zChapter 1052 (2/2)
Those two imperial physicians raised their hands to wipe their sweat and spoke while trembling: “This lowly one…… is not sure.”
“Not sure?” Thump! Thump! The Emperor kicked forward two times, fiercely bringing those two people to the floor, “What did We raise you for? Actually telling Us that you are not sure?”
Much force was used for the kicks and in addition, the Emperor did go on the battlefield when he was young, though he was elderly now, his legs were still rather strong, kicking until the imperial physicians almost threw up blood. The two held their chests and were pale, but they still had to answer the Emperor’s question: “Your Majesty, the condition of His Highness the Eighth Prince are troubling, This lowly one has never seen it before! Just based on the symptoms, it can be determined that it is a type of venereal disease, but there is nothing to base on when conducting treatment, it needs to be further examined so treatment can be made based on the symptoms.”
These two were honest, though they knew the Emperor did not like listening to these words and wanted to hear that the Eighth Prince was healthy, they did not know how to lie and had to clearly explain the Eighth Prince’s illness, one of them even said: “The Eighth Prince’s Yang peak already has many blisters on it, and some blisters have already popped, this is a sign of a serious disease, if this goes on, we’re afraid that…… the Yang peak cannot be saved!”
This sentence caused the Emperor to come close to fainting, actually saying that his most loved son might not be able to save his Yang peak? Then how was he able to inherit the throne? For a new ruler to not have a Yang peak, they would not be able to produce descendants, and until now, Old Eighth did not have wives or children, how can this be?
The Emperor swayed a bit and Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui quickly supported him and had him sit down. But her heart was thumping, she believed 70% of the what the imperial physicians had said, and for the remaining 30%, it was not because she did not believe them, but did not dare to believe them. Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui pushed down the sadness and pain in her heart and spoke to the Emperor: “This Concubuine suggests changing an imperial physician for examination. It would be best to summon all the imperial physicians, This Concubine does not believe that Mo-er will get that kind of illness!”
After these words were said, Xuan Tianmo on the bed also said loudly: “Father Emperor! This Son has never entered a brothel, making it impossible to contract a venereal disease. I ask Father Emperor to believe This Son, This Son does not have any illness!”
Of course, the Emperor would be willing to believe this eighth son and immediately carried out Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui’s suggestion, saying loudly: “Go! Go to the Imperial Health Hall and summon everyone who is an imperial physician to Cun Shan Palace. Have them examine the Eighth Prince!”
Very quickly, three imperial physicians came. They were not officials but their hearts were on the side of the Eighth Prince. They were worried when they saw that something had happened to the Eighth Prince and did not leave the palace immediately after the banquet but returned to the Imperial Health Hall to wait for the news. As the three walked over, they had already listened to the Eunuch who passed the message explain the situation on this side. Compared to the two imperial physicians form before who had an honest personality, the three of them were much more cunning. Just by glancing at each other, ideas sprouted in their mind and they quickly decided what to say after arriving at Cun Shan Palace.
Therefore, after these three carefully examined Xuan Tianmo’s lower body, the answer they gave the Emperor was: “Your Majesty, the symptoms shown by His Highness the Eighth Prince resembles venereal disease very closely, but it is not an actual venereal disease, but a very rare allergy. His Highness must have accidentally ate or touched some unique thing and caused this allergic reaction, resulting in these rashes. Though this allergic reaction cannot be removed easily, it is unrelated to venereal disease and would not affect His Highness’ marriage and childbearing, Your Majesty can be rest assured.”
“Oh?” Once the Emperor heard this, his heart relaxed a lot and asked quickly: “Then how should it be treated? He cannot continue to itch like this, Our heart aches seeing this.”
“Replying Your Majesty, because the location of the allergic reaction is special, for the treatment proposal, we lowly ones still need to go back and discuss to confirm the most stable and reliable one before we can prescribe medicine to His Highness the Eighth Prince. But before that, medicine to ease the itch can be used so that the Eighth Prince would not feel too awkward.”
The Emperor nodded and was rather satisfied with this, he told Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui: “Did beloved concubine hear it? Our prince is alright, just let him rest here tonight! We will remain here to keep you company, do not worry too much, We believe that the prince will recover quickly.”
As he finished saying this, the few imperial physicians immediately replied simultaneously: “Your Majesty, Your Highness, please rest assured, we will do our best to cure His Highness the Eighth Prince’s strange condition.”
As Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui heard the Emperor say this, it was no longer good for her to say anything further. Though she did not agree with the words said by these three imperial physicians, and believed the words of the earlier two more, she could not expose this now. After all, she wanted her son to sit on that throne, so she definitely could not insist on this matter and not let it go, saying that her son really had an issue. These three people were helping her, she had to play along and continue acting. As for exactly what was the issue, when the Emperor left, she will ask them properly again. “This Concubine will accede to Your Majesty.” With an obedient remark from Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui, the Emperor felt comfortable again.
But the Eighth Prince stubbornly refused to stay in the imperial palace, when the imperial physician gave him the medicine so that the strange itch would ease for a while and he could move as he wanted, he got up and took his leave from the Emperor and Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui. The Emperor did not ask him to stay longer. After all, he was willing to see his own son looking healthy, why would he want him to stay in the palace to recuperate?
The Eighth Prince left the palace like this, then ran straight for Sheng Palace, filled with anger and ready to thoroughly vent his anger on that person in the palace.