SFS Chapter 287: Your Majesty! Your Highness, the Crown Prince, is well.
Chapter 287: Your Majesty! Your Highness, the Crown Prince, is well.
Yunhai stood up and looked up at the emperor.
He was not wearing a dragon robe, but a bright yellow casual suit with a five-clawed golden dragon embroidered with gold thread. He wore a golden crown on his head with a golden dragon hairpin inserted in it.
The emperor looked to be in his forties, handsome, and had a 50% resemblance to Cheng Yuheng.
"My father-in-law has been gone for ten years. Thank you for your hard work. How is my prince?" the emperor asked in a deep voice. There was no complaint in his words, only the joy of a father who had lost his son and got him back.
Cheng Zhiyuan looked at the emperor. The emperor's mind was really hard to predict. He didn't blame him at all and even had a look of joy on his face.
The emperor is really unpredictable. He thought that the emperor would question him when they met and ask him why he had hidden the prince for so many years.
"Your Majesty! His Royal Highness is doing well. His eye disease has now healed. Originally, His Royal Highness planned to come back and give Your Majesty a surprise after his eye disease was completely healed.
However, we did not expect that the situation on the border would become tense and the Northern Army would be approaching. His Royal Highness was concerned about the safety of the people and was afraid that the Northern Army would invade our Dazhao. Therefore, after careful consideration and weighing the pros and cons, His Royal Highness had to stay in the North for the time being and personally supervise the army to prepare for the fight against the enemy in order to ensure peace in the area. "
Cheng Zhiyuan spoke sincerely, with a respectful and official tone, and explained to the emperor in detail the reasons why the prince was stranded in the north, fearing that the emperor might be suspicious of or dissatisfied with the prince.
"You are worthy of being my son. The people of Dazhao are blessed to have a prince like Yu'er."
Yunhai looked at Emperor Jianing. Although he was thin, his eyes were bright and he looked very kind and amiable.
Why did he feel that this emperor was a little different from the rumors?
It was rumored that the emperor was obsessed with alchemy and neglected state affairs. He thought he would see an emperor who was in a trance, with a gray face, sunken eye sockets and lifeless eyes.
Jun Jingli and Cheng Zhiyuan exchanged pleasantries for a while and then turned their attention to Yun Hai.
"Doctor Yun, you cured my son's eye disease. What reward do you want from me?"
Yun Hai stood up and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the Crown Prince is blessed with great fortune. I am a mediocre doctor. It was a coincidence that I was able to treat the Crown Prince. I dare not take credit for it."
"Doctor Yun, there is no need to be modest. I have heard of your medical skills from Doctor Meng. How about I make you an imperial physician and you stay in the capital?"
"Yun Hai thought about this and it was not okay. He couldn't stay in the palace and treat the emperor's women. His old bones couldn't stand kneeling all the time."
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty. I am really not up to the task. My medical skills are barely enough to cope with the small countryside, but compared with the imperial physician, they are nothing."
Jun Jingli's expectant look dimmed a lot after hearing Yun Hai's words.
Think about it, how good can a country doctor's medical skills be? It might really be a coincidence that he could cure the prince.
"Doctor Yun, there's no need to be polite. Just sit down and answer."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your consideration!" Yunhai sat on the chair respectfully.
At this time, the voice of Eunuch Fu was heard outside the door: "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager has arrived..."
"Father-in-law, the Queen Mother heard that you entered the palace and couldn't wait for you to pay your respects, so she came to see you."
"Laifu, please invite mother in."
Just as he finished speaking, the door of the imperial study opened, and an elegant and graceful old lady was supported by two palace maids to come in. The emperor stepped down from the dragon throne and took the empress dowager from the maid's hand and said with a smile: "Mother, have you heard that Old Duke Cheng has come to my imperial study?"
The empress dowager was helped by the emperor to sit on the chair next to the dragon throne.
Cheng Zhiyuan stood up, walked to the middle of the imperial study, knelt on the ground respectfully and bowed to the empress dowager, Yunhai followed behind. Yunhai thought to himself that in ancient times, people had to kneel down and kowtow at every turn, which he really couldn't stand. He didn't come to this palace to be an imperial physician. If he kept kowtowing every day, he would lose several years of his life.
"This old minister pays respect to Her Majesty the Queen Mother. May Your Majesty be blessed with good health and good health."
"Your humble servant pays homage to the Empress Dowager. May the Empress Dowager be blessed with good fortune." Yunhai remembered that this was what was said in the Qing Dynasty drama that he watched with his wife.
"Cheng Zhiyuan, you are so brave that you actually hid my grandson for ten years. Do you know how painful it is for me to lose my daughter-in-law and my grandson over the years?" After saying this, the queen mother wiped her tears with a handkerchief.
"Your Majesty, please don't cry anymore. Your eyes will become blind if you cry any more." Aunt Xu, who was serving the Empress Dowager, comforted her softly.
Cheng Zhiyuan knelt there and did not dare to get up. Yun Hai also accompanied him, "I am guilty. Please punish me, Queen Mother."
"Mother, please forgive my father-in-law. You raised your grandson by yourself. You don't know his temper very well, and your father-in-law can't control it." The emperor pleaded for Cheng Zhiyuan.
"I'll spare you for my grandson's sake, but why don't you get up? You're already old, isn't the ground cold? Don't you know how to get up earlier?"
"Thank you, Queen Mother."
"Everyone, stand up! I heard that the doctor who treated my grandson's eyes has also arrived, but who is the person behind you?"
"Your Majesty, this is Doctor Yun. He was the one who cured your highness's eye disease." Cheng Zhiyuan said, pointing at Yun Hai.
"Duke Cheng, is Shuyan okay? I miss her a lot after not seeing her for all these years." Feng Shuyan is the maiden name of Cheng Zhiyuan's wife. They were close friends when they were young, and later became in-laws. The two old sisters have a good relationship.
"When I entered the palace, Feng asked me to let the Empress Dowager know if I saw her. She would send a letter to the palace to ask to see her tomorrow."
"Okay, I'll wait for her in the palace tomorrow."
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has written a letter to the Queen. Feng will bring it with her tomorrow."
"This heartless boy didn't even send me a message when he was safe and sound, causing me to suffer all these years. Wait until she comes back to see how I will punish him."
Aunt Xu smiled and said, "Your Highness, I heard what you said. I want to see how you punish the Crown Prince."
"I will punish him to find me a granddaughter-in-law as soon as possible, so that I can have a great-grandson soon."
Aunt Xu smiled with her hands covering her mouth: "Your Majesty, I support you in this punishment. When the time comes, I will help you take care of the young master."
"Okay, I support your punishment, Mother. Hahaha..."
Jun Jingli finished laughing and asked Cheng Zhiyuan: "Father-in-law, Yu'er has written a letter to the Queen Mother, so did he ask you to bring the letter to me?"
"Your Majesty, His Highness said that the letter to you will be sent together with the memorial, and he did not let this old minister bring it."
The emperor was a little disappointed. "Okay, I understand."
The atmosphere in the imperial study was solemn, and the entire room fell silent for a moment.
Nanny Xu carefully raised her eyes to peek at the emperor's gloomy face, secretly guessing what the emperor meant. But when she saw that the emperor did not speak for a long time, she could no longer suppress her anxiety and worry. She slowly moved forward, then knelt on her knees, kowtowed, and prayed respectfully:
"Your Majesty, I dare to speak to you today and ask you to allow Doctor Yun to take a look at the eyes of the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager has been crying all day long because she misses the Crown Prince too much, causing her eyesight to deteriorate.
At first, when the doctors from the Imperial Hospital came to treat the Empress, they all concluded that she was suffering from the common astigmatism among the elderly.
However, the old slave felt that this was quite strange. The old slave himself was also getting old and suffered from astigmatism, but only when he looked at nearby objects, they were slightly blurry, and the distant scenes were still clear.
But now the queen can hardly see things far and near. This situation really makes this old servant worried! I hope the emperor will allow Doctor Yun to examine the queen. Maybe he can cure the prince and relieve the queen's current worries."
"No need, Madam Xu, please get up. I am old and the imperial physician has said that I cannot be cured. Please stop making things difficult for Doctor Yun."
"My queen, why don't you let Doctor Yun give it a try? I really don't want you to suffer too much."
"Mother, let Doctor Yun take a look at you. Wouldn't it be better if he can cure you?"
"Doctor Yun, can you take a look at the Empress Dowager's eyes?" Yun Hai did not expect that the emperor would not give him a direct order but would speak in a consultative tone with him.
"I obey your command." Yunhai lamented in his heart. How come he became an ophthalmologist in ancient times? There is a doctor who sees the eyes.
"Your Majesty, should we stay here or go to your palace? You need to lie down so that I can take a closer look at your eyes."
"Go to the Cining Palace." the emperor ordered.
When they arrived at the Cining Palace, Yunhai asked someone to light up the room. He first took the empress dowager's pulse and then opened her eyes to take a look.
"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager's eyesight is not entirely caused by presbyopia. There is a slight and difficult-to-see white film on her eyes. The Empress Dowager's decreased vision is caused by that white film. Tomorrow I will prepare some potions for the Empress Dowager and add some external ointment. Her strength will improve in about ten days." Yun Hai said.
Hearing that the Queen Mother's eyesight could be improved, Madam Xu burst into tears of joy: "Thank you so much, Doctor Yun. If the Queen Mother's eyesight can be cured, I will kowtow to you."
"Mammy, my medicine can only improve your eyesight, but it cannot restore it to its original state." After all, she is old, and it is good enough to see an improvement.
"If things can get better, so that I can use chopsticks to eat by myself, I will be satisfied without being fed. Otherwise, I will think I have become a waste."
"Your Highness, please don't say that. It is our blessing that we can eat for you."
"Doctor Yun, I'll have someone send you medicine from the Imperial Pharmacy in the Imperial Hospital. You can use it at will. You can rest in the Imperial Hospital today!" Jun Jingli said in a deep voice.
Yunhai didn't want to stay in the palace, as it would be very troublesome for him to enter the space to get medicine, so he said respectfully: "Your Majesty, my medicine box is in Cheng's house. There is medicine for treating eye diseases in the medicine box. I can go to the imperial pharmacy to get the medicine and bring it back to Cheng's house to make it. Tomorrow, I can ask Old Lady Cheng to bring the medicine to Your Majesty."
Just as the emperor was about to nod his head in agreement, a young eunuch from the Cining Palace ran in in a panic, knelt on the ground and trembled all over: "Your Majesty, Empress Dowager, help! Please save my son!"
Madam Xu shouted, "How dare you, a daring servant, disturb the emperor's presence? Don't you want your head anymore?"