Denghuaxiao Chapter 188

Chapter 188 Jasmine

 The green trees are dense and the wind is clear.

 There was silence in the medicine room.

 The boy came in from behind the door, brought two cups of warm herbal tea, and went to the front to look at the medicine stove.

 Lu Zong was sitting in front of the desk.

 This is Ji Xun's medicine room.

Ji Xun had a special status in the Medical Courtyard and was well-liked by the nobles in the palace. The pharmacy was too cramped and cramped, so the Medical Courtyard specially prepared a pharmacy for him so that he could test prescriptions, prepare medicines, and study medical skills here.

 The medicine room is not big.

The long desk is short, and the pharmacy is separated from the study room by a carved bookshelf. There are medical books stacked on top of each other on the bookshelf, as well as on the floor. Scattered prescriptions are piled randomly beside the couch, on bamboo chairs, and in the corners, making it look a bit strange. Clutter.

On the table are an incense stick and a pen bed, as well as silver scissors for pruning the branches and leaves of herbs. A few sprigs of gardenia were placed in an ice-blue glass vase, and the aroma diluted the strong medicinal smell in the medicine room.

There are dense green branches in front of the window, and there is a good breeze and a cool breeze. There is no hot summer outside. The place is like a peachland in the mountains, with its own leisure and wild charm.

While she was drinking tea, her rolled-up sleeves fluttered, revealing faint red marks on her elbows.

 It's sweeter than this.

This look was noticed by Lu Huo.

He spoke seriously, and Lu Xu frowned: "Medical Officer Ji, I made it very clear that I only studied medicine to earn a living, which is different from your original intention of benefiting the world."

Maybe she drank too much sweet syrup recently, and she was no longer used to such a bitter taste. Inexplicably, she suddenly missed the cold white lotus dew that Pei Yun reflected outside the window on a windy summer night and handed her.

A medical officer who was only motivated by selfish desires and wanted to climb up the ladder should have found a way to send a message on the first day he entered Nanjing Pharmacy. With Ji Xun's temperament, he could lend a helping hand to passers-by who met by chance, and to those who had known each other for a long time. Old lovers will only take more care of them.

 Lu Yan was speechless.

There was silence in the room.

Ji Xun's voice came to my ears.

When she was in Sunan, she had speculated many times about what would happen when she reunited with Ji Xun. But when she finally arrived in Shengjing, she slowly gave up the idea.

Ji Xun shook his head: "In the past, I misunderstood that you were obsessed with wealth and had bad medical ethics. It was my fault that I listened to you and believed it. I apologize to you."

 Hand holding the cup tightened, she lowered her head and took a sip of the tea in her hand.

She said: "Actually, I am not what you think."

“My medical skills are not good and my knowledge is shallow. I am like a river boy looking at the sea or a well frog looking at the sky. How can I expose my shortcomings and make others laugh?”

He looked at Lu Yun and shook his head slightly: "You are a doctor, you should only look at the disease, regardless of high or low, let alone belittle yourself?"

 “I am from a humble background after all…”

If you want to enter the Imperial Medical College, it is actually easier to get into the Imperial Medical Bureau.

Ji Xun felt a little emotional.

If she wants to cling to him, she doesn't need to use those rumors. She can just use this jade pendant to get along with Sunan.

 When he looked at her again, his eyes became a little more pity.

　　　 Lu Tong.

“I see.” Ji Xun suddenly realized, “So you went to West Street to practice medicine in order to become independent.”

 “Where are the distant relatives now?”

But maybe God was playing tricks on her. The more she didn't want to recognize Ji Xun, the more unexpected this moment came.

Lu Tong practiced medicine in a clinic on West Street, but finally took part in the Spring Examination of the Imperial Medical Bureau, which shows that he wanted to enter the Hanlin Medical Academy.

This statement seemed to be sarcastic, and Ji Xun frowned.

 A foreign woman with no relatives in Shengjing and only medical skills to rely on, practicing medicine in a hospital is indeed a bold but best choice.

"You are willing to enter the medical official hospital. If you have such ambition, you should not waste your talent. I know that the medical theory you studied in the past is different from the ordinary medical practice. I will find for you the books used by the students of the Imperial Medical Bureau. If you are okay , read as many as possible, and if you have different opinions, you can come to me here.”

"If you were just trying to make ends meet," Ji Xun looked at her, "you wouldn't have been in the medical hospital for so long and wouldn't even recognize me."

 The same goes for Lu Huan.

He said: "I don't know who you studied under, but with your medical skills, you can produce 'Chun Shui Sheng' and 'Xian Xian', which are already better than those of many students from the Imperial Medical Bureau. Why belittle yourself?"

"But why didn't you come to Changlefang to look for me?" Ji Xun was puzzled: "I told you before I left that if you want to go to the Imperial Medical Bureau, I will help you."

Tea is medicinal tea, fragrant and bitter, with a strong medicinal aroma that makes people frown.

“What happened to Medical Officer Lu after we said goodbye to Sunan?”

Ji Xun sat opposite, looking at her seriously.

As a commoner, it was not easy for Lu Jie to walk from West Street to the Medical Courtyard. However, when he was in the Medical Courtyard, it was still inevitable to be slandered and framed. I am alone and do not explain when faced with rumors. Just like in the Sunan Inn back then, I still insist that nothing is wrong even though I am seriously poisoned. The world is unfair. When ordinary people are in trouble, they always knock out their teeth and swallow blood as much as possible. Endure grievances all your life.

Ji Xun interrupted her, "So, is this the reason why you still refused to acknowledge me after entering the hospital?"

Seeing that she was silent, Ji Xun lowered his voice and said, "You are extremely talented in medical skills, and you are also smart and diligent. Maybe you are biased against the Imperial Medical Bureau, but what I want to tell you is that the medical classics and pharmacology taught by the Imperial Medical Bureau are beyond ordinary medical practice." Arrived.”

Lu Yan replied calmly: "After Doctor Ji left, I recovered from the poison soon. Then I returned home." After a pause, "My family died of illness two years ago, so I came to Shengjing to live with my cousin."

 “passed away.”

Lu Zhen withdrew his gaze and looked at the person in front of him again.

Ji Xun looked at him for a moment.

After a moment, he frowned and said, "Why hasn't your wound healed yet?"

Lu Zhen was stunned for a moment.

“Shenxian Jade Skin Ointment is very effective in removing scars. Whether it is a knife injury, a sword injury, or a fire injury, using this ointment, the scar will fade quickly. Why is your wound still obvious after more than a month?”

After finishing speaking, he stretched out his hand towards Lu Zhuo's wrist: "Let me take a look."

 Lu Zhen shrank back.

She subconsciously reached out and lowered her sleeves to cover the faint red mark.

Ji Xun was confused: "You..."

 She said quickly: "I'm useless."

"What?"

Lu Zong calmed down, regained his composure, and said: "The jade muscle ointment is precious and I don't want to use it, so these days I just use ordinary plasters to rub the wounds. I keep the jade muscle ointment given by Medical Officer Ji."

Ji Xun frowned and stared at her. After a while, he shook his head in disapproval.

“Medicine is a dead thing and is not as valuable as a living person. Although your injury is not fatal, if the scar remains for too long, it may not be able to be removed in the future, so you should apply it in time.”

He stood up, opened the wooden drawer of the bookshelf behind him, took out two new jars of jade muscle cream and placed them in front of Lu Yan.

 Lu Huan: "Ji Medical Officer..."

Jade skin ointment is so precious that only the nobles in the palace get one jar. He is generous in giving away two jars.

"This medicine was made by me." Ji Xun said, "It's not precious to me. You can just use it. If it runs out, I'll ask Bamboo Ling to be delivered to you."

 He looked at the little medicine boy who was boiling medicine outside.

 The little medicine boy nodded hurriedly.

Lu Zhen stared at him, while Ji Xun's eyes persisted. After a long stalemate, she could only lower her head and reluctantly agreed.

 Coming out of Ji Xun's medicine room, Lu Zhen breathed a sigh of relief.

 The white jade was returned to its original owner and an old matter was settled. I should have felt relieved, but for some reason, the acquaintance with Ji Xun was not as pleasant as I imagined.

 Heavy.

 Oddly enough, when they met again many years later and recognized each other, she was only briefly surprised and accepted it as a matter of course. When talking to Ji Xun, he was tense all the time. He didn't dare to relax for a while, and his mood was even more complicated.

Perhaps it's because Pei Yunying has seen her truest and most vicious side, and has no scruples about it. And Ji Xun...

Lu Zhuo grasped the strap of the medical box tightly.

In Ji Xun's eyes, she was just a poor and miserable orphan who was bullied and went through all kinds of hardships to get to the hospital.

It always makes people feel uncomfortable to accept sympathy and charity from others under the guise of being a kind and honest person.

Turning around the corridor and returning to the dormitory, Lin Danqing was sitting in front of the window, fanning.

Seeing her coming back, Lin Danqing stood up from the bamboo couch and said, "The doctor asked me to send some prescriptions to Mingxian Temple. There is nothing in the hospital this afternoon, so you can come with me." Then he leaned close to Lu Zhu and whispered in his ear: "I'm just going to Qiaomen to buy some melon to eat."

Lu Tong responded, went to the table, put down the medical kit, opened the wooden cabinet door, and put two new cans of the Immortal Jade Skin Cream inside.

 The porcelain jar is small and heavy in the hand.

Lu Zhen looked down and sighed in his heart.

In the past, Pei Yunying always referred to her as a "creditor", but now she somewhat understands how Pei Yunying feels.

Owing someone a favor is indeed more uncomfortable than being owed a favor.

Pi Yunying, who was thought of by Lu Zhuo, didn't know what she was thinking at the moment.

In the small room, the screen obscured half of the figures. Someone was leaning slightly, writing on the silk paper on the table.

　　The handwriting is splashing and splashing, as if it comes as one pleases. It is exactly the song "Quail's Running".

Quails gallop, magpies spread their borders. I think people are unscrupulous!

 The magpie's territory is like the quail's galloping. People are unscrupulous, I think you are the king! When Pei Yunying came in, Ning Wang Yuanlang was finishing his last stroke. When he saw him approaching, he put down his pen and looked up at him with a smile.

Pei Yunying nodded: "Your Highness."

 The former emperor had a total of five princes.

 The former Crown Prince Yuan Xi is currently the second in line of Emperor Ming of Liang, and Prince Ning Yuan Lang is the youngest.

Yuen Long was not born to the late Queen. His biological mother was just an ordinary palace maid in Huan Hua Ting. Yuen Long's biological mother died of illness when Yuen Long was very young. The late Emperor took pity on him for losing his mother when he was young and raised him together under the late Queen's knees.

It is a pity that the good times did not last long, and the first empress died eight years later. Fortunately, the prince Yuan Xi was gentle and harmonious, and he was very popular in the court. He was willing to protect his younger brother, and Yuen Long would not be bullied in the court.

Later, during the autumn flood when the late prince died, Yuen Long worshiped a lantern in the national temple for his brother and did not return to Beijing for three years. During these three years, the late prince died in depression due to the shock. The other two princes also committed crimes and were imprisoned. Emperor Liang Ming After ascending the throne, Yuen Long returned to Beijing three years later. Among the five princes in the past, he was the only one left except the current prince.

 He became the emperor's only sibling.

He was young and had no protection from his mother's family. He was mediocre and ordinary in the past, and he didn't even have two enemies. No one cared about it in the first place, but after the chessboard was rewashed, it was just like a dispensable speck of dust that was left behind, and no one even bothered to mention it in any conversation.

Yuen Long was also willing to be an idle prince and never participated in court affairs.

Gradually, the whole of Shengjing knew that he was such an approachable and good-natured prince who personally went to the Guanxiang vegetable market to select cabbage.

 He is also happy and at ease.

Others said that King Ning was a member of the royal family in vain, had no ambitions, was mediocre, and wasted a "Yuan" surname.

 But only those who know understand that those who are willing to lie dormant will never have a shallow plan.

Pei Yunying stepped forward and handed over the letter in his hand: "Your Highness, the confession of the person caught before has been revealed."

 Wang Ning nodded and reached out to take the letter, but did not open it immediately. He just put it on the head of the table. He sat down at the table and sighed.

 “What is your Highness worried about?”

King Ning shook his head: "Today, the local government reported that the locust plague is raging in southern Jiangsu. The people are suffering unspeakably."

“Between the crown prince and the third prince, although the crown prince has been decided, the emperor's brother is still undecided. The DPRK and China are fighting day after day, and no one cares about the locust plague. The people are the ones who suffer.”

“Disasters arise from anger, and disasters arise from insignificance. I'm afraid if things continue like this, the world will be in chaos.”

After a moment of silence, Pei Yunying replied: "A good charioteer never forgets his horse, a good archer never forgets his bow. A good man at the top never forgets his bottom."

  King Ning laughed: "Are you scolding my brother, or are you praising me?"

 “All.”

"If you say this, you will kill the nine tribes."

“Then I will thank Your Highness first.”

Hearing this, King Ning laughed heartily.

“In the past, Mr. Yan always said that you were full of rebelliousness, which made him have a headache. With his personality, he is already open-minded without being angry with you.”

“No wonder you dare to slap the Grand Master's face in front of everyone, leaving no room for that old fox...”

Speaking of the Taishi Mansion, Prince Ning paused, stared at the young man and said, "Speaking of which, the female medical officer you are protecting, Hongman said last time that he took her to Yuxian Tower last year."

Pei Yunying: “…”

“You were actually protecting her in Yuxian Tower,” King Ning's eyes were full of curiosity. “I didn't get to see her during the last hunt. Yun Ying, when do you plan to marry her?”

Pei Yunying had a headache: "Your Highness, she and I are just friends."

Prince Ning waved his hand, "You can just deceive Master Yan, that old bachelor. I, too, was young and frivolous. If you don't like her, why bother alarming the Taishi Mansion at this time."

Pei Yun paused.

 After a long while, he said: "I'm sorry."

"I'm not blaming you." Prince Ning sighed, "Madam was kind to me in the past. You are her son. Of course, I hope that you will marry and have children like other men and live a normal life. This is also Madam's long-cherished wish."

"Now that you have the girl you like, I don't want you to miss her for other reasons."

He spoke seriously, and Pei Yunying moved slightly when he heard it. Just as he was about to speak, he saw King Ning continue to speak.

 “If you hurt a lover, Master Yan is enough.”

Pei Yunying: “…”

　　I was so moved that I swallowed it back immediately.

"Anyway, if you have some free time, let me meet the girl you like. Lord Yan, Deputy Ambassador Xiao, and even Hongman have all met her. I can't lag behind, but if you peek privately, it's you after all. There is something wrong with my sweetheart, so next time there is a gathering like hunting, please ask someone to tell me secretly. "

“I have seen you before, so I know you.”

He talked for a while, and then gradually started to talk about these messy things. Although he knew that Prince Ning's temperament had always been like this, he was very serious when he was serious, but he was also extremely ridiculous when he was rambling. The gossip was even worse than the idleness of the market, which was really hard to resist.

Pei Yunying said a few perfunctory words, raised his hand to say goodbye, and left in a hurry looking for an opportunity.

 After leaving Prince Ning's secret residence, Pei Yunying breathed a sigh of relief.

Such a gossiping behavior is indeed unlike a person with the surname Yuan.

  Simply outrageous.

Qinghe Street Restaurant Luobu, after the sun goes down, the evening is no longer as hot as the afternoon and gradually becomes lively.

Downstairs in Hongxing, under the flower gallery where pearls and green noodles are sold, a white-haired elderly woman is hawking along the street. Fresh jasmine is filled with water in a wooden basin. It is snow-colored and has a strong fragrance.

Drips of water seeped out from under the wooden barrel, and fell together with the sweat under the flower gallery. The shopkeeper selling golden beads frowned and shouted to drive them away. The old woman was forced to leave. Qinghe Street was crowded with distinguished customers and ordinary traders were not allowed to hawk. The old woman walked a few steps with her head bent, but was exhausted, so she slowly squatted down while holding on to the stone wall.

The wooden basin is at the foot, with exquisite white flowers like jade. The fragrance dissipates the heat and dryness to a certain extent. People come and go in Qinghe Street, but no one stops for the fragrance of flowers.

 A pair of boots stopped in front of me.

 The woman raised her head.

 A young handsome man stood in front of him.

Mr. Lang was dressed in deep red and golden brocade clothes, with red lips and white teeth, and a face like a crown of jade. Under the setting sun, he bent down and picked up a bunch of jasmine.

The old woman hurriedly rubbed her knees and stood up, and greeted her warmly: "Master, please buy a bunch of jasmine flowers. Fresh jasmine will smell great when worn on your head! One bunch for one penny!"

Lang Jun smiled, with a slight dimple at the corner of his lips. He stretched out his hand to lift all the jasmine flowers in the basin, took out a silver coin from his arms and handed it to her.

 “I bought everything, you can go home.”

 The woman was stunned for a moment.

The young man had already stood up, holding a large armful of jasmine and walked forward.

 At the entrance of the Guanxiang flower market, there is a steady flow of people.

The variety of flowers in all colors in summer, buying flowers and lingering.

After Mingguang Guan delivered the prescriptions, Lin Danqing took Lu Shuo to eat at a restaurant near Guanxiang, and watched the variety show for a while. It was not until the sunset and it was getting late that he planned to return to the hospital.

Before returning home, Lin Danqing took Lu Zhuo to Lianxiangfang to buy some pastries to take back. When he was hungry at night, he hid in the dormitory to eat.

"Lily cake, rose cake, orange cake, sand cake, little red head..." Lin Danqing pointed at the names on the menu, turned around and asked Lu Chen: "Whatever you want to eat, you don't have to tell me!"

 Lu Huan: "...jasmine cake?"

The basket of jasmine cakes that Pei Yunying sent to Renxin Medical Center last time was very sweet.

Hearing this, the female shopkeeper smiled and said: "Oh, the girl is good at picking. She picked one that we don't have here."

Lin Danqing became interested: "If it's not here, then where can it be?"

 “Let's eat at Dingxuan on Qinghe Street!”

The shopkeeper added: "But that was something that existed in the past. Jasmine pancakes are difficult to make and difficult to preserve. I heard that Shidingxuan stopped making them a few years ago, but the recipe is not hidden. We have tried it before. It's just troublesome and not as profitable as other pastries, so I'm too lazy to make it.”

 “You can't buy it even if you go to other cake shops!”

Lu Zhen was surprised: "But I tasted it some time ago..."

The shopkeeper was startled, "Maybe I made it myself, it's quite a lot of work."

Lu Zhen didn't quite hear what the shopkeeper said later, so Lin Danqing went to pick up snacks with her. Lu Chen stood at the entrance of the porch and was stunned for a while.

　In the evening of summer, when it is still dark, a refreshing fragrance suddenly blows through the humid and hot air.

She raised her eyes and saw a flower girl in a red skirt walking past the door, holding a bunch of jasmine in her hand and humming a little song.

 Lu Zhuo turned around and looked.

 “When boredom comes, go to the garden to find flowers to wear…”

“Looking up suddenly, I saw jasmine flowers lined up on both sides…

 “Pick a flower with your hand and wear it…

“The flowers have been picked, but the heart has not yet bloomed…

 “I knew you didn't care about him...

 “I'm not here to pick flowers after all…”

 The melody is long and swaying, playful and gentle. As the girl's footsteps gradually drift away, only a wisp of quiet and cold fragrance remains, like an undercurrent, quietly hovering in people's hearts.

She was so absorbed in watching it that she didn't turn around for a long time, until Lin Danqing bought some snacks and called her: “Let's go, Sister Lu, we've bought everything.”

Lu Zhen finally looked away, said "Yeah", and followed her away.

 “When boredom sets in…”—Feng Menglong's “Hanging Branches”

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