Painting Doctor Jinhua

Chapter 128: A Plan to Lure Chen Shuling

When Xiao Jinyu walked out of Taicheng, it was already dusk and the sky was getting darker. After the eunuch sent her out of the palace gate, he wanted to send her off again, but Xiao Jinyu stopped him and asked him to stay.

"My dear, the Queen asked me to take you home!"

"No need, Lord Angel, please go back!"

The eunuch was a little embarrassed and didn't know how to answer when he heard footsteps approaching. He looked up and saw that it was the envoy from Northern Qi coming towards the Lanling Dynasty.

"Go back! I'll take her back!" Lanling Wang said to the eunuch.

"Okay, I will return to the palace to report!"

The eunuch reported to Queen Liu Jingyan the fact that Prince Lanling personally escorted Xiao Jinyu. After hearing this, Liu Jingyan just nodded, as if she did not think much about it. She immediately summoned General Xiao Mohe of the Right Guard for a secret talk.

Afterwards, he sent General Pan Yi of the Left Guard to search and confiscate the Palace of Prince Shixing, forcing many servants and concubines in the palace to flee with their belongings.

"If the King of Shixing is defeated, he will surely kill all the concubines and servants in his palace and bury them with him. Your Majesty, please be merciful and confiscate the palace and let all the innocent women who have been persecuted by him go away!"

These were the last words Xiao Jinyu said to Queen Liu Jingyan before leaving Taicheng.

Liu Jingyan took care of Chen Xu at his bedside, pondered for a long time, and finally made a decision.

……

After being helped onto the carriage by Lanling King, Xiao Jinyu soon fell into a coma again. When she woke up, she found that she was in Lanling King's embassy again.

She lay on Gao Changgong's couch, while Gao Changgong was sleeping in his clothes beside the bed.

There was still a candle burning in the room, so when she opened her eyes, she could see his face clearly as he leaned against the bed and fell asleep.

Xiao Jinyu felt a little warm in her heart, so she stood up and covered him with the quilt.

Her movements were very gentle, but she didn't expect Gao Changgong to wake up immediately. He looked at her with tenderness and worry.

"How are you? Are you feeling better?"

Seeing her sleeping in the carriage and unable to be awakened, Gao Changgong was so frightened that he quickly took her to the embassy and called a doctor to see her.

The doctor just said that she was weak and prescribed some medicine, then left.

Afterwards, he ordered Lu Yu to boil medicine for her and fed her the medicine himself. After feeding her a bowl of medicine, she still did not wake up for a long time. Gao Changgong was worried and at a loss, so he simply let Xiao Jinyu stay in the embassy and asked Lu Yu to go to Xiao's house to deliver a message to Xiao Xian.

Xiao Jinyu nodded and said with a smile: "Okay."

"I saw that you seemed a little weak, so I didn't send you back. The embassy is close to Taicheng, so I brought you to the embassy."

"I know, you don't have to explain. Thank you!" she smiled.

Seeing her smile, Gao Changgong couldn't help but smile too, but there was a hint of heartache in his smile: What's wrong with this young lady? Why does she always fall into a coma after treating someone?

After thinking for a while, Gao Changgong finally found a topic to ask: "Is your majesty's illness really cured?"

Xiao Jinyu nodded, then shook her head.

"It's cured, but it's not time for him to wake up yet, so I gave him another injection and made him fall asleep!"

Gao Changgong was surprised: Is this possible?

This was indeed the case. When Chen Xu suddenly called out "Xie Yuqing" and grabbed her wrist tightly, she quietly gave him another injection and let him continue to sleep.

Then she said to Yao Boshen, "Your Majesty has a nightmare. To get rid of it, we can only let him sleep for a while. He will probably wake up at noon tomorrow!"

"Can he really wake up at noon tomorrow?" Yao Boshen was both happy and doubtful.

"Yes, I guarantee it with my life, but Doctor Yao, you need to stay by His Majesty's bed to prevent him from causing trouble!"

"That's natural. Good! I'm glad you woke up!"

At this time, he could only trust this young lady. Besides, it was not something that could be easily said, such as guaranteeing with one's life!

It was inconvenient for an unmarried young lady to stay in the palace, so Empress Liu sent someone to send her out of Taicheng.

"Why do you say it's not time for him to wake up yet?" Gao Changgong asked curiously.

"I don't trust him anymore. Chen Xu is too partial to his relatives, especially his second son Chen Shuling. I can't guarantee that he can be cruel enough to sentence Chen Shuling to a serious crime or even death. Or maybe he can just make a small mistake and give him a light punishment.

But I can't miss this opportunity, Chen Shuling must die!

Therefore, I need to borrow the help of another person to kill Chen Shuling. Only when Chen Shuling is dead, the emperor Chen Xu can wake up! "

Gao Changgong could understand Xiao Jinyu's concerns: considering the character of King Shixing, if he didn't die this time, when he came back one day, his revenge would surely be even more brutal than before.

"But, we have to put down this rebellion before noon tomorrow. Isn't time too tight?"

"That's enough. At least by the time Chen Xu wakes up, the situation will be irreversible!"

Gao Changgong noticed that Xiao Jinyu had always called the Emperor of the Southern Dynasty by his name, showing no respect at all, but he did not ask any further questions.

……

"The Queen sent General Fenyi of the Left Guard to search my palace?"

When King Siheung heard the news, his face twisted with anger.

"Not only that, they also dismissed all the concubines and servants in the palace, and let these servants take away all the gold and silver jewelry in the palace!"

"Everyone... took the money and ran away!"

With a bang, another long sword pierced the servant's chest. Before the servant could finish his words, he vomited blood and fell to the ground.

"How many generals are there now?"

Chen Shuling turned to ask his adviser Wei Liang.

Wei Liang was sweating coldly and replied in a trembling voice: "Your Highness, perhaps the messenger has not yet delivered the message. There are only two people who responded to the call, General Peng and General Tan."

General Peng Peng Hao was his uncle, so after receiving the order from Concubine Peng, he naturally had to stand on his side.

General Tan is Tan Qi's elder brother. His brother was dismissed from his post by the emperor, who ordered the court to interrogate him and sentenced him to death by beheading in the autumn. As his elder brother, Tan Wu wanted to rescue his brother more!

"I promised you the position of the Three Dukes, but no one responded?" Chen Shuling said angrily, "Where are all those people who used to listen to me and flatter me?"

Wei Liang did not dare to reply. Although he was rebelling under the banner of clearing the court of corrupt officials, any discerning person could see that this was not a legitimate cause. He said that Xie Zhen was a treacherous minister who wanted to control and deceive the king. But Xie Zhen was clearly just a scholar in plain clothes and did not even hold an official position. Moreover, in the elegant gatherings and even in the debate with Buddhism, he had only spread a good reputation, a reputation that was admired by scholars all over the world!

However, as a retainer of King Shixing, his food, clothing and other expenses were all provided by King Shixing, and all his family members were under his control, so Wei Liang did not dare to betray him.

"Where is Xin'an Prince Chen Bogu? Where is he going at this time?" Chen Shuling asked again.

"Your Majesty, the Prince of Xin'an has also been controlled by the Queen!" Wei Liang replied, "But you have leverage over the Prince of Xin'an, so he won't betray you!"

Won't betray? Oh, without troops to support us, it doesn't matter whether we betray or not!

Suddenly remembering something, Chen Shuling asked again: "What about Princess Yunyin's private soldiers? I have sent a letter to them a long time ago. Why haven't they arrived yet?"

When it comes to this matter, Wei Liang is even more speechless.

Under Chen Shuling's gaze, it was a long time before Wei Liang replied, "The princess wrote to say that a group of her private soldiers defected! The Xiao family is in chaos now, and Princess Yunyin is still in the process of rectifying it!"

After hearing this, Chen Shuling sneered, and then laughed wildly. As he laughed, he drew his sword and slashed at the servants in the mansion. The servants, who were already terrified all day long, screamed and ran away, but they could not escape Chen Shuling's crazy sword.

More than half of the servants were pierced through the chest and fell to the ground one after another.

Blood flowed on the ground like a river...

Wei Liang felt his whole body was cold and stiff, unable to move.

But at this moment, Dai Wen, who had gone out to gather information, rushed back, looking quite flustered, as if he had something urgent to report. But when he saw the blood and corpses all over the ground, he was stunned again, and seemed to be so frightened that he dared not move.

"What's the matter? Tell me quickly!" Chen Shuling asked sternly.

Dai Wen calmed himself down and found his voice after a long while. He replied, "The Queen has sent General Xiao Mohe of the Right Guard to... to attack the prince! They are now stationed at the west gate!"