I just want to be a princess, no, you want to be a queen

"Calm down, calm down." Lu Mingyang handed over a silver ingot.

Leng Lingfeng held the silver, his anger subsided a little, and he twisted his clothes in grievance: "What does my ability have to do with my character?"

"Just for what you said, I believe you." Lu Mingyang stood on tiptoe and slapped Leng Lingfeng on the shoulder.

"Don't!" Leng Lingfeng retreated in panic, but pretended to be calm: "Miss, my consultation fee is not cheap."

Lu Mingyang smiled awkwardly: "I actually wanted to ask you, where is your master?"

"Goodbye!" Leng Lingfeng turned and left.

Yang Nian'er grabbed the bamboo pole on the ground and held it across to Leng Lingfeng. Leng Lingfeng was speechless. "You don't think I can't beat you, do you? I just don't want to bother with a little girl like you."

"Nian'er, please don't be rude." Lu Mingyang looked at Leng Lingfeng again, "Sir, I just want to see my respected teacher."

"How do you know I can't treat the disease you asked me to treat?"

Being looked down upon by a little girl, Leng Lingfeng felt a little depressed, but he still nodded: "Miss, if you want to see my master, you must show your true face."

Lu Mingyang smiled and pointed at his wet clothes. "Let's go to the inn where you're staying."

After finding Leng Lingfeng, Lu Mingyang and Zhong Bo inquired about the residence of a royal doctor named Zhang outside the palace, and took Yang Nian'er to visit him. After three consecutive days of visiting, they finally waited for the day when Royal Doctor Zhang was off duty.

Regarding Prince Ningyuan, the stepson whom the emperor hoped could not be cured, Imperial Physician Zhang had no taboos and spoke freely about everything he knew. After hearing this, Lu Mingyang began to record everything openly in front of him.

Leng Lingfeng asked her for pulse records, saying that he had seen them and only asked her to ask her master if she couldn't cure the disease. After all, he was her master, so Lu Mingyang had no choice but to obey.

During the time when she was wholeheartedly seeking medical treatment for Prince Ningyuan, a rumor began to spread on the streets, a rumor that was half true and half false.

In order to become the Princess of Ningyuan, the fourth daughter of the Lu family disguised herself as a prostitute to seduce the Prince of Ningyuan, thus losing her innocence.

A few days ago, there was humiliation and insults everywhere. Later, some people gradually became more presumptuous and some even threw feces, urine and excrement outside the gate of Chengyang Marquis Mansion.

Some of those people were common people who were dissatisfied with the oppression of the powerful in the capital. They did not dare to seek revenge, so they could only vent their anger at the Chengyang Marquis Mansion, where only the female members of the family were left.

Some of them were merchants and officials who hoped to marry their daughters to King Ningyuan, and were dissatisfied with the Lu family girl's despicable behavior.

As for those noble ladies in the capital, they had no deep hatred for Lu Mingyang and would not come to seek revenge. They just treated her affairs as a joke to be chatted about during tea gatherings.

Before, it was Lu Mingqin.

Therefore, the happiest people in the Chengyang Marquis's mansion were none other than Concubine Liu and her daughter. From time to time, they would curse her behind her back, calling her a vixen and shameless.

Lu Mingyang thought he was influenced by modern ideas and wouldn't care about those things. But when the incident really happened, he still felt uncomfortable and suffocated.

No matter what truth she believes in her heart, she lives in this era after all, and it is impossible for her to not care about the criticism of the world.

In addition to the psychological torment, she had also been suffering physical abuse these days. Leng Lingfeng, who had always valued money, had actually gone crazy and, instead of asking for money, was torturing her in various ways.

In the morning, she was asked to collect dew from the grass leaves on the cliff, at noon, she was asked to poke a hornet's nest, and in the evening, she was asked to pick up ten baskets of horse manure. After a few days, there was really not a piece of good meat left on her body.

That day, after Lu Mingyang finished his hard labor for him, he finally got a seemingly serious prescription.

Leng Lingfeng said that he could ask the imperial physician to check it out, as the prescription he wrote would definitely be better than the ones written by those idiots in the Imperial Hospital.

"real or fake?"

Lu Mingyang applied ointment to his wounded hands and held up the prescription to check.

"Fourth Miss, someone is here from the Empress Dowager's palace, summoning you to the palace." Uncle Zhong hurriedly walked into Xunyang Pavilion.

Lu Mingyang put the prescription in his arms and walked towards the door in confusion.

"What does the Queen Mother want me to do?"

Uncle Zhong shook his head. "The eunuch who delivered the decree is very anxious and said there is no need to change clothes. Please follow him into the palace as soon as possible."

"I'll go with my second sister!" Yang Nian'er's eyes lit up when she mentioned entering the palace.

Zhong Bo said, "The eunuch who delivered the decree said that only the fourth young lady should be summoned, and there is no need to bring a maid."

What's the point?

"Then go!" Lu Mingyang was too lazy to think about it anymore.

It was noon, and even in the cold winter, the sun would give it some exposure.

In Shoukang Palace, the Queen Mother lay on the carved mahogany couch in front of the window. The sunlight hitting her forehead could not smooth out the marks left by the years.

"Are you ready?"

The Queen Mother's calm voice came out.

Aunt Xu Pei looked at the white silk on the table and felt sorry for it: "Empress Dowager, is it really necessary to do this?"

The Queen Mother's eyes were filled with sorrow: "The Emperor is the child born from my belly. How could he allow Concubine Song to do this? How could I not know what he was planning?"

Aunt Xu Pei was puzzled: "Prince Ningyuan doesn't have many years left to live, why is Your Majesty still unwilling to let him go?"

"As for him, forget it! Let's finish this quickly today while he's not in the palace, or else there will be trouble again."

The Queen Mother was too lazy to talk about her eldest son anymore. She sighed and said, "Pity her for being a loyal and righteous descendant. Find her a piece of Feng Shui-auspicious land in Jiuchong Mountain and let her accompany me in the tomb."

"The Queen Mother is kind and virtuous!"

An unmarried woman who died could not be buried in the ancestral tomb. After death, without incense or offerings, she would become nothing more than a wandering ghost. The Empress Dowager's gesture was truly a gesture of great grace. But knowing the Empress Dowager's mind was made up, Xu Pei stopped trying to persuade her, saying only that the fourth daughter of the Lu family had a hard time.

A gentle breeze blew open the heavy gate of Shoukang Palace.

Lu Mingyang walked slowly to the front of the hall with lotus-like steps. After several days of instruction from the palace aunts, her etiquette was impeccable. She knelt respectfully, her head buried deep in the ground.

The Queen Mother couldn't see her at all from her position, but she didn't want to look at her face again, so as not to feel sad when she thought about it in the future.

Listening to the crisp greeting, she said in a cold voice: "Daughter of the Lu family, as a girl in the boudoir, you have no sense of self-discipline and seduced a descendant of the royal family. Do you know your crime?"

A cool breeze blew, and the curtains swayed slightly, revealing a translucent white silk that fell beneath the table. Lu Mingyang looked up slightly, suddenly startled. The scorching sunlight sent a chill down his spine.

Could it be that the Queen Mother knew that I was plotting against Prince Ningyuan?

"I acknowledge my crime. Please punish me, Your Majesty!" Lu Mingyang buried her head in the ground again.

"You know?"

This answer was beyond the Queen Mother's expectations. She sat up in surprise. After all, she knew the truth about the Clear Water Pond and had expected the woman outside to argue.

Hearing the Queen Mother's tone, Lu Mingyang came back to his senses.

The Queen Mother did not know the truth and only cared about the rumors in the capital.

But the rumors in the capital were all directed at me, not at Prince Ningyuan. Besides, Prince Ningyuan's reputation was already bad. Was he going to kill me just because of this?

At noon, the Yang energy is at its peak, which can suppress the resentment of evil spirits. It's really thoughtful of them.