EBE Chapter 449: Be Open-Minded
Chapter 449: Be Open-Minded
This time it was Li Zhi's turn to remain silent. After a long while, he could be heard in a low voice: "I understand. I will find a way to heal your face first."
I didn't hear Aunt Jing's voice.
Zhou Chang guessed that she was shaking her head.
Li Zhi added, "I heard that Prince Yi also asked that Dean Xu to treat your injury. He is a useless person, so you can't count on him. Here is a prescription I asked for from Doctor Liang in the Imperial Hospital. Keep it and see if it can be used."
"Xu Wei is just a quack. The prince won't let him treat my illness." Aunt Jing said with contempt. Although she couldn't get out of bed, she knew Xu Wei's condition every day. "I just regret that there is nothing we can do about him now. Otherwise, how could he let it go so easily when he misdiagnosed the queen back then?"
"Back then?" Li Zhi had obviously heard something about it. "Are you talking about Concubine Lan's story?"
"Alas, it was not easy to talk to you about this matter in the past. What's the point of talking about it?" Aunt Jing always felt unhappy when she mentioned Xu Wei.
Li Zhize also said: "His medical skills are sloppy, but he also likes some unorthodox methods. He even dared to bring medicine to the palace ladies in private. I don't know where he spends all the money he earns. I came here this time to warn you, but I didn't expect that you had already been prepared, so I was relieved."
"Forget it, let's not mention him. You can go back quickly." Aunt Jing didn't want to mention Xu Wei anymore and was about to send Li Zhi away.
Li Zhi said again: "Please consider what I said. I am sincere."
"I won't consider it. Just go." Aunt Jing refused bluntly, not wanting to leave Li Zhi with any thoughts.
Li Zhi was silent for a while, perhaps thinking about something, and finally said: "You should take good care of your injuries first. If there is another opportunity in the future, I will go out of the palace to see you."
"Don't come again." Aunt Jing was still decisive, "From now on, you should take good care of your legs."
Li Zhi didn't know how to react, but he didn't say anything else and turned around and left the room.
Zhou Chang just stood in the middle of the main hall without moving, not afraid that Li Zhi would know she was eavesdropping. When they came out, they left the house and went to the courtyard together.
Knowing that Aunt Jing had no intention, Zhou Chang prepared to send her away: "Don't take it to heart. Aunt Jing has gone through such a huge change, so it's inevitable that her emotions will be unstable."
Li Zhi's face looked much better than before he went in. "I understand. Your Majesty, please take care of Jing Xin. I will also try to find a way to heal her face."
"I have thought of all possible solutions and have invited all the famous doctors I can." Zhou Chang was now helpless. "I am afraid there is no other way. It is bound to leave injuries in the future and it will never recover."
Li Zhi became worried again. He had been staying in the palace for many years and, apart from the imperial physician, he didn't know any other famous doctors, so his knowledge was really limited.
Zhou Chang had no hope at all, and looked at the thin monkey: "If you are in a hurry, I will let the monkey take you there."
Li Zhi also bowed and said goodbye: "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Zhou Chang remembered what Gao Yuan said before, that there were people watching near the palace, and he couldn't help but worry: "Wait, make sure no one saw you when you came, I'll let Gao Yuan go and find out first..."
As they were talking, the skinny monkey came in mumbling with a few pieces of paper. Seeing Prince Yi and Li Zhi standing in the yard, he hurriedly tried to put them away.
“That is…?” Zhou Chang did not mean to avoid Li Zhi.
The thin monkey said, "Your Majesty, this is Xu Wei's confession, but it is so twisted and I don't know if it is true or not. I don't know if it can be used. Brother Gao just sent it to me and asked me to ask for your advice."
Li Zhi was not unaware of Xu Wei's affairs. Zhou Chang took the confession and handed it to Li Zhi: "This is Xu Wei's confession. Li, please help me take a look and see how much of it is true."
Li Zhi was well-trained and kept his expression unchanged. He took the confession and did not ask what the so-called "confession" meant. He scanned it in a short time and said, "Your Highness, it is difficult to verify whether it is true or false."
"Oh, that's right." Zhou Chang also knew that it was unreliable to ask for confirmation in this way, so he raised his hand to send him off again, "In this case, I won't delay Manager Li, Monkey..."
Li Zhi handed the paper back to the thin monkey, but said: "However, I have heard about Xu Wei and his deeds in the palace. If Your Highness is willing, I can do my best to help."
"Oh? You have evidence in your hand..." Zhou Chang was surprised.
Li Zhi was able to sit in the high position of the second-in-command of the inner court for no reason. He smiled slightly and said, "Xu Wei is too greedy for money, so it is inevitable that he will be careless in doing things. If he is determined to find it, there is no reason why he cannot be found. I just don't know to what extent the prince wants to deal with him?"
Li Zhi was willing to do this mostly because of what Aunt Jing had just said.
Although the two of them failed to come to an agreement, Zhou Chang was not polite: "Whatever crime he committed, it's just that I have no evidence."
Li Zhi nodded, as if he was thinking.
Zhou Chang didn't expect what Li Zhi would do, but he took a step back: "If you can find favorable evidence, remove Xu Wei from his position as the head of the Imperial Hospital, and preferably make him unable to be a doctor again for the rest of his life and stop harming people, Aunt Jing and my Prince Yi's Mansion will all be grateful for your kindness."
Li Zhi waved his hands quickly: "Your Highness, you are embarrassing me by saying that. Your Highness and Concubine Lan have a deep mother-son relationship, and Jing Xin and Concubine Lan also have a deep bond between master and servant. Your two affairs are my business, Li Zhi's. Just wait for the result."
"In that case, I don't need to thank you for your kindness, but Aunt Jing has her own choice and I can't force her." No matter how happy Zhou Chang was, he did not forget to say this in advance.
Prince Yi wants revenge, but he can't do it by sacrificing Aunt Jing's wishes.
Li Zhi didn't care and bowed again: "I am not doing this for anything else. I am not asking for the protection of His Royal Highness Prince Yi, nor for Jing Xin. I just hope to do something for her, even if it is just to comfort her."
At this point, Zhou Chang felt that any more words of thanks would be redundant, so he just clasped his hands together and bowed solemnly to express his gratitude.
Afterwards, Zhou Chang asked Shouhou to take the lead and see if there were any sneaky people outside the west corner gate. Then he personally sent Li Zhi to the west corner gate before returning.
Li Zhi left in a hired carriage.
The skinny monkey turned around and held the papers Xu Wei had confessed on and asked, "Your Majesty, will Xu Wei continue the interrogation?"
"No need. We don't know whether it's true or not. If there is actual evidence, these papers will be useless." Zhou Chang led the skinny monkey back. "Tell Gao Yuan to interrogate him for another night and force Xu Wei to write something more realistic. Let him go tomorrow and send someone to drive a carriage to take him to the gate of the mansion. Just don't let him die on the road."
"Yes." The skinny monkey put away the confession paper and turned to find Gao Yuan.
Zhou Chang returned to Aunt Jing's yard. Li Zhi promised to help deal with Xu Wei's matter and told Aunt Jing about it.
After hearing this, Aunt Jing showed no emotion on her face and just pondered in her heart.
Zhou Chang couldn't figure out what was going on between the two of them, so he left and went straight to find Yuan Qi.