The Rise of a General's Daughter-in-Law Doctor

When Li Muxia returned to the General's Mansion, unsurprisingly, everyone there happily surrounded her.

Shangguan Wanyun kept pulling Li Muxia around, looking her up and down. She only breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Li Muxia was unharmed. Her tone was somewhat reproachful, but full of doting affection.

"You silly girl, how could you be so willful? You've been gone for months. Do you know how worried your father is about you every day that he can't sleep?"

Li Muxia hugged Shangguan Wanyun's arm and said coquettishly, "Good second aunt, I was wrong. I will definitely come back earlier next time I go out."

Shangguan Wanyun poked Li Muxia's forehead with her finger and said with a smile, "You, you've just come back and you're already thinking about going out again."

After Shangguan Wanyun finished speaking, Li Anran freed Li Muxia from her grasp and pulled her to sit down in a chair. She had a lot to say to Li Muxia.

"Sister, let me tell you, Lanzhi and I opened our milk tea shop, and business is booming because we followed your method."

Listening to Li Anran's incessant chatter, Li Anjin walked over and patted Li Anran on the head.

He said, "Ran'er, Mu Xia just got back, can't you let her rest for a bit? Didn't you see that Grandpa is still waiting to talk to Mu Xia?"

Li Anran then stuck out her tongue, temporarily suppressing her eagerness to share.

Li Muxia looked at the old general and called out, "Grandpa."

The old general's eyes instantly reddened. No one knew how worried he was when he received the news that Li Muxia had gone to the epidemic area. Fortunately, the girl returned safely.

The old general coughed lightly to calm himself down and said, "It's good that you're back."

Hearing the old general's words, Li Muxia's eyes also reddened slightly. How could she not know her grandfather's worries about her? She also felt a little guilty.

"I'm sorry, Grandpa, Mu Xia has worried you."

Seeing the atmosphere become somewhat somber, the old general changed the subject, saying, "Let's not talk about that. I have good news for you. An Jin has become the top scholar in the imperial examination."

Upon hearing this, Li Muxia looked at Li Anjin with sparkling eyes and said, "As expected of my elder brother, you achieved such success at such a young age, becoming the top scholar. Congratulations, elder brother, congratulations, grandfather, second uncle and aunt."

Everyone laughed upon hearing this. Li Anjin also smiled and accepted everyone's praise without being arrogant or coy.

Unlike the general's mansion, which was filled with joy and harmony, the prime minister's mansion was deathly silent.

Inside the study, Prime Minister Feng was sitting at the table listening to Xue Yun's report.

Xue Yun: "My lord, what should we do next? Prince Rui has already started his investigation, and I'm worried that he will trace it back to you."

As Feng Bowen fiddled with the candlesticks on the table, he said casually, "What's there to be afraid of? He wants to investigate, so let him investigate."

Xue Yun was about to say something when he saw Feng Bowen put down his pole, look at Xue Yun, and ask with a gloomy look, "What's going on with Prince Duan now?"

Xue Yun didn't know why Feng Bowen suddenly mentioned Prince Duan, but she still answered seriously, "Prince Duan hasn't made any moves yet, however, Prince Duan's uncle has been a bit restless lately."

Upon hearing this, Feng Bowen's lips curled into a cold smile, and he said coldly, "Didn't Prince Rui want to investigate? Let's help him out."

At this moment, Dongfang Jincheng was unaware that he was about to fall into a huge trap. He was currently in his study reading the news from the Shadow Pavilion.

Zhu Feng: "Your Highness, based on the information that Shadow found out before, we always thought that the headquarters of the Blood Fiend Sect was in the Dragon Soaring Kingdom. Now it seems that we were all wrong. However, no matter how Shadow investigates, they can't find out where the headquarters of the Blood Fiend Sect is."

Dongfang Jincheng put down the letter in his hand, rested his elbows on the table, and crossed his hands to his mouth.

He said in a somewhat ambiguous tone, "Perhaps it's right beside us."

After saying that, he looked at Zhu Feng and said, "Father's birthday is coming soon. The envoys should be arriving in the capital one after another in the next couple of days. Have the secret guards send over information about the envoys from various countries."

Zhu Feng accepted the order and departed.

Dongfang Jincheng arrived at the secret room of Prince Rui's mansion, where Jingfang was holding a small bundle, gently shaking it, and humming an unknown nursery rhyme.

Dongfang Jincheng stood outside the door, peering through the iron bars of the window, and asked, "Has Granny Jingfang always been like this?"

The guard at the gate replied, "Yes, Your Highness, the doctor comes to examine Granny Jingfang every day, but there is no sign of her condition improving at all."

Dongfang Jincheng: "Okay, guard this place well."

After speaking, he left.

As he walked into the garden of the Prince's Mansion, Dongfang Jincheng looked up at the moon in the sky. It was so round and so bright. He recalled a similar full moon night when he was six years old.

At that time, the Emperor was feeding carp in the Imperial Garden with six-year-old Dongfang Jincheng and three-year-old Dongfang Jinxuan.

Suddenly, a palace maid came running from afar, shouting as she ran, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the Empress is about to give birth!"

Upon hearing this, the Emperor shoved the fish food in his hand into Dongfang Jincheng's hand, stood up, and asked, "What happened? Have you called the imperial physician? Didn't the Empress return to the Prime Minister's residence?"

As he spoke, he walked toward the Empress's palace. He walked so fast that little Dongfang Jincheng had to run to keep up.

Upon arriving at the Empress's palace, they heard the Empress's voice as soon as they reached the entrance.

The emperor heard the empress's painful cries and tried to rush in, but was stopped by the chief eunuch beside him.

"Your Majesty, you cannot go in."

The Emperor was furious: "Get out of the way."

Upon hearing this, the eunuchs and palace maids all knelt down with a thud. The head eunuch was still pleading: "Your Majesty, we are stopping you for the sake of the Empress. The Empress is currently giving birth. If you go in, the midwife and the imperial physician will be afraid of you. If something goes wrong, the little prince and the Empress will be in danger."

Upon hearing this, the emperor calmed down and did not rush inside.

However, the young Dongfang Jincheng had no concept of the emperor's feelings and shouted that he wanted to go in.

"Father, I want to see Mother. What happened to her?"

Looking at Dongfang Jincheng, whose face was streaked with tears, the Emperor squatted down and comforted him, "Cheng'er, the Empress is inside giving birth to your little brother. Be good, Cheng'er, stay here with your father and wait."

Dongfang Jincheng was worried about the Empress, whose cries never stopped. The usually obedient Dongfang Jincheng was quite persistent this time.

Seeing this, the Emperor had no choice but to order Dongfang Jincheng to be taken away.

However, he did not expect that Dongfang Jincheng would quietly slip away on his own.

Inside the Queen's palace, everyone was busy and no one noticed a small figure climbing in through the window.

Fearing he would be kicked out, Dongfang Jincheng carefully used screens and gauze curtains to hide from the busy maids along the way.

Watching basins of bloody water being carried out, Dongfang Jincheng became even more worried about the Empress's safety. Hearing the Empress's cries, Dongfang Jincheng moved towards the inner palace.