Chapter 426 Lin Ruhai Feigns Illness
There were two sources for the news about Hongqu: one was obtained by people who stayed in the capital, and the other was sent by Wang Xifeng via carrier pigeon.
The two messages point to the same thing, so it's easy to imagine that this is the most important event for Yuan Hongqu.
Although Jia Baoyu was ordered by Jia Zheng to accompany the southern tour, the timing was too coincidental, and Yuan Hongqu couldn't help but overthink it.
However, Daiyu clearly had no interest in her cousin's arrival.
Yuan Hongqu decided not to say anything more, lest she pique her interest and then regret it.
As Yuan Hongqu said, the ship did not delay for the next few days and continued until it reached Suzhou.
The officials who had been on tenterhooks along the way breathed a slight sigh of relief.
Little did they know they would relax too soon.
When the Emperor arrived in Suzhou, he did not go sightseeing or enjoy the water. Instead, he ordered the officials from the Ministry of Revenue and the female officials from the accounting department of the Women's Academy to start auditing the accounts.
The accounts being checked on both sides are the same, except one checks from the beginning and the other from the end.
The problems found were recorded, discussed together, and finally the list of problems was presented to the emperor.
Yes, although the emperor killed many officials along the way, that was just the appetizer; the main event would only take place on the grandest stage.
After welcoming the emperor, Lin Ruhai immediately began to feign illness.
This was also one of the Emperor's methods to protect Lin Ruhai; otherwise, based solely on the Emperor's actions in Suzhou, Lin Ruhai would never have a peaceful day in the future.
When His Majesty comes this time, he will definitely turn this area upside down.
This will inevitably cause great turmoil in the area.
Lin Ruhai had already secretly submitted all the preliminary evidence, and he could no longer appear in public for the next step.
After the emperor leaves, Lin Ruhai will still need to handle the cleanup. So, although Lin Ruhai deserves the most credit for this purge of the officialdom, he will not only not receive any credit, but may also be punished for lax governance.
So when Daiyu returned to the governor's mansion and saw her father, who was sallow-faced and emaciated, she finally broke down in tears.
"Father, why haven't you taken better care of yourself again..."
Although Yuan Hongqu was with Daiyu, she had sharp eyes and could tell at a glance that Lin Ruhai's makeup was not very good. She could even guess that it must have been done by Lan Su.
She dismissed everyone around her and followed Daiyu to Lin Ruhai's side.
"Lord Lin, the sallow complexion on your face is almost gone. Don't make big expressions, tense up a bit, you can see your skin tone through the wrinkles..."
Lin Ruhai originally intended to keep it from Daiyu, but unexpectedly, he told Yuan Hongqu the truth at a glance.
"Father, is this fun?" Daiyu looked closely and noticed something was wrong. Seeing her father's obviously guilty look, she couldn't help but get angry.
"Yu'er, this is... something we have no choice in doing," Lin Ruhai said helplessly.
After a moment's thought, Daiyu, with her intelligence, could easily guess her father's intention.
She pursed her lips slightly, then relaxed completely.
"Sir, with my father like this, wouldn't it be too easy for him to be exposed? Why don't we help him?"
Yuan Hongqu nodded, "It doesn't really look like it, Lord Lin, why don't you take some medicine?"
Once, when she was making ginseng pills, she accidentally put in the wrong ingredient.
The pills made have similar effects to ginseng pills, but they also have a strange side effect.
After taking this pill, your skin will turn yellow, like the yellow color of jaundice.
Moreover, the inside of their eyes was somewhat yellow.
One pill can maintain its effect for a month. If you want to remove the yellowing color earlier, you need to take another "Yellowing Ginseng Pill" to fight poison with poison.
Sure enough, after taking the pill, Lin Ruhai's face and even the tips of his fingers began to turn yellow, and his eyes also began to show a faint yellow tinge an hour later.
“Mr. Yuan, your method is excellent. Now no one can say that Lord Lin was faking it. Lord Lin hasn’t dared to eat properly for three or four days, which is why he has achieved this effect. If he continues to starve, he might even develop an illness.”
Lan Su was quite surprised to see the changes in Lin Ruhai.
Only Hongqu and Daiyu knew about the existence of these pills.
At first, she didn't know there was something wrong with the pills. It was only when Wu Tian from the manor came to ask for the medicine that Yuan Hongqu gave him a bottle.
After he went back and used it, he immediately went to find Yuan Hongqu, and only then did Yuan Hongqu realize that something was wrong.
However, there was no change in his pulse, and apart from his appearance, all other reactions were the same as when he took normal ginseng pills.
Yuan Hongqu simply used Wutian to conduct experiments, which led to the discovery of the pill's effects and the method of detoxification.
After that, the pill remained in Yuan Hongqu's space and was never taken out again.
Yuan Hongqu then had Lan Su apply pressure to several of Lin Ruhai's acupoints. These acupoints were sealed, so there would be no damage to the body. However, when the doctor took his pulse, there would be a relatively large error.
After all this, the story of Lin Ruhai being "bedridden" was something that two or three people could tell was fake, but now probably nine and a half out of ten people wouldn't be able to tell that Lin Ruhai wasn't sick at all.
This is clearly a sign that he is about to die.
If someone comes to him for a favor and Lin Ruhai happens to pass by at that moment, who can bear the responsibility?
Therefore, the residence of Governor Lin Ruhai was very quiet. The ladies and young women who originally wanted to pay their respects to Princess Lin after she arrived in Suzhou all fell silent because Princess Lin had to take care of her.
However, things were quite lively at Yuan Hongqu's place.
Along the way, many people talked to her about Lin Daiyu's marriage, but even more people talked to her about opening a branch of the girls' academy.
After several days of investigation, Yuan Hongqu finally decided on the location for the Suzhou Women's Academy.
The rest is up to the foreign teachers team from the Beijing Women's Academy, as well as various established project teams, to come over.
Meanwhile, Suzhou is also starting to recruit local teachers.
Teachers who pass the assessment must possess exceptional skills, undergo rigorous background checks, and subsequently receive training from the academy.
If a teacher cannot wholeheartedly agree with the academy's philosophy, Yuan Hongqu would rather have none than accept a subpar one, and would absolutely not allow such a teacher to appear in the academy's team.
When Yuan Hongqu got busy, she almost forgot about time.
When she remembered that Jia Baoyu had also come to the governor's mansion, she happened to see Jia Baoyu returning from outside with people carrying large and small bags, as if they had gone to buy local specialties.
“Mr. Yuan, it is inconvenient for Lin Meimei to go out. When I went out and saw these things, I brought back an extra copy of everything for her to see. If she likes any of them, it will be a blessing for these things.”
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