Xiaoqin was so frightened that her soul left her body and her knees went weak and she fell to the ground.
Beat to death!
The nightmare came too suddenly. She kowtowed and begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, I am innocent! I did not stir up trouble. I saw it with my own eyes. Concubine Chen and Doctor Mo were in broad daylight——"
The rest of the words could not be uttered.
Because the guards had covered Xiaoqin's mouth tightly and dragged her out of the gate of Changxin Palace like dragging garbage. The room suddenly fell into silence. The dinner on the table emitted steam, and Lu Xuan's face was twisted and distorted in the heat.
Lu Xuan said in panic, "Your Majesty! It's not that I'm jealous. Concubine Chen is the only one who is favored by you, but she is involved with Doctor Mo. Xiaoqin saw with her own eyes that there was Concubine Chen's handkerchief in Doctor Mo's room. How can these two be innocent?"
Li Yuanjing looked at her deeply.
The look in his eyes was truly terrifying, his pupils were dark and sinister.
There was no emotion at all, as if looking at a cold, dead object.
"I am not blind to the dirty deeds of the Lu family." Li Yuanjing said, "Take care of yourself."
A bone-chilling chill surged into Lu Xuan's heart, and she felt as if she had fallen into an icy cave. She opened her mouth, but couldn't utter a word for a long time.
The sun was shining brightly, but Lu Xuan felt cold all over.
When she came to her senses, Li Yuanjing's tall dark figure had disappeared. The palace servants were trembling with fear, not daring to breathe, and lowered their heads to help up Lu Xuan who had collapsed on the ground.
Lu Xuan's face was cold. She touched her face subconsciously and found that it was covered with tears before she knew it.
The young maid's voice was still trembling as she stuttered, "Master...The Emperor asked you to stay in Changxin Palace for three months to recuperate."
A disguised form of house arrest.
It took Lu Xuan a long time to recover from the suffocating fear. Li Yuanjing's words kept echoing in her mind - "Take care of yourself."
Lu Xuan wrapped her arms subconsciously.
She suddenly realized that the emperor might start dealing with the Lu family. The two century-old families, the Tan Tai family and the Xie family, fell one after another, the Wu family took the initiative to surrender, and other families handed over their power one after another. Only the Lu family remained entrenched in Yunzhou, greedily seizing the remains left behind by other families.
At this moment, Lu Xuan finally understood what it meant for an emperor to be ruthless.
"Master, what should we do? Should we ask the Duke for help?" The maid knelt beside Lu Xuan, tears in her eyes.
Lu Xuan closed her eyes, feeling sad.
She thought about it for a long time, and finally wrote a letter to Duke Lu, asking her father to keep a low profile and not to be too greedy for fame, wealth and fortune, at least on the surface.
After the letter was written, the palace maid took it to deliver it.
The sumptuous lunch on the table had cooled down. Lu Xuan sat back at the table in a daze, picked up a piece of cold shrimp with her white jade chopsticks, and tasted it slowly. It tasted like chewing wax.
"Why... does the emperor trust Concubine Chen so much." Lu Xuan murmured, puzzled.
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...
Yunzhou, Lu family.
After the downfall of the Tantai and Xie families, Duke Lu could not wait to absorb the assets of these two aristocratic families in Yunzhou. The Lu family's treasury was full and it became extremely wealthy.
Duke Lu was in high spirits, but before he could enjoy his glory for long, Xiaoqin's bloody body was sent back, and the entire Lu family was shaken. Duke Lu's face turned pale, and he called his staff to discuss the matter for two full days.
Experienced staff members suggested that Duke Lu take the initiative to hand over some of his land and shops, and pay taxes according to the official tax amount.
Duke Lu calculated in his mind that if he followed the advice of his staff, he would have to pay at least 500,000 taels of silver every year. Duke Lu felt very distressed. The aristocratic family had enjoyed privileges for nearly a hundred years, and suddenly having to pay taxes was like cutting his flesh and blood.
"You can give money to the court, but you can't take it from my treasury." Duke Lu's eyes were gloomy, and he had made up his mind, "This year, the taxes on the people and merchants in Yunzhou will be increased by another 20%. Those wealthy families in the east of the city will be forced to give up some money."
He didn't feel bad about extorting money from the people.
The staff also advised him, but Duke Lu ignored them.
After the staff left, Duke Lu drank alone in his study. When he learned that Lu Xuan in the palace was under house arrest, he was so angry that he threw the wine glass in his hand: "It's useless! She's pregnant, and she's being suppressed by a concubine."
He carefully trained Lu Xuan, invited the best masters of music, chess, calligraphy and painting in Yunzhou to teach her, and made Lu Xuan into a perfect palace concubine.
It's a pity that Lu Xuan is really useless. She has been in the palace for almost three years, but she can't even defeat a concubine who was born into a peasant family.
Crunch——
The study door opened.
Duke Lu's youngest daughter, Lu Yun, walked in gracefully. It was cold, and Lu Yun wore a thick deerskin jacket. Her pretty face was flushed. She looked at Duke Lu cautiously and said, "Father, the chef made roasted venison today. I will bring you a portion."
Lu Yun obediently brought the venison.
She looked at her worried father and said with a smile, "Don't worry, father. When my sister gives birth to another prince, maybe the emperor will change his mind."
Duke Lu sighed, "I hope so."
Lu Yun put down the roasted venison, bowed, and left leisurely. Winter is approaching, the weather is cold and the ground is frozen, but the red plum buds in the yard have already appeared.
The cold wind blew, and Lu Yun brushed her messy hair aside expressionlessly. She had seen the future in her dream. Lu Xuan's baby was a daughter, and a weak and sickly one at that.
"Sister, the glory of the Lu family ultimately depends on me." Lu Yun showed a determined look.
When Lu Xuan completely falls out of favor, she will ask her father to send her to the palace to serve the emperor.
She was sure that she could firmly grasp the emperor's heart.
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...
A cold wind howled and winter came. Although Concubine Shu was under house arrest during her pregnancy, the rumors in the palace about Concubine Chen and Imperial Physician Mo did not disappear.
Until, a shocking news came out: the Imperial Medical Service was going to set up a "Female Medical Department".
The chief female doctor of the Female Medical Department is Doctor Mo. In addition, Concubine Chen also ordered people to post notices in Yanjing City, recruiting female doctors with excellent medical skills to work in the Imperial Medical Service throughout the Daqing Kingdom.
There are differences between men and women. Most of the doctors in Daqing Kingdom are men, and female doctors are extremely rare. If a woman is sick, it is inconvenient to ask a male doctor to treat her.
With the establishment of the Women's Medical Department, it became much more convenient for women in Yanjing to see a doctor and receive treatment.
There was a lot of discussion in the court, and some stubborn court officials strongly opposed it, believing that women should not be imperial physicians. He also produced history books, claiming that there was no precedent in history for a woman to serve as an imperial physician.
Shen Wei curled her lips. She really didn't understand the thoughts of these ancient people - how could it be a hindrance to men if a woman wanted to see a female doctor?
She looked up the list of officials who opposed her and invited their wives and daughters to the palace for tea the next day. Before long, most of these voices of opposition disappeared.
Yongning Palace.
Zhang Miaoyu was so shocked that she spat out a mouthful of tea and her eyes widened: "What, Doctor Mo is a girl?"
Shen Wei handed over a handkerchief: "She and I are close friends, and she is an excellent doctor. If it weren't for Concubine Shu causing trouble this time, Doctor Mo's identity would not have been exposed."
Shen Wei took advantage of the situation and set up a female medical department, revealing Mo Xun's female identity.
The rumors about the scandal between Imperial Concubine Chen and Imperial Doctor Mo were proven false.
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