The prince has been sick for so many years, and now there is hope for a cure, and his brother wants to come and see it. Chu Junyue said with a smile.
"Well, I hope so!" Chu Lingyue replied with a calm face, obviously feeling a little heavy, and turned to look at Ning Ke, "Let's start! Remember, don't let me down!"
Ning Ke nodded, took a deep breath, and strode into the inner room, through the shadowy curtain, he could vaguely see a thin figure lying on the bed.
So shriveled and thin...... Is it really an eighteen or nineteen-year-old man?
Ning Ke chuckled in his heart, as Chu Junyue said, the prince really had premature aging!!
Progeria is a disease that has seen the news in modern times, and it is extremely rare, and I have not heard of anyone being cured!
Now that the crown prince has also suffered from such a strange disease, the future king of a country, it is a shame to be born like this, and if she sees it again, can she still live?
"I heard that you are a disciple of the Medical Saint?, known as the Medical Immortal?" When she was in a trance, a low and hoarse voice came from the sickbed, sounding like an old man with contempt and distrust, "But this palace has always heard that Miss Ning is a straw bag who does not learn and has no skills, and now she suddenly knows medical skills, it is really strange!"
Being ridiculed a lot, Ning Ke didn't care what he said at all, she was surprised that his voice had reached this point, the degree of premature aging should be very serious, and she didn't know if it was too late!
"Why don't you speak!Are you dumb?" Prince Chu Moxuan snorted in displeasure and slammed the bed board.
Ning Ke raised his eyes and said lightly, "Let's start!" Please stretch out your hand, and the folk girl will take His Majesty's pulse first. ”
Chu Moxuan didn't move, as if he didn't believe her, he didn't say anything for a long time, just like that.
"Prince, please stretch out your hand!" Ning Ke could understand his sadness after being sick for many years, and probably no longer had hope, but the prince despised her three times and twice, and she was just a little unhappy.
The emperor and empress outside heard the voice inside, and hurriedly followed, seeing the stalemate, the empress took the lead and walked over, and said softly: "Mo Xuan, you are obedient, give Ke'er her hand to check the pulse! She will definitely be able to cure you!"
"Queen Mother, she ......" Chu Moxuan's attitude hesitated.
Chu Lingyue reprimanded impatiently: "You are the crown prince, not a three-year-old child!
Chu Moxuan was honest at this time, and slowly stretched out his hand from the curtain, Ning Ke glanced at it, and his heart jumped suddenly.
Where is this young man's hand! The crumpled one is obviously the hand of sixty or seventy years old!
"Don't hurry up yet!" Chu Moxuan probably guessed her consternation, and snorted unhappily.
Ning Ke put away the distracting thoughts, put his hand on his pulse, closed his eyes intently, and soon entered a professional state.
Fortunately, when she was in modern times, her grandfather was a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, and she loved to play the game of checking the pulse since she was a child, so for her, it was not difficult to take the pulse, but it was her strength.
The prince's pulse was as weak and floppy as she expected, intermittent and unstable, which is exactly the pulse characteristic of the elderly!
Can a young man of eighteen or nineteen age age so quickly become so old?
Ning Ke had no experience in treating Progeria, and she was a little confused for a while.
She pursed her lips and made a request, "Your Majesty, I still need to see the prince himself before I can be diagnosed!"
As soon as the words fell, the prince became angry and angry, "Quimp doctor! Quack doctor! Whatever medical immortal is a lie! If you can't see any disease if you don't know the pulse, you are a quack doctor who deceives the world and steals his name!"
Emperor Chu Lingyue also frowned, ignoring the irritable Chu Moxuan, and turned to look at Ning Ke, "You can't get the pulse out?"
"Judging from the pulse, the prince is already an old man of seventy or eighty years old!" Ning Ke replied truthfully, "But that is only the pulse, and the consultation is also very important, and now I have only done one!
"Are you sure?" Chu Lingyue obviously didn't want her to see the appearance of the crown prince, and was a little hesitant.
Ning Ke was almost impatient now, but he still replied patiently, "This also has to be seen first!"
"Father, the retainers don't want her to look at it!" the prince roared.
"Don't mess around!" Chu Lingyue scolded, and immediately ordered someone to open the curtain, and the prince got into the quilt as if he couldn't see the light, refusing to come out.
Even so, Ning Ke still saw him at first glance, although he was mentally prepared, but seeing him with a wrinkled face and white hair like that, Ning Ke's heart was still cold.
When he gets old like this, even if she can stop him from continuing to age, she can't help him regain his youth, and she is also not cured!
Ning Ke took a deep breath, and took the prince's pulse seriously, and a bold idea gradually surfaced in his heart.
"Are you enough!Ning Ke! Are you satisfied now!" The prince roared under the quilt, ashamed and angry before the ugly scar he minded most in his heart was revealed.
"It's okay!" Ning Ke withdrew his hand, got up slowly, and motioned for the emperor and empress to go out together.
Chu Lingyue looked anxious and asked, "How is it?"
"Ke'er, you have excellent medical skills, you will definitely be able to cure the prince, right?" the queen had red eyes and an urgent expression.
Ning Ke withstood tremendous pressure and truthfully expressed his suspicions, "The prince is actually not sick, but poisoned!"
"Poisoned?" Chu Moxuan was stunned, "Is this palace poisoned?"
If it's poisoning, that's another way of saying it! Then he's not a monster!
Others wondered, "What kind of poison? How can it make people like this? And it hasn't been discovered by the Imperial Doctor for years?"
Ning Ke pursed his lips and glanced at Chu Junyue intentionally or unintentionally before he slowly spoke, "This is a fire Gu! It is a kind of poison in Xishu, once poisoned, it will be integrated into the bone and blood, and it is difficult to be discovered, so it is not surprising that the imperial doctors don't know." And one of the biggest characteristics of this Gu poison is that it can accelerate people's growth, it will not poison people, but it will accelerate people's aging to death!"
"You mean that the prince's aging is caused by this poison?" Chu Lingyue's eyes showed shock, "But this poison has never been heard, are you sure?"
The queen was also frightened, "Gu poison...... Who was so vicious that he poisoned the prince with this!"
"Naturally, it's someone with bad intentions!" Chu Junyue suddenly stood up, the smile on the corner of his lips was cold, "Your Majesty doesn't have many heirs, and he loves the prince very much, those with bad intentions can't blatantly poison the prince, so I thought that such a method would make the prince die of early aging, and it was not easy to be detected." ”
It has always been like to do tricks in each other's descendants between various enemy countries or enemies, but many of them are direct assassinations, and I really haven't heard of it for so long!
It can only be said that this person is patient and more cautious!
The queen was distressed and began to wipe away her tears, "Poor child, how can someone be so vicious and think of such a method to torture people!"
"It's hard to hurt Mo Xuan, this kid!" The Queen Mother was also shocked, and paused again and again, "This poisoned person is too vicious, Your Majesty must investigate it thoroughly! Otherwise, I don't know how many princes will be poisoned!"
"I will send someone to investigate this matter, and the top priority is to detoxify the prince!" Chu Lingyue's face became more and more ugly, and he even threw all the burden on Ning Ke, "Are you sure?"
"Detoxification is possible!" Ning Ke said truthfully: "But some medicinal materials are very rare, and the folk girl still has to find them!"
This kind of fire Gu is also in Chu Junyue's body, but he was poisoned relatively late, and he has always been suppressed with the help of the medical saint, and his own martial arts are high, so there is no premature aging, and it will be fine if he is detoxified.
But the prince should have been poisoned since he was a child, and the poison was very large, and it should be constantly strengthened, which is why he will be so fast in premature aging. She also can't guarantee whether the prince's appearance will recover after detoxification.
But she can't say this, what the emperor cares about most is the appearance of the prince's aging, even if she is detoxified, her appearance has not recovered, she still belongs to the prince who has not been cured, and she will lose her head!