Chapter 421 Granting the Divine Medicine
At this time, Concubine Lu Xian had given birth to the emperor's eldest son, so it was useless for Concubine Shu to jump around again.
Even if she gives birth to a prince, he is only the second son. If she wants to surpass the eldest son of the emperor, either Concubine Shu will be crowned queen and her son will become the legitimate son, or she will kill the eldest son of the emperor, then her child may be the eldest son.
When Ying Bao thought of this, she felt that she should not get involved with Concubine Shu.
The Lu family was also a big family in the capital. Concubine Lu Xian's father was the prime minister of the dynasty and one of the founding heroes of the Zhou Dynasty. It was only because of her own brain that she became a rival of the Lu family.
"Jiang Yingbao! You are so presumptuous!" The eunuch pointed at Yingbao with a fierce look on his face and said, "Our family has been ordered by Concubine Shu to let you enter the palace to see her! Do you dare to disobey the concubine and don't want to live anymore?"
"Who do you think doesn't want to live?" Jiang Wu came out of the room and asked with a cold face: "You are so arrogant in falsely spreading the imperial edict, don't even the Holy Emperor take it seriously?"
The eunuch suddenly became speechless, threw down his sleeves, and said fiercely: "Well done! You surnamed Jiang, just wait! We will report back to the empress and punish your whole family!"
After saying that, he turned around and left the Jiang family. The two of them boarded a palace car and drove away quickly.
Ying Bao watched the palace car go away, feeling a little uneasy.
This Concubine Yao Shu is really haunting, asking her again and again what she wants to do?
Jiang Wu took his sister back to the house and said, "Sister, if Concubine Shu asks you to enter the palace at this time, it will definitely mean nothing good. You are right not to go."
In a few days, it will be the emperor's eldest son's full moon banquet. The emperor will invite courtiers and ladies to the palace for a banquet. If something goes wrong before then, it will really stir up a hornet's nest.
If nothing else, let's just say that Concubine Shu is about to give birth. If she meets an outsider at this time, if there is an unexpected miscarriage or something else, she will definitely be involved.
At that time, in order to calm down the anger of the Yao family, what will the Holy Father do to the Jiang family? I really can’t even think about it.
"I know." It's not a conspiracy theory between Ying Bao and his younger brother. In fact, the situation in the new dynasty is still in an unstable period.
Many aristocratic families seemed to submit to the new dynasty, but in fact they had been eyeing it.
Those people may have thought that since Zhou Wuchang could be emperor, they could too.
This is probably the reason why Zhou Wuchang accepted so many concubines but did not establish a queen.
Once a queen is established, other aristocratic families will be unconvinced and will be ready to take action in secret.
After a day of not standing, everyone felt that their daughter had hope, so they temporarily suppressed their thoughts.
After all, if you can fight without bloodshed, who would want to fight through mountains and seas of fire?
The next day, Jiang Wu and Mr. Wu went to court together.
Both of them are fifth-rank officials and can enter the main hall to meet the emperor.
It's just that the two people can only stand behind those first, second, third and fourth grade officials.
Unexpectedly, not long after he came to court, someone impeached him, saying that he was disrespectful and lawless.
Jiang Wu was speechless and remembered the person who impeached him in his heart.
Officials who were impeached also had the opportunity to plead their case, so after Jiang Wu returned home from the court, he wrote a large statement of defence. He wrote down in the book everything about the person who came to the palace that day and pretended to preach the imperial edict.
When it comes to other officials, they may be wary of losing the emperor's face. After all, the person who falsely conveyed the imperial edict was his concubine.
But Jiang Wu didn't care. He wrote down everything those people said on the note and presented it to the emperor.
Fortunately, Zhou Wuchang paid close attention to this matter. He asked the prime minister for Jiang Wu's statement and took a rough look at it.
After reading it, Zhou Wuchang's face turned dark and he immediately stood up to find Concubine Yao Shu.
Concubine Yao Shu was due to give birth in more than a month. At this time, her body was heavy. She was still a little confused when she was ordered to kneel down: "Your Majesty, what did I do wrong?"
Zhou Wuchang put his hands behind his back and asked, "What do you want to do by repeatedly falsely conveying my will?"
Concubine Yao Shu was stunned, "I don't have one."
Zhou Wuchang threw his hand and threw the folding book on her face: "Look carefully, is there any falsehood?"
Concubine Yao Shu shook her head and picked it up, looked at it carefully, and broke into a cold sweat.
"Your Majesty, I just want to invite Jiang Yingbao to the palace to have her pulse checked. I have no other intention, and I have no false edict."
Zhou Wuchang snorted coldly: "The imperial physician of the imperial hospital is responsible for diagnosing your pulse. Why do you want to find a little girl to enter the palace? What? Do you think that my imperial physicians are all a bunch of trash?"
"No, I don't mean that." Concubine Shu covered her face and cried bitterly.
Zhou Wuchang glanced at her coldly: "I have warned you once that you are not allowed to bring people into the palace at will without the arrangement of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Do you think that my palace is the back garden of your Yao family, and you can invite whoever you want to come in? Yes? Did you turn a deaf ear to what I said?"
"I know I was wrong, wuwuwuwu"
Zhou Wuchang remained unmoved. He walked to the entrance of the palace with his hands behind his back, looked at the palace servants kneeling at the steps of the main hall, and asked coldly: "Who came out of the palace to pretend to preach the imperial edict that day? Stand up!"
The two palace servants shook their heads and crawled out of the crowd, kowtowing: "This slave is following the order of Concubine Shu."
Zhou Wuchang: "Pull out and kill with the stick!"
Several guards came over, picked up the two palace men, and dragged them outside the palace courtyard.
"Your Majesty, spare your life. Your Majesty, spare your life"
The two eunuchs kept begging for mercy, but were quickly silenced.
A crackling sound of sticks entered the hall, and Yao Shufei rolled her eyes and fainted.
The palace attendants did not dare to step forward to help her. It was not until Zhou Wuchang spoke that they put Concubine Shu on the bed and called the imperial doctor in.
That night, Concubine Yao Shu gave birth to a baby girl. Because she was less than a month old, her body was only slightly longer than an adult's hand. Her skin was red and wrinkled, and her cry was as weak as a cat's.
Dr. Wen had no choice but to tell the truth to the emperor: "The baby is less than a month old and all the internal organs are weak. He may not be able to survive."
Concubine Yao Shu was frightened and her life was hanging by a thread.
"Take this and feed it to her and her son." Zhou Wuchang took out two pills wrapped in wax shells from the secret compartment and handed them to Dr. Wen.
Wen Jingyan took the pill and opened it, only to feel a refreshing fragrance coming to his face. The fragrance was very familiar.
He did not dare to hesitate and fed one pill to Yao Shufei, and the other turned into water and fed it to the baby. Finally, the mother and daughter were safe and sound.
When news of Concubine Yao Shu's premature birth reached the Yao family, everyone in the Yao family was very angry, especially Yao Qian, who served as Zhongshu's minister. He immediately slapped the table and scolded the emperor for being unkind and careless, crossing the river and destroying the bridge.
But when he learned that his daughter and granddaughter were saved by the magic medicine given by the emperor, he calmed down and secretly asked where the magic medicine came from.
As a result, people around the emperor said that the Holy One could summon the gods, and that the magic medicine was the life-saving spiritual treasure given to the emperor by the gods. They also said that the magic medicine could not only save lives, but also prolong life.
Now the Yao family was shocked, and the 72-year-old old prince of the Yao family was even more eager for the magic medicine.
The ancients said that if you are seventy-three or eighty-four, the King of Hell will not invite you to go. These two years are a big hurdle in life. If you get over it, you can live. If you can't get over it, you will die.
Old Man Yao wants to be strong in his life, but he is very afraid of death.
Seeing that he is about to reach the milestone of seventy-three years old, the old man is very nervous every day and does not allow his family to mention his age, let alone his birthday.
When it reached his ears that the emperor had a miracle medicine, the white-haired old man couldn't wait to run into the palace and ask for one from the emperor.