Let's go back three days.
When Old Master Chen and his entourage returned to the capital, they also brought with them two urgent memorials from Taizhou.
One of the letters was written by the prefect of Taizhou.
In his memorial to the throne, he first wrote with deep emotion about the sacrifices made by the Chen family in treating the plague, and expressed the gratitude of the people of Taizhou to Physician Chen.
After expressing his gratitude, Prefect Xia abruptly changed his tone, accusing someone of trying to kill hundreds of thousands of people in Qiyuan County.
In his memorial to the throne, Prefect Xia stated that someone planned to dump a corpse in the water source of Qiyuan County; the corpse was one that had died from the plague.
They have caught the person who disposed of the body. After interrogating him, the person confessed that the mastermind was none other than the Third Prince, Li Jun.
The other memorial was written by the garrison commander of Taizhou.
The garrison commander of Taizhou confessed his guilt in his memorial, arguing that he should not have listened to the Third Prince and led troops to besiege Qiyuan County.
But the crime is one of ignorance.
The Third Prince only told him that the plague in Qiyuan County had spread to the point where there was no cure. In order to prevent the plague in Qiyuan County from spreading to other places, the people of Qiyuan County had to be confined to the city.
When the garrison commander of Taizhou arrived in Qiyuan County, he learned that the plague in Qiyuan County had been brought under control thanks to the efforts of Physician Chen and his family.
After learning the truth, the garrison commander of Taizhou had no choice but to disobey the Third Prince's orders and allow the medicine merchant to enter Qiyuan County.
If it were only the memorial from the garrison commander of Taizhou, the Third Prince could explain that he was out of touch with the times and that he had no choice but to sacrifice the people of Qiyuan County for the sake of more people.
However, with Prefect Xia's memorial, this explanation seemed weak and unconvincing.
The Third Prince harbored the intention to let the plague spread; from the very beginning, he never intended for the hundreds of thousands of people in Qiyuan County to survive!
These two memorials, with their compelling evidence, shocked both the court and the public.
It was as if an invisible hand was pushing things forward, and more and more court officials submitted memorials demanding that the emperor punish the third prince, Li Jun.
The emperor was initially unwilling.
It wasn't until Old Master Chen asked the Imperial Censor to submit a memorial that things came to a head.
The story being told was about how the anti-epidemic herbs issued by the imperial court had been replaced with inferior and counterfeit medicines.
Of course, the memorial did not specify who switched the medicine, but only requested the emperor to investigate thoroughly.
The herbs were switched by the emperor's orders; how could the emperor possibly send someone to investigate?
The matter caused a great uproar throughout the court, and even the scholars and common people in the capital knew about it. Public opinion was in uproar, forcing the emperor to decide to punish the culprit.
Seeing that he was about to be dragged into this matter, Emperor Qingfeng gritted his teeth and pinned the blame for changing the medicine on the Third Prince, Li Jun.
After the "truth" came out, some people were puzzled. As a prince who was high above others and the best candidate for crown prince, why would Li Jun go against the people of Qiyuan County?
Not long after this issue arose, news spread from who-knows-where that the Third Prince wanted to harm the people of Qiyuan County in order to frame Doctor Chen for his ineffective treatment of the epidemic and make the entire Chen family take the blame for him.
The Third Prince's true goal was to wipe out the entire Chen family!
As for why he wanted the Chen family to die, it was simply because Chen Fubai, the young master of the Chen family, had accidentally offended him.
Upon hearing this news, everyone from the government and the public to ordinary people gasped and felt a chill run down their spines.
For such a trivial matter, the Third Prince actually wanted to kill the entire Chen family?
The Third Prince is narrow-minded, yet his methods are more ruthless than any poison.
If he were to ascend to that position one day, wouldn't all the civil and military officials live in constant fear? Otherwise, if they accidentally offended the Third Prince in court, their entire families would be in danger!
no!
Such a petty and vindictive person cannot become the crown prince, much less be allowed to wield power.
Today he failed to frame Physician Chen's family, tomorrow he might frame other adults.
Not everyone is like Physician Chen, who has the backing of the Prince Li's mansion and can escape the Third Prince's schemes.
Realizing the seriousness of the problem, the officials began to submit memorials again and again, repeating the Third Prince's crimes before the Emperor.
Emperor Qingfeng imposed several punishments, but none of them could appease the court officials. In the end, having no other choice, he ordered the cabinet to directly impose the sentences.
The Third Prince is of royal blood and cannot be killed at will.
Although he was spared the death penalty, he could not escape punishment. In the end, he was punished for multiple crimes, and amid the condemnation of the court officials, Li Jun was demoted to a commoner and banished from the palace.
It took less than two days for Li Jun to go from being the high and mighty Third Prince to an ordinary commoner.
When Li Jun received the imperial edict, his mind went blank.
Things developed so quickly that he was kicked out before he even had a chance to fight back.
The eunuch who came to deliver the imperial decree was a habitual flatterer who looked down on the powerful. Regardless of Li Jun's current mood, he flicked his whisk and said in a shrill, sarcastic voice, "Li Jun, hurry up and pack your things and leave the palace."
Li Jun realized what was happening, but his face was full of resentment and unwillingness: "I want to see my father!"
The eunuch smiled contemptuously: "You are just a commoner now, how dare you see the Emperor? If you know what's good for you, you'd better leave the palace on your own initiative. If you don't, I'll have someone carry you out."
“Li Jun, a commoner, I advise you to save some dignity for yourself in the end.”
Li Jun clenched his fists tightly.
He knew that he had been abandoned by his father. If his father could really resist the will of the court officials, there would be no imperial edict.
If he goes to his father now, it will only cause his father more trouble and cause him to take his anger out on him.
Li Jun took a deep breath, then suddenly knelt down in the direction of the Imperial Study and kowtowed several times.
His quiet departure always evoked guilt in his father, who would eventually remember him and, once the storm had passed, would find a reason to bring him back to the palace.
Li Jun comforted himself in this way, and finally, amidst the mocking gazes of the eunuchs, he gritted his teeth and left the palace.
After leaving the palace, Li Jun did not go to his own residence, but instead went to Chu Yimeng's Huichun Hall.
He was very agitated and subconsciously wanted to see Chu Yimeng. Only she could temporarily soothe his anxiety and hatred.
Chu Yimeng was busy at Huichuntang when she saw Li Jun enter. She immediately stopped what she was doing with a smile and came out to greet him.
However, when her gaze fell on the top of Li Jun's head, the smile on her lips froze.
Li Jun was the person Chu Yimeng had met, besides the King of Li, whose luck was the strongest. His luck was very strong, with a golden light and a faint purple aura.
But now, Chu Yimeng only saw a wisp of gray-black mist above Li Jun's head.
Li Jun's luck has completely vanished!
He was no longer a noble person with great fortune and extraordinary status.
Realizing this, Chu Yimeng's smile and tone faded slightly, but she didn't immediately show any distance. She just forced a smile and invited Li Junxian into the clinic.
In such a short time, she had already made up her mind—
It's time to distance ourselves from Li Jun.
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