Spring Drunk Chang'an

Qu Qiutong and Concubine Qu are closely related by blood.

Her biological father was Concubine Qu's only brother, born of the same mother.

However, Noble Concubine Qu was selected to enter the palace at the age of fourteen. At that time, Qu Qiutong was just one month old. To be honest, they were not very familiar with each other. Later, Noble Concubine Qu experienced ups and downs in the palace for ten years and finally sat on the throne of Noble Concubine. Qu Qiutong did follow her mother into the palace to pay her respects!

However, the palace was full of rules and procedures, and the time she could spend with Concubine Qu was very limited. Later, the Qu family committed a serious crime and was directly exterminated and exiled thousands of miles away. Thanks to the secret operation of Liu Xiu and the then King of Yan, Qu Qiutong saved her life and lived in anonymity as a concubine.

Of course, her life was not affected and she had never suffered any hardship, but she and Concubine Qu naturally had no contact.

She was the most favored concubine in the palace, the most favored among the three concubines. Even though Qu Qiutong was the only remaining direct descendant of her family, she would never have the chance to enter the palace to see her. It was only very occasionally, rarely, that the Prince of Yan would bring in a few verbal messages.

As everyone knows, no matter how close the blood relationship is, as long as they don't see each other or spend time together, the family affection will naturally fade. Even though Concubine Qu knew that Qu Qiutong was her closest relative besides her son, that was just knowing, an intellectual understanding, not true love and concern.

However, the person Qu Qiutong could only interact with outside the palace was her cousin, Prince Yan. However, the reason why a cousin is a cousin is because of the word "brother". As the saying goes: there are differences between men and women, and cousins ​​have always been the "main force" in marriage. In those years, Qu Qiutong was a "merchant's wife", and Prince Yan was a prince, a prince. How many times could the two of them meet?

Very limited indeed.

Moreover, when they met, Liu Xiu was basically always around. With a man as big as him 'inserting' there, Qu Qiutong had no way to say anything intimate to the King of Yan and enhance their relationship.

Qu Qiutong knew very well that she was now dealing with Liu Xiu and the Qu Party, acting as a link between the two sides. Her situation... was not bad, but it was indeed like walking on a tightrope. She was confident that Liu Xiu loved her as much as his life and regarded her as the apple of his eye, but it could not be denied that her situation was indeed not good.

Liu Wenbai's disability dealt her a fatal blow and completely cut off her retreat.

Whether it was the Qu family's rise after Prince Yan came to the throne, her infinite glory, or Liu Xiu's title and family business, all of them were nothing without a son to inherit.

Her roots were broken.

Moreover, without Liu Wenbai, the "bond" between the Prince of Yan's party and Liu Xiu, Concubine Qu might even doubt Liu Xiu's loyalty. After all, Liu Xiu and Madam Song have both a son and a daughter!

Madam Song is the younger sister of Empress Song and a member of the ruthless prince's party. Now, given the situation between the two sides, who dares to say that Liu Xiu will not "repent" and kowtow to beg for mercy from the Song family!

Liu Xiu's current situation is really embarrassing, and Qu Qiutong is even more dangerous, so she is extremely unwilling to damage the relationship between her and Concubine Qu for any reason.

Family affection is limited, the more you use it, the thinner it becomes. Qu Qiutong was still racking her brains trying to think of a way to bring this up with Prince Yan, asking him to search far and wide for Dr. Bai to heal Wen Bo's injuries. How could she possibly use a favor for her husband's concubine's daughter?

That was the "living evidence" of Liu Xiu's "betrayal" of their love. She felt disgusted just looking at it, but she didn't take any action. It was all because she loved Liu Xiu and endured it. How could she help?

Haha, unless Wen Bo is really doomed and even the Golden Immortal cannot save him, she will be willing to do her best to find an "alternative path" for her son and herself. Moreover, this "alternative path" does not necessarily have to be Liu Qingru.

After all, Liu Xiu still has a younger brother, and Liu Ye also has two legitimate daughters!

Qu Qiutong was reluctant to believe Liu Qingru. It was true that the girl was born out of wedlock, but she had been the daughter of the Song family for seventeen years and had a "granddaughter-in-law" relationship with the Cheng'en Mansion for more than ten years. Even though the girl seemed to be cold-hearted and had become the enemy of the Song family who murdered her mother because of her being born out of wedlock, it seemed that there was no possibility of "reconciliation" between them.

But whenever she thought about it, Qu Qiutong still felt nauseous.

So in the face of Shuangyao's begging, Qu Qiutong didn't really agree, but she didn't reject it completely either. She just dragged it out in an ambiguous way, occasionally giving Shuangyao and Liu Qingru some hope, which made them so excited that they turned into "cocky mouths"~

I want to give up, but I can't bear to do so. If I don't give up, I can't get any certainty.

Being kept in such a state, Liu Qingru became increasingly irritable and beat up several maids in the courtyard.

But there have been a lot of things going on in the mansion recently. Both the master and the servants, big and small, have devoted six-tenths of their attention to finding a doctor. The remaining four-tenths are also for speculators who have secretly begun to curry favor with Liu Wenrui. Even Mrs. Lai, the "top of the harem", has not been given the time to care about her, let alone Liu Qingru?

If you want to make a fuss, fight, or smash things, just give them money and they can fill the gap. If they can't, they can just do whatever they want.

Liu Qingru didn't have much money, but fortunately, she had a grandmother who truly loved her, Old Lady Lai, and a second brother, Liu Wenrui, who wanted to repair their relationship with her!

These two were willing to indulge her, so she could still be a "rich girl" in the Marquis's Mansion. However, occasionally, uh, well, she would often be ridiculed and mocked by her cousins, Liu Ye's two legitimate daughters, whom she once disliked. Her life was very frustrating.

This made her want to curry favor with King Yan even more and turn the tide.

Her desire to participate in the talent show was extremely strong, but she was trapped in the mansion, helpless. The poisonous mushroom in her heart grew bigger and darker.

Time flies by so quickly.

In the blink of an eye, it was almost the end of the year. The Ningguo Marquis Mansion still hadn't found the whereabouts of the old genius doctor Bai, nor had they heard that the person they had dug a hole in the door to find was living safely and warmly in the Cheng'en Mansion, not far away from their mansion.

Of course, Qu Qiutong also secretly contacted Concubine Qu and begged Prince Yan to help find him. However, the matter of Old Divine Doctor Bai was originally handled by the Crown Prince, and he also issued a secret order, asking the Imperial Physician disciple of Old Divine Doctor Bai to keep his mouth shut.

The imperial physician's disciple did not want to deceive the King of Yan, but he was even more afraid of offending the Crown Prince. After some hesitation, he took advantage of the fact that the King of Yan had not asked him any questions and simply asked Shangguan to go to the counties where the plague had broken out for "free medical treatment"!

This time, I won’t be back for at least a year or two.

Being in a county where plague is rampant is of course dangerous, and the environment is not as comfortable as in the capital, but being able to avoid the "struggle" between the Crown Prince and the Prince of Yan, and not having to get between them, the imperial physician's disciple can be said to have gotten what he wanted.

He packed his bags and left Beijing quickly.