Chapter 492: He Was Really On The Verge Of Death
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation I Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Su Ying had returned and Xiao Jin had recovered from his illness. The next day, the Imperial Court resumed the morning court session.
By the time Su Ying woke up, the sun was already high in the sky.
Zhou Qing brought the toiletries into the chamber and helped Su Ying wash up.
“Where’s the First Prince and the Young Princess?”
“Your Imperial Highness, the First Prince and the Young Princess went to class
early in the morning.”
Yesterday, Su Ying returned to the palace, so Xiao Jin gave the two of them a day off. Today, they had to attend classes as usual.
Su Ying yawned. They all had their own things to do, so this was good. She still had to go into the interspatial store to continue studying those few charred corpses. If she really couldn’t find anything, she could only take the corpses out and bury them.
After breakfast, Su Ying went to visit Lin Zhuyu and was about to return to the inner hall to enter the interspatial store when the eunuch in charge of passing messages came to inform that the Prime Minister’s Residence sent someone to deliver a message. He said that Prime Minister Su was dying and hoped that Su Ying could go back to take a look.
Previously, Su Yulun was in charge of the new dam project at Aquarius River. Xiao Jin had mentioned this to her before. He said that the people responsible for the matter had been held accountable, but he had not touched Su Yulun yet.
Su Ying didn’t ask about the specifics. Su Yulun had worked in the Imperial Court for many years. Although his reputation was not comparable to Duke Jingguo, he still held a certain degree of authority. If Xiao Jin had immediately gotten rid of the prime minister under the earlier regime the moment he came into power, it would inevitably cause turmoil in the Imperial Court.
However, Su Yulun also had undeniable responsibility for the negligence in the new dam project. Therefore, Xiao Jin told him to reflect on his mistakes in his residence. When he had finally seen the error of his ways, he could return to the Imperial Court.
Nonetheless, Xiao Jin still had not allowed him to return to court until now.
Before Su Ying left the capital city, Su Yulun’s injuries were almost healed. How could he possibly die?
Could it be that he was trying to trick her into leaving the palace to do something for him again?
Su Ying wasn’t in the mood to deal with him.
“Go and look for an Imperial Physician to go out of the palace to take a look at him. Unless that fellow is really about to die, there is no need to inform me.”
“Yes, Your Imperial Highness.”
After Su Ying gave her instructions, she locked the door to the inner hall and entered the interspatial store.
When she came out again, it was already noon. The two little ones had also finished classes and were eagerly heading to Conjugal Phoenix Palace to have lunch with her. Xiao Jin had also gone to her place from the Imperial study, just after they finished their meal, the Imperial Physician sent to the Prime Minister’s Residence returned to report.
“Greetings, Your Majesty, Your Imperial Highness.”
Su Ying took a sip of tea and cleared her throat before saying, “Please rise. How
is Prime Minister Su?”
The imperial Physician answered truthfully, “Your Imperial Highness, Prime Minister Su’s condition is indeed not too good.”
Su Ying’s actions froze. When she saw the Imperial Physician’s expression which did not seem to be lying, she asked, “What happened?”
“Your imperial Highness, judging from Prime Minister Su’s pulse, his internal organs are already extremely weak. Right now, he is barely hanging on by using ginseng. If he were to take any other types of medicine, it wouldn’t have much effect anymore.”
Su Ying and Xiao Jin exchanged glances. They could see the surprise in each other’s eyes.
Was Su Yulun really going to die?
There was no way Su Ying would pity him. She was just curious. After all, before leaving the capital city, she had confirmed that Su Yulun’s body would be fine as long as he took time to recuperate.
The Imperial Physician did not prescribe any more medicine for Su Yulun. He only gave instructions to let him drink a bowl of ginseng chicken soup every day to keep him alive.
‘■Since it’s still early, I’ll go to the Prime Minister’s Residence to take a look
later.”
Xiao Jin nodded. “Mm-hmm.”
After Xiao Jin returned to the Imperial study, Su Ying rode her phoenix carriage
to the Prime Minister’s Residence.
The people from the Prime Minister’s Residence rushed out after receiving the news.
“Greetings, Your Imperial Highness.”
Su Ying’s gaze swept past them indifferently before she headed straight for Su Yulun’s courtyard.
After Little Madam Jiang was gone from the residence, the Old Mistress of the Su family took over the management of food and household needs in the family. However, after Su Ying took away all the dowry belonging to the first Madam Jiang, the financial foundation of the Prime Minister’s Residence was almost emptied.
At first glance, the Prime Minister’s Residence still looked the same, but upon closer inspection, one could feel that it was obviously different. It felt much more poverty-stricken.
Su Yulun’s courtyard was very deserted. It was unknown whether it was because Su Yulun was seriously ill and needed to recuperate in peace or there was some other reason.
When Su Ying walked into the room, she detected a strong medicinal smell. The smell of medicine was accompanied by a putrid smell that made people feel nauseous.
Su Yulun lay on the bed with his eyes tightly shut. If it weren’t for Su Ying’s sharp senses, she would have thought that he was already dead.
Su Yulun was born quite good-looking. His forehead was square and full, and the outline of his jaw was clear. Even though he had already reached middle age, he could still be considered a handsome middle-aged man. However, the person lying on the bed now had dark circles under his eyes, and his face was so thin that it was sunken. The shape of his skull was protruding so distinctly that he resembled a skeleton wrapped in a layer of skin. At a glance, it was a very terrifying sight.
There was absolutely no way for him to fake this look.
Su Ying pulled out Su Yulun’s hand to check his pulse. As soon as she took his pulse, her brows furrowed.
The Imperial Physician’s words were indeed true. Su Yulun’s pulse indicated that he was not far from death.
However, how did he end up like this?
Previously, when she came to ask for the blueprints of the dam, he was still full of energy. Yet now, he was on the verge of death for no reason?
Su Ying ordered everyone to leave the room and that no one was to enter without her orders.
Zhou Qing understood and walked out of the room to keep watch at the door.
The moment the door closed, Su Ying lifted the blanket off Su Yulun’s body and brought him into her interspatial store.
She wanted to know what was wrong with Su Yulun.
After entering the interspatial store, Su Ying placed the man on the machine and began to perform various tests on him.
After the examination was completed, she brought him out before going back into the interspatial store to check the results.
However, the results she received surprised her.
Su Yulun had some middle-aged diseases, but none of them were fatal. There was no fatal virus found in his body either. More importantly, his organs were showing signs of necrotic decay. His liver had hardened visibly, and many nodules had appeared in his lungs which needed to be removed. Even the inner wall of his stomach had turned black.
Su Ying looked at Su Yulun in utter bewilderment. How did his body turn into such an abominable state?
After checking the results, Su Ying summoned the caretaker of the Su family.
The caretaker bowed and said respectfully, “May I know what instructions Your Imperial Highness has for me after summoning me?”
“Your Imperial Highness, there has always been a maidservant that the Prime Minister trusts serving him.” With these words, the caretaker was implying to Su Ying that the person Su Yulun arranged for himself had nothing to do with him.
-When did he become seriously ill? Wasn’t his injury almost healed previously?”
“Your imperial Highness, this… I discovered that something was not quite right with the Prime Minister more than a month ago.”
The caretaker quickly raised his head to glance at Su Ying. When he saw that her expression remained unchanged, he continued, “Previously, the Prime Minister’s injuries were almost healed. However, there was one occasion when the Prime Minister accidentally fell into the water and caught a cold. After that, his body’s condition wasn’t too good. At that time, we managed to ask the Imperial Physician in the palace to come and check on him. The Imperial Physician said that the Prime Minister had suffered a shock and the cold affliction had penetrated his bones. He had to stay in the house to recuperate properly. Since then, the Prime Minister has not left this room and has been recuperating in bed. However, for some reason, his body’s condition… kept getting worse and worse..”