As dawn broke, this thought grew even stronger.
Once he made up his mind, he immediately began arranging his departure from Beijing.
Openly leaving the capital would definitely encounter enormous resistance, so he simply let the eunuch Gu Dayong continue to oversee the investigation and arrest of officials, intending to restore the Western Depot.
Upon hearing this, Li Dongqian reacted swiftly, leading his cronies to submit a memorial stating that demons had appeared in the capital, causing widespread public discussion. People argued that re-establishing the Western Depot would disrupt the old system established by their ancestors and should be guarded against, and that the Western Depot must be abolished.
Lu Xingjian ignored him.
Since the death of the Duke of Baoguo, his title has not yet been inherited.
Gu Ziyu's father, Gu Lin, repeatedly declined the title of Duke of Baoguo.
Lu Xingjian agreed, allowing Gu Lin to inherit the Gu family's original title of Marquis of Funing, but still allowing Gu Lin to lead the Five Armies Camp, and all of the Gu family's relatives by marriage were promoted in the capital army.
Despite the rise and fall of the Gu family's title, their actual power was not diminished by the death of the Duke of Baoguo.
With the Gu family as a pillar of stability and the border troops in Beijing keeping them in check, Lu Xingjian felt somewhat at ease and quietly took Yan Ge'er out of Beijing and headed south.
They traveled by carriage for half a month and arrived in Jinling.
Upon arriving in Jinling, they discovered that Liu Qi and Su Wanwan were not in Jinling.
Zhang Yong was still in Jinling: "They went to Taicang Prefecture. The divine physician is living in seclusion in Taicang Prefecture. I visited him a few days ago, and Her Majesty's health has improved slightly."
"However, some of the medicinal materials need to be procured back in Jinling."
Since Su Wanwan was kidnapped and even deposed as empress, Zhang Yong's ambition has plummeted.
So what if she's the empress?
What good is power and influence like Liu Jin's?
How many of them can die a peaceful death?
The emperor exhausted all the resources of the capital, but could not find the empress.
He tried his best, but still came up empty-handed.
There will always be those who defy imperial orders and harbor treacherous officials.
Lu Xingjian took Yan Ge'er to Taicang Prefecture.
Yan Ge'er took out his drawings and writings, and asked expectantly, "Mother, will you praise me when you see these words?"
Thinking of this, he thought of Yan Ge'er again.
He also brought a few pieces of Yan Ge'er's calligraphy. Mother would be happy to see Yan Ge'er, right?
After the two children were rescued, Lu Xingjian sent Yan Ge'er out of the palace and had his wet nurse take care of him.
Yan Ge'er is not a prince, so there is no need for him to be drawn into the power struggles.
All he could do was give him a stable and peaceful life, so as not to betray the cover he had given for Yan Ge'er.
Without Yan Ge'er's company and rivalry, Yan Ge'er's days grew increasingly lonely.
Lu Xingjian patted Yan Ge'er's little head, "Mother will definitely be very happy."
She would probably be happy to see the father and son.
They came to take her home.
They chose to travel by boat from Jinling to Taicang Prefecture.
However, upon reaching Fukuyama Port, a hurricane struck, and the ship broke down.
The group abandoned the boat and went ashore, taking a horse-drawn carriage to Wolf Mountain.
Because the hurricane had blown down many trees on the mountain, the carriage was moving very slowly.
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Su Wanwan's health improved day by day, and she was more and more lucid, occasionally even having the energy to go out for a walk.
The renowned doctor stroked his white beard with great satisfaction: "This poison has penetrated deep into the bone marrow. I've never seen anyone recover from a level like yours before."
Ordinary families don't have the means to have rare medicinal materials like ginseng and deer antler delivered to them as if they were free.
Actually, when Liu Qi brought the person over, he refused to receive treatment.
The patient was barely alive and unconscious; there was no longer any need for treatment.
Liu Qi held a knife to his neck. "If she dies, I won't live either, and you probably won't escape death either."
"Let's all go to hell together!"
The doctor rolled his eyes, flicked his finger, and Liu Qi's body went limp.
"You're not the first to try to force yourself on me," the divine physician sneered.
Just as he was about to abandon Su Wanwan and leave, another person arrived, with a scar on his face and a girl who looked to be about ten years old.
"Dr. Luo, I have found your daughter who has been lost for many years."
Doctor Luo was stunned.
Back then, he refused to manufacture drugs for others, his clinic was burned down, and his wife and children were kidnapped by villains and all died.
This is also why he secluded himself in the mountains and refused to reappear.
Where did such a big daughter come from?
The girl, with tears welling in her eyes, timidly called out "Dad."
After examining her closely and asking many questions, Doctor Luo finally confirmed that it was indeed her youngest daughter who had died at the hands of the villain!
He asked warily, "Who are you? How do you know about my family affairs?"
"My name is Xiao Bin. The female patient just now is my wife. She was poisoned and is on the verge of death. Now she has come to Doctor Luo's door, begging for your help to save her life."
"As for whether he can be saved, we can only leave it to fate and do our best."
The divine physician Luo had a strange expression.
He had heard too many orders forced upon him, such as "You must save him or I'll kill your whole family," and he was utterly disgusted with them.
Now this person is full of sincerity. Not only did they help him find his lost daughter, but they also only asked him to do his best to treat her, without threatening him with the outcome.
Doctor Luo shook his head: "Finally, we've met a normal family member."
He wasn't very friendly. "I've done my best. What fate has in store is beyond human control."
"Thank you, divine doctor. I accept my fate."
Having lived at the bottom of society for too long and being a person subject to many constraints, Xiao Bin would not use his power to oppress others like Liu Qi.
In fact, when Liu Qi first sought out Doctor Luo, he obtained the antidote by offering sincerity and money, not by threatening to kill himself as he did today.
Perhaps because he had been a bandit for too long and experienced too much death, his mentality gradually changed.
He transformed from a carefree and unrestrained wandering swordsman into a powerful figure who crushes all others with sheer strength.
This is precisely what Doctor Luo most dislikes and abhors.
Although the divine physician intervened, he also set many impossible conditions.
He also took quite a lot of rare and extremely hard-to-find Chinese medicinal herbs, such as dragon bone, bellflower, flying knife sword, white powder vine, stone shrimp worm, cistanche, five-lobed coptis, and cloud coptis.
Xiao Bin held the assets of Su Wanwan's dowry. When he couldn't find the rest, he contacted Zhang Yong. With their combined efforts, they managed to gather almost everything.
In reality, some medicinal herbs are not needed for treating illnesses; it's just that Dr. Luo himself couldn't obtain them, and he deliberately used this opportunity to make things difficult for people.
Unexpectedly, this young man surnamed Xiao was so capable, raising far more money than he had imagined.
When Su Wanwan first woke up, she was incredulous to see Xiao Bin sitting in front of her bed.
She even suspected that she was dead.
Xiao Bin smiled at her: "Didn't you say you'd go to the island with me? You haven't done that yet, how can you die?"
Su Wanwan said regretfully, "I'm sorry, I can't go in this lifetime."
Ultimately, she was the one who let Xiao Bin down, wasting all these years of his life.
In matters of the heart, she owes no one anything except Xiao Bin.
"Go and find a wife and live your own life."
Xiao Bin remained silent for a long time before finally saying, "No."
"I will wait for you."
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