Chapter 36
Although Lu Wancheng was so ill, he was rarely in a bad state under his careful care, and had never vomited blood. He couldn't save Lu Wancheng's life, but at least he wanted him to die in a dignified, clean and clear manner.
Something as filthy as blood should not be on his body.
Lu Wancheng's vomiting of blood seemed to have turned on the switch of the poison. The blood gushed out more and more, and soon, it dyed his clothes and quilt red, and he fainted.
"Master," Hualu cried, "Master, please don't scare me..."
"Young Master, what should I do?"
The servants of Lanfeng Pavilion had never seen such a scene before. Everyone was in a panic, waiting for Lin Qingyu to take charge of the situation.
After Lu Qiaosong hit the back of his head against the pillar of the house, he was forced to his knees on the ground by several servants, completely disregarding the dignity of a young master. When he saw so much blood, he remembered that he had the same experience on the singer's body that day. He couldn't help but burst into tears, and shouted with red eyes: "Lin Qingyu, did you see that? Your husband has vomited so much blood. He is dying! Even if you have all the medical skills and give him more thousand-year-old Polygonum multiflorum, you can't save him!"
Lin Qingyu looked at him and suddenly chuckled. The voice was bone-chilling, and combined with his face, it even had a bit of seductive charm that made people feel cold down their spines.
By the time Lu Qiaosong came to his senses, he had already been "invited" out by the servant of Lanfeng Pavilion. The curtains in front of the bed were drawn, leaving only a shadowy figure behind it.
Lin Qingyu was busy until midnight and saved Lu Wancheng's life. The servants helped Lu Wancheng wipe off the blood and change into clean clothes and bedding. Lu Wancheng was sleeping quietly and spotlessly, as if he didn't feel any pain at all.
Lin Qingyu watched over him for a while, and then the main wife sent someone to tell him that the mistress wanted the young master to come over.
Lu Qiaosong ran to Lanfeng Pavilion and made a big fuss, and even made his seriously ill brother so angry that he vomited blood. This was a big event in the family, and even Marquis Nan'an was alarmed. After hearing the whole story, he angrily asked, "Where is that unfilial son now?"
At this point, Liang no longer played the game of pretending to be affectionate and retreating to advance, sobbing, "My Lord, you only know that Wan Cheng is ill, but do you remember that Qiao Song is also ill?"
"How can his illness be compared to Wan Cheng's?! He knew that his brother was seriously ill, but he still ran to Lanfeng Pavilion and yelled and spoke rudely. Shouldn't he be punished?"
"Of course he deserves to be punished. But after Qiao Song was driven out of Lanfeng Pavilion by the servants, he fainted. The doctor said that he was in poor health and must not get angry. To put it bluntly, Wan Cheng... he is already like this. Does the Marquis really want to punish him while he is sick and make his condition worse?" Liang wiped her tears and observed the expression of Marquis Nan'an with her peripheral vision. "The Marquis doesn't know that Qiao Song has just found a way to cure his hidden disease. He is also eager to cure the disease and want to leave a descendant for the Marquis. He was impulsive and contradicted his brother and sister-in-law. The Marquis wants to punish him, and as a mother, I have nothing to say. I only beg, I beg the Marquis to wait until he is better before punishing him..."
Nan'an Hou had always been worried about not having an heir. When he heard Liang say that Lu Qiaosong's hidden illness could be cured, he couldn't help but waver: "Are you serious?"
Liang nodded repeatedly: "I dare not deceive the Marquis."
Lin Qingyu watched coldly, thinking that these two people were wasting his time.
Nan'an Hou glanced at Lin Qingyu and said, "Forget it, let them both recover first. We can talk about other things later."
Lin Qingyu walked out of the main courtyard, and Huantong immediately came up to him: "Master, what did the Marquis say?"
Lin Qingyu sneered: "Do you still count on him?"
Huan Tong couldn't believe it: "But the Third Young Master made the Young Marquis spit blood in anger, can this matter just be let go?"
"That's enough." Lin Qingyu said, "Go find Zhang Shiquan."
Lu Wancheng slept for three days before waking up.
Although Lu Qiaosong was spared a punishment, he was warned by Nan'an Marquis not to approach Lanfeng Pavilion again and disturb his brother's recuperation. In addition, Marquis Nan'an also asked the steward to go to the market to buy thousand-year-old Polygonum multiflorum for Lu Qiaosong to use as medicine.
Lu Qiaosong drank the precious medicinal herbs as if they were meals. He spent an unknown amount of money, but there was no effect. Only then did he realize that he might have been cheated by that quack doctor. In a rage, Lu Qiaosong locked the doctor in the firewood room of the mansion and threatened that if the doctor could not come up with a solution, he would chop off his hands so that he would not be able to hold up his bowl when begging for food.
The quack doctor was frightened by this, and perhaps he suddenly came up with an idea, but he actually wrote out a new prescription, and vowed that it would be effective this time. Lu Qiaosong was skeptical, so he prepared some pills according to his prescription. After taking a few pills, he really felt changes in his body: he felt more energized, his body felt hot, and his waist and legs could be used more effectively. Lu Qiaosong was overjoyed, thinking that his shameful illness would be cured in a short time.
Liang was also overjoyed. The legitimate son left by the original wife will not live for many days. Her daughter is the prince's concubine. If her son can be cured of his illness and left in the marquis's mansion, her life will be complete.
The only thing that worries her now is that she clearly sent someone to bring news to the East Palace to tell Lu Niantao about the latest situation in the mansion, but she has not received a reply yet.
So she prepared a generous gift and sent someone to deliver it to the father-in-law who helped her and her daughter pass the message. Unexpectedly, the father-in-law directly kicked her out and said coldly: "The Nan'an Marquis's Mansion really raised a good daughter."
Liang was extremely anxious when she heard this, but she couldn't find out what had happened. Not long after her happy days, she began to feel anxious again.
She didn't know what was so good about Lu Niantao, but Lin Qingyu knew it very well.
Hu Ji brought him news - his medicine was effective.
A few days ago, Xiao Cheng suddenly had a headache. He had a splitting headache, as well as deafness and eye pain. He wished he could bang his head against the wall. All the doctors from the Imperial Medical Bureau gathered at the East Palace and after examining the patient for half a day they still could not figure out what was going on. Concubine Chen ordered a thorough investigation of all expenses in the Eastern Palace, from food and tea to clothing and water, leaving no detail unchecked, but still found nothing.
At this time, Concubine Chen's aunt in charge said, since the problem did not lie in the Prince's Palace, could it be in another palace?
Therefore, the palaces where the two concubines lived were also searched carefully. The incense that Lu Niantao lit in her palace was searched out and examined by the imperial physician, and there was nothing wrong with it. But Xiao Cheng was suspicious by nature, and even though the imperial physician said there was nothing wrong with burning incense, he still issued an order that no one in the entire Eastern Palace was allowed to use incense.
Xiao Cheng is not a fool. The same trick can only be used on him once. Lin Qingyu knew that Lu Niantao was no longer useful.
In this case, we must squeeze out every last bit of her value.
Doctor Hu is loyal to his father and has helped them so much, he deserves some reward.
The cause of the prince's headache could not be found, and the doctors at the Imperial Hospital were helpless. No one expected that the person who finally found the cause of the disease was Hu Ji, who had just joined the Imperial Hospital not long ago.
There is indeed nothing wrong with the incense used by the prince's concubine, but if it is mixed with Fengqiuhuang and Shengchazi, it will have the effect of attacking the wind and heat outward, which can easily cause headaches.
Fengqiuhuang and Shengchazi were the special incense for the Queen and Concubine Chen. The Prince had to pay his respects to the Fengyi Palace and Changle Palace every day, and occasionally visit the concubine at night. Over time, this sowed the seeds of disaster.
After the truth was revealed, Concubine Chen was furious. Thinking of the relationship between the Nan'an Marquis' Mansion and the Queen, she believed that Lu Niantao had done it on purpose and that it was instigated by the Queen. She cursed Lu as a "bitch" and slapped her twice on the spot. She almost made a scene in front of the Emperor, but was stopped by Xiao Cheng.
Lu Niantao cried bitterly in the East Palace, insisting in a sad voice that she had no knowledge of the matter and that she only used the incense because His Highness liked it.
Xiao Cheng knew she was not lying. Lu Niantao was counting on the East Palace to support her and her daughter, so she had no motive to take action. Furthermore, Xiao Cheng's position as crown prince was hard-won, and he did not want to create a rift with Marquis Nan'an before successfully ascending the throne.
Considering that it was an unintentional mistake by Lu and for the sake of Marquis Nan'an's face, Xiao Cheng did not make the matter public and only asked Lu Niantao to move out of the side hall. After this, Liang never heard from her daughter again.
Lu Niantao completely fell out of favor and there was no possibility of turning things around. If Xiao Cheng died, she would have to remain a widow in the palace for the rest of her life; if Xiao Cheng could survive and ascend the throne, she would just be an abandoned concubine in the cold palace.
She couldn't blame others. From the beginning to the end, this was her own choice.
Hu Ji, young and promising, was better than his teacher and was appreciated by the Crown Prince and Concubine Chen. He became a hot newcomer in the Imperial Hospital and had a bright future.
Lin Qingyu knew the whole story of the Eastern Palace, but when he talked about it with Lu Wancheng, he only told the first half: Xiao Cheng had a headache and the imperial physician was helpless. If it was delayed any further, no medicine would be effective, and even Hua Tuo would be unable to cure him.
Hearing this, Lu Wancheng said, "Then I don't need to take the medicine. The poison is really painful."
Lin Qingyu's chest tightened and he said, "If you don't want to drink, then don't drink."
Lu Wancheng looked at him for a while and laughed: "This wave of work is well done, it deserves a reward - Hualu."
Hua Lu brought a mahogany carved wooden box with five layers and seven or eight drawers of various sizes. There was a handle on the top and holes on both sides through which a strong cloth rope was passed - this was a medical box that a doctor carried on his back when he went out to see patients.
Lin Qingyu noticed a strange symbol engraved in an inconspicuous corner of the medical box, which was exactly the one that Lu Wancheng had drawn on the paper last time.
"I asked the carpenter to make this according to my design," Lu Wancheng said, "When you enter the Imperial Hospital, you can carry this medical box when you go out to see patients."
Lin Qingyu smiled: "Thank you."
Looking at the smiles on the faces of the people around him, Lu Wancheng couldn't help but said, "It's said that gifts should be reciprocated. Do you want to give me a gift in return?"
Lin Qingyu asked: "What gift do you want in return?"
Lu Wancheng thought about it seriously and put on a distressed look: "Ah, I still want to see what Dr. Lin will do when he wears a wedding dress."
Lin Qingyu: “…”
For him, marrying another man as a male wife is something he is unwilling to accept in this life, and this cannot be changed even if the person he marries is his confidant. Asking him to wear the wedding dress again would be tantamount to making him recall the humiliation he experienced at that time.
But if Lu Wancheng really wanted to see it, it was not impossible for him to...
Before he could respond, Lu Wancheng reached out and wanted to touch his long hair hanging on his chest. Maybe it was because he was dizzy or what, but Lu Wancheng tried several times but failed to catch it.
"Look how confused you are," Lu Wancheng said with a triumphant smile, "Can't you tell I'm joking?"
"I can't hear it." Lin Qingyu said softly, "You are always like this."
It makes it hard to tell whether it is true or false.
Lu Wancheng said that he didn't want to take the medicine, but he still took it obediently on time.
That night, Lin Qingyu watched Lu Wancheng fall asleep. There was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the door, and Hua Lu ran in breathlessly: "Young Master!"
Lin Qingyu raised his hand and motioned her to lower her voice: "What happened?"
Hua Lu panted and said, "The Third Young Master...is gone."
Lin Qingyu asked: "What does 'gone' mean?"
"He's dead!"
Lin Qingyu said "Oh", covered Lu Wancheng with the quilt, and said softly: "I did something bad again, Wancheng."
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