Bai Zhiyue doesn't really trust human nature, so if a deal can be used to resolve something, she will make it clear. After the deal is done, no one owes anyone anything, and helping her is just a side job and she doesn't expect anything in return.
After the two left the palace, they asked a shadow guard to protect her and find an inn to stay in. The rest was up to her. She had done everything she could.
After returning home, Bai Zhiyue couldn't fall asleep, so she had to meditate instead and got up early to exercise.
After the morning court session, Marquis Changping received the emperor's edict. Su Chen had just been helped from his sickbed to receive the edict. When he heard that he was demoted, he spit out blood, especially when he knew that all this was thanks to the evidence found by Bai Zhiyue, and that the emperor bestowed a rank higher than his own on the Bai family.
Pointing at her, "You~you loser!"
"Is the Earl of Changping dissatisfied with the Emperor's order?"
The eunuch who announced the decree was Gao Qi, the emperor's confidant. He naturally knew how much the emperor disliked people like Marquis Changping. If it weren't for Madam Bai's offering of medicine and the fact that the evidence was found this time entirely due to Madam Bai's unexpected action, based on what Marquis Changping had done, he would at least be exiled.
But even a demotion was a great favor, yet he still dared to be dissatisfied.
"No, no, everything I did was deceived by them. I did not collude with them. I am innocent. The emperor knows it!"
"Oh, there was no collusion. You were the one who secretly bribed officials to transfer him, right? After he took office, he was greedy and had no bottom line. He collected heavy taxes from the civilians under his jurisdiction under various pretexts. It was all caused by you. And you also accepted a lot of tributes from him, didn't you?
And what Changping Bo has done must be best known to him. The Emperor, mindful of his ancestors' contributions to the Liang Dynasty, has spared him the death penalty and reduced his title, a great favor. Why don't you just bow down and thank him for his grace?"
"This~"
It turned out that the emperor had already investigated everything he had done clearly, and he certainly knew what he had done. Just collaborating with others to smuggle salt was enough to sentence him to death.
The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he fainted.
Bai Zhiyue received the imperial edict on his behalf and asked Qinglian to hand him a large purse.
"Thank you for your hard work, father-in-law. Please have some tea."
"Thank you, Madam, for the reward. I will return to the palace to report. What the Earl of Changping did has nothing to do with Madam. Your Majesty knows this."
"Thank you for your frank words, eunuch. Please return to the emperor. I am deeply grateful."
Her father-in-law gave her face in the mansion, so of course she had to respond.
Everyone saw that the father-in-law treated the lady with great respect, completely different from his disdain towards the uncle. They understood that the lady was a person of merit and was more favored by the uncle than the uncle.
When Changping Bo woke up again, he could not move half of his body, his mouth was crooked and drooling.
"Ma'am, please go and see him. Uncle has had a stroke."
"You should shout louder. It would be even better if it gets out that the uncle was so angry about the emperor's demotion that he had a stroke."
"I dare not. I am just worried about you, uncle."
Now that the uncle has fallen ill, he can't even speak clearly. The only one who can make decisions in the mansion is the lady, so if there is anything, I can only ask her for instructions.
Moreover, the rank of the Madam in the imperial edict is actually higher than that of the Earl. I'm afraid that everyone will have to make a living under the Madam from now on.
Although the demotion of the Earl was related to the Madam, what could they, as servants, do? The Earl was in such a state now that he was afraid he couldn't do anything to the Madam.
"Go get the imperial physician. He must be treated."
"Yes, I'll go right away!"
Uncle's illness could not be delayed, so he hurried to ask the imperial physician for help.
If he had been rescued in time, maybe the master could have been saved. If the master was well, he would have someone to rely on. Otherwise, based on his previous attitude towards his wife, his life would be hopeless.
"Oh my god, Su Chen was so weak that he couldn't even handle the demotion. He should have been prepared for this. The other officials involved were all beheaded and exiled!"
"He has never been a man of ambition. Without his mother to rely on, he couldn't withstand any storm. Moreover, these nobles have always believed that their ancestors were highly meritorious and that the emperor couldn't do anything to them. In fact, the emperor had already planned to take action, and his first target was him."
"This imperial edict came at the perfect time. It arrived right after I took the medicine. It's so timely."
"Silly son, you've lost your title of Marquis, and it's just the right time. You're so happy eating your own melon."
"Hehe, he's been too happy and now he's getting his comeuppance. But don't worry, Mom. I'll work harder in the future to earn you a higher title."
Even though it would take a long time, she wouldn't allow herself to wait forever, but which mother wouldn't be happy to hear such words?
"Okay, I'll wait for you to enjoy my blessing from now on."
Not to mention how others laughed at him when he was demoted, the attitude of the palace servants was different. When Yan Dong handed the sign in, he was given the cold shoulder.
"Wait, the imperial physician is in charge of the entire harem and all the noble families in the capital, so how can he be available on call? Right now, there is only Imperial Physician Tai left in the Imperial Hospital, and the others are all busy. If you want to invite the imperial physician, wait until all the nobles in the palace have used him."
"Please help pass on a message, my uncle is seriously ill and needs an acupuncture doctor."
"You've chosen one. Whoever you want to find can be yours. Gungun can't wait. There are so many clinics in the capital. You can go to whichever one you want."
Yan Dong had no choice but to take out the 100 taels of silver he had on him and hand it to the palace servant. At this time, the little devil was really troublesome, but he really had no way to deal with it and could not get in by himself.
The palace maid squeezed the large silver ingot.
"Humph, you really don't understand the rules. Before, you only had to look at the nameplate to wait in line, but now it depends on whether you have enough money for running errands."
For the sake of money, he finally went to ask Doctor Fang to come.
He jogged back to the mansion. More than an hour had passed. Su Chengang's body was shaking more and more severely, and his mouth was becoming more and more crooked.
Doctor Fang gave me acupuncture after the diagnosis.
"I told you last time that Master is too addicted to alcohol and women, and his health is a little weak, and he's in danger of a stroke. And now he's been delayed for so long, so I can only try acupuncture."
"Please ask Doctor Fang to do his best to treat you. The Bo family will be grateful."
Bai Zhiyue put on a lot of pretense in front of the imperial physician and took out a thousand taels of silver to show her sincerity to thank Doctor Fang.
Doctor Fang did not refuse. He suggested that he should come more often and pay more attention to the matter. This was what the patients' families wanted, and they had seen this kind of thing many times.
Bai Zhiyue was just pretending and didn't care what the imperial physician thought. It was impossible for him to recover anyway, and even if there was a possibility of recovery, she would cut it off.
"Madam, please rest assured. I will do my best."
"I'll trouble Doctor Fang."
Turning to look at Yan Dong
"Master Bo needs someone around him right now. You're always busy running around and can't take care of him all the time. Go call a few concubines from the backyard and have two or three of them take turns to take care of him.
Uncle likes them so much, seeing them might cheer him up and heal his illness, and besides, we must give them the opportunity to serve Uncle."
"Yes, Madam is really thoughtful!"
He was very thoughtful and gave his concubines some work to do so that they wouldn't eat and drink for free all day and be restless and want this and that. He also gave them the opportunity to spend time together every day so that he could watch the show.
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