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In Shoukang Palace, the Empress Dowager's headache became more and more serious, to the point where even the Imperial Hospital was helpless.

Qin Xu and Qin Baiwei, father and daughter, were summoned to the palace for treatment. They both said that the empress dowager was suffering from worry and the disease had already become a focal point, so it would be difficult to cure it.

Emperor Jingde thought of Imperial Physician Hang and ordered him to come to the palace to treat the empress dowager. The conclusion he reached was consistent with that of the Qin father and daughter. Emperor Jingde knew that the empress dowager's illness might be difficult to cure.

After returning to the capital, the old imperial physician Hang asked Pei Yi and Xie Zhichan to politely decline the emperor's order to allow him to return to the Imperial Medical Bureau when they entered the palace. He said that he was old and frail, and was afraid that one day he would feel dizzy and prescribe the wrong medicine. It was really not appropriate for him to stay in a place like the Imperial Medical Bureau to continue treating nobles.

Emperor Jingde felt that there was not enough old imperial physician in the Imperial Hospital. At least in his opinion, the cause of Concubine Li's pregnancy was due to the fact that old imperial physician Hang did not do his job well. Therefore, he did not think that old imperial physician Hang's medical skills were very good. However, Emperor Jingde only showed some favor to him because Pei Yi asked for his contribution in the Lingnan epidemic.

Pei Yi mentioned to the old doctor Hang that he had evidence that Qin Xu had framed him in the Concubine Li incident, and if he wanted to redress the Hang family, he could submit a memorial on his behalf.

But the old doctor Hang just shook his head and said that although Qin Xu framed him in the Li Fei incident, it was also the result of the fight among the nobles in the palace. The incident in the past had already caused a bloody storm in the palace. If it was brought up again, many people would lose their lives.

Although his family was exiled to Lingnan, he was a good doctor and cured several soldiers who were escorting him on the way. Instead of making things difficult for his family, they took good care of him. His son, son-in-law and wife all died of illness after arriving in Lingnan, and he did not have any deep hatred for their lives.

There is no need to cause a bloody storm in the court just because of him. If he is used as a pretext by someone with ulterior motives and many people are killed, it will be his fault.

He is old now and just wants to live a peaceful and stable life in his later years.

Pei Yigen and Xie Zhichan had no choice but to give up, and gave a medicine shop under Pei Yi's name to Hang Chen to manage, so that they would have a place to settle down in Kyoto.

From then on, Old Imperial Doctor Hang lived with his grandson Hang Chen in the former Hang Mansion.

After settling down, he went to the Duke of Weiguo's mansion to visit his daughter. The father and daughter hugged each other and cried bitterly, feeling that it was a blessing to be reunited now.

On the day when Dr. Hang came to visit, Mrs. Xie kept retching. Dr. Hang immediately diagnosed the baby and found that it was a boy, just as Mrs. Xie had wished.

Both father and daughter were very happy, and the Duke of Weiguo even cried with joy.

After this, the old imperial physician Hang simply lived in the residence of the Duke of Weiguo and focused on helping Xie to maintain her pregnancy.

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The Empress Dowager was born in winter, and this year happens to be her 60th birthday. Emperor Jingde wanted to hold a large birthday party for her to bring good luck. He wanted to gather all the children and grandchildren in and outside the palace to accompany the Empress Dowager and let her spend a few relaxing days playing with her grandchildren, hoping that it would help her condition.

Who knew that Emperor Jingde had just issued an edict in the court that day, asking the Ministry of Rites to start preparing for the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet.

After the court was dismissed, war reports were received from the western border. The three kingdoms of Tubo, Rouran and Gaoche joined forces to launch a surprise attack on many villages on the border of Dajin, and then launched a surprise attack on two cities in the west.

There were fewer troops on the western border, and after resisting for a few days, the two cities were successively captured, and the western border was in a state of emergency.

On that day, several court ministers had just returned home from work when they were urgently summoned back to the palace by Emperor Jingde's oral order.

Among them was the Minister of Revenue Zheng Zhongshi.

After Zheng Zhongshi informed Emperor Jingde of the remaining silver in the national treasury, Emperor Jingde had no choice but to issue an edict, asking the Ministry of Rites to cancel the empress dowager's birthday banquet and use all the silver that could be moved to raise food and fodder.

He also ordered Pei Yi, Liang Qixing and Fan Xingyang to prepare for the expedition and to drive the three kingdoms back to their homeland.

Hua Manxi applied for a temporary transfer to the Ministry of Works, secretly helping Pei Yi supervise the preparation of armor, weapons and other military supplies to prevent the He family father and son from taking advantage of the opportunity to do something.

Pei Yi was hurriedly summoned to the palace and then returned to Tingxueju. When Xie Zhichan saw the bright yellow imperial edict in his hand, he felt that it was definitely not a good thing. Seeing him coming into the house with snow on his head and looking hesitant to speak, he asked him, "Did something happen in the northern border?"

Pei Yi shook his head and said, "It's not the northern border, it's the western border. The three countries of Rouran, Gaoche, and Tubo formed an alliance and raided the western border."

Xie Zhichan guessed the content of the imperial edict without asking. She looked at Pei Yi and said, "You are going to the war." Her tone was affirmative, not questioning.

Pei Yi nodded.

Xie Zhichan asked, "When are you leaving? I can make some more preparations for you. It's as cold over there as in the northern border. I have to prepare some more things for you. I'll make you some thin warm clothes so you can be more flexible on the battlefield. I'll also prepare a thermos for you. If your hands are frozen, drink some warm water and they'll be warmer."

Pei Yi could tell from her worry, as if she was afraid that he would be too slow to hold the knife and the enemy's knife would fall on him.

For the first time, he realized that his Ah Yuan would also get panicky sometimes. But when this panic was due to worrying that he would go to the battlefield and afraid that he would not come back, he didn't know whether he should be happy or sad.

He went forward and hugged her, closed his eyes and smelled the sweet fragrance from her ears, and said: "Ayuan, if I have something to do, you can take the divorce letter I gave you and leave the Prince of Yan's Mansion. You are still young, you can find someone who is better to you and live a long life-"

Before he finished speaking, Xie Zhichan's face changed drastically, and she stared at him with red eyes. After he remained silent, she asked him angrily, "So the oaths we made when we worshipped heaven and earth in the villa are not valid, right? Pei Yi, if we lie to the gods in heaven, they will not bless us."

Pei Yi wanted to say that the oath was not false, he just didn't want her future life to be incomplete, but when he saw Xie Zhichan's expression, he already knew her determination.

He knew that anything he said would be a waste of words, so he just stepped forward, held her face, and kissed her deeply.

After the long kiss, Xie Zhichan held Pei Yi's face, looked into his eyes and said, "Pei Yi, you must come back alive. You can only come back alive."

Pei Yi could no longer suppress his emotions and walked towards the bed with Xie Zhichan in his arms.

He wished he could merge his life into Ayuan's life, so that no matter where he went, Ayuan would be one with him and be with him at all times.

There was a cold wind outside, but the house was warm and cozy.

Sweat soaked the thin pajamas.

The blazing candlelight burned all night long.

After the imperial edict to go to war was issued, Pei Yi and others only had one day to prepare.

On this day, Xie Zhichan asked all the embroiderers in Huayu Embroidery Workshop to work together. She used the duck feathers that she had been collecting since the beginning of winter to make down jackets for Pei Yi, Liang Qixing, and Fan Xingyang, which were much more flexible than thick cotton-padded clothes.

As for the bottle of water to keep warm, it was too late.

After being repeatedly reminded by Xie Zhichan that he must return alive, Pei Yi led his army through the snow to the western border of the Jin Dynasty.

After Pei Yi arrived at the western border, the situation on the western border temporarily stabilized, but the war was still stalemate.

People in the court were in panic, worried about the actions of the Turks.

At times like this, the Crown Prince and the Qin King's faction wanted to take advantage of the situation, and the struggle in the court became more and more obvious.

Xie Zhichan occasionally heard from Hua Man Xi Yu and Liu Ji's words that Emperor Jingde seemed to be becoming more and more overwhelmed. Once, he even fainted suddenly in the court. Hu's ministers all looked heavy-hearted when they left the palace. The atmosphere at the palace gate was even colder than the snow on the ground.

Liu Ji was still helping Xie Zhichan with purchasing from Jiangnan.

The last time he met Xie Zhichan, he even complained to her a few words: "My father has been feeling sad since he was dismissed that day. Now, only the Prince of Yan's Mansion and the General Zhenxi's Mansion have the ability to change the crown prince's accession to the throne. But the General Zhenxi's Mansion has no one in charge now. After reporting to the capital, Zhao Zhige and his sister returned to southern Yunnan to guard the border. Pei Yi has now gone to the battlefield in the western border and cannot come back for a while. If something happens to that person and the crown prince really succeeds to the throne, it is hard to say whether the battle in the western border can be won."

After a pause, he continued, "If the King of Qin grabs that position, it's hard to say whether we can win the battle in the western border."