Chapter 303 Warm Pavilion (one more)
After Xie Lin left, the pavilion fell silent.
The snow is falling in clusters outside, and the sound of falling snow can be heard. The charcoal fire in the stove occasionally makes a buzzing sound, and the hot tea is steaming.
Su Rong smiled silently, took a sip of hot tea, and warmed her heart, then raised her eyes and looked at Zhou Gu, "I heard from my aunt that you can't leave your hands every day. What book are you reading, so you forget to eat and sleep?"
Zhou Gu answered her without changing his face, "Idle books."
Su Rong shook the teacup, "Not necessarily?"
Zhou Gu was very calm, "Idle books about travel notes, you know that after the results of the scientific examinations are announced, I will go on a trip."
Su Rong nodded, seeming to believe it, "Where is the travel note? Where are you planning to go for the first stop?"
Zhou Gu followed the plan agreed with Yan Huisheng, "Hebei."
"Because the Pingxi General's Mansion in northern Hebei raised soldiers and horses privately?" Su Rong asked.
Zhou Gu nodded, and said in a low voice: "Although it is a private raising of soldiers and horses, it is not necessarily a private raising that does not see the light. I am afraid that it is a private raising with a secret order from His Majesty. Otherwise, for so many years, the treasury has flowed into northern Hebei with a large amount of gold and silver. How can Your Majesty let General Pingxi's mansion easily get it?"
Su Rong suddenly realized, "That's true."
She thought for a moment, and said carefully: "I suggest that you don't go to northern Hebei for the first stop, you go to Nanping, because once the results of the scientific examination are released, you will have to pass the imperial examination. Answer. After all, as far as he is concerned with his majesty’s private raising of soldiers and horses, he is not an ambitious person. Now this case, after many investigations, the final result is that it will not be too involved with the second prince Yan Lin. If this is the case, the Concubine De and the second prince Yan Lin will definitely not be hurt. I'm afraid I'll be too happy."
Zhou Gu nodded, "Okay, I'm going to Nanping."
Su Rong looked at him, "Ning Chi, the eldest son of the Marquis of Nanping, has already joined the East Palace. In this way, the first stop you go to Nanping, with his help, will definitely get twice the result with half the effort."
"Yes." Zhou Gu nodded.
"As for General Pingxi's Mansion..." Su Rong shook the teacup, "We still have to start with the second prince, or, if Zhang Ping is too ambitious, he can be sent to kill him secretly to avoid future troubles."
Zhou Gu immediately said: "You don't want to risk yourself."
Su Rong nodded, "Don't worry, I have always cherished my own little life, and secretly sending someone to kill him can only be done as a last resort. It's a bad idea. There is a better solution, so naturally I have to use a better way."
Zhou Gu breathed a sigh of relief, "That's right."
Su Rong finished drinking a cup of tea, stood up, and said to him: "I'm going to see the eldest princess, you should go back quickly and see your face, your injury hasn't fully healed yet, and you still need to take care of it for ten or eight days, so as not to cause the root cause of the disease."
Zhou Gu also stood up, stopped her, pursed his lips and said, "Is it enough to look at the face? Would you like to take my pulse? Doctor Xu said that I can go out in a day or two."
Su Rong was about to leave, but when he heard this, he stopped and frowned, "A day or two? Impossible."
Zhou Gu stretched out his wrist to her, with an affirmative expression on his face, "That's what he said."
Su Rong reached out and pressed his wrist, signaling his pulse.
Zhou Gu looked at her quietly, motionless.
After a while, Su Rong let go, "The other hand."
Zhou Gu obediently gave her the other hand.
After Su Rong got his pulse, he said affirmatively to Zhou Gu: "At least another seven days, one or two days is definitely not enough, and what my aunt said is right, you don't have a good rest every day, you have some blood deficiency, and you think too much. If this is the case, the injury will heal slowly. It looks good on the outside, but in fact there is still a loss inside, which has not healed, so don't be careless."
After she finished speaking, she let go and said to Consultant Zhou: "Are you still taking the prescription?"
Su Rong frowned again, "Physician Xu didn't change your prescription during the daily consultation? It stands to reason that it should have been changed a few days ago."
Zhou Gu shook his head, "No."
In fact, it was Imperial Doctor Xu who said to change his prescription, but he was not willing to change it, especially yesterday, when the medicine was stopped.
Su Rong said: "May I give you another prescription?"
After she finished speaking, she turned around to look for a pen and paper, but found that there was none here, looked at Zhou Gu, and said to him, "Someone fetch the pen."
Zhou Gu nodded, shouted to the outside, and Ziye, who was hiding in the distance, ran over quickly, and went immediately after listening to Zhou Gu's order.
Su Rong could only sit down again, waiting for midnight.
Zhou Gu poured another cup of tea for Su Rong.
Ziye took a pen and paper, dawdled for a while, finally took it, and spread it on the table.
Su Rongduo took a look at Zi Ye, Zi Ye was a little guilty, he didn't dare to raise his head, rolled up his sleeves to help Su Rong grind the ink, Zhou Gu stopped him, "Go down, I'll do it."
Zi Ye quickly retreated.
Zhou Gu finished grinding the ink, Su Rong picked up the pen, quickly wrote a prescription, and handed it to Zhou Gu, "Eat well for seven days, follow what I said, and pay more attention to rest."
Zhou Gu reached out to take it, glanced at it, and coughed lightly, "Your word... I don't know much about it."
Su Rong paused, watching her draw the prescriptions written for him in wild grass and dragons, and was speechless for a while. After a while, she patiently read them to him one by one.
Zhou Gu nodded, expressing that he remembered it, put away the prescription, and said suddenly: "Do you still remember something you promised me?"
"what's up?"
"That's what I told you. Go to the library in the palace. There are several rare books. You can borrow them for me with your eyes?" Zhou Gu reminded her.
Su Rong naturally did not forget, but...
She looked at Zhou Gu, "You said it, but are you sure, did I agree?"
Zhou Gu paused, stared at her, very sure, "You agreed at that time."
Seeing that Su Rong was silent, he re-examined, "There is a book of war, written by the famous general Zhang Yu 300 years ago, a treatise on state governance, written by the famous Prime Minister Wang Sheng 400 years ago, and a treasure map, which is said to be from the time of Emperor Jing Yuan, and no one has been able to decipher it until now."
He was very concerned, and said full of thoughts: "That's all for the first two. Don't you want to try the treasure map of Emperor Jing Yuan's time? Now that the treasury is empty, if the Great Wei really wants to use your life experience to start a war, the two countries will raise troops at that time. What will Liang use to fight? If there is no military salary, the soldiers will not have enough food, clothing, and armor. Wouldn't there be no chance of winning? If there is a treasure map, maybe the Great Wei will not be afraid of attacking .”
Su Rong: "..."
She took a deep breath, "Okay, I'll try."
She paused, and then said: "But you take care of your wounds, I will discuss this matter with His Royal Highness, and see if His Highness can take me there."
Zhou Gu was silent for a moment, and whispered, "Can't I take you there?"
Su Rong was very decisive, "No, you should take care of your injuries."
After finishing speaking, Su Rong turned around and walked out, waving at him behind him without looking back, "It's so cold, you should go back quickly, don't rely on your youth and take your body seriously, or I won't care about you next time."
Zhou Gu was going to keep up, but upon hearing this, he could only stop and watch her figure walk away quickly.
(end of this chapter)