bayedsolid Chapter 268 Buy 1 Get 1 Free
Chapter 268 Buy 1 Get 1 Free
Master Shuiyue has been arrested.
Liu Yun and his guards interrogated him overnight.
This woman is too stubborn; no matter how they try to extract a confession, she refuses to reveal who is behind the plot to poison the crown prince.
If they continue to interrogate him, he might die.
“I think it’s easier for women to talk to each other,” Lu Qingyao said.
Liu Yun thought for a moment, "Thank you for your trouble, Madam Jiang."
With these repeated attacks, perhaps Madam Lu could no longer remain uninvolved.
Furthermore, with the connection to the young master, their fates were already intertwined with those of the eldest princess and Prince Jing.
We'll find out sooner or later.
When Master Shuiyue saw the newcomer, she paused for a moment, then smiled wryly and said, "They actually allowed you to interrogate them?"
She remembered that guard; he had appeared beside Prince Jing and Princess Yuqing.
But who is this woman in front of me, and what is her identity?
He was being hunted down by so many assassins.
Lu Qingyao looked at her; her eyes were lifeless, and she seemed to have lost all hope of living.
But before a person dies, they inevitably think back to the past and probably want to confide in someone.
She pulled up a small stool and sat down next to Shuiyue, handing her a cup of tea. "Let's put aside the people behind the scenes for now and talk about how you entered the Imperial Medical Bureau and became a female physician. It must have taken a lot of effort to develop these skills, right?"
Shuiyue recalled the past, "This world is inherently unfair to women, especially female doctors. What good is it to enter the Imperial Medical Bureau? You're still unknown, just a servant to the powerful. The slightest mistake can get you kicked out of the Imperial Medical Bureau. And to make matters worse, that person saw my mistake..."
She was very alert and didn't say anything more.
She understood the principle that all land under heaven belongs to the emperor.
So she and her brother wanted to earn lots and lots of money, leave Daqing, and flee to another country.
They fled to a place beyond the reach of those princes and nobles.
They had already saved enough money and were ready to leave.
Unfortunately, they were targeted by that group of assassins.
We can't beat them in a fight, so we have no choice but to obey orders.
She had originally thought that she could benefit from the conflict between the snipe and the clam, and that the group had brought a lot of gold, silver and valuables with them.
I never expected this woman to be so capable.
I fell for it inexplicably, and completely.
Seeing her furrowed brows, Lu Qingyao knew she was recalling unbearable memories of the past.
A single sentence broke her silence: "I suppose you lived a very lowly life in the palace."
"You...you're here to mock me?"
Lu Qingyao shook her head, "No, we have no enmity or grudge against each other. If you hadn't deliberately led me there, I wouldn't have set foot in the Shuiyue Nunnery, and I have no reason to laugh at you."
"What I want to ask is, has the Crown Prince or anyone in the Crown Prince's palace ever treated you with disrespect?"
"This is not."
After all, they are different from the palace maids who serve others; they are still counting on you to treat their illnesses.
They won't make things difficult for you for no reason.
On the contrary, those imperial physicians in the Imperial Medical Bureau who called themselves divine doctors, as long as you were a woman, no matter how high your medical skills were, they would only see you as a errand boy.
They even set various rules and regulations for female doctors, and when selecting female doctors, they had to recite "Admonitions for Women" from memory on the spot.
Seeing the sharp look in her eyes, Lu Qingyao knew that she had stirred up the anger in her heart.
If you can't find out by asking, then use the process of elimination.
Then he asked, "You're about to die now, and no one else in your family is threatened. Don't you want revenge?"
"Who exactly caused you and your brother to become homeless dogs, hiding in those deep mountains, never to see the light of day?"
"Who else could it be but those old bastards in the Imperial Medical Bureau, always picking on my mistakes for no reason, and the Fourth Prince is no good either..." Shuiyue suddenly stopped.
She looked at Lu Qingyao with some anger, "You tricked me into telling you something."
Lu Qingyao nodded, not denying it, "Since you've already said it, just tell it all. Since it was the Fourth Prince who threatened you, he must have been trying to pin everything on you. Are you willing to become his pawn and take the blame for poisoning the Crown Prince?"
Everyone thought it was the Third Prince, Prince Su, but it turned out to be Prince Chen.
Master Shuiyue didn't know what she was insisting on, since that person had threatened her with her younger brother.
The reason his younger brother became a murderer was also a setup he orchestrated.
After faking their deaths and escaping, they kept impersonating other people in order to avoid being searched by government soldiers.
They had no choice but to silence those who knew their identities.
That's how one wrong step leads to another.
"Okay, I confess, I'll write it all down."
Lu Qingyao said, "Write down everything you know about the shady dealings of those imperial physicians. You must really want to see them get their comeuppance."
Master Shuiyue's eyes flickered slightly.
And you know what? She knows quite a lot.
Which imperial physician served which empress, which imperial physician neglected his duties, which imperial physician stole medicinal herbs, and so on.
In the past, she would have been terrified and pretended to be mute.
But now that she's about to die, what is there to be afraid of?
I can almost picture how I'll muddy the waters of the Imperial Medical Bureau.
As he was writing, he started laughing out loud.
He gave her a quick death before he died.
When Lu Qingyao left, she gave the confession to Liu Yun. "Although she identified Prince Chen, you still need to verify whether it is him or not. As for the Imperial Physician's Secret Record, consider it a thank-you gift for Prince Jing's many assistances."
The current situation is obvious.
The imperial physicians were the only ones who could frequently enter and leave the palace. With this leverage in their hands, Prince Jing could act very smoothly.
"What? The Imperial Physician's Secret Records?" Liu Yun's mouth dropped open.
This also comes with a buy-one-get-one-free offer.
Madam Lu is amazing; she confessed everything in less than an hour.
With this confession, the prince's poison might be cured.
The Imperial Medical Bureau is now entirely under the master's control, which will greatly benefit his future endeavors.
Lady Lu has done a great service this time; this matter must be reported to Prince Jing and the Princess as soon as possible.
"Thank you. Did she say anything else?"
"Leave her body intact. She also left some medical books at the pharmacy; let Jingyue take charge of them."
After that, the Shuiyue Nunnery lost its Abbess Shuiyue.
But the reputation of Lingquan remains; the spring in front of the temple continues to flow with water.
Many people still come here because of its reputation, but they can all fetch water from the spring themselves.
The spring water is sweet and clear, making it perfect for brewing tea.
The fees are no longer an issue.
Shuiyue Temple remains a centuries-old temple.
More young nuns began to provide free medical consultations to the people, regardless of their social status.
Although they were sold to Shuiyue, they are now free.
They had learned something from Shuiyue, and the medical books she left behind had become their treasures.
Lu Qingyao never expected that taking a wrong turn would lead to catching the person who poisoned the crown prince.
Everyone thought the crown prince was just weak and sickly, but they never expected that he had been poisoned.
None of these royals are simple.
This Prince Jing is no ordinary man.
It seems they care too much about their family.
Is he scheming something?