The Daily Life of a Down-on-Hard-Life Medicine Girl Supporting Her Family

Mo Lan's matter was handled the day after the Third Prince was captured.

"lady……"

Mo Lan never expected that her master would not only arrange a good marriage for her, but also specially purchase a two-courtyard house not far from the General's Mansion as part of her dowry.

Night Breeze also bought a house, but it was on another street corner.

Mo Lan's wedding was held in her own courtyard.

The dowry was also provided by the lady.

Although she was just a maid, her dowry surpassed that of many young ladies from humble families.

"Mo Lan, I asked the general, and Ye Feng is a good citizen." Xiao Chunyu handed a small wooden box to Mo Lan: "Keep this."

"Madam, this is..."

Xiao Chunyu gestured for her to open it and take a look.

When Mo Lan saw that it was a contract of indenture, she was not happy, but terrified.

"Does Madam no longer want me?"

Didn't we agree that after the wedding, she would rest for five days and then return to work? Why was her indenture returned to her?
"You're such a silly girl."

Seeing the tears in her eyes, Xiao Chunyu also felt a pang of reluctance.

“Didn’t we already agree? You will return to the manor to work after a five-day rest following your wedding.” Chunyu said, “However, you will no longer be a slave. The general said that Yefeng is of good status, so naturally you can only be of good status as well. You are Yefeng’s legitimate wife, and your children will be able to take the imperial examinations, go into business or politics, and never have to be slaves again.”

"Madam" Mo Lan, grateful for Xiao Chunyu's great kindness, knelt down again: "This servant thanks Madam for her great kindness."

"Still calling yourself a servant?" Chunyu helped her up. "When I suffered in the Wu family, it was with you, Granny, and Jianlan protecting me that my daughter and I were able to escape unscathed. When I returned from filing a complaint with the emperor, I was covered in wounds, and it was you all who stayed with me and helped me through it all, which is why we have the happiness we have today. I have long regarded you as my own sister. From now on, you are no longer a servant."

"I will remember your great kindness, Madam. However, when serving by your side, I will still refer to myself as a servant, so as not to cause any misunderstanding that Madam is not strict with me."

This is also true.

"Alright, no need to dwell on these little details. Hurry up and put on the veil, the groom is coming soon."

Just then, a commotion broke out in the outer courtyard. Sure enough, Ye Feng, dressed in wedding attire and wearing a wedding hat, came in to greet the bride.

Upon seeing Xiao Chunyu, Ye Feng quickly bowed.

"Madam, your subordinate has come to marry Mo Lan."

"Alright, I'm entrusting Mo Lan to you today. I hope you will cherish her, pamper her, and protect her. If one day you no longer love her, please don't hurt her. Just tell me, and I will still bring her back to the General's Mansion."

"Madam, rest assured, I swear that I will be loyal to Mo Lan for the rest of my life. I will cherish her, pamper her, and protect her. I will never let you worry about me."

"Alright, remember your words today, and don't let her down."

"Yes, ma'am."

"Mo Lan, go now, I wish you eternal happiness."

On this day, the servants of the General's Mansion were all happy for Mo Lan and Ye Feng.

However, people's joys and sorrows are not the same.

While Ye Feng and Mo Lan were celebrating their marriage, the Third Prince became a prisoner.

He was imprisoned in the Imperial Clan Court.

The emperor went to see him.

"Third Prince, how have you been?" The Third Prince looked at the person in front of him and sneered twice.

The victor is king, the loser is a bandit. Time and again he fell into his hands and had no choice but to admit defeat.

"Third brother, I don't understand why you would rather give up a perfectly good life and instead try to overthrow the empire left by our ancestors. Why do you do this?"

"Tell me, you failed back then, and after so many years, do you think you can still uproot me completely?"

"Don't be too smug." The Third Prince sneered, "You only have one son. Sooner or later, the ancestral empire will fall into the hands of a collateral branch."

“I have a eldest prince. I am still young. I can have ten or eight more princes.”

"Really? Then why didn't you give birth to him? A single child might not be able to breathe one day."

The Third Prince's words were pointed.

"You did it to Che'er!"

The tone was almost certain.

"I don't need to lift a finger. There are plenty of people who don't want him to live." The Third Prince smiled contemptuously: "You can have sons. You could when Physician Xiao was alive. Now that Physician Xiao is gone, you can't even have a daughter."

What do you mean?
"Your children were all saved thanks to the unique prescriptions of two generations of Imperial Physician Xiao. It's just a pity that Imperial Physician Xiao died too late. If he had died twelve years earlier, you wouldn't even have been able to lay an egg, let alone have a son or a daughter?"

"Was the Imperial Concubine's fake pregnancy orchestrated by you?"

"You only realize that now? I really don't understand. I'm clearly smarter than you, so how did I end up losing to you?"

The Third Prince truly couldn't understand it: this person was far more intelligent and capable than anyone else, and also very skilled at recruiting talent. Yet, he suffered defeat after defeat.

After this, he will have no more chances.

"Because I am the true Son of Heaven, the one to whom Heaven has ordained."

"You actually believed those lies meant to fool the common people? Well, if you tell too many lies, you'll end up living in them yourself." The Third Prince sighed, "I was lacking in the right timing, location, and people. What I can't understand the most is that I was defeated by Xia Guangcheng this time."

The emperor looked at him with a cold smile.

"Sowing discord will not work on me. General Huaiyuan is someone I personally trained, so how could I doubt him?" The emperor said, "If you employ someone, don't doubt them; if you doubt someone, don't employ them. I trust him."

"You are the most suspicious person I know. I can't understand why you didn't suspect him this time?"

The emperor was stunned by the third prince's words that he was the most suspicious.

It seems he really knows himself very well.

However, he would never know that the reason he didn't suspect Xia Guangcheng was because of that little girl.

The emperor did not say anything more to the third prince.

"You are my only living elder brother. Don't worry, even if you have committed heinous crimes, I will still tolerate you. I will let you live out your old age here."

The implication was that he would not be killed.

"Should I thank you for sparing my life?"

"No need to thank me, I am a magnanimous person."

The Third Prince sneered again. Yes, this is how emperors sometimes manipulate people, while outwardly maintaining a facade of brotherhood and harmony. This is the true face of an emperor.

In their next encounter, he lost again.

Seeing the emperor's ugly face, the Third Prince had no interest in saying anything more.

He had been hiding his identity for many years after his last defeat, and thought he would be invincible this time, but he still failed miserably.

He will spend the rest of his life in this mansion.

Where exactly did the problem lie?

The emperor emerged from the Imperial Clan Court in shock.
The third brother told him that he was actually unable to have children, and that it was two physicians, Xiao, who enabled him to continue his lineage.
is it really like this?
Upon returning to the palace, the imperial physician was immediately summoned.

The current head of the Imperial Medical Academy, Imperial Physician Cao, was sweating profusely.

Indeed, he was completely unable to discern where the Emperor was unwell.

"Your Majesty, are you feeling unwell?"

"Fool, if I knew what was wrong, would I be coming to you?"

Right now, he feels uncomfortable everywhere.

Especially in my heart, there's a feeling of suffocation.

Unfortunately, the topic of infertility is something that cannot be asked out loud.

Physician Cao wiped the sweat from his brow again and asked the Emperor to switch hands so he could take the Emperor's pulse carefully. In truth, he was desperately pleading for help, hoping that Physician Xiao would work his magic and relieve his suffering.

Yes, with Physician Xiao protecting them before, they weren't afraid of anything.

The current emperor is very suspicious, so they are very timid when they see patients, because they could lose their heads if they are not careful.

In order to see tomorrow's sun, one must always be observant and perceptive.

"Your Majesty, I observe that you have excessive liver fire. I will prescribe a remedy to help you recuperate."

"Open it." This good-for-nothing doesn't even know what I want to ask, which is really annoying.

"Go down."

He waved his hand and told him to get out of there.

What a useless idiot.

I kept thinking about what the Third Prince said, and I couldn't find peace.

After pacing around the imperial study several times, the eunuchs became frightened: Was something big about to happen? Or had something truly terrible occurred?

"Defu".

"The slave is here."

Are there any highly skilled doctors in the general population who can diagnose illnesses simply by taking a pulse?

"Your Majesty, doctors can usually diagnose illnesses through observation, listening, questioning, and palpation."

"Go and inquire; I need to find a highly respected and exceptionally skilled doctor."

"Is this for the Crown Prince's medical examination?"

The Crown Prince was ill, and no doctor in the common people dared to answer the imperial edict.

"No, you don't need to ask so many questions. I'll let you search first."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Defu didn't understand. Doctor Cao had already said that the emperor was fine, just a little too hot in the liver. Why did he still need to find a doctor from the common people?
Could it be that you're watching that kind of...?

Although he had been castrated, Defu still knew the characteristics of a man. Could it be that the Emperor really...?

Well, this kind of thing can't be known by the imperial physicians, otherwise His Majesty will become a laughing stock.

After Defu understood the crux of the matter, he worked hard to get his godson and godson to find a doctor.

Soon they received word that there was a very good old doctor named Sun at the entrance of an alley in the capital, whose medical skills were superb.

The Emperor acknowledged the news.

Two days later, the Emperor secretly took Defu out of the palace.

A long queue had already formed at the entrance of Dr. Sun's courtyard.

"Sir, look at this..."

Defu was worried for his master as he traveled incognito without any guards.

If they were in any danger, needless to say, I would rush forward to shield him from the knife.

Otherwise, if anything were to happen to the emperor, he himself would not escape a good end.

"How about I try to squeeze a few spots forward?"

With such a long queue, it might be dark by the time it's my turn.

"No need, we came out to show compassion for the people, so let's just wait."

In fact, the Emperor was listening to something interesting at that moment.

You really don't hear gossip about this family or that family if you don't go out.

Defu was also impressed; the dignified emperor was squatting here listening to people gossip and tales of the common people.

However, as he listened, he began to hear it coming from his own head.

"I've heard that the current emperor is incompetent."

These words startled Dequan, who was standing to the side.

Ancestors, don't just talk about whether it's okay or not, do you have too many heads to spare? How dare you say that?

"Master, why don't you...why don't we go back to the manor?"

"No need, just listen, it's quite interesting."

The emperor was furious, but he forced himself to agree and say that nothing was wrong.

"Brother, you look quite wealthy, what brings you to Dr. Sun's place and causing trouble?"

A bare-armed man looked at the emperor and asked with a smile.

"Doctor Sun doesn't discriminate based on social status when treating patients, does he?" The emperor looked at the man: "I just overheard you talking about the emperor... how did you know?"

"I'm only telling you this, don't tell anyone else," the man said. "I have a cousin who works in the Imperial Clan Court. He heard the Emperor and the Third Prince's conversation clearly. The Emperor is really no good."

The emperor was almost laughing in anger!
These lackeys not only slander their masters, but they also go further and further astray.

Is he incapable?
He clearly said that he couldn't have children.

No, that was just something the third brother made up... That's right, all those words were made up by the third brother!
It was all to slander him, the emperor.

I was so angry.

This third brother is like a rat in a sewer, jumping out every now and then to piss off people.

It's true... keeping him around was a mistake.

However, he was the emperor, the supreme ruler, whose word was law.

Furthermore, if he truly exterminated all his brothers and sisters, how would history record his story?

Brutal, cold-blooded, and heartless?

Emperors still wanted to be remembered in history and leave a righteous and inspiring history book for their descendants.

Therefore, the third child should be kept.

I hope he can watch his mouth and not provoke himself.

After waiting for most of the hour, it was finally the emperor's turn to be seen.

This is an old man in his early seventies, with completely white hair and beard.

"Dr. Sun, please help me take a look at my husband."

Defu was thinking that his master was impotent, but he couldn't let himself hear it, so he immediately made an excuse to slip away: "Master, you can watch for a while, and then sit here and rest. This servant will go to the washroom first."

"Go ahead, I won't get lost."

In fact, the Emperor had this intention, hoping that Defu would go far away and not overhear his secret.

"Where does it hurt?"

Dr. Sun asked with a kind and gentle expression.

The emperor was so embarrassed by the questioning that he turned red in the face.

Suddenly, an excuse came to mind.

"Doctor, I've been married for many years but have never had children. My wife had a doctor examine her and said everything was normal. Then the doctor wanted to take my pulse, but I refused. I came here specifically to see Doctor Sun..."

"Yes, I think I understand."

Dr. Sun nodded: "Extend your left hand."

After taking his pulse, he took the pulse on his right hand, then looked at his tongue, and then rolled his eyelids.

Just as Dr. Sun was turning his eyelids, Fude turned around and was quite frightened by what he saw.

"Master..."

"It's alright." The Emperor gestured for him not to make a fuss: "You may leave now."

"Yes." Fude still didn't dare to go far, so he stood at a distance and waited.

He had to be ready at all times, just in case the emperor had any requests.

"Doctor, what's wrong with me?"

"You do seem to have no affinity for children, but according to my pulse diagnosis, you have taken some medicine to regulate your body, so you should be able to have a few children. It's just that it will probably be even more difficult in the future."

"why?"

"Because you're getting old and working day and night, your symptoms naturally won't improve." (End of Chapter)