Chapter 244: Secrets of the Imperial Palace

The sun rises in the east, and it is noon.

Zhao Heng walked out of the palace alone, frowning.

Today, after a conversation with Queen Mu, he still failed to solve the key problem.

The palace is not his own backyard, so he can't come whenever he wants.

The main palace is fine. The Imperial Hospital has a duty room in the palace, not far from the palace. Zhao Heng will often come here for duty in the future.

With the radiation range of his spiritual sense, he can monitor most areas of the palace by staying in the duty room.

But it is difficult to monitor the harem. There are three thousand beauties in the harem, all of whom are the women of Emperor Hao Yuan. Naturally, he will not allow a man to sneak in.

What's more, there are masters of the Ascension Realm in the palace, and Zhao Heng can't do whatever he wants.

Now, the Queen can only buy one hour for herself every two days at most.

Zhao Heng must think of a way to stay in the harem for a longer time with a legitimate reason.

Queen Mu did provide Zhao Heng with an idea.

As an imperial physician, if Zhao Heng could demonstrate his superb medical skills, the concubines and princesses in the palace would hear about it.

These nobles would definitely ask him to treat them when they have a headache or a fever.

There are so many people in the palace, and many people get sick almost every day. Zhao Heng can greatly extend the number and duration of entering and leaving the harem.

This is a way, but Zhao Heng is a fake imperial physician and knows nothing about medicine, so this method does not seem to work.

"Forget it, anyway, I have left a spiritual mark on the queen. If she is really in danger, I can rush over as soon as possible.

The guards in the palace are not completely useless. As long as they block a little, they can still rescue in time.

As for launching a "strategy" against Emperor Haoyuan's harem, I'd better think of a way slowly."

Zhao Heng comforted himself in his heart and returned to the Imperial Hospital alone.

Not long after Zhao Heng returned to the Imperial Hospital, the Queen sent someone to deliver some gold, silver, silk and other rewards.

Zhao Heng was ordered to go to the palace every other day to treat her headache.

This news, once passed back to the Imperial Hospital, immediately shocked the Imperial Hospital.

As powerless medical officers, the Imperial Hospital, including the imperial doctors.

All they could rely on, apart from their own medical skills, was to cling to the powerful in the palace.

But many people spent their whole lives, at most treating minor illnesses for princesses and princes, not only did they not get any practical benefits, but if they failed to cure the disease, they would have to pay for it themselves.

Being able to see the Empress directly like Zhao Heng, to rise to the top in one step, and to receive rewards from the Empress, was simply a blessing from heaven, which made people envious and jealous.

For a time, officials from various medical clinics in the Imperial Hospital were discussing this matter, and in the clinic under Zhao Heng's jurisdiction.

The doctors headed by Shen San were even more excited and ecstatic.

In addition, Zhao Heng generously took out half of the gold and silver rewarded by the Empress and distributed it to everyone.

It made everyone extremely excited, and their loyalty to Zhao Heng soared.

Especially Shen San, who had already decided in his heart that he would follow Zhao Yuyi for the rest of his life, even if he had to work like a cow or a horse.

Zhao Heng was naturally not interested in the envy and flattery of the crowd.

These days, he has applied to work in the duty room of the palace.

Perhaps because he was too lazy to see Zhao Heng in the Imperial Hospital, the hospital envoy directly agreed to Zhao Heng's application.

In this way, Zhao Heng could "catch fish and practice" in the duty room in the southeast corner of the palace during the day.

With the help of his spiritual sense and such a close distance, he could arrive in time when the queen was in any danger.

While practicing in the duty room, Zhao Heng also felt it faintly.

In the palace, there was indeed a fluctuation of the breath of a powerful person in the heavenly realm. Zhao Heng did not take the initiative to explore to prevent his identity from being revealed.

Moreover, it was good to have a congenital master in the palace, which added another layer of protection against magic warriors.

In addition to being on duty in front of the main palace every day, Zhao Heng went to the harem every two days as usual to give the queen a "head therapy".

Taking this opportunity, Zhao Heng would use his spiritual sense to explore the environment around the queen, check the people serving her, and prevent the magic warriors from sneaking in.

Unfortunately, he was the imperial physician, and the queen could not take him for a walk in the harem, so the scope and personnel of the exploration were always limited.

Every day after leaving the palace, it happened to be the time when the Imperial Hospital was on duty.

Zhao Heng would let Shen San take him and call a few doctors from the Imperial Hospital to stroll around the imperial capital, drink and eat, watch operas and listen to music, which was very leisurely.

Zhao Heng was certainly not enjoying life. He did this because he was familiar with the terrain of the imperial capital.

By the way, he used his spiritual sense to explore everywhere to see if there were any traces of magic warriors, which could be regarded as a "sampling inspection".

Secondly, he wanted to understand the situation of the royal family through these colleagues.

As Zhao Heng was now often summoned by the queen, some imperial doctors in the Imperial Hospital had changed their attitudes.

They were no longer indifferent and distant to him, and began to actively make friends with Zhao Heng.

These imperial doctors were people who often went in and out of the palace, and they had a deep understanding of the affairs of the palace.

Zhao Heng made friends with them, generously gave them money, took them to eat, drink and have fun, and secretly controlled them with soul-stealing.

They told Zhao Heng almost all the secrets of the palace that they knew.

For example, half a year ago, when a certain imperial concubine was about to give birth, she suddenly had a hemorrhage, the fetus died in the womb, and she also died.

The imperial doctor found that she was poisoned by some kind of poison in her body through examination. He wanted to report this to the emperor, but received a bloody dagger and 100 taels of gold at night.

In the end, this person could only report that the imperial concubine died of dystocia.

For example, a few days ago, when an imperial physician felt the pulse of a concubine in the palace, he found that she was pregnant, but the emperor had never visited her in recent years.

The concubine used coercion and bribery to make the imperial physician conceal the news, and secretly prescribed a miscarriage medicine.

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There are many other palace chaos, and these imperial physicians unconsciously revealed them to Zhao Heng.

At the same time, Zhao Heng also learned that Emperor Haoyuan had been on the throne for more than ten years, and except for the first few years, he was still diligent in governing the country.

Then he became obsessed with "looking for elixirs and asking for medicine", and hired a "wandering Taoist" who was good at alchemy as the national teacher, and built a Zhaixing Tower.

Every day in the tower, he made elixirs with the Taoist and sought the truth, and had no interest in government affairs, and even didn't bother to go to the harem.

In recent years, unless it was a major event that could not be shirked, the emperor never went to court, and all officials were heartbroken, but helpless.

In addition, the eldest son of Emperor Hao Yuan, the son of Empress Mu, and the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace who is now in charge of the state, also does not look like a wise ruler.

The Eastern Palace is full of singing and dancing every night, and the Crown Prince has many concubines and is addicted to wine and sex every day, and he also ignores the affairs of state.

The father and son are both in a bad situation. Now the court depends on a group of old cabinet ministers, and Empress Mu occasionally makes decisions, so that the country can function normally.

In addition, the concubines in the royal family often ask the Imperial Hospital for some beauty and nourishing prescriptions.

There is no way, Emperor Hao Yuan is addicted to alchemy, and he doesn't turn over cards or play poker.

These ladies are alone in their empty rooms, and can only focus on maintaining their appearance and body, looking forward to the day when His Majesty the Emperor will be interested and can cooperate in the best state.

It would be best if they could become famous overnight, conceive a dragon heir, and occupy a place in the harem.

The princes and princesses in the palace prefer elegant things such as "poetry, songs, music, chess, calligraphy and painting".

He often held literary gatherings inside and outside the palace, inviting talented scholars from the Imperial College of the imperial capital to gather, write poems, and discuss the past and the present.

Among them, the most famous one was the emperor's second daughter, "Princess Yuqing", who was named the eldest princess.

This woman was so talented that even the talented scholars in the Imperial College had to bow down to her.

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Zhao Heng now knew many people and secrets in the palace, and he was becoming more and more familiar with the imperial capital.

But he still didn't think of a way to expand his influence in the harem and strengthen monitoring.

Helplessly, Zhao Heng could only maintain the status quo temporarily and seize every opportunity to practice.

Relying on the powerful medicinal effect of Shengling Pills, coupled with the terrifying absorption speed of Zhao Heng's "three dantians".

His cultivation was improving day by day, and his strength was constantly improving.

More than a month had passed.

Zhao Heng was very fortunate that no accidents happened inside or outside the palace.

That day, the duty was over.

As soon as Zhao Heng walked out of the imperial city, he met Shen San and several imperial doctors who were anxiously waiting outside the city gate.

Zhao Heng was surprised, "Why are you here so early today?"

Shen San hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, "Sir, today is a big day, come with us to see the excitement!"

"Big day?" Zhao Heng looked puzzled.

Shen San lowered his voice and said excitedly, "Sir, tonight is the annual Golden Autumn Night.

The four major brothels in the imperial capital jointly set up the "Golden Autumn Night Banquet" in the Golden Phoenix Pavilion. The courtesans on the fourth floor will select their guests tonight.

The young masters of the aristocratic families and the talented scholars in the city have already rushed over. Let's go and join in the fun!"

Zhao Heng then realized that several colleagues had excited expressions on their faces, and their eyes flashed with a light that only men can understand.

Zhao Heng hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded in agreement.

He thought about it, such a grand event must be mixed with people and a huge flow of people.

By then, a spiritual scan would be much more efficient than wandering around the imperial capital every day and conducting random sampling surveys aimlessly. There might even be unexpected discoveries.

So the group hurried to the Golden Phoenix Pavilion...