Chapter 1069 (1/2)
The Emperor’s Hate and Regret
When the imperial decree arrived, Feng Yuheng and the others had already gathered and were waiting. The Gu Shu ruler Fan Tianli had already told them, once the Gu on the old Emperor was removed, he would throw up creatures which look similar to the other party’s Gu. If the other party’s life Gu was a scorpion, then small scorpions would be vomited, if it was a snake, and small snakes would be vomited. For this sort of rare symptom, the imperial physicians would not have any methods to cure it, so they would definitely look outside of the palace for divine doctors. And as Da Shun’s most famous divine doctors, Feng Yuheng and Yao Xian would definitely be the first choice.
Therefore, Yao Xian was brought to Yu Palace some time ago, and at this moment, seeing the palace staff really come to summon them, they had to acknowledge the skills of the Gu Shu ruler.
For this trip of entering the palace, other than Feng Yuheng and Yao Xian, Xuan Tianming, Xuan Tianhua, Xuan Tiange and Fan Tianli also went. The palace staff who passed down the decree wanted to say that only Princess Yu and imperial physician Yao Xian were summoned, but thinking about it again, the situation in the imperial palace seemed to have changed again. Even though they as servants could not see where the change was, but there was a feeling that Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui and the Eighth Prince would fall soon. So he did not say anything more, listening to Xuan Tianming’s arrangements.
The Emperor’s side did not stand by and do nothing as well, since summoning people from outside the palace was slow, the Empress also summoned an imperial physician who was on duty. But once the imperial physician saw the floor covered in snakes, his knees shook in terror and he fell down on his bottom at the door of the hall, unable to walk.
Zhang Yuan was so anxious that he rushed over directly, dragging that imperial physician over, hearing that imperial physician scream loudly when he touched the snakes, he shouted loudly in anger: “If you scream anymore, I will stuff those snakes into your mouth! Then throw you into a snake pit and have you get bitten to death by snakes! You are a physician and are even afraid of snakes, how did you manage to become one?”
The Eunuch showing his dominance was also a little scary. In addition, that imperial physician saw the Emperor sitting on the floor while naked, and the pool of blood at the Emperor’s lower body, as well as the “Emperor’s lifeblood” fallen on the floor. He felt his brain explode with a “boom” and immediately realised the seriousness of the situation.
But so what if he realised it? That thing had already been cut off, other than helping the Emperor stop the bleeding to preserve his life, what other method was there? So he knelt down and told the Emperor: “Your Majesty, this Lowly One will help you stop the bleeding, but this yang object, I’m afraid it cannot be attached back.”
(Translator’s note: Yang object is a term which can be used to refer to male genitals)
The Emperor was about to pass out, but Zhang Yuan’s arrival made him regain some spirit and hearing the imperial physician say this at this moment, he waved his hand tiredly in dismissal: “There’s no need to attach it, if you attach it back again, then We would have cut it in vain. It’s too dirty, it’s Us who did not want it anymore, take it out to feed the dogs, We do not want to see it again.”
“But……” The imperial physician was sweating heavily, he was anxious and did not know what to do, he wanted to say, without your lifeblood, would a man still be a man? Would an Emperor still be an Emperor? But thinking about it again, the Emperor was already at this age and he has so many sons, so it seemed like there would be not much impact whether he waned it or not. Therefore, he swallowed the second half of the sentence and also did not dare to really take that thing out to feed the dogs, so he kicked this rubber ball to Zhang Yuan, saying: “Then I will ask for Eunuch Zhang Yuan to handle it, I will stop His Majesty’s bleeding now.”
Zhang Yuan did not care what he said and only urged the other party to quickly stop the bleeding, then picking up that thing from the floor, he found a box and kept it in there, hugging it like a treasured object, even telling the Emperor: “It’s impossible to feed it to the dogs, in Da Shun’s court, no dog has the fortune to eat it. Princess Yu and Divine Doctor Yao Xian are entering the imperial palace soon, the imperial physicians are useless, but those two might have a way to attach it back!” After saying that, he saw the Emperor glaring at him fiercely, but even if it was that kind of glare, the Eunuch also felt warmth inside, because this glare was different from the one a few months ago. At that time, the Emperor acted like he did not recognise him, treating him as the enemy, the glare was a true glare, and the punishment was a true punishment. But the glare now was like they had returned to the past, they would bicker and fight all the time, and the Emperor would glare at him like this and say some fierce words, but would never really punish him, the two of them will quarrel when they need it and the days would pass in such a noisy manner, an indescribable happiness.
He cradled the box in his arms and could not stop his tears from flowing out, the Eunuch raised his hand to wipe them away, saying: “It’s useless even if you glare at me, if you can do it, then throw me in the Department of Guilty Servants again, else I will definitely beg Princess Yu and Divine Doctor Yao Xian to connect it.”
“Damn it!” The Emperor cursed and kicked that imperial physician in the chest: “Be gentler! It hurts!”
That imperial physician felt he was wrongly blamed and glanced at Zhang Yuan mournfully, thinking ‘you were the one who started it, yet I am the one getting the consequences, did I owe you in my past life!’
But Zhang Yuan did not realise this and glared at that imperial physician as well, saying: “Why are you looking at me? Hurry up and stop His Majesty’s bleeding! If he says it hurts, can’t you be gentler? He already lost so much blood, if something really happens because the bleeding was not stopped, you will have committed the sin of regicide! Da Shun would not forgive you!”
That imperial physician trembled and almost lost oxygen from being overly anxious. The Emperor wanted to kill himself and he was the one who would be charged with regicide? However, he was the imperial physician and did not have any way to voice this out, so he could only quietly approach on his knees to stop the Emperor’s bleeding, praying silently in his heart ‘Princess Yu and Yao Xian, please come quickly’! He could only be freed when the two of them come!
At this moment, that Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui who ran away had already stumbled back to her Cun Shan Palace. The reason why she still came back here was because she still held on to a last shred of hope, thinking that the Gu Master had not died and that his Gu techniques met with a small incident, as long as it could still be adjusted, then the Emperor was still within her control.