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How can a man get a confinement leave? Lu Shiqing's new injury is not serious enough for him to claim illness, and his old injury cannot be discovered by Emperor Huining. It is not easy to use resignation as an excuse to stay at home.
But this was Yuan Cixian's only wish, and he had no choice but to satisfy her.
Lu Shiqing hugged the mother and daughter, frowned and fell into deep thought.
Yuan Cixian saw that he looked troubled and was about to speak unhappily, but suddenly he saw his brows relax and said, "I got it."
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After Lu Shiqing had dinner with Yuan Cixian, he stood up and drafted a document, which roughly described the current situation in the Uighur territory and the attitudes of the royal family. The next day, he asked Cao An to present it to the palace on his behalf.
After meeting Cao An, Emperor Huining naturally could not let him go back empty-handed, so he waved his hand and sent someone to prepare some top-quality tonics for the Lu Mansion. He also asked his personal eunuch to go with him to Yongxingfang and brought an imperial physician along.
The imperial physician from the palace had been ordered to come to the Lu Mansion yesterday, but since Yuan Cihan was unconscious at that time, he did not take her pulse and only asked about her general situation. The fact that he made another visit now was not out of concern, but an intentional test.
Emperor Huining was so suspicious that he could not trust anyone wholeheartedly, not even Lu Shiqing. The reason why he got angry at Zhang Zhixian before was not because he hated his reckless words, but because he was subconsciously afraid of what he said.
Although Lu Shiqing was only a fourth-rank official, he had too much power in his hands, and this power was handed to him by Emperor Huining himself. It is true that Zhang Zhixian, the prime minister, had always been at odds with him, and it was possible that he would take advantage of the opportunity to add insult to injury, but these words reminded the old emperor that a minister who had frequent contact with the Nanzhao and Uighur royal families was actually a very dangerous existence. If he wanted to, he might be able to reach a conspiracy with the enemy during the two missions. If Yuan Yizhi's support was added, the consequences would be even more disastrous.
So yesterday, Zhang Pushe gave Emperor Huining an idea. Yuan Yu, the eldest son of the Yuan family, had not had an heir for many years. Now that Yuan Cixian had both a son and a daughter, why not take the opportunity to confer a title on one of them, and then bring him to the palace to raise him, to show his "sacred grace". This move can be said to have both controlled the Lu family and guarded against the Yuan family.
Emperor Huining did not respond on the surface, but in fact he was already secretly moved. However, the Yuan and Lu families could naturally see the inner meaning of this false grace. Yuan Cihan had just encountered such an incident, and it was not easy for him to take her away immediately. It would be better to find out her physical condition first.
After the eunuch arrived, Lu Shiqing received him respectfully, and then the imperial physician took Yuan Cixian's pulse.
After the diagnosis, the imperial physician was a little surprised. He turned around and reported to Emperor Huining truthfully, saying that Yuan Cixian would definitely not be able to have children within three to five years. Whether she would have a chronic disease and whether she would have a chance to conceive would all depend on how she recuperated.
After hearing this, Emperor Huining hesitated for a moment.
He was on guard against Lu Shiqing as a precaution, but he did not really want to break off relations with this minister whom he had always trusted. When he heard Yuan Cihan's situation, he knew that the matter of picking up the child would be difficult, so he had to hold back for the time being.
Yuan Cixian had actually been worried about this matter during her pregnancy. When she saw the imperial physician coming to check her pulse, she guessed that the sage had some thoughts. After all, this was not the first time the old emperor had used this trick. When he made my father the king, he did not allow my young brother to go to southern Yunnan with him, meaning that he wanted him to stay in Beijing as a hostage.
Fortunately, she was not in good health now, and it was a blessing in disguise that she managed to save her two children.
But since the old emperor has already planted the seed of doubt in his heart, it will only grow stronger and stronger. The road ahead will be more difficult. She is afraid that sooner or later this will happen to her child.
However, Lu Shiqing told her not to worry, then he calmly wrote a letter of resignation and sent it to the Zichen Palace the next day.
Yuan Cixian was shocked at first, but after thinking about it he realized that this was the tactic of retreating in order to advance that he and Zheng Zhuo always used.
This "heart-wrenching" resignation letter was telling Emperor Huining that he had understood his meaning, so he was very disappointed and disappointed. As the saying goes, he was not afraid of being torn to pieces, but wanted to leave a clear name in the world. Since the saint did not trust him so much, he was willing to resign and return home, return to Luoyang and live in seclusion, and never ask about the affairs of the court again. It just so happened that he was going to defeat the Uighurs this time, and he had experienced wind, frost, rain and snow all the way, and had several life-and-death battles with the Turks. I am afraid that his body was also worn out. If the saint is willing to grant his permission, it would be great.
Yuan Cixian felt that he had played a big game this time. It would be very interesting if Emperor Huining wrote the word "appropriation" on his letter of resignation the next day.
The result was no if. Because Lu Shiqing said that when he explained the inside story of the Uighurs in the document the day before, he quietly left a few clues to whet the appetite of the old emperor. Even if he didn't talk about the long-term, just for the current war between the Turks and the Uighurs, he would not abandon him as a minister.
Emperor Huining was indeed in a panic and sent a eunuch to say that he would not approve of the letter of resignation.
Lu Shiqing told the eunuch with embarrassment that since the emperor still needed him, he would naturally not disobey the order. However, he was not fully recovered yet and he might not be able to endure if he returned to the court right away.
The eunuch smiled and said, this is not a problem. The sage said to give him a month's leave and let him have a good rest.
This tactic of retreating in order to advance made the old emperor dare not to be suspicious and guard against things hastily. More importantly, she also tricked him into giving her the "confinement leave". Yuan Cixian couldn't help but sigh that her husband was so smart.
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Xuan's words came true, and her son had to accompany his daughter-in-law during the confinement period.
In the following days, when Yuan Cixian was lying in bed, Lu Shiqing fulfilled his promise to be wherever she was, and stayed with her most of the time. Because she couldn't stand the wind, he didn't go out casually, so as not to bring frost to him.
The two patients made a nest on the bed and arranged food beside the bed. At first, they were like a newlywed, and when they got food, you fed me and I fed you. You ate a bite of my vegetables, I ate a piece of your radish, you picked fish bones for me, and I peeled eggs for you. Later, they stayed together for twelve hours, and Yuan Cixian was really tired of seeing Lu Shiqing, so she focused more on the child.
Lu Yuanshu's baby carrier was moved over and placed next to their bed. Yuan Cixian fed her during the day, and at night, because she had not recovered yet, the wet nurse took care of her.
As for Lu Yuanzhen, she never mentioned breastfeeding him since the day before. It was not good to keep him in the room all the time, lest she trouble Lu Shiqing to take him out when the child was hungry, so she simply let him spend more time with the wet nurse. However, she always asked to see him from time to time, so there were several times a day when she troubled the wet nurse to bring the child, and it often coincided with Xuan's time to play with her grandson.
Twenty days passed like this, and in March, when the baby was almost full-term, Yuan Cixian asked Lu Shiqing if he wanted to hold a banquet to simply celebrate for the brother and sister.
As for this full-moon banquet, no matter how big or small, it should be held, and Lu Shiqing was still an official in the court, so it was necessary for him to invite his colleagues. But he refused on the grounds that she had not recovered yet and was not suitable for the hard work, and said that he would hold it again when the child was one year old.
During the previous Flower Festival, it was originally Lu Shiqing’s turn to host the wine-flowing banquet, but he also used this excuse to decline. Upon hearing this, Yuan Cihan did not insist, just like last time, and followed his arrangements.
A few days later, Lu Shiqing's wounds were almost healed, so he returned to the court. Yuan Cixian's confinement was also over, and she was able to go out for some fresh air. When he went out to do something, he wanted to take the two children to the yard to enjoy the spring breeze. However, when he asked the wet nurse, he was told that Lu Yuanzhen had a poor appetite this morning. Lu Shiqing was worried that the child was sick, so he took him to Dr. Ge's clinic for a consultation when he went out just now.
Yuan Cixian thanked the wet nurse without asking too many questions. She waited until dusk but still did not see Lu Shiqing bring the child back. She turned around and took Lu Yuanshu to see Xuan.
It turned out that Xuan was truly worried about her grandson, but Yuan Cixian comforted her with a few words. Then he left his daughter in her yard to distract her, and went back to his room to wait for Lu Shiqing.
Lu Shiqing came back alone. When he entered the room, he saw her stand up and asked, "Where is Yuan Zhen?"
He was silent for a moment and said, "Still in the medical hall."
Yuan Cixian shook his head solemnly, walked up to him, stared at him, and asked again word by word: "I'm asking, where is Yuan Zhen?"
He was silent for a while, then reached out and stroked her cheek: "He's fine, and will be reunited with us soon."
Hearing these words, Yuan Cixian couldn't help but burst into tears after holding back her tears for a long time.
Her child was not rescued that night. She noticed something was wrong a few days after giving birth. First, it was out of her mother's intuition when she was with her child, and then she thought about Lu Shiqing's strange attitude towards the child and her brother's unnatural behavior that day, which made her even more suspicious.
She soon had a terrible idea: the child might have been switched.
Lu Shiqing couldn't have known whether the child was real or fake when he was rescuing, but he was always cautious and must have confirmed it after returning. Neither she nor Xuan had seen Yuan Zhen before he was kidnapped, but the midwife had seen him, as had several maids such as Jianzhi and Shicui, so if the child was swapped, it would not be difficult to tell.
But Lu Shiqing chose to hide it from her and Xuan, and even asked all the people around him who knew about it to lie to them. The reason was not that he planned to deceive her for the rest of his life with someone else's child, but that he was sure that Yuan Zhen was safe and would be back in the near future, so he didn't want them to worry too early. After all, the first few days after giving birth were very critical to Yuan Cixian's recovery. He knew that he couldn't deceive her for too long, so he just wanted to hide it for as many days as possible.
Lu Shiqing hugged her gently and said, "Don't worry, he is well fed and well dressed. He will be back with us in three days."
Yuan Cixian nodded, crying and stammering, "How did you save him... How did you save him?"
Lu Shiqing patted her back and said calmly: "My father-in-law and I have agreed to kill the old king of Nanzhao."
Yuan Cixian suddenly raised her head.
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