Chef Mad Queen

Chapter 1162
"Your Majesty has a lot of things to do every day, but he still thinks about my wife. I am so grateful. If it wasn't for my wife's poor health, I would definitely go to the palace to thank His Majesty's grace face to face." Mrs. Liu looked sick, but she was dignified and generous. His speech and behavior are also very decent.

Feng Qian's first impression of her was good.

"Your Majesty misses Mrs. Liu's devotion to state affairs, and knows that Mrs. Liu is sick in bed, so she ordered an official to come and visit her. I don't know if Mrs. Liu has seen a doctor because of her illness? What did the doctor say?"

Mrs. Liu replied: "I've seen the doctor, it's nothing serious. Your majesty and my lord are worried about it."

"Ma'am..." The maid on the side hesitated to speak, but was stopped by Mrs. Liu's eyes.

Feng Qian noticed something strange and asked the servant girl, "If you have anything to say, just say it!"

Mrs. Liu stopped the servant girl with her eyes again, she struggled again and again, knelt down in front of Feng Qian with a plop, and said, "My lord, please save my wife!"

Feng Qian was surprised and didn't understand why.

"what happened?"

The servant girl went on to say: "My lord doesn't know something, Madam has never seen a doctor at all, let alone taking medicine to treat illnesses."

Feng Qian frowned: "What's going on?"

The servant girl glanced at Mrs. Liu, and Mrs. Liu took the initiative to say: "Let me say it, don't be afraid of your lord's jokes, our family has no money to invite a doctor."

"How could it be? The dignified Minister of the Ministry of Officials, a second-rank official in the imperial court, has a monthly salary of 12 taels of silver. How can he have no money to see a doctor?" Feng Qian wondered.

Mrs. Liu sighed: "My lord is the head of the officials of the six ministries. He is an example for everyone. He must not make the slightest mistakes in his words and deeds. When he was at home, he often mentioned to his ministers that the people should be put first, and that they should not be abandoned for personal reasons. Lord, so in addition to the daily expenses of the family, the rest of the money is sent to help the displaced people outside. The minor illness and pain of the servant, what is it compared with those homeless people?"

Feng Qian couldn't agree with their approach: "Even so, it can't delay your health, madam. No, I'll send someone to invite the imperial doctor. If you keep procrastinating like this, your condition will only get worse."

Mrs. Liu immediately stopped her and said: "No! Your Majesty's kindness, I appreciate your kindness, but I hope you don't want to invite the imperial doctor. If you alarm His Majesty, it will be bad. My wife doesn't want to cause my lord any more trouble." After speaking, Mrs. Liu coughed again and again, and the maid hurriedly helped her to lie down.

Seeing that she was so stubborn, Feng Qian didn't want to force her, she thought for a while and said, "Since that's the case, I don't have much to say."

She yelled out the door: "Chen Yu, Qing Yu, bring the things in!"

Outside the door, Tang Chenyu and Feng Qingyu came in with bags of tonics and put them on the table.

Feng Qian pointed to the things on the table and said: "These are the tonics that Her Majesty ordered me to bring. They are some elixir for nourishing Qi and blood. Madam must remember to take them."

Mrs. Liu was very moved: "Thank you, sir! Please also tell your majesty that my wife is grateful for your majesty's kindness, and will chant scriptures and pray for your majesty every day."

"Okay, I will tell you. Then we won't bother you. I hope Madam will take good care of yourself. I will take my leave."

Mrs. Liu said: "My lord, go slowly. Xia He, see your lord off for me."

Feng Qian and his party left the room under the guidance of the maid.

Walking on the corridor, Feng Qian asked the servant girl, "Your name is Xia He?"

"Yes, my lord."

"Are you the only maid in your house?"

"There is also a nanny in our mansion, who is Madam's dowry maid. Madam picked up this maid on the side of the road. If it wasn't for Madam, this servant would have starved to death on the street."

"Your wife is so seriously ill, don't your adults care about it?"

"My lord doesn't know. Since the new Her Majesty the Queen took office, our lords have been busy with business. We often don't go back to the house, but stay in the yamen. Sometimes we don't even have time to eat. The meals are all given to our lord by the mother. "

"Then what is the relationship between your lord and your wife?"

"Our lord is very kind to his wife. As long as he is free, he will watch over his wife and take care of her in every possible way. He will not leave every step and do everything by himself. It's a pity that our wife is so poor..." The servant girl felt sad as she spoke. burst into tears.

Feng Qian couldn't help wondering what kind of person this Master Liu was.Since he loves his wife so much, why is he unwilling to spend money to see a doctor for his wife, but is willing to send all the money to help the poor.Is he a good official who loves the people like a son and is honest, or is he a hypocrite who disregards his wife's life and death for the sake of fame?

Just when Feng Qian was wondering, he heard a few birdsong.He searched for the sound and walked to a wing.

Feng Qian asked curiously: "Whose house is this? Why are there birds singing in the house?"

"This is my lord's house. My wife was worried about passing on the sickness to the lord, so she asked us to clean up the south wing for the lord to live in. Our lord usually likes to walk the bird, and this bird is kept in the house by our lord."

"Can I go in and have a look?"

"This..." The maid hesitated.

"Anyway, your lords won't come back for a while, so I'll just go in and take a look, and I'll come out after a look." Feng Qian pushed the door open without waiting for the maid's consent.

The scene in the room immediately caught her eyes.

A row of bookshelves full of classics. In front of the bookshelves is a large desk. On the upper left corner of the desk is a birdcage. Inside the cage is a thrush with brown hair mixed with a few white feathers. When Qian was about to get closer and take a closer look, there were sudden urgent footsteps behind her, and someone called her loudly: "Your Majesty—"

Feng Qian paused, turned to look at the person who came, and frowned: "Liu Shangshu, why are you here?"

Liu Zhongcheng was still out of breath, and was sweating profusely, but he did not forget to bow respectfully: "My humble minister pays homage to His Majesty."

The servant girl on the side was stunned, and looked at Feng Qian in disbelief. It turned out that she was Her Majesty the Queen. It took her a long time to recover, and with a plop, she knelt down beside Liu Zhongcheng: "My maidservant pays homage to Your Majesty."

Feng Qian's eyes fell directly on Liu Zhongcheng: "Didn't I ask you to go to the Ministry of Officials to sort out the list of officials, and then send it to the palace for my review! Why did you come back at this hour?"

Liu Zhongcheng knelt down and explained: "Weichen has already sorted out the roster, but he was only worried about his wife's illness at home, so he handed it over to the people below and sent it to the palace on his behalf."

"Really? Liu Aiqing and his wife are very affectionate husband and wife." Feng Qian looked at him with obvious anxiety, and the doubts in her heart grew even bigger.

This Mrs. Liu has been sick for a long time, and she usually stays in the yamen for business, why did she come back in such a hurry today.Is he worried about his wife, or about her coming?

"Since that's the case, then I don't want to be too harsh. Since you are worried about Madam, you should take more time to come back to accompany Madam."

"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty, for your compassion."

"Get up. I have to go back to the palace to deal with government affairs."

"Wei Chen respectfully sends His Majesty."

Liu Zhongcheng let out a sigh of relief after seeing Feng Qian's master and apprentice all the way to the door.

(End of this chapter)