Upon learning that Lin Dan had agreed to her eldest son's proposal, Mrs. Xue almost jumped for joy. The old lady also agreed repeatedly and hurriedly sent someone to send a letter to General Xue who was far away at the border, and then went around making arrangements for the wedding. Now Lin Dan is no longer an orphan adopted by the Xue family, but a famous genius doctor in the Qin State. Her value is more valuable than mountains of gold and silver. Even if she does not have any dowry, the Xue family has taken advantage of her.
Not long after the wedding date was set, Xue Boyong was ordered to go to the battlefield. Wu Xuancao behaved well for a while, but later, when Prince Su fell ill and asked her to come to his house for treatment, she bravely went. Perhaps the effect of the treatment was very satisfactory. She gradually won the favor of Prince Su and often went in and out of Prince Su's mansion, which made Xue Jiming very unhappy.
Prince Su had a very bad reputation in the army. He once killed hundreds of border residents and claimed military merit. As his subordinates, you had to charge into battle and die for him, but you didn't get any benefits at all. He took other people's military achievements as his own and brought them to the emperor to please him, causing complaints from the soldiers.
He was also extremely cruel, often driving border residents into the mountains and hunting them like wild beasts. He also raped decent women and abused his servants. He is cruel and narrow-minded. If someone offends him, no matter how small the matter is, he will remember it firmly in his mind and think about it day and night. He will take revenge at the slightest opportunity, regardless of the consequences. Over time, he developed migraine, and when the disease struck he became more manic and killed countless people.
I don’t know what method Wu Xuancao used, but she actually managed to control his migraine and he became a guest of honor in Prince Su’s mansion. Xue Jiming often quarreled with Wu Xuancao about this matter, and tried his best to persuade her not to get too close to such people to avoid getting into trouble, but she refused to listen.
Gradually, the relationship between the couple became increasingly distant, to the point where they were like strangers.
A few months later, the emperor, who had been in relatively good health, died suddenly in the palace, leaving behind an imperial edict to pass the throne to Prince Su. However, Prince Yu, who had the highest reputation and the best moral character, was fighting at the border and was unable to return in time for the funeral.
As soon as the news spread out of the palace, Lin Dan frowned and hurriedly wrote a letter to her elder brother.
After a while, Xue Jiming arrived on horseback and said, "Lin Dan, the emperor has passed away. Prince Su wants to seal off the entire city and put it on high defense. It's not safe for you to live here. You should come back to Xue Mansion with me. It's safer for the family to be together."
Lin Dan nodded in agreement, but after mounting the horse, he pricked the horse's neck with a silver needle, causing it to raise its hooves wildly and throw itself to the ground. Because she failed to let go of the reins in time, her right hand was strangled and she was seriously injured. As a doctor, injuring a hand is a disaster. If you don't take good care of it, you will be ruined.
Xue Jiming quickly jumped off his horse to help her, his head covered with sweat. She whispered, "It's OK. I'm a doctor myself, I can fix it." She walked into Xinglinchun and quickly treated the broken arm. She then instructed the doctors, "It takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone. My hand will not be able to move for three months. You should close the clinic for now."
Several doctors nodded in agreement and told her to take good care of herself. People on the street saw her injury, and the news soon spread throughout the capital. Those who were seriously ill were very disappointed, but those who were not sick didn't care.
After returning to the Xue Mansion, Lin Dan took out the set of ancestral medical books, turned to a few pages, melted the handwriting with a special potion, recompiled it, and then fumigated it with sulfur to make it look old. Just as they finished all this, someone came from the palace and said that they wanted to invite Lin Dan and Wu Xuancao to treat the new emperor.
General Xue once impeached Prince Su for falsely claiming military merits, causing him to lose his military power and be imprisoned in the palace by the late emperor. With his vengeful character, could he let the Xue family go? After he comes to power, can he support the Qin State, nurture the people, strengthen the military power, and unify the Central Plains?
The answer does not need to be spoken out loud, everyone naturally has a scale in their hearts. He had executed more than a dozen important officials before he actually ascended the throne. If General Xue was not still at the border and had hundreds of thousands of troops under his command, he would probably have started with the elderly, the weak, the women and the children in the Xue Mansion. If he gets better, the Qin State will not get better, and the Xue Family will not get better! In this case, how could the old lady be willing to let her two granddaughters-in-law treat him?
But the emperor's order could not be disobeyed. Even if the old lady was unwilling, she did not dare to speak at this time. She could only wave her hand and said, "Go and call Wu Xuancao and Dan'er over."
Xue Jiming sat next to the old lady, seemingly in a daze, but in fact his eyes dimmed slightly. How could it be such a coincidence? Lin Dan broke her hand and the palace immediately sent someone to ask her to treat the new emperor. Did she have anticipated this and did it on purpose?
Just as he thought of this, Lin Dan walked in with his arm in a sling and said to the two guards, "My lords, I'm sorry, my hand is broken and I can't enter the palace to treat the emperor."
"The emperor just summoned you into the palace and you broke your hand. Did you do it on purpose?" Wu Xuancao walked in with a sneer. After not seeing her for a while, her eyes and brows were filled with hostility, as if she had become a different person.
When Xue Jiming saw her, disgust flashed across his eyes. He said coldly, "When I went to pick up Lin Dan, she had already broken her arm. At that time, the palace hadn't issued an order yet. How can you say she did it on purpose? Could she have predicted the future? If you don't believe me, you can go ask people on the street."
The two guards stared at Lin Dan's red and swollen fingertips and said sternly, "We will investigate the truth. If anyone disobeys the order, we will report it to the emperor and ask him to make the decision. Since Doctor Lin can't go, please ask Doctor Wu to go with us."
The two of them were originally Prince Su's personal soldiers. Now that they have been promoted to the royal guards, their attitudes have naturally become arrogant. However, when facing Wu Xuancao, they were particularly respectful because only she could control the emperor's headache.
Wu Xuancao combined the acupuncture method left by Zheng Zhe with the internal energy method in "Xinglinchun", which surprisingly worked wonders, and thus won the favor of Prince Su. But she has never forgotten Lin Dan's inheritance. If she doesn't take it now, when will she take it? She rolled her eyes and went to the palace first, not paying any attention to the Xue family members who were glaring at her.
After she left, the old lady closed her eyes and lamented, "What a sin! After so many careful selections, you chose such a daughter-in-law. Sooner or later, our Xue family will be destroyed in her hands!"
Xue Jiming was filled with remorse, but he had to comfort his family: "Grandmother, don't worry. She is not a good doctor and can't cure Prince Su's illness. I see that Prince Su is pale and skinny. He is already terminally ill and won't survive for a few more years. As long as he dies, Qin can appoint another wise ruler. What's more, Dad and Big Brother are still leading the army to fight outside. He dare not do anything to us for the time being."
Madam Xue walked slowly into the main hall and said worriedly, "I'm afraid he has bribed the officers and soldiers on the front line to harm your father and your elder brother and prevent them from returning to the capital. If your father and your elder brother are defeated, Prince Yu will also be stuck in the quagmire."
Xue Jiming naturally understood this truth, but he still tried his best to comfort everyone: "Don't be afraid, we are all in good health and we can outlast him." There were no servants in the hall, so he was not afraid of these words spreading.
Lin Dan ate the fruit in silence, with no worry on his face. When Mrs. Xue saw her hands tied with a board and bandages, she immediately forgot all her worries and came over to ask about her condition. Compared with that evil creature Wu Xuancao, she liked this eldest daughter-in-law more and more.
By evening, Wu Xuancao had not returned home yet, but an eunuch came to the palace and asked Lin Dan to hand over the family medical book because it contained methods to treat the emperor.
"Doctor Lin, if your hand was not broken, the emperor would naturally not force you. But now your hand won't heal for two or three months, and you can't let the emperor wait for you, right? You can hand over the family medical book and let others learn from it, and then go to treat the emperor. It's the same. Don't worry, after they have learned it, we will return the book to you, and not a single page will be missing." The eunuch smiled from ear to ear, as if he was very respectful, but he annoyed the Xue family.
Xue Jiming knew without hesitation who the person who wanted to learn Lin Dan's family medical skills was, it must be Wu Xuancao. It turned out that she was still thinking about Lin Dan's things, and she used Prince Su to rob them. Her methods became more and more despicable, making Xue Jiming feel extremely sick.
At this point, Xue Jiming no longer had any feelings for her. He was about to refuse, but he saw Lin Dan took out a brocade box and said slowly: "This is what Wu Xuancao has always wanted. You can take it away."
The eunuch opened the brocade box and checked it carefully. Seeing that the whole set of books was intact, he hurried back to the palace to report.
After Xue Jiming left, he suddenly overturned the table and said with gritted teeth: "Grandma, mother, I want to divorce Wu Xuancao!"
The old lady and Madam Xue were too lazy to pay attention to him. They went back to their rooms to rest with their tired bodies, and fell ill the next day. Only Lin Dan ate and drank as usual, not affected at all.
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Wu Xuancao was overjoyed when she got the medical book. She stayed in the palace that night and read it eagerly. Prince Su's migraine had long been controlled by her using acupuncture and had little effect on his body. Those people outside hoped that Prince Su would die soon, but they didn't know that with her around, this man would definitely live a long life.
After two months of study, she began to treat Prince Su according to the records in the book, and the results were very significant. Prince Su, who had regained his health, began to eliminate dissidents on a large scale. Most of the important officials in the court were killed by him, and the Golden Palace was filled with rivers of blood every day. He also recruited beautiful women, built palaces, and levied heavy taxes, making life miserable for the people. If this continues, within two years, the powerful Qin State will be completely destroyed in his hands.
The court officials' desperate remonstrances were in vain, so they turned their attention to Wu Xuancao, saying that she was a disaster for the country and the people, a demon who should be cut into pieces. Instead of standing up to defend her, Xue Jiming wrote a letter of divorce and severed all ties with her.
After receiving the divorce letter, Wu Xuancao was depressed for two days but then she cheered up and continued to treat Prince Su. She has abandoned her lover and friends. How can she turn back? As long as Prince Su is well, she can live freely and doesn't have to worry about anything else.
Suddenly one day, when she was giving acupuncture to Prince Su, he began to vomit blood, then covered his head and screamed like a madman. The golden needle, which had not yet been removed, was still stuck in his head and he accidentally pressed it into his flesh, causing even more severe pain. In just a few breaths, he turned from a living person into a corpse with a distorted face and blood gushing from all seven orifices.
"Oh no! The emperor has passed away!" The palace servants screamed and scattered.
Wu Xuancao was trembling all over, with a look of horror on her face, and she was still unable to recover from her shock.
After a while, the sound of swords and weapons was heard outside the hall. A tall and handsome man walked in slowly and examined the body of Prince Su with a calm look. Behind him followed Xue Boyong, whose hands were stained with blood and whose face looked grim.
"Your wife asked me to send troops today. Could it be that she had anticipated this?" The handsome man turned around and it was Prince Yu.
Xue Boyong chuckled and said, "Those who do evil will eventually perish. The incompetent ruler has been punished by heaven." He looked at Wu Xuancao and said word by word, "You took something you shouldn't have taken, so now you should return it to its original owner, right?"
A flash of lightning flashed through Wu Xuancao's mind, causing her to jump up. She searched for medical books and smelled the faint smell of sulfur, which was about to dissipate. She laughed crazily, "It's Lin Dan! She tampered with the medical books, used me to kill the emperor, and then let me be doomed, right?! She is so cruel, her kindness and medical skills are all bullshit!"
Xue Boyong sneered, "You stole the medical book yourself. Did she force you to do that? If you hadn't coveted something that didn't belong to you, nothing would have happened. Medical skills can save lives if used well, but can kill people if used poorly. You should have understood this long ago."
Wu Xuancao had collapsed on the ground, unable to hear anything. After today, what awaits her is either being torn to pieces or a life worse than death...
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