Painting Doctor Jinhua

Chapter 106 The Pain of King Siheung

It was the middle of the night and the palace of Prince Shixing was in chaos. Chen Shuling, who was kicked in the vitals by Fenghuang, howled for two hours before he stopped for a while.

"Where's the imperial physician? Why hasn't he come yet?"

"Your Highness, at this hour, the imperial doctors have all returned to their homes to rest!"

"I don't care. Go call Yao Boshen. Otherwise, I will kill your whole family!"

The eunuch ran in panic and knocked on the door of the imperial physician Yao Boxen in the middle of the night. After great effort, the steward came to open the door. The eunuch told the details with tears in his eyes, and the steward then went to report the matter to Yao Boxen.

"How could this happen again? Last time it was the Eighth Young Master of the Xiao Family, this time it was the Prince of Shixing, and it's all related to that young lady?"

"Who says it's not true? Last time, it was Xiao Yun who wanted to take possession of the young lady, and he brought a group of young men with him to plot. The young lady let them take advantage of her to protect herself, but this time it's different. This time, the King of Shixing forcibly brought the young lady into the palace, and it is said that he not only wanted to take possession of the young lady, but also raped the Hu boy next to her.

Who knew that although the Hu boy was born handsome, he was also a martial artist and very brave. He kicked King Shixing on the spot and crushed the King Shixing's thing... into pieces!

I heard that the prince is still howling now!"

It was enough to make one's hair stand on end. After the steward finished speaking, he shuddered all over and asked, "Master, what should we do? If you say Xiao Yun can't be cured, then that's fine. But if you say that the Prince of Shixing can't be cured, this prince will have a bad temper and will kill people!"

"But if I don't go, won't the King of Shixing still be angry with me?"

Yao Boshen was in a dilemma, and so was the eunuch who came to ask for a doctor.

Even the eunuchs had to kneel on the ground and kowtow to him!

The lives of our entire family depend on him!

"Well, let's go and take a look! Does your majesty know about this?"

"Forget it, let's go take a look first!"

No matter whether it can be cured or not, we should say it can be cured, and try our best to save the situation!

After thinking it over, Yao Boxen had no choice but to put on his official uniform and go out with his servant carrying the medicine box.

When we arrived at the Prince of Shixing's Palace by ox cart, it was already one quarter of a second in the morning and the sky was already turning pale.

As soon as Yao Boshen entered the Prince of Shixing's mansion, he heard a burst of angry scolding: "Bitch, how do you serve others? You hurt the prince, don't you know? Take her out and chop her off!"

Then a maidservant was dragged out by the guards. She looked miserable and terrified, crying like rain. When she saw him, she begged loudly, "Doctor Yao, save me, save me!"

Yao Boshen felt pity and glanced at the two guards. Just as he was about to say something, one of the guards said:

"I advise Doctor Yao not to meddle in other people's business. His Highness is angry and will definitely take it out on someone. If not her, then us, or even you, the doctor..."

Yao Boshen closed his mouth tightly and stopped talking. The maid looked as pale as death and she no longer had the strength to cry.

Soon, a bloody head was brought into the palace.

All the servants in the mansion were silent and knelt on the ground.

"What a sin!"

Yao Boxin sighed and was dragged by the eunuch to the bedroom of King Shixing, where he saw a guard presenting the maid's head to King Shixing.

"Take it away, take it away, this unlucky thing, don't pollute my eyes!"

"My Lord, this servant's body..."

"Feed it to the dogs!"

"Yes!"

The guards retreated with the maid's head in their arms. Yao Boxen was also a little trembling with fear, but facing the look from King Shixing, he tried his best to remain calm and put on a warm smile.

"Your Highness, let me help you take a look!"

Chen Shuling hummed, then signaled the servants to step back and let Yao Boshen come forward to take a closer look.

Yao Boshen was horrified when he saw this.

Compared to Xiao Yun's bloody torture, Chen Shuling's condition could not be described as bloody.

It is an established fact that you will be impotent in the future, and even a god can’t save you!

Although there is a miraculous doctor in Jiankang City recently,

But wasn’t it because of this miraculous doctor that King Shixing became like this?

"How is it? Can this injury of mine be cured?"

Yao Boshen couldn't help but shudder, then came back to his senses and stammered, "Uh, Your Highness, as long as Your Highness abstains from sex for half a year and takes good care of himself, he should be able to fully recover! I will prescribe a medicine for Your Highness to stop the bleeding and remove the blood stasis first!"

"What do you mean by should? What I want is a certainty. Why should I abstain from sex for half a year? I cannot abstain from sex for half a year!"

"Aren't you the chief physician? Aren't your ancestors famous doctors? Chief Physician Yao, are you just getting your reputation for nothing?"

Yao Boshen just listened, not daring to say a word in rebuttal.

But at this moment, a eunuch outside the door shouted: "Your Majesty has arrived——"

Chen Shuling was startled and thought to himself: Why is my father here? Could it be that my father learned that I was injured by an assassin and came to see me specially!

Thinking of this, he wanted to stand up immediately to greet his father, but as soon as he moved, he felt a pain in his lower body as if being crushed, and he fell back heavily.

Without waiting for the eunuch's instructions, Chen Xu strode straight to Chen Shuling's bedroom.

Chen Shuling was overjoyed. He leaned sideways to salute and shouted, "Father!"

But Chen Xu's face looked very unhappy.

"Father, is this...something that you want to ask me?"

Chen Xu called the eunuch over and dumped a box full of letters onto the floor next to his bed.

"What have you been doing recently? Last time someone sued you for oppressing innocent people, I thought you were just being naughty for a while, and I gave you a small punishment, and you will definitely repent. Since then, no censors have come to accuse you, so I gave you a chance to promote you to the governor of Yangzhou, hoping that you can do some meritorious deeds to cover up the mistakes you made in the past.

But you went even further, not only oppressing innocent people and robbing women, you also dug up graves and committed all kinds of evil!"

"Father, my son and I have been wronged!"

Chen Xu pointed to the letters scattered on the ground again.

"These are all letters of accusation against you submitted to the Bangmu Hanli by the people of Jiankang City, or even by officials below the fifth rank. Some of them have wives and daughters killed by you, some have sons imprisoned by you, and some even report that you intend to seize the position of Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace..."

"No, Father, don't listen to these people's nonsense. I would never dare to covet my brother's position as the crown prince. As for what you said about robbing women and digging up graves, those are all fabricated stories. Someone is deliberately framing me!"

"Who would frame you?"

Chen Xu asked sternly, "And what happened yesterday... Now everyone in Jiankang City is saying that you abducted that genius doctor lady to your Shixing Palace. What did you do to them, and why did it become like this?"

"Father, it was that lowly slave who harmed me. I have already sent someone to capture that lowly slave. Once I capture him, I will be able to tell you the truth!"

"No need. I have already sent people to find out the truth about this matter! I have also dismissed Tan Qi, the military attendant you sent. He was originally your close follower, but he encouraged you to ignore the law, disrupt politics and harm the people, and act recklessly.

I intend to execute him in the autumn, as a lesson to you for your misbehavior this time. If there is a next time..."

"I won't dare to do that again, Father. I will never dare to do that again. I will listen to your teachings and be a good official who loves the people like his own children. I will definitely be able to do that!"

Chen Shuling's plea seemed quite sincere, but this was not the first time Chen Xu had taught his son a lesson. Almost every time, he would admit his mistakes very sincerely and vow to change, but not long after, he would do it again...

Chen Xu was very disappointed. He felt guilty for not giving his second son the title of Crown Prince. His eldest son, Chen Shubao, was weak and not the most suitable candidate for the future crown prince. However, it was the ancestral rule to establish the eldest son as the heir, and he had never thought of breaking this ancestral rule to replace the crown prince. Therefore, he was too partial to his second son, Chen Shuling, and indulged him a little. He did not expect that he had indulged him to this extent...

After taking a look at Chen Shuling, who was bowing his head obediently and listening attentively, Chen Xu raised his hand and motioned Yao Boxin to walk out of the bedroom together.

"Tell me the truth, can King Shixing's injury be cured?"

Chen Xu asked as soon as he opened his mouth, his expression was so cold and intimidating that people dared not look him in the face.

One cannot lie to the emperor, so Yao Boshen had no choice but to answer truthfully:

"Your Majesty, please forgive me for my lack of knowledge and experience. I am afraid that it will be difficult for me to heal your injury..."

Seeing that the emperor seemed angry, he added, "However, I heard that the young lady from the Xiao family, Xiao Jinyu, has excellent medical skills. If it really doesn't work, Your Majesty, can you summon her to treat it?"