20demayo Chapter 171 Cutting Blood to Save Life
Chapter 171 Cutting Blood to Save Life
As soon as Queen Liu was released from her confinement, she heard the news of the plague in Hecheng. She was stunned and her whole body was shaky: "You...what did you say?"
"Empress, the Emperor has ordered the Third Prince to go to Hecheng immediately to deal with this matter."
Another muffled thunder.
Queen Liu's eyes went dark. She clutched the armchair tightly with one hand, barely avoiding falling down. She gritted her teeth and forced herself to calm down: "Why, why did the Third Prince go to Hecheng? Isn't the Crown Prince in Hecheng?"
"To answer your Majesty, the prince, he abandoned Hecheng and disappeared."
"What do you mean by disappearing?" Queen Liu said anxiously, "There is a plague in Hecheng, what can the prince do? How can this be blamed on the prince?"
She could no longer care about anything else and stood up in a hurry. She wanted to find the Emperor of Northern Qi and explain everything to him. This must be Zhao Zhen's conspiracy!
The maid hurriedly supported Empress Liu and was about to persuade her, but outside there was news that Liu Xiangling had come to pay her respects. Empress Liu frowned tightly and asked, "What is she doing here?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Xiangling's voice was heard outside.
Queen Liu took a deep breath and sat down again, quickly straightening her clothes and maintaining her reserved and proud demeanor.
"Aunt." Liu Xiangling walked in with a brilliant smile on her face. She came to the main hall and saluted to Queen Liu obediently: "Ling'er just came from Concubine Xu De. Aunt, do you know that the emperor is angry and wants to severely punish the prince?"
Queen Liu glared at Liu Xiangling fiercely: "For something that is not worthy of being shown on the stage, you are deliberately helping her. What a fool!"
Liu Xiangling disagreed and continued to provoke Queen Liu: "Aunt, do you know how the common people evaluate the Crown Prince of Northern Qi?"
...
"He is ruthless."
"He is selfish and heartless, and he doesn't care about the people. Such a person is not worthy of being the crown prince."
Queen Liu pursed her lips.
"Aunt, the prince abandoned the city and fled, leaving the people of Hecheng behind."
"aunt……"
"enough!"
Queen Liu couldn't bear to listen any longer, so she stood up and sneered, "Fool, let me tell you today that even if the Crown Prince dies, it won't be the turn of the Third Prince to sit on that position, and you won't be destined to sit on the throne of Queen."
Liu Xiangling just thought that Queen Liu was shouting and didn't take it seriously at all.
"How do you think Concubine Yue Xian died?" Queen Liu showed a strange smile on her face: "Concubine Yue Xian didn't die from excessive blood loss at all."
Liu Xiangling frowned.
"The child she is pregnant with is not the emperor's at all." Queen Liu watched Liu Xiangling's face turn pale and her smile grew wider.
"Aunt, you are talking nonsense!"
Queen Liu raised her hand to admire her nails stained with Impatiens juice. There was a hint of anger in her eyes, but her tone became stable. "Back then, the emperor wanted to seize General Feng's military power, so he let Concubine Yue set herself up as a trap. General Feng had been obsessed with Concubine Yue for a long time, and it was after that night that Concubine Yue became pregnant. The reason why the emperor has not killed that evil child is because General Feng still has remnants who have not been eliminated. Zhao Zhen... will never be able to ascend to the throne."
Liu Xiangling was horrified. She had never heard of this incident before. She looked up at Queen Liu.
"That's why I strongly opposed you marrying Zhao Zhen. Ling'er, you are confused!" Queen Liu shook her head.
"Nonsense!"
A delicate shout interrupted Queen Liu's words.
The visitor was wearing an elegant dress with a few hairpins swaying gently between her temples. She walked in with great grace.
The person who came was Concubine Xu De.
Concubine Xu De sneered: "I'm afraid the Empress will be disappointed. Concubine Yuexian is pregnant with the Emperor's son."
Queen Liu frowned and said, "How dare you! Who allowed you to enter Changchun Palace without permission? Someone, come here!"
After calling for a long time but no one came, Empress Liu was instantly furious: "Concubine Xu De!"
Concubine Xu De smiled and walked towards Empress Liu step by step. "An hour ago, the emperor learned that the prince had abandoned the city and fled. He fainted in anger. The imperial physician said that the blood from the apex of the heart of a close relative must be used as medicine to save the emperor. The third prince cut out blood in public to save the emperor, and only then did he wake up..."
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an hour ago
The Emperor of Northern Qi tightly grasped the urgent document of eight hundred miles in his hand. He fainted in public due to anger and the doctors were helpless.
"The emperor has an old illness. He has been taking care of himself for many years and it has not recurred. But now it has recurred..." The imperial physician was hesitant to speak.
"Imperial Physician, please save father." The third prince said anxiously.
Finally, the imperial physicians worked out a method. According to the prescription from several years ago, they drained the blood from the Emperor of Northern Qi's heart and made him spit out blood to save him.
"It was the prince who used this method to save the emperor a few years ago, but now that the prince is not around, what should we do?"
"The Crown Prince is not here, so I will do it." The Third Prince said in a deep voice, "I am also the blood of the Emperor's father. If the Crown Prince can do it, I can do it too."
The imperial physician hesitated.
The third prince was angry: "It's already this late. If my father's illness is delayed, who can afford it?"
So the imperial physician suggested to draw out the blood first and then use it as medicine.
The third prince tore open his clothes without saying a word, picked up a clean dagger and stabbed himself in the chest in full view of everyone.
Bright red blood flowed along the tip of the sword.
Soon the imperial physician said, "That's enough, bandage the Third Prince quickly."
Several imperial doctors were busy preparing the prescription, while someone else was bandaging the Third Prince's wounds. The Third Prince eventually fainted from exhaustion and was carried to a side hall by the guards to rest.
The Emperor of Northern Qi on the couch suddenly opened his eyes, waved away everyone, and left only his most trusted doctor Li to stay by his side.
The imperial physician tremblingly handed over a bowl of water, in which two drops of blood had already merged.
After reading the results, the Northern Qi Emperor's eyes suddenly narrowed, and he grabbed the doctor's collar in disbelief: "What does this mean?"
"Your Majesty, this means that the Third Prince's heart blood can be used as medicine for you." The imperial physician was also puzzled. Twenty-one years ago, he had clearly tested the Third Prince's blood, and the Third Prince's blood and that of the Emperor of Northern Qi were not compatible. Somehow they were compatible this time.
The Emperor of Northern Qi covered his chest with his hands, feeling very uncomfortable.
The imperial physician quickly handed over a pill. After the Northern Qi emperor took it and took it, his expression gradually eased. He stared at the imperial physician Li and said, "This matter must not be leaked."
"Wei Chen obeys your orders."
The third prince used his blood as medicine to save the Emperor of Northern Qi, but he lost too much blood and fell into a coma. After waking up, the Emperor of Northern Qi went to visit the third prince.
His back was bent and he looked at the Third Prince with a complicated expression.
After raising the Third Prince for more than twenty years, he had never really looked at him. Even if he was nice to him, it was only to check and balance the Crown Prince.
"Chang Li."
Chief Butler Chang Li stepped forward and asked, "Your Majesty?"
"I suddenly feel that the third brother's eyebrows and eyes are 80% similar to Concubine Yuexian, and when he is lying down, he looks a bit like the crown prince."
"Your Majesty, the Third Prince and the Crown Prince are brothers, so they are naturally similar."
"My dear brother..." The Emperor of Northern Qi was stunned, with a bitter taste in his mouth. His fingertips slowly curled up. He had always known that the Queen had been praising and criticizing the Third Prince over the years, and his guidance was also part of it.
Is this wrong?
The Northern Qi Emperor sat on the couch and stared at the Third Prince's face for a long time. Anger slowly rose in his eyes. He stood up and looked at Chang Li: "Investigate! Investigate what happened in the past for me!"