Each family celebrated the New Year in their own home.
Yun Chang originally wanted Li Mai's family to spend the New Year with him, but Li Mai refused, saying that she would take the children to visit her elder brother and sister-in-law on the second day of the Lunar New Year.
Upon hearing this, Yun Chang was overjoyed. His younger sister had completely come to regard his family as her own. Naturally, he was happy and instructed Xu Changhuan to prepare more New Year's goods for the household so that he could entertain his sister who was returning to her family home during the first month of the lunar year.
Seeing Yun Chang happy, Xu Changhuan felt gratified. It seemed that he was truly happy to have a family. Thinking back to those years when he had no family and was injured and lying in bed, she felt sorry for him and vowed in her heart that she would give him more children in the future so that his home would always be lively and bustling.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the Li family enjoyed a comfortable and happy day at their mansion. They distributed New Year's blessing bags to the servants and had a lively day with everyone. The next day, the family brought generous gifts and rode in a carriage to the Prince Yun's mansion to pay New Year's visits.
The gates of the Prince Yun's mansion were wide open, and the steward and servants waited at the gate for the young lady to return today to pay her New Year's respects.
The family spent the whole day playing around at the Prince Yun's Mansion, and only returned home by carriage in the evening.
In this way, the Yunwang Mansion officially announced Li Mai's identity to the public.
By the afternoon, everyone who needed to know knew that the master of the Li family was actually the sister and brother-in-law of the Prince of Yun.
Of course, everyone also knows that this younger sister is the adopted sister of the King of Clouds.
As for how he acquired his sworn sister, few people know. In any case, everyone knows that the current King Yun has family.
Some people are also thinking about whether they should get to know Yun Wang's sister better.
As a result, someone warned that it was unnecessary. It was said that this sworn sister was not from an official family, but just a small merchant. Apparently, she had saved the life of the Prince of Yun, which was why the Prince of Yun treated her this way.
When these remarks reached the emperor's ears, he secretly ordered an investigation into what life-saving grace Li Mai had bestowed upon Prince Yun.
A few days later, it was discovered that it was Li Mai who had cured Yun Wang's leg.
Only then did the emperor realize that this Li Mai was actually a doctor.
Li Mai was unaware that the Emperor had his eye on her. On the third day of the Lunar New Year, she received two of her apprentices who came to pay their respects and invited them and their families to her home for a meal to express her gratitude to her master.
Li Mai agreed and visited the Zhong and Chu families on the fourth and fifth days of the Lunar New Year, where they had meals together.
On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, we went to Nanling to pay New Year's visits and spent the whole day playing around at the Yu residence.
The children were having the most fun. When Yuze saw his son playing with Zhuzhu and the others, he finally looked like a child, and he smiled with relief.
On the tenth day of the first lunar month, after the court session, the emperor summoned Yun Chang to the imperial study and asked if his sworn sister knew medicine and if she had cured his leg.
Yun Chang nodded without hesitation.
Since the Emperor asked this question, he must have already sent someone to investigate. If he denies it, the Emperor might then focus on Xiaomai and consider her his weakness.
After the Emperor inquired in a low voice about which divine physician Li Mai had studied under, Yun Chang replied that he was just a resident doctor in Qing Shi Town. It was only because Li Mai happened to have a similar ailment to her husband's that he was able to cure her leg ailment.
Moreover, after Li Mai graduated, he did not practice medicine but went into business. The emperor nodded to indicate that he understood and said that it was a pity that such a talented person did not practice medicine.
The emperor then changed the subject, mentioning the Empress Dowager's leg ailment. He wanted Li Mai to take a look; if he could cure it, great; if not, he would give up.
Over the years, the Empress Dowager's leg ailment has been the most troublesome problem for the imperial physicians of the Imperial Hospital.
The Empress Dowager fractured her leg more than a decade ago after accidentally falling down nine steps. Although the imperial physicians healed her broken leg, she was still unable to stand up.
The best state he can be in now is being able to sit and eat and talk. He has almost no feeling in his lower body, and strong old women carry him to the bathroom for both urination and defecation.
When Yun Chang recovered, the emperor asked him how he had recovered. He said it was a prescription from a traveling doctor, and he didn't know where he lived. The emperor sent people to investigate, but they found nothing. Indeed, they found no suspicious people who had any dealings with the Yun Prince's residence.
This time, after hearing that his sworn sister was his savior, he found out that Li Mai was the one who cured Yun Chang's leg. Yun Chang only started seeing him after they met in Qing Shi Town.
Since that's the case, the emperor stated that he wanted the Prince of Yun's sister to treat the Empress Dowager's leg, and promised that if she agreed to treat the Empress Dowager's leg, he would definitely reward her with generous gifts, and if she could cure it, he would also grant them an official position.
Yun Chang couldn't refuse, so she could only say that Li Mai could give it a try, but whether it could be cured depended on the examination results. After all, so many imperial physicians hadn't been able to cure it well, so Li Mai was even less likely to be able to cure it.
The emperor naturally understood Yun Chang's thoughts and said that no matter the outcome, he would not punish Li Mai.
Yun Chang responded.
After leaving the palace, he sighed deeply.
He knew that no matter the outcome, with Li Mai and Zhou Quan's abilities, the emperor couldn't harm them. However, he understood Xiao Mai's personality; she was someone who disliked trouble, and dealing with the emperor was troublesome.
After thinking for a while, he went to the Li residence and also sent Xuanwen to the Zhong residence to convey the message to the Princess.
He was worried that the Empress would make things difficult for Xiaomai when she entered the palace, since she didn't understand the palace rules and he couldn't accompany her to the inner palace. He would feel at ease if the Eldest Princess accompanied Xiaomai.
Li Mai was surprised when she heard the news that Yun Chang brought back.
Empress Dowager?
After carefully inquiring about the Empress Dowager's condition, Li Mai wondered if the Empress Dowager's situation might be the same as Zhou Quan's back then.
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