In the power struggle between Liang Shicheng and Cai Jing against upstarts Wang Fu and Li Yan, Li Yanqing was just a small piece, and he was not qualified to squeeze into the position of a chess player. He knew this.

But Li Yanqing also knew that whether it was Liang Shicheng or Cai Jing, they were old politicians who could not spit out bones. They wanted to rely on them to make a fortune. Unless they were willing to be obedient pawns for life, they would be swallowed up by them without hesitation if they surpassed them.

If he really wanted to train him to be the mainstay of the Song Dynasty, there was only a righteous person like Zhong Shidao who was loyal to his duties and loyal to the country. Unfortunately, the officialdom of the Song Dynasty became increasingly dark and there was no place for Zhong Shidao to live in.

Li Yanqing either sinks into the darkness or learns to protect himself in the darkness. When everyone abandons the crown prince Zhao Huan, fearing that he will involve him, Li Yanqing knows that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. There are many people who add icing on the cake, but there are no ones who help in time. This time he will be a help in time.

The official title of Zhao Taicheng sounds very awesome, but in fact he is just a ninth-rank sesame official and the Imperial Physician Bureau Chief. However, being able to become a ninth-rank medical official is the best among imperial doctors and has extremely powerful medical skills.

Zhao Taicheng's name was Zhao Jici, who was about fifty years old. His grandfather and father were both imperial physicians in the palace. He helped his father carry medicine boxes since he was over ten years old and practiced medicine in the palace for forty years. At the age of forty-three, he inherited his father's official position and Imperial Physician Bureau Chief.

Decades of medical career and diligent professional ethics have made him not only famous in the palace, but also in the capital. People call him Divine Doctor Zhao or Zhao Taicheng.

Zhao Taicheng's mansion is located on the East Street of Yujie, which is an extremely prosperous prime location. This mansion covering an area of ​​about five acres was rewarded by his grandfather after he cured Empress Dowager Gao's serious illness. The plaque "Zhao Taicheng Mansion" hung on his door was also a personal inscription by Emperor Shenzong at that time.

As night fell, Li Yanqing came to Zhao Taicheng's mansion. Zhao Jici had two sons. The eldest son inherited his career and went to the palace to practice medicine with him since he was a child. He was already an imperial physician.

The second son found his own job. Zhao Jici specially built a one-acre clinic for his youngest son on the left side of the gate of the mansion. He hung a sign of Zhao Taicheng to treat the people in the capital. During his spare time, he and his eldest son would also sit in the hall to practice medicine here.

However, Zhao Jici is now fifty-five years old and doesn't go out for medical treatment. Except for the powerful and noble people, he will come to the hospital in person, so he can only come to the clinic for medical treatment. Moreover, he only has two types of diseases. One is that even his son cannot treat it, and the second is that the other party is willing to pay a fifty tael of medical treatment, and he can also directly seek medical treatment.

Li Yanqing did not enter the mansion directly, but came to the clinic. A little medicine boy stood at the door and said to Li Yanqing: "I'm sorry, the clinic has been closed. Unless it is an emergency room, it is generally not received."

"I'm looking for Zhao Taicheng, is he here?"

Yao Tong looked at him in confusion, "My old doctor is here, but he usually doesn't come to the hospital, let alone now, if you see an emergency department, I can go and ask Dr. Ma. The medical fee is the same as during the day, with 300 cents. If the official must find the owner, he will have to pay two taels of silver at this time."

Li Yanqing took out a ingot of ten taels of gold, "This is ten taels of gold, I want to find Zhao Taicheng!"

"Okay! Officials are here to sit in."

The other party took out ten taels of gold, equivalent to one hundred taels of silver. The medicine boy did not dare to neglect it, so he quickly invited Li Yanqing into the inner hall of the clinic and asked another child to serve tea for Li Yanqing. He ran into the inner hall to report.

Li Yanqing sat in the inner hall to drink tea while looking at the inner hall. The inner hall was arranged very simply. There was an Eight Immortals table in the middle, surrounded by four chairs. The place where he sat was the host and guest seat, and there was a small table next to it. There was a wooden board on the ground, which looked ordinary, but a plaque above his head made Li Yanqing see the name. There were four big characters on the plaque with gold edges, "Hanging the pot to save the world". Li Yanqing recognized it at a glance that it was the thin gold body of the emperor Zhao Ji.

At this time, a gentle cough came from outside the lobby, and an old man walked in with his hands behind his back. He was wearing a flat scarf and a half-old deep dress. He was the famous doctor Zhao Jici. He was well maintained. Although he was fifty-five years old, there was no wrinkle on his face.

"You are not here to see a doctor!" Zhao Jici walked into the inner hall and smiled faintly.

Famous doctors are concerned about looking, listening, asking and touching. He looked at Li Yanqing's complexion and knew that Li Yan had no illness, and he used ten taels of gold to seek medical treatment, which obviously had a different hidden meaning.

Li Yanqing stood up and bowed, "Let me be here for Li Yanqing!"

Zhao Jici suddenly realized, "It turns out to be Censor Li, I'm disrespectful, please sit down!"

The two of them took a seat with the guest and the host. Zhao Jici smiled and said, "Does Censor Li need my help when handling the case?"

"I want to ask Zhao Taicheng to send me a letter."

"Send a letter?"

Zhao Jici laughed, "I have been an imperial physician for forty years, and it is the first time someone asked me to deliver a letter. I wonder who Censor Li wants to deliver a letter to?"

Li Yanqing took out half of his jade pendant from his arms and placed it on the table. When Zhao Jici saw the jade pendant, his face changed drastically. He waved his hand and drove the two children at the door out, and said to Li Yanqing again: "Please go to the clinic to speak!"

There is also a small cottage in the inner hall, which is the clinic where Zhao Jici was treated. There is no window around it and it is very quiet. There is a bed next to it and a small table in the middle.

The two sat down at the table. Zhao Jici took out a square piece of white satin from his arms and opened it. There was also half a piece of jade inside. He put the jade pendant and half of Li Yanqing's jade together. It turned out to be a complete jade pendant.

Zhao Jici nodded and asked in a low voice: "I wonder if Censor Li has any urgent matters to tell the prince?"

Although the Zheng family was demoted, after all, there were three caves. In addition to a channel with Liang Shicheng, the Crown Prince Zhao Huan also had an extremely secret channel for external contact, that is, the Imperial Doctor Chief Zhao Jici.

Li Yanqing took out a letter and put it on the table and pushed it to Zhao Jici, "Please transfer this letter to the prince!"

Zhao Jici pondered for a moment and said, "Although I don't search for my body when I went to the East Palace, there were eunuchs next to me when I was treated. I couldn't take out the letter. It would be best if Censor Li could write it on silk. I put it in the wax pills in the medicine box, so that I would be foolproof."

Li Yanqing nodded and agreed, "It's good!"

Zhao Jici immediately went back to get the white silk ink. Li Yanqing picked up the pen and wrote a letter in detail and densely. When it was dry, he kneaded it into a small ball and stuffed it into a wax ball. He sealed it with wax again, and it turned out to be a big pill.

"Does Zhao Taicheng want to go to the East Palace these two days?"

"I will be on duty tomorrow. The Crown Princess is pregnant. I will go to see her tomorrow morning and this letter will be sent out."

Li Yanqing quickly stood up and saluted, "Thank you for your help!"

Zhao Jici stood up and smiled, "There is no big problem with Jingshi Li. Only Yin Tang's yang energy is slightly insufficient. If you restrain your sexual intercourse, your body will naturally recover."

Li Yanqing had to smile bitterly. He did have sex with Sisi a little, but he was actually seen by Zhao Jici's wise eyes.

The pregnancy of the Crown Princess Zhu is a big event. Since Zhu gave birth to the first prince four years ago, everyone has been looking forward to the birth of the second prince.

In order to hold his second grandson, Emperor Zhao Ji was even more careful. He sent eight experienced midwives to take care of the Crown Princess, and even ordered three imperial doctors to stay in the East Palace to care about any discomfort in the Crown Princess's health.

As soon as dawn, Zhao Jici came to the East Palace. He was an authority among the imperial physicians. The three imperial physicians in the Eastern Palace were all his subordinates. As the first imperial physician, he was also very concerned about the situation of the Crown Princess.

"How is the situation of the Crown Princess these days?" Zhao Jici asked the three imperial physicians.

"I feel like my pulse is a little too fast these two days. Maybe it's because I haven't had a good sleep at night?"

"possible?"

Zhao Jici glared at her eyes, "She is a four-month pregnant woman. The fetus is at its most critical moment. The pulse is very fast, and it is likely that the fetus is discomfort in the abdomen. How can you be careless?"

The three imperial physicians were so scared that they lowered their heads and did not dare to say anything. Zhao Jici asked again: "Did the Crown Princess get up?"

"I've gotten up, she gets up very early every day."

"Where is Your Highness the Crown Prince?"

"I've gotten up too, I should be walking with the princess in the garden."

"Okay! I'll give the Crown Princess a pulse."

An eunuch had already gone to inform the Crown Princess. Soon, the Crown Prince Zhao Huan accompanied the Chief Concubine Zhu back to Anning Hall. A palace maid put up a gauze curtain. Zhao Jici diagnosed the Crown Princess' pulse on the other side of the gauze curtain. He felt that the pulse had been smooth, so he asked, "How was the Empress sleep last night?"

"I slept very sweetly last night, better than the previous two days."

It seems that the pulse is indeed caused by poor sleep. He slowly said: "Empress try to keep a calm mind and keep quiet around you. It is not advisable to read books at night, and do not fall asleep too early. Just fall asleep on time."

At this time, the Crown Prince Zhao Huan asked, "How is the situation of the Crown Princess?"

"There is no big problem. It's because I'm not sleeping well the other two days ago, causing anxiety. I prescribed five doses of Anshen Decoction, decocted water one hour before going to bed, and took it for five consecutive days. The situation of the poor sleep of the empress should be gone."

Speaking of this, he turned his back to the two eunuchs and gave a wink to the prince Zhao Huan. Zhao Huan was stunned, and then he understood and smiled and said, "My sleep is not very good. Can I drink this kind of calming soup?"

"I specially prepared this for the Empress. It is suitable for pregnant women. Your Highness has a poor sleep and can take ginseng Yangrong Pills. I happen to have a pill here. Your Highness can try it at night."

After saying that, he took out a large wax seal pill from the medicine box and handed it to Zhao Huan. Zhao Huan took the pill and said with a smile: "Okay! I'll try it tonight. If it works, I'll tell Zhao Taicheng."

Zhao Jici left the decoction and sued him. Zhao Huan asked the palace maid to serve the princess to rest. He went back to the study himself. After closing the door, Zhao Huan crushed the wax balls and took out a piece of white silk from it. To his surprise, it turned out to be a letter written to him by Li Yanqing.

Zhao Huan was excited and sat down to read the letter carefully. The letter wrote about the two months of court struggle. Zhao Huan was very shocked. He knew nothing about the court, but he never expected that Liang Shicheng would form an alliance with Cai Jing.

In the letter, Li Yanqing also mentioned that the three departments were about to begin the trial. He clearly told Zhao Huan that this was the first major case that Li Yanqing had gained a foothold in the Censorate. If he could withstand Wang Fu's pressure and successfully concluded the case, then Wang Fu would not want to interfere in the Censorate's trial again in the future.

At the end of the letter, Li Yanqing mentioned a detail that the court had reached a maritime alliance with the Jin Dynasty, and the court was fully preparing for the Northern Expedition. At this critical moment, the emperor would not do anything to shake the national system, which made Zhao Huan breathe a sigh of relief. At least two or three years, his position as the prince would not be shaken.

Zhao Huan read the letter twice, then put the white silk into the incense burner and burned it. He was very cautious now and dared not keep any letters.

In fact, Zhao Huan did not trust Liang Shicheng very much. He knew that Liang Shicheng was too scheming. Although he was protecting himself now, if he really showed signs of being abolished, then the person who caused trouble would definitely be Liang Shicheng.

Especially after the secret letter incident, Liang Shicheng never contacted him again, obviously deliberately keeping a distance. Moreover, Liang Shicheng also played an extremely disgraceful role in the case of Zheng Rongtai cheating in the imperial examination. Liang Shicheng also reported that he suggested sending Zheng Baishi to the Taoist temple to become a monk, which made Zhao Huan feel disappointed.

However, it was Li Yanqing who sent support at his weakest moment, which made Zhao Huan feel inexplicably moved and made him feel a warm feeling of helping him in time.19
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