Practicing Medicine in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 66

I haven't seen him for a few months, and Taiping really came out again and became more clear. A pair of bright eyes looked around, and there was a stream of light in his eyes. The whole person lost three points of the round and cute milky milk in his childhood, but he had more of the girl in the pavilion. Smart and charming.

She came in a hurry with her skirt in her hand, and the rules had long been left behind. Before Wu Yi could stop her, she opened the curtain and rushed in.

He has grown up by three years, and his temperament has become more stable. At least he didn't carelessly rub into Li Hong's arms anymore. Taiping took the newly made Ruqun and walked around in front of Li Hong. The elder brother who is still honorable in the position gave a salute.

"Taiping has met His Royal Highness the Prince."

The corner of Li Hong's pale mouth curled up: "I have grown up and know the etiquette. It seems that your brother imperial doctor really didn't lie to me."

Only then did Taiping stick to it, and he would always look like a child who couldn't grow up in front of his elder brother: "Brother Hong, Taiping misses you so much."

Li Hong looked at her carefully, but the smile on his face slowly faded: "If you have anything to say, go out and say...cough cough..."

He coughed twice, as if he had coughed up all the strength in his body, leaving only the sweat on his forehead.

As soon as Wu Yi heard him coughing, he hurried in, coaxed and persuaded him, and finally led Taiping out first.

Then he turned around and went back, took a handkerchief to wipe off the sweat on Li Hong's forehead carefully, and pressed it with the back of his hand, and it really was a low fever.

Li Hong glanced up weakly, with reprimand in his eyes: "You go out too."

"I follow Dr. Shen to take care of your condition. These things are my duty."

Wu Yi had dealt with this disease a lot in his previous life, and he was very experienced in how to avoid it. Every time he came into contact with Li Hong, he would wash his hands and bathe honestly, and he himself often took some Baihe Gujin Decoction to prevent it.

Li Hong didn't have the strength to push him away, he was stuck in the bed, his bones couldn't support him, even the quilt was too thick, and he was easy to catch cold if he pulled it out, so any trivial matter became a dilemma.

"Brother Hong! Brother Hong!" Taiping felt that he missed him very much, but he didn't expect that he rushed over, and his elder brother still didn't allow him to go in to visit, and he didn't know what to whisper with Wu Yi in there.

She called two or three times, but she didn't hear Li Hong answering her, so she quietly put her ear to the curtain and listened secretly, only to hear Wu Yi's whispering instructions in three or two times, only telling him how to take medicine and take care of his body, Don't overthink things like that.

The villain who got nothing came back a few steps melancholy, and sat by the desk, flipping through the book Wu Yi put on it in boredom.

Only then did Wang Juan rush over, holding up his sleeves and wiping his forehead: "Princess, really, let me have a good meal!"

Taiping tilted his head and smiled: "You run slowly, do you still blame me? Hmm... Where is Li Jing?"

"The king of the small county is following the queen's order, and he will go to give some gifts to the princess first." Wang Juan said, "The empress said, the princess has been ill for three years, it's really hard work, so I specially rewarded a hundred pieces of silk and satin for the king of Nan'an [1] Send it in person to show her virtue."

Taiping didn't take Wang Juan's words very seriously, but Wu Yi could hear them clearly from behind the curtain. Li Jing was made King of Nan'an County a few years later, which was a small comfort to the emperor's grandson.

Empress Wu took great pains in fostering new party members. Although she had already promoted her nephews Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi to Chang'an, where they were named county kings respectively, the names of foreign relatives who were involved in politics were always unpleasant. Li Tang's relatives are sealed together, which can also block the mouths of Youyou.

The title is just a false name, as long as the real power is in the hands of the Wu clan, it is enough.

Li Jing, the title of the county king picked up, also carries the meaning of three-point win over. Although his father Li Sujie seems to have no intention of surrendering, his son may be a child raised in the Daming Palace. If the little wolf dog can be his own dog, it would not be a waste of that sharp tooth.

Empress Wu has always been informal when it comes to employing people. She has tolerated Li Jing so far, and only asks for one thing in return——

loyalty.

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After Li Jing paid a visit to Mrs. Pei, he rushed over in a hurry. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Taiping holding a book upside down. He didn't know if he was reading or playing with books.

He gave a simple salute: "I have seen the princess."

Taiping yawned nonchalantly: "How many times have I told you that we don't need to treat each other like this."

Ever since Wei He ordered her brother Xian, Li Jing became her only playmate. Regarding the original edict not to meet each other, Empress Wu, who doted on the young girl, naturally turned a blind eye.

The two little fellows can be regarded as acquaintances of the chief executives, and they are never called princesses and princes, but they still have to say a rule when they leave the gate of the Taiji Palace.

"In someone else's place, how dare you be so presumptuous." Li Jing obviously didn't care about that: "Where is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? And brother Yi?"

Taiping pouted towards the inside of the curtain: "They are playing inside by themselves, and don't care about me."

Wang Juan hurriedly interjected to explain: "His Royal Highness suffers from a deadly disease that is easily contagious, so he doesn't want to see people easily. He just coughed twice, and Wu Yi is waiting inside."

Before he finished speaking, Wu Yi opened the curtain and came out, washed his hands in the copper basin on the mahogany shelf next to him, and when he looked back, he realized that two children, one big and one small, were looking at him eagerly, like two children. Like a kitten sticking its head out to beg for food.

After counting, Li Jing is more than twelve years old, just like a young onion, who grows taller every day, and after only a few hundred days of not seeing each other, he has risen a bit higher.

The round cheeks that were round when he was a child have also become thinner, and the young and clean cheeks gradually revealed the gentle temperament from Li Tang's blood. The bridge of Feng's nose is like a sharp blade, revealing the unique rebelliousness of young people.

Two or three years older, he must be a well-known young master Pianpianjia in Chang'an, just like Li Hong back then, the one that all the boudoir girls silently read to Xinliu in their hearts.

My little apprentice who obsesses me seems to have grown up overnight, his appearance, stature, and temperament are all outstanding, and he knows the rules better, unlike Taiping who will stick to Li Hong when he sees him. Looking at himself, he just smiled lightly, nodded and said hello: "Brother Yi."

Wu Yi was proud, but also felt a little melancholy. For the past three years, he had devoted himself to taking care of Li Hong, but he really couldn't care less about Li Jing. Now he looks like a three-pointed gentleman.

Li Jing didn't know what her master was thinking, she felt that she was an adult, she had to behave properly, and she couldn't lose face of her master.

The two masters and apprentices held on to the ceremony, seeing that they had a lot of life, but they each read each other's names in their hearts. They were a little worried that the other party would alienate them, and they seemed a little timid.

It was Taiping who broke the deadlock: "Jing'er, didn't you say that your mother ordered you to bring it?"

Li Jing then withdrew his mind and knelt down towards the curtain: "I have seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Li Hong's deep and hoarse voice came slowly from the crack in the curtain: "What orders does mother have?"

"The empress told me that she hadn't seen the prince for a long time, and she missed him very much, so she held a banquet in the Qiyun Hall of the Hebi Palace, and invited the prince to come over to talk about her and the Holy Majesty's thoughts."

There was silence in the curtain, only the slight sound of a gust of wind stirring the windows, mixed with the slightly nervous snorting of the people, which made the silence in the room even more apparent.

Li Jing couldn't help but move, knowing that the relationship between the mother and the son of the Tian family was already stiff, so he added in a soft voice: "The three His Royal Highnesses, King Pei, King Ying and King Xiang, miss His Highness very much, and His Majesty often mentions His Highness."

Taiping also wiped off the playful look on his face, and pressed against the curtain half coquettishly, just like he pressed against Li Hong's chest when he was a child: "Brother Hong, come, my mother said, this is a family feast, without you, you won't be so happy." It counts, Taiping really wants to have a banquet with you, just like when I was a child."

"Just like when I was a child, put a mouthful of oil on my clothes?" Li Hong smiled lowly, with helplessness in his laughter, "Since it's what mother wants, then let's do it."

Only then did Taiping cheer, "I knew that Brother Hong loved Taiping the most!"

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This family banquet was held in the Qiyun Hall of the Hebi Palace in the Luoyang Palace. The emperor and the empress sat high on it. look at each other.

Li Xian, Li Xian, and Li Dan each brought their relatives to the two sides, as for Li Jing and other juniors, they sat at the end of the table, looking at the noble prince and princess in front of them.

"Hong'er, long time no see, have you recovered from your illness?"

Empress Wu looked at the thin cheeks of her eldest son with concern, and the cheekbones protruding from the skin were like two bladeless bayonets, piercing deeply into her heart, piercing the line of defense that she thought was as solid as iron .

Li Hong's body was already very weak, and it was meaningless to go to the banquet this time. A pair of ivory chopsticks inlaid with gold were in front of him, but he didn't even have the strength to lift them up.

He nodded weakly towards Empress Wu: "The illness in my body is not very good, but the illness in my heart has recovered by seven or eight points. Mother, please rest assured."

"It's best for you to cultivate here. It's best if you can be relaxed and happy." Empress Wu looked behind him, and saw a handsome young man standing behind him. Because of Li Hong's illness, he had to take medicine with him to serve him.

She knew in her heart that instead of saying that Wu Yi brought his medicine, it would be better to say that Wu Yi was his medicine.