Ning Yu and Mrs. Ning always looked down on him, which made Zhu Zhongjun unhappy.

  He made a silly face and glared fiercely at Ning Xue and her husband.

  Ning Yu and Mrs. Ning felt awkward for a moment.

  Afterwards, they never saw Zhu Zhongjun again.

  The Ning family was the birthplace of the Empress Dowager, and Gu Yanzheng and Song Wantong showed great respect.

  They were not familiar with each other, and they were afraid of offending each other even when joking. Song Pan'er spoke very little. Ning Yu was also unwilling to speak seriously in front of women, Mrs. Ning was the most awkward, and Gu Yanjin was even more taciturn.

  For a moment, the atmosphere was a bit chilly.

  Ning Yu's gaze swept over Gu Jinzhi, thinking of how she had stared at his leg with all her might in the Kun Ning Palace that day, and he couldn't help but pull his right leg back again.

  What if she asks herself how it happened, wouldn't that be embarrassing to death?

  He is spoiled by his concubine and has a wounded leg.

  Mrs. Ning came here to ask about the eldest son, she was determined to get what she wanted. The King of Luyang glared at them, so she didn't dare to ask again. But the King of Luyang liked Gu Jin...

  "...I heard that Miss Gu's medical skills are exceptionally high. Our young master Hou was kicked in the leg by a horse a few days ago and has been having some trouble walking. We've had several doctors take a look, and they all say it's nothing serious, just needs to rest for a few days. But we're still worried, so we're bothering you, also for the sake of young master Hou's leg..." Madam Ning smiled, finding an opportunity to get close to Gu Jinzhi.

  Gu Jinzhi glanced at Ning Xue.

  She smiled and said: "Master Hou shouldn't be stuck on horseback..."

  Mrs. Ning was perplexed.

  Ning's old face turned red with a flush.

  Mrs. Ning was even more puzzled.

  Gu Jin got up and said to Ning Yue: "If the prince believes me, let's go next door to talk. I'll tell you about the king's illness in detail."

  Ning doesn't really want to.

  He knows his own weaknesses.

  He has no other hobbies, only when he sees a beautiful woman, his heart itches and he must get her. In these years, regardless of the women outside, there are nine concubines at home.

  The newly married concubine was even more alluring, making him reluctant to leave.

  His body is a bit weak, which is normal, he knows it himself.

  But he didn't want others to know about it.

  Madam Ning did not know about these things and had an expectant look on her face, wanting to talk to the King of Luoyang.

  Ning Er had no choice but to agree and followed Gu Jin to the adjacent room, asking her to examine him.

  They talked for about two quarters of an hour among the branches. After they came out, Ning Xue's face was full of anger, her face turned black.

  Gu Jin's expression remained calm as usual.

  Madam Ning and others were all curious.

  Ning Yu didn't want to sit anymore, so she gave Gu Yan a slight bow and said to everyone: "I have an appointment with Marquis Chuan Ning for drinks. I'll take my leave first."

  Mrs. Ning was shocked and scolded Ning Xiang in her heart, wondering why she had suddenly gone mad.

  Gu Yanwen was also slightly surprised.

  Ning Ou has already turned and left.

  Song Pan'er was furious and thought, "Who treats guests like this?"

  Not even trying to curry favor with the Ning family by pretending to be a filial daughter-in-law?

  Since they came to visit first, why this attitude?

  She snorted coldly.

  This cold snort made Mrs. Ning uneasy. She was a gentle and soft-spoken woman, and the few ladies she usually got along with were also warm and gentle, but she had never seen anyone like Song Cen'er who would lose her temper in front of others.

  Her face turned bright red all of a sudden.

  Song Pan'er got up and said: "Madam Ning, I'm pregnant and my body is weak. I'll go rest first."

  Then she deliberately swung her hand and let Gu Jinzhi support her into the inner room, leaving Ning Furen behind.

  Mrs. Ning's face suddenly turned red from her cheeks to her ears.

  She still didn't understand what was going on.

  Gu Yanwen had no choice but to awkwardly let the maids send Ning Furen and the young masters and misses of the Ning family out.

  Before leaving, Mrs. Ning wanted to ask about Wang Ningxi of Luyang, but King Luyang also turned around and followed Gu Zhen and Song Dantong into the inner chamber.

  Madam Ning was shocked: Gu's family had spoiled Luoyang Wang so much that he seemed like their own child, without any reserve.

  They had already fallen out, so Mrs. Ning had to take her leave first.

  Her daughters, Ning Xuan and Ning Dong, followed her, led by the maid, out of the Gu family's gate.

  As she got into the carriage of the Yiyuan Marquis's estate, Madame Ning's face also fell.

  Fifteen-year-old Ning Xuan said to her mother, "A family that can't even show their faces! I heard they're from the countryside, and just a few days ago, they met Miss Gu at Kun Ning Palace. They didn't seem to care then. Now looking at them, it's indeed true. They're so uncouth and don't understand etiquette. Mother, don't get angry because of them. Why bother lowering our status to visit such people?"

  "Where is the girl going to visit them?" Mrs. Ning sighed with a bitter smile, "Just want to find Luoyang Wang and ask about your brother's affairs. Who knew that I would suffer such humiliation. You're right, people from this kind of family really have no upbringing."

  "The empress dowager still likes Miss Gu so much, I don't know what kind of soup she's been feeding her!" Ning Xuan sneered, "In the capital, other families talk about the Luoyang King's concubine and are all baffled. Which family wouldn't want to marry their daughter to the Luoyang King? Yet the Gu family managed to snag such a good opportunity."

  Mrs. Ning let out a soft sigh.

  She also felt innocent.

  Originally coming to visit the Gu family's household was already lowering her status, and if word got out, she would be ridiculed.

  Now still choking others out, if people find out, it's really embarrassing.

  Mrs. Ning regretted it to death.

  How could she have known that Song Pan'er had such a reckless and ignorant personality?

  "…Tomorrow, have someone go to the Luoyang Wangfu and invite Master Wang to come home for dinner, then ask him in detail." Ning Xuan said, "Mother, we are Master Wang's maternal relatives, inviting Master Wang to a meal, where is the great taboo?"

  Ning Xuan is still young and doesn't understand the taboos of the imperial court.

  "I also thought so, but your father said it very seriously." Mrs. Ning said, she didn't understand either.

  She just listened to Ning Xuan's words and obeyed them, and didn't dare go against her husband.

  "Father always speaks alarmingly." Ning Xuan said with a smile, "Mother, let's invite King Wang tomorrow and ask him about his brother. If Father doesn't agree, we won't tell him, that's all."

  Mrs. Ning was slightly moved by her daughter's words.

  Back home, Ning Xue had not returned yet.

  It wasn't until almost time for the night watch that Ning Xue returned from outside, her face gloomy.

  Ning Xuan's mouth is fierce, but in her heart she is just like her mother, afraid of Ning Yu.

  Seeing his father's unhappy face, he immediately slipped away quietly.

  Madam Ning accompanied Xiao Xin and helped Ning Xiang put on his clothes. She asked him, "What's wrong? Who offended Master Hou outside?"

  Ning Xue was very annoyed.

  He let out a deep hum.

  Madam Ning asked again: "Did Miss Gu say something unpleasant?"

  Ning Yu coldly snorted and said: "The Gu family is really shameless! They're trying to curry favor with me by flattering me, but their methods are truly disgusting!"

  Mrs. Ning was shocked and hastily asked what had happened.

  Ning Yu let her send away the maids and servant women in the house first.

  When only Madame Ning was left, Ning Yu said: "That little girl said I had a deficiency of yang energy. I said, I've always been careful with my health, and never felt deficient. She said that both the upper and lower parts were empty for half of it. Because the upper and lower parts are still even, so it's not urgent yet. If you don't take medicine, you'll become paralyzed. First she laughed at me for being drained by wine and lust, then scared me with paralysis, her heart is despicable!"

  Mrs. Ning's face changed suddenly.

  "Master Hou, the doctor's words. It is better to believe that it exists than not to believe that it does not exist." Madame Ning was shocked and lost her color, "In Master Hou's chambers, there are many young maidservants of similar age, even if what you say is false, it could still be true."

  "Nonsense!" Ning Yu was furious, "Do you believe this? I'm in my prime, where's the emptiness? I came out of Yuanbao Alley and specifically asked several prestigious doctors and imperial physicians, every one of them said my complexion is rosy, my yang energy is abundant, and my kidneys are healthy.

  "That little hoof must know that there are many aunts in my house, so she deceived me. She just used some medicine to cure it, and it's her credit. Then she climbed up our family! Because our family is the empress dowager's maiden home, many families want to climb up, I don't care about this either. But what she did this time... Using my body as a bet, really infuriating and hateful!"

  Ning Er is infatuated with beauty, and what he fears most is that his own body will have problems.

  He happened to listen to Gu Jin's words that he was lacking in yang energy and should abstain from wine and women, so he avoided doctors. He became angry out of shame.

  Madam Ning's heart didn't calm down for a long time.

  What Ning Er said is also reasonable.

  These years, many prominent families in the capital wanted to curry favor with them, using the Empress Dowager as an excuse, and employed countless schemes, sometimes laughable.

  Like Gu Jin, taking a different approach, threatening and intimidating before treating, is also the first time.

  Really blackened his heart.

  Is the empress dowager also being deceived by her like this?

  "Master Hou, you said that she also deceived the empress dowager like this at first?" asked Madame Ning, grabbing her husband's arm.

  It's not that bad.

  After all, the Empress Dowager was so seriously ill at that time, and Ning Xue knew it.

  "Maybe some medical skills, but no medical ethics!" Ning Xue scolded, then speculated, "The Empress Dowager's cough, at the end of her illness, even if she didn't treat it, should have been fine. But she treated it at the end and took advantage of the situation, gaining the Empress Dowager's favor."

  This guess is quite reliable.

  In Chinese medicine, there are three stages of disease: beginning, middle and end.

  There are many cases where a doctor cures an illness that has dragged on for years and gains the reputation of being a famous doctor.

  It's none of the doctor's business; it's clearly the patient's illness, and when the time comes, they'll recover on their own.

  "I want to tell everyone about this and let them judge for themselves, so that others won't be deceived by her in the future." Ning Xuan said harshly.

  The next day, Madame Ning sent someone to invite King Luyang, but received a reply saying that King Luyang was not in the palace at all, and was actually living in the Gu's house.

  Madam Ning finally understood why Song Shi of the Gu family dared to be so arrogant, it turned out that she had won over Prince Wang and was fearless.

  Mrs. Ning sighed and felt uncomfortable in her heart.

  She really wants to know how her eldest son is doing now.

  Ning Xue then went out in the late morning to meet with friends and told them about what had happened to Gu Jin.

  "...after all, it's just a young age, being blinded by fame and fortune!" Ning Xuan said, "Thinking that curing the empress dowager would deceive people with their medical skills. Who among you has heard of yang qi deficiency, yet still having 25% sensation in the upper body and 25% sensation in the lower body, so they can't feel anything?"

  Everyone couldn't help but burst out laughing.

  This saying is indeed laughable.

  The hospital on the other side also heard it and laughed uncontrollably: "Is Miss Gu so desperate that she came up with such a thing? How did she even think of this? Does she think yang energy is water in a bucket?"

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  Wishing all sisters a happy Mid-Autumn Festival and a harmonious family reunion!

  Today is also my lunar birthday (covering face), my husband's family and younger sister's family have already said they would treat me to dinner, and friends also want to gather together. After finishing this chapter, I will go out, and the updates for noon and afternoon will be changed to tonight. As soon as I come back, I will work hard to write, please forgive me, thank you!