Yesterday evening, Jin Zhong and a few people from Chunhe Palace cried and worshiped the deceased emperor. Soon the crown prince and the crown prince's concubine Zhang asked the ministers to plan for the funeral.

At that time, except for the prince and his wife, there were nine people involved, including Jin Zhong, Guo Zi, and Yuan Gong, a senior official at the imperial court, Yang Rong, Yang Pu, Yang Shiqi, and the military general Tan Qing and eunuch Haitao.

The prince did not like eunuchs, but was an exception to Haitao. This eunuch had been with him for a long time; and Haitao even followed the Crown Princess Zhang. Many eunuchs in the East Palace were also very grateful to Zhang. He heard that Zhang saved the lives of those eunuchs more than once and often spoke for their slaves.

Jin Zhong and other civil and military officials only knew that the emperor had passed away, but they didn't know what was going on. So the prince first briefly described the incident and then ordered the eunuch Haitao to bring the already locked concubine Guo Ci and the eunuch Wang Gou'er; then called the two imperial doctors into the house to testify.

Only then did Jin Zhong gradually figure out what happened at the hour of You.

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At the Youth hour, the emperor was playing with the grandson by the pond of Chunhe Hall. The emperor's hand was already covered with mud, and on a whim he wanted to make a clay man for the grandson.

The confidant eunuch Wang Gouer, who was beside him, dug a piece of wet mud at the edge of the pond; the pool was built with bricks and stones, and a stone in a place collapsed, and only where the mud could be dug.

The emperor took the wet mud, threw it on the stone a few times, made it into a square shape, and then began to pinch it back and forth. Unexpectedly, before he could pinch it a few times, he suddenly stopped, wiped his palms gently, and saw blood beads coming out!

For a moment, everyone around was stunned, and his face changed suddenly. The emperor frowned and immediately dug out of the wet mud a few times, digging out a small rusty iron needle.

The prince hurriedly ordered the palace maid to fetch water and to cleanse the emperor's hands and bandage the wound.

The emperor looked at the iron needle dug out for a while, turned to see the place where the bricks and stones collapsed by the pond, reached out and pressed the wound, and suddenly said: Go to the Imperial Hospital quickly and call the imperial doctor over!

When the eunuch Wang Gouer heard this, he immediately knelt in front of the emperor. Regardless of the mud on his hands, he directly took his mouth to suck the blood from the wound.

At this time, the emperor said angrily: No one is allowed to leave from the people from the Eastern Palace and the servants who came in!

The Crown Princess Zhang immediately sent the eunuch Haitao to call the imperial physician. According to the emperor's words, Haitao first called the eunuch at the gate of the East Palace to forbid anyone to go out, and then rushed to Wenhua Palace to tell the Eastern Palace official Yang Pu that Yang Pu went to call the imperial physician.

The emperor asked the eunuch to tear off a strip of cloth to tie up his right wrist. At this time, the servants fetched water and brought a chair. The emperor sat on the chair and tried his best not to move, so that he could serve to clean the hands. The eunuchs hurriedly carried the priest's chair into the palace.

...The Ming Dynasty Imperial Hospital has thirteen departments, and the two medical officers in charge of each department came to the East Palace.

When the medical officer came to the Eastern Palace, he did not need to take the pulse. He saw that the symptoms had been confirmed to be poisoned! At this time, the emperor had been stabbed for at least one moment (about fifteen minutes). His eyelids were drooping, and his body was loose and weak. The emperor told the imperial doctor that he felt that his hands and feet were not easy to move, and he was a little difficult to breathe and inhale, and he was not easy to swallow, and he wanted to sleep.

A medical officer quickly came up to take his pulse, looked at the emperor's pupils, and looked at his expression in detail. Another medical officer was examining the iron needle that stabbed the emperor.

The two of them worked for a long time and then discussed again. The emperor asked: What kind of poison have I been infected?

The two medical officials did not dare to make it easy and reported that they wanted to invite more colleagues from the Imperial Hospital to come and confirm the diagnosis. The emperor issued another order to forcefully ask, what poison might be...

One of them finally said: Judging from the symptoms, it is very likely that it is the venom of the silver ring snake!

The emperor may not know much about the venom of the silver ring snake, but when he heard that it was the snake venom, he was furious and anxious. After struggling for a few times, he couldn't sit up on the chair. The prince hurriedly called the servants, helped the emperor to lie on the bed, and urged the medical officer to treat him immediately.

The medical officer took out a piece of plaster from the medicine box and first put a wound on the emperor, and then said that more imperial doctors would be needed to confirm the diagnosis (sharing the responsibility).

Although the emperor was angry and worried, he didn't care about asking who was the disaster, and he didn't care about revenge. What he thought most was of course to do everything possible to save himself. The emperor waved his hand, and at this time he couldn't even say clearly.

One of the medical officers walked out of the palace, and the Crown Princess Zhang asked him: How can he save the emperor?

The medical officer looked scared and said: The silver ring snake venomous, and it can be fatal if it is invisible! Several southern governors and officials have bitten people every year. Once the bitten people have toxic attacks, there is almost no cure.

According to the files reported by various places, it usually takes half an hour for people bitten to get poisonous and symptoms; while the emperor was poisonous in less than a moment. It can be seen that the rust iron needle used the snake venom of many snakes. It was soaked repeatedly and stabbed people. It was much more toxic than the snake bite! How should we treat this? Xiaguan and the two of them are probably finished!

Zhang asked again: The eunuch Wang Gouer had taken poison as the emperor. Why is Wang Gouer okay with such a highly toxic substance?

The medical official said: As long as there is no damage in the mouth and the abdomen, the venom of the silver ring snake enters from the mouth, and it will not cause poisoning.

Zhang asked: If the treatment is not possible, when will the poisoned person die?

The medical officer replied: Usually it takes several hours to three days, and there are also longer. However, the poison that invades the dragon body of the Holy Dragon is obviously much more poison than the snake bites, and maybe it may not be able to wait that long.

At this moment, someone from the palace reported to Zhang that the emperor fell asleep.

So Zhang made a quick decision and said: This matter is of great importance. If it is suddenly spread, it is a problem for teachers and students in the capital, and the consequences will be unimaginable. It is best not to disturb too many people. Too many imperial doctors will make a move and delay the time. You two immediately try every means to cure the emperor!

The emperor was sleeping in bed for a short time. The medical officer felt that the poison was getting faster after falling asleep, so he wanted to wake the emperor. But the emperor was completely unconscious and could not wake up at all.

The medical officer said that once a poisoned person becomes unconscious, the toxicity will only become stronger and it will be difficult to wake up again.

...At that time, the people around were completely helpless and most of them were frightened. The prince angrily ordered Wang Gou'er to be arrested. Because the person who went to the pond to dig the dredge was the eunuch Wang Gou'er, he had the chance to insert poison needles into the mud on the saint! Wang Gou'er cried and was wronged.

But Zhang said coldly: It would be better to lock up Concubine Guo and ask...

There was an incident last time. Concubine Guo attacked Zhang and ordered his confidant palace maid Luoer to kill the child in Concubine Guo. Zhang was furious and reminded Concubine Guo to stop at the right time, and threatened Concubine Guo not to have a good end in the future (Zhang's own son Zhanji will take power sooner or later). Concubine Guo held a grudge and wanted to murder Zhanji and let her son Zhanji take office, which was not necessarily true!

Moreover, the wet mud containing the poison needle was dug out from the edge of the pond. So it is also possible that Concubine Guo had hidden it before, with the purpose of harming Zhanji, but unexpectedly injured the emperor by accident!

Zhang also pointed out another strange thing. Guo Cifei's father Guo Ming sent snake gallbladder medicinal wine to the East Palace to treat children's convulsions.

Snake gall! When the snake was mentioned, Concubine Guo was immediately caught from her bedroom and locked up...

Zhang also suggested that the prince immediately drive the emperor's carriage outside Chunhe Hall into the East Palace and block the Chunhe Hall, so as not to let the news be leaked, so as not to have no time to prepare; and summoned officials from the East Palace to enter the hall to make plans.

The prince thought it was kind and asked someone to invite Yang Rong and Yang Shiqi, who were still in Wenhua Palace, to the East Palace.

After a while, the medical officer suddenly fell to the ground and said in fear: The emperor can no longer breathe!

The prince asked the medical officer to treat him immediately. The two medical officers were helpless, and a brave man went straight to the emperor's chest. However, nothing was helpful. The emperor stopped inhaling while unconscious. The prince went up to explore the emperor's nostrils and could not feel the anger at all.

Everyone in the palace knelt on the ground and started crying.

The prince and the princess summoned three officials from the Eastern Palace to a palace inside and discussed what should we do now?

Zuo Yude Yang Shiqi believed that the emperor's death in the East Palace was of great importance and that only officials in the East Palace could maintain the situation; the ministers in the court should be summoned immediately.

Zhang proposed that there should not be too many people summoned first, but only those who can be trusted.

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So Taichang Shaoqing Yuan Gong, Minister of War Jin Zhong, Minister of Revenue Guo Zi, and Commander of Jinwu Left Guard Tan Qing went to the East Palace one after another. As soon as everyone entered the East Palace, they found that the emperor had passed away!

Then Jin Zhong and others heard the narrative of the prince and the princess, and met Guo Cifei and the eunuch Wang Gou'er again, and finally understood how the emperor died.

Concubine Guo and the eunuch Wang Gouer came over to add some things, but they only care about injustice.

Wang Gou'er said: I am loyal to the emperor. During the "Jingnan Campaign", I spared my life to protect the emperor. I was poisoned just now. I hurriedly wanted to help the emperor take out the poison, but my life had already been put aside. I would rather die for the emperor, so how could I plot to harm the emperor?

Concubine Guo said coldly: Although I am not very harmonious with the Crown Princess, how can my Guo family be the descendant of the Marquis of Wuding, how can we use such despicable means to deal with the emperor's grandson? There are so many people in the Marquis' Mansion, can I do such a thing?

Zhang raised his head and said: You think you won't be found out.

Prince Zhu Gaochi said: Is that jar of medicinal wine soaked in snake gallbladder?

Concubine Guo Ci said again: Medicinal wine is used to treat Zhan'an, so how can it be poisonous? Moreover, even if my father brought it to the palace, the eunuchs had already carefully checked it!

Zhang said again: What kind of snake is that?

Concubine Guo couldn't answer for a moment and stood there without saying a word.

At this moment, Yang Shiqi suggested discussing the emperor's funeral first. As for who will take the slaughter, we will check it out in detail later. Although Yang Shiqi's official position is not high and Bai Ding is still from a background and has no fame, what he said makes sense, so everyone agreed with him.

Logically, although the situation at that time was shocking and sad, there was nothing to say. The country already had a crown prince as the crown prince. Now that the emperor passed away, the crown prince would just die in accordance with the normal process and report to Empress Xu, and then he could just inherit the throne in front of the coffin of the late emperor and ascend to the throne of the emperor.
Chapter completed!