The next day, Xuan Tianming presented Feng Yuheng's request as he said. Although Liu Huai was very surprised, and even felt that this must be a trap set by the Ninth Prince and Feng Yuheng, waiting for the Liu family to jump in, Emperor Tianwu was very supportive of this, and even told Liu Huai that he didn't need to go back to the palace after the court session, and someone in the palace would go to the Liu Mansion to notify them, and all the Liu family members in Beijing would be invited to the palace soon.
Liu Huai covered half of his face with the wide sleeves of his court robe and secretly looked at the Eighth Prince. But he saw that Xuan Tianmo's expression remained the same, and there was no change in his emotions. Liu Huai sighed in his heart. The Eighth Prince has always been like this. He rarely gets angry in public, and rarely expresses joy in public. No matter what he thinks in his heart, it is difficult to tell on the surface. What's more, the Eighth Prince seems to be taking the family route recently. He is much more diligent in caring about Emperor Tianwu's well-being than caring about state affairs. People who don't know him would think that this is a prince who has no interest in the throne and is devoted to filial piety, but they don't know that behind the scenes, this person is not idle at all.
Liu Huai could not leave the palace and could only watch Zhang Yuan bring Emperor Tianwu's oral order to his residence. After the court session, he followed Emperor Tianwu directly to Anju Palace.
Concubine Liu was in good spirits today. Feng Yuheng came over early in the morning and gave her some medicine. Under the stimulation of this western medicine, she could sit up a little on the couch. Although her face was still very ugly, she could at least say a few words. She looked much better than a few days ago.
Liu Huai looked at his sister like this, and his heart began to beat. He had already asked all the doctors in the Imperial Hospital about Concubine Liu's illness, and the conclusion they gave was that she was incurable. The reason why he asked Feng Yuheng to come in was really to set a trap for her and let her treat a patient who was incurable. If she couldn't be cured, then they would join forces with other court officials to put the same hat on the Yao family many years ago on her. Concubine Liu was incurable, and even the Eighth Prince had guaranteed this, so why did it seem like there was a twist now?
Liu Huai had sweat on his forehead and kept staring at Liu Bin, as if he wanted to find some clues from her. Or was he just holding his breath and doing it for others to see?
Concubine Liu realized that her eldest brother had been staring at her. She sighed in her heart and said, "I have really worried you these days. I have not been able to help my mother's family in all these years. Now that I am sick, I still want you to worry about me. I feel really sorry."
Liu Huai said quickly, "Your Majesty, please don't say such polite words. No matter what, I hope that Your Majesty can recover soon."
"Don't worry, brother." Concubine Liu comforted him, "No one in the palace can cure my illness, but after being treated by Princess Yu, I have gotten better. Princess Yu also said that as long as the Liu family can cooperate, my illness can definitely be cured." After saying that, she confirmed with Feng Yuheng, "Is that right?"
Feng Yuheng smiled and nodded, "That's right. If you want to cure the queen's illness and save her life, you need the cooperation of the Liu family. Of course, this cooperation also requires a certain amount of sacrifice. I just don't know if the Liu family is willing to make this sacrifice."
"Don't worry, Princess Yu!" Before Liu Huai could speak, Concubine Liu rushed to speak first, "The Liu family is my family's family. No matter what kind of contribution you make, we will agree to it."
"Yes." Emperor Tianwu also nodded. "Just because Liu Aiqing has repeatedly begged me to invite Ah Heng to the palace to treat you, I can already see that the Liu family cares about you." After saying this, he asked Liu Huai, "Liu Aiqing, don't you think so?"
What else could Liu Huai say? He nodded his head and added, "Your Majesty is right. As long as Concubine Liu can be cured, the Liu family is willing to bear any cost."
Tianwu nodded and said with satisfaction: "This is what a brother should be like."
Feng Yuheng was sitting next to him, looking at Liu Huai, and added fuel to the fire, "Madam Liu can finally rest assured this time."
Liu Huai couldn't figure out what Feng Yuheng meant, but the emperor was here, so he couldn't ask too much. He could only stand there and ponder in his heart, waiting for the Liu family to enter the palace so that Feng Yuheng could reveal the answer quickly. As the saying goes, the moment of beheading is terrible, but only those who have really been on the guillotine know that the most terrifying thing is not the beheading, but the process when the knife is on the neck and the supervising officer has not yet given the order to behead. Liu Huai now feels like a piece of meat on the chopping board, waiting for someone to chop it at any time!
Fortunately, they didn't have to wait too long. Zhang Yuan had already led a large number of Liu family members into the palace gate of Anju Palace and stood in the courtyard. At the same time, Xuan Tianming and Xuan Tianhua, who had left the palace after the court session, also came back and brought ten ordinary people from the capital into the palace. All the doctors from the Imperial Hospital also gathered here. For a while, the courtyard of Anju Palace seemed very crowded.
This move surprised Liu Huai very much, especially when he saw Xuan Tianhua also standing in the yard, he felt even more uneasy.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Tianwu said, "Ah Heng, everyone is here, just tell us how you need the Liu family's help!"
Feng Yuheng nodded, and asked someone to carry Concubine Liu to the yard on a soft chair. Finally, after everyone gathered together, Feng Yuheng spoke: "Before I tell you the method, please let your father Rong Aheng explain the queen's illness to you. Everyone, the queen is suffering from kidney failure. Because the kidney function is completely lost, this has led to such a bad life situation. Although I have used medicine to relieve the queen's pain as much as possible, this method alone cannot prolong the queen's life. The queen will still be like what the imperial doctors said, with only one month left to live."
This was the first time that Concubine Liu heard directly about her illness. She was a little emotional for a while. She sat on the soft chair and tried hard to grab Tianwu's hand, shouting at the same time: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty, save me, I don't want to die!" Unfortunately, Tianwu stood far away from her and had no intention of coming over. She couldn't reach him no matter how hard she tried. Seeing that she couldn't reach Tianwu, she started to grab Feng Yuheng again, "Princess Yu! Princess Ji'an! Please, you must save me."
Feng Yuheng half turned around and said loudly: "Ah Heng has already said that there is a way to cure the queen's illness, but it requires the cooperation and efforts of the Liu family."
"The Liu family will definitely agree!" Concubine Liu shouted this to the entire Liu family. She was already seriously ill and looked like a ghost, old and ugly. The Liu family didn't even want to look at her. When they heard this out of the blue, everyone was unhappy. But Concubine Liu was the queen after all. Besides, the emperor was still here. Even if they had some ideas in their hearts, they didn't dare to say it to his face. So they all lowered their heads and said nothing, and only Liu Huai bit the bullet and said, "Your Majesty is right."
"Very good." Feng Yuheng took over. "Since the Liu family has no objection, I will tell you how to treat the queen. You should listen carefully! Since this princess took over Baicaotang three years ago, it has created a series of special medical methods and medicine formulas. I believe that anyone who has lived in the capital should have heard of this. Even most people have visited Baicaotang and seen a doctor. Baicaotang's surgical methods are also well known, such as bone setting, cesarean section, organ replacement, etc." As he said, he looked at the ten people brought by Xuan Tianming and Xuan Tianhua, "I invited some people in today to testify that my Baicaotang has such surgical capabilities."
After she finished speaking, the people immediately knelt down. One of them took the lead and said, "Princess Yu is right. We have all been to Baicaotang for treatment and have seen the surgical methods there with our own eyes. I myself was unfortunately burned last year and underwent a skin grafting operation performed by the genius doctor Yao Xian himself. A piece of skin from my thigh was moved to my neck." As he spoke, he opened his collar for people to see.
After him, another woman spoke up and said, "I gave birth to a child at the end of last year. Due to a difficult labor, I was about to die. It was the female doctor at Baicaotang who performed a cesarean section on me. They cut open my stomach, took the baby out, and then sewed it up. Within seven days after the operation, I was able to walk without any discomfort."
Led by these two people, the rest of the people also told one by one about the surgeries they had received in Baicaotang. One of them even openly said that he had received a "kidney transplant" and successfully lived for two years. As soon as these words came out, all the Liu family members shuddered and looked at Feng Yuheng in horror.
Feng Yuheng didn't care about this. She said to the man, "This princess remembers you. That year, you also had severe kidney failure. You have a brother with the same father and mother. After testing, it was found that your kidney sources are just matched. You two brothers have a deep brotherly love, and your brother voluntarily donated a kidney to you, which saved your life."
The man kowtowed to Feng Yuheng and said gratefully: "My life was saved by the princess. I will never forget your kindness and virtue."
"How is your brother now?" Feng Yuheng asked him, "I remember that when you had the kidney transplant, your brother had already married and had children, and your family was well off, so you brothers didn't need to do any heavy physical labor, so we performed the surgery on you."
The man immediately replied, "Brother is doing well now. We take the special medicine prescribed by Baicaotang every day. We don't work hard on weekdays and we are in good health."
"What does Princess Yu mean?" Suddenly, Liu Huai's wife, Li, spoke up and asked Feng Yuheng in horror, "Could it be that the method Princess Yu is talking about is a kidney transplant?" She was particularly puzzled, "What is a kidney?"
Feng Yuheng did not explain too much about what a kidney is. She just told Li: "The kidney is an organ in the human body. A normal adult has two kidneys, located behind the waist on both sides. The so-called kidney replacement surgery is a more popular term. The more formal term in medicine is kidney transplantation or kidney transplantation. This is a major operation that requires surgery. It uses a healthy kidney from the outside to replace a scrapped kidney in the body that can no longer perform its original function. It is usually used in the treatment of late-stage renal failure." She said, glancing at Concubine Liu: "And Concubine Liu is suffering from this disease."
Li shuddered and murmured, "Do you want to give Concubine Liu a kidney?" Then she said puzzledly, "If you want to give Concubine Liu a kidney, why do you need the Liu family to pay for it?" Pay money? No, Concubine Liu is the emperor's woman after entering the palace. No matter whether she is favored or not, it is not reasonable for her to ask her family for money when she is sick.
She looked at Feng Yuheng in confusion, and then she heard Feng Yuheng say something that was heartbreaking for the Liu family: "The reason why the Liu family members have to enter the palace is because the search for the kidney source must be done by a close relative."
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