Farmhouse Green Plum

Chapter 236 Past Events

"Oh, yes, I also need to tell my uncle-master!" Song Ying then realized that he did not go to the clinic and did not report to Doctor Ma.

She hurried to Huichun Hall. As soon as she entered, Lin Wenxuan asked worriedly, "Did you get up late today? Why did you come so late?"

"I just came to tell you and Uncle Master that I have found clues about Uncle Master. The doctor who taught their family to make silver needles that Uncle Xu mentioned yesterday is Uncle Master!"

"Uncle Master? What uncle master?"

"It's the Doctor Xiao Jiang that Master is looking for. When I heard them mention it, I remembered that a long time ago there was a Doctor Xiao Jiang who stayed in our village for a period of time. Master is planning to visit our village, so I came to ask for leave from Master Uncle."

Song Ying picked out all the important things to say in one breath, leaving Lin Wenxuan stunned. It took him a long time to come back to his senses, "It's him. After all these years, my aunt is still looking for him!"

Song Ying's curiosity was piqued by this tone, and he asked hurriedly, "Does he have any other relationship with Master? Master feels so sad when he is mentioned."

Lin Wenxuan hesitated, then nodded: "They grew up together. My great aunt got engaged after she reached the age of 15. The old ancestor wanted to keep her for a few more years, and the two families planned to get married in two years. Then something went wrong."

"What happened?"

At the Xu family, Song Ying heard that something had happened that year, otherwise his uncle would not have changed from the nobleman in the portrait to the silent man in Xu Lei's words.

Lin Wenxuan pursed his lips and uttered four words, "Punish three clans together."

"What!" Song Ying exclaimed, her voice unconsciously rising. Doctor Ma in the room heard it and shouted, "Wenxuan, Song Ying, it's so cold, what are you two doing standing in the yard?"

"We'll be in right away!" Song Ying turned around and replied, then lowered his voice, "Why was the whole family executed? What crime did they commit?"

Lin Wenxuan sighed softly, "Let's go in and talk."

After saying that, he started walking towards the pharmacy. Song Ying quickly followed him, his head buzzing and in a mess.

She had never been to the yamen since she was a child, except for the last time when she followed her grandmother Li to the county government office to see the notice of paying summer taxes.

In a small county like Qingshui County, even serious criminals were very rare. In the stories told by the adults, the most serious crime was beheading in public. She had never even thought of punishing the entire family.

What a tragic situation that would be.

Entering the house, Lin Wenxuan said: "I told you, don't ask your aunt, and don't mention related matters in front of her in the future.

To me, those were just stories from my elders about the glory and rise and fall of my ancestors, but my great-aunt was an eyewitness, and those were the real hells she had experienced.”

Song Ying nodded, and his mood became heavy.

"That happened in the seventh year of Qiande. Emperor Qiande had difficulty in having children, and only when he was thirty did he give birth to two sons, the current emperor and the Duke of Hui.

That year, Empress Zhenhui, who was almost thirty years old, became pregnant. Emperor Qiande was overjoyed and ordered the Imperial Medical Bureau to take turns on duty and stay in the hospital for twelve hours.

Everyone in the Imperial Hospital took good care of her, and everything was going well. But unexpectedly, when she was seven months pregnant, after the palace banquet on New Year's Eve, Empress Zhenhui returned to her bedroom and drank a bowl of pregnancy-preserving medicine. She suddenly had unbearable abdominal pain.

At that time, the people on duty at the Imperial Medical Bureau were my uncle's grandfather, the director of the Imperial Medical Bureau, and another imperial physician, Liu.

The two men immediately examined her and found poison, but before they could provide rescue, Empress Zhenhui had already died from the poison, leaving two lives lost.

Emperor Qiande was furious and drew his sword to kill the two imperial doctors, but was stopped by the empress dowager who arrived in time and put the two doctors into jail.

After much investigation, they still could not find out what kind of poison Empress Zhenhui had been poisoned with, and neither her utensils nor the food she ate were poisonous.

The poison was obviously highly toxic and took effect quickly after ingestion, so Emperor Qiande determined that the poison was in the bowl of pregnancy-preserving medicine. However, the two imperial doctors somehow managed to prevent anyone from finding out that the bowl of pregnancy-preserving medicine was poisonous.

Later, two imperial doctors said that at noon that day, they saw a young eunuch hand a small note to Imperial Doctor Jiang. After reading it, Imperial Doctor Jiang threw it into the brazier. They didn't pay much attention to it at the time, thinking that it was some message from the Jiang family to Imperial Doctor Jiang.

It was a groundless rumor that could not even be verified, but the furious Emperor Qiande believed it and sentenced the Jiang family to death.

Song Ying's face twitched, he was filled with fear and disbelief. A queen of a country, the most noble of nobles, could be poisoned to death!

And even the cause of death is unclear!

More importantly, it seems that Emperor Qiande was very incompetent. The two imperial doctors were responsible for the queen's pregnancy. If anything happened to the queen, they would definitely be held accountable.

How stupid would one be to poison the Queen in the pregnancy-preserving medicine that he was in charge of? If he really wanted to poison the Queen, he would have to find an excuse and switch shifts with someone else.

Besides, the punishment for implicating three generations of a family is too severe!

But, which three tribes are they?

"My father's family, my mother's family, my wife's family. Our Lin family is the maternal family of Dr. Jiang's wife, Chen, and we are also implicated."

Song Ying's eyes widened. Doctor Jiang's wife was Chen, which meant that the wife's family not only referred to his wife's family, but also included his wife's mother's family!

How many people will die?

The brazier in the house was burning brightly, but Song Ying didn't feel much warmth. Instead, he felt cold from the inside out.

In the past I only thought that imperial physicians were the best among doctors, but I never expected them to be so dangerous. They died inexplicably and their three clans would be implicated!

"Later, the Empress Dowager suffered from a respiratory illness, and the treatment by the imperial doctors was ineffective. Princess Shun'an recommended my aunt to Emperor Qiande.

Because my great aunt was the only female doctor at the time, several imperial physicians strongly recommended her to cooperate with acupuncture.

Later, the Empress Dowager's condition improved, and for her sake, Emperor Qiande pardoned the Lin family's death penalty and demoted them to commoners."

Song Ying let out a breath slowly. Fortunately, his master was very powerful. He not only saved his life, but also the lives of his family.

"What happened next? How come Master is still alive?" she asked again.

Speaking of this, Lin Wenxuan's anger dissipated a lot, and he became a little hesitant, "My family said that it was my aunt who asked someone to replace my uncle with a death row prisoner before he was executed.

But I asked my aunt, and she neither admitted nor denied it. But I don't think so. If she really rescued my uncle, how could she not know where he went? "

Song Ying thought for a moment, "Maybe Uncle Shi felt guilty about your Lin family and didn't dare to face Master, so he left on his own."

"It was the truth behind the scenes that caused the Jiang family to be wiped out and the Lin family to be implicated. The culprit on the surface was Emperor Qiande. Uncle Master did nothing wrong, so how can he feel guilty?"

"Just because you think so doesn't mean that Master Uncle thinks so too. We are outsiders and can see these things clearly, but Master Uncle is an insider and it is easy for him to not see clearly and think that it is their family that has implicated you."

Lin Wenxuan was a little bit confused, but people’s thoughts are indeed different. Maybe Master Jiang really thinks so.