HLnovel Chapter 36: Fire in the Palace
Chapter 36: Fire in the Palace
Yue Yuan and Yue Ran looked at each other.
Yue Ran was half relieved. Since Ning Xin had said so bluntly that her father had health problems, she was not afraid that she would fool around like the imperial physician hired by the Song family.
Yue Yuan suppressed the bitterness in his heart and said in a deep voice:
"I have kept some samples and residues of the medicines I have taken in the past few years. I wonder if Miss Ning can check them?"
Ning Xin became interested in King Dingbei's illness, so naturally she responded.
Soon, one of Yue Yuan's trusted servants brought over a few porcelain bottles.
Ning Xin opened the porcelain bottle, poured out the pills and residue, crushed them carefully to identify them, put a little on the tip of her nose and smelled it, and finally carefully took a few drops of the residue and put them in her mouth to taste it.
"Puff! Pfft!" Within a few breaths, Ning Xin forcefully spat out the medicine residue in her mouth, and the expression on her face changed drastically.
Yue Ran quickly handed over the warm water that she had prepared. Ning Xin took it, rinsed her mouth and spit it into the flowerpot beside her.
"This can't possibly be the medicine my uncle prepared. Although this medicine residue smells the same as the medicine, it is actually mixed with other medicines. It contains several chronic poisons. If people take it for a short period of time, they will just feel sleepy. Over the years, the patient's body will gradually decay, and the flesh and blood in the trunk and limbs will dry up. In the end, the patient will be so weak that he can't even eat, and will starve to death in his sleep!"
Ning Xin became angrier and angrier as she spoke:
"Your Highness, Princess, although my uncle is known as the Ghost Doctor, his medical skills are excellent. Any patient he is willing to treat will never end up in a situation like yours!"
"My uncle's medicine must have been replaced by someone!"
Yue Ran nodded slightly and bowed to Ning Xin to express his gratitude:
"Thank you Miss Ning. Miss Ning has solved the doubts in my father and I's mind."
Yue Yuan tightly grasped the armrest of the chair with one hand, and his whole body was shaking slightly.
Song...she really wants his life!
After Yue Ran returned to Beijing, he no longer took the medicine sent by the Song family, but instead took the medicine that Yue Ran brought back from the military camp.
After changing the dressing, he felt that his limbs had become much stronger over the past half month, his breathing had become smoother, and he no longer had back pain after sitting for a long time.
Despite this, Ning Xin's pulse diagnosis was still not optimistic:
"The poison has remained in the prince's body for too long. Although the princess has changed the medicine for the prince, it cannot eliminate the remaining poison. I will need a few days to develop an antidote for the prince."
Yue Ran's eyes showed surprise when he heard this:
"Miss Ning, do you mean that if my father can detoxify, his health will be able to get better in the future?"
Ning Xin shook her head slightly, with a bit of regret on her face:
"Although I can detoxify the prince, his body has been damaged by the poison for too long. From now on, you must not use force easily, let alone use your internal force. Otherwise, the meridians in your body will not be able to withstand the internal force and will easily break. By then, it will be difficult for the prince to even sit still."
Yue Ran lowered his eyes in silence, a hint of sadness flashing across his eyes.
Is it too late after all?
Yue Yuan smiled cheerfully:
"If you don't want to use force, then don't use force! Miss Ning, if I can successfully detoxify myself, how many years do I have left to live?"
Ning Xin was a little unhappy when she heard this, and frowned again:
"Your Highness, you don't trust my medical skills. If I can successfully detoxify you, as long as you take good care of your body, you can live another 20 years without any problem!"
She lived in Yaowang Valley for eighteen years. After coming out of the mountains, she entered the palace. The Queen Mother also did not allow her to diagnose other people's pulses, so her temper seemed very strange to others, and she offended many concubines in the harem.
Yue Yuan smiled even more happily:
"Okay! Miss Xinning!!"
If he could live another twenty years, he could guard the palace, help Ranran get married and have children, and protect Ranran for half her life.
Ning Xin smiled, and then she seemed to have something difficult to say, and spoke hesitantly:
"Your Highness...are you planning to have more children?"
Yue Yuan was stunned when he heard this, and subconsciously asked:
"I'm already this age, why should I have children?"
Ning Xin breathed a sigh of relief and nodded with satisfaction:
"That's fine. After all, treating male infertility is not my specialty."
When Yue Ran heard this, she realized something was wrong.
Yue Yuan was dumbfounded, his old face turned red, and he almost burst into a curse.
He had four children, four!
Who said he was infertile? Who?
Yue Ran asked calmly:
"Miss Ning, did you find anything unusual?"
Ning Xin nodded:
"Among the previous medicine residues, there is also an infertility drug specifically for men. If Your Majesty has taken it for five years, then he will never be able to have children again."
As the words fell, the hall fell into an eerie silence.
Yue Ran silently raised her head and looked at her father, only to see Yue Yuan staring straight at the direction of the ancestral temple with his teeth chattering.
Yue Yuan closed his eyes and smiled bitterly.
Mother, you really found a good daughter-in-law for your son!
You expect her to suppress Qingyue for you, but what she wants is to prevent her son from having other children.
Yue Yuan let out a long sigh.
It doesn’t matter, he has Ranran and he also has Si Ning.
Yue Zihuan has been spoiled, as for Yue Ziyu who is far away in Xilu Academy, it all depends on his luck.
Yue Yuan was completely disappointed with Song, and he also felt that the two sons she gave birth to were unreliable.
Yue Ran walked behind his father and rubbed his shoulders:
"Father, all the remaining medicines in the palace should be destroyed. From now on, you can only use the medicines prescribed by Miss Ning."
Yue Yuan nodded weakly:
"Ranran, take someone to throw away the remaining medicine for me."
Yue Ran was about to nod, but suddenly looked up at the sky outside with vigilance.
Thick black smoke rose from a corner of the palace, and someone kept banging on an iron basin and shouting:
"There's a fire! Someone, there's a fire!"
Yue Ran's eyes sank slightly, and he quickly exchanged a glance with Yue Yuan.
Yue Yuan looked at the black smoke in the air, his face as cold as frost in winter, his deep eyes full of disappointment.
Yue Ran called a servant to ask:
"Which house in the palace is the one that has the fire?"
The servant who answered the question had worked in the palace for ten years. This was the first time he saw a fire in the palace. He bowed and said:
"Princess, the water is flowing in the direction of the pharmacy."
Yue Ran recalled the sneaky servant when he entered the palace, and his lips were tightly pursed.
The fact that they were so impatient to burn the medicine showed how guilty the mother and son were.
Yue Yuan asked with a cold face:
"Have all the medicines in the pharmacy been burned completely?"
The servant lowered his head and replied:
"Your Highness, yes, yes. I heard that several side courtyards around the pharmacy were also burned. The fire was so big that the guards of the palace also went to put out the fire."
"Moreover, the fire is spreading towards the eldest son's yard, Your Majesty, what do you see?"
Yue Yuan closed his mouth, his eyes flashing with complex light, which was a mixture of anger, sadness and disappointment. His voice was low and hoarse, as if filled with endless fatigue:
"Forget it, let's all go put out the fire! Let Yue Zihuan move to Yue Ziyu's yard to stay temporarily."