Chapter 602: The Foolish Woman Who Fakes Her Death for a Man (9)
Chapter 602: The Foolish Woman Who Fakes Her Death for a Man (9)
After everyone left, the emperor asked Chen, the imperial physician who had been waiting, "Is Chang'an's illness really incurable?"
Imperial Physician Chen immediately knelt down and pleaded guilty, "I am incompetent! Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"
The emperor paused for a long time and sighed.
"Is there no other way?"
"There is a way."
"Say it!"
"Master Yuanhui is a highly skilled doctor. If Princess Chang'an could receive his treatment, she would surely be saved from adversity."
The emperor nodded and gave instructions to the leader of the secret guards in the dark.
"Send someone to look for him!"
Here, the King of Loyalty and his wife settled Shuangshuang down and returned to their own yard to discuss the same topic.
The princess threw herself into the prince's arms, covered her mouth and cried uncontrollably.
"Your Majesty, is it possible that Shuang'er really cannot survive this disaster?"
"No, don't worry!
When they both vomited blood and fainted, I had already sent a pigeon letter to Master Yuanhui. I think he is on his way back now."
No one knows that when King Zhongyi was young, he once saved the young monk Yuanhui who was dying after being bitten by a snake while collecting herbs.
Since then, the two did not meet for many years until Prince Zhongyi followed the princess to Puji Temple to burn incense and pray for blessings.
He met the old monk Yuanhui again, who had become the abbot. Before leaving, the old monk gave him a pair of carrier pigeons.
Shuangshuang knew this because after King Zhongyi died, Yuanhui rushed to collect his body.
Regardless of other people's opinions, he placed the couple in Puji Temple for a 49-day water and land ceremony, and then buried them in the back mountain of Puji Temple.
This is also the reason why she can pretend to be sick without any worries.
Sure enough, the next day, the housekeeper came back excitedly.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, our princess is saved, our princess is saved!"
"what happened?"
"Abbot Yuanhui of Wangye Puji Temple has returned from his travels.
"Really?"
The loyal and righteous Wang Meng stood up and pretended to be serious.
"It's absolutely true! I've already found out everything.
Abbot Yuanhui is still seeing only three predestined patients a day, just like before. Let's go and line up."
Princess Zhongyi's headache instantly disappeared. "Okay, okay! Go prepare the carriage and tributes. We'll go to Puji Temple now."
When they arrived at Puji Temple, King Zhongyi met Yuanhui and was the first to step forward and bow.
"I've met the abbot."
The abbot returned the greeting to the prince, "This old monk pays his respects to the prince."
The prince then said, "I beg the abbot to have mercy on my daughter and save her."
The abbot nodded. "Your Highness, please go back first. I will be there shortly."
With the help of Abbot Yuanhui, Shuangshuang's illness gradually improved.
Just when everyone breathed a sigh of relief, a rumor quickly spread throughout the capital.
"Hey, have you heard? The Third Prince broke off his engagement with Princess Chang'an."
"I haven't heard of this before. What's going on?"
"I heard that Princess Chang'an accidentally fell into the water and was rescued by the eldest prince.
The Third Prince disliked the fact that she had been hugged by the First Prince, so he broke off the engagement."
"Alas, if you put it this way, Princess Chang'an also suffered an unprovoked disaster.
When he fell into the water, the eldest prince certainly didn't think too much about it, he just wanted to save people.
But I didn’t expect that these people would spread it like this.”
The news soon became a hot topic.
Prince Zhongyi was so angry that he smashed the teacup in his hand!
"asshole!"
He then ordered, "Go find out who is causing this trouble!"
Before the Prince of Zhongyi's Palace could investigate, Yingtian Prefecture quickly took action because it involved the royal family.
After arresting a few ringleaders who deliberately spread the news, the news gradually disappeared.
But after searching for a long time, they finally found the person behind the incident, an old beggar.
It was just that he overheard it when he was begging and told it to other beggars as a joke.
No one expected that it would turn out like this.
When asked who he was talking about, his answer was also single.
"It was pitch black at the time, and I couldn't see the figures clearly. I just knew they were two men."
But there are so many men in Beijing, they can’t all be suspects, right?
Finally, the prefect of Yingtian Prefecture could only torture the old beggars, hoping that they would remember the appearance of the two men.
Unexpectedly, the old beggar died on the spot because he could not bear the torture, and the clues were lost from then on.
In the end, it can only be left unresolved!
But no one in the market has talked about this matter anymore.
However, it is only a temporary solution and not a fundamental solution. Anyway, we already know everything we need to know.
On this day, the Queen came to the Emperor's Qinzheng Hall for the first time since the eldest prince became mentally retarded.
When the emperor heard the eunuch in charge of the seal report that the queen had arrived, he was stunned for a long time.
Then he shouted loudly, "Quick, go and invite the queen in."
The Queen came in and saluted the Emperor politely, "Your Majesty, I greet you."
The emperor quickly reached out to help her. "Your Majesty, there's no need to be so polite."
As a result, the queen quickly took three steps back as if there was some plague.
The two of them forced themselves to create a distance of more than 1 meter between them before they stopped.
The emperor stared at his empty hands in shock for a long time before he laughed at himself.
"I didn't know the Queen was here. What brings you here?"
The Queen was too lazy to deal with him, "I came here to ask you to issue an imperial decree to grant marriage to my eldest son!"
"Oh, I wonder which family's young lady the Queen has chosen?"
"Princess Chang'an of the Loyal Prince's Mansion!"
"No!" The emperor refused immediately when he heard it was Shuangshuang.
"why not?"
The queen looked at him coldly.
"Give me a reason?"
"Queen, you know very well that Chang'an was originally the Third Prince's fiancée.
Even if the engagement is broken off, there is no reason for me to marry my eldest uncle again."
"They're not married yet, what the hell is that uncle?
Also, this time, that girl Chang'an fell into the water.
My prince would actually risk his life to save her.
Why do you say that?
This shows that he has a good impression of Changan, and I think they can live together in the future."
But Yuanhui once said that his IQ was only that of a seven or eight-year-old.
It would have been fine if he had married the daughter of a minor official, but she was the only daughter of King Zhongyi, the dignified Princess Chang'an.
How could he possibly be willing to marry?"
"Your Majesty, have you heard all the rumors before?"
The emperor said nothing more, just nodded silently.
"Do you know how much harm such rumors can do to women?"
"In that case, please wait a moment. I will talk to Prince Zhongyi first."
"Alright then, I'll take my leave now!"
At the same time, Xiaojuzi and Shuangshuang were chatting.
"Why would you marry the eldest prince, even at the cost of ruining your own reputation?"
"Because this is the only way to give birth to the eldest grandson of the royal family.
Originally, I was thinking of marrying the third prince and then having someone else's child.
If I let the third prince die suddenly, my child will also have a birthplace.
But now that I have the eldest prince, I don’t have to endure the disgust and live under the same roof with such a thing.
Go give him something good later.
I must ensure that the emperor's only grandson comes from my womb."
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