Who says the prince is weak and can't take care of himself?

Chapter 133 Taking You to See Your Mother

After finally sending the Twelfth Princess away, Qi Xiao sighed, turned around, pulled Tang Ling up and hugged her: "Sorry."

"The Twelve Princesses are very cute."

"What, you like it?"

"Compared to the Fifteenth Princess, the Twelfth Princess is indeed more likable."

Qi Xiao was stunned: "Have you seen Fifteen?"

"Yes. In Chengming Palace. She came on her own, and His Majesty seemed displeased. Although he didn't send her away, he made her stand there for most of an hour holding the sweet soup, as a punishment for her willfulness."

Qi Xiao felt relieved and laughed: "Twelve is likable, what about me?"

"I just said I like you, and you forgot so quickly?"

Qi Xiao was satisfied. He held Tang Ling in his arms and kissed her tightly, wishing he could kiss her for the rest of his life.

Tang Ling felt a little breathless. She held Qi Xiao's face and pushed him away slightly. Blushing, she asked, "Is Concubine Lin okay? What did Qinglan say?"

Qi Xiao sighed, "Qinglan and Fang Yuanpan had a disagreement about the medication and were at a stalemate. Qinglan said she would first give her mother acupuncture to clear her meridians, and then she would discuss the prescription with Fang Yuanpan. So I came to see you first, but I didn't expect Twelve to follow secretly."

"You've been close to her since childhood, how come you haven't seen her in so long since you came back?"

Qi Xiao shook his head and said, "The two times I went to pay my respects to the Queen Mother, she was always studying, so I didn't get to see her. When we were little, she was the one who always came looking for me... Thinking back to that time, it seemed like I was always hiding behind the strong city walls, hoping that no one could see me. Only Twelve thought I was playing hide-and-seek with her and loved chasing me."

Tang Ling stroked Qi Xiao's face and kissed him gently. He also wanted to hug the Qi Xiao of seven years ago so that he wouldn't have to be so lonely.

"Your Majesty didn't mention anything else?" Summoning Tang Ling just to play chess?

Tang Ling shook her head. "Your Majesty didn't say anything. Perhaps he originally intended to say something to me, but it wasn't convenient to do it in front of the Fifteenth Princess."

Qi Xiao couldn't help but smile: "I should thank Fifteen for his willful behavior."

"I'd like to know what Your Majesty means. Instead of us bothering to guess, it would be easier to deal with Your Majesty if you just say it directly." Having said that, based on Tang Ling's understanding of His Majesty, he would not say anything in person, and would not even make up his mind easily. If Your Majesty really agreed to the request of the Fifteenth Princess and Concubine Zhao and wanted to arrange a marriage for the Fifteenth Princess, the Fifteenth Princess would not come to Chengming Palace on her own.

"If the decree is really issued, there will be no room for maneuver."

Tang Ling couldn't help but laugh: "Are you confused because of me?"

Qi Xiao lowered his head and leaned it on Tang Ling's shoulder, sighing softly: "Hmm..." Because he was powerless, he could only worry.

Tang Ling gently stroked Qi Xiao's shoulders, noticing that he suddenly looked like a child with his head drooping, both endearing and endearing. Perhaps it wasn't just the emperor's unpredictable feelings; Qi Xiao wouldn't have looked so exhausted and depressed during the marriage. It must be that Concubine Lin wasn't doing well.

"Is Lady Lin feeling better today?"

Qi Xiao sighed silently. He had never met anyone as perceptive as Tang Ling, who seemed to see through everything instantly. He hugged Tang Ling for a while, collected himself, and pulled him along: "I'll take you to see mother."

"Is it inconvenient today? After all, we just moved to the West Palace. Should we let Concubine Lin rest well?"

"Are you shy now?" Qi Xiao saw Tang Ling's ears were red, so he teased her, "Mother has asked twice when she can see you. You can't hide away now."

As they walked through the corridor and were about to enter the inner courtyard, Tang Ling suddenly stopped and said, "Let me go first."

Qi Xiao lowered his eyes and glanced at the two people's clasped hands: "It's okay."

"This is neither Yangxizhai nor Huaxi Villa."

"You even let me hold your hand while we walked down the street on Mid-Autumn Festival."

Tang Ling pursed her lips and said, "It's better to be more cautious."

"...Okay." Qi Xiao let go of Tang Ling, and the next moment he came over and quickly kissed Tang Ling on the cheek, then walked into the inner courtyard with Tang Ling as usual.

Tang Ling raised her hand and gently wiped the place where Qi Xiao had kissed her, with the corners of her mouth slightly raised.

As soon as she entered the inner courtyard, Tang Ling saw Qinglan and another person standing outside the house arguing about something. Their voices were not loud, but judging from Qinglan's impatient look, they were definitely not just chatting.

"what happened?"

Fang Yuanpan was so angry at Qinglan that he kept pulling at his beard. Seeing Qi Xiao coming, he quickly bowed and said, "Greetings, Ninth Prince."

"No need to be so polite, Judge Fang. What's going on? Are you still unable to decide on a prescription?"

Qing Lan opened her mouth to call out to Tang Ling, but stopped herself when she met her gaze. She changed her words and greeted Qi Xiao first: "Greetings to His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu."

"No need to be polite. Qinglan, you should speak first."

"Your Highness, your Majesty's illness has accumulated over the years. The cold is only a superficial symptom. To slowly treat it, you need to warm the internal organs and dredge the meridians."

"I remember that Fang Yuanpan also meant this, that we need to slowly recuperate."

The judge nodded: "Not bad."

"So what's the problem?"

"The prescriptions given by Fang Yuanpan all contain precious nourishing ingredients, which are good, but Your Majesty is too weak to absorb them. Those ingredients will only add to the burden on your body. Moreover, ginseng and donkey-hide gelatin are both hot in nature. Although they can temporarily suppress Your Majesty's coldness, they are only treating the symptoms and not the root cause."

"Nonsense! You've only studied medicine for a few years, how dare you speak such nonsense in front of His Majesty the Ninth Prince?!"

"You old stubborn fool! I'm not kidding! Your Majesty's qi and blood are out of balance, and her internal organs are dysfunctional. If you continue to supplement, it will only make the condition worse!"

"Qinglan." Tang Ling called Qinglan.

"...Young Master..." Qing Lan glanced at Tang Ling's expression, curled his lips, and turned to bow to the Court Judge. "Just now, I spoke out of turn in my haste. I hope that the Court Judge will be magnanimous and not hold it against me."

Fang Yuanpan waved his hand and let it go. He then took a closer look at Tang Ling. Just now, when Qi Xiao brought Tang Ling in, he had only given a simple greeting and hadn't even had the time to ask who this young man was.

He was dressed in gorgeous clothes and was personally brought here by Qi Xiao, so he must be an extraordinary person. However, Fang Yuanpan had never seen such a young man in the Imperial Hospital in the past thirty years. Is there such a nobleman in the capital of Yuan Dynasty?

Thinking about it this way, there really was a hostage from the Zhou State who entered the city on the same day as Qi Xiao!

Qi Xiao didn't give Fang Yuanpan time to let his thoughts wander. He said to him and Qinglan, "Qinglan, please draw up a prescription first. Ask Fang Yuanpan to review it together and try it out first."

"Okay." Qinglan agreed immediately, looked up at Qi Xiao, and then looked at Tang Ling.

Tang Ling asked, "What's wrong?"

"...It requires a medicinal ingredient."

"Just tell me what you want, and I'll go to the Imperial Hospital to get it myself." Qi Xiao thought it was some precious medicinal material. Now that His Majesty values ​​him, even Zhang Suian has been sent to arrange for Concubine Lin's recuperation. The Imperial Hospital will never dare to neglect it again.

"No, no, the Imperial Hospital doesn't have it."

"What doesn't the Imperial Medical Bureau have?" Fang Yuanpan was so angry that his beard almost stood on end. Are the people of Zhou so arrogant?

"We need fresh snake gallbladders... The most venomous snakes have the best medicinal effects."

Qi Xiao was stunned.

Tang Ling glanced at Qi Xiao and said, "Qinglan, go write the prescription. Just get the snake gallbladder."

"No!" The little white snake was a gift from Tang Ling, not for use as medicine. "It's not hard to find poisonous snake gallbladders. I'll send someone to catch them right away."