Chapter 78 Chapter 78 Fang Ying finally believed that he really had...
Fang Ying personally served Ji Yanlang a cup of tea, persuaded him to calm down, and then asked him about the matter in detail.
"I was too impatient." Ji Yanlang finished his tea and felt a layer of sweat on his back. As he unbuttoned his outer robe, he said to Fang Ying, "We haven't been settled in Bianjing for long, and we've never had any dealings with the Medical Officers' Office. I've been thinking about it, and I don't see anyone around me who can help me make connections and is reliable. So I thought I'd first ask around for famous doctors among the people."
But he found out that the doctor not only had to be an excellent doctor, but also had to be good at gynecology. Others never thought that he wanted to seek advice for his wife. They just thought that he had a secret and was anxious to have a child, so he sought medical advice.
So he took him to see a "gynecologist". After feeling Ji Yanlang's pulse and saying that it didn't seem difficult to have a child, the gynecologist, regardless of Ji Yanlang's ugly face - probably those who went to see him didn't have a very good face either - prescribed a bottle of pills for him, saying that if he took one pill before having sex, his penis would be erect and he would conceive a boy at once.
Fang Ying: “…”
"When I heard he was a charlatan, I didn't alert him. I gave him the money, said goodbye to the man who brought me there, and headed straight to Kaifeng Mansion to present the bottle of pills to His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin."
Fang Ying was surprised: "You saw His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin? Didn't he say that His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin was busy with cases recently and wouldn't see anyone?"
"Yes, but I went to report a crime. There's a notice in Kaifeng Prefecture saying that anyone encountering suspicious individuals, charlatans, or the like should report them directly to Kaifeng Prefecture."
"But you wouldn't report it directly to the King of Qin, would you?"
Ji Yanlang smiled and said, "Your Highness's attendant recognized me, saw me and reported me to Your Highness, who then called me in to ask for details."
He was still laughing. Fang Ying thought about that bottle of medicine and felt embarrassed for Ji Yanlang: "Didn't the King of Qin ask you why you went to that place for medical treatment?"
"Of course I asked." Ji Yanlang replied and asked for tea again.
Fang Ying anxiously asked, "How did you answer?"
"Answer truthfully. I can also ask the King of Qin to recommend an imperial physician."
Seeing a hint of pride on his face, Fang Ying suddenly realized, "You had this plan when you decided to go to Kaifeng Prefecture, right?"
Lichun brought tea over. Ji Yanlang took it and drank two sips. He nodded and smiled, "My wife understands me. Unfortunately, His Highness said it's not convenient recently and asked me to wait until the emperor returns to the capital."
"Why?" When the emperor goes on tour, he is always accompanied by an imperial physician. There are no elderly or sick people in the palace, so the imperial physicians who stay in the capital should not be very busy, right?
"Perhaps there is some taboo in the palace? Since Your Highness has said so, I am not in a position to ask any more questions."
That's true. Fang Ying said casually, "Then wait a bit. There's no rush anyway... Hey, you went to Kaifeng Prefecture and alerted the King of Qin. What about my father?"
"Don't worry, I didn't see my father-in-law."
"But if you report that charlatan, the news will surely reach his ears."
Ji Yanlang comforted her and said, "If my father-in-law asks, I will have my own answer for him."
"What if he asks me?" Fang Ying's eyes widened.
"Just say you don't know. No matter what your father-in-law asks, just play dumb."
Fang Ying smiled and said, "Okay. If my father asks me further, I'll tell him I'll come back and ask you. He might even stop me and not let me ask."
When Ji Yanlang thought of the so-called effects of the bottle of medicine, the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching.
After discussing this matter, Fang Ying brought up Ji Si Niang's marriage and said, "I have already arranged to come and see her on the Liu family's day off."
"Today, His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin asked me about it, jokingly asking if we were going to become in-laws."
"How did His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin know this?" Did the Kaifeng prefect know everything about weddings and funerals? But this marriage hadn't been officially arranged, and neither family had announced it. Logically, the news shouldn't have leaked.
Ji Yanlang said, "Your Highness went to visit the Duke of Ju on his last day off, and the old Duke told him about it himself."
Duke Liu Yue of Ju is the uncle of the current emperor and the only brother of the late empress dowager. He is now over sixty years old and no longer holds an official position in the court. When the emperor is on tour, the King of Qin takes time out of his busy schedule to visit him. This is not only not taboo, but also an act of benevolence and filial piety.
"I thought I learned it from the eldest princess."
The reason why Fang Ying thought so was because Ji Si Niang's marriage was caused by the flower-viewing banquet hosted by Princess Sheng. On that day, Li brought Gao and Ji Si Niang to the banquet, and through the introduction of the princess, she met the wife of the Duke of Ju.
This wife of the Duke of Ju was a second wife, about the same age as Li. After marrying the Duke of Ju, she only gave birth to two daughters. Therefore, she had no disputes with the two sons left by the original wife, and got along well with the two daughters-in-law who were only a few years younger than her. They attended the banquet together that day.
The mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law had met Ji Si Niang and all had a good impression of her. They thought that the young lady came from a military family, but was rare and quiet, well-behaved, and had outstanding looks. So they found the eldest princess to pass on a message, wanting to ask for her hand in marriage for the third son of the eldest house.
"We haven't met yet, so the princess won't tell anyone." Ji Yanlang said.
"Yes, that's why I find it strange. Did the King of Qin say anything about Liu Jia Silang's character?"
The Duke of Ju had only two sons. The eldest son had three sons. The eldest son died of illness before getting married. The second son was chosen by the emperor as a son-in-law and was waiting to marry a princess. The one who was proposed to him was the third son. He was called Silang because the eldest son of the second son was older than him. Since the cousins were ranked together, he was ranked fourth.
Liu Silang has a ten-year-old cousin. In fact, he has quite a few brothers, but his eldest brother died early, his second brother married a princess who has her own mansion, and his fifth brother is still young. When Ji Silang gets married, the only sister-in-law she needs to deal with is her second cousin, which is a rare and refreshing life.
So when Li heard what the eldest princess said, she was very tempted. The family of the foreign relatives did not hold power, and they enjoyed wealth and prosperity, and the population was simple. As long as the young man had decent character, this marriage could be concluded.
Ji Yanlang had never met Liu Silang before, so when the Prince of Qin brought him up, he naturally asked, "Your Highness said that the Emperor chose a consort from the Liu family because the Liu brothers were like our ancestor: modest and down-to-earth."
Fang Ying expected the King of Qin to say nothing bad about the Liu family, but she didn't expect him to speak so highly of them. "It looks like Fourth Sister's marriage is set."
Ji Yanlang nodded in agreement, "I'll tell Mom about it later, so she can calm down."
Fang Ying took the opportunity to glance out the window. When she saw the sky clearly, she also saw someone talking at the gate of the courtyard, so she asked Lichun to go and see what was going on.
Lichun went out for a while and soon returned to report: "My wife sent someone to tell me that Mr. Pan will leave for his hometown early tomorrow morning. I want to ask if you are free to go and see him off tomorrow morning."
"Who's coming?" Fang Ying was puzzled. The gifts for her grandparents had already been delivered to the Fang family, and she had said she would not go to deliver them. Why did someone come to ask again?
"Madam Zhao."
It was the housekeeper beside her stepmother. Fang Ying glanced out the window again. Normally, if this person came to deliver a message, Lichun would bring her in directly. But she didn't come in today. Could it be that Madam Zhao had something to say that she didn't want to say in front of Ji Yanlang?
"If you don't want to go, then don't go." Ji Yanlang saw her pondering and said, "Hasn't the stuff already been delivered?"
Fang Ying turned back and said, "I want to ask her a few questions. It's getting late, you should go change."
Ji Yanlang had only taken off his outer robe and had not changed his clothes yet. He nodded when he heard this, stood up and said, "Don't force yourself." Then he went into the inner room.
Fang Ying stood up and went out. She called Madam Zhao over to the corridor and asked, "Mother, do you have anything else to say?"
"I've already told Lichun," Madam Zhao glanced at the inner window and whispered, "Madam has told me to tell you that the master has also asked for leave tomorrow morning to see you off. If you don't want to be bothered by her, just go back and watch."
This was her father looking for her, and he didn't want Ji Yanlang to know. He just didn't know what it was for. Fang Ying pondered in her heart, asked the time when her uncle would leave, and finally agreed.
After sending Madam Zhao away, Fang Ying went back inside and took two sips of tea. Suddenly, an idea flashed in her mind - the only thing between her and her father that she had not told Ji Yanlang was that Zhou Congshan asked her to find out about the coroner and the police officers who handled the case of Mo Hongzhao's drowning death.
Her father was so anxious to see her alone, could it be that Mo Hongzhao's case had been brought up again?
Fang Ying's heart was pounding. The Prince of Qin was now in charge of Kaifeng Prefecture. If he reopened the case of Mo Hongzhao's drowning, he might find out...
When Ji Yanlang changed his clothes and came out, he saw Fang Ying sitting there in a daze, her expression changing from one moment to the next, as if she had thought of something bad. He hurriedly walked over and asked, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong at home?"
"Ah?" Fang Ying came back to her senses and saw Ji Yanlang looking at her with concern. She quickly forced a smile and said, "It's okay..."
Ji Yanlang put his hand on her shoulder, bent down, looked into her eyes and said, "Are you okay? Look in the mirror and see how forced your smile is."
Fang Ying calmed herself down and repeated seriously, "It's really nothing. I just remembered something about someone else. It's nothing serious."
"Don't hide anything from me. We agreed that we will share the responsibility from now on." Ji Yanlang said seriously.
When he said this before, Fang Ying didn't really take it to heart, but since he expressed his willingness to study pregnancy and childbirth with her last time and actually put it into action, Fang Ying finally believed that he really had this intention and was inevitably moved.
At that moment, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Of course, you can't escape."
Seeing that she was in the mood to joke, Ji Yanlang couldn't help but laugh: "Let's go, let's go to mother's place."
Fang Ying nodded and walked out with him, slowly heading towards the Li family compound. Halfway through, she told him she was going back to her parents' home the next morning. "It looks like she has something she wants to ask of me."
"Then I'll take you back first, and then we'll go to the camp."
"No need. My uncle will probably start nagging you if he sees you. I can go back alone without any worries. If we don't agree, I can just get on the bus and go home."
Ji Yanlang remembered that she was not the type to suffer any loss, so he smiled and nodded: "Okay, let's do it."
The couple talked as they went to Li's room. They first mentioned the comments made by the King of Qin on the Liu family's sons. Ji Yanlang did not explain the reason, but only said that he met the King of Qin by chance and talked about this matter.
After hearing this, Li was relieved. "If that's true, it would be a perfect match."
Fang Ying and Ji Yanlang chatted for a few more minutes about the Liu family coming to visit, and only after dinner did she casually mention that she would go back to her parents' home the next morning.
Li had previously heard from Fang Ying that her uncle was going back to visit his relatives, and she had prepared a gift for Fang Ying to send along. She agreed without asking any further questions.
The next morning, after seeing Ji Yanlang off, Fang Ying went back to her room to change her clothes and got in the car back to the Fang family. As expected, as soon as she got off the car, she was invited to her father Fang Chengxun's study.
"Do you still remember the imperial physician's apprentice that someone asked you to inquire about last time?" Fang Chengxun asked straight to the point.
Fang Ying had anticipated this, so she pretended to recall the past before slowly asking, "It's Zhou's sister..."
Fang Chengxun nodded before she could finish, saying, "That's right. Now that the murderer has been apprehended, the government office will review the original case files and question the coroner and the police officers who handled the case..." He paused briefly, staring at Fang Ying, "Maybe they'll find the Zhou family behind this."
"Father, what you mean is..." Fang Ying pretended to be dumb, "Should I go and tell Sister Zhou about this? Or..."
Fang Chengxun didn't have time for cryptic talk and said directly, "She's about to become a princess, and she might have heard the news. I'm asking you to warn Princess Zhou not to involve you and me." Seeing his daughter remained calm, he emphasized, "This is no joke. Not to mention my career, even if the Ji family gets involved, it won't end well. You should be aware of this."
Fang Ying pretended to be startled: "Is this still a major case? Dad, who killed this apprentice?"
"Don't ask questions you shouldn't ask! Just do as I say. Princess Zhou knows the seriousness of the matter and won't blame you."
Fang Ying wanted to ask a few more questions, but Fang Chengxun urged her to leave. "This matter should be dealt with as soon as possible. Go to the Zhou residence and pass on the message."
Seeing that she really couldn't get any information, Fang Ying had no choice but to agree, left the Fang family, and drove to the Zhou residence.
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