Chapter 302 gave a fake prescription.
The Third Prince replied, "Didn't he want to select beautiful young women from among the common people across the country a few months ago? Prefect Li sent all the girls from that brothel there, and two of them were infected with diseases."
These words left Nan Fengling speechless with astonishment.
The Third Prince said slowly, "I don't think he would dare to tell anyone about this."
Nan Fengling suddenly burst out laughing, "Just how incompetent is this emperor that he could actually contract this disease? Didn't anyone in the palace investigate?"
The Third Prince laughed along, saying, "Even if you investigate, there will always be times when you miss something."
Nan Fengling stopped laughing and said, "It seems we can only say he was unlucky."
It was indeed bad luck. Of all the women sent to the imperial concubine selection, only one or two were infected with the disease. The selection process involved multiple rounds of screening, but that woman managed to escape and even gained the emperor's favor.
If this were told as a theatrical performance, people would definitely slam their fists on the table and say that you're talking nonsense.
When Doctor Xu heard Eunuch Liu say that his master had contracted syphilis, he immediately showed disgust, saying, "How could your master have contracted this disease?"
Eunuch Liu said helplessly, "This is all because of the newly acquired concubine."
Doctor Xu had heard earlier that a fellow villager had become a eunuch in the palace, and judging from Eunuch Liu's appearance, he could roughly guess who it was.
Then, recalling the Emperor's recent extravagant selection of concubines, he guessed that the "master" he mentioned was the Emperor himself.
Since he was the emperor, he wasn't going to be so kind as to treat his illness.
He was perfectly fine in the army camp back then. If it weren't for the emperor framing the Lu family, he wouldn't have ended up in this small village, his family destroyed and him forced to flee alone.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Eunuch Liu asked again, "Doctor Xu, can you cure that illness?"
Dr. Xu came to his senses and said, "I can cure it. What my father could cure, I can cure too."
Eunuch Liu was overjoyed. "That's wonderful!"
Doctor Xu took out paper and pen, wrote down a prescription, and then handed it to him. "Take this prescription and get the medicine for your master according to it. By the way, this prescription is a secret recipe passed down from our family. You must not reveal it to anyone."
Eunuch Liu nodded slightly and said, "Okay, thank you, Doctor Xu."
The first few ingredients in this prescription seem normal, but the later ones contain several ingredients that even ordinary imperial physicians wouldn't be able to detect.
After taking this medicine, you will feel refreshed and clear-headed for the first few months, as if you are cured. However, after less than a year, the condition will relapse and even worsen.
If Eunuch Liu had consulted another ordinary doctor and been treated with a standard prescription, he probably would have lived for another three or four years.
However, with Dr. Xu's prescription, the patient will only live for a little over a year at most.
Overjoyed with the prescription, Eunuch Liu did not linger in the village and immediately boarded a carriage to head towards the capital.
After he left, Dr. Xu quickly packed his things and prepared to leave.
Du Wanchun was at the door when she saw him rushing away, so she quickly stopped him. "Dr. Xu, where are you going?"
Doctor Xu replied, "I need to hurry back to my hometown."
Du Wanchun asked in a low voice, "Dr. Xu, is it because of those people who came to see you earlier?"
Doctor Xu was startled. "How did you know?"
Du Wanchun replied, "Those people look strange. Doctor Xu, you shouldn't go anywhere else. Come to our estate."
"Your estate?" Doctor Xu asked in surprise.
Du Wanchun nodded. "That's right. Our estate is so big that even if someone goes there to look for you, they might not be able to find you."
That's true. There are so many estates, and some of them have hidden cellars. Even if you dig, you might not be able to find them.
Doctor Xu was very grateful after hearing this. "Miss Wanchun, I know you mean well, but I still don't want to cause you any trouble here."
Du Wanchun laughed and said, "How can you say it's a burden? My estate just happens to need someone to look after it. You can go and help me keep an eye on the yard."
The emperor is all-powerful; if he really wanted to find this Doctor Xu, he could find him no matter where he went.
When we find Doctor Xu, we will naturally know where Aunt Zhou and the others are.
They can hide from them, but having lived in Changliu Village for so long, they also want to leave.
It would be better to keep Doctor Xu under her nose; she has her own ways of preventing the emperor from finding him.
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