Fourth Lord's Black Moonlight Queen

Chapter 5

This life was temporarily saved, but the punishment was still not spared.

Li Jingui was slapped as a punishment. Although his cheeks were swollen, he could still feel obvious signs of swelling.

But she was still very happy in her heart, at least she could stay with the fourth elder brother to take care of her.

At dusk, when Li Jingui accompanied the unconscious fourth elder brother to Huangzhuang, the warm pavilion where their master and servant lived temporarily had already been arranged.

The shaman wearing a fang mask kept praying outside the temple, praying that the Pox Goddess would bless the fourth elder brother to recover.

The palace servants who came with Yinzhen's master and servant were all dispatched by the House of Internal Affairs, and no one knew that the House of Internal Affairs was now controlled by the Tong family.

Although Wu Ya's heart was uneasy, he had no choice but to resign himself to fate.

"This is the decoction to be used today, the red one is taken internally, and the blue one is applied externally."

An unfamiliar little eunuch trembled in his voice, his face was covered with a thick gauze.

The little eunuch stretched out his arm and quickly stuffed the medicine bottle into Li Jingui's hand from a distance, and quickly retracted it like a ghost, afraid that she would approach.

"Who will help me!"

At this time, there was no sound in the attic, Li Jingui turned his head to look, only to find that the eunuchs and maids who were serving had slipped away without knowing when.

"They're all cowards who are greedy for life and afraid of death! Hmph!"

"Slaves come!"

The eleven or twelve year old eunuch was standing in the dark just now, but she didn't pay attention.

He almost trotted towards Li Jingui, seeing Li Jingui staring at him incredulously, he curved his lips a little shyly, revealing a pair of playful canine teeth.

"The slave is Su Peisheng from Xinzheku, sister can just call me Xiao Suzi."

With the help of Su Peisheng, Li Jinguizai carefully groomed the fourth elder brother, and then fed the fourth elder brother the decoction according to the instructions on the medicine bottle.

When it was time to apply the medicine externally, she couldn't help but blushed on her face, but the life and death of the fourth elder brother was uncertain, and she had no time to take care of these minutiae.

Although Xiao Suzi was there to help, if she didn't watch her personally, she would always feel uneasy.

At this time, the smallpox had fully broken out, and the fourth prince's face and body were covered with groups of horribly red, swollen pimples.

At this time, the fourth elder brother who had taken the decoction also woke up slowly. He supported his sick body weakly and watched Li Jingui busy by his side.

"Jingui, is Master going to die?"

The hand that applied the ointment trembled slightly for a moment, but it didn't stop.

Seeing Li Jingui's tacit attitude, Xu Zhen immediately understood, and helplessly, he tried his best to shake off her outstretched hand.

"It's a death anyway, why waste time! Tell me what kind of terminal illness you have!"

Seeing Li Jingui's hesitant appearance, Yin Zhen suddenly felt hopeless.

"Let's all go! I don't want you to be pitiful! Get out!"

"It's smallpox! Your Majesty also suffered from this disease when he was young, but didn't he survive it well? Who is to blame for being so self-defeating?"

Li Jingui roared hysterically.At this juncture, the ancestor unexpectedly lost his temper.Why are you so risking your life!

"The servant has no relatives outside the palace. If something happens to the master, where can I go?"

"The servants can only follow the master to the underworld to serve you. The place where the master is is the home."

"Master Depin washed her face with tears for the sake of the Lord, her eyes were red from crying, and the Empress Dowager, I heard that these days, she knelt in front of the Buddhist hall early to pray for God to bless the Lord for a speedy recovery."

"Yes, yes, sister Li is right, sir, you must get better!"

"Master Depin is a blessed person, and the dragon heir in her womb will also bless your imperial brother!"

"Cough cough cough! Xiao Suzi, go out and see if the water is boiled."

This little Suzi is really an upright child, whoever does not open the pot and lifts which pot, feeling that the fourth elder brother's complexion is much darker, Li Jingui secretly thinks something is wrong.

"The master said that he would take the servant to see the world outside the Forbidden City. The servant is still waiting. Don't be afraid, the servant will always be by your side."

"If the master dies, will you be executed too?"

Yinzhen asked quietly.

While cleaning up the filth on his body, Li Jingui stared at his dim and lost eyes with burning eyes.

"Going up to the poor and falling to the underworld, slaves and maidservants live and die together! No complaints or regrets!"

"Grandpa wants to live! Live well!"

Thinking that if he didn't care about this life, someone would accompany him to die in Huangquan, and he suddenly realized that he didn't even have the right to die.

Immediately, Yinzhen swept away the previous sluggish state, and began to actively cooperate with Li Jingui's care.

One and a half months later, the scars on Si Age's body began to scab slowly and fall off, and Si Age, who no longer had repeated high fevers, began to slowly recover his strength.

Now he can walk freely with the support of Li Jingui.

This day Li Jingui still had to wipe the body for the fourth elder brother. When he habitually stretched the handkerchief under him, he pressed her hand and coughed a few times in embarrassment.

"Call Xiao Suzi here."

"Oh…"

Li Jingui also felt a little embarrassed. During this time, she was busy taking care of him and deliberately ignored these differences between men and women.

Now that the fourth elder brother also felt embarrassed, he naturally pushed the boat along.

So she called Su Peisheng to help him clean up and apply ointment on his back and shoulders.

Early the next morning, Li Jingui informed the eunuch who delivered the medicine outside the door: the fourth elder brother was about to recover.

It was quickly predicted that the old doctor Lu of the fourth elder brother arrived after hearing the news, and still felt the pulse with a silk thread.

After a while of pulse diagnosis, old doctor Lu burst into tears with excitement.The fourth elder brother has already recovered but his body is still weak, and he can recover after only two months of care.

During this period, Xiao Suzi was also retained by the fourth elder brother.

When the three of them, master and servant, returned to Zhongcui Palace, it was already late spring and early summer.

After reporting safety to the Empress Dowager and thanking the Empress Dowager in the Compassion Ning Palace, I met the Defei in the main hall of the Zhongcui Palace, oh no, it should be called the Defei Empress now.

The Dragon Heir in De Concubine's womb was diagnosed by the Imperial Hospital and determined to be a young elder brother. His Majesty's Sacred Heart Joy canonized De Concubine Wu Ya's as De Concubine and one of the four concubines.

After seeing the concubine De and the concubine who was lingering on the sick bed, the three did not return to the courtyard where they lived until noon.

I haven't returned for a long time, and the courtyard is already lush and full of fruits and vegetables of various colors.

The warm wind in early summer was intoxicating, Li Jingui took a deep breath, not only the fragrance of the soil filled his nose, but also a familiar and down-to-earth feeling, like the taste of home.

The once barren front yard of the side hall is lush and full of vitality.

After a brief tidying up, Li Jingui took the dirty clothes that the fourth elder brother had changed and went to the well to start washing.

And Yinzhen, who had just recovered from a serious illness, was lazily lying on the rocking chair propped up beside the vegetable field, reading a book leisurely.

Because of the fruits and vegetables grown by the two people in the courtyard, this year's life is not as shabby as last winter, and the dining room specially sent a few fat hens.

Li Jingui specially asked Xiao Suzi to build a simple chicken coop to house the two hens. Since then, the fourth elder brother can eat fresh eggs almost every day.

"What's for dinner tonight...well?"

Yin Zhen asked vaguely as he chewed a pickled cucumber in a small elegant mouth.

"Scallion omelette, leek box, stir-fried cucumber."

Li Jingui answered while starching and washing his clothes, and when he turned around, he saw that the fourth elder brother had walked to the chicken coop at some time.

He leaned over and took out two eggs, which he was holding and playing with in his hands in boredom.

His free hand was not idle, and he sprinkled the cut vegetable leaves on the side into the chicken coop one after another, and was watching the hens scrambling for food with a smile.

"The taste of this melon is very delicious!"

He casually grabbed another tender cucumber, rubbed it on his shoulder casually, and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Don't wash it with water before eating!"

Li Jingui snatched the half-gnawed cucumber and hurriedly rinsed it with water before stuffing it back into the fourth elder brother's hands.

(End of this chapter)