Priceless: A widow with a baby asks the prince to marry again

Doctor Ma had just picked up the medical book in his room, but he had only read two pages when he was hurriedly summoned by Zhu Qing. He couldn't help but feel helpless, thinking that Prince Duan was making too much of a fuss about a woman's menstruation.

Doctor Ma bowed to the prince and walked into the room with his eyes lowered. A woman's boudoir is the most private place, and looking around casually would be an offense.

"Madam Liu said that there are inappropriate medicines in this bowl of soup. This soup is your prescription. Please tell me what is in it and whether there are any problems." Chu Shiyu instructed in a steady tone, asking Doctor Ma to explain it in detail. Presumably, Liu Rusi's suspicions would be dispelled.

Hearing this, Doctor Ma was secretly a little angry. Although he was not a miracle doctor, what could go wrong in prescribing a soup to replenish qi and blood? However, in front of the prince, he naturally did not dare to show it, and just stated everything: "This soup contains codonopsis, red dates, wolfberry... boiled with brown sugar water..."

Liu Rusi listened quietly, with no expression on her face. She picked up the bowl of soup and handed it to Doctor Ma, and asked in a gentle tone: "Doctor Ma, can you smell a different smell?"

Being questioned, Doctor Ma couldn't help showing an angry look on his face, but he still controlled his temper and took the bowl to take a look. However, his expression was a little puzzled. He then hurriedly put the soup to his nose and smelled it carefully. There was a very faint smell, which was not what he said!

"Your Majesty! This medicine is not in my prescription!" Doctor Ma was extremely panicked. He must not let the prince think this was a trick!

Chu Shiyu's eyes almost popped out, is there really a problem? !

Then he flew into a rage, and asked angrily, "What kind of extra medicine is this? Will it kill someone?!"

Although it was not his fault, Doctor Ma was afraid that Prince Duan would be angry with him, so he tried to tell the truth: "Too much medicine for ordinary people will cause vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. Taking a lot of it can kill people, but there is only a little in this bowl of soup, which is far from killing people."

Chu Shiyu felt relieved, but his face was still filled with anger. Fortunately, it was not poisonous this time. What if it was? He had brought her to his side by force. If he harmed her, it would be his fault for such an oversight!

"Rusi, I will find out! You think..."

How could he have the nerve to ask her to believe him after such a mess? Chu Shiyu choked for a moment, lowered his eyes and said softly, "You take a good rest, I'll go take care of this."

Seeing his expression, Liu Rusi naturally knew that this was not his intention. He even seemed to have suffered a great blow, and the self-confidence buried in his bones seemed to have dimmed.

But she said nothing. Rather than comforting him, she hoped that he would learn from his mistakes. At least before she escaped from his prison, he should control the dangers around him. Such a thing must never happen to Xiao Qin Hao!

There were only a few people who were in charge of making soups. Doctor Ma wrote down the recipe for the soup and gave it to the maid. The prescription in black and white could prove that he did not prescribe that medicine.

The first ones to be affected were the maids. There was no need for interrogation. Chu Shiyu just watched from the side and asked someone to question them carefully, and he found the problem.

At that time, several people received instructions. Meihong learned the kneading method from Doctor Ma, Zhuqing prepared the soup bottle and other items, and Juxiang went to get ingredients and herbs to cook soup. Juxiang was illiterate, so she showed the recipe to others and asked them to help her prepare it. She took whatever she got, and she didn't know the herbs, so she just cooked it.

When Liu Rusi heard the reason, she couldn't help but sigh. It turned out that she suffered from her lack of education. It seems that teaching Caiyun to read cannot be neglected.

As the sun sets, a sumptuous dinner is served in the barge of the ship. Just like on land, four people eat quietly at the table.

Seeing Liu Rusi and Xiao Qinhao eating in tacit understanding as usual, Chu Shiyu felt sad. It turned out that her caution was right all along... Indeed, although these foods were nominally prepared by him, they were actually made by his servants. Even if she trusted him, she could not trust all the people who were involved.

Chu Shiyu was so worried that he couldn't eat anything. He put down his chopsticks and said, "I plan to replace all those maids."

Liu Rusi swallowed the food in her mouth carefully, then raised her head and said, "Since Meihong and Zhuqing did nothing wrong, don't implicate them. We have been together for almost a month, and we are used to each other. As for Juxiang, let her go work for someone else. It just so happens that I don't need so many people to serve me."

Although Juxiang's mistake was unintentional, does that mean she doesn't need to be punished? Liu Rusi doesn't agree that ignorance is innocent. Fortunately, she has a keen sense of smell and it's not a colorless and odorless poison.

But what if she couldn't find the poison? What if it directly harmed little Qin Hao? She would never not resent Juxiang just because she was careless and ignorant! Even if no disaster had occurred now, Liu Rusi would not keep those who should be driven away.

"Okay, whatever you say." Chu Shiyu felt a little better. At least he knew that although Liu Rusi was kind-hearted, she was not a soft-hearted person. In the future, if he failed to take good care of her, she would not suffer any loss or grievance if she stayed by his side.

The matter just passed like that, and the apparent reason was just a misunderstanding.

But what Liu Rusi didn't know was that in the next few days, the fish in the river had a lot more food.

Still in the capital city thousands of miles away.

During the emperor's rest, Eunuch Xu took the initiative to report the latest news: "Prince Duan was furious recently. He caught many spies in the entourage and tortured them severely, and then sank them all into the river."

The emperor's face showed no emotion. He took a sip of tea and asked calmly, "But he found that the widow's condition was unusual?"

"That's not the case. The soup with the medicine added was discovered by the widow herself as soon as it was served. Then the widow informed Prince Duan, and after a detailed investigation Prince Duan found out that it was the spy who was at work..." Eunuch Xu reported the truth.

"Does this widow really have some abilities?" The emperor raised his eyebrows slightly.

According to previous spy reports, Chu Shiyu claimed that this widow was his savior, but later it was discovered that this widow could neither diagnose pulses nor prescribe medicine. The only thing she could see was her outstanding beauty...

Chu Shiyu was full of doubts about Shiyu following the widow and the orphan closely. As an emperor, he was best at judging people, and he knew his son very well. Although Chu Shiyu seemed to be upright, he was actually a cold-hearted person. Even if the widow was beautiful, he would not be inseparable from her in such a short time.

The emperor did not intend to kill the widow. A woman was insignificant. He just wanted to test Chu Shiyu's sincerity and sobriety. If he was not concerned about her illness, he was not sincere; if he was confused and could not find anything unusual, he was irrational; if he found something unusual quickly, he was alert.

I didn’t expect that the widow could solve the situation directly. She was able to identify the problem with the medicine, which showed that she understood medicine. She might really be Chu Shiyu’s savior.

The emperor thought about it for a while, combined with the previous inference, and soon came up with a new guess. Chu Shiyu suffered a great disaster and humiliation. When he was depressed and desperate, he was rescued by the widow.

A beautiful widow with a child alone is the most harmless image in the world, and must be clearly distinguished from those who abuse her. And the widow is his savior in despair, so the more hatred he has in his heart, the more at ease he is with the widow... In this case, it is understandable that he follows the widow closely. Chu Shiyu may have placed all his emotions on the widow.

Eunuch Xu stood aside with his head lowered. His Majesty was thinking about something, so the servants naturally could not disturb him.

The emperor quickly put aside his thoughts and asked without showing any emotion: "How many spies were caught this time?"

Eunuch Xu swallowed his saliva and answered respectfully, "Almost all of them. Dozens of people in the entire entourage were killed. Whether it was your Majesty's spies, Prince Kang's spies, or other people with ulterior motives, they were all arrested. They even found two spies of the fifth prince. The only spy left for us was a servant who was not on the main ship..."

"Oh? Where did this news come from?" The emperor glanced with his phoenix eyes.

"Yes... Prince Duan intentionally released it to that servant..." Eunuch Xu couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. This was equivalent to warning His Majesty.

“Hehehe…” The emperor laughed with an ambiguous tone, motioning the maid to take the tea away. He said calmly, “The fact that they were able to find out everything so quickly shows that Shi Yu had known about it a long time ago. He is really angry this time.”

"Then... do we need to recruit some more spies?" Eunuch Xu asked carefully.

The emperor shook his head slightly and said calmly: "Let him relax for a while on the road."

The Great Xia Dynasty had a vast territory, with many large rivers running across the territory. However, although these rivers were connected, they could not be directly sailed on.

After sailing on the river for two or three days, more than a dozen large ships stopped at a Guandu Wharf. The bustling entourage began to disembark, with some carrying luggage, some leading horses, and some pulling luxury carriages, each doing their own job.

In a team of thousands of people, even if a few dozen people are missing, there will be no noticeable change.

However, Chu Shiyu still hated the incident. Liu Rusi did not distance herself from him because of it - they were not very close to each other. But since then, Liu Rusi has been particularly concerned about Doctor Ma, or she has been particularly active in learning medical skills from Doctor Ma!

Doctor Ma is a man, although he is an old man in his fifties, but Chu Shiyu felt sad and heartbroken when he saw him. Liu Rusi had never been so close to him before!

"So this medicine cannot be used for pregnant women?" Liu Rusi asked, holding a dry leaf.

"Yes, if you insist on using it, you will need a lot of medicinal herbs to neutralize the medicinal properties, which is unnecessary." Doctor Ma talked freely.

Doctor Ma was also terrified at first, as he could see the murderous look in the prince's eyes. But in the end the prince did not blame him or stop him. Madam Liu was sincere in learning medicine and had some unique insights, so he gained a lot of inspiration from teaching her.

At first he was worried about the unclear relationship between men and women, but Liu Rusi was very sensible in her studies, and her maid would invite him to the open room for instruction every day.

Prince Duan and the young master also took lessons here to learn articles, and a maid named Zhuqing taught the maids Meihong and Miss Caiyun how to read. The whole room was full of a thriving atmosphere, and there would never be any unpleasant misunderstandings.

Seeing that they had settled their question, Chu Shiyu reminded: "Rusi, the carriages and horses outside have been arranged, we can get off the boat."

"Well, we packed up this morning." Liu Rusi was reluctant to get off the boat. If she took a carriage, she would not be able to go to Doctor Ma to learn medicine every day. However, she could also understand that the next waterway was too turbulent and there were hidden reefs in the river, so the boat could no longer sail.

"After getting off the boat, we can spend an afternoon touring the Fubin City here and rest in the city at night. How about it?" Chu Shiyu was looking forward to it. He hadn't gone shopping with her for several days. The last time they went to the riverside city was very interesting, and this time it was also a big city near the waterway.

Xiao Qinhao and Caiyun both looked in agreement. They also liked to visit different towns, so Liu Rusi naturally nodded in agreement.