After rebirth, I became a treacherous minister Black Moonlight

Lu Yuan entered the inner hall and bowed to the emperor: "Greetings to the emperor."

The emperor gave Meng Qianqian a look.

Meng Qianqian understood and helped the old man sit up, then took the cushion from Jiang Dehai and placed it behind his back.

The emperor smiled at Lu Yuan for a rare moment: "I'm not used to your respectful attitude."

Lu Yuan pretended to be dumb without changing his expression: "I don't understand what you are talking about."

The emperor laughed again, and looked at Lu Yuan deeply for a long time, then said: "Jiang Dehai and Envoy Yang have told me what happened in the past few days. Come back to court, Lu Yuan, the Jinwu Guards are for you. From now on, your Jinwu Guards are my personal guards."

Aren’t the personal guards of the retired emperor superior to the Embroidered Uniform Guards and the Imperial Guards?

Meng Qianqian: “Wow.”

The corner of Lu Yuan's mouth twitched, and he suddenly thought of the kid. Is it true that those who keep company with pigs will become red?

The emperor saw that Lu Yuan was silent: "Don't want to?"

"I am willing to do so!" Meng Qianqian nodded rapidly, fearing that the emperor would regret it if she was a second late. "Xiao Jiu will kowtow for your husband..."

Lu Yuan stretched out his hand to stop her from kneeling, then he lifted up his skirt and knelt down to thank her: "Your Majesty, thank you for your grace."

The retired emperor was still ill and did not say much, but every word he said was to the point and not a single word was superfluous.

Meng Qianqian guessed that the emperor would reward Lu Yuan, but she didn't expect him to be so decisive.

Those who achieve great things must have both courage and wisdom.

Ordinary people might need more rounds to test Lu Yuan's loyalty and determination, but for the emperor, once is enough.

"By the way, you are really too bold. What if I can't cure you..."

Meng Qianqian walked him to the corridor.

Lu Yuanfeng said calmly: "Isn't it cured?"

Meng Qianqian couldn't win the argument with him, so she simply stopped arguing with him. She curled the corners of her lips, bowed and said, "Congratulations to my husband on his comeback!"

Lu Yuan cleared his throat in a haughty manner.

Meng Qianqian looked at him straight in the eyes: "You have to thank me."

Lu Yuan's eyelashes trembled slightly. He avoided her fiery gaze and said calmly, "Thank you... Madam."

It was the first time Meng Qianqian heard him address her like that. She murmured, "Madam? That sounds really nice."

The emperor passed the critical period and regained some appetite that night.

From the decoctions to the diet, Meng Qianqian did not ask anyone else for help.

The water and food ingredients were brought in from outside the palace by Lu Yuan to ensure that there would be no secondary infection.

She cooked a pot of vegetable porridge.

Doctor Li glanced at the porridge in her hand and whispered, "Is this edible?"

Meng Qianqian sat on the dragon bed and turned back to glare at him: "You can't eat it."

Doctor Li snorted, "I don't think your food is meant for human consumption."

Meng Qianqian raised her eyebrows and said, "Of course my porridge is not for humans to eat, it's for dragons! Right, Emperor?"

The emperor didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said to the doctors, "Alright, you guys can go down, and just leave Madam Lu and Envoy Yang here."

The few people did not dare to disobey and retreated respectfully.

The emperor looked at Meng Qianqian and smiled helplessly, "It's their fault that they stopped you. How about you be magnanimous and not bother with them?"

Meng Qianqian thought for a moment and said, "For the sake of the Emperor and Envoy Yang, let's do it!"

Dean Yang was shocked.

The emperor smiled and said, "She is trying to win credit for you. This girl is very clear about gratitude and resentment."

Yuanshi Yang lent a hand to Meng Qianqian at the critical moment, which meant that he and Meng Qianqian would share the risk of killing the retired emperor.

Meng Qianqian is not good at anything else except protecting people.

Dean Yang stood up and bowed to Meng Qianqian: "Madam Lu is a skilled doctor with a broad mind. We... are really ashamed of her."

"Envoy Yang, you can't do that!"

Meng Qianqian is like this. If others are rude to her, she can fight back directly, but when others are so soft to her, she doesn't know how to deal with it.

After finishing his porridge, the emperor said to Meng Qianqian, "Go and see how Fu Dequan is doing for me."

Meng Qianqian went to Eunuch Fu's room.

Eunuch Fu was awake, Madam Yan was sitting on a stool eating melon seeds, and there was a bowl of medicine on the table.

"Where did it come from?"

Meng Qianqian asked.

Madam Yan spat out the melon seed shells: "It's what's left in your medicine jar."

Eunuch Fu held up his body weakly: "Mrs. Lu..."

"Eunuch Fu, please lie down first." Meng Qianqian walked forward and examined him. Like the emperor, he was also suffering from the epidemic.

He was infected while taking care of the retired emperor. His symptoms are slightly milder than the retired emperor's. Da Qinglong Decoction should be effective for him.

Meng Qianqian took the medicine bowl and said, "Eunuch Fu, drink the medicine first."

Eunuch Fu looked at Lady Yan, then at Meng Qianqian: "Is this... really medicine? Why did she say... it would poison me to death? She said... one of us must die, the plague or me."

Meng Qianqian: That’s true.

Meng Qianqian smiled: "Don't worry, the emperor has already drunk it, there is only a 50% chance that it will kill you."

Eunuch Fu: "..."

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After three days and three nights of investigation, Lu Yuan finally found out the source of the epidemic in the palace, which was a cook in the imperial kitchen.

A month ago, he got a day off and on his way home from the palace, he met a young girl who was selling herself to bury her father.

He felt sorry for the little girl and bought her to be a servant.

Unexpectedly, the little girl died of illness a few days after arriving at his house.

Not long after, he also fell ill and then died.

He had no children, only a nephew, and it was his nephew who buried him.

Fortunately, his nephew and the people who carried the coffin were not infected.

He had a long career in the imperial kitchen, but usually did not cook himself. He would only cook the vegetarian dishes he prepared if the retired emperor liked them.

Lu Yuan reported the results of the investigation truthfully to the emperor.

The emperor asked, "Has there been an outbreak of disease among the people?"

Lu Yuan said: "No."

This was a setup targeting the retired emperor. The infected patients should have been under surveillance the whole time and had no direct contact with anyone except the cook.

When the emperor heard this, he was relieved: "It's good that the people are fine. Lu Yuan, I will borrow your wife for a few more days. When the epidemic in the palace is completely cleared, I will return your wife to you."

Lu Yuan: "Then you have to return it quickly."

The Emperor: "Oh? Can't bear to part with it?"

Lu Yuan said calmly: "The family is thinking about it. The old lady is looking for her great-granddaughter, and the child is looking for his mother."

The emperor drank the medicine and said, "I think you miss your wife."

Lu Yuan: “No.”

The emperor smiled triumphantly.

Lu Yuan immediately turned around and saw Meng Qianqian standing at the door with a bowl of lean meat porridge.

Lu Yuan opened his mouth and looked at the emperor.

The emperor looked like he was enjoying a good show.

Meng Qianqian: What should I do now? My marriage with Lu Yuan was fake, so of course he doesn't miss me, but the emperor doesn't know, so what should I do now?

"Woooooooo..."

She cried bitterly and died heartbroken.

Lu Yuan hurriedly chased after him.

When they arrived under the big tree, Meng Qianqian turned her back to him.

"I……"

Just as Lu Yuan opened his mouth, Meng Qianqian turned around with a smile and asked, "Did you trick the emperor?"

Lu Yuan was stunned.

Meng Qianqian said, "The Emperor must have made another bet with Eunuch Fu, but I didn't expect that this time the bet would be on you and me. I'm leaving first, and you can go and do your thing."

She had just taken two steps when Lu Yuan suddenly pulled her back: "Yu Zichuan and Qingshuang also made a bet."

Meng Qianqian had never seen eyes like this before, deep and passionate.

She asked hesitantly, "Bet... on what?"

Lu Yuan looked at her steadily and took the bowl of porridge from her hand: "Bet on whether I will kiss you."

Oh my, I'm so shy. Do you have any pink double monthly tickets? Look through your pockets and vote for Qiandu to summon a wave of Xiaoxiaodu!