In the end, Li Qingniu compromised.
Su Xian was given a medicine.
It is said that it fully meets his requirements and can prevent pregnancy without any side effects.
After Su Xian got the medicine, he hesitated, wondering whether the medicine was safe. It would be no small matter if Tang Shuwan took it for good or bad.
Li Qingniu repeatedly assured that this medicine is absolutely safe.
Seeing Su Xian's doubts, he finally had to dig out a "manuscript of disease records". He had observed the efficacy of this medicine for several years and recorded everything in Eucalyptus.
Su Xian saw that the manuscript was mottled and old and did not look like a forgery. When he opened it, he found that the records inside were indeed very detailed and spanned several years.
Su Xian was convinced that the medicine had no side effects...
"Ahem!" Li Qingniu stroked his beard calmly and asked: "You just said that you found a major clue to the Nine Branches of Manna? What clue was it?"
"Master, this is a very important clue. We have solved this mystery, and within half a month, we should be able to find the batch of Nine Branches of Nectar!" Su Xian said with a smile.
Li Qingniu's heart moved slightly. He knew Su Xian's tricks very well. Without real clues, Su Xian would not dare to "rip off" him.
In other words, in less than half a month, he would be able to obtain the legendary Nine Branches of Nectar and prepare the medicine that would completely cure his infertility!
Then a big fat boy was born...
Thinking of this, Li Qingniu suddenly became happy.
But he remained calm on the surface. In order to highlight his image as a worldly master, he even had a calm look on his face. After thinking for a long time, he asked:
"Oh, please tell me carefully and listen."
Su Xian smiled and said:
"We have found a place where there are key clues, but Master, you will still need to take action when the time comes, because it involves a lot of profound medical knowledge."
Li Qingniu was still calm and calm, and nodded: "Easy to say, tracing the whereabouts of the batch of nine-branch nectar is for the sake of being a teacher, and it is right to take action for a teacher."
"Thank you, Master, for your understanding." Su Xian smiled.
Li Qingniu glanced sideways at him, always feeling that this boy's smile was weird... After a second thought, he remembered something again and asked:
"By the way, where is the place you mentioned?"
Su Xian was still smiling. He did not answer immediately. Instead, he rubbed his hands secretly. After careful consideration, he chuckled and said:
"Master, don't worry, that place is very safe and it's not far from here!"
"It's safe. Don't worry. It doesn't matter if it's far or not. Tell me, where exactly is that place?" Li Qingniu remained calm and slowly stroked his beard.
"Nan Chen!" Su Xian seemed embarrassed and spit out these two words quickly.
"It's just Nanchen, it's not too far away... Wait, what did you say, Nanchen!?"
"..."
Li Qingniu's calmness disappeared instantly.
His eyes were as wide as bull's eyes.
His hand that was stroking his beard seemed to be frightened. He grabbed his beard and pulled it down unconsciously, as if pulling weeds... The pain caused the corners of his mouth to twitch crazily.
"Yes, Master, you heard it right, it's Nanchen! To be precise, it's the Nanchen Palace in Jiangning City!" Su Xian added with a playful smile.
"You...are talking nonsense again!" Li Qingniu waved his hand, frowned, stared at Su Xian with a pair of bull's eyes, and guessed:
"How do you feel, Master? You kid is holding a bad idea in your heart. You tricked Master into going to Nanchen. Do you want Master to treat someone else?"
"Master, you are worrying too much!"
Su Xian denied it.
Then he cleared his throat and began to "make up" the whole story.
He rambled here and there, quoting scriptures, and finally brought up the old story of the fall of the previous dynasty, saying that someone had fled to Nanchen, and those people were the key to the clue!
Li Qingniu looked at Su Xian carefully for a long time with bulging eyes. Although he suspected that he was lying, he... finally shook his head and said:
"In that case, I will follow you to Nanchen, but I have agreed in advance that when I go to Nanchen, I will not diagnose anyone's pulse!"
Su Xian hurriedly smiled and said:
"That's right, that's right. Master, don't worry, no one will force you to always treat others."
Li Qingniu nodded when he heard this, but didn't say anything.
Su Xian breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, thinking that he finally got rid of Li Qingniu.
After telling Li Qingniu to leave early tomorrow morning, he turned around and left.
Next it was time to appease the two ladies.
Tang Shuwan and Liu Huixiang were very surprised and worried when they learned that Su Xian was leaving tomorrow and would go to Nanchen.
But they all knew the general situation and knew that they could not dissuade Su Xian. In desperation, they had no choice but to carefully pack Su Xian's luggage.
After briefly appeasing the two ladies, Su Xian came to the study again. He had to arrange various matters for tomorrow's trip, including the people accompanying him, the route, etc...
After a while, everything was arranged. Before Su Xian could take a breath, Tang Shujing suddenly ran over.
Her pointed and fair face was full of excitement and anticipation, and she asked: "Brother-in-law, I just heard someone say that you are going to Nanchen for business?"
"good."
Su Xian nodded.
Then he saw Tang Shujing move closer with a flattering smile on her face, as if she was about to say something.
Su Xian thought about it and already guessed what she was thinking. As the saying goes, "You know your sister-in-law better than your brother-in-law." When Tang Shujing tilted her buttocks, Su Xian knew what she was planning.
"You can't go!"
Before Tang Shujing could speak, Su Xian refused.
Tang Shujing opened her small mouth, but she couldn't say the words that were on her lips. It was like a stillborn baby, which made her feel uncomfortable.
"Why! I can protect you along the way, just like the last time I went to Shu and Beiliao. Brother-in-law, just let me go!" Tang Shujing was unwilling to give in.
However, Su Xian's heart is as solid as stone. If he doesn't agree, he just doesn't agree.
Seeing this, Tang Shujing had no choice but to send her trump card. She punched Su Xian lightly on the shoulder and said, "I'll tell my sister and let her make the judgment."
"What are you doing? Come back!" Su Xian suddenly felt a headache. He grabbed Tang Shujing, who was about to leave, and asked, "This trip to Nanchen is different from the last time... Why do you want to follow me?"
"I...that..."
"..."
Although Tang Shujing hesitated, Su Xian still understood what she meant.
To put it simply, she wanted to follow Su Xian to "make credit" and then get a reward from His Majesty.
Why do you want to get a reward?
Because during this period of time, she, who had determined to be "Tang Shujing with timely rain", gradually felt that she could not make ends meet and was struggling financially, so she came up with the idea of following Su Xian to "make a fortune".
Su Xian thought for a long time, and finally patted Tang Shujing's shoulder and said with a smile:
"I already know your needs, but this trip to Nanchen is unusual. You can't go. Be good and protect your sister at home."
"You're the good one!" Tang Shujing slapped Su Xian's hand away, then pursed her lips and stared at Su Xian fiercely, saying that she must go.
"You really don't want to stay?" Su Xian asked with a smile.
"no way!"
"What if I lend you five thousand taels of silver to help you get through this 'difficulty'?" Su Xian asked again.
"Five thousand taels!" Tang Shujing's eyes suddenly flashed, and she jumped up, holding Su Xian's arm tightly, as if she was afraid that he would regret it and run away.
"..."
In the end, Tang Shujing left happily with five thousand taels of silver notes.
Stop pestering Su Xian.
When Su Xian got free time, he went to look for the two ladies. For the next ten days, he would not be at home, so he could spend more time with the two ladies.
In a blink of an eye, the sky turned dark.
Before dinner, Zhou Wei came back.
Since Li Qingniu will set off with Su Xian tomorrow to go to Nanchen, Zhou Wei will naturally need to accompany them. He is Li Qingniu's bodyguard.
Zhou Wei was trained by Yan Dashan for many days in the "Longwu Army" camp, and his spirits improved a lot. He no longer rejected the camp in conversation, and even said that it was an "interesting" place...
After dinner.
After a short rest, it was time to go to bed.
Tonight it was Liu Huixiang's turn to go to bed. After Su Xian washed and showered, he came to Liu Huixiang's room. At that time, Liu Huixiang was sitting in front of the dressing table taking off her makeup.
Beautiful mirrors make people more beautiful.
"lady."
Su Xian walked straight into the room and walked behind Liu Huixiang with a smile.
He leaned over from behind and hugged Liu Huixiang's slender waist, resting his chin on her shoulder, rubbing his ears and temples together, and a touch of the elegant feminine fragrance came to his face, and then penetrated his nostrils.
"Husband... don't make trouble... itchy..."
Liu Huixiang smiled from the bottom of her heart. At this time, her hands were removing the hairpin from her bun, and she had no time to interfere with Su Xian's intimacy.
Su Xian was very rude. He held her waist and groped around, making Liu Huixiang laugh non-stop. From time to time, she twisted her waist to dodge left and right...
Finally, under Su Xian's "troublemaking", Liu Huixiang finally finished taking off her makeup.
"Husband, you are so evil. You attacked me while I was taking off my makeup."
Liu Huixiang was still sitting in front of the dressing table, but turned slightly sideways, and gently pushed Su Xian with a white and slender hand.
The long sleeves slipped down, and a section of her bright wrist, as tender as a lotus root, fell out.
Su Xian conveniently grabbed the little hand, and then in a moment, he hugged Liu Huixiang's sharp shoulder and back, then leaned over, picked up the crooks of Liu Huixiang's legs with his other hand, and lifted her horizontally.
"Husband, please slow down."
Liu Huixiang subconsciously hooked Su Xian's neck with both hands, adjusted her position to make Su Xian save more effort, and then said:
"My husband will leave for Nanchen tomorrow. He should go to Sister Tang's room tonight."
Su Xian looked at her. Her long black hair cascaded like a waterfall, and her skin was delicate and shiny, making people want to "take a bite of her".
He grinned and said:
"If my husband really dies, there will be a sad and resentful woman in this prince's mansion. She will shed tears and wet the whole pillow!"
"I don't know that!" Liu Huixiang's face turned red and she hurriedly denied it.
"You still dare to quibble, let's see how my husband will deal with you, a jealous little wife!" Su Xian grinned, turned around and walked towards the bed with Liu Huixiang in his arms.
"Husband... spare your life!"
"..."
An hour later.
It's getting late.
Everything is quiet.
Everyone was asleep, not even the barking of dogs was heard.
However, Su Xian was in high spirits. He walked out of Liu Huixiang's room, entered the main courtyard through the corner door, and walked straight to Tang Shuwan's room.
After a while he entered the room and stood in front of the embroidery.
Like a thief, he slowly opened the gauze curtain in front of the bed and stuck his head in.
The light inside the bed was very dim, but Su Xian could still see clearly that Tang Shuwan had fallen asleep. Her sleeping posture was stable, and the brocade quilt outlined her graceful and undulating figure.
"lady?"
Su Xian called softly for a while, and Tang Shuwan woke up leisurely. She glanced sideways and saw, oh wow, there was a "head growing" on the gauze tent. It was really scary.
"Madam, don't scream, it's me!" Su Xian said quickly.
"It turns out to be my husband..."
Tang Shuwan breathed a sigh of relief, turned over and got up. She looked at Su Xian's charming face and asked curiously: "It's so late and my husband doesn't go to rest. Why did he come to find me?"
Su Xian parted the gauze tent, sat sideways on Xiutan, kicked off his shoes, and climbed up Xiutan without saying a word.
Tang Shuwan moved to the side to make room for Su Xian.
"Madam, come here."
Su Xian sat cross-legged among the quilts, smiling and waving to Tang Shuwan. Tang Shuwan immediately understood what Su Xian meant, hesitated for a moment, and finally came over with a blushing face.
Su Xian grabbed her and without any explanation, pressed her on his lap. He grinned, gently stroked Tang Shuwan's black and beautiful hair, and said with a smile:
"My husband has something very important to tell my wife."
Tang Shuwan's heart was already in turmoil, and she was waiting for Ai Lang's next move. However, Su Xian actually said, "There is something very important." She quickly calmed down and asked seriously:
"What's the matter, husband?"
Su Xian lowered his head and gradually approached the beauty lying on his lap. After saying in a low voice, "Madam, you are so beautiful," he leaned over and kissed her.
"Well……"
…
Finally, the time came for the next day.
The tenth day of the first lunar month.
Early in the morning, Su Xian said goodbye to the two ladies who looked reluctant and worried, took Yang Zhilan, Li Qingniu, Zhou Wei and Guan Ping, and officially set off in a carriage.
This time going to Nanchen, Su Xian planned to take a boat all the way along the Grand Canal.
After the carriage drove out of Shendu City, it first headed east along the official road to the vicinity of Gongyi County, and then transferred to a large boat to go south along the Grand Canal.
The operation was classified.
Except for the Queen, the members of the inner guard, Lan Ling, and everyone in the Marquis Mansion, no one else knew about it.
The wheels were rolling and the horses' hooves were pounding. By dusk in the afternoon, Su Xian and his party had arrived in Gongyi County.
After running along the official road for a while, the dock of the Grand Canal was already in sight.
However, at this moment, Su Xian suddenly ordered the car to stop and rest.
The convoy came to a slow stop.
Everyone got out of the car one after another.
After Li Qingniu got out of the car, he was wearing a green Taoist robe and a square hat. He put his hands behind his back, held out his slightly fat belly, took a leisurely step, and looked around at the surrounding environment——
This is a place in the middle of nowhere!
The official road is surrounded by mountains on three sides. The mountains are covered with lush forests. On the other side of the official road is a river. The river is very wide and flows endlessly.
There is no village in front of this place and no shop in the back. It is very quiet. Apart from their group, there is no passerby.
Li Qingniu gradually frowned. Since yesterday, he always felt that he had been deceived by Su Xian, so Su Xian's sudden order to stop the car and rest must be fishy in his opinion.
While he was wondering, Li Qingniu happened to see Su Xian get out of the car. He turned around and walked over, asking: "What's weird about this place? Why do you stop here to rest?"
Su Xian smiled and said:
"Master, you are worrying too much. We have been traveling all day and are exhausted. We are about to arrive at the canal dock, so let's rest for a while. Master, you see, the mountains and rivers here are beautiful and the air is fresh. It is a good place to rest. !”
"Hmph..." Li Qingniu didn't believe it at all.
"Master, don't worry. This trip to Nanchen is all for the nine branches of nectar. No one will ask you to treat others all the time!" Su Xian said.
"Are you sure?"
"Disciple is very sure!"
"..."
As soon as he finished speaking, a follower suddenly came to report: "A group of people appeared in the woods ahead, coming towards us. Please make a decision, Master."
"Don't worry, they are the ones we are waiting for, and they will go to Nanchen with us." Su Xian nodded.
Li Qing suddenly noticed something was wrong and quickly asked: "Who are they?"
Su Xian looked at Li Qingniu with a naive smile and said, "Master, don't panic, they are helpers brought in by the disciples."
"Help? Are you going to Nanchen with us? Who is he?" Li Qingniu asked again, his brows furrowed, and the idea of "being deceived by Su Xian" was particularly strong in his mind.
Su Xian hesitated for a long time, and finally whispered: "Princess Nanchen..."
