Chapter 587 The Filial Princess Huaiyang
A person who is indecisive and too soft-hearted is simply not up to the task of ruling the Great Yan Empire!
I originally thought the Crown Prince was too opportunistic and ruthless, but I never expected the youngest son to be even more useless!
He suddenly understood Liu Xin's hesitation.
As the person closest to him, Liu Xin knew his thoughts best.
Therefore, Liu Xin was also aware that he would be disappointed in the King of Chu after learning about what happened at the King of Chu's residence.
They abandoned the crown prince, only to discover that the alternative King of Chu was even more incompetent...
Just thinking about it is awful!
Perhaps sensing Emperor Xiaozhao's distress, Liu Xin cautiously said, "Your Majesty, in addition to visiting Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager, and the Empress in the palace these past few days, Princess Huaiyang has also been visiting various households."
Emperor Xiaozhao raised an eyebrow slightly. "Tell me about it."
His feelings toward this daughter were very complicated.
He had genuinely loved her before, but he had no choice but to abandon her because of his schemes against Xi Xi.
But things took an unexpected turn; she managed to return alive from the Western Paradise unharmed.
When Li Sanqi returned, she seemed no different from before, still trying to please the Empress Dowager and him. But he always felt that his daughter had changed.
Like the not-so-obvious scar on her face, which could have been removed, but she chose to leave it.
He understood that his daughter was using this scar to remind him, and everyone else, of the fact that she had been abandoned.
She wanted them all to feel guilty towards her.
Look at the treasury of the Prince of Chu's mansion that she emptied, and look at the cartloads of compensation sent to her princess's residence from the Empress Dowager and the Empress's palaces...
And then there was the extraordinary Princess Huaiyang residence he bestowed upon her...
Which of these incidents wasn't because of what they owed her?
Never mind, let's leave it at that.
Ultimately, they owed her something first, so it's understandable that she would have her own little thoughts.
Besides, her little bit of willfulness doesn't hinder anything important.
Emperor Xiaozhao pondered many things, but he never thought that his daughter would do anything surprising.
I'm just a little curious about what she'll do this time he's sick.
Seeing that Emperor Xiaozhao had shown some interest, Liu Xin immediately smiled and said, "Princess Huaiyang went to the Yongchang Marquis's residence and brought back a thousand-year-old ginseng. She sent someone to deliver it to the palace overnight, saying it was for Your Majesty to use in medicine."
Emperor Xiaozhao smiled and said, "She is indeed a filial daughter."
This old ginseng was given to the old Marquis Yongchang as a reward when he ascended the throne, after the Marquis was seriously injured while helping him to become emperor.
Unfortunately, the old Marquis of Yongchang did not take the old ginseng, and he eventually passed away.
With the passing of the old Marquis of Yongchang, the current Marquis of Yongchang inherited the title, and the Yongchang Marquis's mansion gradually fell into silence.
Speaking of which, the Yongchang Marquis's family is a rare family that knows how to be pragmatic and knows when to advance and retreat.
Seeing Emperor Xiaozhao smile, Liu Xin continued, "Not only that, Princess Huaiyang also went to the Duke of Jin's mansion and asked Madam Zheng for precious medicinal materials such as black ginseng and deer antler from the Duke of Jin's collection."
Upon hearing this, Emperor Xiaozhao's smile vanished. "My Imperial Hospital is so poor that it can't even provide the medicine to treat me, and the princess has to scavenge medicine from the homes of her subjects?"
"Ha, is she truly filial, or is she putting on an act so the world will know she is?"
Liu Xin was stunned, and cold sweat broke out on his brow.
Indeed, suspicion is in the emperor's nature.
He thought that every time the Seventh Princess saw him, she would greet him with a kind smile and call him Liu Banban, and would also tell him that he had worked hard serving the Emperor.
Normally, apart from the princes and princesses, only the Seventh Princess would treat him as an ordinary person when he came to the Imperial Study.
The other princes either looked down on him or tried to curry favor with him.
Having served Emperor Xiaozhao for over twenty years, he had witnessed the complexities and greed of human nature. How could he not see what those princes were up to?
Although the Seventh Princess has changed, her attitude towards me has never changed.
Realizing that his words had caused Emperor Xiaozhao to dislike the Seventh Princess, he was startled and quickly suppressed his self-reproach, continuing calmly, "This old servant dares not presume to know the princess's thoughts."
"However, after leaving the Duke of Jin's mansion, Princess Huaiyang went to the Qinghe Lady's mansion in the south of the city."
"Is it going to ask for some rare medicinal herbs again?" Emperor Xiaozhao frowned unhappily. "Speaking of which, the Qiao family comes from a merchant family, so they should not lack good medicinal herbs."
Liu Xin dared not let Emperor Xiaozhao continue to speculate, and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty has misunderstood Princess Huaiyang!"
"Yi San, who serves Lady Qinghe, reported that Princess Huaiyang asked Old Madam Qiao to intervene and invite the renowned Physician Mu, who has become famous in the capital in recent years, to the palace to treat His Majesty's illness."
"Yi San also said that Princess Huaiyang promised that if Doctor Mu could cure the Emperor's illness, she would open a clinic for him in the best location in the East City."
Mu Jin's clinic is now located in the southern part of the city.
Although the southern part of the city is a bustling commercial area with many people coming and going, it mainly caters to the lower classes.
Once in Dongcheng, Mujin was able to come into contact with the powerful and wealthy.
A single tip from a powerful or wealthy family could probably cover her entire month's earnings from seeing patients in the southern part of the city.
Most importantly, shops in the East District are both expensive and scarce, often with prices but no buyers.
Therefore, Li Sanqi clearly put a lot of thought and effort into making this promise.
Upon hearing this, Emperor Xiaozhao's expression finally softened, but the topic did not turn to Li Sanqi.
"Is that miracle doctor really that amazing?"
Liu Xin nodded with a smile, "Your Majesty has forgotten? Back then, Madam Zheng of the Duke of Jin's mansion was poisoned and paralyzed in bed. All the imperial physicians in the capital and the entire Imperial Medical Academy were helpless. Madam Zheng even had suicidal thoughts at that time."
"Later, it was Old Madam Qiao who brought back Doctor Mu from Jiangnan, which cured the poison in her body."
"After several years of treatment, Madam Zheng's health seems to have fully recovered. There is not a trace of damage or hidden danger caused by the poisoning."
"And there's also Miss Yu, the fourth daughter of the Yongning Marquis's mansion, who will become the future Princess Consort of Chu."
"It is said that when she was recognized by the Yongning Marquis's mansion, she had a hideous scar on her face, which made people afraid of her."
"In the end, it was thanks to the skillful hands of this divine physician that the scars were removed and her beautiful appearance was restored."
"besides……"
Emperor Xiaozhao raised his hand to interrupt Liu Xin's incessant chatter, and said with a somewhat solemn expression, "So, this person really does have some skill?"
Liu Xin nodded hurriedly, "That's for sure."
Otherwise, Princess Huaiyang wouldn't have asked someone to treat the Emperor.
It is evident that Princess Huaiyang was truly filial and genuinely hoped that the Emperor's illness could be cured.
Of course, Liu Xin didn't say those last words aloud.
Too much of a good thing is bad.
Emperor Xiaozhao pondered for a moment and said, "Then I cannot let her enter the palace to treat my illness."
Liu Xin was taken aback, then his lips twitched.
That makes sense. With such a skilled physician, if he were to enter the palace and take the emperor's pulse, wouldn't it be impossible to hide the fact that the emperor was feigning illness?
However, the Emperor was not entirely faking illness.
It's true that she fainted, and it's true that she was sick, but her condition wasn't as serious as people were telling her. Of course, the claim of hemiplegia was completely fabricated.
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