Chapter 402: Secretly Drawing Blood from the Emperor's Finger
Chapter 402: Secretly Drawing Blood from the Emperor's Finger
In the Yangxin Palace, the same four young eunuchs from yesterday were still serving.
When they saw Princess Cang Yue coming, they bowed slightly and then stood aside.
Princess Fan Yue had no intention of arguing with these people at this time, but instead quickened her pace and walked to the emperor's dragon bed.
The emperor was still lying on the couch as he had been yesterday, his eyes closed, his face as pale as paper, completely bloodless.
If she hadn't known that the emperor was still alive, Cang Yue would have even mistakenly thought that the person lying on the bed was a cold corpse.
At this moment, Cangyue had to hurry up and take out the blood collection tube that Jiang Yimo gave her before Concubine Rou and Prince Kang arrived, hide it in her sleeve and gently unscrew it.
Then, she sat down beside the emperor's bed very naturally, and using her wide sleeves as a cover, she quietly inserted the needle tip of the blood collection tube into the emperor's middle finger, and quickly turned the rubber head to draw half a tube of blood.
Then she tightened the lid again and put it into her sleeve.
Finally, she carefully turned over the emperor's pricked finger and cleverly covered the blood-drawing wound.
Just when she finished doing all this, King Kang walked in, and his footsteps were so quiet.
"Cangyue, why did you come here so early today?" King Kang frowned and asked with some dissatisfaction.
However, just yesterday, he personally promised Cangyue that he could come and visit the old thing in the bed today.
It was no use for him to regret it now.
He really had not expected that this little girl would be so impatient that she arrived at the Yangxin Palace as soon as the sky became bright.
There was nothing wrong with her coming here, but she had to be within his sight, otherwise he would not feel at ease.
"I couldn't sleep yesterday when I saw how sick my father was. So early this morning, I asked the palace maids to prepare some light-flavored porridge for my father, and I came over after it was ready." Cangyue replied softly.
"When you come tomorrow, you must wait until I arrive before entering the palace, understand?" King Kang warned her sternly.
Cangyue raised her head and took a look at King Kang's dark and cold face. She leaned forward for a moment, not daring to ask him back. She lowered her eyes and nodded obediently.
Then, King Kang said, "When you come here next time, you don't have to cook for me. I won't be able to eat it even if you bring it to me."
After hearing this, Cangyue nodded obediently.
Then, her eyes flashed, as if she thought of something important. She suddenly raised her head and looked straight at King Kang.
"Second brother, I have a question. Why did you arrange for father to recuperate in the Yangxin Palace instead of sending him back to the palace?"
When King Kang heard this, he was stunned.
He was secretly surprised that Cangyue, a little girl in her teens, was so attentive that she could even think of this question.
However, how could he easily tell her the reason?
After all, his purpose was to find the imperial seal that the old emperor had hidden in his bedroom.
"Well... well..." Prince Kang hesitated for a moment, then made up an excuse: "Father suddenly fell ill in the Yangxin Palace. At the time, his condition was very critical. The imperial doctors thought it best not to move his body at will to avoid aggravating his condition. So, we decided to let him stay in the Yangxin Palace to recuperate."
King Kang spoke very naturally, but in fact it was just an excuse he made up.
He knew very well that if he really sent the old emperor back to his bedroom, his purpose of finding the imperial seal would be known to more people.
"Okay, I see."
"But, Second Brother, I want to stay with Father for a while and talk."
"If you want to stay here, come and help me help Father get up. I still want to feed Father some rice porridge."
Seeing that she had said this, King Kang couldn't refuse her.
"Okay, if you want to feed Father, then go ahead."
After saying that, he also walked to the emperor's bedside, reached out to help lift the old emperor up, and let him lean comfortably on the couch.
At this time, Cangyue took the porridge handed over by the palace maid, blew it gently to cool it down, and fed a small mouthful into the old emperor's mouth.
Surprisingly, the old emperor actually opened his mouth slightly and let Cangyue feed the porridge into his mouth.
Fortunately, King Kang did not notice this scene. After helping the old emperor, he turned his eyes to the two young palace maids brought by Cangyue today.
"Cang Yue, where are the two palace maids you brought here yesterday?"
"I left them in the little palace so that you wouldn't look at them with strange eyes when I brought them here."
After Cang Yue finished speaking, she deliberately glanced at King Kang. She knew that King Kang would definitely be suspicious of the people she brought with her, but she was not afraid. After all, she was fully prepared.
"What the hell are you thinking about? You are the master of this palace. If those servants dare to laugh at you, just kill them."
King Kang said this casually, not caring about the lives of his servants at all.
But if those two weird palace maids didn't follow Cang Yue, how could he carry out his plan?
The thing on the bed won't last a few more days, even though he asked the imperial physician to feed the old thing a life-extending pill last night.
But he was already deeply poisoned and I'm afraid he wouldn't survive for a few more days.
When Prince Kang fell silent, Cangyue fed a few more mouthfuls of porridge into the old emperor's mouth.
She discovered a secret: although her father had his eyes closed, he was still conscious.
Just like now, he smelled the fragrance of the porridge, and knew to open his mouth slightly and swallow the porridge slowly.
Thinking of this, she fed him the porridge faster.
When King Kang turned around, he found that she had already fed the small bowl of porridge he brought into the old emperor's mouth.
This surprised King Kang very much. He couldn't help but wonder: "How could this old guy eat such a big bowl of porridge while in a coma?"
Thinking of this, Prince Kang was secretly delighted, feeling that the life-extending medicine that he had asked the imperial physician to feed the old emperor last night was still quite effective.
In this way, this old guy might be able to live a few more days. Once he finds the imperial seal and gets rid of Feng Wuhen on the charge of treason, his good days will be here.
Prince Kang secretly thought that if the old emperor could hold on a little longer, it would undoubtedly be good news for him.
After all, the current situation is still unstable. If the old emperor dies prematurely, it may cause a series of troubles and variables.
You have to know that the old emperor has more than one or two sons.
And if the old emperor could hold on for two more days, King Kang would be able to better control the situation and ensure the stability of his position.
However, King Kang had good ideas, but the reality would not allow him to succeed so easily.
He himself knew that not only his brothers were eyeing the old emperor's throne, even the old emperor's younger brother, King You, was also eyeing it.
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