mtl008 Chapter 179 Rescue Hua Dexing
Chapter 179 Rescue Hua Dexing
When Yuan Tianzhen learned that Madam Wen was waiting outside, she quickly asked Aunt Xu to invite her in.
Madam Wen was much older than Yuan Tianzhen, and she was always much calmer in such matters. She held Yuan Tianzhen's hand tightly. "Empress, do you know what the imperial physicians said?"
Yuan Tianzhen didn't hide it from her. After all, Madam Wen was Jiang Mengrou's good friend, and Mingyue had entrusted her with her care for a long time, so she was considered one of their own. "The imperial physician said... maybe she was poisoned."
"Poisoned?" Madam Wen and Xiao Mingyue said in unison.
"How could she be poisoned?!" Mingyue lost her composure. "This is the imperial palace, and there aren't any other concubines. How could she be poisoned?"
She subconsciously linked the poisoning to the palace struggle for favor. After all, there was no reason to poison.
"Where is Hua Dexing? Has he been here?" When it comes to poison, Mingyue thinks of him. Isn't he the best at using poison and the one who likes poison the most?
Yuan Tianzhen shook his head. "Imperial Physician Hua? He hasn't been on duty since the Five Kingdoms' Imperial Conference. He must be traveling."
"Should?" Mingyue grasped the key point.
"Your uncle said that Doctor Hua is free to come and go. If he is not on duty, he will stay at home or travel." Yuan Tianzhen told her everything that happened in the past few days. She didn't treat Xiao Mingyue as a child and just brushed it off.
"At that time, all the imperial doctors were summoned to take his pulse, but after they finished, they all shook their heads."
"The Emperor even sent someone to look for Doctor Hua at his home, but the servant at the door told him that he was traveling, so he had to send a message to him as quickly as possible."
"The other imperial doctors couldn't diagnose anything. They said her pulse was slow, wiry, and tense, with a faint pulse when taken deep. This meant her Qi and blood were blocked and their circulation was obstructed. This probably meant the Empress Dowager wasn't seriously ill, but just couldn't wake up."
"It's even possible that the Queen Mother is conscious."
"We can only guess that it was poisoning."
After he finished speaking, the hall fell silent. Mingyue frowned, picked at her fingers, and muttered to herself, "What a coincidence! How could it be that he happened to be traveling, and my grandmother happened to be poisoned?"
"No, I have to go to Hua Dexing's house." As she said that, she stood up and was about to walk out.
Madam Wen held her back and asked, "Are you going to the Hua family?"
Mingyue nodded.
Mrs. Wen and Yuan Tianzhen naturally would not stop her. As long as Mingyue was not immersed in sadness, she could do anything.
"Then let's go together, and take my unfilial son with us. He has experience."
Yuan Tianzhen looked at Madam Wen with gratitude. Madam Wen patted her shoulder and said, "Don't worry."
Before leaving, Mingyue left Taotao with the Queen Mother and said, "Taotao, you and Zhizhi are the people I trust the most. You should be more careful and keep an eye on Grandmother for me. Be careful about her food, her daily necessities, and the people around her."
Taotao understood Mingyue's meaning very well. She nodded vigorously and looked at Zhizhi, "Take good care of the young lady."
So Taotao stayed in the palace, and Zhizhi followed Mingyue.
The big grudge Wen Xun was on duty when he was carried out of the Dali Temple by his own mother on her shoulders. It was really embarrassing.
"What? The Queen Mother is seriously ill?"
"What? Are you planning to climb over the wall to Doctor Hua's house?"
"Why? Don't you trust Doctor Hua?"
Wen Xun found it unbelievable. It was okay for Mingyue to act silly, but why did his own mother also act silly?
When Mingyue told him the story, Wen Xun didn't want to pay any attention to it, but when he thought about how she always had some strange premonitions, he took it seriously.
"That's not right. Why are you looking for me? I'm the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple, not some thief who never leaves empty-handed."
"You kid, how many adults' homes have you sneaked into in the middle of the night, and how many things have you brought back? How could I not know?" Mrs. Wen gave him a big thumbs up.
Wen Xun touched his head and took a breath, "Mom, how did you know?"
Madam Wen rolled her eyes at him and said, "Stop being so joking. Think about how we're going to get in."
He smiled and said, "Isn't that easy? Just flip in."
The next moment, Wen Xun changed out of his official uniform, casually put on a gray coat, and rolled over with Xiao Mingyue in his arms, and entered the Hua Mansion. Madam Wen followed suit.
Zhizhi and Jinxiu were waiting in the carriage.
Mingyue didn't have time to admire Mrs. Wen's lightness skills because they were almost discovered.
She was a little confused. Hua Dexing had clearly gone out to travel, so why were there so many people coming and going in this mansion?
Even Wen Xun noticed something was wrong. "You guys wait here, I'll go explore the way." As he said that, he stuffed Mingyue into Mrs. Wen's arms.
Wen Xun returned about half a quarter of an hour later. He pointed to a secluded room not far away and whispered, "Hua Dexing didn't leave Beijing. He's been locked up inside."
Mingyue instantly became anxious, "I knew it!!"
She nervously grabbed Wen Xun's sleeve and whispered, "Brother Wen, what should we do!"
"Don't worry. I see that although Hua Dexing is locked in the room with his hands and feet tied, he is in good spirits. Someone is even giving him water. I don't think they're targeting his life."
"I guess it has something to do with the Empress Dowager's affairs."
This is a difficult situation. We must find a way to bring the person out without alerting the enemy.
Wen Xun suggested that they prepare some things and come back in the evening. Although Mingyue was very anxious, she nodded obediently.
After returning, Wen Xun asked someone to find a secret guard with a similar build to Doctor Hua, and asked the coroner from the Dali Temple who knew some disguise skills to disguise the secret guard as Doctor Hua, preparing to perform a cat-for-prince substitution.
That night, Wen Xun sneaked into the Hua family again. This time, there were more patrols around, but unfortunately, there were so many people and they were very lazy. Some were dozing off, some were drinking, and it was so lively that it just covered up the sounds of Wen Xun and the others' movements.
"Who?" Doctor Hua looked at the person who came and asked in a low voice.
Wen Xun took off her veil and said, "It's me, Wen Xun, the Junior Minister of the Dali Temple."
"What are you doing here?" Hua Dexing still looked wary.
"I'll take you out." Wen Xun released the "lock unlocking" skill while accepting Hua Dexing's threat.
"Let me go, I won't leave!"
"You're not going to kill me!"
"If you keep doing this I'll scream!"
Wen Xun covered his mouth and said, "Shut up! If Zhao Mingyue hadn't asked me to come find you, I wouldn't have saved you!"
Seeing that he had calmed down, Wen Xun let go of his hand, but did not forget to take out a handkerchief to wipe his own hands.
"Is it really Zhao Mingyue?" Hua Dexing was confused. How was it related to the little princess?
Wen Xun showed him the fat koi handkerchief that Mingyue had handed him in the afternoon to wipe his sweat, indicating that he was really the person Mingyue had invited.
As soon as he saw the giant fat koi, Hua Dexing believed it immediately, his eyes filled with tears, as if he had met a relative. "Quick, quick, get me out! These people... wuwuwu..."