Denghuaxiao

Chapter 192 Getting better

 It was a cloudy afternoon with thick clouds.

 At the Taishi Mansion, under the rockery pavilion, there is a level pool with a light polished mirror.

In the pavilion, there were several people leaning on the benches near the railings. Qi Yutai was only wearing a middle coat and a thin silk robe on his back. He was taking the medicine bowl from the hand of the maid and drank it.

In just one month, Qi Yutai lost a lot of weight. His original clothes were empty and he looked very haggard. His whole face was pale, and his eyes were dull.

He took the medicine bowl and seemed to be suffocated by the bitterness of the medicine. His eyes like death beads moved with an unbearable expression. He hesitated for a long time and drank up the bowl of medicine by pushing and pushing.

 Putting down the bowl, Qi Huaying from the opposite side quickly handed him a bowl of silk candy. Qi Yutai hurriedly picked up a piece and threw it into his mouth. The sweetness melted away the bitterness. His brows were still frowning, but his face softened a lot.

“Brother, slow down,” Qi Huaying said, “Be careful of choking.”

 “It’s too bitter—” Qi Yutai complained.

“Good medicine tastes bitter,” Qi Huaying advised: “Brother Cui Yuanshi’s medicine only took a few days to take effect, so you can’t stop halfway.”

“I know,” Qi Yutai said irritably, “That **** Cui Min didn’t know if he made the medicine so bitter on purpose!”

Qi Huaying looked at him and shook his head.

 Qi Yutai is fine.

At first, I just stopped hitting people randomly, but I would still hide on the bed and whisper, and others would get palpitations when they came in. But a few days ago, Cui Min, the medical director of the hospital, gave him a new prescription. Gradually, the symptoms of forgetfulness and lying were alleviated, and his waking hours became longer and longer. Until one day, Qi Yutai stayed in bed early in the morning and finally recognized everything. People no longer get sick throughout the day.

These days lasted for three to five days, and everyone in the Taishi Mansion breathed a sigh of relief.

Mr. Qi seems to be getting better.

"He is the envoy of the Medical Academy. What good does it do him to offend you?" Qi Huaying also picked up a piece of silk candy and put it in his mouth. "My brother is awake, but he didn't see you in those days when your accident happened." The people in the government were frightened.”

Thinking of Qi Yutai's illness, Qi Huaying was still frightened.

Five years ago, when Qi Yutai fell ill, she was young. Qi Qing was afraid of frightening her and prevented her from entering Qi Yutai's house. She did not see it with her own eyes and only heard Qi Yutai's shouts.

However, this time she saw Qi Yutai going crazy with her own eyes. When Qi Yutai smashed the maidservant with a vase to death, she just walked outside the door and happened to bump into that scene...

Qi Huaying shuddered, and suddenly looked at Qi Yutai with a hint of fear.

Qi Yutai didn't notice Qi Huaying's strange behavior, and just said suspiciously: "You are serious, really? Sister, you are not deliberately tricking me to prevent me from going to Fengle Tower."

 “Brother is talking nonsense again.”

Qi Yutai sighed: "Even if you don't tell me, I will never go to that building again in the future."

He looked around, leaned in and whispered: "There is a problem in that building."

Qi Huaying frowned: "Brother, did you say you saw the **** painting again?"

As soon as these words came out, there was an inexplicable silence. Qi Yutai felt a layer of goose bumps all over his body, and he couldn't help but tighten the clothes he was wearing.

 “It’s true…” he murmured.

After he recovered from his illness and regained his consciousness, he no longer remembered anything that happened since the onset of the illness. The last scene in his memory was the sudden fire in Fengle Building, and he saw a strange silk painting on the wall, with people and birds facing him. Bleeding from the seven orifices.

 After waking up, he told Qi Qing about the matter.

However, the fire broke out from the attic, and everything in the "Jingzhe" room was reduced to ashes. Those who visited said that they found no traces of silk paintings. The person in the painting was bleeding from all his orifices, which sounds more like a hallucination he had after taking the powder.

 But Qi Yutai always felt that it was not the case.

However, there was no evidence, and it was true that he had taken the medicine at that time. Qi Qing asked several times, and even he doubted whether what he saw was an hallucination.

"Even if the thrush picture I saw is fake," Qi Yutai said unconvinced, "at least the unscrupulous **** I met in the 'Jingzhe' room is real."

“If it hadn’t been for that bastard, maybe there wouldn’t have been a fire at all.”

The more Qi Yutai talked, the angrier he became, "Now that I have suffered so much here, that **** still can't be found. How can it be so? Did dad send someone to look for him? When I find that bastard, I have to pull it out with my own hands. Pi, throw him into the fire and burn him alive into a pile of ashes!"

 Qi Huaying frowned.

She said: "Brother, please stop saying a few words. You are in good health now, but you still need to recuperate for a few more days. It's this time again..."

The fire at Fengle Building in Qi Yutai was now known to the whole court. Although the incident of Han Shi San was covered up by Qi Qing, it was obvious to everyone in Rouge Alley that day that Qi Yutai looked frightened and crazy.

 Rumors spread quickly.

 The Qi family's reputation for integrity has been ruined for many years, and even she will be affected...

Qi Huaying lowered her eyebrows and spoke a little calmly.

“Brother, it’s better to take good care of yourself these days.”

 …

 In the flower garden not far from the pavilion, Qi Qing stood with his hands behind his back.

 There were many birds in this garden.

It was only later that the Taishi Mansion expelled all the birds, not even a birdcage was left. The flowers in the flowerbed were dense and blooming, but because there were no birds singing, it seemed a bit deserted.

Qi Qing looked at the two brothers and sisters in the pavilion from a distance. He looked at them for a while, then looked away and sighed: "Yutai has not had any symptoms for three days."

Hearing the words, the person beside him respectfully replied: "Master Qi is suffering from fright and stagnation. He has taken medicine this time to relieve the stagnation and relieve the fire. Therefore, all the symptoms are gone. As long as you continue to take pills and take care of the aftermath, you will be cured soon."

Hearing this, Qi Qing turned around, looked at the person in front of him, and spoke slowly.

“This time, I would like to thank Ambassador Cui for working hard for my son.”

Cui Minlian claimed that he did not dare.

 In recent days, Qi Yutai has been administering acupuncture for Qi Yutai Pharmaceuticals. Qi Yutai has lost weight due to illness, and Cui Min is also very haggard. He originally looked as graceful as a civil servant and a hermit, but now, after only a few days, his temples have turned gray, his complexion is dull, and he no longer has the charm of the past, but looks embarrassed.

Qi Qing smiled lightly: "The envoy doesn't have to be humble."

"Heart disease is difficult to treat. Cui Yuanshi was able to prepare a new prescription in just a few days, and the effect was very fast. This medical skill is unparalleled in the Liang Dynasty."

This compliment made Cui Min's face stiffen slightly.

 He looked at Cui Min with a kind smile on his lips.

"I knew that in the whole of Shengjing, my son's disease could only be cured by the hospital envoy."

Cui Min bent down and said gratefully: "Thank you, Sir, for your trust."

"My son's illness cannot be cured except by the hands of the hospital envoys. I am really grateful for the hospital envoys who have devoted all their efforts to Yutai."

He smiled and said: "The envoy has worked a lot these days. Since the jade platform has improved, the envoy will go back early to rest for a few days. In a few days, I will ask someone to give a thank you gift."

Cui Min continued to say that he didn't dare. After saying a few words, he handed over his hands and left.

After he left, the housekeeper came forward from a distance, looked at Cui Min's back, and said, "Mr. Cui's medical skills are indeed worthy of the title of Medical Officer." After a pause, he spoke again, "It's a pity. Born in the marketplace…”

Qi Qing said calmly: "Officials are not always noble, and people are never always humble. If you are capable, you will promote them, if you are not, then demote them."

“It doesn’t matter whether he is a mediocre person or not. As long as he is truly talented and learned, it will be useful in Yutai.”

"yes."

Qi Qing turned around and glanced at Qi Yutai, who was talking to Qi Huaying in the pavilion. After Qi Yutai recovered from his illness, he probably had not recovered his strength yet. He was not as impatient as before and was much calmer.

 “Have the people sent to Fengle Tower gained anything?” he asked.

 The steward shook his head.

“Sir, didn’t you say that the thrush thing can’t be done seriously?”

After Qi Yutai recovered from a serious illness, he once said that he had seen a painting with a thrush and bleeding.

This is certainly not convincing.

He took the powder on his back that day. People who took the medicine would briefly experience hallucinations. In addition, the sudden fire reminded Qi Yutai of the fire in the Yang family in Mangming Township, and it was indeed possible that his consciousness would be confused.

"The Thrush incident is false, and the fire in the building may not be accidental." Qi Qing said.

 After Qi Yutai regained consciousness, he said that he had an argument with someone in the building and accidentally knocked over the candlestick and caught fire. However, he did not see this person afterwards, and no one around him saw him. Even the two singers who he said were playing the piano in the house could not find this person. The singing singer is fake, the quarrel with others is fake, and the bleeding thrush picture is fake.

Everything is like a fire accidentally caused by Qi Yutai who accidentally took an overdose of Hanshi Powder and knocked over the lamp while he was in a daze.

The fire just happened to burn the pavilion to ashes, and it happened to destroy all the evidence together, without leaking even a trace.

Everything looks so perfect that it makes people suspicious.

 The old man put his hands behind his hands and looked at the colorful flowerbed in front of him, with a hint of chill in his eyes.

The housekeeper thought for a while: "But, sir, now that the young master's illness is getting better, can he go out?"

Since Qi Yutai's accident, Qi Qing claimed that he was ill and could not go to court, and rumors were flying everywhere - no matter how powerful the Qi family was, they could not silence all the people on the streets of Shengjing.

The third prince Yuan Yao and his faction were eager to seize this opportunity to add insult to injury.

Everyone suspected that the eldest son of the Qi family was now crazy and crazy. Only when Qi Yutai appeared in person in front of everyone, the rumors could be solved.

It has been more than a month, and it would be unreasonable to use the excuse of being frightened by the fire in Qiyutai to stay behind closed doors. Now that things have been the same as before, it is time to break the rumors.

 “Let him take the medicine for another two days.”

Qi Qing said calmly: "If nothing happens, I will go back to Si Li's Mansion in two days."

 …

 The night breeze is slightly cool.

 In the Commander's Mansion in the Jingying Hall, under the wooden windows with green lanterns, the long table was piled with official documents.

The young man was sitting at the table, holding a black silver ring on his fingertips, staring at the ring without saying a word.

Xiao Zhufeng looked at him opposite: "I've been watching it all night. Do you see any difference?"

Pei Yunying was speechless.

"Isn't it just a matter of losing the reputation of my fiancé?" Xiao Zhufeng sneered, "Why bother showing such a cold face to everyone in the palace?"

Pei Yunying frowned slightly: "Can you be quiet?"

 Xiao Zhufeng shrugged.

During the day, Duan Xiaoyan went back to the Palace Commander's Mansion to talk to Pei Yunying before going to the palace for his shift. Xiao Zhufeng happened to pass by the door, so he overheard a secret.

Lu Zhen's elusive, identity is a mystery, noble and unique fiancé, and he was found in the medical officer's courtyard. He turned out to be Ji Xun, the son of the Master of Ji University.

 Xiao Zhufeng seems to have some enlightenment.

No wonder Lu Xijie was sitting well in the gym, but suddenly he took the spring exam and entered the medical hospital. Revenge against the Qi family was one of the reasons, and probably also to get close to Ji Xun.

She carefully collected Ji Xun’s white jade, and soon after repairing it, she hung it on Ji Xun’s waist, which meant that the two of them understood each other’s past relationship.

only…

Pei Yunyinghua’s white jade that was repaired with a lot of money was hung on another man’s body...

If it were anyone else, I would probably feel uncomfortable at this moment.

 Xiao Zhufeng shook his head, lowered his head and continued to read the military register.

Pei Yunying lowered his eyes and looked at the ring, his handsome face as if covered with frost.

Lu Zong was in a hurry during the day and was so busy going to the medical store that he didn't have time to explain all the problems.

“Medical Officer Ji and I used to know each other in southern Jiangsu, and we had a relationship at that time.”

 At that time, Lu Zhuo said this.

How could Ji Xun, a native of Shengjing, know each other in Sunan and Lu? What is the origin of this origin? When did Ji Xun know her earlier than him? Why are his rings and Ji Xun's white jade placed together? The Liang Dynasty was so big, so why were there so many people related to her.

Who is the fiancé Lu Zong said?

He recalled that when Bai Ri and Duan Xiaoyan went to the medical hospital pharmacy, Ji Xun was sitting in the room, and the atmosphere between the two was strange. Speaking of which, Lu Xun seemed to be different from usual every time she faced Ji Xun. Just like the last time she was scolded by Ji Xun at the entrance of the Medical Officer's Hospital, she, who had always been sharp-tongued, was scolded into silence and her mood was unusually low.

Pei Yunying looked cold, picked up the tea cup on the table and took a sip, then frowned: "Why is it so bitter?"

Xiao Zhufeng looked at him in confusion: "Have you lost your sense of taste? This is sweet water."

Because Pei Yunying has a strange taste recently, the bitter tea in Dian Shuai Mansion has been gradually replaced by various cooked water and clear dew, and honey is added to make it clear and sweet. He actually said it is bitter?

 Either the brain is broken or the tongue is broken.

The young man had no expression on his face. He put the tea cup on the table and stood up suddenly.

"what are you doing?"

"It's too stuffy in the house, let's go out for a walk." Pei Yunying said, putting the silver ring back into his arms, then raised his head, and Qing Feng opened the door and came in.

“Sir, a message has been sent from the Privy Council, and Lord Yan asked you to go there.”

Pei Yunying frowned as soon as his steps stopped.

 After a moment, he said nothing and picked up the silver knife on the table: "Forget it, let's go."

 …

 The night is cloudless and the moon is as white as frost.

Lin Danqing returned to the hospital from a medical consultation. As soon as he entered the room, he saw a food basket with snacks on the table.

 “Huh? Did you leave it for me?”

 Lu Zhen nodded.

"You're so kind." She sat down at the table, wiped her hands, picked up a piece and stuffed it into her mouth. She chewed a few times and her eyes lit up. "It's so delicious. It's better than when I was with you in Guanxiang a few days ago." The one I bought is much better! Sister Lu, where did you buy it?”

 “I don’t know.” Lu Yan said, “It was a gift from a friend.”

"Your friend is very good at giving." Lin Danqing praised, "Let him give more next time. If you don't give it in vain, I will pay you money."

 Lu Zong smiled.

There was still the magpie food basket on the table. Lu Zhu held his chin in one hand and slowly flipped through the medical books in front of him, looking absent-minded.

Pei Yunying and Duan Xiaoyan came over during the day and bumped into Ji Xun. This book was nothing, but it made them see the white jade tied around Ji Xun's waist.

With Pei Yunying's keenness, he would probably be able to guess the past relationship between her and Ji Xun very quickly.

 In fact, what is her relationship with Ji Xun, what is her origin, and what does she have to do with him. But for some reason, Lu Chen always felt a little guilty. He didn't feel it when he was busy, but he always thought of it when he was free at night.

Perhaps it’s because Pei Yunying silver was used to repair the white jade.

It always feels inappropriate to use other people's money as a favor.

With this thought in her mind, she reached out to turn the page and heard Lin Danqing, who was sitting at the table, drinking tea and saying: "Speaking of which, when I passed by the courtyard house tonight, I saw that the lights were not on."

Lu Zong paused while turning the pages of the book.

Some time ago, Cui Min stayed in the medical hospital until late at night every day, uncharacteristically, and sometimes the lights in the medicine room were left on all night. Everyone speculated that Cui Min was so busy because the eldest son of the Qi family was not in good condition.

 Unexpectedly, today is different.

"The hospital envoy didn't come to the hospital tonight. Is it because Qi Yutai has recovered?" Lin Danqing asked.

 “Maybe,” Lu Yan said, “It’s been so long.”

Lin Danqing nodded: "Yes."

She finished the last piece of jasmine cake, patted the crumbs on her hands, got up to wash up, and said: "There hasn't been any movement in the house these days. It's really strange. The rat poison has been put away. At least give me a look." Corpse, it’s so calm that all the mice in the Medical Office have turned into spirits. Have you learned how to prepare the antidote yourself?”

These words were teasing, and Lu Chen was also amused by her.

"How could it be?" She closed the page of the book. "Since you have taken the medicine, you might as well wait patiently."

　　"Sooner or later... you'll have a stomachache."

 (End of this chapter)