The young emperor was still so young, yet he had to comfort her like a little adult.
At his age, if it were in modern times, he should be carefree and going through the rebellious phase. All the misfortune was that he was born in the wrong era.
Shi Muyuan was deeply touched. However, what she had always cared about was not these things. She pushed all those thoughts aside.
"Forget it. Everyone has their own fate. Take Concubine Shen away and give her a proper burial. If the people of the General of Pacifying the Frontier's Mansion don't mind, bury her with the young general. It can be considered as fulfilling her wish."
"Yes."
A man standing aside watched this scene and sneered, "I didn't expect the Empress Dowager to forgive someone who wanted to kill her. This really makes me look at you in a new light. You never used to be like this."
Shi Muyuan's hand paused for a moment. "Concubine Shen is indeed hateful. Just because she poisoned the emperor and killed the late emperor, she deserves to die a thousand times. But when I knew that it was all because of me, I just couldn't be cruel. Moreover, this decision of mine can also be an explanation to the young general."
Her heartfelt feelings made the man's expression pause for a moment.
Then, the man turned his head away uncomfortably.
"Now that this matter is almost resolved, we can go find San Qi."
Hearing this, Shi Muyuan shook her head. "The remaining partisans of Concubine Shen haven't been cleared yet. She was able to get a dagger in the prison, which means there must be her people here."
Cui Qizhou had already thought of this, but he originally planned to let others handle it. He didn't expect the Empress Dowager to do it herself.
The young emperor immediately took on this task.
"This matter is related to me. How about this, Mother, hand this matter over to me. I will definitely find all the remaining partisans."
Yes, how could she forget that there was still the young emperor here? Since he had offered to do it, she naturally wouldn't decline.
"Then we'll go out to find an antidote for you."
This time, the young emperor took her hand actively.
"Since the poison has been in my body for so long, it has become an inseparable part of me. If the divine doctor is not willing to help, then so be it. Letting my younger brother ascend the throne is also a good choice."
"No. I've said that I will cure you, and I will definitely do it. I won't come back until I get the antidote."
After comforting the young emperor, Shi Muyuan left the palace with Cui Qizhou. They went to the place where San Qi was giving free medical consultations again.
As expected, San Qi hadn't left yet.
She let out a sigh of relief and took the initiative to humble herself. She approached the old man.
"Divine doctor, I'd like to have a talk with you."
San Qi didn't even raise his head. He knew who it was just by the voice.
"I'm not interested in talking to you. I've already said that if you want me to save someone, bring the person I want."
"I'm here today just for this matter. You wanted to see me, so I've come in person."
San Qi was confused. He looked up and said, "You can't be the person I'm looking for. That person is so proud and would definitely not come to me voluntarily. Moreover, I saw you last time. Don't try to fool this old man."
Shi Muyuan twitched the corner of her mouth. "It seems that the divine doctor has never seen me before. But you should have seen this, right?"
She slowly opened her hand, and a jade pendant was lying quietly on it.
This time, San Qi's face changed immediately.
"It's really you. I didn't expect you to have the guts to come here. In that case, I don't have to go through so much trouble."
As he said this, he was about to take something out of the medicine box beside him.
Shi Muyuan rolled her eyes and reminded him, "In public, the divine doctor should pay more attention. There are so many innocent common people here."
San Qi woke up as if from a dream and quickly put the thing in his hand back quietly.
He coughed twice. "Everyone, I'm really sorry. I still have some things to deal with. Today's free medical consultation is over. Please come back tomorrow."
This immediately made some people dissatisfied.
"Divine doctor, we've been queuing here since the rooster crowed this morning. We were finally about to be seen, but now you're leaving? Is it because of these two people?"
Suddenly, this remark aroused the dissatisfaction of the crowd. Several common people had already approached.
They were suffering from serious diseases, and finally there was someone who could save their lives. But now this person was leaving suddenly. Who could be willing?
Cui Qizhou stepped forward and stood in front of Shi Muyuan.
"The divine doctor has already said so. Everyone, please come back tomorrow."
"It's easy for you to say. It's not you who has been queuing here for so long. Let me tell you, divine doctor, since you're leaving early today because of you two, and we can't see a doctor, then you have to compensate us with silver."
"That's right. You've made it impossible for us to see a doctor. You have to give us an explanation."
The surrounding was surrounded by common people, but San Qi just folded his arms and watched the show. He didn't mean to help.
His friend had died at the hands of this Empress Dowager. It was already not easy for him not to take advantage of this situation. Now, he just wanted to see if this Empress Dowager would start killing again in the face of so many common people.
Unexpectedly, Shi Muyuan didn't show any dissatisfaction.
Instead, she said to the common people, "Everyone, don't be in a hurry. I will definitely make up for the fact that you can't see a doctor today. Well, you go to see a doctor in the city, and then just charge the bill to the Shi family."
As soon as the words "Shi family" came out, everyone panicked and stepped back.
"Who on earth are you? How can you represent the Shi family?"
They remembered that the other young ladies of the Shi family never came to such places. So who was the person in front of them?
Shi Muyuan knew that she couldn't keep hiding it, so she took out her token directly.
The phoenix on the token represented a noble status. Everyone immediately understood and quickly knelt down to pay their respects.
"Greetings to the Empress Dowager. May the Empress Dowager live a long, long, long life."
"Rise. Everyone can do as I said. The Shi family won't deny the bill."
"The Empress Dowager is really considerate of the common people. It's our blessing to have you as the mistress of the harem."
Soon, with the help of the guards, the common people all left one by one.
Shi Muyuan turned around and looked at San Qi. "Divine doctor, you can come with us now, right?"
"Hehe, I really didn't expect the current Empress Dowager to have such a good side. But that still can't change the fact that you killed my friend back then."
Shi Muyuan opened her mouth, originally wanting to tell the truth, but she received a look from Cui Qizhou.
This was not a place to talk, and they didn't know if there were any scheming people eavesdropping.
So the three of them got on the carriages. However, Shi Muyuan specially arranged for the divine doctor to take a carriage alone, hoping that he could think about what happened back then.