The Concubine's Daughter Travels Through Time and Space and Takes the Road of Confrontation

The fainted Concubine Li opened her eyes tremblingly, her voice filled with unconcealed joy, "Young Doctor, are you serious?"

"It's 60% accurate. The ground is cold. Madam, you'd better get up quickly." Lu Yun pretended to be concerned. "You are just pregnant and can't withstand such tossing and turning."

Upon hearing this, Aunt Li no longer cared about anything else. She stood up, patted her clothes, and turned to leave.

Lu Yun took out a business card and said, "Miss, I am from Nanyue. I am here to deliver something to Her Royal Highness the Princess, entrusted by a nobleman named Lu. This is the nobleman's business card. Please pass it on to me, young lady."

Lu Tan glanced at the name card and his expression turned to surprise. "Little doctor, please come in quickly."

The door closed behind them. Lu Yun refused the servants' help, easily picked up the box and followed Lu Tan to the backyard.

Smelling the medicinal scent in the air, Lu Yun had a bad premonition. When she entered the main hall and saw Roujia sitting at the top, Lu Yun's heart sank.

The woman wrapped in gorgeous clothes exuded a heavy air of old age. She sat in a chair with a listless look on her face, a sallow color that even rouge and powder could not cover.

Lu Yun bowed and said, "I pay my respects to the Princess."

"Please stand up." Roujia's eyes were full of anticipation. "What did Ning'an ask you to bring me? The meat floss and Baiweixian were very good last time."

Lu Yun placed her hand on the box and said, "Your Excellency has instructed that only the Princess knows what's inside the box. Please, Princess, please dismiss your attendants."

Roujia nodded to Lutan without saying a word. Lutan hesitated for a moment, then took his people out of the house and closed the door, leaving her alone guarding the door.

Lu Yun raised her hand to wipe off the disguise on her face and whispered, "It's me."

"You, you..." Roujia was shocked. She quickly stood up and hugged her tightly. She tried to hold back her tears. "Lu Xiaosan, why are you back now? You are so brave."

Lu Yun sighed and patted her friend's back gently. "Isn't this something? Don't worry, no one in Kyoto knows I'm back except you."

Roujia sniffed, spread her arms and looked at her carefully, then burst into laughter. "Your personality hasn't changed. You've grown taller and more beautiful than before. You look better in anything than a Taoist robe."

Lu Yun helped her sit down and wiped her tears. "You have changed."

Roujia pulled her to sit beside her, her eyes fixed elsewhere. "Lu Xiaosan, I'm several years older than you. You can't see clearly."

Lu Yun held her chin with her hand. "Roujia, I saw everything at the door just now, and I also heard some things. You don't have to hide it from me."

Roujia's face froze, her shoulders slumped, and she mumbled, "You already know everything. The Li family relies on Changchun Palace, and Empress Zhao took the initiative to avoid their influence. I'm actually fine outside the palace. It's just that those two concubines with the surname Li are really annoying, but I just don't see them."

Lu Yun frowned. "Then what about your illness?"

Roujia stammered, "It's all because of the late spring cold."

Lu Yun stood up and said, "I'll go call Lu Tan in."

Roujia reached out to pull it hastily, but she moved too hastily and the teacup fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

Lu Tan walked in uninvited and saw the situation clearly. She opened her eyes wide and almost blurted out "Princess". Fortunately, Lu Yun was quick-witted and quickly stepped forward to cover her mouth.

After a while, Lu Yun roughly understood Roujia's current situation from Lu Tan. In short, Empress Dowager Li repeatedly made things difficult for Roujia in order to support her two concubines.

Including but not limited to offensive language, finding faults and punishments ranging from being asked to copy scriptures to being forced to kneel down.

But why did Empress Dowager Li do this? Lu Yun was puzzled. "Aren't the two concubines daughters of the Li family's side branches?"

A bitter smile played on Roujia's lips. "Lu Xiaosan, I used to secretly feel lucky that I wasn't a princess sent out to marry a foreign prince. Now I see that my current situation is almost the same as a foreign prince's. When my father married me to Lin Er after General Lin retired from the army, it was partly to compensate the Lin family and partly to stabilize people's hearts."

"After my fifth brother ascended the throne, wars broke out frequently in the northern border. Young General Lin has become General Lin. As one of the few military families in the Qin Dynasty, it is only a matter of time before the Lin family produces another great general."

Lu Yun suddenly realized, "The Empress Dowager isn't interested in Lin Er, but the Lin family." Then she looked at Roujia and said to herself, "The Li family must have contacted General Lin or tested His Majesty's attitude. They know that there is no way General Lin would be with a woman from the Cheng'en Marquisate, so they set their sights on Lin Er."

Even Empress Dowager Li had made a fuss about this matter once, and the emperor was extremely resolute in his attitude, so he turned a blind eye to Empress Dowager Li's frequent embarrassment of Roujia.

Roujia frowned and thought carefully. She had never thought about this before. Could this be the real reason why Empress Zhao stayed indoors?

Lu Tan suddenly said, "My Lady, the reason why the princess is——"

"Lu Tan!" Rou Jia cried anxiously, "I got sick because I caught a cold."

Lu Yun ignored her and signaled Lu Tan to continue.

Lu Tan wiped away her tears and said firmly, "My Lady Princess, three days ago, the princess was summoned to the palace. After eating a few pieces of meat floss snacks from Changchun Palace, she became unwell, her eyes wandering and she occasionally let out a creepy laugh. Strangely, the Queen Mother didn't punish her and only told me to take the princess back to the palace as soon as possible."

"I called a doctor, and he said the master ate something wrong."

Lu Yun's eyes were heavy. "Is your master still experiencing symptoms of vomiting and dizziness? Has he lost his appetite after waking up? He even wants to eat a few more bites of Changchun Palace's pork floss snacks?"

Lu Tan glanced at her master's face and nodded timidly.

"Bang!" Lu Yun slammed the table and stood up, almost biting her back teeth as she shouted in hatred, "What a Li family! What a stupid, selfish, vicious woman!"

Frightened, Roujia glanced nervously at the closed door and signaled Lutan to pay attention to the movement outside. "Ning'an, what's wrong with me?"

Lu Yun took a deep breath. "Does the Li family have a teahouse in the city? Have you ever been there?"

Roujia shook her head. "I heard the business is booming, but I personally hate the Li family, so why would I go there? I just heard that some ministers and their families are regular customers of the teahouse."

Lu Yun stared intently, "Has anyone from the Zhao or Lu families been there?"

Roujia frowned. "I heard that Madam Cui often went to the Dingyuan Marquis's mansion, but I haven't heard of anyone else. As for the Lu family, it seems that only the former Marquis of Ping'an has been there. The price of tea at the Li family teahouse is more than two to three times higher than that of ordinary teahouses. It's hard for ordinary people to afford it."

After hearing this, Lu Yun felt relieved. If that was the case, then don't blame her for being cruel.

In the afternoon, Princess Roujia appeared in the private room on the second floor of the teahouse. Lu Yun, disguised as a maid, opened the teapot on the table, smelled it first and then tasted it. The fragrant tea soup had a strange fragrance.

Lu Yun spat the tea in her mouth into the flowerpot in the corner, took out the small bamboo tube she had prepared in advance, and poured the tea into it. She whispered, "There's definitely something wrong with the tea."

Rou Jia forced herself to remain calm and said, "Then let's go back quickly." Then she was about to get up and leave. Lu Yun stopped her, raised her hand and poured most of the tea into the flowerpot, creating the illusion that the tea was almost finished. Only then did they leave.