Chapter 137 Chapter 137 Holding the Hand

Kangxi didn't care, and had dinner in the Yonghe Palace. After the meal, Concubine De personally brought up the purple potatoes, served Kangxi to eat some, and said with a smile: "The fourth child is filial, and I will eat it myself. He also specially planted these things, and I heard from Si Fujin that he also planted vegetables in the garden, and when he picked them, he would send them to the palace to give the emperor a taste." Kangxi smiled when he heard the words, but when he was about to speak, his face changed drastically. After a burst of coughing, he spat out a mouthful of blood, took a few quick breaths, and fell backwards all of a sudden.Everyone was shocked when they saw it, and Concubine De panicked and shouted: "Quickly call the imperial physician! Call the imperial physician!"

Xiao Shunzi rushed to the imperial hospital in a hurry, De Fei paused, and then hurriedly called to Fei Cui: "Quickly call Brother Fourteen, tell him to come here." The imperial doctor came soon, and knelt before the bed to diagnose Kangxi's pulse.The fourteenth elder brother, the ninth elder brother, and the tenth elder brother also rushed over, and after a while, the eighth elder brother also hurried over. Concubine De frowned slightly, took a few steps back, walked to the back and asked Fei Cui in a low voice: "Why are the old eight and the others here?" Fei Cui replied in a low voice: "When the servants went, the fourteenth elder brother and the ninth elder brother were talking together, and the ninth elder brother and the others came together. I don't know how the eighth elder brother got the news."

Concubine De already understood when she heard the words, it must be Lao Jiu who passed the news to Lao Ba, that's why Lao Ba came so soon.Seeing the imperial physician getting up from the bed, she didn't have time to pay any attention to these matters, she hurried forward and asked the imperial physician anxiously, "What's the matter, Your Majesty?" The imperial doctor was also sweating from shock, and replied: "The emperor has been poisoned, and I will prepare the antidote." Concubine De quickly said: "Go, go!" Brother Nine over there was already asking Li Dequan why Kangxi was poisoned. Li Dequan dared to say that he only looked at Concubine De. Seeing Concubine De, she said lightly: "The emperor ate the purple sweet potato sent by the fourth son. He just passed out, and although the fourth child was born by me, I can't protect him, and I have asked the clan's government to arrest him."

Elder Brother Jiu had nothing to say after hearing this, he just bowed to Concubine De and said: "Your Majesty is selfless, Lao Jiu admires it." Just as he was talking, the imperial doctor came in with two bowls of medicine. He didn't even dare to lift his head, and said in a trembling voice: "I just prepared two bowls of antidote, but this antidote is very powerful. A little more is enough to kill you. I dare not give it to the emperor until it is safe." As soon as the words fell, Kangxi coughed anxiously and vomited another mouthful of blood. Concubine De was even more panicked when she saw this, and said anxiously: "Oh, what... what can I do? If you don't use medicine, no one can afford it if something happens. How about this, old fourteen, you go to replace Huang Ama Try the medicine."

Brother Fourteen was taken aback: "Me?" Seeing his bewildered face, Concubine De couldn't help being anxious, and kept winking at him.Elder Fourteen was stunned on the spot, motionless.Li Dequan, who was standing at the head of Kangxi's bed, secretly glanced at the eighth elder brother, and made a secret wink. The eighth elder brother who was originally standing behind suddenly stepped forward, took a bowl of antidote from the imperial doctor's hand and drank it. do. Everyone was stunned for a moment, the eighth elder brother drank up the medicine, and then said: "The fourteenth brother commands the three armies and is the pillar of the country. How can he try the medicine so easily? Let me do my filial piety for Huang Ama."

The imperial physician said, "Eighth Brother, please give me your hand." Hearing the words, the eighth elder brother passed his wrist forward, the imperial doctor cut the pulse, heaved a sigh of relief, and said: "The pulse is calm, it seems that the dosage of this medicine is correct." Li Dequan hurriedly said: "Then...then why don't you hurry up and serve it to the emperor." The imperial physician stepped forward and carefully fed the medicine to Kangxi. After a while, Kangxi's complexion eased, and his breathing became much more stable. After waiting for a while, he regained consciousness.

Everyone in the hall was overjoyed, Li Dequan leaned in front of Kangxi, wiped his tears and asked, "Your Majesty, what do you think?" Kangxi nodded slowly, turned his eyes around the people in the room, and finally fell on the eighth elder brother, sighed: "Old eight, you are fine." The eighth elder brother stepped forward and knelt in front of Kangxi's bed, and said with red eyes: "As long as Huang Ama is safe and healthy, I should do whatever I do." Kangxi nodded and said: "Lao Ba stay here, everyone else should go down first." Concubine De called softly: "Your Majesty..."

Kangxi only said: "Go down." Concubine De had no choice but to go out with the crowd.After a while, there were only Kangxi and the eighth elder brother left in the hall. Kangxi looked at the eighth elder brother silently for a while, and said in a low voice: "You have been wronged these days, you are a good boy, your mother-in-law It has nothing to do with you, I shouldn't blame you." Hearing the words, the eighth elder brother lay his head on the side of the bed and couldn't help weeping bitterly. The crying was so depressing that Kangxi felt sore when he heard it. He stretched out his hand to gently touch his head, and sighed a long time. .

In the Yonghe Palace, the ninth elder brother and others have all left, only the fourteenth elder brother is still staying with Concubine De.Concubine De glanced at the hall, and asked Fourteenth Prince angrily, "Just now I asked you to test medicine for Huang Ama, why did you hesitate?" The fourteenth elder brother was still a little dizzy because of drunkenness. He choked when he heard the words, and replied with a guilty conscience: "I... I am not prepared." Concubine De was even more annoyed when she heard this, and said admonishingly, "If I didn't prepare for one sentence, I let Lao Ba steal the limelight. Do you know that...it's about..." She wanted to say that this matter was about the position of the crown prince. , but he changed his words and said: "It's about your Huang Ama's life and death!"

The fourteenth elder brother didn't understand the meaning of Concubine De's words, and said that she was only fighting for favor for herself, and couldn't help but talk back: "Huang Ama's life is fate, so is the son's life not fate?" Concubine De didn't expect him to say such words, she was stunned, "What did you say?" Fourteenth elder brother shouted: "Fourth brother often told Erchen that Er Niang was partial to Erchen, but at this moment Erchen realized that Emiang only had Huang Ama in her heart, and fourth brother was arrested by the clan mansion. Don't ask, you don't care about my son's life or death, I really don't know if we are your sons in your heart, right?"

After speaking, he turned and walked away angrily. Concubine De looked at his back, her face changed with anger, Fei Cui hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him: "Master, the fourth elder brother is still young, it is inevitable that he will hesitate to make a hasty decision about life and death. The weirdo is not as good as the sky, after deploying for so long, he even picked up the fourth elder brother, but in the end, he took advantage of the eighth elder brother for nothing." Kangxi was still resting in the Yonghe Palace, and Concubine De did not dare to express her anger even though she was full of anger, so she had to let out a long breath and said in a low voice: "The fourth son will be fine, he is the one who donated the purple sweet potato. He was really poisoned and the emperor died, can he get away with it? Even the most stupid person in the world would not do such a stupid thing. How could the emperor blame him?" After hearing this, Fei Cui said in admiration, "It turns out that the master has already calculated everything." Concubine De sighed in a low voice: "No matter what, he is the son of this palace, how could this palace want his life? This palace just wants to use this matter to distance him from the emperor, and by the way, give the old man Fourteen and one chances, I didn't expect... Forget it, it's going to be a long time, take your time." As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Li Dequan escorting the eighth elder brother out of the hall. Seeing the concubine De was waiting in the courtyard, Li Dequan stepped forward to salute, "Mrs. Concubine De nodded slightly, turned her head and saw the reddish circles of the eighth elder brother's eyes, obviously he had just cried, guessed that he must have said some sensational words in front of Kangxi, he felt very resentful in his heart, but he didn't show the slightest bit on his face Come on, just kindly said: "Your Huang Ama is here to take care of me, don't worry, you are also tired, go back early and rest for a while." "Then I'll have to work for you, Madam." The eighth elder brother nodded lightly, and followed Li Dequan out. Li Dequan sent the eighth elder brother to the Yongshou Palace all the way, stopped outside the palace gate, and said respectfully: "The slave has to rush back to serve the emperor, so I won't send the eighth elder brother in." The eighth elder brother turned around, took out a western pocket watch from his pocket and stuffed it into Li Dequan's hand, and said in a low voice: "Thanks to Li Anda's help this time, I was able to make a contribution in front of Huang Ama. Thanks for that." Li Dequan made a gesture of resignation, then quickly put his pocket watch into his sleeves, and said with a smile: "The eighth elder brother is a dragon and phoenix among people, and the future is bound to be limitless. The old slave is also picking up high branches, so the eighth elder brother must not polite." The eighth elder brother smiled lightly when he heard the words, and said: "What's the matter with Huang Ama recently, you must tell me as soon as possible, I will not treat you badly." Li Dequan smiled all over his face, "I listen to Brother Ba, so I will leave first." The eighth elder brother watched Li Dequan leave, then turned around and entered the palace gate. As soon as he entered, he saw Qingchuan standing quietly at the corner alone.Eighth Brother guessed that she had heard the conversation between himself and Li Dequan, so he smiled and asked, "Have you heard everything?" Qingchuan nodded lightly, looked at him steadily, and asked, "Is this necessary to survive here?" Naturally, only by calculating in this way can he survive in this palace. In the past, he still had Er Niang to rely on, but now that Er Niang is gone, there is only himself and Qing Chuan behind him.Brother Ba sighed, pulled her into his arms, and said softly: "If I were alone, I would live every day. But now I still have you and my family, so I have to make myself stronger. " Qing Chuan felt uncomfortable, and said in a low voice: "I'm sorry, I dragged you down." Eighth Brother shook his head, "No, it's me who should say I'm sorry. You married me, but I didn't let you live a good life..." Qing Chuan felt guilty when she thought that she still hid the truth about Concubine Liang's departure from him, and couldn't help saying: "I'm sorry for you." The eighth elder brother hugged her even tighter, and only whispered: "It's me, it's me." Seeing the two arguing back and forth like this, Qing Chuan couldn't help laughing out loud, "Don't quarrel, both of us, we are husband and wife, and we should face all difficulties together." The eighth elder brother also nodded with a smile, gently rolled up the broken hair around her face, and said: "I don't know how many thorns there will be in the future, but don't worry, I will walk ahead. The sword comes first Cut me, the sword will stab me first, and I will definitely protect you." Qing Chuan didn't say anything, but rested her head in front of him with peace of mind.