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The meat is hot in the pot and the wine is warm in the pot. In the cold winter months, eating and drinking and chatting can be called a good way to heal the mood.
After a while, his mood relaxed a lot.
Zhu Jianshen was in a good mood. He drank two more drinks, his dark face turned red, and his words became more and more frequent. He didn't stand up to leave until Shen Shi.
"Xiao Hao, the Chinese New Year will be here in two days, and there are a lot of things going on at home, so I won't come to see you anymore. I'll come back after the Chinese New Year."
"It doesn't matter. Uncle, you are busy. There is no need to miss your business just to accommodate me." Li Hao smiled and said, "Being an imperial merchant is quite busy. Business is important."
Zhu Jianshen nodded with a smile.
He knew that his nephew knew about it, but he still cooperated with the acting. There were some things that it was better not to expose.
Li Hao also vaguely knew that his uncle knew that he knew, but as before, the uncle and nephew had a tacit understanding.
After seeing his uncle off, he paused at the door for a while. After the sedan chair had gone away, he closed the door and walked under the eaves. gōΠb.ōγg
"Master Qing."
"Hmm..." Li Qing leaned on the recliner and looked at the slightly melted snowman, "What do you want to ask?"
"Can the Queen really be pregnant with an heir?"
"That's natural. She's fine. Of course she can get pregnant. It's just a matter of time."
Li Hao frowned, "The question is, when can I get pregnant? We can't stay here forever, right?"
He wrote a letter to his mother, but if possible, he still wanted to go back with Mr. Qing. After all, they came together, and it would be too boring to go back alone.
"I estimate that it will only take a month or two. Don't worry, your uncle has promised that we can go back at any time if we want to go back at the beginning of spring after the new year." Li Qing yawned for a long time, his eyes With tears streaming down his face, he said, "Okay, Mr. Qing is sleepy. Let's rest for a while. Don't make any noise."
"It's impossible to sleep here in such a cold weather. Let's go back to the house." Li Hao followed his gaze, turned to look at the snowman, and said funnyly: "It's not like we can't see him anymore. Look at you... the brothel should not be closed yet. , It’s really uncomfortable, just go and I’ll keep it a secret for you.”
"Snapped!!"
"You..." Li Hao was furious, "It's Chinese New Year and you still slap me? That's too much!"
"You deserve to be whipped!"
"...Good intentions are treated as a donkey's liver and lungs, freezing you to death, suffocating you to death...I was wrong, please show mercy...it hurts." Li Hao bared his teeth.
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It’s Chinese New Year.
Li Qing took charge, and Li Hao helped prepare a table of hard dishes. Grandpa and grandson drank freely, ate dumplings, stayed up late, and set off fireworks. Although it was lively, it was also a little deserted.
Hongzhi has been in power for four years.
Li Qing was basking in the sun under the eaves while counting the days on his fingers. Unknowingly, so much time had passed, more than a hundred years, and hundreds of years had passed since he came down the mountain.
Every good thing at the beginning still seems like yesterday.
However, a time span that far exceeds an ordinary person's lifetime, to Li Qing, is only a period, or even just a short period.
The road ahead... is still long.
Li Qing closed his eyes tiredly, hoping to wake up and return to the best time in the past.
However, it is just a delusion.
When he opened his eyes, what he saw was Li Hao's twitchy face.
"Master Qing, lunch is ready."
"You can eat it yourself, I'm not hungry." Li Qing stretched out and wanted to sleep for a while.
Li Hao advised, "Eat and then go to bed. I've prepared everything. You can give me some face. By the way, it's the sixth day of the Lunar New Year. Do you want to go to the palace and give the Queen a follow-up checkup?"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a knock on the courtyard door.
"Miracle Doctor Li, is Doctor Li at home?"
"Here he is." Li Hao responded, turned around and said, "The imperial envoy is here."
"Hmm..." Li Qing said lazily, "Go and tell him, just say that I am developing a new prescription and it will take a month. You cannot be disturbed."
"You are deceiving the emperor." Li Hao whispered, "Also, you are under the eaves of this house. As soon as I opened the door, the imperial envoys saw you."
"Then why don't you just open the door?"
"...Are you serious?"
Li Qing chuckled, "What else?"
The queen's body cannot be adjusted and nourished, so the rest can only be left to Zhu Youtang and God's will. Li Qing's trip was in vain and had no effect at all.
Li Hao was also convinced. In order to avoid being scolded, he had no choice but to step forward and explain through the door.
This time the imperial envoy was unexpectedly easy to talk to. He went back after listening to his story. There was no force at all. Li Hao couldn't help but be surprised and thought to himself:
"It seems that the Emperor has been manipulated by Master Qing!"
Turning around, he stepped forward and asked, "Master Qing, are we going to stay for another month?"
"It's not necessary. It's just that I'll be away for more than half a year at least. I'm going overseas again. If your old uncle does something wrong... you don't even have to rush to see me, I have to prepare some medicine for him." Li Qing explain.
"That's it." Li Hao felt a little more comfortable and said with a smile: "The people who will pick me up will arrive in a while. Let them wait for us. By then, we will ride in a luxurious carriage and return to Jinling comfortably."
Li Qing was speechless, "What makes you think that your mother will send someone to pick you up?"
"I wrote her a letter!" Li Hao said matter-of-factly, "My son has traveled thousands of miles and my mother is worried. My son misses home, and my mother also misses her son..."
"Come on." Li Qing interrupted him ruthlessly and said hehe: "Don't tell me how long it will take. Someone may not come to pick you up in half a year."
"I don't believe it." Li Hao retorted, "My mother is a sharp-tongued woman with a soft heart. Although she beats and scolds me all the time, in fact... she loves me."
Li Qing smiled and nodded: "That's true, but the problem is that you are following me."
"What's wrong with following you?" Li Hao was puzzled.
"Follow me, she is very confident, so she will never send anyone to pick you up." Li Qing laughed and said, "Even if we spend another New Year here, she will not send anyone to pick you up."
Li Hao refused, "How about a gamble? I don't believe my mother would be so cruel."
"What bet?"
"Bet... I won, you can never slap me." Li Hao said angrily.
Ever since he came to the north with him, he has never stopped talking loudly. He comes here every now and then, and he feels...not as handsome as before.
"Okay." Li Qing nodded, "What if you lose?"
"you say."
"I said..." Li Qing thought for a while and said, "Let's do this. If you lose, just practice martial arts and keep fit."
Li Hao clamored for secrets before, and Li Qing gave them to him, but he only had "three minutes" of enthusiasm. After working hard for two days, he gave up.
"make a deal!"
Li Hao didn't hesitate at all. He didn't think he would lose. What mother doesn't love her son?
"You can't go back on your word."
Li Qing nodded in amusement, stood up and said, "Let's go."
"Go, where are you going? I've prepared food..."
"I'll go out to eat." Li Qing said.
"I'll go too." Li Hao hurriedly followed. He had finished eating the dishes cooked by Mr. Qing during the Chinese New Year. His cooking skills were mediocre, and he didn't want to deal with him if he could.
Before Li Qing could say "It's a shameful waste," Li Hao said, "I'll give those vegetables to my neighbors when I get back."
Li Qing pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay, go get the sack."
"What are you doing with the sack?"
"It's filled with medicine." Li Qing rolled his eyes, "If you want to make a living, how can you do it without some hard work? Are you eating for free?"
"..."
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At the end of Shen Shi, the two came back carrying sacks. Li Qing rolled up his arms and sleeves and started making medicine.
If he wanted to extend the shelf life of medicine, he could only make it into pills. Li Qing even used the method of alchemy.
In this aspect, he is not as good as Zhang Tianshi, but he is still just good enough.
Li Hao lit the fire, Li Qing made the elixir, and the fragrance of the medicine overflowed.
Li Hao was so greedy that he couldn't help it anymore. He picked up one and threw it into his mouth.
And then... in exchange for a severe beating.
Fortunately, this is a tonic medicine, so there is no harm in taking it. Even so, Li Qing was so angry that he said while taking it:
"Can I take medicine randomly? You are looking for death!"
"Ah, sooner or later I will be beaten to death by you." Li Hao was angry, "You eat it yourself, why can't I eat it? I'll just taste the saltiness..."
"Shut up!"
Li Hao: Ho ho ho.
…
Unconsciously, it was the day of eating glutinous rice balls on the Lantern Festival again, and the elixir Li Qing prepared for Zhu Jianshen was basically completed.
There are ten bottles and hundreds of pills, enough for Zhu Jianshen to consume for a year.
"I'll go to the palace and give these to your uncle, and then we'll go back to Jinling."
"If we don't wait any longer," Li Hao said, "the people sent by my mother will be here soon."
Li Qing smiled: "No one will arrive during the Chinese New Year this year."
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Changle Palace.
"Take one pill a day, in the morning." Li Qing handed the medicine to Zhu Jianshen and warned, "Put these medicines in a cool, dry place. Do not expose them to the sun, and take measures to prevent moisture."
"Okay, I remember." Zhu Jianshen nodded, "Are you leaving now?"
"Well, I want to go back to Jinling for a visit, and then I'll go to Jiaozhi after that." Li Qing said with a wry smile, "Actually, I also want to go overseas."
"It's better to say goodbye." Zhu Jianshen said sadly, "You have so much time, can't you wait until I die before going?"
Li Qing: "..."
At this time, the young eunuch outside the palace shouted: "Your Majesty, the Emperor wants to summon Dr. Li."
"I know, he will be there soon." Zhu Jianshen replied in a loud voice, and then rubbed his hands and said, "Sir, the effect of your previous prescription is not very strong anymore, can you prescribe another one?"
Li Qing was speechless: "It's been now, why are you still thinking about those things?"
"You know, they are all men." Zhu Jianshen bumped Li Qing with his shoulder, "Let's open one~"
Li Qing felt a chill, pondered for a moment, and said, "Add three sticks of nine-leaf clover!"
"How much more?"
"Six dollars." Li Qing added, "Take it one hour before each time you have sex, the effect will be better."
"Okay." Zhu Jianshen was happy, "The emperor is looking for you, please come over."
Li Qing was furious: "Good guy, you looked reluctant to leave just now, but now you drive me away. I finally understand that you are just greedy for my recipe."
"Everyone is greedy."
"..."
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Qianqing Palace.
The emperor and empress are all there.
As soon as Li Qing arrived, Zhu Youtang pushed away the slaves, then pulled him with an excited face and said excitedly:
"Doctor Li, please check the Queen's pulse quickly. She seems to be pregnant."
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