Seriously Ill
Jing Rong was astonished. What could Marquis Kang possibly do?
He was no longer an official in court, and he no longer had any influence in the capital. Where would he find the ability to help Jing Rong enter the capital safely?
Marquis Kang seemed to have noticed Jing Rong's concerns. He stood up and walked towards him with a serious expression.
"I, Marquis Kang, am a man of my word. Back then, you used the Golden Woven Armor as a condition to lend me a few thousand soldiers. Even when the entire army was wiped out, I still kept my word. Now, we are both taking what we need. You want to return to the capital, and I want peace in my home. As long as you find out what's going on in my estate, I guarantee that you will be able to return to the capital safely.
His words were powerful and resonant!
Everyone knew that Marquis Kang loved treasures and was obsessed with them. However, everyone also knew that he always kept his promises and had a good reputation.
But …
It wasn't that Jing Rong didn't trust his words, but he was worried that Marquis Kang didn't have the ability to do so.
"Marquis Kang, you have five thousand soldiers stationed in your estate, but the Secretary of the Capital has tens of thousands of soldiers. It's not as simple as buying and selling treasures to escort this prince safely into the capital."
"It's normal for you to have concerns." Marquis Kang said bluntly, "But since I said this today, it's definitely not a lie. You can choose to believe me."
"I'll listen to it briefly."
"As long as Teacher Ji agrees."
Marquis Kang turned to Ji Yunshu seriously.
Ji Yunshu stood up and glanced at the skeptical Jing Rong. She raised her eyes slightly and said to Marquis Kang, "If this one agrees, will Marquis Kang keep his word?"
"Of course!"
"Alright, I agree."
Marquis Kang was overjoyed. He heaved a sigh of relief and bowed to her.
Ji Yunshu cupped her hands in greeting. "That won't do!"
Jing Rong was slightly startled. He looked at her sideways, as if asking her for a reason.
However, she looked determined and said to Mo Ruo, "Young Master Mo, I'll have to trouble you as well."
Sigh!
Mo Ruo was drinking.
He knew what Ji Yunshu meant and sighed. He looked at Marquis Kang and asked, "Tell me, where are the people?"
Marquis Kang replied, "A dozen or so of them. They're all in the backyard."
Mo Ruo propped himself up. With a bottle of wine in his hand, he walked out of the hall and towards the backyard. As he walked, he said, "Let's go. I'm going to see a doctor."
The voice was leisurely!
Ji Yunshu then said to Marquis Kang, "I'll make a trip to the ancestral hall. Marquis, please follow Young Master Mo."
"Then I'll leave it to you, sir. I'll come over later."
She nodded.
After they left, he dragged Jing Rong and followed the little girl to the ancestral hall.
As for Tang Si, she was sitting in the hall with a dazed look on her face.
His eyes stared straight ahead!
He felt a chill run down his spine, and hugged his arms as he shivered.
He trembled as he muttered, "I actually … had a ghost knock on my door for an entire night?"
They were scared out of their wits!
He swallowed a mouthful of saliva, his face pale.
The pair of eyes with heavy eye bags began to turn, not knowing what to do.
In the backyard.
Mo Ruo pushed open the door to a room. Inside was a large bunk with more than ten people sleeping on it.
Everyone was rolling around on the bed in agony with their brows furrowed, moaning and groaning, but not daring to make too much noise.
When the door opened, everyone saw Marquis Kang and a man walk in, and they all sat up.
They called out in unison, "Marquis."
"All of you, lie down properly." Marquis Kang's face was full of worry as he pointed to the person beside him, "This is Young Master Mo, the divine physician. This marquis invited him to examine all of you."
Everyone lay motionlessly on the bed.
A pair of pleading and hopeful eyes looked at the indifferent Mo Ruo.
He walked leisurely through the bunk room, looking around before finally choosing a slightly younger man to take his pulse.
That man obediently stretched out his hand and let him do as he pleased.
"Where does it hurt?"
"My whole body hurts."
"Where does it hurt the most?"
"My head."
"Other than my head?"
"Then it's my chest. It hurts and feels stuffy."
Mo Ruo narrowed his eyes and thought for a moment, "Stick out your tongue."
That young man was very obedient, sticking out his tongue as long as possible.
Just like a pug!
Mo Ruo grunted in acknowledgment.
The young man retracted his tongue and swallowed. He was sweating profusely from the pain as he asked, "Doctor, how am I? What's wrong with me? Will I die if this goes on? "
"Don't worry, you won't die. You'll only feel pain."
"Ah!" The young man exclaimed, "Then wouldn't you be in excruciating pain?"
Mo Ruo patted his robes and stood up, looking into the young man's fearful eyes, "More or less. If this goes on, you'll indeed be in excruciating pain."
"Then what's wrong with me?"
"Internal illness. It has to be cured slowly." Mo Ruo's words were vague, making it hard for them to understand.
What is an internal illness?
But no matter what, they roughly understood what he meant. It was that … they wouldn't die, but they wouldn't get better either.
Everyone in the room began to howl.
"Marquis, just finish us off with a single stroke."
"If this continues, we'll really be better off dead! Marquis, just kill us. "
It was extremely tragic!
Marquis Kang could only watch helplessly as the people in the residence were in so much pain.
Mo Ruo's ears hurt a little, so he went out.
Marquis Kang followed him out and asked, "Young Master Mo, can't you find the cause? Are you really going to suffer like this for the rest of your life? "
"Marquis, I don't know either."
"You don't know?"
"Let me put it this way. Unless they're suffering from an illness that I don't know of, or … they're not sick at all."
"Not sick? That's impossible! "
"I can only try my best to find out what's wrong with them. But if even I can't find out what's wrong with them, then it can only prove that they're not sick, but pretending to be sick," Mo Ruo said straightforwardly.
He was a divine physician. There was no illness that he couldn't diagnose!
Marquis Kang pondered deeply.
How could they not be sick?
They're already in so much pain.
But since the divine physician said so, he could only say, "Then I'll leave it to you."
Mo Ruo nodded.
On the other side.
Ji Yunshu and Jing Rong were on their way to the ancestral hall.
He asked, "Why did you agree?"
"You've read Second Sister's letter. My eldest brother is personally setting up an blockade outside the city. What if we can't break in?"
"Then you choose to believe Marquis Kang's words?"
She slowed down and looked at him from the corner of her eyes, "This isn't a matter of whether I believe him or not. If Marquis Kang can really return to the capital safely, then it's only natural that I help him solve a case. If he can't, then I can't just ignore the case, right? This is a matter of the peace of the family. "
Her attitude was firm.
Jing Rong heaved a long sigh and slowed down his steps. He looked at the long corridor in front of him, "Imperial Father's secret edict is actually giving this prince a difficult problem! If he did not return, he would be defying the decree. If he returned, it would be difficult! Imperial Father, facing the pressure from the civil and military officials, first issued an oral order to forbid this prince from returning to the capital, then sent a secret edict. The Emperor's words carry enormous weight, so he won't make the edict public. In that case, this prince can only think of a way to return to the capital. "
Qizhen Emperor, oh Qizhen Emperor!
You've really put your son in a difficult position.
Ji Yunshu quietly held his hand and said, "I hope that this time, Marquis Kang will really keep his word."
He smiled.
His thoughts were unreadable.
The two of them arrived at the ancestral hall.
Ji Yunshu finally knew what was the thing that was supposed to be enshrined on the shelf but had disappeared.
It turned out to be Marquis Kang's shoe!
Because it was broad daylight, the people guarding the ancestral hall were changed to a few young maidservants.
She looked around for a while and found that there were a total of three doors in the ancestral hall.
There was one door at the entrance, and one door on each side of the ancestral hall.
Outside the door was a medium-sized courtyard that was planted with flowers and plants. The two doors on each side of the ancestral hall led to the garden in the backyard, where the fake mountain was previously placed.
Usually, only Granny Lin would be guarding the ancestral hall at night, and all three doors were open. It would be easy for someone to take the shoe away.
Ji Yunshu looked around for a long time, but did not find anything out of the ordinary.
She summoned a maidservant.
"Then who was guarding the ancestral hall when the shoe went missing?"
"Granny Lin," said the maidservant.
"Where is she?"
"I don't know. Granny Lin usually comes at night."
Just as she finished speaking, a young maidservant rushed in in a fluster.
She shouted, "Bad … bad news, Granny Lin, she … she's dead."
Ah!
… …
At this time in the capital.
For some reason, Concubine Xiao had been feeling tired and sleepy for the past few days.
She started coughing every morning.
Sang Lan was worried, "Your Ladyship, are you alright?"
"I'm fine." She pinched the space between her eyebrows, "Maybe … I'm just tired."
"This servant will summon an imperial physician to examine you."
"There's no need. I know my own condition, so there's no need to summon an imperial physician. I don't want Yi 'er to worry when the news reaches him."
"But Your Ladyship, you …"
"I already said I'm fine." After saying that, she started coughing again. Her complexion became paler and paler until there was no trace of blood in her eyes.
Sang Lan frowned as she watched, but her master did not allow her to summon an imperial physician, so she could only wait by the side.
Early in the morning, Jing Xuan heard that her mother was in poor health, so she ordered someone to make a bowl of ginseng soup and quickly brought it over.
She was so worried that tears welled up in her eyes.
"Imperial Mother, you mustn't tire yourself out. I still need you to send me off when I get married."
Concubine Xiao looked at her, "Imperial Mother is fine, don't worry. It's just that the weather hasn't been good lately, so I caught a cold."
"It's good that you're fine." She handed the ginseng soup to Concubine Xiao, "Your daughter specially ordered the imperial kitchen to make this. Imperial Mother, drink it while it's hot. It'll be good for your body."
"Xuan 'er is so sensible."
Concubine Xiao drank half of the ginseng soup and felt much better. A smile appeared on her face, and she pulled Jing Xuan to talk for a while.
"Imperial Mother, you should rest well. Your daughter won't disturb you any longer."
"En."
Jing Xuan stood up, bowed, and left.
After she went out, she took out a few sticks of incense from her sleeves and handed them to the maid who had been lighting the incense for Concubine Xiao. She instructed, "After the last incense, light this. Don't stop."
The maid who lit the incense didn't think too much about it and agreed anyway.
These days, she hadn't stopped. Concubine Xiao also liked the fragrance very much, so she slept very soundly at night.
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