Chapter 48: What to do if you can’t even wash rice?
“Your Majesty has been compelled?” Nan Mo Xie frowned.
Duan Bai Yue said, “Do you know what a Yue Ming Gu is?”
Nan Mo Xie nodded: “I saw it when I was young, but it was meaningless, so I didn’t keep it.”
“There is an old man in this palace.” Duan Bai Yue said, “He knows a lot of the old stories of the ChaoYa Clan, like he’s been there before.”
“Oh?” Nan Mo Xie said, “Then does he know about Fen Xing?”
Duan Bai Yue nodded and glanced at Chu Yuan before saying, ” Yue Ming Gu can cause Fen Xing to glow, and Fen Xing that glows can awaken the Blue Fire Fish in the sea, and by following the direction of the schools of Blue Fire Fish, you will be able to find the half of the treasure map that the ChaoYa Clan has been longing for.”
“Just for half of the treasure map?” Nan Moxie shook his head “It is also worth fighting to the death.”
“We’ll talk about this later, there’s no rush.” Duan Bai Yue said, “Since Master has seen Yue Ming Gu, I think you know how to force it out.”
“Yue Ming Gu is not as dangerous as the Golden Silkworm Thread, and will not harm anyone, not to mention you, even the herbalists in Xinan can easily take it out.” Nan Moxie said, “I’m old and blind, this kind of thing, or you have to do it yourself.”
Duan Bai Yue nodded, “Ok.”
Duan Yao was relieved, it turned out that he was only picking up a Gu, not cooking the purple toad to eat it.
After leaving the purple toad behind, Nan Moxie went outside with Duan Yao. Eunuch Si Xi was waiting in the courtyard and greeted them cheerfully, “Duan Xiao Wang, Senior Nan.” It turns out that Xinan Wang’s master is the day in the Yunshui City, Bai Lai Cai who rescues us, if so, that’s quite good, relatives on top of relatives.
“You’re going to use it, this,” Chu Yuan reached out and pointed to the table, “for what?”
“The Purple Toad is not an ordinary toad.” Duan Bai Yue opened the medicine box.
Chu Yuan said, “I don’t need you to say it, I can tell by looking at it.” Who can grow into such a color of an ordinary toad? It is purple and black with a slippery body, so it feels like I will break your hand if you let me touch it.
“I won’t let it touch you.” Duan Bai Yue said, “Just take some venom.”
Chu Yuan said, “Oh.”
“Gu worm is not an ordinary worm after all. After staying in the body for more than ten years, it will have some impact.” Duan Bai Yue said, “And the venom of the purple toad is used when taking Gu. Although the amount is very small, it is always poisonous. If you add it in pairs, you may have a fever and discomfort in the next few days. Just get through it.”
Chu Yuan nodded: “It’s okay.”
“I will always be with you.” Duan Bai Yue held his hand and kissed him on his lips, “Don’t be afraid.”
Chu Yuan looked at him and smiled.
Duan Bai Yue took out a silver needle, pinched the purple toad and poked it on its back, taking out some venom.
“Quack!” The purple toad was very dissatisfied, its four fat legs stretched out straight.
Unconsciously, Chu Yuan stepped back.
“It won’t hurt, it will only be a little numb.” Duan Bai Yue said, “At most one hour will be fine.”
Chu Yuan nodded, and after taking off his clothes, he lay down on the bed and looked at him sideways.
Duan Bai Yue sat on the edge of the bed and first lowered his head and kissed him on the forehead.
Chu Yuan dodged lazily and said, “A physician like you, outside I am afraid that you will be twisted to the government.”
Duan Bai Yue laughed, his right hand drew out a silver needle, and his left thumb gently pressed on the side of the hard bag on his back.
Chu Yuan closed his eyes.
Duan Bai Yue used the needle to take some of the purple toad’s venom and slowly stabbed it in along the skin.
It really doesn’t hurt, on the contrary, it is quite comfortable and cold. Just thinking about that big fat toad, Chu Yuan still involuntarily trembled a little.
“Huh?” Duan Bai Yue stopped the action in his hand.
“Nothing.” Chu Yuan’s chin rested on the back of his hand, “A little numb.”
Duan Bai Yue relaxed, and took another silver needle, gently rotating to tie it in.
Afraid that he would be in pain, Duan Bai Yue’s movements were always gentle and soft. In the courtyard, Duan Yao yawned profusely, wondering if something had happened and why it wasn’t over yet. But on second thought, it seems like it shouldn’t be – after all, if something had really happened, his brother should have rushed out in a blur of color, and he definitely shouldn’t have been so quiet.
Nan Mo Xie explained at the side: “When you are facing your beloved, you naturally have to be more careful.”
Duan Yao heard first nodded, thinking and sad, that why when he was accidentally compelled, master and brother look simply a little patience. They pressed their feet one by one and pierced the needle, except for the Gu worm three or two times, there was not even a step to the injury!
“Well, another teatime, pull out the silver needle.” Duan Bai Yue half-kneeled by the bedside, “Is it hard?”
Chu Yuan shook his head, “I don’t feel anything.”
“The venom of the purple toad has an anesthetic effect; it will be fine in a couple of days.” Duan Bai Yue said, “If it doesn’t hurt, it’s fine.”
Chu Yuan held his hand on the pillow, and after a while, he pulled it over a bit and put his chin on it.
Duan Bai Yue smiled and stayed quiet with him.
The time for burning incense quickly passed, and after taking out those silver needles, there were really seven or eight tiny silver-colored threads on the top, like hairs, extremely thin.
Chu Yuan turned his head away.
Duan Bai Yue took out a small white porcelain canister and sealed those compulsion worms strictly into it.
Chu Yuan frowned at the situation, “Not burn it?”
“The matter of the Chaoya clan has not yet been completely resolved, so let’s leave it for a few days.” Duan Bai Yue helped him up, “It is not too late to burn it later.”
Chu Yuan thought about it and nodded, “As you wish.”
“Tomorrow and the next two days, you are not allowed to go anywhere, even if there is something big, leave it to the rest of the people to deal with.” Duan Bai Yue puts on his undergarment for him, “Lie down and rest for two days.”
“I can’t feel anything in my waist, where else can I go?” Chu Yuan leaned on the bed and asked, “Earlier, you said that Tu Bujie can also make Fen Xing glow, so that means that he also has this Yue Ming Gu in his body?”
Duan Bai Yue nodded, “Nine times out of ten.”
“Is it possible for him to be from ChaoYa?” Chu Yuan asked, “Or he may have been there before.”
“Not very practical.” Duan Bai Yue said, “Elder Tu is a native of Chu, and is also from the same hometown as Brother Gu, his ancestry is from Jiangxi, and he was imprisoned in Xinan Wang’s Residence for more than a decade, so he doesn’t know how to swim hasn’t gone out on the sea, and even more unlikely to have gone to Chaoya.”
“Then there is only the last time, he went to kill for Xu Zhiqiu’s reward and had a short contact with the Chaoya clan.” Chu Yuan said, “Got compelled during the fight?”
Duan Bai Yue said, “It is possible.”
Chu Yuan still frowned.
Duan Bai Yue stretched out a finger and gently pressed his brow, helplessly saying, “You just took out the compulsion, you didn’t rest for a while.”
“It’s not like I’m sleepy.” Chu Yuan looked at him, “If this is true, then at least one thing can be explained, when the old men of the Chaoya Clan killed themselves in the beginning, they were not able to destroy all of the Yue Ming compulsion. Among those Chaoya people living in the palace, there is at least one person who still holds the Yue Ming compulsion in his hand, and that is why it was planted in Tu BuJie’s body, either intentionally or unintentionally, when he fought with him that day. And the rest of the people may know about this, or they may be completely kept in the dark.”
Duan Bai Yue said, “It’s common for them to fight with each other.”
“Has Tu Bujie come?” Chu Yuan asked.
Duan Bai Yue shook his head, “Still in the Wangcheng Inn, this will send someone back to pick up, and then see if he has Yue Ming compulsion in his body as you do.”
Chu Yuan nodded.
“I’m going to have Si Xi prepare some hot water to wipe your face and rinse your mouth.” Duan Bai Yue said, “Then sleep well, we’ll talk about it in the morning, huh?”
Chu Yuan said, “It’s still early.”
“Can’t even move, even if it’s early, if you don’t sleep, you don’t want to read the book.” Duan Bai Yue rubbed his head, turned around and left the door.
The three people in the courtyard brushed and pulled themselves to their feet in unison.
Duan Bai Yue: “……”
They are quite neat.
“How’s His Majesty doing?” Eunuch Si Xi asked.
Duan Bai Yue said, “No harm done, just caught some purple toad venom, numbness in the waist and legs, will be fine after a night’s rest.”
Eunuch Si Xi nodded repeatedly.
“Please prepare some hot water.” Duan Bai Yue said, “The hotter the better.”
Eunuch Si Xi hurriedly went out and ordered.
Duan Bai Yue returned the purple toad to Duan Yao and then said, “The next courtyard is empty, so go rest early.”
Nan Mo Xie looked at him with a rather meaningful look.
Duan Bai Yue calmly said, “If you don’t want to rest, then hurry up and go to the street, no one will stop you.”
Nan Mo Xie asked in a low voice, using the tone of a street hawker secretly peddling vigor pills, “Such a heavenly opportunity, do not say that you still want to let it down, Huanhuan compulsion?”
Duan Bai Yue turned around and went back to his room.
Nan Mo Xie’s gaze was keen, very much expecting his disciple to come back midway.
Duan Bai Yue closed the door with his backhand.
Nan Mo Xie: “……”
Regarding why he would teach such a righteous love saint, such questions even if he died seven or eight times, perhaps will not come up with a reasonable answer.
Eunuch Si Xi soon brought hot water, and Duan Bai Yue wrung out a towel, applied hot compresses to all the places where needles had been placed, and put on ointment before putting down his clothes.
“Your hands are all red.” Chu Yuan said.
“It’s only effective if it’s hot, lest it’ll be bruised and uncomfortable tomorrow.” Duan Bai Yue sat on the edge of the bed and said, “The skin is thick, it can’t be scalded.”
Chu Yuan held his hand and kissed it.
The corner of Duan Bai Yue’s mouth curved, “It’s worth it even if it’s scalded.”
“Tomorrow, Tao Taifu originally had something to say, if he saw me lying on the bed and couldn’t move, he was afraid that he would be shocked again.” Chu Yuan said, “There are still a lot of physicians traveling with us, think quickly, what excuse do we need to find to fool them?”
“There are a lot of strange diseases in this world, not to mention the Imperial Physician, even if it’s Lord Ye, may not be able to know all of them.” Duan Bai Yue, while waiting for him to rinse his mouth, said, “Just let Si Xi tell the rest of the people, just say that you approved the folders for one night, and the next morning you woke up with numbness in your waist and legs and a high fever that won’t go away, and see if he dares to use the late Emperor to pressure you from time to time in the future.”
Chu Yuan thought about it and approved, “Well, this excuse is good.”
“Since it’s good, is there a reward?” Duan Bai Yue asked.
“No.” Chu Yun pressed his finger against the tip of his nose, “Don’t allow you to come over.”
“Really, no?” Duan Bai Yue held his wrist and threatened, “Beware that this Border King will rebel against you.”
Chu Yuan laughed and dodged away, sending the person to wash his face and leaning on the bed to watch him.
After washing up with the remaining hot water, Duan Bai Yue laid down beside him and let him rest on his arm.
Chu Yuan asked, “Have Senior Nan and Yao-er rested?”
“Si Xi has already taken them to the small courtyard next door.” Duan Bai Yue said, “No need to worry.”
“Everyone will have breakfast together tomorrow morning?” Chu Yuan looked at him.
“Yes.” Duan Bai Yue agreed.
“Then what do Senior Nan and Yao-er like to eat?” Chu Yuan continued to ask.
Duan Bai Yue said, “Bugs.”
Chu Yuan punched him, “What bugs, speak properly!”
“So concerned about others, you did not even ask me what I like to eat.” Duan Bai Yue rolled over and pressed him down.
“Do you want me to ask?” Chu Yuan’s fingers wrapped around his hair: “Red Drunken Pork Feet, Eight Treasure Duck, Spareribs in Black Bean Sauce, Spicy and Sour Beef, Fish Soup in Casserole, Spicy and Sour Bean Curd, this is the only vegetarian dish that you love to eat.”
Duan Bai Yue’s heart heated up, “You ……”
“You, do you know what I love to eat?” Chu Yuan patted his chest
Duan Bai Yue thought about it and was weak and calm: “Green vegetables.”
Chu Yuan looked at him and smiled, “Green vegetables?”
“Am I wrong or not?” Duan Bai Yue coughed twice and held his hand, “Tomorrow, I will go to ask Si Xi what you like to eat, and then the same to go to the master to learn, hmm?”
Chu Yuan said, “It’s not business.”
“How can it be unprofessional?” Duan Bai Yue said, “Look, you don’t know how to cook, when you get old in the future, it can only be me holding the spoon and you washing the rice.”
Chu Yuan confessed, “I don’t know how to wash rice.”
Xinan Wang was very worried when he heard this, marrying a dumb wife, in the future, even eating rice will be a problem.
The two of them were still leaning against each other, talking to each other without a word, but later Chu Yuan slowly felt a little dizzy, so he closed his eyes and buried his face in his arms. Duan Bai Yue did not sleep much during the night, his hand was pressed against his forehead from time to time, and the temperature of his palm was getting hotter and hotter, although he knew that it was a normal reaction, and it was expected, but he was still worried. The next morning, he called Si Xi to prepare some ice cubes and thick hand towels.
Chu Yuan was wrapped in a blanket and coughed.
Duan Bai Yue wrapped the ice cubes in three or four layers and placed them on his forehead to help him cool down. Chu Yuan’s voice is a bit hoarse, and it looks like he is really the same as being cold.
After finishing his breakfast, Tao Rende went to the Royal Study Room in the palace to wait, ready to continue discussing political matters with the emperor. Who knows Eunuch Si Xi but hurriedly rushed to pass, said the emperor is sick, is lying in bed now.
“Sick again?” Tao Rende was worried, “Have you asked the physician to check?”
“Back to Lord Tao, already checked.” Eunuch Si Xi said, “The physician said that His Majesty has recently been too tired to worry about politics, and stayed up too late yesterday, which is why he couldn’t bear it, contracted wind-cold and numbness around his body, and will be fine if he sleeps for two more days after taking acupuncture and medication on a regular basis.”
“I don’t know if this official can go along with the eunuch to visit His Majesty?” Tao Rende was more worried, catching a cold is also on the way, how can you still be able to numb yourself?
“Naturally.” Eunuch Si Xi bowed, “Your Excellency, this way please.”
Inside the bedroom, Chu Yuan is eating the medicine sent by Duan Bai Yue one spoonful at a time. Because of the effect of the purple toad, he woke up this morning, his arm is also a little sore, not so much as to not be able to move, but dressing and washing up is also really expensive, so it is at ease to lie down and be served, to experience the feeling of a dim king is how it feels.
Duan Bai Yue said, “Is it bitter?”
Chu Yuan said, “Not bad.”
Duan Bai Yue asked, “Have some candy?”
Chu Yuan nodded: “Okay.”
Duan Bai Yue got up and went to the next door, and came back a few moments later, holding a small paper bag.
Chu Yuan was puzzled: “There are candies on the table.”
“These are the dumpling candies that I bought from Grandma Feng Gu when I went outside the city a few days ago.” Duan Bai Yue unwrapped a piece and fed it to him, “It’s said to be quite delicious.”
Chu Yuan used the tip of his tongue to sip it, “Hmm, not too sweet, with a sesame flavor.”
“Originally wanted to send all to the North Palace predecessor, although I do not know exactly what happened back then, but also can see, he should be like that Granny Feng Gu, this candy should be given to him.” Duan Bai Yue said, “Just think about it later, when I bought the candy, I said I was going to bring it home to coax my wife, how come I have to let you try it?”
Chu Yuan’s face stiffened.
Duan Bai Yue asked, “Is it sweet?”
Chu Yuan pulled his cheeks with both hands and twisted them vigorously.
Xinan Wang’s expression was suddenly distorted, and he raised his hands in agony and begged for forgiveness.
Why are you so cruel ……
Chapter 48: What to do if you can’t even wash rice?
“Your Majesty has been compelled?” Nan Mo Xie frowned.
Duan Bai Yue said, “Do you know what a Yue Ming Gu is?”
Nan Mo Xie nodded: “I saw it when I was young, but it was meaningless, so I didn’t keep it.”
“There is an old man in this palace.” Duan Bai Yue said, “He knows a lot of the old stories of the ChaoYa Clan, like he’s been there before.”
“Oh?” Nan Mo Xie said, “Then does he know about Fen Xing?”
Duan Bai Yue nodded and glanced at Chu Yuan before saying, ” Yue Ming Gu can cause Fen Xing to glow, and Fen Xing that glows can awaken the Blue Fire Fish in the sea, and by following the direction of the schools of Blue Fire Fish, you will be able to find the half of the treasure map that the ChaoYa Clan has been longing for.”
“Just for half of the treasure map?” Nan Moxie shook his head “It is also worth fighting to the death.”
“We’ll talk about this later, there’s no rush.” Duan Bai Yue said, “Since Master has seen Yue Ming Gu, I think you know how to force it out.”
“Yue Ming Gu is not as dangerous as the Golden Silkworm Thread, and will not harm anyone, not to mention you, even the herbalists in Xinan can easily take it out.” Nan Moxie said, “I’m old and blind, this kind of thing, or you have to do it yourself.”
Duan Bai Yue nodded, “Ok.”
Duan Yao was relieved, it turned out that he was only picking up a Gu, not cooking the purple toad to eat it.
After leaving the purple toad behind, Nan Moxie went outside with Duan Yao. Eunuch Si Xi was waiting in the courtyard and greeted them cheerfully, “Duan Xiao Wang, Senior Nan.” It turns out that Xinan Wang’s master is the day in the Yunshui City, Bai Lai Cai who rescues us, if so, that’s quite good, relatives on top of relatives.
“You’re going to use it, this,” Chu Yuan reached out and pointed to the table, “for what?”
“The Purple Toad is not an ordinary toad.” Duan Bai Yue opened the medicine box.
Chu Yuan said, “I don’t need you to say it, I can tell by looking at it.” Who can grow into such a color of an ordinary toad? It is purple and black with a slippery body, so it feels like I will break your hand if you let me touch it.
“I won’t let it touch you.” Duan Bai Yue said, “Just take some venom.”
Chu Yuan said, “Oh.”
“Gu worm is not an ordinary worm after all. After staying in the body for more than ten years, it will have some impact.” Duan Bai Yue said, “And the venom of the purple toad is used when taking Gu. Although the amount is very small, it is always poisonous. If you add it in pairs, you may have a fever and discomfort in the next few days. Just get through it.”
Chu Yuan nodded: “It’s okay.”
“I will always be with you.” Duan Bai Yue held his hand and kissed him on his lips, “Don’t be afraid.”
Chu Yuan looked at him and smiled.
Duan Bai Yue took out a silver needle, pinched the purple toad and poked it on its back, taking out some venom.
“Quack!” The purple toad was very dissatisfied, its four fat legs stretched out straight.
Unconsciously, Chu Yuan stepped back.
“It won’t hurt, it will only be a little numb.” Duan Bai Yue said, “At most one hour will be fine.”
Chu Yuan nodded, and after taking off his clothes, he lay down on the bed and looked at him sideways.
Duan Bai Yue sat on the edge of the bed and first lowered his head and kissed him on the forehead.
Chu Yuan dodged lazily and said, “A physician like you, outside I am afraid that you will be twisted to the government.”
Duan Bai Yue laughed, his right hand drew out a silver needle, and his left thumb gently pressed on the side of the hard bag on his back.
Chu Yuan closed his eyes.
Duan Bai Yue used the needle to take some of the purple toad’s venom and slowly stabbed it in along the skin.
It really doesn’t hurt, on the contrary, it is quite comfortable and cold. Just thinking about that big fat toad, Chu Yuan still involuntarily trembled a little.
“Huh?” Duan Bai Yue stopped the action in his hand.
“Nothing.” Chu Yuan’s chin rested on the back of his hand, “A little numb.”
Duan Bai Yue relaxed, and took another silver needle, gently rotating to tie it in.
Afraid that he would be in pain, Duan Bai Yue’s movements were always gentle and soft. In the courtyard, Duan Yao yawned profusely, wondering if something had happened and why it wasn’t over yet. But on second thought, it seems like it shouldn’t be – after all, if something had really happened, his brother should have rushed out in a blur of color, and he definitely shouldn’t have been so quiet.
Nan Mo Xie explained at the side: “When you are facing your beloved, you naturally have to be more careful.”
Duan Yao heard first nodded, thinking and sad, that why when he was accidentally compelled, master and brother look simply a little patience. They pressed their feet one by one and pierced the needle, except for the Gu worm three or two times, there was not even a step to the injury!
“Well, another teatime, pull out the silver needle.” Duan Bai Yue half-kneeled by the bedside, “Is it hard?”
Chu Yuan shook his head, “I don’t feel anything.”
“The venom of the purple toad has an anesthetic effect; it will be fine in a couple of days.” Duan Bai Yue said, “If it doesn’t hurt, it’s fine.”
Chu Yuan held his hand on the pillow, and after a while, he pulled it over a bit and put his chin on it.
Duan Bai Yue smiled and stayed quiet with him.
The time for burning incense quickly passed, and after taking out those silver needles, there were really seven or eight tiny silver-colored threads on the top, like hairs, extremely thin.
Chu Yuan turned his head away.
Duan Bai Yue took out a small white porcelain canister and sealed those compulsion worms strictly into it.
Chu Yuan frowned at the situation, “Not burn it?”
“The matter of the Chaoya clan has not yet been completely resolved, so let’s leave it for a few days.” Duan Bai Yue helped him up, “It is not too late to burn it later.”
Chu Yuan thought about it and nodded, “As you wish.”
“Tomorrow and the next two days, you are not allowed to go anywhere, even if there is something big, leave it to the rest of the people to deal with.” Duan Bai Yue puts on his undergarment for him, “Lie down and rest for two days.”
“I can’t feel anything in my waist, where else can I go?” Chu Yuan leaned on the bed and asked, “Earlier, you said that Tu Bujie can also make Fen Xing glow, so that means that he also has this Yue Ming Gu in his body?”
Duan Bai Yue nodded, “Nine times out of ten.”
“Is it possible for him to be from ChaoYa?” Chu Yuan asked, “Or he may have been there before.”
“Not very practical.” Duan Bai Yue said, “Elder Tu is a native of Chu, and is also from the same hometown as Brother Gu, his ancestry is from Jiangxi, and he was imprisoned in Xinan Wang’s Residence for more than a decade, so he doesn’t know how to swim hasn’t gone out on the sea, and even more unlikely to have gone to Chaoya.”
“Then there is only the last time, he went to kill for Xu Zhiqiu’s reward and had a short contact with the Chaoya clan.” Chu Yuan said, “Got compelled during the fight?”
Duan Bai Yue said, “It is possible.”
Chu Yuan still frowned.
Duan Bai Yue stretched out a finger and gently pressed his brow, helplessly saying, “You just took out the compulsion, you didn’t rest for a while.”
“It’s not like I’m sleepy.” Chu Yuan looked at him, “If this is true, then at least one thing can be explained, when the old men of the Chaoya Clan killed themselves in the beginning, they were not able to destroy all of the Yue Ming compulsion. Among those Chaoya people living in the palace, there is at least one person who still holds the Yue Ming compulsion in his hand, and that is why it was planted in Tu BuJie’s body, either intentionally or unintentionally, when he fought with him that day. And the rest of the people may know about this, or they may be completely kept in the dark.”
Duan Bai Yue said, “It’s common for them to fight with each other.”
“Has Tu Bujie come?” Chu Yuan asked.
Duan Bai Yue shook his head, “Still in the Wangcheng Inn, this will send someone back to pick up, and then see if he has Yue Ming compulsion in his body as you do.”
Chu Yuan nodded.
“I’m going to have Si Xi prepare some hot water to wipe your face and rinse your mouth.” Duan Bai Yue said, “Then sleep well, we’ll talk about it in the morning, huh?”
Chu Yuan said, “It’s still early.”
“Can’t even move, even if it’s early, if you don’t sleep, you don’t want to read the book.” Duan Bai Yue rubbed his head, turned around and left the door.
The three people in the courtyard brushed and pulled themselves to their feet in unison.
Duan Bai Yue: “……”
They are quite neat.
“How’s His Majesty doing?” Eunuch Si Xi asked.
Duan Bai Yue said, “No harm done, just caught some purple toad venom, numbness in the waist and legs, will be fine after a night’s rest.”
Eunuch Si Xi nodded repeatedly.
“Please prepare some hot water.” Duan Bai Yue said, “The hotter the better.”
Eunuch Si Xi hurriedly went out and ordered.
Duan Bai Yue returned the purple toad to Duan Yao and then said, “The next courtyard is empty, so go rest early.”
Nan Mo Xie looked at him with a rather meaningful look.
Duan Bai Yue calmly said, “If you don’t want to rest, then hurry up and go to the street, no one will stop you.”
Nan Mo Xie asked in a low voice, using the tone of a street hawker secretly peddling vigor pills, “Such a heavenly opportunity, do not say that you still want to let it down, Huanhuan compulsion?”
Duan Bai Yue turned around and went back to his room.
Nan Mo Xie’s gaze was keen, very much expecting his disciple to come back midway.
Duan Bai Yue closed the door with his backhand.
Nan Mo Xie: “……”
Regarding why he would teach such a righteous love saint, such questions even if he died seven or eight times, perhaps will not come up with a reasonable answer.
Eunuch Si Xi soon brought hot water, and Duan Bai Yue wrung out a towel, applied hot compresses to all the places where needles had been placed, and put on ointment before putting down his clothes.
“Your hands are all red.” Chu Yuan said.
“It’s only effective if it’s hot, lest it’ll be bruised and uncomfortable tomorrow.” Duan Bai Yue sat on the edge of the bed and said, “The skin is thick, it can’t be scalded.”
Chu Yuan held his hand and kissed it.
The corner of Duan Bai Yue’s mouth curved, “It’s worth it even if it’s scalded.”
“Tomorrow, Tao Taifu originally had something to say, if he saw me lying on the bed and couldn’t move, he was afraid that he would be shocked again.” Chu Yuan said, “There are still a lot of physicians traveling with us, think quickly, what excuse do we need to find to fool them?”
“There are a lot of strange diseases in this world, not to mention the Imperial Physician, even if it’s Lord Ye, may not be able to know all of them.” Duan Bai Yue, while waiting for him to rinse his mouth, said, “Just let Si Xi tell the rest of the people, just say that you approved the folders for one night, and the next morning you woke up with numbness in your waist and legs and a high fever that won’t go away, and see if he dares to use the late Emperor to pressure you from time to time in the future.”
Chu Yuan thought about it and approved, “Well, this excuse is good.”
“Since it’s good, is there a reward?” Duan Bai Yue asked.
“No.” Chu Yun pressed his finger against the tip of his nose, “Don’t allow you to come over.”
“Really, no?” Duan Bai Yue held his wrist and threatened, “Beware that this Border King will rebel against you.”
Chu Yuan laughed and dodged away, sending the person to wash his face and leaning on the bed to watch him.
After washing up with the remaining hot water, Duan Bai Yue laid down beside him and let him rest on his arm.
Chu Yuan asked, “Have Senior Nan and Yao-er rested?”
“Si Xi has already taken them to the small courtyard next door.” Duan Bai Yue said, “No need to worry.”
“Everyone will have breakfast together tomorrow morning?” Chu Yuan looked at him.
“Yes.” Duan Bai Yue agreed.
“Then what do Senior Nan and Yao-er like to eat?” Chu Yuan continued to ask.
Duan Bai Yue said, “Bugs.”
Chu Yuan punched him, “What bugs, speak properly!”
“So concerned about others, you did not even ask me what I like to eat.” Duan Bai Yue rolled over and pressed him down.
“Do you want me to ask?” Chu Yuan’s fingers wrapped around his hair: “Red Drunken Pork Feet, Eight Treasure Duck, Spareribs in Black Bean Sauce, Spicy and Sour Beef, Fish Soup in Casserole, Spicy and Sour Bean Curd, this is the only vegetarian dish that you love to eat.”
Duan Bai Yue’s heart heated up, “You ……”
“You, do you know what I love to eat?” Chu Yuan patted his chest
Duan Bai Yue thought about it and was weak and calm: “Green vegetables.”
Chu Yuan looked at him and smiled, “Green vegetables?”
“Am I wrong or not?” Duan Bai Yue coughed twice and held his hand, “Tomorrow, I will go to ask Si Xi what you like to eat, and then the same to go to the master to learn, hmm?”
Chu Yuan said, “It’s not business.”
“How can it be unprofessional?” Duan Bai Yue said, “Look, you don’t know how to cook, when you get old in the future, it can only be me holding the spoon and you washing the rice.”
Chu Yuan confessed, “I don’t know how to wash rice.”
Xinan Wang was very worried when he heard this, marrying a dumb wife, in the future, even eating rice will be a problem.
The two of them were still leaning against each other, talking to each other without a word, but later Chu Yuan slowly felt a little dizzy, so he closed his eyes and buried his face in his arms. Duan Bai Yue did not sleep much during the night, his hand was pressed against his forehead from time to time, and the temperature of his palm was getting hotter and hotter, although he knew that it was a normal reaction, and it was expected, but he was still worried. The next morning, he called Si Xi to prepare some ice cubes and thick hand towels.
Chu Yuan was wrapped in a blanket and coughed.
Duan Bai Yue wrapped the ice cubes in three or four layers and placed them on his forehead to help him cool down. Chu Yuan’s voice is a bit hoarse, and it looks like he is really the same as being cold.
After finishing his breakfast, Tao Rende went to the Royal Study Room in the palace to wait, ready to continue discussing political matters with the emperor. Who knows Eunuch Si Xi but hurriedly rushed to pass, said the emperor is sick, is lying in bed now.
“Sick again?” Tao Rende was worried, “Have you asked the physician to check?”
“Back to Lord Tao, already checked.” Eunuch Si Xi said, “The physician said that His Majesty has recently been too tired to worry about politics, and stayed up too late yesterday, which is why he couldn’t bear it, contracted wind-cold and numbness around his body, and will be fine if he sleeps for two more days after taking acupuncture and medication on a regular basis.”
“I don’t know if this official can go along with the eunuch to visit His Majesty?” Tao Rende was more worried, catching a cold is also on the way, how can you still be able to numb yourself?
“Naturally.” Eunuch Si Xi bowed, “Your Excellency, this way please.”
Inside the bedroom, Chu Yuan is eating the medicine sent by Duan Bai Yue one spoonful at a time. Because of the effect of the purple toad, he woke up this morning, his arm is also a little sore, not so much as to not be able to move, but dressing and washing up is also really expensive, so it is at ease to lie down and be served, to experience the feeling of a dim king is how it feels.
Duan Bai Yue said, “Is it bitter?”
Chu Yuan said, “Not bad.”
Duan Bai Yue asked, “Have some candy?”
Chu Yuan nodded: “Okay.”
Duan Bai Yue got up and went to the next door, and came back a few moments later, holding a small paper bag.
Chu Yuan was puzzled: “There are candies on the table.”
“These are the dumpling candies that I bought from Grandma Feng Gu when I went outside the city a few days ago.” Duan Bai Yue unwrapped a piece and fed it to him, “It’s said to be quite delicious.”
Chu Yuan used the tip of his tongue to sip it, “Hmm, not too sweet, with a sesame flavor.”
“Originally wanted to send all to the North Palace predecessor, although I do not know exactly what happened back then, but also can see, he should be like that Granny Feng Gu, this candy should be given to him.” Duan Bai Yue said, “Just think about it later, when I bought the candy, I said I was going to bring it home to coax my wife, how come I have to let you try it?”
Chu Yuan’s face stiffened.
Duan Bai Yue asked, “Is it sweet?”
Chu Yuan pulled his cheeks with both hands and twisted them vigorously.
Xinan Wang’s expression was suddenly distorted, and he raised his hands in agony and begged for forgiveness.
Why are you so cruel ……
