Kingfisher shook his head: "Just now, I was fanning the little master by the bedside, and the Lord came in. He didn't say anything to the slave, and just ordered the slave to go out and wait. The slave wanted to follow him into the clean room, but he was afraid... this I got the clothes from Grandma Tao San, they said they were just made, washed, and not worn yet."
Lin Rong nodded: "You go to bed. I'll take a quick shower and then rest. The city gates are closed. Let's leave early tomorrow morning."
Kingfisher nodded hesitantly and retreated, but his heart was pounding: Can he still go? Are you willing? Luoyang is so far away from this village. After coming all the way here, will the county owner be asked to stay here and go back to that medical clinic?
Lin Rong took a shower, changed his clothes, and sat inside for a while. He waited until there was no sound outside, then stood up. I just felt dizzy. After sitting for a long time, my eyesight became dark. I opened the curtain, but after taking only three or five steps, I fell forward.
Lu Shen didn't know how long he had been waiting at the door curtain. He immediately supported him, picked him up by the waist, and put him on the bed. Seeing that her little face was pale and pale, with only unusually red lips, he reached out to touch her forehead: "What's wrong? What's wrong? When did you get this symptom?"
Lin Rong pushed him away and pointed to the medicine box on the Ruyi round table beside him. Lu Shen hurriedly took it and said, "What do you want? Doctors don't heal themselves. I'll ask for a doctor."
There was a small red-glazed porcelain bottle inside. Lin Rong uncorked the bottle and took two pills with water. The smell of the scent of patchouli suddenly filled her nostrils, and she felt better.
Ah Zhao was sleeping beside her, soundly asleep, and did not wake her up. However, the heat was too strong, and a thin layer of sweat broke out on her forehead.
Lin Rong turned her body and lay on her side, picked up the silk ivory-handled round fan next to her, and slowly fanned her. Not sure what she was dreaming about, she suddenly laughed and muttered in her sleep.
The words in his sleep were unclear and could not be heard clearly. He suddenly stopped and called out "Mother". Lin Rong suddenly felt very sad, stopped fanning, lowered his head and remained silent.
She turned her head to look at Lu Shen and said solemnly: "I don't intend to go back to Luoyang with you, and I don't intend to be your concubine or Azhao's mother. I don't want to look at your face or endure your unpredictable temper. , endure the self-righteous love you impose on me. If you insist on forcing me, then you can only take a corpse back to Luoyang. Of course, you don’t have to believe it, but a person who has no desires and no demands has nothing I can stop her."
Lu Shen pursed his lips, gritted his teeth and endured it, then hummed for a long time: "Cui Shiyi, you think too highly of yourself. You are just a woman with only two looks. You have been living outside for many years and have no virginity. Even considering that you are Ah Zhao's biological mother, I will definitely not take you into the palace. Following the etiquette and mourning for three years, it has nothing to do with you."
Lin Rong said lightly: "That's naturally the best."
Lu Shen continued: "Women from famous families have already been waiting for selection in the palace."
Lin Rong still said calmly: "That's good!" Then he lowered the curtain and said: "You go out, Azhao and I are going to sleep."
Lu Shen was furious and sat in front of the tent for a while. Seeing that no one paid any attention to him, he had no choice but to step outside and stand at the foot of the steps for a long time before slowly walking away. Marquis Shen Yan made a report there, holding a roster in his hand: "Master, we have checked clearly. What is said in the memorial is indeed true."
Chapter 92
Lu Shen stood there and asked, "Have Guo Huaizhong and his party arrived in Jiangzhou?"
Shen Yan replied: "Master Guo stopped at the ferry last night and entered the city incognito early this morning."
Lu Shen nodded: "Well, don't alarm me yet, just ask him to do it."
Shen Yan responded and was about to leave when he heard Lu Shen's instructions: "Xuantai Hospital is coming. Also, bring some ice and be gentle."
King Huizhi of the Taiyuan Hospital, who was in his fifties and already in his late twenties, followed Lu Shen south this time. In the past few days, because of the illness of the little princess, he had not rested day and night. Only tonight was he able to go back to the small courtyard and change his clothes. He just went to bed. As soon as I got off, I heard Commander Lu calling from outside: "Physician Wang, Your Majesty has called for you."
Wang Huizhi immediately stood up, bowed and asked: "But the little princess's condition has recurred again? I have also read the prescription prescribed by the doctor invited from outside today, and there is nothing inappropriate about it."
Shen Yan shook his head and stretched out his hand: "Please!"
Lu Shen gave the order, and after a while, someone gently brought ice cubes to relieve the heat. They did not dare to get too close. They only ordered a few maids to wave the fans gently in the bronze statue in the outer corner. The cool air slowly fanned into the room.
He sat outside with tea, pondering for a long time. After a while, he saw a dim little lamp lighting up through the window screen. Then he stood up and walked in softly.
After the rain, the sunny-colored soft tent hangs down layer by layer, and when the fan is caressed, it ripples like ripples in the lake. The woman is sitting in the tent, with her hair covered with green hair scattered on her shoulders, leaving only a graceful figure, as if across the river south. Misty rain.
Lu Shen stretched out his hand to open a corner and saw Lin Rong sitting on the bed, fanning himself with one hand and holding Azhao's former pulse record in the other. He looked at it carefully. When he saw him coming, he just glanced at him and said nothing.
Lu Shen suddenly remembered that in the past, whether in Xuanzhou or Yongzhou, as long as he did not provoke her, she would treat him as if she were nothing, and she would always treat him with favor or cold treatment, which was quite a bit. The meaning of not being happy with things and not being sad with oneself is nothing more than Wuxin. Because she had no intention, she didn’t want to have sex with her, and because she had no intention, she didn’t want to give birth to A-Zhao. Even if she was born, she would abandon her and never look back. I'm afraid that when she was in the palace, wearing a green robe to observe mourning, she was laughing at herself: self-righteous!
He suddenly wanted to question her, but a man couldn't ask about all the secrets here!
Lu Shen stood there, feeling uneasy, and blurted out these words: "You don't want to be Azhao's mother, so why do you pretend to be worried about her? What's more, your medical skills may not be as good as those in the palace. Is Taiyi good?"
Lin Rong then raised his head and looked at him: "You are right. It's just that I didn't worry about anyone. I just thought that the imperial doctors in the palace had exquisite medical skills. If I learn a little bit of these prescriptions, it would be enough to survive in this countryside." The place is established.”
As she spoke, her eyes wandered around, looking at Lu Shen's slightly blue face: "Azhao's illness is not serious, I just persuade her to take medicine. I also checked her pulse for asthma, and it turned out to be just a minor illness. The disease recurs year after year just because you see that she is almost healed, so you don't ask her to take medicine. In fact, if you follow the prescription prescribed by the imperial doctor and take care of it slowly, the root cause can be removed."
When she was talking about Azhao, she had an imperceptible smile on her face, and her eyes were covered with a layer of real sorrow. She paused as she said, "I have something to do tomorrow, so I'll go there early in the morning." Come on, take good care of Azhao."
In this case, Lu Shen had already thought about it before coming. This was expected, but when he heard it at this moment, most of his anger dissipated, and sadness lingered in his heart. He stood there for a long time, but in the end he was speechless. He couldn't say anything bad, let alone no. Come up with a good word.
Suddenly, Wang Huizhi, the head of the imperial hospital outside the hospital, asked to see him: "Your Majesty, is the princess' condition recurring?"
Lin Rong heard this and looked at his sleeping daughter. He thought about it for a moment and understood. He gently lifted the curtain with a fan and said, "Tell him to go back. It's just that the heat is too strong. I don't need to prescribe medicine."
Lu Shen lowered his eyes, as if he was holding on with strength: "He is here to restore Azhao's pulse." The implication is, what does it have to do with you?
He coughed and cleared his throat: "Since Cui Shiniang is dead, the only one who lives is Lin Rong. Dr. Lin is a self-proclaimed doctor with a well-known medical reputation. This time, in front of a foreign man like me, he took off his shirt and lay down on the tent. What's the point? And what identity do you have to say what you just said to me?"
Lin Rong was silent and nodded: "You are right. I didn't think well when I saw Azhao."
After saying that, he slowly took out a loose strand of black hair from under Azhao's arm, stood up and put on his shoes, then bowed to Lu Shen and saluted: "A civilian girl, please retire!"
Wang Huizhi was bowing at the door. He saw that it was quiet inside, with the occasional voice of His Majesty speaking. However, he suddenly saw a woman pushing open the door and touching the tent and coming out. He was shocked. Although he didn't know the identity of the woman, she came out of His Majesty's room in the middle of the night. He instinctively felt that it was not easy, so he immediately took three steps back and left.
I don’t know how long I stood at the door, and my legs became stiff. I seemed to hear a few roosters crowing in the morning light, and asked again tentatively: "Your Majesty?"
Only then did I hear Lu Shenhan's ice-like voice: "Back off!"
Here, Lin Rong walked out of the courtyard gate and went to the lower verandah where Kingfisher lived. Where could King King sleep? Lin Rong immediately sat up as soon as he pushed the door open: "County Master? Why don't you sleep? In the middle of the night, do you have anything to tell me?"
Lin Rong was leaning on the bed, his temples hurting so much, he patted the other side of the bed: "Go to sleep, Kingfisher, I'm so sleepy, I have something to do tomorrow."
Kingfisher refused and fanned Lin Rong slowly: "I'm not sleepy, I'm keeping watch for my master."
Lin Rong muttered: "What kind of slave or master?"
Kingfisher only shook his head and asked: "County Lord, what are you going to do in the future? Lord, no, now it is Your Majesty. You know His Majesty's temper best. How can you be willing to give up so easily?"
Lin Rong raised his head and answered her after a while: "In the past, as long as I didn't want to be a leader, no one could want to be my leader. Now the same principle is the same. Life and death are not a concern, and no one can be my master. He Lu Shen is no exception."
She touched Kingfisher's face: "Don't be afraid, we are still the same as before."
Kingfisher was worried after all, how could he be the same? Even if he was forced to the bed by Lin Rong, he could only sit next to the edge of the bed, thinking about his worries, and didn't fall asleep all night.
At dawn, Lin Rong got up early and led the kingfisher out. The door was guarded by guards in black uniforms. Shen Yan was standing at the door, whispering something.
He raised his eyes and caught a glimpse of Lin Rong, stopped immediately, bowed and said, "Shen Yan has seen Madam!"
Lin Rong asked: "You want to stop me?"
Shen Yan only said: "Master has never given such an order. Wherever Madam is going, I ordered someone to prepare a carriage to take you there."
Lin Rong shook his head, gathered up his skirt and stepped out of the threshold: "That's not necessary." Suddenly he stopped and asked, "Do you know where Feng Xiao is now?"
Shen Yan nodded: "At the beginning of this year, I sent someone to take her to the mansion in Jiangzhou. If Madam wants to see her, I will call her immediately."
A mansion in Jiangzhou? Lin Rong nodded, understanding: "Treat her well!"
She walked out and saw that at the end of the path, Mr. Tao in a bright shirt was already waiting there with a cane. He still had a warm smile on his face, as if nothing had happened. He said, "Doctor Lin, it's so early to go to bed like this." We’re leaving, why don’t we start our journey without breakfast?”
Lin Rong smiled and followed his wishes and said: "I made an appointment today to go to the mountains to look at some medicinal materials. If I get there late, I have to spend the night in the mountains. Old Master, is your paralysis better?"
Mr. Tao stroked his beard and nodded: "Okay, okay, much better. However, I am also old. I can only walk a few steps in the garden at home, and I can't compare with you young people. It's better to walk more. It's better to read a thousand books." After traveling a thousand miles, after traveling a thousand miles, your mind will be clear and you will have nothing to worry about."
The two of them walked slowly while talking, and suddenly they came to the foot of a rockery. There was a bamboo pavilion built on the rockery. There was a plaque on the pavilion that read - Banshan Pavilion.
Mr. Tao stopped, pointed to the pavilion and said: "In the old days in Qingzhou, there was a pavilion like this in Pei Linggong's residence, named Banshan Pavilion. He warned himself not to seek perfection and satisfaction in everything. I thought about it carefully, and it coincided with the girl's state of mind."
This is the meaning of persuading her, but this persuasion is not like other people's advice, which only points to the end, and is not offensive. She said in her heart: I should tell Lu Shen this, and tell him not to be so paranoid, not to be so arrogant. !
Lin Rong remained silent, feeling guilty after all. When he said goodbye, he pulled up his skirt and said, "I have caused trouble for you, old man! He... he has a bad temper. I wonder if it will implicate the Tao family?"
Mr. Tao kept silent and waved his hands, quite cheerfully: "I'm old, what's the trouble?"
At this time, Tao's carriage had arrived, and Mrs. Tao waved his hand: "Go ahead!" Looking at Lin Rong's retreating figure, he muttered in a low voice: "What a resemblance!"
Lin Rong galloped all the way, abandoning the car and changing boats. Within an hour, he reached the foot of the mountain. The group of people went to the hunter's house. Several people guarding the hospital complained as they walked: "A few hunters in the mountains have never even been out in the mountains. They are very smart people. But the mistress missed a sentence and they... I know that the mandala flower is an extremely precious medicinal material, and the asking price is ten gold. I won’t give up the price no matter what..."
"We're afraid that we can't identify it accurately based on the drawings, so we have to ask you to come and take a look."
After walking for another half an hour, we finally arrived at Orion's home. Unfortunately, we were all happy in vain. The flower was a deep purple, which was not consistent with Lin Rong's memory. Only datura flowers in the place of origin are beautiful. There is such a deep color. But she still bought the flower, ordered it to be framed, and said: "The color is different, but the shape of the petals is very similar. Just take it back to make medicine and give it a try."
In the evening, I returned by boat. As I got closer, I saw Chen Yuren waiting at the medical center on the pier to wave. His face was already bruised and swollen. When he saw Lin Rong, he said, "Come on, hurry up. I don't know who the master has provoked outside. Today." This morning, a young man from an aristocratic family led his troops and surrounded our hospital. He sat down in your room without saying a word. I argued a little and almost got my front teeth knocked out. Apparently, we have to go out. It’s better to hide away for a few months.”
While talking, he complained: "I have been told many times that the master should not operate on people casually outside. Now it's better. I'm here to kill someone."
Lin Rong interrupted him and asked, "Is there a little girl of three or four years old?"
Chen Yuren nodded: "Yes, yes! I'm still wondering, why do you come here to seek revenge, and bring a child with you? You look like you're still sick?"
Lin Rong said: "Go back, it's not the master who killed people."
Chapter 93
When Lin Rong returned to the hospital, it was already dark, with only a few stars twinkling in the sky. The small courtyard where she lived was brightly lit, and the guards were surrounding her inside and out. When Shen Yanhou saw her outside, he took a few steps forward and bowed in salute. He still called her as before: "Madam!"
Lin Rong stopped, glanced at him, and said calmly: "You are quite free."
Shen Yan lowered his head even further: "Madam, I apologize, but my young master's condition has been relapsing a bit, so I sent him here."
Lin Rong ignored him and pushed the door open. Only an old nanny was squatting beside the bed and advising: "Princess, the medicine will be more painful when it gets cold. Just take a small bite, okay?"
Ah Zhao was lying on the bed, his cheeks were burning red, his eyes were filled with tears, and he kept coughing when he spoke: "No, it's too bitter." He also made a request: "I want to eat sugar pastry with sesame seeds."
There was no sign of Lu Shen in the house, and I didn't know where he had gone. Seeing her coming, little Azhao immediately huddled under the quilt, holding his back as if he was afraid and angry, but refused to show his head no matter how much his grandma persuaded him.
Lin Rong stood there, not coaxing her first, but just took a look at the prescription on the table, and then asked the nanny: "When did you start to have a fever today? How many medicines have you taken? Have you eaten all your meals?" What?"
The nanny came from Luoyang Palace. Although she didn't know Lin Rong's identity, she saw that someone like Commander Lu was so respectful, so she was extra cautious, curtsied to Lin Rong, and vaguely addressed her: " To reply to you, the princess has not taken any medicine today, and she has not eaten very seriously. She had a bowl of bird's nest porridge in the morning, and only had some golden jujubes for lunch. When we came here, there was some wind on the road. Then the heat started again."
Did you see some wind again when you came here? Lin Rong frowned, Lu Shen was so selfish, dragging A Zhao around even though he knew she was still sick.
For a moment, he took the medicine bowl and sat on the edge of the bed. He did not urge Azhao to come out, but slowly scooped up the medicine with a copper spoon and let it cool. Then someone from the kitchen brought food: "Miss Rong, as you ordered, I'll make two taels of bird's nests without adding anything else, and just boil them with three kinds of soup: tender chicken soup, good ham, and new mushrooms. Make it in the evening. The saury brought by the fisherman is very fresh, with the spines removed, and the porridge is simmered with chicken soup and bamboo shoot soup."
Lin Rong opened the lid, took a look, and nodded with satisfaction: "Sorry for bothering Sister-in-law Mei."
Azhao was so angry that he refused to eat or take medicine for most of the day. He was already hungry. At this moment, he smelled the aroma of porridge and slightly opened a crack to take a look at the rice porridge on the small table. Then he turned his head and glanced at Lin Rong. Although she didn't speak, she was waiting for Lin Rong to coax her?
It's a pity that after waiting for a long time, Lin Rong didn't come to comfort her. The little girl had experienced this grievance, and her eyes burst into tears and she said: "I don't eat or drink medicine, just let me recover from my illness, and you won't do it anyway." like me……"
This temper was a perfect replica of Lu Shen. She could only wait for others to coax her. Lin Rong sighed, smiled helplessly, hugged her and sat up, saying: "A Zhao, maybe... maybe I'm not as good as you imagined. I love you so much, like you, and put you first in everything. However, in this world, you are my most important person and my dearest person. There is no doubt about this. When you are sad, I also You will feel sad. When you are sick, I also want to be sick for you and feel uncomfortable for you. I went out in the morning to find a medicinal herb. If it can be found and grown, this medicinal herb can save many people."
Azhao lay on her shoulder and stopped crying when he heard the words, hesitantly asked: "Then why didn't you tell me?"
Lin Rong immediately admitted his mistake: "I will tell you next time before I go out. I was wrong, I'm sorry!"
Azhao seemed a little surprised. He had never seen an adult admit his mistakes. His grandmother couldn't do it, and his father couldn't do it either. She leaned lightly on Lin Rong's cheek and finally asked in a low voice: "Then...then I Can I... call you mother?"
Lin Rong was silent, suddenly feeling that she was a little cruel to this child, and took out a handkerchief to wipe her tears, but finally couldn't bear it: "Okay!" After all, people are the product of social relations, and one after another has something to do with her. The people, like the crisscrossing tree roots, really pulled her into this land.
