Chapter 58: Deposed Empress Rong Yuer
Liu Mingyue was very satisfied with the person Miss Hong had brought. She stroked the ribs of her folding fan and nodded repeatedly, "Good, he really has the air of a scholar."
"I don't deserve your praise, sir." The woman in front of him had probably heard too many compliments and was not surprised by them.
"Hey! Miss, you are being too modest. Please sit at the table over there. Next, you only need to do one thing, which is to copy the female ring ten times. Apart from that, you don't need to do anything else. Just copy it carefully and don't make any mistakes."
Liu Mingyue pointed to the table in the corner with a smile. The girl was startled when she heard it. A female ring that needs to be copied ten times? There are all kinds of people who come to Zui Xiang Lou to have fun. The girl has seen strange people before, but this is the first time she has seen such a strange one.
However, the young man did not want to explain more, and turned to the young man sitting opposite him to pour wine and drink. The girl walked to the table in a daze and sat down, spreading out the rice paper and grinding ink, and glanced at Liu Mingyue when she picked up the pen.
I thought the customer specifically chose the one with good handwriting because she wanted to appreciate calligraphy, but I didn't expect that he wanted her to copy a women's ring. His taste must be very special.
However, it was not just the girl who was surprised. Bai Ziyu glanced at the wine handed to him and took it in a daze: "What are you doing? I'm afraid you can't finish copying the Women's Precepts ten times in a whole day."
There is no enjoyment in making people sit in a corner and copy, as they cannot see how others write.
Liu Mingyue pulled the corners of her mouth with a fake smile and laughed helplessly twice: "Haha, isn't this a personal need?"
She called the girl and asked her to copy the female ring ten times. People who didn't know would think that she had a grudge against her and was deliberately making things difficult for her. The Marquis's wife had said that the female ring must be copied, but Liu Mingyue would not be stupid enough to copy it herself, because the other party couldn't recognize her handwriting anyway.
Bai Ziyu was such a smart man that he understood everything from just one sentence. He wanted to ask her about what happened in the Marquis' Mansion, but since this place was full of Chi Hongyuan's spies and was not the place to ask, he had to suppress what was in his mind.
Coming out of the palace was much more troublesome than Liu Mingyue and the others leaving the house. Liu Mingyue and Bai Ziyu waited for an incense stick of time before Chi Hongyuan came in the night. Behind Chi Hongyuan, a woman in a cloak followed closely.
The woman was taller than an ordinary woman, but her cloak covered her completely, so her face could not be seen.
Although there was no need for introduction, Bai Ziyu and Liu Mingyue knew who the person who followed in was, and they both stood up respectfully to greet him.
"Let's go to the warm room to talk." Chi Hongyuan glanced around meaningfully, and the others understood.
The four of them went into the warm room at the back alone. There were already delicious wine and food on the table in the warm room. The madam had prepared everything in detail.
After the door of the warm room was closed, the sounds outside were isolated, and Liu Mingyue immediately discovered the mystery of this warm room.
This was probably some kind of special soundproofing to make it easier for Chi Hongyuan to get information or discuss something with others.
After entering the warm room, everyone's attention was silently focused on the woman in the cloak. The woman did not delay and took off the cloak that covered her tightly, and Chi Hongyuan took it from the side and hung it up.
The hood of the cloak was removed, revealing a face with stunning features, especially a pair of bright eyes, which were as bright as stars. It was a pity that although the man was still handsome, he was very thin, like a skeleton covered with a layer of skin, which was a bit scary if you looked closely.
Liu Mingyue and Bai Ziyu were both tactful. They lowered their eyes after just one glance and waited for Chi Hongyuan to speak.
"Mother, this is Master Liu, the one who introduced Divine Doctor Bai to me, and this is Divine Doctor Bai."
Chi Hongyuan first introduced the identities of Liu Mingyue and Rong Yuer, and then said: "This is my mother."
Chi Hongyuan made the introduction of the once deposed queen very simple. Today, Rong Yuer is just his mother.
After Chi Hongyuan introduced them, Liu Mingyue and Bai Ziyu bowed and said, "I greet you, Your Majesty."
Rong Yuer reached out her hands to support the two of them, and said softly, "You two don't have to be so polite. Yuan'er said that you two are young, and today I see that you are indeed young dragons and phoenixes. I'll leave my illness to Divine Doctor Bai."
Before leaving the palace, Rong Yuer knew that one of the people she was going to meet today looked to be under the age of 15, but she didn't expect him to be so young.
"I don't deserve it. Please come over here so I can feel your pulse." Bai Ziyu waited for Rong Yuer to sit down before taking out a cushion and placing it under her wrist to feel her pulse.
As soon as he felt Rong Yuer's pulse, Bai Ziyu's face changed. In order not to lose his composure, he concealed his surprise and then raised his eyes to check Rong Yuer's face, thinking to himself, as expected.
"Doctor Bai, if you have anything to say, just say it." Rong Yu'er and Chi Hongyuan looked at each other, and their eyes fell on Bai Ziyu.
Chi Hongyuan crossed his arms and looked at Bai Ziyu with an inquiring look. Liu Mingyue, who was temporarily useless, stood quietly by the side, but she could also see that Bai Ziyu's expression was not right.
"I have observed your pulse and found that the reason you are thin is not because of years of hard work, but because you have been poisoned. This poison is extremely potent and rare."
Bai Ziyu explained, and could more or less guess what was going on. The former abandoned queen was poisoned by a rare and rare poison. Who could have poisoned her?
As a doctor, he only needs to be responsible for treating the disease. As for other problems, even if he sees them, he has to pretend not to know in order to save his own life.
"This poison won't kill you immediately, but it will eat away at your body, drain your energy and nutrients, causing you to become thinner and harder to fall asleep, causing you to suffer nightmares."
Bai Ziyu concentrated on feeling Rong Yuer's pulse, thinking that it was a miracle that she could hold on until today.
"At first, because there is no other discomfort in the body, the poisoned person will just think that he has not eaten enough. However, even if he eats more food every day, his weight will continue to drop without gaining any weight. Until finally... his energy and spirit are completely consumed, and he is tortured to a state of skin and bones before dying in agony."
Liu Mingyue initially thought that the deposed queen was so thin because she had been in the cold palace for many years and had suffered a lot.
After hearing Bai Ziyu's explanation that the queen was deposed because of poisoning, her face suddenly changed. If that was the case, then the queen was already at the end of her rope? Was that why Chi Hongyuan agreed to her request?
Otherwise, with Chi Hongyuan's mind, he could have slowly pulled it off, and the old illness could be cured after all. But poisoning was different. If the poison could not be removed in time, Rong Yuer would soon die.
When in Wei Temple, Liu Mingyue brought up Bai Ziyu, thinking she would negotiate with Chi Hongyuan, but she didn't expect that he agreed. It turned out to be because of this reason.
"But from my observation of the Majesty's pulse, Your Highness must have tried his best to find a way to control the deterioration of the Majesty's health and used a lot of precious medicinal herbs. So the Majesty is thin, but she is not suffering much."
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