Chapter 69 Our Distinguished Guest Has Been Waiting
"Where is Your Highness going?"
Xie Hanyu's face darkened: "You know perfectly well why I'm asking!"
Eunuch Fu: "If Your Highness is going to the Uncle's residence, His Majesty has a question for you: Has Your Majesty made enough of a scene?"
"A joke?" Xie Hanyu seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world!
"Shen Xiao has harmed me to this extent, and you call this making a fuss? I'm just making her get what she deserves!"
"Your Majesty means that Shen Xiao has already been tortured enough by you, and you even hung his corpse on the city wall for three days. That's enough. If Your Highness continues to pursue this matter, you will be disregarding the stability of the court and the dignity of the royal family."
With his hands hanging down, Eunuch Fu spoke calmly yet with an undeniable air of authority: “Your Highness, the Emperor has said that your feud with the Shen family ends here. Otherwise, don’t blame him for being furious.”
Xie Hanyu clenched his fists tightly, his eyes blazing with anger but with nowhere to vent it.
He knew what the emperor's words meant; they were a warning, an order that brooked no argument.
Xie Hanyu took a deep breath, suppressing the anger in his heart, and said unwillingly, "I understand."
Seeing that he had relented, Eunuch Fu nodded slightly. "Then this servant will return to the palace to report. Your Highness, please rest well and do not get angry and harm your health."
After Eunuch Fu left, Xie Hanyu kicked over the table next to him, and the fine rosewood table leg broke with a crack.
Xie Hanyu grimaced in pain, whether from anger that he had torn open his wound or because the wound had not yet healed properly, it was unclear.
The kick sent a sharp, pricking sensation through a certain area beneath my body.
When Xie Hanyu returned to his room, he lifted his robe and saw that many blisters had grown around his still-healing wound.
Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that there was still pus inside.
Xie Hanyu stared at the pus-filled blisters and cried out in alarm, "Someone, summon the imperial physician!"
...
The Imperial Palace.
News came from the wind that Xie Hanyu had suffered a relapse of his venereal disease.
The imperial physicians in the palace have already been appointed by Lin Wei. They are only allowed to say that it is caused by an infection, and the news must not be leaked and damage the royal family's reputation.
Compared to a dying prince, the imperial physician would naturally prefer to curry favor with the Marquis of Dingyuan, who had received imperial favor.
So everyone shut up and treated it as just ordinary herpes.
Shen Shu looked out the window quietly, feeling that the time had come for her to give Xie Hanyu a proper ending.
So he instructed Shi Feng: "You must pass on a message to King Cheng, saying that Doctor Fang of Fuqu Lane is an expert in treating herpes and venereal diseases."
Although Prince Cheng was addicted to wine and women, he was not a fool. Even with the imperial physician vouching for him, he would inevitably become suspicious of his unusual physical condition.
Rather than waiting for him to find a doctor on his own, Shen Shu should treat him personally.
Give him a proper send-off.
This house in Fuqu Lane is the property that Fang Lanzhi's family owned before they fell into ruin.
Fang Lanzhi told Shen Shu about this location when they were at Prince Cheng's residence that day.
I never thought it would come in such a useful way now.
Shi Feng accepted the order and withdrew.
Night fell.
Shen Shu and Xie Mingzhu were having a meal in the palace when a palace maid came to report that a wind had blown.
Shen Shu's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that Xie Hanyu had already received the news and was coming to Fuqu Lane?
So he put down his chopsticks and told Xie Mingzhu that he wanted to go out of the palace with Shi Feng.
Xie Mingzhu smiled like an aunt, thinking that her cousin Lin Wei probably missed Shen Shu!
It's only been a few days, and they couldn't resist meeting again.
So he quickly agreed and, together with the palace maids, escorted Shen Shu and Shi Feng out of the palace.
Are you coming back tonight?
Before leaving the palace, Xie Mingzhu couldn't help but ask.
If she doesn't come back all night, she'll have to find a good excuse to cover for Shen Shu.
Shen Shu was taken aback by the question and knew that Xie Mingzhu must have misunderstood.
Shi Feng, who was standing nearby, answered for Shen Shu, "Of course she'll come back."
Xie Mingzhu smiled brightly and told Shen Shu not to delay and to go quickly.
But what she was really thinking was: it would be fine if she didn't come back. If she had a child, then they could get married sooner, and she, the Ninth Princess, could become her aunt.
...
Xie Hanyu brought only a servant boy and, avoiding the people in the mansion, arrived at Fuqu Lane late at night.
He now strongly suspects that someone is trying to harm him. His symptoms clearly indicate that he has contracted a serious disease, but the imperial physician insists that it is just a common blister.
Perhaps they were acting on someone's orders... to end his life without a trace.
If he doesn't secretly go out to find a doctor soon, he'll probably rot and die in the Prince's mansion.
Xie Hanyu waited in the simple house for a long time but no one came, so he couldn't help but get a little anxious.
So he yelled at the servant who was following him, "You said there was a miracle doctor here, where is he?!"
The servant hurriedly explained, "Your Highness, I only heard it from someone else. They said that Doctor Fang in Fuqu Lane has excellent medical skills. Perhaps, perhaps he was delayed by something..."
Xie Hanyu was furious: "Useless thing! If I don't see that divine doctor today, I'll take your life!"
The servant was so frightened that his legs went weak and he knelt down with a thud.
"Your Highness, spare me! I have only heard that there is a miracle doctor here who can cure venereal diseases. I do not know why he has not come yet. I will go and wait at the door. As soon as the miracle doctor arrives, I will come in and announce his arrival."
With that, he scrambled out of the house.
Xie Hanyu paced back and forth in the room, his anger and anxiety intertwined, almost driving him mad.
Just as Xie Hanyu was about to get up and leave, a woman's voice came from outside the door.
"We apologize for keeping our distinguished guests waiting."
Shen Shu, wearing a golden mask, walked in from outside the door.
Xie Hanyu suddenly looked up, his gaze fixed on Shen Shu, who was wearing a golden mask, his voice tinged with suspicion and wariness: "You are the divine doctor? How come you are a woman?"
Shen Shu smiled gently, her voice clear and indifferent: "Does our honored guest not know that doctors are not divided by gender? Anyone who can cure diseases and save lives is a good doctor."
Xie Hanyu frowned. Although he was dissatisfied, he had no other choice but to try anything: "Then tell me, can you cure my illness?"
The words "This King" were on the tip of Xie Hanyu's tongue, but he immediately swallowed them back, because he didn't want to reveal his identity.
He was already a cripple; if people found out he had syphilis, he would have to go to the fields five hundred miles away to save face.
Shen Shu walked slowly closer, her gaze sweeping over Xie Hanyu. She then took out a silk handkerchief and placed it on his wrist, actually beginning to take his pulse.
After a short while, Shen Shu slowly withdrew her hand, her tone calm and resolute.
“Your Highness’s pulse suggests that you have suffered a severe injury somewhere. Also, your venereal disease is quite serious. Forgive my bluntness, but you have blisters on your body.”
Xie Hanyu's expression changed upon hearing this.
The imperial physicians in the palace had actually lied to him; someone really wanted to kill him!
Xie Hanyu was both embarrassed by being hit where it hurt and angry and panicked that someone wanted to harm him.
He looked up at Shen Shu and said, "If you can really cure me, you will be richly rewarded."
Shen Shu gently shook her head, the golden mask shimmering with a mysterious luster under the light: "No need for a generous reward. As long as you recover, it will be enough to make a name for my clinic."
Xie Hanyu still had doubts: "Why doesn't the miracle doctor show his true face?"
Shen Shu paused slightly, a faint smile seemingly curving her lips beneath the mask.
"You must have heard that those who come to me are all wealthy and powerful. If I show my true face, what if you recover and then try to silence me? I can only conceal my true appearance and pretend that I don't know you once I leave this room."
After hearing this, Xie Hanyu felt that her actions could be considered a way to protect herself.
Does that mean she really cured many people?
Xie Hanyu's eyes lit up, and she completely let down her guard: "Then, in your opinion, how should my illness be treated?"
Shen Shu pondered for a moment: "Naturally, we need to prick the blisters, dig out the rotten flesh, and then I will prescribe a few medicines for you to cure it completely."
As he spoke, he took out a cup of prepared anesthetic powder from the medicine box he was carrying.
"Please take it, Your Highness."
Xie Hanyu stared at the steaming cup of anesthetic, a hint of hesitation flashing in his eyes.
So he called in the servant guarding outside the door: "Have a sip first."
The servant looked troubled, but dared not disobey the order. He had no choice but to take the cup of anesthetic and carefully take a sip.
He frowned, but quickly relaxed and reported to Xie Hanyu, "Your Highness, this medicine... is normal."
Xie Hanyu was relieved and took the anesthetic powder, drinking it all in one gulp.
The servant left the room and waited for a long time.
Seeing a peddler selling wine coming in from outside, I was just about to call him over to buy some wine.
But he found that he couldn't make a sound at all!
He sensed something was wrong and turned to go back inside to warn Prince Cheng that something was amiss, but before he could knock on the door, a dark figure behind him slit his throat.
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