The queen's illness did not improve, but it did not deteriorate either, and Jiang Dexing, the envoy of the Imperial Hospital, was still anxious, and he knew that he had to do his best to make the queen's illness better, otherwise, the queen mother would send him to prison.

The imperial physician He Junren is still in prison, he has always wondered how the prescription he prescribed is to reduce liver fire, and the queen has a very strong appearance, he thinks that someone must have done something from it, but he can't go out to investigate, he doesn't know the specific truth; moreover, the queen is the master of the harem, and the people around her are extraordinary, there is no evidence, and if you are suspicious, you can't say it casually, He Junren is very anxious.

The eunuch sent out to investigate by Concubine He Zhihan returned, and he reported: " It was Jiang Dexing, the envoy of the Tai Hospital, who asked Taiyi He to treat the queen's illness, and just before that, Shen Deyi, the eunuch of the Duzhi Eunuch Zhang Yin, had been to the Tai Hospital, it may be Shen Deyi's idea, after Taiyi He helped the queen see a doctor, he prescribed a few prescriptions, and the queen had a certain improvement after taking the medicine, but after the queen took the medicine for the last time, her condition suddenly worsened, and the queen became dying. ”

After listening to the eunuch's report, Concubine De was very angry, she said: "There must be someone with ill intentions who want to frame the concubine's father!" She thought: "My father has been practicing medicine for decades, and he has always been cautious, and he must be more cautious in prescribing medicine for the queen, he must be more cautious, he can't prescribe fierce medicine for the queen, and the prescription prescribed by my father several times ago has been effective after the queen has taken it, which shows that the diagnosis is correct, and the prescription is effective, and later." After the queen took the medicine, how could she become more and more strict? There must be something wrong with this. ”

Concubine De asked, "After the imperial doctor prescribes the medicine, who takes the medicine?

The eunuch replied: "It is the medicine taken by the father-in-law who serves the queen, and it is the medicine that is decocted by the queen's personal palace maid!"

Concubine De thought: "The eunuch took the medicine and the palace maid decocted the medicine may have been manipulated, but I heard that the celebrant has sent someone to check, and no abnormalities were found in the residue of the medicine given to the queen, what is going on?" He Zhihan couldn't think clearly, and he didn't know who wanted to harm his father.

Concubine Xian became more confident after the success of her adventurous move. The courage is also greater. She felt that it was not enough to let He Junren go to prison, but also to let Concubine De also bear the charge, so as to achieve her goal of squeezing out Concubine De.

Sun Xianglan then took bold action, she gave Hui Concubine, who usually had a good relationship with her, a pair of very precious jasper and gold bracelets. Let her quietly spread the news in the palace and say: "Concubine De is trying to win the emperor's favor." Joined forces with her father, Mrs. Ho. deliberately prescribed fierce medicine to the queen, so as not to let the queen recover so quickly, don't look at Concubine De's usual virtuous and benevolent. In fact, this is all pretending to please the emperor, she is very good at conspiracies, her purpose is to compete for the queen's throne. ”

In addition, Concubine Xian also deliberately reported the news spread in the palace to the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother has been worried about the queen's illness, and has been restless lately, and is in a very bad mood, the Queen Mother was very angry after hearing the rumors in the palace conveyed by Concubine Xian, she scolded Concubine De, saying that she was a vixen dressed as a beauty.

Concubine Xian was secretly happy when she heard this, but she pretended to be kind and said: "This kind of rumor may not be credible, Concubine De's sister looks kind, gentle, usually respects the queen very much, and gets along well with the concubines in the palace, and the emperor is also very fond of her, she shouldn't be the same as her father, she is not so bold, and she is not so bad-hearted, it seems that she is as beautiful as a fairy, she should not have such a poisonous heart, right?"

The queen mother listened to what Concubine Xian said, she thought: "Since ancient times, beautiful women have been more confused, more ambitious, and more scheming, He Zhihan must be a concubine who is very good at disguise and scheming, so she will be favored by the emperor." ”

The more the Queen Mother thought about it, the more angry she became, she felt that such a woman was very dangerous in the harem, and once she was promoted to the imperial concubine, it was possible to weaken her power as the queen mother, and it was very likely that she would interfere in court politics.

The Queen Mother became more and more disgusted with Concubine De, and she decided to secretly send someone to investigate Concubine De's recent behavior, and then decide what to do with her.

The Empress Dowager found a clever eunuch surnamed Li and asked him to secretly investigate Concubine De.

When the Queen Mother did these things, she did them in front of Concubine Xian, who was quietly happy in her heart, and she admired her wonderful plan.

Eunuch Li was ordered to leave the queen mother's bedroom, at this time, Concubine Xian rushed over, she was very familiar with Eunuch Li, she in order to facilitate the queen mother, over the years sent a lot of treasures to this Eunuch Li, she felt that today Eunuch Li came in handy.

Concubine Xian said: " Father-in-law Li has worked hard, I can't imagine that the palace will report the news to the queen mother, it will make the queen mother angry, and also add more trouble to the father-in-law Li, and the father-in-law Li has to bother to investigate, this is the palace to give you more trouble, the palace is a little careless, recently, a treasure sent from the west, the palace often causes trouble to the father-in-law, you come to the palace in the afternoon, the palace will give the treasure to the father-in-law Li, to be older, you often do things for the palace, by the way, investigate the matter of the concubine, you don't have to bother too much, the queen mother's mind you know, she is very angry at the queen who killed the queen, He Taiyi deliberately prescribes medicine to aggravate the queen's illness, this is an unforgivable sin, Concubine Ben is really worried that Concubine De's sister will be involved, people can't think too much, Gonggong Li is a person who understands, he should know how to make the Queen Mother happy!"

Concubine Li listened, and he understood very well, he thought: "I understand Concubine Xian's thoughts, she asked me to make the results of the investigation that Concubine De is a participant in the incident, she is responsible for the aggravation of the queen's condition, and has the ambition to snatch the queen's position, which can give the queen mother enough reasons to deal with Concubine De heavily, and Concubine Xian can easily squeeze out a strong competitor, and she is asking me to remove the trouble for her." ”

Eunuch Li knew very well in his heart that he could not fail to do what Concubine Xian meant, and if he did what Concubine Xian wanted, he would get a great reward, if Concubine Xian had the opportunity to be promoted to the imperial concubine or even to the queen, Eunuch Li's future would be very broad, and if he did what Concubine Xian wanted, he could also make the Queen Mother very satisfied, the Queen Mother was bewildered by Concubine Xian, and was questioning Concubine De's kindness and virtuousness, she suspected that Concubine De was a woman like a fox spirit, and she was trying to dispose of Concubine De.

But. Eunuch Li knows in her heart that Concubine De is really a beautiful, kind, and gentle concubine, she is being favored by the emperor, and she is sincerely courting the concubines and eunuchs in the harem, and she is a rare good concubine.

Eunuch Li thought to himself: "Actually, compared with Concubine De, Concubine Xian is more like a vixen, she has done a lot of superficial articles, and she often affectionately calls Concubine De 'sister' in her mouth. Secretly, he ruthlessly designed to frame Concubine De. The recent rumors about Concubine De in the palace are very likely to have been spread by her, and she actually reported the news to the Queen Mother and pretended to be a good person. Use good words to deliberately provoke the Queen Mother. Let the Queen Mother hate Concubine De. She hinted that Concubine De wanted to snatch the queen's position, but in fact, she herself wanted to snatch the queen's position even more. This woman is very scary!"

Even the emperor saw that Concubine Xian was not "virtuous" and that she was a sleek and scheming person, but the Queen Mother could not see it, but Eunuch Li could not tell the Empress Dowager the true face of Concubine Xian, and that it was better to mix less in the affairs of the palace, and that the affairs between powerful women in the palace should be kept far away, and that Eunuch Li had a set of tricks for dealing with the members of the royal family in the inner palace.

However, this time Eunuch Li encountered a problem, and he could not fail to do what Concubine Xian wanted, and if he did not do so, Concubine Xian would not spare him, but if he really did what Concubine Xian wanted, there were also two very terrible dangers: if the emperor knew that he was making a false conclusion in the investigation, then he would die without a place to be buried;

Eunuch Li was in a dilemma, and he decided to take the risk of taking a path that was both left and right.

Eunuch Li deliberately slowed down the investigation, and after that, he went to report to the Empress Dowager, and he said cautiously: " The queen mother, the little one was ordered to investigate, and now some results have been found, Concubine De has a very good relationship with his father, Concubine De is very filial to her father, and Doctor He is also very fond of Concubine De, the last time Doctor He was dismissed from the position of the hospital, Concubine De knew that she was very sad, and sent someone to comfort his father, and her father did have contact, this time Doctor He was ordered to treat the queen, at first, the queen took the medicine prescribed by Doctor He several times, and her condition improved, and later, after taking the medicine he prescribed again, the queen's condition suddenly worsened, and it was stricter than before He Taiyi's treatment, and the hospital envoy and several court judges, the imperial doctor, all think that Imperial Physician He is vindictive and prescribed strange medicine for the Queen Mother, and even some Imperial Physicians think that he deliberately prescribed fierce medicine to make the queen's condition worse, and then he is healing, in order to show his excellent medical skills, but it is really difficult to know what news Concubine De and Imperial Doctor He sent in contact, and it is not yet possible to find evidence to prove that Concubine De knew or participated in his father's action of giving fierce medicine to the queen; The eunuchs are very good, she tried her best to make the emperor happy, won the emperor's favor, she is very gentle, very virtuous, and very smart, there are discussions in the palace, saying that she is pretending to be kind, but she is actually very cunning, her goal is to ascend the throne of the queen, but now there is no evidence to prove that Concubine De's good deeds are fake, and no one has come forward to prove that she has a plan to rob the queen, this is the conclusion reached by the slave after the investigation, please make a decision!"

Eunuch Li played a trick of riding the wall, he mastered a principle, all he could prove was that Concubine De was suspicious, but he had not yet been able to find evidence, he had to advance and retreat in moderation, no matter which side of the emperor or Concubine Xian blamed him, he must have a reason to plead, he would rather be scolded, than risk standing on one side and giving up the position of the other side, according to his past experience, either or the other is a dead end, only left and right, in order to continue to survive, and have a better future.

After the Queen Mother listened to Eunuch Li's report, she felt that there was no definite evidence to prove that Concubine De was malignant, and if she was to be thrown into prison, the emperor would definitely oppose it , She didn't feel that she couldn't let Concubine De be so free, she ordered Concubine De to be placed under house arrest in Concubine De's bedroom, not allowed to go out, except for the eunuchs who served Concubine De and the palace maids around Concubine De, no one was allowed to enter or leave, the Queen Mother's reason was that Concubine De's father had committed a capital crime, and Concubine De could not move freely.

The emperor ordered He Junren to be arrested and imprisoned in anger, but when he calmed down, he thought about it carefully, and felt that the He family had been the imperial doctor for several generations, and had always adhered to noble medical ethics and a benevolent heart, and He Junren was very cautious in handling things, and it was impossible for him to prescribe the wrong prescription, let alone deliberately prescribe medicine for the queen to aggravate the condition, he felt that he had put He Junren in prison, and it was very likely that he had wronged He Junren, and he decided to order the celebrant to continue to investigate the aggravation of the queen's illness.

Shen Deyi learned that the emperor ordered the ceremonial supervisor to continue the queen's serious illness, he was very worried, he had a general understanding of Concubine Xian's current behavior, he listened to Concubine Xian's order to intervene in the hospital, if the inner truth was exposed, as soon as the emperor asked, the matter would be very strict.

Shen Deyi thought that since He Junren had entered the prison, he could not be allowed to come out, and he must be allowed to "become" a vicious imperial doctor who wanted to harm the queen.

To this end, Shen Deyi implemented a vicious plan. (To be continued......)

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