This is also Hu Bingxue's father's fault for being a little confused.
As an imperial physician of the imperial court, he actually pleaded for mercy on behalf of several officials who were buying and selling the longevity cream.
He did not realize the harm of Fu Shou Gao. Instead, he thought that Fu Shou Gao was similar to alcohol and he just liked to drink it. It would not necessarily reach the stage of bringing disaster to the country and the people.
The emperor was furious and rewarded him with a lot of longevity cream, asked him to use it at home, and said he could not leave the house until he had used it up.
Unexpectedly, in just three or five days, Lord Hu took too much of the Fu Shou Gao and died.
The emperor sentenced the Hu family to exile.
The news reached Cui Boxiao of Zhennan Marquis Mansion. He hesitated for a moment and then asked Liu Qiaoer to rescue Hu Bingxue.
In the villa outside Beijing, Hu Bingxue was crying with tears in her eyes.
Now she has only two paths in front of her: one is to go into exile with the Hu family, or have the Zhennan Marquisate cancel the engagement.
Second, she entered the mansion of Marquis Zhennan only as a maid, and it turned out that Hu Bingxue died suddenly.
Hu Bingxue has been a proud and arrogant person all her life, and she could not accept this reality.
Liu Qiaoer didn't try to persuade her, but just brought a pot of tea, sat in front of her, drank it slowly, and waited for Hu Bingxue to digest it herself.
Finally, Hu Bingxue stopped crying and made up her mind.
"I certainly can't bear such suffering. Thank you for saving me, Your Highness. I, Hu Bingxue, have no way to repay you. I am willing to be your maid and serve him for the rest of my life."
Liu Qiaoer pushed the tea towards her and said, "Just think it over. To be honest, it's not unfair for Lord Hu to end up like this."
"If you have seen those skinny people who have been harmed by the longevity cream, you will understand the emperor's determination to eliminate the longevity cream this time."
Hu Bingxue finally chose to become Cui Boyao's maid. On the day she entered the Marquis' Mansion, Xie Yiyi also went to the prince's room.
In front of Cui Boxiao, Xie Yiyi said nothing. She just looked at the room full of beautiful girls and she was very angry.
However, as the Hu family was ransacked, more people from the capital came to propose marriage to Cui Boyao.
The Marquis's wife deals with various types of matchmakers almost every day.
Cui Boxiao and Liu Qiaoer won a great victory in the matter of the Fu Shou cream. Although the Yang family was not punished, it suffered a lot of financial losses.
Because the emperor was under strict supervision, that batch of longevity cream was locked in the warehouse and could not be taken out.
The Yang family was not anxious, but the empress dowager was. However, for some reason, the emperor's health was getting better and better, and he also began to learn to talk back to the empress dowager.
This made the Queen Mother very unhappy.
Just at this time, something happened in Beiyuan.
The south was hit by floods, and the officials sent by the Queen Mother to provide relief were killed, and the relief grain and money were robbed. The refugees banded together to form an Insect Extermination Cult, and they confronted the imperial court directly, demanding a change of dynasty.
In fact, it is just rebellion.
When the news reached the capital, the emperor and the empress dowager were very anxious.
The two almost got into a quarrel in the court.
The Empress Dowager complained that the Emperor should not have cracked down on the Fu Shou Cream, so that at least the court would have more money to use for disaster relief.
The emperor complained that the people sent by the empress dowager to provide disaster relief were not good enough, and that if someone else was sent, it would definitely succeed.
When the court was arguing, Cui Boxiao volunteered. This time he went to the disaster area, not only to recover the grain and money for disaster relief, but also to teach how to exterminate the insects.
Marquis Zhennan was very surprised. He didn't expect his son to be so impulsive.
In order to save his son, Marquis Zhennan also said he wanted to go together.
One of them went to provide disaster relief, and the other went to rebel.
The emperor was very happy and agreed immediately.
Three days later, they were set to depart.
The whole mansion was very quiet, which was somewhat abnormal.
The Marquis's wife cried with snot and tears: "My Lord, you just came back, how can you go?"
The Marquis of Zhennan was very proud: "It's a good thing that the prince can take responsibility. If he can do it successfully, everything will be worth it."
Liu Qiaoer also didn't expect that Cui Boxiao was willing to go to disaster relief.
"Think about it carefully. Disaster relief is not a good thing. Besides, those extermination cults are probably good people. After all, the Queen Mother has raised the taxes so high in recent years. It is certain that the common people cannot bear it."
But Cui Boxiao had his own plans.
"I know. I will go to the palace tonight to discuss countermeasures with the emperor. You don't have to go with me. Be responsible for supporting me. Don't forget to raise more food and fodder for me."
Liu Qiaoer realized that Cui Boxiao might have other plans.
"Do you think the person we're looking for will be in the south?"
Cui Boxiao shook his head: "I don't know, but I know that if we don't take action at this time, Beiyuan will be finished. Don't you think this era is very similar to a certain dynasty?"
Liu Qiaoer also knew from her history studies that it was the last dynasty.
Cui Boxiao added: "It's not that the emperor has not thought about saving Beiyuan, but his health is not good. Without your treatment, he will not live for more than three years."
"I guess if there really is such a person, he may not be born yet. What I want to do is that even if another country invades our country, we should not lose so miserably. We should fight hard and wait for the opportunity to find someone to change the dynasty."
Liu Qiaoer sighed, it turned out that this is what Cui Boxiao thought.
She nodded: "Okay, I support you. While you are away doing disaster relief, I will try my best to cure the emperor's illness."
The night before departure, Cui Boxiao brought Liu Qiaoer into the palace and had a long conversation with the emperor until late at night.
The next morning, Cui Boxiao set off with a large group of people, and Liu Qiaoer was left by his side with the queen.
The emperor and the empress came to the outside of the imperial city to see Cui Boxiao and Marquis Zhennan off.
Liu Qiaoer stood beside the queen. She saw Cui Boxiao giving her a beating and nodded.
He wanted her to write more letters. Liu Qiaoer wanted to give Cui Boyao a cell phone, but cell phones were not easy to use in that era.
Marquis Zhennan was the Queen's backer, and perhaps this backer had left the capital.
The Queen Mother started to act up. She first chose a concubine for the Emperor on the grounds that the Queen was childless and there were no children in the harem.
The queen did not resist, and the nobles in the capital were all eager to send their daughters to the harem.
Liu Qiaoer rushed to treat the emperor and asked him to continue taking one pill a day, but she only gave him one instruction: abstain from sex.
In other words, even if the empress dowager has selected a concubine to enter the harem, the emperor cannot use her.
The emperor refused again, citing poor health, external and internal troubles.
This is the second time the Emperor has opposed the Empress Dowager.
After the Empress Dowager found that the Emperor was becoming increasingly difficult to control, a coup d'état took place in the palace on the day that Marquis Zhennan and Cui Boxiao crossed the river and arrived at the disaster area.
The Queen Mother attempted to kill the Emperor, reinstate the young Third Prince as Emperor, and continue to rule the country from behind the scenes.
There were signs of this before Cui Boxiao set out.
The departure of Marquis Zhennan, Cui Boxiao and others gave the Queen Mother and her party an opportunity.
Cui Boxiao asked Liu Qiaoer to stay just to protect the emperor and the queen.
Liu Qiaoer also thought that with the Queen Mother's ambition, this day would definitely come, but she did not expect that this day would come so soon.
Early in the morning, Liu Qiaoer felt that the palace was very quiet, so quiet that it was a little abnormal.
There were not many concubines in the harem, and the emperor spent twenty days out of the thirty days in a month resting in the queen's palace.
Liu Qiaoer stood up and did not see the guards patrolling the palace. She stood at the door of the bedroom for a while and then went back.