My husband, who abandoned his father and kept his son, actually wants me to be his concubine.

Chapter 153 Fellow Countryman
Lu Jinshi sighed softly and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for not disliking me, but... I dare not do it again. I don't want to lose Rong Yi..."

Empress Rong said, "You are a good child, and I understand your concerns. But if you are not the Crown Princess, are you going to let Yi'er live his whole life without a proper wife? If the positions of Crown Princess and Empress are not decided in the palace soon, there will always be people with ulterior motives who will have other ideas."

Lu Jinshi pursed his lips and said, "What about His Majesty..."

Empress Rong smiled and said, "You can rest assured about His Majesty. You two are clearly a loving couple. It would be a real pity if you couldn't be husband and wife because of this baseless accusation."

Lu Jinshi didn't really care much about His Majesty, after all, the Empress Dowager was still there, and she had the Empress Dowager to make decisions for her.

They could hear Rong Yi waking up inside.

Empress Rong took Zhang'er from Lu Jinshi and carried him inside.

Empress Rong placed Zhang'er next to Rong Yi. Rong Yi smiled and touched Zhang'er's little face. "I almost didn't get to see you again. I didn't even have a chance to tell you anything. When you grow up, you must take good care of your mother and sister."

Little Zhang'er chuckled and said, "Sister! Sister!"

Empress Rong sighed softly and said to Rong Yi, "You know you should protect your mother. You really scared me to death this time. In the future, neither of you should take such risks. Your father and I are not young anymore and can't take such a fright."

"Yes," Lu Jinshi replied.

Rong Yi narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "There is still Consort Rong who has not been eliminated. Have you been able to find any trace of her in the past few days?"

Empress Rong said, "Your father ordered people to search the entire Prince Yan's residence, almost digging three feet into the ground, but they couldn't find Consort Rong and Duo'er."

Rong Yi coughed twice and said, "There should be secret passages in the Prince Yan's mansion. We'll find out once we smash up the mansion."

Lu Jinshi said, "I also think there must be a secret passage here, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to leave while surrounded after receiving the message."

Rong Yi coughed lightly and said, "Consort Rong shouldn't dare to cause trouble these next few days. Let's wait until I recover from my injuries before we arrest them."

Empress Rong chuckled and said, "Yes, you should take good care of your injuries these next few days and not worry too much. You should also leave the affairs of the court alone for now."

Rong Yi agreed, "Okay."

After giving her instructions, Empress Rong left the East Palace.

Rong Yi was unable to get out of bed due to his injuries, so Lu Jinshi went to fetch some ancient books and read them with him. When they encountered obscure or difficult terms or viewpoints, the two of them could also debate them together.

Lu Jinshi felt as if the two of them had returned to the time before she was pregnant with Zhang'er. After all, when she was pregnant with Zhang'er, the two of them often read together in bed.

However, Lu Jinshi had ulterior motives at that time and didn't study very well.

Now that Rong Yi is injured, he can only focus on his studies and not think about anything else.

In the afternoon, Rong Yi took a nap to rest.

Lu Jinshi searched outside for any medical books or ancient texts. For Lu Jinshi, she felt that it would be very good to know how to treat injuries. She had already suffered two knife wounds, one from Wan Niang and the other from Rong Yi.

After finding an ancient medical book, Lu Jinshi took it to Bai Banxia, ​​who was grinding medicine and brewing wine.

In the side courtyard of the East Palace where Bai Banxia lived, there was a medicine shed. When Lu Jinshi saw the wine being brewed in the medicine shed, he said with great curiosity, "This wine is brewed in a very strange way."

Bai Banxia smiled gently and said, "This is distilled liquor, used to make alcohol."

"Alcohol? This wine can become a spirit?" Lu Jinshi was very curious. Banxia smiled gently and said, "This spirit is not the spirit of a demon, but rather something that can be used for disinfection."

"This wine can detoxify?" Lu Jinshi was even more curious.

Banxia said, "No, this isn't for detoxification. Rather, it's because there are unseen viruses in these ordinary, unremarkable places. This thing is for eliminating unseen viruses. His Highness the Crown Prince's persistent high fever after his injury was due to the virus..."

Lu Jinshi smiled and said, "I've read quite a few medical books, but this is the first time I've seen your statement. Which medical book did you read it from?"

"Medical Immunology"

Banxia looked at Lu Jinshi. In the past few days, Banxia had learned about the heroic deeds of the Crown Princess, who became pregnant out of wedlock and gave birth to a child by surrogacy, leaving the father behind. She couldn't help but wonder if Lu Jinshi was from the same hometown.

Lu Jinshi had just asked about alcohol, was it the time to spy?

Unexpectedly, Lu Jinshi acted as if he knew nothing at all.

Lu Jinshi said, "I have never heard of this book before. I wonder where I can find it?"

Banxia said, "This book is only available in my hometown."

Lu Jinshi smiled and said, "That's a pity. I was hoping to read more of these medical books. Miss Banxia, ​​I have another favor to ask."

"You're too kind, Your Highness. Please give your orders."

Lu Jinshi said, “I have a girls’ academy in the suburbs called Lingxiao Academy. It has been enrolling quite a few female students. I want to teach these female students knowledge other than the classics, history, philosophy and literature. If you have time, could you spare three days every ten days to go to the academy to teach them medicine?”

Banxia said, "That's wonderful, Your Highness. May I ask, do you know that odd numbers change and even numbers remain the same?"

Lu Jinshi looked at Banxia; she was quite familiar with those words. He Jiayi had asked her about them before, "Imperial Jade Liquor..."

"One hundred and eighty yuan a cup." Banxia said with tears in her eyes, "Fellow villager! Fellow villager!"

Banxia stepped forward and hugged Lu Jinshi, saying, "How long have you been here? I felt like you were from my hometown. If you weren't from my hometown, this native girl wouldn't do something like abandoning her father and leaving her son behind!"

Lu Jinshi coughed lightly as Banxia held him, "I..."

"Oh dear, Banxia! How could you treat the Crown Princess like this?" Bai Lian came out of the house and scolded angrily.

Banxia released Lu Jinshi one after another, and pulled him aside with a smile. "You just said that wine can turn into a demon, and I actually believed you. What year did you travel from?"

Lu Jinshi chuckled: "Actually, I'm not from your hometown."

Banxia asked, "Then how do you know about the Imperial Jade Liquor?"

Lu Jinshi smiled and said, "It was He Jiayi who told me. She first asked me about odd-changing and even-changing wine, and then about the Imperial Jade Liquor. It seems that you two are from the same hometown."

Banxia said, "Who is He Jiayi? Where is she? I can hardly stand this feudal dynasty anymore. Finally, I can see my fellow villagers and pour out my grievances. In this world, women who practice medicine are called 'female healers.' Even though my medical skills are better than my brother's, they trust my brother's treatment more."

Lu Jinshi said, "He Jiayi is my former cousin. I don't know where she lives, but you can ask around. She is the third young lady of the former Yongxing Marquis's mansion."

Banxia belatedly realized her mistake and said with some fear, "Your Highness... I... I was very offensive just now..."