Chapter 524 Summoned into the Palace
Jiang heaved a sigh of relief.
"I'm glad you're okay. Now that I see you're fine, I can feel at ease."
Song Yuntang smiled.
"The Song family's grandparents will return to Rongshu Village when Haoting turns one year old. By then, the courtyard will be quiet. Haoting's birthday is still some time away, so please wait for him."
"Why are you saying all this? The yard is so big, no one can bother anyone else, it doesn't matter if they stay a few more days." He yawned and said, "Hao Ting has already fallen asleep. I've also asked the nanny in the kitchen to heat up some water for you. You can go to bed early after you wash up."
Song Yuntang nodded quickly.
"Mom and Dad, go to bed. It's getting late."
The two responded and returned to the yard.
Although the elders of the Song family did not leave the yard, they were always paying attention to the movements outside. After hearing Xu Yongwang and his wife return to their room, they all went to sleep peacefully.
Song Yuntang returned to the main courtyard and went to the west wing to see his son first.
My son was not awake before I left in the morning, and he was already asleep when I came back in the evening, which meant I hadn't seen him the whole day.
My son, who is almost ten months old, can already walk a distance with the help of something. In another month or two, he should be able to walk without support.
Looking at her son's sleeping face, Song Yuntang felt quite emotional. In a blink of an eye, she had been a mother for ten months.
Looking back, it seems like the day I gave birth was just yesterday.
Jinshu lowered his voice outside and said, "Madam, the water is ready. Do you want to wash up now?"
Song Yuntang didn't say anything. He gathered the corners of the quilt for his son and tiptoed out of the house.
"Let's go."
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The next day, the news that Madam Xu was the Princess of Le'an spread like wildfire in the capital.
Many people said they had made a mistake.
I thought the first wife of the top scholar was an illiterate and vulgar country woman, but it turned out to be the female physician who cured the plague in Anyang County, the Princess of Le'an County who was personally conferred by His Majesty!
Song Yuntang's several businesses in the capital were already doing well, and because of this incident, they became even more prosperous.
After her identity was revealed, more people came to visit her, and more families in the capital invited her to attend major and minor events.
Some people, out of curiosity, squatted outside Xu's house, wanting to see what this female doctor looked like.
There were also many ladies who came to see her for medical consultation.
After watching Song Yuntang cure several ladies' hidden illnesses in succession, an uninvited guest arrived at the house.
The eunuch beside the emperor, Fan Chihai.
After entering the room, Eunuch Fan first bowed respectfully to Song Yuntang, then said in a shrill voice, "County Lady, His Majesty has called me to come and summon you to the palace. Please accompany me."
Song Yuntang winked at Jinshu.
Then Jinshu took out a purse from his bosom and handed it towards Eunuch Fan.
"Eunuch Fan, I wonder why His Majesty summoned me?"
Fan Chihai took the opportunity to stuff the heavy bag of money in his hand into his sleeve, smiling happily.
He leaned close to Song Yuntang and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "The late queen passed away six months after giving birth to the prince. Your Majesty loved her son so much that he personally raised the sickly eldest prince in the Yangxin Palace despite the opposition of the empress dowager and the concubines in the harem. The reason why you summoned the county lady to the palace today is for the eldest prince."
Song Yuntang understood.
Although the emperor has many concubines in his harem, he treats the former queen differently.
Otherwise, with so many palace maids and eunuchs, it would not be necessary to educate them personally.
"Please wait for a moment, sir. I will come back after changing my clothes."
On weekdays at home, she is either holding her children, fiddling with medicinal herbs, or planting flowers, growing herbs, and feeding fish. She is mostly relaxed and comfortable.
Since you are going to enter the palace now, your clothes are too casual.
Fan Chihai nodded.
"Please come back soon, my lady. We are waiting in the front yard."
Song Yuntang nodded and led Jinshu back to the main courtyard first.
Seeing this, Jiang and Xu Yongwang, who were standing nearby, hurriedly asked Fan Chihai to sit down in the main hall and asked someone to serve tea.
Although they were a little scared when it was their first time meeting someone from the palace, they did not show any fear at the critical moment.
When the elders of the Song family learned that someone had come from the palace, they did not dare to act as casually as before. They were worried that if they made a mistake it would cause trouble for their children, so they stayed in the house and did not go out.
Song Yuntang changed his clothes as quickly as possible, asked Xia Ning to pick up the medicine box, and got on the palace carriage, following Fan Chihai to the palace.
After everyone left, Liu poked her head out of the yard holding the child, her face showing both curiosity and excitement.
"Mom, I never thought I would have the chance to meet the important people in the palace in this lifetime."
After her mother's family knew that her sister-in-law was conferred the title of county princess, they had always wanted her to find a job for her brother.
Considering that Song Jinyuan and Song Yuntang had an average relationship, she discussed it with Song Jinyuan and felt that it was not feasible, so she did not ask for it, but occasionally provided him with rice, flour, fish and meat.
Now that his brother-in-law has won the top spot in the imperial examination and is now an official in Beijing, he has invited his family to stay with him for a while.
If I go back, my family will probably come knocking on my door again.
She couldn't help but think that it would be great if her family could buy a small courtyard in the capital and live there.
They could do some small business, or do odd jobs in Tang'er's shop. With her and her brother-in-law's support, their lives shouldn't be too difficult.
Furthermore, my brother-in-law used to be a teacher.
When my son is a little older, I can let him show up in front of his brother-in-law more often and learn more from him.
But she is not in charge of the family’s money.
It may not be easy to convince my family to buy a yard in Beijing.
Maybe after Tang'er comes back, I can talk to her and feel it out first.
If she was unwilling to be separated from her family for a long time, she might help her persuade her parents and two brothers.
Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Liu's face.
She gently pinched her son's face, hugged him and happily turned back to the room.
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Generally speaking, carriages are not allowed into the palace.
The carriage that Song Yuntang was riding in was no exception.
She got off the carriage at the palace gate, and led Xia Ning, Jin Shu and Fan Chihai to the Yangxin Palace.
Fan Chihai was not only the chief eunuch, but also a favorite of the emperor. When the palace maids and eunuchs saw him, they had to salute him respectfully, and the concubines also had to give him some face.
So the journey was extremely smooth.
When everyone saw Fan Chihai leading the Princess of Le'an County to the Yangxin Palace, they knew why without much thought.
The late Queen and His Majesty were deeply in love. The eldest prince is the only thought the late Queen left for him. Although he has been frail and sickly since childhood, he is also a kind and intelligent child.
If it weren't for my poor health, I'm afraid Your Majesty would have made me the Crown Prince long ago.
At this moment, Princess Le'an has entered the palace.
It must be someone invited by His Majesty to treat the eldest prince.
But the eldest prince's illness was acquired from his mother's womb. Even with so many doctors in the Imperial Medical Bureau working together, they were helpless against his illness. How could a girl in her teens possibly cure it alone?
But this move was tantamount to sounding a wake-up call to the concubines in the palace.
Originally, the eldest prince was ill and the position of crown prince was vacant, so everyone had a chance. If the eldest prince was really cured, the other princes would face crisis.
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