As a prince, even if Xuan Tianfeng no longer cared about court affairs, he still had spies around, and all the big and small things in the court would always reach his ears, of course including the things that happened during the winter siege.
He sighed softly, and stopped thinking about the manor for the time being, and stopped lamenting that he could not follow his own wishes to do what he liked, but Feng Yuheng could realize her ideals and hopes step by step so well. He looked at Feng Yuheng, with a look of satisfaction, but also with gratitude, clasped his fists, and bowed deeply: "For what happened in the hunting ground a few days ago, Feng thanks his sister-in-law for saving my mother's life. My sister-in-law repays evil with kindness, Feng is very grateful, and will remember this kindness in his heart. If my sister-in-law has any errands in the future, Feng will do his best to repay the kindness."
Feng Yuheng was not surprised that he took the initiative to bring up the matter of Concubine Li. She had not had much contact with the Sixth Prince. She had met him once at a palace banquet two years ago, and then the Sixth Prince left Beijing and never came back. Until today, it was the second time they met, but it was also the first time they had a conversation. Before, she might not have had a specific impression of the Sixth Prince described by Wangchuan and the others, but after seeing him today, she could see that this man was devoted to literature and understood righteousness. He did not have those secretive thoughts or those power struggles. He was a thorough scholar, with elegant manners and humble words. He had hopes and ideals that focused on the people and were down-to-earth. Talking with this man was an extremely pleasant process. Even when he mentioned Concubine Li now, she could not pull her thoughts back from the mountains and the people to the majestic court.
Feng Yuheng laughed and replied, "If Sixth Brother said so, Ah Heng would feel guilty. After all, Lady Li was demoted because of this matter, which is a huge matter for the concubines in the harem." Position is the foundation of the people in the harem to make a living. Being demoted from a concubine to a lady all of a sudden may sound like just a matter of one sentence, but in fact it is a world of difference.
Xuan Tianfeng shook his head, with a bitter look on his face, "Rather than letting her sit on the throne of a concubine, I think it's better to let her sit on the throne of a noble. Living in a side hall of a palace far away from the center of power, it will also let her calm down, which is worse than thinking about things all day long." He looked up and looked at the mountains, took a deep breath, and then said, "I know what she is thinking. She always feels that she has given birth to a prince, and she shouldn't look at me as worse than other brothers. What others have, I should have too. But in fact, she doesn't know that what she thinks is good is worthless in my eyes. And the real holy land in my heart is something she will never understand." Xuan Tianfeng retracted his gaze, looked at Feng Yuheng again, and said very sincerely, "The reason why I thank you is because I know that you saved her life just because of your words. Otherwise, just casting a witchcraft curse is a capital crime for you, not to mention that she stole your little white tiger, which caused the little beast to bite Feiyu. Although I have different wishes from my biological mother, she is the mother who gave birth to me after all. I can't forget this favor."
Xuan Tianfeng was persistent, so Feng Yuheng stopped shirking responsibility and just smiled and replied, "I have no intention of suppressing anyone. I always hope that everyone can live in harmony. Lady Li is just having a hard time resolving her knot, and the Feiyu incident was not what she wanted. I heard the two maids beside me say that Sixth Brother is a prince who studies hard, and I thought that when Sixth Brother comes back, I can persuade Lady Li properly. Let's just let this matter go, and Sixth Brother, please don't mention it again."
Xuan Tianfeng nodded, with deep gratitude in his eyes, but he did not mention this moment again. The two of them walked around the manor again, and Xuan Tianfeng said goodbye to him. However, when the imperial carriage to Beijing went a long way, he could not help but lift the curtains and look back. From a distance, he could only see the residual shadow of the manor, and could not see even half a person clearly, but he still felt that there was a young girl standing there, pointing to the mountains in the distance and talking about the herbs she planted on the hillside, and he could even smell the fragrance of the herbs...
On the night of the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, every household had already started preparing for the New Year's Eve dinner. The aroma of meat filled the alley, giving off a festive vibe. But the situation at the Zuo Xiang residence was completely different. Not only was there no aroma of food or meat, there was even a strong smell of medicine.
Lu Yan was lying on the bed, her face was pale and her eyes were sunken, she couldn't even get up. Beside her, the maid Ruyi stood there with red eyes, holding the newly boiled medicine in her hand, trying to persuade Lu Yan to drink it. But Lu Yan was very stubborn and refused to drink it, which made Ruyi cry.
Mrs. Ge also sat beside the bed, frowning as she looked at her daughter lying on the bed in such a state of illness, very puzzled, "Why did she suddenly become so ill?" She asked the servants in the room in confusion, "How did you take care of her? Did you open the window at night? Or was the charcoal fire not burning well? Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, and she has to go to the palace the day after tomorrow. How can we treat the young lady when she is so ill?"
Ge shouted so loudly that all the servants in the room knelt on the ground, and even the medicine soup in Ruyi's hand was spilled. Lu Yan was lying on the couch, and the anger in his heart burst out at this moment. He raised his hand and slapped the bed board with his little strength, shouting at the top of his lungs: "You dog slaves! You see that the Lu family is not what it used to be, and we have no money, but you treat me like this! You made me unable to get out of bed and made me so sick, I will definitely chop off all of your heads, chop off all of your heads!"
Her voice was hoarse, and she was shouting loudly, like a mad woman. Mrs. Ge tried her best to hold her down, not letting her move or get angry, and kept persuading her: "Don't be angry, Yan'er. The more you get angry, the more the disease will not go away. Let's take good care of it, maybe it will be cured by the first day of the new year!"
"How can it possibly be healed?" Lu Yan was almost in despair. "I know my own body. Although I don't feel anything serious, I feel weak all over. It's hard for me to even stand up. How can I go to the palace?"
"Yan'er is right!" Outside the door, the left prime minister Lu Song also walked in, saying as he walked: "The palace has strict rules. Those who are sick are absolutely not allowed to enter the palace, so as not to offend the emperor and the nobles. If people find out that Yan'er is sick and enters the palace, I'm afraid our family will be even more... Never mind, let's not talk about this. The most urgent thing now is to find a way to cure Yan'er's illness as soon as possible."
Mrs. Ge was puzzled, thinking in confusion: "Why did Yan'er suddenly fall ill? The symptoms don't seem to be caused by the cold. The doctor who came to see her didn't say that she had caught a cold, but only said that her body was weak, as if something had emptied her body, and everything needed to be replenished by eating outside. But we have replenished ourselves, and Yan'er has eaten all the good things sent by the Eighth Prince, but there is no effect. What should we do?"
Lu Song was also puzzled, but Lu Yan said, "It's definitely not a cold. My daughter thinks someone must have poisoned me."
"What?" Lu Song and Ge were both shocked, and even the servants kneeling on the ground trembled. Ruyi said, "We have been very careful about what the young lady eats and drinks. I will go to the kitchen to watch and serve it to the young lady myself. I have been serving the young lady since I was a child, and there is no way I would harm the young lady!"
Mrs. Ge also said, "The people who are still in the kitchen are all loyal servants of the mansion. They are willing to share the hardships with our family. They would never poison Yan'er."
Lu Yanyi said on the sickbed: "That's right, Ruyi can't hurt me, but it's hard to say about others. Father, mother, you must make the decision for your daughter!"
Lu Song nodded, "Don't worry, your father will never let this matter go, and will definitely get to the bottom of it. But this is all later. The most urgent thing is to cure your illness first."
At this time, Ruyi, who was kneeling, suddenly said: "I have an idea."
Mrs. Ge nodded at her, "You go ahead."
Ruyi said quickly, "Let's go to Baicaotang to ask for a doctor! Never mind who opened Baicaotang, it is a place to cure illnesses and save lives. I heard that as long as you can afford the consultation fee, the doctor at Baicaotang is a god who can bring back youth! And the medicine they have is good too, not this bitter soup, but small pills and tablets, you can get better after taking them."
When Ruyi said this, the Lu family members also reacted immediately. That's right, the best doctors in the capital are of course in Baicaotang. The doctors they used to invite have long been eliminated for the nobles in the capital. Now, any powerful family will go to Baicaotang when their family members are sick, but the problem is... "I'm afraid we can't even afford the medical fee." Ge sighed helplessly, "The salary that the master brought back last time was all used to take care of Aunt Fangyi."
"Mother!" Lu Yan suddenly shouted, "Go get the jewelry that the Eighth Prince gave me. They are all valuable and good things. Any one of them is enough to pay for the consultation fee!"
"But that was given to you by His Highness." Mrs. Ge was a little reluctant.
Lu Song said, "Ruyi, go get the young lady's jewelry box!" Then he scolded Ge: "You are a woman who values money over life. Yan'er is so sick, of course it is more important to see a doctor. If you spend those things, you can redeem them later. Even if you can't redeem them, as long as Yan'er gets better and can enter the palace to receive the imperial edict from Ci, you can have as much as you want in the future. Why bother about those one or two small things."
Ge knew that she was short-sighted, so she nodded quickly and stopped feeling sorry for those things. In fact, she was not sorry for the things, but felt that they were gifts from the Eighth Prince to her daughter. If her daughter could keep the gift, it would provide a foundation for the relationship between her and the Eighth Prince to go further in the future. But she couldn't care less about that now. Lu Song was right. It was important to cure the disease first.
Mrs. Ge comforted Lu Yan to take a rest and not to get angry. She would ask someone to invite the doctor from Baicaotang. As long as someone came, her illness would be cured. Lu Yan still closed her eyes and slept lightly. Mrs. Ge winked at Lu Song. When the two of them left Lu Yan's room and stood in the yard, Mrs. Ge said, "If it is really poisoned, then Yan'er's poison is very strange. I have thought of all the possible poisonings and ruled them out one by one, unless..."
"Unless what?" Lu Song stared at Ge with a serious face.
"Master, you've thought of that, too, haven't you?" Madam Ge looked at Lu Song. As they had been married for many years, she could guess what Lu Song was thinking at once. So she stopped trying to sell him and quickly said, "As for the blood swallows, I think there's something wrong with the blood swallows sent from the palace!"
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