Chi Chao woke up from his coma and found that he was soaking in a huge medicinal bath barrel. Beside, the gray-faced and white-haired Master Yan was throwing medicinal herbs one by one.
"Master Yan, what's wrong with me?" Chi Chaan asked the busy Master Yan.
Master Yan wiped his sweat and said, "It's nothing. This is a normal sign that the rot poison has developed into the second stage of 'corruption'."
"Corruption? What is it? Can it be cured?" Chi Chaan asked anxiously.
"No, this rot has already taken root in your body. According to my medical skills, I can't reach that level." Master Yan felt a little sorry, "I can only delay the time and extent of its onset."
"Is there really nothing we can do?"
If Chi Chao doesn't give up, there must be a way to heal him.
"Unfortunately, rotten poison is a poison prepared by practitioners. As long as you find an old pharmacist who has practiced medical skills and became enlightened, there may be a glimmer of hope. Furthermore, if you reach the level of a great master as a practitioner, you can wash away the extraordinary and rotten poison from your body. Free yourself.”
"How to find the old pharmacist?" Chi Chaan asked eagerly. Master Yan smoothed his white beard and said, "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry about this. On the day I found out that you were poisoned, I wrote to this old friend asking him to rush to Gui Kingdom, but there was no reply. I'm afraid he has died. .”
"What?! How do you achieve the level of a great master?" Chi Chaan continued to ask.
"My lord, give up. Even if you are gifted, it will still take ten years. You can't wait that long."
God brought me here, and God made me die so soon. Playing with me! Chi Chao angrily dived into the liquid.
"Poof!" Chi Chao broke through the water again.
"What will happen to me?" Chi Chaan asked.
"The rot rots the bones first, then the internal organs, and finally the flesh. The end will be terrible. It's better not to say anything."
"You have to go through it, I'm not afraid. Just tell me."
"This...well, my lord, you will rot day by day, and in the end you will only be left with a skeleton inside a skin."
After soaking for three hours, Chi Chaan's whole body was red when he came out. When he was getting dressed, he realized that he couldn't even put on any clothes. I had no choice but to ask Master Yan for help.
Master Yan is not bothered either, maybe because he suffers from Soul Leaving Syndrome.
"From now on, I will take a medicated bath in the palace once a month. I have already explained this matter to Your Majesty." Master Yan ordered before leaving.
"Thank you, Master Yan. Master Yan, please go slowly." Chi Chaan cupped his hands and greeted him with courtesy.
Chi Chaan was walking on the way out of the palace when two people suddenly jumped out and almost scared him to death.
Seeing the person coming clearly, Chi Chaan bent down and said, "King of Nanling Chi Chaan pays homage to Her Royal Highness the Princess, Her Royal Highness the Princess."
"Okay, there are no outsiders." Gui Man'er threw him a heavy cloth bag.
Chi Chaan opened it and saw that there were gold and silver cups inside. "I wonder what your Highness means by this?"
"We heard that you can enter the palace once a month and exchange these for some novelties from outside the palace. Do you understand?"
"It is my honor to serve His Highness." Chi Chaan tied the cloth bag to his belt to express his agreement with them.
"Thank you, thank you for your hard work, Prince Nanling." Gui Dongdong thanked him.
"Tell him how to thank him. Let's leave quickly. It would be bad if our father finds out." Gui Man'er pulled Gui Dongdong away, preventing them from having a chance to talk.
Chi Chaan left the palace and did not return directly to the palace. He was wandering on the street and suddenly entered a secluded alley and heard two familiar voices.
Chi Chao approached quietly and hid in the trees at the corner to observe.
It's Li Baitian and Chi Tang! Why are they here? Chi Chao was puzzled by the two people appearing here. He saw that Li Baitian respected Chi Tang very much, as if Chi Tang was the master.
Chi Chao pricked up his ears and listened.
"Your Majesty, why are you calling me so urgently?"
"What's wrong with Chi Chaan? It seems like there's a different person?"
"Left-soul syndrome may be caused by convulsions caused by falling into the water."
"That's good. I thought someone else had replaced him. As my king's substitute, he can't really become my king. How long do I have to wait?"
"It's almost time, Your Majesty. On the day when your soul reaches the age of fifteen, your true identity will be revealed to the public, and His Majesty will use all his strength to protect you. Shadow's mission is completed. You no longer have to endure the humiliation."
"I can't wait any longer. Gui Jixiang has to break off the engagement because of him. I must include this beauty in my house."
"My lord, don't worry. If you find out about your incredible aptitude, it will be too late for Prince Ningling to please you."
"Okay, our meeting can't be too long. Leave quickly to avoid making people suspicious." Chi Tang waved his hand.
"Yes!" Li Baitian's figure flashed and disappeared.
Chitang looked around cautiously and left after making sure there was no one around.
Walking on the bustling street, Chi Chaan felt an undercurrent surging in his heart. Nimad, in the end, I was just a substitute, blocking the open and secret arrows for him, and he lived a free and easy life.
I want to get back these three months before the Soul Awakening Day one by one.
Chi Chaan stabilized his emotions to prevent Li Baitian from seeing the clues, and then walked into the palace.
"The prince is back, do you feel better?" Li Baitian asked with concern.
Seeing Li Baitian's appearance, Chi Chao wanted to vomit.
"Well, I'm getting better. But I have to go to the palace once a month to continue treatment."
"Thank you for your hard work, Your Majesty."
"It's nothing, I'll go to bed first when I'm sleepy."
Lying on the hardwood bed, covered with an iron-like quilt, Chi Chaan was thinking about his next plan.
First, we must completely familiarize ourselves with this world and this dynasty. Second, learn some skills, such as medical skills. Third, maintain an optimistic attitude and find opportunities to enter the path of spiritual practice.
Very early the next morning, Chi Chaan was already on his way to the academy. When I arrived at the teaching building, I saw no one. Chi Chaan went to the library of the academy and found two thick books about the world and Gui Kingdom.
After the registered teacher handled the book borrowing business for him, he immersed himself in compiling the lesson plans.
Chi Chaan came to the desk on the side of the library and sat down. He opened the first page of the book and found that the font was official script. He could understand it, so Chi Chaan turned on the silent reading mode.
Whenever his eyelids drooped due to sleepiness, Chi Chaan would put his hand on the candlelight to heat it, and then he would feel a little more energetic and continue reading.
When he finished reading the two books, it happened to be class time, and Chi Chaan hurried to the teaching building.
He held the pen in his hand and found it hurt terribly. It turned out that it was covered with fire blisters.
Chi Chao spent the next month like this, but his energy became more and more concentrated. You won’t feel sleepy anymore when you read a book. The physical performance has also improved a lot.
For Chi Chao, this is just the beginning.
What should I buy for the eldest princess and the princess? Chi Chaan tossed and turned on the bed, thinking, and finally decided: buy food.
Today he was going to the palace to take a medicinal bath, so Chi Chaan asked for leave from his teacher yesterday.
In the morning, Chi Chaan approached Li Baitian. With a face full of begging, he said: "Old Li, can you give me ten taels of silver? I have urgent needs."
"What's the urgent need?" Li Baitian asked as if he was being tortured.
"I want to take Master Yan as my teacher and learn medicine from him. Because I am about to graduate from Yuechuan, I want to find something else to do."
"Why study medicine?" Li Baitian asked again.
"Because of my mother. My mother was once the heavenly doctor of Gui Kingdom. I want to know about my mother."
After hearing this, Li Baitian's eyes suddenly became extremely bright, as if he could see through people's hearts.
"Five taels. Five taels is fine too." Chi Chaan took a step back.
"If you don't have a thousand taels, you still want to become Master Yan's teacher, so take it." Li Baitian took out a banknote with a denomination of one thousand taels from somewhere, "If I find out that you used this money for other purposes, what will happen?" You feel better."
"Definitely, definitely." Chi Chaan carefully collected the banknote.
Chi Chaan came to the best blacksmith shop in Yong City, Baichulou, and specified that he wanted to build the most delicate millimeter scale and an extremely labor-saving medicine pestle. This cost Chi Chaan a total of nine hundred and eighty taels of silver. During the construction period, Chi Chaan asked people about Tianshi Pavilion, the most reputable bank in Yongcheng and the restaurant that sells authentic delicacies of Huangguo and Xiguo.
Chi Chaan exchanged the gold and silver cups for 40,000 taels of silver notes, so that he didn't have to worry about adding money.
After making a reservation for delicious food at Tianshi Pavilion, Chi Chaan went back to Baijiu Tower to pick up the prepared scales and pestles, and rushed to the palace gate. Tianshi Pavilion just sent someone to deliver delicious food.
Chi Chuan walked into the Tai Hospital carrying a food box in one hand and a prayer in the other.
Master Yan stopped what he was doing and came forward: "What do you mean, Your Majesty?"
"Master, please accept my apprentice's three bows." Chi Chaan suddenly knelt on the floor.
"First prayer."
"Second prayer."
"The third prayer."
"How can the prince, who is so precious, kneel down to treat illnesses in this palace like me?" Master Yan quickly helped Chi Chaan up.
"Then do you agree? If you don't agree, I won't get up." Chi Chaan didn't get up.
"Your Majesty wants to learn, why don't I teach you?"
"Yes! Master." Chi Chaan stood up from the ground, bowed and said, "Master, these are the scales and pestles that my apprentice bought for you. Please accept them."
"Ah!" Master Yan couldn't help but be surprised when he saw the precise iron pestle and scale: "Thank you for your heart, Your Majesty, I accept it. Later, I will ask Your Majesty to play and let you enter the palace freely."
"Thank you, Master, and Master, you don't need to call me Prince, just call me Ah Chaan."
"Okay, Ah Chao. Take off your clothes and take a medicinal bath."
"Yes." Chi Chaan took off his clothes and soaked them in the medicine.
While taking a bath, Master Yan brought three pharmacology books and asked him to read them within three hours.
Chi Chaan took it with a smile and read it with relish in the medicine bucket.
These three books respectively talk about herbs, prescriptions, and the causes of difficult and complicated diseases in this world. In less than two hours, Chi Chao finished reading it, and then spent the remaining time sorting out and consolidating it. It can't be said that I can memorize it all by heart, but I can still get it right at my fingertips.
After taking the medicinal bath, Master Yan gave him a thick notebook and asked him to read it before entering the palace next time.
After bidding farewell to Master Yan, Chi Chaan rushed to the eldest princess's palace without stopping. The two nobles had already been waiting for him until they were impatient.
"His Royal Highness the Princess and the Princess have been kept waiting for a long time." Chi Chaan apologized.
"Tell us quickly what you brought with you?" Gui Man'er asked impatiently.
"This king has brought delicacies from the Huangguo and Xiguo." After speaking, Chi Chaan opened the food box in front of them.
In an instant, the whole palace was filled with delicious aroma. Tianshige's food boxes are specially made to keep food warm and fresh. It ensures that the food retains the taste of freshly baked food to the greatest extent, and the food will not change much after being left for a whole day.
Chi Chuan took out the dishes and placed them on the dining table in front of them.
The golden sugar sauce coats the lamb chops that are baked to medium rare, and the sesame seeds are evenly spread on it. Take out the freshly cut donkey meat from the steaming hot pot, and you can see its tenderness at a glance. A large bowl of shaved noodles is immersed in the milky white stock made from pork leg bones, and a few chopped green onions on the surface are the biggest flavor boost.
These delicacies were placed in front of Gui Dongdong, making her swallow her saliva.
Spread on the ice, it looks like raw fish meat with blooming peonies. On a large piece of flour cake, mixed with dried shrimps and egg liquid. Once baked, it looks like a modern pizza, and its appearance alone is mouth-watering. There is also a bowl of caviar that looks like tiny black pearls, which makes you want to put it in your mouth and chew it.
These delicacies were placed in front of Gui Man'er.
The two of them kept swallowing saliva from the moment they opened the lid. It's just that because of the princess's face, she has been enduring the troubles of the little devil in her stomach.
"I will leave without interrupting your highnesses' meal." Chi Chaan exited the palace room.
"Chi Chao, thank you!" Gui Dongdong said gratefully.
"Don't forget to bring it with you next time." Gui Man'er did not forget to ask.
Chi Chaan returned to the palace and was just about to rest when someone sent him a message. He opened it and saw that it was a farewell banquet for graduation, booked at the best restaurant in Yongcheng - Yufangzhai.
Chi Chaan didn't plan to participate, but he knew that Liao Dun would definitely go. It's not that he doesn't want to go, or that he's afraid that the housekeeper won't agree. But he didn't have any free time. Master Yan's notebook is his medical history since he began to practice medicine, including his medication and treatment time. It also includes the symptoms and maintenance methods of the sequelae after treatment.
For Chi Chao, this is a huge treasure house. He must take this treasure house for his own use within a month and make it his own.
This month, the amount of fire and candles consumed in the Nanling Prince's Mansion was extraordinary, equivalent to the amount consumed in the previous year. Every day, Chi Chaan spends two hours reading and one hour exercising. And so on.
Chi Chao's body is getting stronger day by day, and his face is no longer as sickly pale as before. After walking for hundreds of miles, I only managed to catch a few breaths.
Entering the palace this time, Master Yan looked at Chi Chaan with admiration. Not only is he familiar with medical science, but he also trains himself to be strong and energetic.
"Miss, Ah Chuan has grown up. He looks a lot like you." Master Yan said with emotion.
While taking a bath, Master Yan was pleased and said, "Ah Chao, you have changed. You have become very motivated."
"Master, one cannot live in ignorance all his life. If I were no longer King of Nanling, I would still have the ability to live. I don't want my fate to be in the hands of others, I want to live for myself." Chi Chaan replied.
"That's right, the old prince once said. People don't want to be controlled by others all the time. The human heart is free, and the consciousness of freedom guides people to pursue freedom."
The father I have never met speaks quite progressively. Chi Chaan said in his heart.
After taking a medicinal bath, Master Yan continued to hand him a book on human acupuncture points. He also explained: "It is better to have no books than to have no books at all. Ah Chao, it's time for you to put what you have learned into practice."
"But I can't find a patient to treat."
"Take this and go to the Wormwood Pavilion in Yongcheng. They will help you arrange patients. I want you to recover all the patients you treat within a month." Master Yan handed him a letter with his private seal on it.
"I will definitely live up to Master's expectations." Chi Chaan took it in his hand and put it in his arms.
Chi Chaan was about to leave the palace, but unexpectedly, Emperor Gui's personal officer, Manager Wang, stopped him.
"I wonder what Mr. Wang wants to discuss with me?" Chi Chaan bowed.
"His Majesty's decree tells you that you have come to the imperial study to discuss important matters. Come with me." Manager Wang turned around and left, neither quickly nor slowly.
What? Your Majesty declares me? Could it be that the things I brought were poisonous and could kill the princess? Chi Chaan was thinking wildly while following Manager Wang.
Entering the imperial study alone, Chi Chaan saw Emperor Gui in crimson robes and dragon robe sitting on a high seat. Under the side, stood a middle-aged man in a pink robe who looked very similar to him.
"Your Majesty, I wonder why you are summoning your ministers?" Chi Chaan knelt down and asked.
"Ah Chuan, I asked you to come here to discuss your marriage with Ji Xiang." Gui Huang said awkwardly.
"Oh." Chi Chaan got up from the ground and looked at the man in pink, "So you are King Ningling."
"How dare you talk to me like this? Don't you have any sense of dignity?" Guiqiu said angrily.
"You are the prince, and I am also the prince. How should I listen to you?"
Guiqiu wanted to step off the stage and beat Chi Chuan up, but Emperor Gui stopped him by saying, "Guiqiu, if you want to get the annulment letter, don't do anything extraordinary, otherwise I won't care."
"Your Majesty is wise." Chi Chao bowed.
"Ah Chuan, could you please cancel this marriage for Uncle Xia's sake? Uncle Xia will introduce you to a new marriage." Gui Huang asked.
"I would like to ask your Majesty, if a rich man wanted to buy a non-hereditable royal title from you, how much would you charge?"
"Here, one hundred thousand taels of gold."
"Okay. Your Highness the Princess's golden branches and jade leaves are worth half of the gold. As long as Prince Ningling exchanges fifty thousand taels of gold, I will definitely hand over the divorce letter with both hands." Chi Chao said respectfully.
"You are treating my daughter as a commodity! What do you mean! Taking advantage of the situation." King Ningling was furious.
"I am taking advantage of the situation. Do you want to change it or not? There is only one chance, and my mind is always changing." Chi Chaan is not in a hurry at all.
"you……"
Guiqiu looked at Gui Huang.
Chi Chaan saw Guiqiu looking at Emperor Gui, and spoke again: "If Prince Ningling thinks that the princess is not worth this price, I will lower the price even lower, ten thousand taels of gold. This is the lowest price, otherwise the princess will be the same as those Rich girls are no different.”
"You..." Prince Ningling put his hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist and was about to pull it out.
"Okay, King Ningling will hand over 50,000 taels of gold to King Nanling in exchange for the divorce certificate. It must be paid in full today. Guiqiu, go back and deliver the money to Prince Nanling's Mansion." Emperor Gui made the decision for them.
"Brother Imperial, this..." Prince Ningling was a little reluctant.
"Either take the money to break off the engagement immediately, or get out." Gui Huang's attitude was very tough.
"Yes! Your Majesty. I take my leave." Guiqiu glared at Chi Chaan fiercely, and then exited the imperial study.
"Can you borrow your majesty's pen and paper? I will write a letter of divorce right now." Chi Chaan added.
"Use it as you like. I'll go to Tianmen Hall to handle government affairs first. You can write it down and bring it to me."
"Uncle Xia, walk slowly." Chi Chaan dipped his purple brush into ink and started writing on the bud paper.
Letter of annulment:
King Nanling was suffering from corruption and his life was short-lived. His unmarried wife, Gui Jixiang, the daughter of Prince Ningling of Shangqiu, was in her prime, at the age of twenty-eight. He really didn't dare to waste time, so he broke off the engagement and asked him to find another wife. From then on, the two families, Ningling Prince's Mansion and Nanling Prince's Mansion, no longer had anything to do with each other.
Handwritten by King Nanling
In the last step, Chi Chaan took off the Nanling King's seal from his waist, dyed it with ink mud, and stamped his private seal on the paper.
Chi Chaan deliberately did not write his name, so that neither he nor the real King of Nanling could cancel the annulment.
Chi Chaan handed the divorce letter to Queen Gui and returned to the palace happily.
