It was an absurd farce that ended with the fake doctor being tortured to death, and Concubine Xian being scolded by the emperor who had barely regained consciousness.

However, after this incident, the emperor's already poor health became even worse, and many matters in the court had to be handed over to Chu Xuan and Chu Han to handle together.

Just when everyone in the court was speculating that the emperor might not live long, a plain-looking man in plain clothes stood outside the palace gate carrying a medicine box on his back.

Fenghua Palace.

A young palace maid walked quickly to the side of Concubine Xian and whispered, "Your Majesty, there is a doctor outside the palace gate who wants to see you. He claims that he can cure your majesty's illness. The group of gatekeepers outside are undecided, so I want to ask your opinion."

Upon hearing this, Concubine Xian frowned unconsciously: "A doctor again, how come there are so many famous medical practitioners recently!"

After the unreliable fake doctor last time, Concubine Xian was bitten by a snake and became afraid of ropes for ten years. She no longer has any good feelings towards these so-called famous doctors.

The young palace maid was used to reading people's expressions, and when she saw this, she quickly said, "Then let someone kick the doctor out."

"Wait." Concubine Xian let out a deep breath and ordered after a while: "Send someone to investigate the doctor's background and see if he is a capable person or just another desperate person."

The emperor ordered her to write letters to her parents' home and search for famous doctors in southern Xinjiang, but for some reason, there was no response to the letters sent to southern Xinjiang. If someone with ulterior motives knew about this, they would inevitably infer that Southern Xinjiang had rebellious intentions.

If not for this, she wouldn't have been so anxious and ended up running into a charlatan.

At this moment, she was completely caught in a dilemma. On the one hand, she was afraid that she would not be able to find a doctor in time and be blamed by the emperor. On the other hand, she was afraid that the person who came was a liar. If the emperor lost his life because of this, then she would become the sinner of the entire Tianji.

The men acted quickly and returned to Fenghua Palace to report an hour later, but the result was not as expected.

"We only found out that this person's name is Ning Xuan, that he entered the capital yesterday evening, and that he is staying at the Fulai Inn in the south of the city. We didn't find anything else."

"What do you mean by not finding it?"

The guards lowered their heads hastily, fearing that Concubine Xian would scold them: "Your Majesty, it's just that... it's just that this person seems to have appeared out of thin air. We can't find out where he came from or where he is from. We have tried our best. Please forgive us, Your Majesty."

Concubine Xian looked unhappy, and her first reaction was that this man must be a traveling doctor who came from somewhere.

"I understand. This person of unknown origin must not be allowed to get close to Your Majesty. Send a few people over to give him fifty strokes of the cane and throw him out!"

At the palace gate, Ning Xuan was dressed in a blue shirt. He was about thirty years old, not very good-looking. He was carrying a medicine box on his back, looking dusty. The sun was scorching, and he had been waiting here for nearly two hours.

Just when he thought he was going to have heatstroke, several eunuchs walked over quickly.

Ning Xuan immediately breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that someone must have been sent by the palace to pick him up.

Several people came closer, and before Ning Xuan could speak, the young eunuch reached out his hand and lifted him up.

Ning Xuan was stunned, obviously not expecting this kind of situation to happen.

The young eunuch pointed at Ning Xuan and said in a sarcastic tone, "You liar, you are courting death. You dare to cheat at the palace gate. The Imperial Concubine has ordered that you, a wandering doctor, be lashed with fifty sticks! Execute."

Ning Xuan was completely stunned. Seeing that the stick was about to fall, Ning Xuan struggled hurriedly.

"What are you doing? I really am a doctor, I am not lying! Let me go!"

For a moment, there was a commotion at the palace gate.

As luck would have it, this scene was witnessed by Lu Yanluo who wanted to enter the palace.

"Stop!" Lu Yanluo walked closer and asked, "What are you doing? Why are you arguing at the palace gate?"

Although the little eunuch was arrogant towards Ning Xuan just now, he immediately turned into a lackey with a fawning face when he saw Lu Yanluo.

"Hey! Isn't this the princess? I pay my respects to her." Then he pointed at Ning Xuan and said, "This man claimed to be a doctor and wanted to come to the palace to treat your majesty. Concubine Xian said he was a charlatan and asked the servants to beat him with fifty sticks and throw him out."

Doctor? Lu Yanluo instantly remembered the fake doctor who was tortured to death not long ago.

"Are you a doctor? What's your name?"

Ning Xuan pulled his arms out of the eunuch's grasp in anger and said with a stern face, "I am Ning Xuan, from Jiangnan. I heard that your Majesty has been ill for a long time, so I came to Beijing to see your Majesty! Unexpectedly, I met this group of villains before I even entered the palace!"

The eunuch felt offended and said angrily, "Well, I'll see you won't cry until you see the coffin. You still dare to act so presumptuous here! Beat me!"

"Wait." Lu Yanluo stepped forward to stop him.

The facial features of the person in front of her were ordinary, but he called himself Ning Xuan, a name she knew.

There was a doctor in Chu, his name was Ning Xuan.

The young eunuch didn't understand and whispered, "Princess, you see, this man was ordered by the Imperial Concubine to be beaten. If you stop him, it will embarrass us. Besides, he is just a wandering doctor. It's not worth your trouble, Princess."

Lu Yanluo snorted coldly and refused to give in: "Go back and tell the Imperial Concubine that this man cannot be beaten. I will personally vouch for him and release him."

"What! Lu Yanluo protected the person!" Inside Fenghua Palace, Concubine Xian's face flushed red, and she was obviously angry.

"This Lu Yanluo is deliberately going against me. I want to see what she wants to do by protecting a liar!"

Concubine Xian was furious and went straight to the palace gate. She came up and taunted, "Princess, you have been so idle these days that you have become a frequent visitor to the palace."

Lu Yanluo could tell that Concubine Xian was annoyed, and she snorted and said, "Your Majesty, why are you angry? I am helping you. You are blind and don't know what a great man is. But I can't let Doctor Ning die here innocently, so I had no choice but to stop him."

"Lu Yanluo, what do you mean!"

Concubine Xian wanted to punish Lu Yanluo for disrespect, but she had to consider Chu Xuan, so she felt very aggrieved.

Lu Yanluo looked at Ning Xuan with an ambiguous expression and nodded slightly: "The Imperial Concubine cannot tell the truth from the false. Why is Doctor Ning talking to a cow here? Why not just give up now?"

Ning Xuan sneered: "That's exactly what I meant! You ignorant woman, you are not worthy of me to take a second look at you!"

Only then did Concubine Xian look at Ning Xuan seriously. Although this man was not good-looking, he had a sense of righteousness and did not look like a charlatan at all.

Coupled with Lu Yanluo's performance, Concubine Xian hesitated and quickly stopped the man: "Doctor Ning, please stay."

Concubine Xian bowed slightly and then said, "I was blind and did not recognize the great man just now. I have offended Doctor Ning. I hope you can forgive me."

At this moment, she realized that she might be wrong, and quickly apologized to Ning Xuan.