"Okay, then tell me what happened and how it happened."
"Give me a sip of water first."
Upon hearing this, Lin Ziwen gestured to his servants to pour him water. Only after feeding him water did he begin to speak.
"He has a hidden illness. I was able to enter the palace because I heard that the palace was going to host a banquet for our Central Plains princess, so they invited a shaman to the palace. I was brought in by someone who had been mixed in with them."
Lin Ziwen snorted and said, "I knew you didn't look like someone from here. So you're from the Central Plains too."
"Of course, the Fifth Princess you are inviting is very famous in our area. Otherwise, I would not have gone to the palace just to catch a glimpse of her beauty."
Upon hearing this, Lin Ziwen clenched his fist slightly: "Did you manage to see the princess as you wished?"
“After entering the palace, I was taken to a palace that was very desolate, but I could feel that it must have been very magnificent before. There was a hot spring underground, and I had your lord take a medicinal bath there. It was during the time he was taking the medicinal bath that what happened between us.”
Lin Ziwen was puzzled: "Everyone knows that His Majesty has been weak since childhood. Even when the Empress Dowager was alive, she only said that he was not very strong. Why did you go to the trouble of bringing you into the palace and going to such great lengths to give you a medicinal bath?"
The man sneered, "It seems that what I told you has revealed a shocking secret."
"What do you mean?" Lin Ziwen asked, his impatience gone.
"If I say yes, then you have to grant me one request."
Lin Ziwen said impatiently, "Just say it."
"I want to recover from my injuries here, and then you can send me back to the Central Plains."
"Do you still have a home in the Central Plains?" Lin Ziwen asked.
The man nodded, a hint of guilt in his expression, and said, "I have an elderly mother who is over seventy and a wife who is not yet twenty at home."
"If you can act like this in this situation at home, you are an unfaithful, unjust, and unfilial person."
"I left all the savings I made from practicing medicine to my mother and daughter. At first, I came out to earn more money. With my medical skills, I'm not bragging, but I'm better than the imperial physicians in the Central Plains. It's just a pity that I come from a poor family and can't enter the palace. I don't have money to buy my way into an official position, so I have no choice but to do this."
After saying that, the man slapped himself hard across the face and said angrily, "It's all my fault. I was blinded by vanity."
Lin Ziwen rolled his eyes at him and said, "You'll regret it now, but it's too late. Do you know that you might not be able to walk again? Besides, you barely survived."
"I know that, but it's alright. I'll trouble the doctor you invited to help me with the treatment. My left leg should still be usable. Although my right leg doesn't need to be amputated, I can sense that I can't walk on it."
Lin Ziwen hummed in agreement and said, "Alright, I can grant your request. Please continue."
After a moment of pause, the man said, “If your lord is not properly treated, he will not live for more than a few years. As a man who should be full of masculine energy, the coldness in his body is even heavier than that of a woman. It seems that he suffered from hunger and cold when he was young. Therefore, your lord is not good in matters of the heart. His body is all frozen, which is why this terrible thing happened.”
"It's just that the cold is too strong. Just dispel the cold. Even if your body is not in good shape, it's not a big deal. How could you not live for more than a few years?"
The man shook his head: "You're obviously an amateur. His coldness has long penetrated to his bones. Although he's young, he can't stand cold water or rainy weather, otherwise his knees will hurt like hell."
After saying that, the man chuckled and said, "If your lord suddenly had leg pain, it means it's about to rain, so you'd better hurry up and bring in the laundry."
"Is there anything else besides this?" Lin Ziwen didn't want to joke with him about these things.
"Another hidden ailment is his migraines. I guess he's been using painkillers all along, so much so that painkillers alone are no longer effective. The excessive use of medication has led to his weakened immune system, making him prone to illness. It's so pitiful; his whole body, inside and out, is just a fragile shell."
Lin Ziwen hummed in agreement: "Very good. So, not only is your affair with the Empress true, but you also mentioned that the Emperor is unwell. Alright then, you can stay here to recover. I will find a way to verify this. If what you said is true, I will agree to every condition you have, and I will even grant you a lifetime of wealth and honor."
The man chuckled confidently and said, "Young master, please go ahead and investigate."
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