Chapter 272 The Queen is Poisoned
"If Your Majesty wants to arrange a marriage for Yongle, then Your Majesty does not need to worry about it. Yongle has already made an engagement with Aqing. When the date is set, we will get married."
The Emperor of Southern Jin was surprised. He never expected that Yongle would be so outspoken.
Of course he knew that his nephew was engaged to her.
"Hahaha, I know that you and Aqing are engaged. I just asked out of curiosity because you look so young."
"This time, Princess Yongle has made great contributions. Not only did she save the people on the border of Southern Jin, but she also resolved the dilemma of the Northern Rong and Southern Jin fighting each other."
"It has enabled Southern Jin to also establish friendly relations with Northern Rong. This is a great achievement."
Uncle Yan Ping stepped forward and bowed, "Your Majesty, Xia'er's achievements go far beyond this."
"Oh?" The Emperor of Southern Jin looked at Uncle Yan Ping.
He said again: "Earlier, Xia'er asked me to compile the prescriptions. Now that the prescriptions are in a book, it will also benefit the people."
"The special healing medicines I brought back earlier were also made by Xia'er. Your Majesty, Xia'er's achievements go far beyond this."
"Well, that's true. I never thought that my Southern Jin would have such a heroine as Princess Yongle. It is really a blessing for Southern Jin."
The Emperor of Southern Jin couldn't help but sigh.
All the officials present nodded in satisfaction. They had originally thought that it was inappropriate to confer the title of princess on a peasant girl from another family.
Now it seems quite appropriate.
"Your Majesty, I have something else to report." Uncle Yan Ping spoke again.
The Southern Jin Emperor signaled him to speak frankly.
Uncle Yan Ping glanced at Yu Banxia, who nodded.
He then said, "Xia'er has made great contributions in saving Beirong this time. The new emperor of Beirong has appointed Xia'er as the King of the West Courtyard."
As soon as these words were spoken, all the high-ranking officials who were unaware of the situation were dumbfounded.
The Northern Rong appointed a woman as the Queen of the Western Courtyard, or was she the Yongle Princess of their Southern Jin?
Is this true or false?
"This... Major General, did Beirong really appoint a woman like the Princess as the Queen of the West Courtyard?"
The person who spoke was the Minister of Justice, and he was the most difficult to accept.
Ayali snorted and laughed: "Humph, so what if he is the King of the West Courtyard."
"My father once thought about handing Beirong over to my master, the princess, and letting my master become the empress of Beirong."
It was too late for Yu Banxia to stop him. This kid really dared to tell anyone anything.
She doesn't give her father any face at all.
This time, not only the first-rank officials, but even the Emperor of Southern Jin stood up in shock.
"Seriously!" The Emperor of Southern Jin stared at Ayali closely, afraid of missing the expression on Ayali's face.
Ayali looked like she didn't believe me: "Of course it's true. If you don't believe me, wait until my father comes and I'll ask him to tell you."
"Haha, okay, okay." The Southern Jin Emperor looked at Yu Banxia with a softer look in his eyes.
It's a pity that such an outstanding and extraordinary woman is not his daughter-in-law, but she would be nice as his nephew's wife.
"We in Southern Jin have such an outstanding woman as Princess Yongle. It must be a blessing from God."
The Emperor of Southern Jin was deeply moved. Although those first-rank officials did not want the young woman in front of them to have such a great achievement, they dared not talk nonsense anymore.
The old Prime Minister was quite open-minded and kept stroking his beard as he looked at Yu Banxia.
With a look of great satisfaction, Duke Lu kept looking at Yu Banxia, and Uncle Yan Ping saw it.
Slightly obstructed, Duke Lu was stunned, and couldn't help laughing when he thought of his own behavior.
Although Lu Qingmei is not a good person, Duke Lu is an upright person, so Uncle Yan Ping still believes in her character.
"Unfortunately, there are too few extraordinary women like the princess. They are hard to come by." The old prime minister sighed.
Yu Banxia looked at the old Prime Minister openly and said with a smile: "How can the old Prime Minister know that there is no woman in the world who is smarter than me?"
"If they are given a chance, the top scholar won't just be a man."
Yu Banxia’s words shocked everyone present.
How could these people not know this truth? It's just that they look down on women in their bones.
They were also afraid that the woman would really achieve fame and get out of their control.
Ayali said complacently: "We in the Northern Rong do not restrict women, so I can become the Crown Princess, and we also have several female generals."
The Emperor of Southern Jin remained silent. Perhaps they needed to change their minds.
"Your Majesty, in addition to coming to see you today, I have another favor to ask of you."
Yu Banxia knelt down, and the Emperor of Southern Jin quickly asked her to stand up and speak.
"I want to open a women's college in our Yongle Mansion, so that they can go to school and learn to read and write like men."
"When learning medicine, I prescribe medicine because there are differences between men and women."
"Too many women whose illnesses were not serious were treated differently from men and women, but their illnesses became more severe and they eventually died,"
The Emperor of Southern Jin thought of the Empress Dowager and Consort Xian who had passed away, and nodded subconsciously.
The other adults present also thought of their wives and daughters who had passed away due to illness, and sadness filled their hearts.
"I beg Your Majesty to grant the princess' request and open the girls' school."
"I beg Your Majesty to grant the princess' request and open the girls' school."
The Southern Jin Emperor also felt a sense of pride in his heart: "Okay, I agree to your request."
"The princess did a great deed in compiling the thousand-dollar prescription."
Uncle Yan Ping looked at Yu Banxia with joy in his eyes.
Yu Banxia's eyes were also full of smiles.
"I heard that the Queen has been seriously ill for a long time. Why not let me go and see her?" Yu Banxia took the initiative to mention it.
The Emperor of Southern Jin laughed and agreed, and said that the former head of the Imperial Hospital, Lin Weizhi, had just returned to the palace not long ago.
The Emperor of Southern Jin ordered someone to call Lin Weizhi over.
Yu Banxia looked at Uncle Yan Ping and chuckled. This Lin Weizhi should be the original name of his master Zhao Boxian.
Uncle Yan Ping nodded.
When they arrived at the Queen's Palace, the palace maid hurried in to report.
When the Emperor of Southern Jin brought Yu Banxia into the inner hall, the Queen was about to struggle to stand up to greet them.
The Southern Jin Emperor hurried over and said, "Jun'er, how can you get up?"
The queen looked pale and her steps were unsteady, requiring the support of two palace maids.
Yu Banxia watched from the side, and the queen also saw it.
She first smiled weakly at the Southern Jin Emperor, and then asked him, "Your Majesty, who is this girl?"
"This is the Princess Yongle, Yu Banxia, whom I told you about. Princess, I'll trouble you to treat the Queen."
After the Southern Jin Emperor introduced the Empress, he looked at Yu Banxia and said.
Yu Banxia nodded and motioned for the queen to sit down or lie down.
The queen smiled and thanked him: "Thank you very much, Princess. Just sit down. You have been lying down all day and your bones are almost soft."
Yu Banxia smiled and said yes, then walked forward and helped the queen to sit aside.
The queen's eyes were full of surprise. This girl looked so petite, but she was so strong.
She can support herself by herself.
The two palace maids who had been helping the queen walk for a long time were also very surprised.
While Yu Banxia was taking the patient's pulse, Lin Weizhi came with Jing Zhong and Zhu Xiangyun.
Zhu Xiangyun looked at this junior sister she had never seen before with curiosity. She was just as her husband and master had said, she looked smart and clever.
"Your Majesty, you are not sick, you are poisoned."
Yu Banxia looked at the queen and seeing that she was not surprised at all, she realized that she had known it for a long time.
The Emperor of Southern Jin was shocked and looked at the Queen.
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