"What did you say, Your Highness?"
Chi Hanqing asked in surprise.
"He's just a kid. He's sick. Do you have any clues?"
Han Dongwen asked with some annoyance: "It's like people say that they are possessed by evil spirits. They don't respond no matter what. I really don't know what's going on!"
Chi Hanqing looked at Han Dongwen hesitantly, and seeing that his expression didn't look like he was joking, he asked tentatively: "Why did these children come to the palace? Where...are they now?"
Han Dongwen shook his head: "Not in the palace, but outside."
If he was not in the palace, how did His Highness know?
Why did Your Highness suddenly become concerned about the children who didn't know where they were?
"The symptoms His Highness mentioned..."
Chi Hanqing thought for a moment, her eyes drooped slightly, and her fingers were hidden in her sleeves as she wrote lightly and quickly in memory. After a while, she raised her head and looked at Han Dongwen:
"There are two diseases that match His Highness's description."
"Come on." Han Dongwen waved.
Chi Hanqing nodded: "The first disease is a maternal disease that has existed among the people. It is caused by pregnant women who accidentally drank the root juice of orchid rose. This water can concentrate the spiritual energy in the body, and those with spiritual roots After pregnant women drink it by mistake, orchid rose not only affects the mother, but also affects the fetus, causing the fetus to be stupid after birth and unresponsive to external stimulation."
Han Dongwen listened carefully, thought for a while and asked: "Then according to what you said, the fetus born after drinking this water will grow up to be a fool and a wooden person?"
Chi Hanqing nodded.
Han Dongwen thought for a moment and shook his head: "No, the kind of person you are talking about is a wooden person from birth. He grew up from a small tree to a big tree. This... this one should have suddenly turned into a wooden person."
"Suddenly?"
Chi Hanqing nodded thoughtfully: "Then, it should be the second situation, they..."
Before she finished speaking, a nervous gleam suddenly flashed in her eyes. She quickly closed her mouth and took a step towards Han Dongwen.
"What's wrong?" Han Dongwen asked in a low voice.
Chi Hanqing put a finger in front of his lips and glanced towards the door of the dormitory.
Is she signaling someone?
who?
"No outsiders will come here. Are you worrying too much?"
Han Dongwen looked outside the dormitory with some surprise: "There are Xiubu guards on duty around the dormitory. Li Zai should be on duty tonight. There should be no chance of anyone breaking in."
"Your Highness, Hanqing smells a medicinal smell."
Chi Hanqing hesitated for a moment, but said firmly: "I don't know what spiritual power feels like, but the smell of medicine is definitely unmistakable."
"What kind of medicine is that?" Han Dongwen asked curiously.
Chi Hanqing closed her eyes, her rosy nose twitched slightly, opened her eyes and judged:
"It's Zhurong root, Taisui grass and smoked crow's beak. These three flavors combined are the unique rejuvenating elixir of Qiushui Villa. There is no better medicine than this for healing wounds and healing spiritual roots."
Han Dongwen's nervous expression finally relaxed and he said with a smile:
"That's it. Have you forgotten that Li Zai was previously sentenced to a heavy sentence for dereliction of duty due to the Bronze Bird Seal. Even if he has been cultivating until now, he still needs to take medicine. Is it normal?"
Chi Hanqing frowned: "Although it is still within the theoretical maximum recovery period, unless Li Zai is extremely weak, the recovery time will be much faster than this period."
"Li Zai, you still don't know that if you can exert two points of effort, you will never spend three points of effort."
Han Dongwen shrugged his shoulders, but he also remembered what Chi Hanqing said.
"Since it is Li Zai and not someone else, then you go on to say that the second one is..."
Before Han Dongwen finished speaking, suddenly, there were two gentle knocks from the door of the dormitory.
Then, there was the voice of the palace maid guarding the door.
"Your Highness, Sir Xibu Buwei is asking for an audience."
Lu Sisi was on duty tonight. Chi Hanqing, who was in the dormitory, heard her voice and couldn't help but worry about her little confidant standing next to Li Zai.
She looked at Han Dongwen and saw him nodding his head and pointing in the direction of the dragon bed.
The idea was to let her stay there so that Li Zai would not easily feel that anything was wrong.
She quickly walked towards the dragon bed in small steps. She heard Han Dongwen clear his throat and say from behind:
"Come in!"
The sound of the heavy wooden door opening and closing sounded, and Han Dongwen also walked out of the dragon bed's bedroom, passed through the curtain screen, and came to the main hall.
Waiting there was indeed Li Zai.
"Li Zai, Lieutenant of the Department of Retirement, comes to see His Highness."
Li Zai cupped his hands and lowered his head: "I am visiting His Highness late at night. Is there...what is Your Highness hearing?"
Han Dongwen was caught sniffling by Li Zai, and he could only cough twice to cover up his embarrassment:
"Ahem, the air is too dry, it makes breathing a little itchy."
Good guy, after Han Dongwen had such a close and in-depth experience just now, he could barely smell a faint, almost indistinguishable smell of medicine.
How did Chi Hanqing smell it from so far away, even through the door of the dormitory?
What she smelled was not just the smell of medicine, she could also smell the different medicines!
Is this the so-called specialization in the arts?
So what is King Wen's specialization? Know a woman by smell?
"This is not important. What do you want to do when you come here in the middle of the night?"
Han Dongwen sat down with a straight face, crossed his legs and asked Li Zai in front of him.
Li Zai smiled: "It's nothing too special. I'm just here to report to His Highness the progress of today's operation of the Ashes Choir in the Principality of West Asia in the name of the Chief of National Defense Forces."
"Tell me about it." Han Dongwen nodded.
"Yes, your highness, the West Asia Ashes Choir is here to bring back the undercover agents arranged by the former Archbishop Gascón in Simeng. In order to ensure that they do not do anything other than what was agreed upon, under the orders of the Tantai Restoration Directorate, The Lieutenant of the Injury Department of the National Army Department has already placed supervision."
"A few days ago, the Ashes Choir has brought back a total of eighteen undercover candidates from the sect and the three divisions in five states from the north of Simeng. They are all from Simeng who were adopted by the Catholic Church led by Gascón in West Asia. The war orphans have not been found to have done anything unusual."
Li Zai reported this.
Han Dongwen nodded: "How to deal with those people?"
"Your Highness, these arrested undercover agents are currently being held in the three local divisions. However, according to the previous agreement between the Principality of West Asia and us, these undercover agents will be sent back to the Catholic Church for trial after they are captured together."
"Okay, I know."
After Han Dongwen finished speaking, there was a subtle silence between the two people for a moment.
"If it's all about these things, I'm afraid we can talk about it tomorrow, right?"
Han Dongwen stood up and gestured to Li Zai with his eyes in the direction of his dragon bed: "Concubine Chi is still waiting inside. Do you want me to neglect the concubine?"
"I don't dare."
Li Zai immediately shook his head with a wry smile on his face:
"Also, the Chief Secretary wants me to come and report the inappropriate behavior of the Taishu Pavilion Supervisor when he went to Haizhou today."
(End of chapter)
