Just as Chu Xuan and Lu Yanluo were thinking about how to proceed with this matter, something happened that gave them an opportunity.
One day, Lu Yanluo went out in disguise to investigate the situation. When she arrived at the city gate, she saw that the gate was closed and heavily guarded. There was a wanted notice for Chu Xuan posted on the city wall.
Lu Yanluo walked slowly to the signboard, looked at the portrait of Chu Xuan, and nodded secretly. The painter's craftsmanship was really good, and the painting was 70% similar.
Just when she was bored and admiring the wanted poster, a soldier came over and pushed Lu Yanluo away impatiently: "Get out of the way! What are you blocking here for?"
Lu Yanluo was pushed aside, and she hurriedly bowed and apologized with a flattering look on her face.
The officers and soldiers looked Lu Yanluo up and down, and seeing that she was wearing tattered clothes, they thought she was a beggar from somewhere. They snorted with great contempt, turned around, put up the notice in their hands, and left.
Seeing the soldiers leave, Lu Yanluo put away the smile on her face and turned to look at the newly posted notice.
The wife of Sun Ce'an, the prefect of Fenglan City, was seriously ill, so he searched widely for famous doctors in Fenglan City to treat her.
Lu Yanluo stared at the notice, her eyes shining, and suddenly she smiled.
When they returned to the temporary residence, Chu Xuan came towards them and asked with a smile, "What are you so happy about?"
Lu Yanluo turned her head without saying anything and walked straight to the main hall. She intended to keep the topic in suspense.
Chu Xuan didn't understand what was going on, so he walked over and asked suspiciously, "What's wrong? What happened?"
Lu Yanluo couldn't hold it in any longer, she smiled and said, "Didn't you say that Lu Chenghong's evidence of guilt needs an opportunity to be made public? Here comes the opportunity!"
She took out the notice from her arms and handed it to Chu Xuan.
"Fenglan Governor Sun Ce'an, although we don't know what kind of person he is, we can at least be sure that he is the local official of Fenglan. Now that the royal army is stationed in Fenglan, if anyone can make this matter known to everyone, then it must be Sun Ce'an. What do you think, Your Majesty?"
Chu Xuan lowered his head and looked at the notice, frowning slightly. After a while, he suddenly smiled and said, "Are you planning to treat the wife of the governor? Can you guarantee that if you cure the wife of the governor, Sun Ce'an will be able to help us deal with Lu Chenghong?"
Lu Yanluo chuckled, her face full of pride: "Why not? I have asked around in the city today. It is said that Sun Ce'an loves his wife deeply and has neither concubines nor mistresses. The relationship between the two is very deep. During this period when the wife of the prefect was seriously ill, Sun Ce'an took care of her day and night. Such a relationship is really enviable."
Chu Xuan looked at Lu Yanluo with amusement, pretending to be angry and said, "You envy others, is it because I didn't do well enough? Didn't I let the princess feel the love?"
Lu Yanluo instantly felt guilty and smiled awkwardly.
[How can you say that? You stingy guy! ]
Chu Xuan didn't show it on his face, but the smile was spreading in his eyes, which made Lu Yanluo blush. She pretended to be calm and said, "Are you going or not? If you don't go, I'll leave."
After saying this, he stood up, went into the room to change his clothes, and went to visit the patient. He couldn't disguise himself as a beggar again.
The two of them were fully prepared to deal with Sun Ce'an, but when they arrived at Sun's Mansion, they were quite surprised.
I originally thought that Sun Ce'an should be an old man with gray hair, but he turned out to be a well-mannered scholar, dressed neatly in a white shirt. When he heard that Chu Xuan and Lu Yanluo had posted a notice to treat the wife of the prefect, he quickly welcomed them in.
On the way here, Chu Xuan and Lu Yanluo were still thinking about how to deal with it if Sun Ce'an didn't trust them and deliberately made things difficult for them. They didn't expect that the two of them would enter the mansion so easily.
The group went to the backyard, and along the way, Sun Ce'an talked about his wife's illness.
Madam Sun is twenty-eight years old this year and is the mother of two children. When she gave birth to her second child, Sun Ce'an was on his way to take office. Due to improper care, she developed a cough. Since then, she has been coughing incessantly before early spring.
Sun Ce'an has been taking good care of her all along, but this year, for some unknown reason, Madam Sun's cough has become more severe. A few days ago, she even coughed up blood. Her health has been deteriorating and she is becoming weaker and weaker.
This really worried Sun Ce'an, who loved his wife dearly. He originally wanted to find a famous doctor in Fengxi Kingdom to treat Madam Sun, but was rejected by Lu Chenghong. In the end, he had to settle for the second best and post a notice in the city.
She had been coughing for a long time, coughing up blood, and was weak. Lu Yanluo secretly guessed that Madam Sun might have tuberculosis, which the ancients called consumption.
When we entered the yard where Madam Sun lived, the whole yard was filled with a strong smell of medicine and the doors and windows of the house were closed.
After pushing the door open and entering the room, they heard a heart-wrenching cough before they even got close. Sun Ce'an quickly walked past the screen, came to the bedside, and said worriedly, "Madam, are you okay? Don't worry, your illness can be cured. The notice that your husband posted in the city has been uncovered. You can be saved!"
Madam Sun's eyes were slightly red: "I'm fine, don't worry, my husband." Recently, she could feel that her body was getting weaker day by day, and her time was approaching, but she really couldn't bear to leave Sun Ce'an and the two children, so she had been struggling to hold on.
Lu Yanluo listened to the conversation between the couple and felt a little reluctant. She walked around the screen and came to Madam Sun's bed. She bowed slightly and said, "Madam, can you let me take your pulse?"
Under the expectant gaze of Sun Ce'an and Madam Sun, Lu Yanluo carefully examined the patient and confirmed it.
"The governor and his wife should be prepared. The governor's wife is suffering from tuberculosis." Lu Yanluo did not hide anything and spoke frankly.
"What...what!" Sun Ce'an stumbled two steps, unbelievable: "How could this happen?"
They were skeptical at first, but the doctors they saw all swore that it was not tuberculosis but just a case of evil wind entering the body.
"You...you guys should leave quickly! Tuberculosis is contagious, my husband, please leave quickly!" Mrs. Sun struggled and tried to get up.
Sun Ce'an felt so distressed when he saw this that instead of leaving, he held Madam Sun's hand and tried to comfort her.
Lu Yanluo looked at Sun Ce'an and his wife, feeling sorry for them. "You two don't have to do this. Tuberculosis is not incurable. You two just need to do as I say, and I will be able to keep Madam safe."
Sun Ce'an immediately looked at him with hope in his eyes and nodded: "Okay, okay! I will definitely follow whatever you say!"
Lu Yanluo nodded, looked around and said, "First, open the window and let Madam take a breath. I will write a prescription right away to stop the cough temporarily. The rest is to take care of yourself. Madam, remember not to worry too much and don't work too hard."
When Mrs. Sun heard that her illness could be cured, her eyes lit up, but then her expression dimmed for a moment. She looked at Sun Ce'an with an ambiguous look in her eyes.