Chapter 1105

"Left Attendant, I have summoned you today for another important matter."

Zuo Feng nodded with a knowing look and said, "Please speak, Marquis of Ji. As long as it is something this humble servant can assist with, I will never refuse."

"It is very simple," Duan Yu said straightforwardly. "I have a few questions."

"After His Majesty consumed the Jade Pill presented by my father-in-law, there were no problems on the first day, but after he began to feel unwell, who was it that diagnosed His Majesty?"

"Imperial Physician Zhang Feng."

Zuo Feng, who had already prepared himself, answered readily, "It was Imperial Physician Zhang Feng."

"His Majesty was very happy after taking the Jade Pill on the first day because its effects were excellent, though there was slight discomfort."

"That is why he summoned Imperial Physician Zhang Feng for a diagnosis."

Liu Hong had indulged in wine and women for years, and his body had long since been hollowed out.

Although Duan Yu had never seen the Jade Pill, based on the description by his father-in-law Dong Zhuo, the Jade Pill was actually a potent aphrodisiac.

Liu Hong's indulgence in wine and women was not merely a matter of his body being hollowed out.

His cardiovascular system must have been extremely fragile.

Under such circumstances, taking this kind of medication was inherently risky.

In later generations, this was common medical knowledge.

A person with cardiovascular disease cannot take that kind of medication.

Liu Hong's current symptoms were those of a cerebral hemorrhage.

Yang Qi leaking out, Qi and blood in chaotic reversal, insufficient True Qi, and evil Qi remaining alone.

These were all descriptions of the symptoms of a cerebral hemorrhage.

But if it were just because of the Jade Pill, then one could only say his father-in-law Dong Zhuo was unlucky.

However, the matter was certainly not that simple.

The problem must lie with Zhang Feng.

"I need the prescription that Imperial Physician Zhang Feng wrote after diagnosing His Majesty."

"Left Attendant, you can get it, right?" Duan Yu looked at Zuo Feng.

Zuo Feng nodded and said, "No problem. In the Imperial Hospital, there are records and books containing the prescriptions left after diagnosing His Majesty. Once I return to the palace later, I will have them sent to the Marquis of Ji."

"It's just that..."

"Marquis of Ji, let me add a word."

"If this truly involves the Imperial Physician, then as for Attendant Zhang... do we need to notify him?"

Duan Yu shook his head.

Zhang Rang...

Was already a thing of the past.

Once Liu Hong died, Zhang Rang had already lost his power.

Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, and the others had never gotten along with Jian Shuo, and now that Empress Dowager Dong needed to rely on Jian Shuo to control the Imperial Guard, Zhang Rang and the others had already been marginalized.

Furthermore, Zhang Feng was Zhang Rang's only heir, and what he was doing this time was to cut weeds and eliminate roots, eradicating all threats, both actual and potential.

"This humble servant understands."

After a few simple and clear words, Duan Yu rose to see Zuo Feng out.

Before the sky had turned completely dark, Zuo Feng had already sent someone to deliver the detailed records of Zhang Feng's diagnosis of Liu Hong, as well as a rubbing of the prescription Zhang Feng had written for Liu Hong, to Duan Yu.

Sitting in his study, Duan Yu looked at the prescription Zhang Feng had written.

Duan Yu did not know much about medicine, but this was Luoyang, and there were plenty of people with superb medical skills.

Duan Yu handed the prescription to Zhao Yun, then sent it to the Pinxuan Pavilion, and through the Military Intelligence Office, had it sent to a famous medical officer in Luoyang City to be interpreted.

"My Lord, the Grand General's sister, the wife of the Imperial Physician, is outside requesting an audience."

Zhao Feng's voice sounded from outside the study.

Hearing that it was He Lingman, Duan Yu immediately gave orders to let her in.

Before long, He Lingman, dressed in a purple robe with a figure as voluptuous as a ripe peach, arrived at Duan Yu's study.

The moment she saw Duan Yu, the deep affection in He Lingman's eyes instantly turned into a trickling stream.

"You heartless man, do you know how worried I was about you?"

After a mournful sigh, He Lingman leaned into Duan Yu's arms.

As the saying goes, a short separation is better than a new marriage.

Moreover, it was no longer a short separation for Duan Yu and He Lingman.

"Why did you come?" Duan Yu looked at the soft-bodied He Lingman in his arms.

He Lingman rolled her eyes: "What, are you not happy that I came?"

"If I hadn't taken the initiative to come, you wouldn't have thought of me either."

He Lingman's tone was resentful.

But her actions were honest, as she pressed tightly against Duan Yu's chest.

"My eldest brother asked me to come find you," He Lingman said, her teeth biting her red lips.

Oh?

Duan Yu raised an eyebrow.

Could it be that He Jin knew about the affair between them?

"Don't let your imagination run wild." He Lingman's fingers slid gently across Duan Yu's chest: "My eldest brother doesn't know about us."

"My eldest brother asked me to come because he hopes I can persuade you to support him."

Duan Yu laughed.

This He Jin.

He really is... he really is naive.

He Jin didn't even know that Liu Bian was missing, yet he still harbored delusions of turning the tables?

With his most important card gone, what could he use to turn the tables?

At a time like this, he still harbored delusions of seizing power.

"Hehe, then how do you intend to persuade me to support your brother?" Duan Yu smiled and hooked He Lingman's chin.

He Lingman's eyes flickered, and everything was self-evident.

After a long while, silence returned to the study.

But the scent of fragrant sweat lingered in the room for a long time.

He Lingman, her flushed complexion not yet faded, lay weakly on the desk.

Under the candlelight, her skin exuded a full luster.

"The one responsible for diagnosing His Majesty was your husband, Zhang Feng."

"During the two days he was diagnosing His Majesty, were there any strange actions or the like?"

Duan Yu, having put on a black robe, leaned back behind the desk with his chest open, looking at He Lingman as if admiring a piece of jade-carved art.

He Lingman shook her head slowly and said: "That, there wasn't, but..."

"But there is something that should be able to help you."

"What thing?" Duan Yu asked curiously.

Immediately, He Lingman told Duan Yu about a book Zhang Feng carried with him that recorded his secrets.

"After marrying Zhang Feng, I didn't know his secrets; I only knew he couldn't perform the acts of a man."

"But at first I didn't loathe him, until I discovered that book recording his secrets."

"He has a separate courtyard in the back of the residence; I used to think he was researching medicine there."

"But later I discovered..."

He Lingman recounted Zhang Feng's various perverted behaviors.

Every few days, Zhang Feng would torture and kill a maid, and the methods he used were extremely cruel.

Duan Yu listened with narrowed eyes.

"If that's the case, then that book seems to have some records," Duan Yu said, nodding slowly.

With Zhang Feng's prescription, if that book also provided testimony, it would prove Zhang Feng's motive.

Now only one last problem remained: how to implicate the Yuan family in this matter.