The emperor is seriously ill and the court is in chaos. As a member of the court, Pei Yuanshan must hurry back to Beijing.
After all, compared to the emperor's health, County Magistrate Lu's corruption is nothing.
Liu Qiaoer pushed Lu Yunzheng back to the city and went straight to Mu Lingxiao's pharmacy.
Mu Lingxiao was seeing a patient. When he saw him coming, he led them to the inner room.
"What's wrong with you, young master?"
Lu Yunzheng pushed Liu Qiaoer in front of Mu Lingxiao: "She is injured, show her."
Only then did Liu Qiaoer realize that her arm was scratched by the knife while saving Qi Ze. The wound was not big and she had forgotten about it.
"Oh, yes, my arm is injured." Liu Qiaoer said as she prepared to take off her clothes to let Mu Lingxiao see her injury.
Unexpectedly, Lu Yunzheng grabbed her clothes tightly and said, "What are you doing? Doctor Mu has a female doctor here."
It was just exposing her arms, she had even worn a swimsuit, so Liu Qiaoer had no intention of avoiding suspicion.
On the contrary, Lu Yunzheng looked unhappy. He frowned and glared at Liu Qiaoer, blaming her for being casual.
"Let me apply medicine to the girl." Mu Lingxiao's wife walked in.
Lu Yunzheng then let go and waited for Liu Qiaoer to take off her clothes at the injured part, revealing a large bruise and a very deep wound. She then broke out in a cold sweat from the pain.
"It hurts, it hurts, it hurts. Do you have any anesthetic powder? Can you give me some? It hurts so much when you shave it raw."
Xiao Mu's wife was stunned for a moment: "Anesthetic powder? That medicine is quite expensive. We don't have it in a small place like ours."
It's just anesthetic, how come there is no anesthetic? There is anesthetic in Liu Qiaoer's space, and she wants to give herself an injection.
Lu Yunzheng reached out his hand to Liu Qiaoer and held hers tightly: "It's just a small area, just bear with it."
Just cleaning the blood stains was enough for Liu Qiaoer. You know, she was very afraid of pain. When she was a child, she would cry for a long time when she got a vaccination.
"But it really hurts..." Liu Qiaoer gritted her teeth and lay on the sickbed, shivering in pain.
Xiao Mu's wife acted quickly and fiercely. She didn't listen to Liu Qiaoer's shouting and just focused on bandaging the wound herself.
After she had finished bandaging the wound, Liu Qiaoer slowly let out a breath and collapsed on the sickbed due to exhaustion.
"My arm is numb." Lu Yunzheng raised his hand and pushed her.
Only then did Liu Qiaoer realize that what she had hugged was Lu Yunzheng's arm and what she had held was his hand, and that a large area of Lu Yunzheng's clothes was wet from her tears.
Lu Yunzheng helped Liu Qiaoer tie her clothes personally, and couldn't help but chuckle at Liu Qiaoer's aggrieved look.
"Does it hurt?"
"Yeah." Liu Qiaoer cried like a baby, sobbing and hiccuping.
Lu Yunzheng raised his sleeve to wipe Liu Qiaoer's tears: "Eat some candied fruit and it will stop hurting."
Liu Qiaoer answered honestly: "That's a lie. It still hurts."
Lu Yunzheng smiled, and couldn't help but teach her a lesson with heartache: "Let's see if you will continue to be stubborn in the future. Go home."
Liu Qiaoer's cloak was made of wolf skin. If it weren't for the skin, the wound would have been more serious. Lu Yunzheng asked Mu Lingxiao to treat her. Except for the leg, all other wounds recovered well.
On the way back, Lu Yunzheng actually bought a bag of candied fruit for Liu Qiaoer.
When the cold wind blew, the wound didn't hurt so much. Liu Qiaoer was easy to coax. A bag of candied fruit could make her happy for a long time. I shared it with them when I got back.
The dynasty that Liu Qiaoer lived in was the Great Zhou Dynasty that did not exist in history books.
For more than a hundred years after the founding of the country, the country was prosperous and the people were safe. However, the imperial court and the aristocratic families had been fighting openly and secretly for a hundred years, and there was no winner.
The third emperor was in his fifties and had four princes. Apart from the crown prince, the most favored one was the third prince. The crown prince and the third prince also formed cliques and fought openly and secretly.
The affairs of the Lu family were merely a fuse for the internal strife in the court. The princes were fighting for power, and the noble families that were being won over were also enemies of the other side. The Magistrate Lu, who was affected, was merely a branch of the Lu family, but he almost lost his life because of it.
The emperor in the capital was seriously ill. Pei Yuanshan got the evidence left by Lu Yunzheng and left Fengxin County. The small county finally returned to its former tranquility.
Magistrate Lu will be brought to the capital for trial soon, while the rest of the Lu family will remain in the county jail.
The imperial court will also send another county magistrate to Fengxin County to take charge of the overall situation.
Before the new county magistrate arrives, the county magistrate and other county officials will temporarily take charge of the situation.
None of this seemed to have anything to do with Liu Qiaoer. She was studying the formula of scar removal cream and planned to use Chinese medicine to remove the scars on Lu Yunzheng's body and face.
"Sister Qiao'er, now that the high-ranking official from the capital has left, can Xiaoxi and Yang'er go out now?"
It was almost noon, and there were still so many people buying buns, so Liu Qiaoer went to the pharmacy. Liu Erniu was too busy to handle it alone, so she wanted Lu Yunxi to come and help.
Liu Qiaoer nodded: "They can go out now, but Xiaoyang is young and needs someone to watch over him."
Liu Erniu remembered that she met Niu Dahu's mother when she returned home last night, and touched Liu Qiaoer's arm: "Sister, I met Aunt Niu yesterday. I think our store is too busy, so we can ask Aunt Niu to come and help."
Liu Qiaoer's eyes lit up and she nodded heavily: "Yes, of course, as long as she is willing. However, if this matter gets out to my hometown, my grandmother and my aunt will make a fuss."
Liu Erniu blinked her innocent and clear eyes: "Just don't tell them."
Liu Qiaoer laughed twice. Forget about Geng, but her aunt-in-law loved to go shopping whenever she wanted. If she knew that their bun shop was Qiaoer's business, she would probably come to snatch it.
However, she had already thought of a solution.
After lunch, there were not many customers in the shop, and Liu Erniu was dozing off in the outer room.
In the room, Liu Qiaoer ground the medicine she bought from the pharmacy into powder and mixed it with a garlic mortar, muttering to herself: "Three grams of Angelica dahurica, four grams of pearl powder, aloe vera..."
Lu Yunxi held her chin and looked at it seriously: "Sister Qiaoer, is this prescription really that magical? Not only can it remove scars, but it can also make the skin whiter?"
Liu Qiaoer nodded confidently: "Of course, didn't you see what book this prescription is from? It's an ancient divine book, written by Shennong. Didn't you know that Shennong tasted hundreds of herbs?"
Lu Yunzheng was half lying on the kang, drinking medicine. When he heard Liu Qiaoer talking about Shennong's prescription, he almost spit out all the medicine he had just drunk.
Holding back a cough, he snorted coldly, "Bring me the prescription."
Lu Yunxi obediently handed the prescription that Liu Qiaoer copied from the space to Lu Yunzheng.
Lu Yunzheng took a glance and was very satisfied with the words written by Liu Qiaoer with a fountain pen.
"Your handwriting has improved. It's not written with a brush."
Liu Qiaoer has many secrets, but she doesn't tell him and he doesn't ask.
"The prescription seems reliable. Angelica dahurica is indeed a medicine that can make the skin rejuvenated. What is aloe vera? But you said you copied it from Shennong's prescription. Where is the book? Can you bring it to me for a look?"
Liu Qiao'er shrugged: "Book? No, if you don't believe me, go ask Doctor Xiao Mu, he will praise this prescription highly."
As she spoke, Liu Qiaoer prepared the medicine and gave it to Lu Yunzheng.
"Whether it's good or not, you'll know after trying it."
There was a spot of skin on Lu Yunzheng's face that was frozen, and another spot that was burned by lime. If the scars were not removed, they wouldn't look that hideous.
But Liu Qiaoer really loves this long face and doesn't want such a beautiful face to have any flaws.
"Hey, why don't you try with your arm first..."