Phi-Fic Chapter 147 Visiting the patient
Chapter 147 Visiting the patient
The power of the medicine used by Hongmu Yang was even stronger than Baizhi had imagined. After three more days, the wound on her chest was only numb and itchy. The itchiness made Baizhi feel extremely anxious, but she could only scratch the skin and flesh around the wound, and she had to do so through a thick gauze. It was like scratching an itch through a shoe.
The people of Qing County began to greet each other noisily. Seeing Bai Zhi's radiant appearance, Chu Yunchuan finally felt relieved. He stopped letting the guards at the gate of the mansion stop outsiders, and ordered the maids and servants in the mansion to only let in the neighbors they knew.
The first one to enter was Qiao Wanwan.
In the past two days, she was ordered by King Jing to escort the assassin's confession and King Jing's handwritten letter to the governor's mansion. When she came back and heard that Bai Zhi had woken up, she rushed to see her without stopping.
As soon as she entered the room, Qiao Wanwan saw Bai Zhi curled up on the bed like an old hen, scratching her chest expressionlessly. Prince Jing was sitting on a small stool beside the bed, peeling a pear with a kitchen knife.
Qiao Wanwan clasped her fists towards Chu Yunchuan and said, "Your Highness, I met Lord Fang in person yesterday and brought the things with me."
"Captain Qiao, you have worked hard. There is no need to be so formal in private." Chu Yunchuan pulled a chair for Qiao Wanwan, then cut the pear in half, handed one half to Qiao Wanwan, and stuffed the other half to Bai Zhi.
Qiao Wanwan didn't know how to say thank you, nor did she know how to not thank you, so she had to bow and take the half of the fresh pear with both hands in fear and trepidation.
Bai Zhi coughed without leaving a trace.
Four months ago, Qiao Wanwan returned to Qing County to recuperate after half recovering from her injuries. When Bai Zhi went to visit her for the first time, Qiao Wanwan asked Bai Zhi about her relationship with King Jing.
It would definitely not work to tell the truth, so Bai Zhi openly deceived Qiao Wanwan by saying that they met by some coincidence, and saying that anything more would involve state secrets and was inconvenient to say.
At that time, Qiao Wanwan was lying on the bed, and after a long while, she could only utter one sentence: "So do I have to call you Princess from now on?"
Bai Zhi: "...Just do as usual. King Jing might abdicate at any time. You should learn from my mother and act naturally."
Be more natural - Bai Zhi was shouting in her heart at this moment - Ancestor Qiao, don't be afraid! If nothing unexpected happens, you will have to interact with this King Jing until you are eighty years old, don't be afraid!
Unfortunately, Qiao Wanwan couldn't hear Bai Zhi's thoughts and still sat down in fear and trepidation.
"..." Bai Zhi put her hands on Chu Yunchuan's shoulders and pinched him calmly, "Qian Sui, is my porridge almost ready?"
Since yesterday, Baizhi has been enjoying eating delicious food.
Chu Yunchuan understood what he meant, stood up and left, leaving the room to Bai Zhi and Qiao Wanwan.
After the door was closed, Qiao Wanwan finally relaxed and took a big bite of the pear. Then she slumped down on the chair and said, "No, no, it won't be natural at all. I have to ask my aunt for advice some other day."
"My mother was the county magistrate, and she never saw you act like this."
"Can that be the same!"
"It will get better over time. Habit becomes nature." Bai Zhi asked, "What did the King of Jing ask you to give to Lord Fang?"
Qiao Wanwan: “I don’t know.”
Bai Zhi: “?”
"Wait until you're healed before asking again." Qiao Wanwan said cunningly, "Thinking too deeply is not conducive to recovery."
"..." These are the words Bai Zhi said to Qiao Wanwan when she was recuperating from her injuries, and one day they came back to her.
Qiao Wanwan still had to be on duty today, so she just came to see how Bai Zhi was recovering, then told Bai Zhi to take good care of her injuries, and then left in a hurry.
As soon as Qiao Wanwan left, Chu Yunchuan walked into the house.
Bai Zhi sighed: "You're guarding the door?"
Chu Yunchuan said as a matter of course: "Of course I will guard the door."
Since Bai Zhi woke up this time, Chu Yunchuan has been following her everywhere, even more clingy than before. Even when Bai Zhi went to the toilet, he would wait outside the shed, asking every once in a while, "Bai Zhi, how are you?"
One time, Bai Zhi had a constipation. When Chu Yunchuan asked her about it, she was gritting her teeth and trying hard. There was only a sesame-sized moment of no response, and then this ancestor rushed in - it was the first time in Bai Zhi's two lives that she was watched while using the toilet, and she almost fell down because of her legs going weak.
No matter how you look at it, it's just worrying. That night, Bai Zhi calmly told Chu Yunchuan that being always anxious would damage his blood. He was a King Jing, so he couldn't be afraid of the rope for ten years after being bitten by a snake once.
But Chu Yunchuan just shook his head and said, "Just think of it as pampering me."
When the word "spoil" came out, Bai Zhi's heart softened and she was speechless.
Not long after Qiao Wanwan left, the maid came in to report that Tu Yingxu came to visit the patient.
After the renovation, Tu Yingxu's chicken coop continued to sell chickens as usual, and Bai Zhi did not stop him - it was because, if Ge Zhen didn't target her, there was no telling who she would target. There were more than just Tu Yingxu's chicken coops in Qing County, and she couldn't let all of them close down.
Tu Yingxu brought two chickens as a gift. Like Qiao Wanwan, he first greeted King Jing with great fear and trepidation, mumbling a lot of formal words like "Thank you for the king's grace."
Then he saw Bai Zhi lying on the bed recovering from her injuries, and he was shocked.
Bai Zhi then remembered that Lin Ruogui had asked someone to spread the news that the county magistrate was seriously injured.
It was not clear in a few words, so Chu Yunchuan explained it clearly on behalf of Bai Zhi. Tu Yingxu asked Bai Zhi about her injury and then hurried away. She was a commoner and was more respectful to King Jing than Qiao Wanwan.
The same happened to those who came to pay their respects to the old king later - they came to see King Jing, were surprised to hear that Bai Zhi was injured, and were concerned about Bai Zhi's injury.
The most timid one among them was Matchmaker Lu. She didn't dare to say anything in detail in front of Chu Yunchuan. She just said vaguely that she was an old woman with a foul mouth and told Bai Zhi not to mind what she said.
Ignorance is not a crime, so Bai Zhi certainly didn't care. She reluctantly tried to comfort the old woman who was so scared that she couldn't speak clearly.
Over the past few days, Bai Zhi met many people in the small house. Their attitudes towards Bai Zhi were similar, but they had different ways of dealing with Chu Yunchuan.
Unfortunately, His Royal Highness Prince Jing remained unmoved. When dealing with people who crossed the line, he would just throw back the words like practicing Tai Chi, or just act like Baizhi's old maid, either feeding them water or peeling fruit. He almost made it clear - Baizhi was the host and he was just there to keep her company.
On the 20th day of the lunar year, in a tavern on Nanliuxiang Street, the storyteller took out a new script, and the first sentence was: "Dear readers, today I will tell you about the past and present lives of Prince Jing and Shopkeeper Bai."
According to the story, Prince Jing was a dying grass on the top of Xiwei Mountain in his previous life. By chance, Shopkeeper Bai from his previous life passed by and was kind enough to water the grass with a tear, and the grass was brought back to life.
When Bai Zhi heard this magical story from Qiao Wanwan, she was deeply moved and commented: "There are so many talented people."
All of my previous lives have been written down.
Now she was even more afraid to go out.