Chapter 288 Speculation
Trembling, the steward took out a tiny notebook from his bosom.
Minglu took it and handed it to Rongque.
Rong Que flipped through the pages one by one, his expression becoming uglier the more he read. He had written down seven or eight pages in total. When he was done, he slammed the notebook on the table. Rong Que looked at the director of the Imperial Hospital with a gloomy face, "Is this how you treat the trust I have given you?"
The director of the Imperial Hospital was speechless and said, "I deserve to be put to death."
Rong Que gritted his teeth, "You deserve to die! But it's not time to die yet!"
The director of the Imperial Hospital was startled for a moment, then he understood what Rong Que meant. He knelt down and kowtowed, "I am willing to make amends. I am willing to make amends."
Rong Que said, "If you can really make up for your sins with your merits, I will allow you to retire and return home."
The director of the Imperial Hospital never expected that he would be pardoned after such a mishap. Tears welled up in his eyes and he said in a trembling voice, "I will do my best for you."
Rong Que waved his hand, "You can go back. As for the prescription, you can still prescribe it according to the original prescription, but think of a way to prevent her from drinking the decoction. I will find someone else to prepare her medicine.
If you do it well, I will ensure that your family is safe and sound. If you do it badly, I will be responsible for the lives of your entire family. You know this clearly."
The envoy said, "I know, I know, I will definitely not let Duke Xue find out."
Rong Que narrowed his eyes and said, "Find out the traitor as soon as possible."
"Yes, yes." The envoy responded repeatedly, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead.
When his complexion had almost calmed down, Ming Lu personally escorted him out. When he left, he pretended that he had just examined Rong Que. He told Ming Lu in a normal voice, "…It's nothing serious. He has suffered from the heatstroke and some blood circulation problems. I'll prescribe some medicine and he'll be fine. In the next few days, I still want to remind Your Majesty not to stay up late and waste your energy, and reduce your anger."
Minglu responded to all the requests and sent the person out politely, performing the act flawlessly.
After seeing off the envoy, Minglu returned to the imperial study.
Rong Que flipped through the book again, and when he saw him come in, he asked, "How is she now?"
Ming Lu said, "When the court official was arrested, he had just given her some medicine. Due to the effect of the medicine, she fell asleep. Ming He was watching her personally, so she won't be harmed for the time being."
Rong Que pinched his brows.
A murder in the cold palace that happened more than ten years ago actually involved Duke Xue?
According to the Queen Mother and Concubine Qi, this blood sacrifice was only performed by the royal family in order to stabilize the dragon vein . Although he did not quite believe such statements, the participation of Duke Xue still gave him a headache.
How much did Duke Xue participate in? And why did he participate?
Over the years, Duke Xue has been keeping a low profile and has been living a wealthy and idle life in obscurity. However, the current political situation is unstable, but he has frequently made big moves due to various reasons.
First, he forcefully pushed people into the court, and then he interfered with the work of the director of the Imperial Medical Service.
Sighing, Rong Que asked Minglu to tell Doctor Sun to take over the girl's illness.
Compared to those people in the Imperial Hospital, he now trusts Su Qingqing's people more.
Taking the small notebook, Rong Que left the imperial study and went directly to Su Qingqing's bedroom.
When we were almost there, we suddenly saw a string of palace lanterns moving slowly ahead. "Who's that over there?"
They walked around the palace in the middle of the night with lanterns lit.
The eunuch next to him immediately said, "Your Majesty, it's Concubine Qi. Today, Concubine Qi came to the Queen's bedroom. After returning, she said that she had lost an earring or something, and she was looking for it back and forth outside. The Queen even asked the servants to follow her to look for it."
Rong Que didn't ask any more questions and turned to go into Su Qingqing's bedroom.
"What is Concubine Qi doing here today?"
Su Qingqing had just woken up from a nap and was lying on the bed reading a book. Rong Que came in, changed into casual clothes, got on the bed, and asked casually.
Su Qingqing explained her purpose of coming. "I don't know what she means. Anyway, if she wants to come, she can come. If she doesn't want to come, forget it."
Rong Que said, "That's true. However, you still have to be more careful of her. I always think she's a little mysterious. A group of people holding lanterns outside in the middle of the night looking for earrings is pretty scary."
Su Qingqing just laughed, "When did your courage become as small as a mung bean? You are afraid of this too."
Rong Que rubbed his way to Su Qingqing's side, lay down with his head resting on her legs, and breathed a sigh of relief timidly.
This was the time when he was most relaxed every day. "I grew up in the palace and have seen too many things I shouldn't have seen. It feels like there is no clean place in this palace. By the way, you don't have a headache? I'll give you a massage. You lie down there?"
Rong Que said this and sat up again.
How could Su Qingqing dare to lie down? She shook her head and said, "Forget it, I'm too lazy to move. What are you holding?"
She pointed at what Rong Que was holding.
Rong Que and Su Qingqing stood side by side, shoulder to shoulder, "Take a look."
Su Qingqing held Rong Que's hand and read line by line and page by page.
Que'er, don't you want your mother?
Que'er, come here, be good, don't be afraid, come to your mother, okay, Que'er? Que'er? Did you hear your mother calling you? Come out, come out! If you don't come out, your mother will be angry!
Who stole my son? Who stole my son?
Hahahaha, Yu Yang, you will die a horrible death! You stole my son, and I will make sure you have no descendants !
No, no, don't catch me, I don't know, I don't know anything, don't catch me.
Wuuuuu, wuuuuu, go away, all of you go away, no one is allowed to hurt my darling.
Impossible! Who died? Who did you say died? Su Qingqing couldn't be dead, impossible, she had the dragon vein of the entire Great Yan Dynasty, how could she die, impossible, absolutely impossible, don't lie to me!
This book records so much.
But in just a few words, this crazy woman mentioned not only Rong Que, Su Qingqing, but even Yu Yang.
The whole incident is becoming more and more confusing and more and more puzzling.
Why was there a blood sacrifice back then?
Su Qingqing lightly rubbed the two words "Yu Yang" with her fingers.
This was the father she had never met and only knew about from other people.
Rong Que kissed Su Qingqing on the cheek, and then mentioned to Su Qingqing the involvement of Duke Xue in this matter, "What role did he play in this?"
Su Qingqing was also a little surprised. After pondering for a moment, she said, "Although Duke Xue was involved, his purpose might be for those noble families. Over the years, Duke Xue has remained unknown. If it weren't for the turmoil in the court, and His Majesty wanted to recruit a large number of poor students after ascending the throne, Duke Xue would not have suddenly made trouble.
He has been able to do this as a rich and idle man for such a long time, but he can't help himself because the children of poor families want to replace the status of the aristocratic families. It can be seen that he, or the aristocratic family he represents, cares most about the status of their family.
So, you said that this blood sacrifice might actually be related to the aristocratic family?"
