Night after night and midnight, the medicine Su Rong prepared for Zhou Gu was completely finished.
She labeled it, put it into the jade bottle that Fengling had purchased in advance, and sealed it with wax, which lasted a long time. Then he filled it with seven or eight sachets and handed them to Zhou Gu. He yawned and waved to him, "Let's go, I won't give it to you tomorrow."
Zhou Gu: "..."
Although he really wanted Su Rong to give them to her, he was too embarrassed to ask Su Rong when he saw her tired face. He took a series of sachets and asked her in a low voice: "Don't you have anything else to tell me?"
Su Rong yawned and thought for a while, "No."
Zhou Gu was helpless, "I heard that Brother Su said that he was going to Northern Hebei after the Qionglin Banquet and he was going to go to Northern Hebei. You also plan to go. I will go to Nanping first. As for Northern Hebei... I won't go. I will go directly to Nanchu." ."
He felt that he still had to go to find out the specific internal situation of Nanchu for her in advance. After all, there would be some discrepancies based on the files collected by the prince alone. The people he sent out to check the news from the Ye Prime Minister's Mansion said that there seemed to be no problem, but because the time was too short, it was better for him to go and check it out in person in advance.
Su Rong nodded, "Okay."
Zhou Gu looked at her and asked, "Everywhere I go, can I send you a message?"
Su Rong had no objection, "Yes."
Zhou Gu was a little reluctant, "Then I'm leaving?"
Su Rong waved her hand, "Let's go!"
Zhou Gu sighed silently, picked up the sachet and turned around to leave.
Su Rong leaned against the door frame and watched him slowly walk out of her yard. She felt a little funny in her heart. She rubbed her sleepy eyes and turned back to the house.
Feng Ling quietly poked her head out, lying at the door and asked Su Rong: "Sister, do you want me to wake you up early tomorrow morning to see Mr. Zhou off?"
"No need." Su Rong said she wouldn't send him away if she didn't want to. She still had things to do tomorrow.
Fengling retracted her head and said, "Okay!"
It was past midnight when Zhou Gu returned to the Duke Protector's Mansion, and the Duke's wife was waiting for him in his room. As soon as he stepped onto the threshold, he asked: "Mother, why didn't you go to bed? Are you still waiting for me so late?"
"I can't sleep anyway, so I'll wait for you." The Duke's wife looked at him, her clothes were wrinkled, smelling of medicine, her eyebrows and eyes were tired, but her energy was very good, she asked him with a smile: "You also follow the medicine?"
"Yes." Zhou Gu nodded, took off the sachet and handed it to the Duke's wife, "Mother, you see, these medicines were made for me by Su Rong himself."
The Duke's wife was surprised, "So many? Are they all made by her own hands?"
She picked up one of the bottles and was stunned when she saw the label on it, "This medicine... is the Jade Satin Ointment that sells for a thousand gold in a bottle in the medicine hall?"
"Yes, it's the Ningzhi Jade Satin Paste you know."
The Duke's wife asked: "How can she have the recipe for this ointment? Is her business involved in the medicine hall?"
Zhou Gu shook his head, "I don't know either."
Naturally, he would not say that Su Rong spent 5,000 taels of silver and borrowed this prescription from the Great Buddha Temple with his own eyes.
"Your grandmother bought you two bottles, and I also bought you two bottles and put them in your luggage. But here you are..." The Duke counted, "Five bottles?"
Zhou Gu curled his lips and said, "Five bottles are enough. You and grandma prepared it for me, so there is no need to bring it with me. Just leave it at home!"
"It's enough. But if you bring more for a poor family, we will feel at ease." The Duke's wife looked at the smile on her son's face. For such a long time, the smile on his face was really rare and rare. , she looked at the medicine bottles and labels on the table one by one. Except for the condensed jade satin ointment, they were all rare and good medicines that were hard to find in the Duke Protector's Palace. After such a comparison, Princess Sheng'an and she were prepared to On the contrary, those medicines were outcompeted. Except for the Ningzhi Jade Satin Cream, the rest of the medicines for bruises and injuries were very common.
The Duke's wife was deeply moved. She had lived a long time and naturally knew that when looking at a person, you should not look at what she said but what she did. Now looking at it like this, how could Su Rong be so heartless and unjust to her son? You obviously care a lot? These precious medicines are hand-made. Not only are they priceless, but their heart is also really valuable.
She asked Zhou Gu tentatively, "Since that day when you went to Dongsi Hutong, have you been making medicine with her?"
Zhou Gu nodded and shook his head, "She went into the palace to visit His Majesty during the day and stayed in the palace for half a day. The rest of the time, she gave me medicine."
The Duke's wife nodded, "What did she say to you in the past two days?"
Zhou Gu thought for a while, and what Su Rong talked about the most was to explain to him the medicinal materials and the secrets and methods of making medicine, and asked him to carry the medicinal books and prescriptions with him. If he didn't have any of them, he could make them by himself, so that he wouldn't be unable to find them. Need medicine. The rest didn't seem to say anything. She treated him casually, as if she had returned to the past, but she didn't seem to have gone back. When she was in Jiangning County, she was more cautious and probing and made small calculations everywhere. Later, she was mostly distant and silent when facing him. , now she speaks casually and treats him no closer than Fengling Su Xingze, but she seems to be no longer distant and alienated.
He shook his head, "Taught me how to make medicine, and the rest is gone."
The Duke's wife nodded, "Be careful when you go out. If you have any difficulties, write back and don't hold back. Our family is not an ordinary family. There is no reason for you to be unable to move outside. This is also what your grandfather and grandmother meant. ."
"I understand." Zhou Gu smiled, "Don't worry, mother, I'm not stupid."
The Duke's wife also smiled, "Yes, you have been the best at being sweet and courteous since you were a child."
If it weren't for his appearance and temperament, I'm afraid that little girl Su Rong wouldn't treat him like this. A pleasant person can be warmed up when he encounters a cold-hearted person.
She felt relieved and stood up, "You don't have to get up too early tomorrow. Get enough sleep before setting off. It's not like you're in a hurry anyway. Put these medicines away carefully and rest early!"
Zhou Gu nodded in agreement and sent her out of the room, "Mom, please go and have a rest. My son will sleep now."
The Duke's wife nodded and left Zhou Gu's house. The maid held the lamp and returned to her yard.
After the Duke's wife left, Zhou Gu carefully put away the sachet containing the medicine bottle and lay down on the bed to sleep.
The next day, after dawn, he got up, had breakfast, packed up, and went to the yard of Princess Sheng'an.
Everyone from the Lord Protector's Mansion had been waiting in the courtyard of Princess Sheng'an for a long time, including the old Lord Protector.
Zhou Gu said goodbye to the old Protector, Princess Sheng'an, and the Duke's wife, and was escorted to the door of the mansion. He hugged the red-eyed Princess Sheng'an and the Duke's wife one by one, and waved to everyone. After waving and saying goodbye, he mounted his horse, escorted by Ziye and others, and left the Protector's Mansion.
