Everyone screamed and surrounded him. Liu Yu helped Liu Jin who had fallen to the ground and checked his injuries anxiously.
"I'm fine." Liu Jin's face turned pale and he shook his head. "It's just a skin injury."
Liu Yu hurried over to see Liu Chen. Liu Chen's injury was much more serious than Liu Jin's. Blood gushed out like a spring. It was obvious that he was injured in a vital part.
"Quickly call the imperial physician!" Liu Yu yelled, and the stunned people came back to their senses.
"It's too late!" Mu Zhuohua squatted in front of Liu Chen and reached out to check the injury on his thigh. "The blood vessel has been punctured. The bleeding must be stopped immediately!"
Liu Yu stared at Mu Zhuohua in a daze. Mu Zhuohua was still panicking just now, but now she was very calm. She picked up the sword on the ground, raised her hand and swung it down, cut off her outer shirt, wrapped it around Liu Chen's wound, and tightened it tightly. "Second Prince, tighten this side."
Liu Yu heard this and tightened the wound according to Mu Zhuohua's instructions. Sure enough, the bleeding was much less. Mu Zhuohua took out a sheepskin scroll from her waist, opened it and placed it on the ground. Inside were silver needles.
"I'll give you acupuncture to stop the bleeding. Don't move." Mu Zhuohua said as she picked up a long needle.
Liu Chen stared at Mu Zhuohua weakly. Mu Zhuohua acted quickly and quickly inserted a few needles. Sure enough, the bleeding stopped after a while.
"Carry your highness back to the room, put him on the couch, and get some hot water." Mu Zhuohua said, adding, "Be careful not to touch the silver needles."
Seeing that Mu Zhuohua had really stopped the bleeding, everyone followed her orders.
Mu Zhuohua said to Liu Jin again, "Third Highness, let me see your injuries."
Liu Jin came back to his senses and waved his hand, saying, "No, I just have a superficial wound. The bleeding has stopped."
Mu Zhuohua glanced at Liu Jin, and no longer insisted. He turned and ran into the room where Liu Chen was.
There was hot water in the imperial study, and the eunuchs quickly brought it over. Liu Yu used scissors to cut the cloth on the wound and carefully wiped the blood. At this time, hurried footsteps were heard from outside, and someone shouted: "The imperial physician is here!"
Mu Zhuohua turned around and saw three imperial physicians running in breathlessly. She stood up and made way.
"I am late..."
The imperial physician was about to apologize, but heard Liu Chen impatiently say: "Stop talking nonsense and come here!"
The imperial physician hurriedly crawled to the bed, carefully examined Liu Chen's injuries, and breathed a sigh of relief: "Your Highness was injured here and bleeding like a spring. If the bleeding was not stopped in time, I am afraid it would be dangerous. I wonder which imperial physician did it?"
Everyone looked at Mu Zhuohua.
At this time, Mu Zhuohua's sleeves and clothes were covered with a large patch of bright red. She smiled at the imperial physician and said: "In an emergency, I have to make up my mind. I know a little about medicine, so I dare to stop the bleeding for your Highness. The rest is left to you."
The imperial physician smiled kindly and turned around to treat Liu Chen's wound.
Seeing that Liu Chen was being cared for by the imperial physician and she was covered in blood, Mu Zhuohua thought about going back to the Lifan Temple to change clothes. However, she bumped into someone as soon as she walked out of the door. Mu Zhuohua took two steps back, looked up, and said in surprise, "Your Highness."
Liu Yan was also shocked when he saw the blood on Mu Zhuohua's body. He subconsciously stepped forward and grabbed her hand: "Where are you injured? Why is there so much blood?"
Mu Zhuohua saw the urgency in Liu Yan's eyes and couldn't help but feel a little dazed. He smiled and said, "It's not me, it's the eldest prince. This was accidentally infected when I was treating His Highness."
Liu Yan breathed a sigh of relief unconsciously, put Mu Zhuohua down, and walked inside.
Mu Zhuohua went back to the Lifan Temple to change into clean clothes. Her blood scared everyone. After asking around, they learned that the two princes had a sword fight, and they were all terrified.
Mu Zhuohua changed her clothes and returned to the imperial study. Liu Chen and Liu Jin's wounds had been treated, and the imperial physician was walking out.
When Mu Zhuohua walked to the door, he heard Liu Yan scolding Liu Chen. He subconsciously retracted his foot and stopped outside the door.
"You acted too recklessly today!" Liu Yan sat on the bed and scolded Liu Chen with a sullen face, "You are the elder brother, and the responsibility for today's matter lies with you."
Liu Chen said stubbornly, "He was rude and said that the emperor's uncle was not good at employing people and was deceived. I was so angry..."
Liu Yan pressed his forehead and suppressed his anger and said, "Others just know your temper and deliberately provoke you. Today, His Majesty is not in the palace, and I am not in the Lifan Temple. Do you think it is a coincidence?" Liu Chen was startled and then angrily said, "They did it on purpose."
Liu Yan said, "You and Liu Jin are both injured, and you must be scolded by His Majesty."
Liu Chen sneered, "I understand. Liu Yu deliberately let Liu Jin drag me into the water. We are fighting each other, but he is willing to let his own brother take risks."
"Chen'er, the three of you all call me Imperial Uncle, so I shouldn't be biased." Liu Yan sighed lightly, "Your fighting is hurting His Majesty's heart."
Liu Chen said, "Then let them not even think about fighting with me!"
Liu Yan knew that Liu Chen had such a bad temper and would not listen to his advice, so he could only say, "You are the eldest son, you don't have to fight, all of this will be yours. The more you fight, the further away it will be from you. As long as you control your temper, you won't be easily used by others."
Liu Chen was about to refute, but he heard a knock on the door outside.
"Your Highness, Mu Zhuohua wants to see you."
Liu Chen took back all the words in his heart and said coldly: "Come in."
Mu Zhuohua pushed open the door, walked to the bed and asked with concern: "How is your injury?"
Liu Chen said: "No problem."
Liu Yan glanced at Mu Zhuohua: "I heard that you stopped the bleeding of the eldest prince in time."
Mu Zhuohua smiled and said: "This is the duty of a minister."
Liu Chen looked at Mu Zhuohua coldly: "You should know that I don't like you very much."
Mu Zhuohua smiled: "I am just doing my own thing and can't control the likes and dislikes of others."
Liu Chen said again: "No one knows that you have medical skills. If you don't save me, no one will blame you."
Mu Zhuohua sighed lightly: "If Your Highness wants to ask this, then let me tell you the truth. I know that Your Highness doesn't like it, but the two Your Highnesses had an accident in my class, and I am to blame, so I must do my best to save them. This is the first reason. Second, doctors are kind-hearted, and I feel guilty if I don't save them."
Liu Chen said coldly: "Third, you thought of saving me, so I owe you a favor and will not embarrass you anymore."
Mu Zhuohua smiled bitterly: "I dare not ask for this third reason."
Liu Chen said: "I never owe anyone. You saved my life, and I will repay you now. Tell me your conditions."
Mu Zhuohua glanced at Liu Chen cautiously, and then glanced at Liu Yan with his peripheral vision, then lowered his head and said: "Then Your Highness, just give me some medical fees."
"What?" Liu Chen asked suspiciously, "Consultation fee? What consultation fee do you want?"
Mu Zhuohua said, "When I treat patients, how much consultation fee I charge depends on the patient's status. If it is an ordinary citizen, I will only charge a few copper coins. If it is a high-ranking official, I will charge more. Your Highness is honored, I dare to ask for 500 taels of consultation fee." Liu Yan
raised his eyebrows and looked at Mu Zhuohua after hearing this.
Liu Chen sneered and shouted, "Come here, bring 1,000 taels!"
As soon as Liu Chen finished speaking, a little eunuch came in with a 1,000 tael silver note.
"Give it to her." Liu Chen said disdainfully, "My life should be more expensive."
Mu Zhuohua respectfully accepted the 1,000 taels and bowed his hands and said, "Thank you, Your Highness."
Liu Chen waved his hand in disgust and said, "You can go."
Mu Zhuohua bowed and retreated.
After Mu Zhuohua walked away, Liu Chen said to Liu Yan: "This woman is greedy for life and afraid of death, greedy for money and afraid of trouble. She saved my life, and fame and fortune are within her reach, but she only asked for 500 taels. Do you think she is greedy and stupid?"
Liu Yan smiled and said nothing. The Mu Zhuohua he knew was not such a person.
"How can such a person be as famous as Shen Jinghong?"
Liu Yan said helplessly: "You should have a good rest these days and don't get angry anymore. When His Majesty comes to see you later, remember to admit your mistakes and don't make excuses."
"I know, the emperor's uncle is getting more and more verbose. You were not like this before." Liu Chen muttered dissatisfiedly.
Liu Yan was a little dazed for a moment, wondering what he was like before…
He suddenly remembered how he was full of vigor and arrogance… How much better than Liu Chen he used to be…
But some lessons are really too heavy…
The eunuch came in with a bowl of medicine, and Liu Yan helped Liu Chen sit up to drink the medicine. At this time, another eunuch ran in, knelt down and said, "Your Highness, I just followed Mu Zhuohua, and she did say something about Your Highness."
Liu Chen's face turned cold: "What did she say about me behind my back?"
Mu Zhuohua had just taken a few steps with the silver in her arms when she saw Song Lianxi running over.
"I've heard about it all." Song Lianxi was horrified. "Such a terrible thing actually happened. Fortunately, you know medical skills and stopped the bleeding for the prince. Otherwise, if something happens to the prince, you will be in danger."
Mu Zhuohua smiled and said, "I'm also very scared."
Song Lianxi asked again, "But you have saved the prince so much. The prince should give you a lot of rewards. If you become rich and powerful, don't forget each other!"
Mu Zhuohua took out a silver note from his arms and said, "I only asked for 500 taels of medical fees, but the prince gave me 1,000 taels."
Song Lianxi was dumbfounded: "You! You! You! Alas, what can I say about you! Such a good opportunity, but you actually asked the prince for 500 taels!" Song Lianxi slapped his thigh in anger, "My Lord Mu, you are such a smart person, why did you do such a stupid thing? You are doing a thankless job. The prince will probably hate you even more!"
Mu Zhuohua said slowly, "The prince doesn't like me anyway. If I asked for a high position and a high salary, the prince would not feel sad even if he gave it to me.
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: "Did she really say that?" The young eunuch nodded: "I heard it clearly. Although I can't remember every word, this is roughly what she meant." Liu Chen waved his hand and said, "Go down." In front of Liu Yan, Liu Chen touched his nose awkwardly. He thought Mu Zhuohua would be resentful, but he didn't expect... Instead, he seemed narrow-minded... What he said to Liu Yan before was now slapped in the face by Mu Zhuohua. His face was burning, but he didn't feel resentful in his heart. Liu Yan smiled at the corners of his lips and urged: "Your Highness, take the medicine." Liu Chen drank the medicine uncomfortably and asked: "Uncle, this Mu Zhuohua doesn't seem so unbearable..." Liu Yan's eyes were full of smiles, and he nodded gently: "Her mind is indeed exquisite." The turmoil in the imperial study soon spread throughout the palace. When Mu Zhuohua returned to the Lifan Temple, he saw his colleagues gathered together, describing the dangerous scene vividly. When everyone saw Mu Zhuohua coming in, they immediately surrounded him and asked about the situation. Mu Zhuohua smiled and said, "Both princes are fine, and His Royal Highness Prince Ding is here. Let's go back to work. When His Royal Highness Prince Ding comes back and sees us discussing the right and wrong of the princes, he will probably be angry."
When everyone heard this, they dispersed without interest.
Mu Zhuohua's job today was to give lectures to the three princes. After this incident, the lectures had to be stopped. She returned to the Lifan Temple to prepare the materials needed for the next observation of government affairs in the Ministry of Rites. When she was halfway through, a palace maid came to pass on a message.
"Sir Mu, Her Royal Highness the Princess invites you." The palace maid saluted respectfully.
Since the rumor about Mu Zhuohua and Shen Jinghong happened, she rarely received respect from the palace maids, but after all, she was Princess Roujia's person, so she knew etiquette.
Mu Zhuohua put down her things and followed the palace maid into the harem. Usually, outsiders were not allowed to enter the harem, but Mu Zhuohua was a female official, so she had conveniences that others did not have.
The two walked for a while before stopping. The maid turned to Mu Zhuohua and reminded her, "Princess Roujia is talking to the Queen Mother and the Empress. Be careful with your words and actions after you go in."
Mu Zhuohua said gratefully, "Thank you for your reminder, sister."
Mu Zhuohua followed the maid in and looked up. She saw the Queen Mother sitting on top of her, with the Empress and Princess Roujia sitting on either side. She immediately knelt down to pay her respects.
"Mu Zhuohua, the official in charge of the Foreign Affairs Temple, pays respects to the Queen Mother, the Empress, and Princess Roujia."
The Queen Mother's voice was a little solemn and majestic, and she said lightly, "Get up."
Mu Zhuohua stood up respectfully and stood by with his hands hanging down.
"I just saw the two grandchildren. Chen'er was seriously injured. I heard that they had a dispute when you were lecturing. Why didn't you stop them?" The Queen Mother's words had a questioning tone.
Mu Zhuohua lamented in his heart but said respectfully on a surface: "It is my incompetence that I can't stop the two princes."
Princess Roujia said softly: "Grandmother, you know the tempers of my two younger brothers. When they start to fight, not to mention Lord Mu, even I, their elder sister, can't stop them."
The Queen Mother looked at the Empress and said: "Chen'er has such a bad temper. It's more or less because of your spoiling."
The Empress seemed to be a little afraid of the Queen Mother. She immediately got up from her seat and knelt down to plead guilty to the Queen
Mother: "It's my daughter-in-law's fault." Princess Roujia smiled and said: "Fortunately, my brothers are fine now. I heard from the imperial physician that Lord Mu stopped the bleeding for brother Chen in time. He is more or less meritorious. Grandmother, please don't blame him too much."
Mu Zhuohua lowered her head, but she felt the Queen Mother's gaze pressing on her neck as if it had substance, making the back of her neck cold and her heart heavy with a strong sense of oppression.
"I didn't mean to punish her, but I often heard people say that this year's third place winner is a young girl, so I was curious and asked her to come and see. The princes are all of marriageable age, and I have to pay attention to a young woman with both talent and
beauty around them." The queen mother's indifferent words made Mu Zhuohua suddenly wake up and didn't know whether to laugh or cry - the queen mother must have misunderstood and thought that the two princes were jealous of her and fought!
She was really wronged and couldn't even defend herself!
When the Queen Mother saw Mu Zhuohua, she was not as charming as she had imagined. She looked dignified and polite, so she was relieved. She turned to Princess Roujia and said, "You should hurry up with your marriage. You must find a prince consort this year."
Princess Roujia said gently, "Grandmother, this depends on fate." The Queen Mother
said, "Things are in people's hands. Fate is not something that can be waited for. Xue Xiaotang begged repeatedly, which moved His Majesty to arrange a marriage for you two. Who would have thought that he was unlucky... Never mind, let's not talk about his business." The Queen Mother turned around and saw that the Queen was still kneeling, so she said, "Queen, stand up. You are Roujia's mother, and this is your responsibility."
Mu Zhuohua stood awkwardly by the side, and listened to a few more words before she was ordered by the Queen Mother to leave.
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The Queen Mother stared at Mu Zhuohua's back, and when she left, she said to the Queen: "After Roujia's marriage is settled, you can find a concubine for Chen'er. Although the Emperor has not yet appointed a crown prince, he still prefers Chen'er in his heart. Chen'er's concubine is the future queen, and we can't be careless.
Her background and upbringing need to be carefully investigated." The Queen Mother's implication was that she looked down on Mu Zhuohua's background. The current queen of Emperor Zhaoming was carefully selected by the Queen Mother from her nieces. She made a lot of efforts to stabilize the court after Emperor Zhaoming ascended the throne. Now that Emperor Zhaoming is seriously ill and difficult to cure, everyone knows that if Liu Chen wants to ascend the throne, without a reliable team, there will be turmoil.
The Queen naturally understood the Queen Mother's good intentions, so she nodded and agreed.
When Mu Zhuohua returned to Lifan Temple, it was already late, and everyone in Lifan Temple had gone back, so Mu Zhuohua packed up his things, closed the door and left.
Mu Zhuohua wrapped up the bloodstained clothes, put them in her arms and walked out of the palace. Not far away, she saw Zhimo waiting at the intersection.
Zhimo said, "Follow me."
Mu Zhuohua's eyes lit up, and she followed Zhimo into the alley and saw Liu Yan's carriage parked in the alley waiting for her.
"Your Highness, you must have waited for me today." Mu Zhuohua climbed into the carriage and asked with a smile.
Liu Yan was resting with his eyes closed. After hearing the noise, he slowly opened his eyes and looked at Mu Zhuohua.
"I heard that the Queen Mother summoned you and said something?"
"Your Highness, are you worried that the Queen Mother will embarrass me?" Mu Zhuohua held his chin with both hands, with a glimmer of expectation in his eyes.
出来的王子，你就觉得那个人很可怜的，我让世界杯的离熙。 English: "With Princess Roujia here, I'm sure you won't be in trouble." Liu Yan said, "
The Queen Mother just wants to know why the two princes are in dispute." Mu Zhuohua sighed and said, "Your Highness could have been more accurate. The Queen Mother was worried that my beauty would cause trouble and lead to a quarrel between brothers. Later, after seeing my ugly appearance, she felt that she was worrying too much. How could a person as pure, honest
, dignified and self-restrained as me let Your Highness fight for me?" Liu Yan couldn't help but be amused by her: "You are pure, honest, dignified and self-restrained. I think you are deceiving
your superiors and subordinates and are bold and reckless." Mu Zhuohua said aggrievedly: "Your Highness has wronged me. I was just a little disrespectful to you..."
Liu Yan sneered: "Really? Didn't you play the eldest prince around today?"
Mu Zhuohua pursed his lips and snorted: "Your Highness has wronged me again. I clearly saved the eldest prince!"
Liu Yan watched Mu Zhuohua's performance with great interest, and said slowly: "Today, the two princes were injured in the fight, and you are to blame. However, you acted decisively and treated the eldest prince's injury, which can be regarded as offsetting your faults. However, how could you let go of such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity? Naturally, you have to put on a show to deceive the eldest prince's trust."
Mu Zhuohua smiled innocently and said, "What do you mean by acting, Your Majesty? How can I not understand?"
Liu Yan said, "You saved the eldest prince. If you take this opportunity, If you ask for credit, the prince will naturally agree to your request, but he will also hate you even more. If you don't ask for credit, the prince will think you are a favor and think you are pretending to be noble, and he will not care about your kindness. So you deliberately ask for 500 taels of medical fee, which is indeed not cheap, but it is not worth mentioning to the prince. You deliberately let the prince think you are a short-sighted, greedy and vulgar person. Later, when the prince hears your good intentions, he will know that he misunderstood you and feel guilty. At this time, he will really I appreciate your kindness."
Mu Zhuohua was exposed by Liu Yan, but she was not frightened. Instead, she laughed even more happily: "Your Highness is really smart. You are worthy of being the person I admire!"
Liu Yan had long been accustomed to her flattery and confession at any time and place, and said indifferently: "You said that your series of schemes, aren't you playing with the eldest prince's mind?"
Mu Zhuohua sighed faintly: "Your Highness, it's not easy to be an official. If I don't think of a way, how can I live? I just want the eldest prince to stop hating me so much, otherwise, when the eldest prince ascends the throne in the future, I will have to resign and return to the countryside, and Your Highness will not be able to see such a thoughtful and considerate person. "
Liu Yan smiled indifferently: "This may not be a bad thing, and I can have peace and quiet."
Mu Zhuohua smiled with curved eyebrows: "But Your Highness doesn't want peace and quiet so much, otherwise... why don't you tell these words to the eldest prince and expose this humble servant in front of him?"
Liu Yan was speechless.
Mu Zhuohua pulled Liu Yan's sleeve and smiled sweetly: "Your Highness is your uncle, but he helped this humble servant to deceive your Highness. Doesn't this mean that Your Highness also feels a little bit sorry for this humble servant, and can't bear to see this humble servant being bullied by your Highness, and can't bear to see this humble servant resign and return home?"
Liu Yan looked at the little hand holding his sleeve, and his heart trembled slightly. He suddenly remembered that he saw Mu Zhuohua covered in blood in the afternoon. At that time, he was indeed panicked for a moment...
Liu Yan grabbed Mu Zhuohua's wrist and pulled her hand away from his sleeve: "I didn't expose you because I saw that you were trying to protect yourself. If you harmed the prince, I would not tolerate it."
Mu Zhuohua showed a pure and harmless expression and smiled, "How could I harm others? Your Majesty, you must believe me."
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