Chapter 103 The Queen Mother is Seriously Ill
Before leaving, Ling Chan reminded Xiao Jin, "Don't be reluctant to use that medicine."
Xiao Jin curled his lips, and the scars on his face relaxed, "Okay."
Standing at the door and watching Ling Chan leave, Xiao Jin returned to the house and couldn't sleep all night.
The letters on the table shocked him greatly, but he did not fully express it in front of Ling Chan just now.
There was no signature on this letter, so there was no way to directly bring down Rong An.
Then there is Rong An’s identity. He is the biological brother of Queen Mother Rong Ruxiang, her only biological brother.
The emperor also trusts him and indulges him. Without more direct evidence, there is probably no way to deal with him.
In the early morning, Xiao Jin wrote a letter and asked Jiu Zhen to send someone back to the capital.
Now he could only take two approaches at once, asking his men in the capital to keep an eye on Rong An's movements, while he himself would keep an eye on Gong Zhou at Fuyun Villa.
Ling Chan was thinking about the same question on the way back, but she was not as upright as Xiao Jin. She quickly thought of a way to bring down Rong An.
If there is no direct evidence, then create evidence.
Her scanning device can reproduce other letters based on the font of that letter, and the content... isn't it whatever she writes?
But there is no rush. Anyway, we have to wait for 'her' to arrive at Floating Cloud Villa, find out those letters, and then bring them back to the capital. There is still some time to go.
The prefect of Qingzhou Prefecture failed to dispatch troops to cooperate with the Gong family in suppressing the bandits, so he could only strengthen the inspection of the city gates.
The sisters from Qingyi Tower could not pass through the city, so they had to take a detour through the suburbs.
Gong Zi, with the title of Medical Immortal, was free to come and go in Qingzhou Prefecture.
Her elixir was highly sought after by people in the martial arts world, and its price was driven up even higher. Some people even bought twenty bottles at the price of five hundred taels per bottle.
In just a few days, she alone earned 50,000 taels of silver for Qingyi Tower.
"It's not my credit." Facing the praise from the sisters, Gong Zi was also very humble, "It's the owner's medicine that's good."
She looked at Ling Chan and said, "Master, I heard today that people from the Qiongyu Sect have also come to Qingzhou."
"Qiongyu Sect? What's its origin?" Ling Chan had never heard of this sect.
"The Qiongyu Sect and Juxian Villa are two major sects in the martial arts world. They have been established for a long time and are very influential in the southwest. The Qiongyu Sect's swordsmanship and the Juxian Villa's knife skills are equally matched and are both the best in the martial arts world."
"These two sects have never had any interest in the position of leader of the martial arts world. For some reason, someone from the Qiongyu Sect would actually appear in Qingzhou this time."
"Everyone speculates that the Qiongyu Sect is also here to compete for the position of leader of the martial arts world."
Ling Chan pondered deeply. It was impossible for the Qiongyu Sect, which had never intended to be the leader of the martial arts world, to appear in Qingzhou for no reason. There must be a reason.
As for the reason... Ling Chan couldn't figure it out for a moment, but she always felt that something was wrong.
"What about Juxian Villa? Have their people arrived?"
Gong Zi shook his head, "I haven't heard of anyone from Juxian Villa."
She goes to the city every day to practice medicine and hears a lot of news.
"Recently, more and more people have been coming to Qingzhou Prefecture. The inns are full, the houses of ordinary people are full, and many farmers in the suburbs have also rented out their rooms. Now, many martial artists have gone to nearby counties and villages to rent rooms."
"These martial artists claim to be righteous men, but they also cause a lot of trouble."
"Fortunately, there are troops stationed near Qingzhou Prefecture patrolling the area, otherwise, I really don't know what kind of trouble would have arisen."
The garrison inspection was arranged by Xiao Jin. He was very foresighted.
"Master." Gong Lan came over and handed Ling Chan a letter, "It's from Yulu Mountain."
Ling Chan took it and knew what it was without even opening it.
It must have been the letter Xiao Jin wrote back that made the emperor make the decision to ask her to come to Fuyun Villa.
I opened the letter and it was true.
The Emperor, citing Princess Wanyue's deep filial piety, granted her permission to return to her family after praying for the Marquis of Zhenbei for 49 days. With the martial arts conference approaching, he asked her to join the Marquis of Zhenbei in contributing to the peace between the imperial court and the martial arts world...
The letter from Yulu Temple was asking her what to do.
"Let them follow your orders and set off for Qingzhou on the 49th." Ling Chan handed the letter back to Gong Lan.
"yes."
At this time in the capital, the empress dowager was lying on the bed, and the emperor was sitting beside her.
"The Queen Mother's complexion has been getting worse recently. What did the imperial physician say?" Emperor Xiao Heng's face was full of concern.
The coldest days have passed, and spring is just around the corner. Logically, the Empress Dowager's health should be getting better and better, but why is her complexion getting paler day by day?
Nanny Xian replied, "Your Majesty, the imperial physician has been here several times but couldn't find anything. He simply said that the Empress Dowager is weak and needs more rest and nourishment."
"I have some hundred-year-old ginseng from Xicang as tribute. I'll have it delivered to the Queen Mother later."
"Has Brother Yi visited Mother recently?"
Rong Ruxiang wanted to answer, but suddenly started coughing.
Nanny Xian stepped forward and patted Rong Ruxiang on the back, "Your Majesty, Prince Huai hasn't seen the Queen Mother recently."
Xiao Heng's eyes hardened for a moment, then softened in an instant, "I guess Brother Yi has been too busy lately."
Rong Ruxiang finally stopped and nodded with difficulty, "He... forget it, the imperial physician also said that I just need to rest more, so there's no need to mobilize a large force."
Xiao Heng nodded, "Well, then, Queen Mother, please rest a little longer. I'll get busy first."
"Okay, go ahead." Rong Ruxiang waved her hand and waited for Xiao Heng to stand up. In just a short while, Rong Ruxiang's eyelids had drooped.
Xiao Heng couldn't help but take another look and felt strange.
After leaving Ningshou Palace, Xiao Heng instructed the palace attendants around him, "Please ask Mr. Ge to come into the palace and check on my mother."
"Send someone to see what King Huai has been doing recently."
Mr. Ge is an imperial physician who "retired" a few years ago. If there is an illness in the palace that the imperial physician cannot diagnose, the old man will be invited back to the palace to take a look.
The palace maid bent her waist and went to do her work quickly.
Rong Ruxiang had just closed her eyes for a while when she was awakened by a chill that penetrated her heart.
"Madam Xian." She shuddered and gathered her clothes in her arms. "Is the charcoal fire out?"
Nanny Xian was standing beside her, looking at the three braziers next to the couch. "Empress Dowager, the braziers are still burning. They haven't gone out yet."
Rong Ruxiang shuddered again, "Isn't it extinguished? Why does it feel even colder than before?"
Madam Xian: "How about I go and order another one?"
Rong Ruxiang waved her hand, "No need, just make the fire bigger."
From last year till now, the charcoal fire in Ningshou Palace has been increasing...
This made Madam Xian think of a possibility, "Your Majesty, I have a guess..."
Rong Ruxiang hummed in confusion.
Nanny Xian then expressed her suspicions, "Your Majesty, these symptoms... I have seen them in someone else before."
"Prince Rui's biological mother...Yunshu."
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