usatvline Chapter 516 The Prime Minister is very suspicious
Chapter 516 The Prime Minister is very suspicious
Before the two could be happy for too long, they heard Doctor Lin continue, "Although there is nothing wrong with the prince's pulse, it doesn't mean there is really no problem at all."
Su Tang raised his eyes and looked at the young man in front of him with suspicion, "Doctor Lin, what do you mean by this?"
"I'm afraid you don't know, but there's a kind of poison in the Miao borderlands that's colorless and odorless. People wouldn't notice anything after taking it, but this tiny poison can be very useful. It can manipulate the person carrying it to kill someone, or it can kill the person without them noticing anything. Even if they die, no one would know how they died. Based on the old doctor's description, I suspect that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was very likely poisoned by this poison."
"I remember that Doctor Zhou once traveled with her father to Miaojiang. Both of them had come into contact with Miaojiang poison. However, Doctor Zhou's father was framed and killed many years ago. Doctor Zhou inherited half of his true teachings. If you wish to confirm whether the Crown Prince has been poisoned, please allow Doctor Zhou to treat His Highness."
After all, he is the prince of another country. If he wants Dr. Zhou to treat him, he needs to obtain the consent of the emperor.
Doctor Zhou was previously sent by the Queen to Prince Li's Mansion to help treat the poor women who were harmed there. But now she was summoned into the palace overnight and brought to the Sifang Pavilion. She must have had some suspicions, otherwise she would not have allowed her to come.
Doctor Lin did not doubt the source of information of Gu Jianchu and Xie Ci'an too much.
After all, in addition to the Imperial City Bureau, these two people must have other information networks around them and know everything about the world, otherwise they would really be deaf and blind in the palace.
Before coming here, he heard that the emperor and empress had just dealt with the left vice minister of the Ministry of Rites.
Since the emperor ascended the throne, countless officials have been purged from the court, and officials are constantly exposing themselves. This is all due to the emperor and empress's behind-the-scenes manipulation, otherwise how could these two people be involved in everything.
Su Tang was originally wondering why the emperor and empress brought a person dressed in rough clothes who did not look like a member of the Imperial Hospital. It turned out that these two people had already had some suspicions.
She had indeed heard of the Gu worm, but had never seen one. She only saw a few brief mentions of it in a travelogue, which recorded that the Miaojiang Gu worm was an extremely mysterious killing weapon.
Miaojiang is located deep in the mountains. People there rarely come out, and outsiders are not allowed to visit. It is a perfect place to escape from the world in the mountains.
Prime Minister Zhu noticed that the Crown Princess's fingers were gradually clenched in panic, and even her eyes were flashing with panic. Prime Minister Zhu immediately realized that the Crown Prince's fainting today might be related to the poisonous insect.
He was not aware of the letter that the Second Prince sent to the Crown Princess. He only knew that the Second Prince asked him to find a way to delay the Jin people from interfering in this matter no matter what. It would not take too long, only three days would be enough.
At first, he just thought that the Second Prince had asked the Crown Princess to give the Crown Prince some undetectable poison, but he never thought it was a Gu insect.
Now that we are on the pirate ship, it is too late to get off.
If the people of Jin continue to interfere, the matter of the poisonous insect will be discovered sooner or later.
Before Su Tang could speak, Prime Minister Zhu spoke first, "A country woman wants to treat our prince. What are you thinking? Who knows if you can't see the prince's condition and feel it would be embarrassing to leave like this, so you put the blame on a country woman. This way, you can save your own face and get away with it."
"Princess, I know you are worried about the Crown Prince's condition, but we can't rush into any treatment. If we just find some random country woman and ask them to treat the Crown Prince, what if they make the condition worse? We won't be able to report to the Emperor."
"Your Highness, it's fine for them to find an imperial physician to treat the Crown Prince. After all, he is an imperial physician. But what about a woman in tattered clothes? Maybe they just found someone at random and said she knows about poison. Then we can just find a maid at random and say she knows about poison too."
"Since we entered the capital, we haven't had any contact with outsiders. We, the people of Yelan Country, don't even know the people from Miaojiang. Where did they get the Gu worms? Even if there were Gu worms, they are insects. It's impossible for the Crown Prince to not see them while eating and drinking. Maybe they can't find the cause of the disease and just made up an excuse."
Su Tang pondered and did not speak in time.
On the other hand, Gu Jianchu, who was sitting nearby, said calmly, "Prime Minister Zhu, one should not be so short-sighted and shallow. Just because you haven't seen something in this world doesn't mean it doesn't exist. You are currently in a high position, but you only care about climbing up the ladder, instead of looking down and seeing the world. How can you possibly know so much about this world?"
"I found that Prime Minister Zhu was a little strange." After Gu Jianchu finished speaking, he picked up the teacup and skimmed the tea foam on it, but his eyes couldn't help but look at Prime Minister Zhu standing beside him.
There were some things that Xie Ci'an, as an emperor, could not say, but as a woman, she could indeed speak out.
Gu Jianchu's words instantly made Prime Minister Zhu panic. He tried hard to suppress his panic and asked in a cold voice, "What does the Queen mean by this? I am not surprised at all. I am surprised because I did not allow the female doctor to treat the Crown Prince. I am also thinking about the Crown Prince. How can a commoner woman so casually treat the Crown Prince? She is from Jin State. What if she wants to harm the Crown Prince?"
"Empress, if your country's crown prince was ill, would you unsuspectingly seek treatment from a woman from another country?"
Gu Jianchu stroked the teacup with her fingers, raised her peach blossom eyes, with a clear light in them, and a faint sneer on the corner of her mouth, "Yes, after all, human life is important."
"Ever since we brought people here, Prime Minister Zhu has been turning them away without asking why. This is truly suspicious. I know you're on guard, fearing that someone from another country might take this opportunity to murder the Crown Prince. But on another level, you've been making excuses to prevent the Jin Kingdom's imperial physician from taking the Crown Prince's pulse. Perhaps you're afraid they might diagnose something, save the Crown Prince, and prevent some unknown secret from being revealed."
"The Crown Prince was so lively at the banquet a few days ago. How could a healthy person suddenly faint for no apparent reason and without any symptoms? Doesn't Prime Minister Zhu find this strange? Instead of posting a notice to find a doctor for the Crown Prince, or investigating why he was poisoned, you're trying to conceal his misfortune and even trying to prevent other doctors from treating him. Isn't this strange, Prime Minister Zhu?"
"This isn't the way a normal person would think."