pappabearbooks Chapter 658 Heartache
Chapter 658 Heartache
As soon as Yan Shu helped Emperor Hongwu take out the silver needle, Yang Zhong hurried to the inner hall.
"Your Majesty, Taoist Yuan An is here."
The old emperor sat up from the bed, and Yang Zhong immediately knelt down to help the old emperor put on his shoes. The old emperor looked at Yan Shu.
"Master Yuan An is proficient in the art of medicine. Please come with me to meet him."
"Yes!"
Yang Zhong supported the old emperor and walked slowly towards the outer hall. Yan Shu followed closely behind them. When the three of them arrived at the outer hall together, a man in a Taoist robe immediately came over.
"I'm sorry to see you, Your Majesty!"
The old emperor glanced at Yuan An and said, "Stand up."
Yuan An slowly raised his head and looked at Yan Shu who was following behind him with a dark gaze.
"Who is this girl?"
The old emperor introduced: "Girl Cui is the daughter of the Qinghe Cui family. She is also proficient in medicine, so I wanted to introduce her to you. Just now, this girl helped me with acupuncture on my head, which allowed me to sleep well."
Yuan An smiled faintly, his eyes always on Yan Shu.
"It's Miss Cui, nice to meet you!"
"My daughter has met the Taoist priest."
Yan Shu turned sideways and saluted. When he looked up, his eyes fell on Yuan An's face and he observed it carefully for a while, and a huge wave of emotions was secretly rising in his heart.
This person looks exactly like Yuan An, even the voice and the cold, snake-like eyes are exactly the same. To be able to imitate a person to perfection, one needs to have a very good understanding of the original owner's habits. What is the relationship between this person and Yuan An?
After Yuan An arrived, he gave the old emperor another diagnosis.
"Your Majesty, as long as you take the pills on time, your dragon body will become healthier and healthier."
After saying this, he took out a box from his sleeve and said, "This is the new elixir developed by my master. It adds several precious herbs to the previous golden elixir. It will be more helpful for your recovery."
There was finally a hint of life on the old emperor's stern face. He excitedly opened the box, and frowned when he found there was only one pill inside.
"Why is there only one?"
Yuan An explained: "The essence in this pill is ten times more than the previous golden pill, and the curative effect is also several times the previous one. However, it is more complicated to refine the best pills, and it is not easy to gather these rare herbs."
The old emperor disagreed: "What precious herbs are there in the palace? I have issued an order that if Dengfeng Tower lacks any herbs, they can just send someone to the Imperial Hospital to get them. If the Imperial Hospital doesn't have any, send someone outside to look for them."
Yuan An showed an embarrassment on his face, and the old emperor glanced at him.
"If you have anything to say, just say it."
"Your Majesty, the other herbs are not a problem, but there is one herb that is very special and I must report it to you."
The old emperor said lightly: "Tell me about it."
"Heart blood. The person who takes the blood must be related to you by blood. This is the most critical medicine for refining the golden elixir."
Yan Shu's eyelids twitched violently. Blood in his heart? This is a common trick in romance novels. Even blood in his heart came out.
What this fake Yuan An meant was that each time one of these pills was made, blood from the heart had to be taken out? The old emperor had many sons, but they couldn't stand him wasting them for a long time. The old emperor was such a selfish person that he only cared about his own life and didn't care about the lives of his sons.
In the end, this vampire became more and more energetic, but his dozen or so sons were sucked dry of their blood and died early. It’s a sin just to think about it.
Emperor Hongwu was silent for a moment, then looked at the golden pill: "Since this medicine requires heart blood as a medicine guide, whose blood was used for this medicine?"
Yuan An pretended to be embarrassed, and the old emperor's eyes suddenly darkened.
"Say!"
"Your Majesty, it was the Third Prince who obtained the blood from my heart. When he learned that his blood could help you recover, he asked my master to take blood to make medicine without hesitation. But he was afraid that you would worry about his health, so he asked me not to tell you about this."
The old emperor was moved after hearing Yuan An's words. It was worthy of his love for the third child. If he didn't have the Zhao family and the queen behind him, he would have made him the crown prince long ago.
"Is there no medicine that can replace the heart blood?"
Yuan An shook his head: "The reason why we use the heart blood of our blood relatives is because their blood is from the same lineage as yours. Without the heart blood, the efficacy of this pill will be greatly weakened."
The old emperor fell silent again, and Yan Shu, who was standing beside him, spoke at this time.
"Your Majesty, can you please let me take a look at this pill?"
Emperor Hongwu looked at Yan Shu. The acupuncture today allowed him to have a good sleep for a short time. Yan Shu's medical skills were recognized by the old emperor.
"Yang Zhong, give the medicine to Cui girl."
"promise!"
Yang Zhong picked up the wooden box on the table and walked to Yan Shu. Yan Shu thanked him, took the box and carefully sniffed the pills inside.
There actually is a faint smell of blood. Could it be that human blood was really added to it?
Adding blood from relatives to cure diseases is obviously a cover-up. This fake Yuan An said that the blood from the third prince's heart was added to the elixir just to win favor for the third prince in front of the old emperor. It can be inferred that this person is most likely the third prince's man.
"Girl Cui, how about this pill?"
Yan Shu withdrew her thoughts and when she looked up her eyes happened to meet Yuan An's, who smiled at her gently.
Yan Shu looked away and looked at the old emperor who was sitting in the first seat and said, "Your Majesty, I am not an expert in medicine and I did not notice anything special about this elixir."
Even if she told the old emperor that the elixir could not cure his illness, he would not only not believe her, but he might even be so angry that he would ask her to get a box lunch.
She guessed that this elixir was similar to hormone drugs, which would quickly make bedridden people get better after taking it, but taking too much hormone would cause dependence, and taking it for a long time would cause liver and kidney poisoning. The old emperor's body had long been depleted and incurable, and now he was relying on this so-called golden elixir to prolong his life just because someone didn't want him to die so soon.
The old emperor smiled faintly: "You are still young and can help me relieve my headaches, which is better than those imperial doctors in the Imperial Hospital. This elixir was made by the immortal in Dengfeng Tower himself. It is normal that you cannot detect the special features of the elixir."
After saying this, the old emperor looked at Yuan An.
"Will taking the heart's blood cause any harm to the Third Brother?"
"The Third Prince is strong and healthy. He will recover after a period of recuperation. However, if we only take one person's heart blood, it will not last long."
What this means is that if you take the heart's blood, all your sons must share it equally.
Yan Shu vaguely guessed Yuan An's intention. If the old emperor's sons took blood from his heart for a long time, even if they died during that period, it would be a death of filial piety. His Majesty and all the civil and military officials would not be able to find fault with this reason. It was really a good way to eliminate dissidents.
The old emperor was silent for a long time, then ordered Yang Zhong: "Prepare some precious blood-replenishing herbs and send them to Prince Rui's mansion. You go there in person to visit him on my behalf."
"promise!"