The imperial physician examined the patient carefully but found nothing unusual.
"Perhaps Her Majesty is overthinking."
"Are you sure there are no problems?" Lu Xingjian frowned, looking worriedly at Su Wanwan, who seemed a little listless.
The imperial physician hesitated slightly, but to be on the safe side, he said:
"This old minister's medical skills are shallow, and there may be other symptoms that I have not been able to detect. I can summon other imperial physicians to examine me."
Without hesitation, Lu Xingjian summoned several trusted imperial physicians to examine him.
The conclusions are consistent.
Even after the imperial physician left, Lu Xingjian's tightly furrowed brows did not relax.
Su Wanwan smiled slightly: "I'm fine, don't worry about me, I just need to rest."
"Okay." Lu Xingjian followed her instructions, helped her take off her outer garment, and tucked her in.
Once Su Wanwan's breathing had evened out, he got up to see Liu Jin.
...
When Liu Jin saw Lu Xingjian appear, his smile was chilling.
"Your Majesty, you have finally arrived."
Lu Xingjian's face was as cold as an icy pool.
"You're waiting for me?"
Liu Jin chuckled softly.
"Serving a ruler is like serving a tiger; who wouldn't want to leave themselves a few options?"
A cold glint appeared in Lu Xingjian's eyes.
"Was the Empress poisoned because of you?"
Liu Jin quickly waved her hand, "You're wronging me."
He smiled and said, "Your methods are so ruthless, how could this servant dare?"
"I only mentioned it briefly to the Wang family, who knew they would dare to go after the Empress?"
Lu Xingjian's jaw muscles bulged, and his eyes sharpened.
"What poison was inflicted on the Empress?"
Liu Jin was surprised, "Ma Wensheng didn't say anything?"
Lu Xingjian pursed his lips. It seemed that the Empress's fainting this time was not a trick used by Liu Jin.
He turned to leave.
Liu Jin said softly, "This old servant only wishes to enjoy his old age in peace. Your Majesty should be able to grant that wish, right?"
Lu Xingjian sneered, "Let's see how sincere you are."
A dark glint flashed in Liu Jin's eyes. "The poison that the Empress has been afflicted with has no cure. She needs to take an antidote every year to suppress it."
"This servant only has one antidote here."
"The antidote is extremely difficult to make, and only one can be obtained per year."
Lu Xingjian turned around, his gaze like a sharp arrow shooting towards Liu Jin, filled with murderous intent.
This eunuch is cunning and scheming.
To save their lives, they'll use any method!
Liu Jin feigned fear, but his eyes were full of smugness: "Your Majesty, it was not this servant who poisoned the Empress."
Lu Xingjian suppressed his anger, "If you lie to me, you will be subjected to the most severe punishment."
...
Su Wanwan looked at the antidote Lu Xingjian had brought, "What is this?"
"You'll be fine after eating it."
Su Wanwan turned her head away and refused, "I'm not sick, I won't eat."
"The imperial physician examined it and said it was the same antidote as last time," Lu Xingjian insisted.
"The imperial physician said I'm not sick!" Su Wanwan insisted.
Lu Xingjian patiently handed her the warm water with the medicine, saying, "Good girl."
“I’ve already told you I’m not sick,” Su Wanwan insisted.
Lu Xingjian did not press the matter further.
Perhaps it was a story Liu Jin fabricated to save his life.
He told Gu Ziyu to go see Ma Wensheng again and "make sure you know whether this medicine really needs to be taken every year?"
Gu Ziyu was completely confused. "That's not what I said back then."
However, he still personally made a trip to Ma Wensheng's hometown, Junzhou, Henan.
The imperial court launched a massive purge of Liu Jin's remaining followers.
Lu Xingjian accepted them all.
He even responded to the ministers' demands to abolish the Eastern and Western Depots and the Inner Depot, abolishing the Western Depot and the Inner Depot while retaining only the Eastern Depot.
It took a lot of effort to travel 1,500 li to Junzhou.
Gu Ziyu brought Ma Wensheng's eldest son, Ma Cong, back to the capital.
"Ma Wensheng passed away two months ago. He didn't leave a will, saying that he needed to take the antidote once a year."
Gu Ziyu brought the medicine back with the hope that it would work, not knowing if it would be effective. Ma Wensheng didn't explain much either.
Now it's become an unsolved mystery.
...
Liu Qi and Liu Liu, dressed in mourning clothes, knelt in front of the mourning hall and burned paper money.
Liu Liu's face was filled with sorrow: "Mother, Bao'er's mother, Bao'er, it's all my fault for not protecting you..."
Liu Qi sat dejectedly in front of the brazier.
The firelight shone on his face, flickering between light and shadow.
He boasted of his superior martial arts skills and was arrogant and conceited.
In the end, however, he ended up with his family destroyed and his family wiped out.
He thought that by attaching himself to imperial power, he would live a life of unrestrained pleasure.
In the end, they had nothing left and lost their loved ones.
Qi Yanming stormed in and started yelling, "Are you even men?!"
"Instead of avenging your mother's death, you're just here crying and wailing!"
"I'm ashamed for you!"
A flash of hatred crossed Liu Liu's eyes: "It's all because of that damned Liu Jin! I'll never let him live under the same sky!"
Qi Yanming had one foot on the chair, his face full of hostility.
"The imperial court still has no intention of killing Liu Jin, and Ning Gao was transferred to Shanxi for no reason. Are you just going to wait like this?"
His gaze fell on Liu Qi: "Seventh Master, didn't you say you had ties with a noblewoman in the palace?"
"Why not seek help from a powerful figure at a time like this?"
...
Su Wanwan raised an eyebrow when she heard that Liu Qi was requesting an audience.
"Liu's mother, sister-in-law, and nephew all died in the mutiny that night," the palace servant reported nervously. "Sister Heying was rescued by Marquis Guo Xun of Wuding and is not seriously injured."
Su Wanwan's face darkened.
At that time, Lu Xingjian sent Guo Xun to rescue Heying and the Liu family.
In the end, only Heying was rescued.
They didn't take the Liu family seriously at all.
"Bring Liu Qi to see me."
To prevent Lu Xingjian from becoming jealous and harming Liu Qi, she deliberately met with Liu Qi while Lu Xingjian was around.
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