Chapter 73: He is just a horse breeder and has never even touched the emperor's clothes
"Miss Xu is seriously injured, and her body is like a sieve that can't hold any energy," the old Taoist said, holding a whisk in one hand and stroking his beard with the other. "For now, I have a prescription that can replenish Miss Xu's energy, but it will take thirty years to heal her."
"Thirty years... Is there no way out?" Lu Changqing felt a chill in his heart. "After thirty years, Miao Yan will be almost fifty, and I will be an old man in my sixties. What's the use?"
Qianjizi thought for a moment and said, "There is another way to quickly replenish Qi."
"Master, please speak!"
"This method is called the Bone-Gathering and Life-Transforming Technique." Qianjizi glanced at Xu Miaoyan and took two slow steps. "Master Lu has a pair of children, right?"
"What's wrong? What does it have to do with them?" Lu Changqing asked in surprise.
"Miss Xu has ended up like this because she and you have an evil relationship. To untie the bell, we must find the person who tied it. To help this evil relationship, we must use Lord Lu's two children," Qianjizi said. "They are Lord Lu's flesh and blood. We only need to use the leg bones of the two children to make soup as a medicine and give it to Miss Xu, and she will recover quickly."
"What?" Lu Changqing thought he had heard it wrong and half stood up in shock. "Using human bones to make soup?!"
"good."
"Absurd!" Lu Changqing waved his sleeves and said righteously, "You evil Taoist are full of nonsense. I know the imperial doctors in the palace, and I have never heard of any prescription that uses human bones as a medicine!"
Qianjizi frowned, and the expression on his sharp-nosed monkey-faced face changed several times. He said in a cold voice: "Doctors only know how to look, listen, ask and feel to save people, but I can see the fate of the past and present five generations. I have already said that you and Miss Xu are an evil fate. Either you cut it off completely, or... correcting an evil fate is naturally not the right way. It depends on what Lord Lu wants."
Lu Changqing sat back on the couch in a daze. After a long silence, he said, "No, how can the two children walk without leg bones?"
He had been feeling guilty for a long time because he was asked to take Fang Qianxue's heart blood last time. Now they wanted to take the bones of the two children. How could he bear it?
"Since Lord Lu is unwilling, then just pretend I didn't say anything." Qianjizi looked at him with contempt and bowed slightly, "Goodbye."
When Qianjizi walked out of the dormitory, the room fell into a frightening silence again.
Lu Changqing wanted to say something but hesitated, and it was Xu Miaoyan who spoke first.
"Lu Lang, Taoist Qianjizi is right. Since we are destined to be together, we should end it as soon as possible." Xu Miaoyan tilted her head to one side and sobbed softly, "Please have someone send me back to Jiangning."
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Lu Changqing was in great pain. "You are mine now, and now you have this disease, where else can you go?"
"I know that people outside laugh at me. Even Sister Wanrou looks down on me, saying that I can't leave an heir to the Lu family and still rely on you..." Xu Miaoyan was really aggrieved. She came to the capital for a good time, but instead of enjoying the glory and wealth, she ended up in a mess.
"Wanrou?" Lu Changqing clenched his palms in anger again, "Don't listen to her nonsense. I have already made an agreement with the Du family. I will let her become Du Jinbao's concubine in the next two days, so that she won't stay at home all day doing nothing and gossiping."
"But I can't give birth to a child. How can I hold my head up in front of others in the future?" Xu Miaoyan cried so hard that tears welled up in her eyes, and everyone who saw her was heartbroken. "Even if they didn't say anything to my face, they still laughed at me behind my back."
"Miao Yan, there may not be only one prescription in the world that Qianjizi mentioned. Let me ask around. Maybe there are other ways." Lu Changqing hugged her in his arms and stroked her long hair. "There must be a way."
He just said this casually. How could a disease that even the imperial physicians of the Imperial Medical Bureau were helpless to treat be so easy to cure?
Lu Changqing didn't hold out much hope and didn't send anyone out to inquire. He was just trying to comfort Xu Miaoyan.
Two days later, a sedan chair came from the Du family, carrying Lu Wanrou to the residence of the Minister of Rites Du Qianxu. They entered from the west door and entered the courtyard of Du Jinbao, the eldest son of the Du family.
From then on, Lu Wanrou became Du Jinbao's concubine. As soon as she left, the entire Lu Mansion became much quieter.
"Miss Wanrou cried so hard, and the old lady was not happy about it, but the Second Master accepted the betrothal gift from the Du family," Cui Shuang made a cup of scented tea for Fang Qianxue in the carriage. "I can't believe that the Second Master loves Miss Wanrou so much, but he actually let her be someone's concubine."
A girl should obey her father at home and her husband after marriage. Both the old man and the eldest grandfather of the Lu family have passed away, so Lu Wanrou can only listen to her brothers. No matter how high her spirit is or how spoiled she is, she cannot break the rules.
"He doesn't want Lu Wanrou to cause trouble for the Xu family at home. Besides, he doesn't think there is anything shameful about being a concubine. He even thinks that Lu Wanrou is marrying up by marrying into the Du family." Fang Qianxue knows Lu Changqing. This man seems affectionate, but he is actually very cold.
If he treats his own sister like this, what about others?
Cui Shuang sighed lightly and said nothing more.
She is just a maid, and maybe she will become a concubine in the future. She is even more miserable than Lu Wanrou. What right do you have to pity her?
"Cui Shuang, are you willing to leave the Lu family with me and start our own business?" Fang Qianxue looked at her with a smile, "Once we start our own business, we won't have to listen to men anymore."
"We?" Cui Shuang's eyes lit up, "But women can't...can't start their own business."
According to Dayong law, the head of a household must be a man.
"Well, there is always a way." Fang Qianxue smiled, "As long as you are willing to follow me, I will take you away."
She is now a second-rank female official and has more options than before. If all else fails, she can let Lu Qingyuan be the head of the household. She can handle the situation.
"I am willing!"
The carriage arrived outside the palace gate. Cui Shuang waited in the carriage, while Fang Qianxue went in alone to see Qilin.
She now says she is the female official in charge of the seal, but in fact her main responsibility is to raise Qilin, and the Queen Mother rarely summons her.
When they reached the imperial garden, two lower-ranking concubines knelt and saluted her: "Master Fang."
The two of them looked like concubines or beauties, of low rank. According to the rules, they had to pay their respects to female officials of higher rank.
Fang Qianxue nodded to the two of them and walked over without stopping.
But after taking a few steps, I heard discussions behind me.
"So what if she's a second-rank female official? She's just a horse breeder and has never even touched the emperor's clothes."
"That's right, you really think of yourself as a concubine, bah!"
Fang Qianxue frowned, but did not turn back to teach them a lesson. She just thought it was ridiculous.
She never considered "touching the edge of the emperor's clothes" as something worth bragging about. To be honest, it should be a very shameful thing for a woman to use her beauty to seduce men.
Moreover, the two lower-ranking concubines paid their respects to her voluntarily, and she did not force them.
After paying their respects, they felt that they were at a disadvantage, so they mocked her behind her back. This shows how twisted their minds are.
"I've taught them a lesson for you." A man's clear and hoarse voice suddenly came to my ears, like a spring breeze.
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