Chapter 181: Imperial Announcement Recruiting Doctors
Beijing Street
Several guards held a notice and posted it on the notice board.
"Boom!"
A guard struck a gong and shouted, "Come and see."
"Her Royal Highness was assassinated by a villain and is now poisoned. The emperor has ordered the search for famous doctors. Anyone who can cure Her Royal Highness will be promoted and given a thousand taels of gold!"
Hearing this, the onlookers were in an uproar.
"Promotion and reward of 1,000 taels. If the imperial decree is published, and the princess is cured, it will bring honor to the family and will instantly bring you to the top!"
"Yeah, it's a pity that people like us who don't have any special skills don't have that blessing..."
"That's right. Writing a few words is fine, but taking a pulse and prescribing medicine is going to kill someone, right?"
"Ha ha……"
"This imperial decree can make a person rich overnight, but if it is a mediocre doctor who fails to cure a patient and angers the doctor, he will definitely lose his head, and may even cause the whole family to lose their lives."
"I think it's better to avoid the imperial edict, lest you lose your life instead of getting rich, which is not worth it."
"That's right. The princess is a playboy by nature. She is arrogant and domineering. She has done many evil things. It is better for her to die."
"How dare you say that? Aren't you afraid of being caught and beheaded?"
Upon hearing this, the man was so frightened that his face turned pale and he stopped talking.
There were so many people on the street that when the imperial edict was released, people gathered in three layers inside and outside, and the place was packed with people.
……
Dali Temple
Lu Hanyang sat at the desk looking over files, his brows revealing fatigue.
Yes, he hasn't slept well for a single day since the empress ordered him to solve the case as quickly as possible.
Although the case is now very clear, the assassin approached the princess with the intention of murdering her in order to avenge his brother.
But Lu Hanyang always felt that something was wrong and was slow to come to a conclusion.
He always strives to be rigorous in his work and never misses any details.
Now this case makes him feel strange, so he naturally doesn't want to make a hasty conclusion.
"Sir~"
A well-dressed female guard walked in from outside the door and respectfully handed the booklet in her hand to Lu Hanyang.
"Sir, this is the information you asked me to collect from Juesefang. The content is consistent with the assassin's confession." "In addition, there is evidence I retrieved from Minghe Pharmacy. The evidence shows that the assassin did ask his personal attendant to buy arsenic from the pharmacy, saying that it was used to poison rats."
Lu Hanyang opened the booklet handed to him by his subordinates and took a look. It turned out to be true.
But Lu Hanyang's face did not show any joy, and he remained cold and sullen.
"What was the result of the palace physician's examination?"
"My Lord, the palace physician said that the golden hairpin used in the murder was indeed poisonous. The hairpin cut the Crown Princess's hand, and the poison entered through the wound."
Lu Hanyang narrowed his eyes, nodded slightly, and waved.
"You go down first."
"Yes."
The female guard retreated, and Lu Hanyang stared at the booklet on the table with deep eyes and a thoughtful expression.
Is it true that he is worrying too much?
But this case was going too smoothly.
It went so smoothly as if it had been planned in advance.
I always feel like he overlooked something...
……
Second Princess's Mansion, Study
Boqing sat on the chair on the right and took a sip of the hot tea on the table.
"Second Prince, now that the princess has been poisoned and is unconscious, what are your plans?"
Ji Fengwu's lips curled up slightly in a cold tone, and she asked nonchalantly, "Planning?"
"What plans can I have?"
"You can't say that."
Boqing narrowed his romantic peach blossom eyes and raised his eyebrows slightly: "Now that the princess has been poisoned, her life or death is unknown, the people in the court are in a panic, and the various factions are ready to make a move."
"If the princess is saved, it will not benefit anyone. If she cannot survive, the Second Prince must make plans early."
He gently stroked the tea lid with his hand and said slowly: "The Third Princess is in favor now. If she becomes the crown prince, your life will be difficult."
(End of this chapter)
