On the first day of the Lunar New Year, early in the morning, Lu Yan vomited a large amount of blood, causing chaos in the Lu Mansion. At this time, the four doctors invited by Ge to the mansion were standing in Lu Song's study, holding the box of unfinished blood swallows in their hands and saying to them: "Prime Minister, Madam, we have examined these blood swallows and can confirm that there is no problem. They are all excellent tonics."
Ge and Lu Song looked at each other, and both saw surprise in each other's eyes. Obviously, the idea that there was something wrong with the blood swallow was already deeply rooted in their minds. When they suddenly heard that there was nothing wrong with the blood swallow itself, they didn't know what to say for a moment.
It was Lu Song who came to his senses first. He asked the four doctors, "Did you see it clearly? The blood swallow is not like other things. Maybe you didn't look at it carefully enough."
The leading doctor quickly replied, "Your Majesty, we were afraid that we might not be able to make a correct judgment, so the four of us first looked at it separately, then wrote down our own ideas on paper, and then we got together to compare them. We all came up with the same answer, and then we dared to report to Your Majesty and Madam."
Ge also followed helplessly and said, "That's right, I saw it myself." As she spoke, she looked at the box of blood swallows, with a thousand thoughts in her mind. If the problem was not with the blood swallows, then what could have gone wrong? It was impossible for Lu Yan to be in this condition for no reason. She didn't have a fever or a cold. Even the doctor from Baicaotang said yesterday that she was poisoned. As for the method of detoxification, it would be fine to force it, but firstly, the young lady would suffer, and secondly, it would not be effective immediately. It was impossible to catch up with the palace banquet on the first day of the first lunar month. The other party only gave one way, which was to find a special antidote, know where the poison was, who put it, and then ask for the antidote, so that the disease could be cured the fastest.
Even the doctor at Baicaotang said it was poisoning, so it must be poisoning, but the question is, where is the poison?
Lu Song reluctantly asked the four doctors for a while, but when he found that he could not get any more information, he waved his hand and let them go. Ge personally escorted the four doctors out of the house and gave them some small change, which was very shabby. However, since they were only identifying the poison and did not diagnose the patient, the doctors did not say anything.
After Ge returned home and closed the door, the four men walked a few steps away together. When they stopped again, they all raised their hands and wiped their foreheads. They were covered in sweat, cold sweat from fear.
"Everyone, you should understand what's going on!" The oldest one spoke first, lowering his voice and saying, "We are all doctors. We should all know whether there is something wrong with the blood swallow."
When he mentioned this, the three people couldn't help but speak out. Someone immediately said, "Indeed, after practicing medicine for many years, if you can't even see this little trick, you don't deserve to be called a doctor."
"Yes!" Someone else said, "The blood swallow was drugged, and it was very obvious. It was obvious that they were not afraid of being discovered. They poisoned it so blatantly, and the thing was a rare and top-grade blood swallow. Even if we could see the poison, we wouldn't dare to say anything!"
"Who dares to say that? Are you going to die? That kind of thing is only in the palace. Someone in the palace wants to harm Miss Lu. Even if the Lu family is the left prime minister's mansion, so what? Everyone in the palace is a master and a lady. Do we think our lives are too long to expose this?"
The old man who spoke first then said, "Since you all understand this, let's put this aside for now. Only the four of us know about this matter. We won't care if the Lu family invites other doctors, but we can't say a word about this, okay?"
The other three all nodded and said, "Okay, it's settled!" After the four of them agreed, they bowed and went home.
At the Lu Mansion, the news that Lu Yan vomited blood soon reached the ears of Lu Song and Ge. The two hurried to Lu Yan's room and saw that Lu Yan's condition was even worse than in the morning. His face was not only pale, but also a little blue. He spat out a mouthful of blood. It was not fresh blood, but black in color.
Ruyi stood beside the bed and started crying. Ge was upset and said loudly, "The young lady is not dead yet, why are you crying?" After that, she quickly sat down beside Lu Yan's bed, held Lu Yan's hand, and couldn't help wiping away tears.
Lu Song was more realistic than others. He calculated, "Yan'er is in this state. She will definitely not be able to attend the palace banquet. The palace banquet is in the evening today. In my opinion, it is better to go to Prince Sheng's Mansion and say hello to His Highness the Eighth Prince first. He entered the capital last night, so he should still be in the mansion now."
Hearing Lu Song mention the Eighth Prince, Lu Yan, who was lying on the sickbed, also perked up and said quickly, "Yes, the Eighth Prince, I want to see the Eighth Prince. Father and mother, can you invite the Eighth Prince to our house? He just gave his daughter so many things, he must be very concerned about her. My daughter is sick now, if she wants to see him, he will definitely agree."
Mrs. Ge also thought that Lu Yan's idea was a good one, so she quickly said to Lu Song, "We still have to go to Prince Sheng's Mansion, but the most important thing is to invite His Highness the Eighth Prince to the mansion, so that he can at least meet Yan'er. Although Yan'er doesn't look good now, everyone is sick, or maybe His Highness can cure Yan'er's poison. In any case, he must know that someone wants to harm Yan'er, so that he can make a decision for Yan'er."
Lu Song nodded in agreement and went to Prince Sheng's mansion in person.
It didn't take long for him to return. When the servants reported that the master had returned, Madam Ge said to Lu Yan, "It must be that the Eighth Prince heard that you were ill and rushed here immediately. Otherwise, how could he have come so quickly?"
Lu Yan was happy to hear this. Although she was still feeling uncomfortable, her face still turned slightly red. Unfortunately, this happiness did not last long. Soon, Lu Song came into the room, but he came in alone.
Ge asked in astonishment, "Where is the Eighth Prince?"
Lu Song stamped his feet and said, "Alas!" Then he lifted his robe and sat on the chair, saying helplessly, "The Eighth Prince didn't come, or rather, he refused to come."
"You don't want to come?" Ge and Lu Yan asked in unison: "Why?"
Lu Song said angrily, "I don't know why the Eighth Prince heard that Yan'er was ill, but he said that was just right and that the marriage was cancelled. He also said that it was God's will. It was supposed to be the day of the marriage, but something went wrong. This was God's will, and God's will cannot be violated. Unless Lu Yan can recover and enter the palace, otherwise, the marriage will be cancelled."
"What?" Lu Yan couldn't believe her ears at all. She struggled to get up, but when she arched her body, she vomited a mouthful of black blood and fell back unconscious...
The palace banquet on the first day of the Lunar New Year was held in the evening. People entering the palace began to line up at the palace gate at 3:00 pm. Male and female guests were still separated. Male guests went to the front court to pay homage to Emperor Tianwu first, while female guests went to the harem to pay New Year's gifts to the empress. Of course, gifts were indispensable on such a day. Everyone entering the palace prepared gifts for the emperor. Some officials even spent a lot of money to buy treasures just to make the emperor and empress smile.
Feng Yuheng was not worried about giving gifts. She was also unwilling to give tacky jewelry and jade. After all, there were so many good things in her space. If she took out two of them at random, it was guaranteed that no one in the world had ever seen them. However, she spent a lot of time and effort to prepare the gift that Zirui wanted to give to the emperor.
Originally, he wanted to give something that was not surprising. After all, he was a child, and he did not seek fame or fame, nor did he want to please the emperor for his family. Whatever he gave was just to make Tianwu laugh. But when Zirui entered the palace, the emperor happened to mention the stationery such as paper, pencils and erasers that Zirui brought back every time he returned to Xiaozhou. He said that the imperial tutor Ye Rong admired those things very much and boasted to him several times. Tianwu was so angry that he asked Zirui to get him some as well.
Feng Yuheng thought about it and decided to give a pencil as a gift. Ye Rong had it first and Emperor Tianwu had it later. The old emperor still lost face. So she found a fountain pen from her space. It was brand new and still in its packaging. It was given out at a commendation meeting in the army. It was a gold pen, and she had never used it. After all, people in later generations are used to using ballpoint pens and signature pens. Who would bother using fountain pens? It just happened that this thing could be given to Zirui to present to Tianwu as a gift. It also came with a bottle of fountain pen ink and a few stacks of manuscript paper. She taught Zirui how to use it so that when Tianwu asked, Zirui could answer fluently.
At 3:30 pm, Feng Yuheng's carriage was already approaching the Deyang Gate. This was the road for the palace servants to enter the palace, and a long line had formed. Bai Ze had been waiting there since early morning. When he saw Feng Yuheng coming, he quickly stepped forward to take Zirui off the carriage. Feng Yuheng also told him, "You can go to my house tomorrow. Furong is already well, but she has just recovered from a serious illness, so she cannot enter the palace. You can just go to my place to see her."
Bai Ze was very grateful and thanked him again and again, then he took Zi Rui to find Xuan Tianming and went into the palace together. Seeing them go far away, Feng Yuheng's palace carriage also changed direction and headed towards the Rui Gate where the female relatives entered the palace.
However, when sending Zirui off, Feng Yuheng had already noticed that the atmosphere today was different from the past. The Eighth Prince returned to the capital, and it seemed that the atmosphere in the capital had suddenly returned to the time when the Third Prince was alive. Although officials from other provinces did not come to the capital, and there were not as many people as during the moonlit night, it was still clear that people were vaguely divided into factions. Some of the officials who used to be low-key in the capital became more public because of the Eighth Prince's return. Obviously, their choice of team was the Eighth Prince who established a small court in the south of the border. However, the original supporters of Xuan Tianming were still as low-key and indifferent as usual, not showing off, just watching the changes in the situation with cold eyes, and were not moved at all.
Feng Yuheng raised her hand and pressed her right eyelid. The peony-colored wide sleeves flashed before her eyes. They were so bright that even she felt a little uncomfortable.
Huang Quan thought the dress was very pretty and praised it. Wang Chuan saw the trick and asked, "Why do you always press your eyes, Miss?"
Feng Yuheng said, "It's nothing, my right eyelid is twitching a lot. People say that if the left eye twitches, it means good fortune, and if the right eye twitches, it means disaster. My right eye keeps twitching, I'm afraid there will be disaster!"
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