Chapter 14: Conditioning the Body

Shen Jinan just glanced at it, took the list and put it aside, without taking the cloth bag. He just smiled and said, "Commander Lin, you have worked hard. I will definitely need your care along the way. I am very grateful. For the rest, please have some tea, Commander Lin."

Although he appeared calm on the surface, Shen Jinan's heart was bleeding, because that was gold!

It was true that they had discussed what happened today, but Lin Xiaofeng's explanation at the end was not something she had arranged.

No matter what the purpose is, they have to do Lin Xiaofeng a favor. By making friends with him, the children's life will be much better along the way.

Lin Xiaofeng had long coveted the wealth in her hands.

But because she was indebted to the county magistrate and could not take it by force, she now had an excuse.

Lin Xiaofeng decisively put it back into his sleeve: "Everything in here is what you want. I have something important to do, so I won't bother you any more. Just go back to the cell early."

After thinking for a moment, he took out another sign from his waist and said, "This sign has no other use. People in the small kitchen will still recognize it. Your two children are still young. Don't deprive them of food."

It was also a favor to Shen Jinan, and his eyes fell on Gu Yanqing.

Even exile and illness could not diminish this man's temperament.

He was not a fool. Shen Jinan had prepared all the medicinal herbs, and everyone knew what they were used for.

After all, he was once the Prime Minister. If Shen Jinan can cure him...

Lin Xiaofeng's eyes flickered slightly, and he smiled secretly, hiding the thoughts in his heart.

"Thank you very much, Commander Lin." Shen Jinan took the token and couldn't hide the smile on her face. It seemed that her gold was worth it.

After Lin Xiaofeng left, Shen Jinan couldn't wait to open the box, which was full of medicinal herbs wrapped in brocade.

She looked at them one by one and nodded. The quality of these medicinal herbs was good, but it was not enough. It would not be easy to detoxify Gu Yanqing.

The toxin had been deposited in his body for many years, and rash detoxification would harm him instead. Only after the damaged body was healed could detoxification be discussed. She picked up a herb and put it into her sleeve, but in fact she was secretly storing the herb into the space.

"Ding, experience points +10."

She felt relieved immediately after hearing the prompt. She couldn't waste any of this experience points. In order to level up and complete the daily mandatory tasks, she thought of exploiting a system loophole.

However, what surprised her was that medicinal herbs of different qualities seemed to have different experience points. The experience points she had collected with Sui Sui An An before were only +1.

The fifty-year-old ginseng just now added ten experience points. It seems that after settling down, I still have to focus on stockpiling.

With a steady supply of experience points, buying detoxification pills would be easy!

"Gu Yanqing!" Shen Jinan excitedly pulled his hand, his eyes full of smiles: "I will definitely cure you!"

A faint blush appeared on Gu Yanqing's cold face. Although they were husband and wife in name, they rarely had close contact, let alone holding hands like this: "Then I'll trouble you, my lady."

Madam, it was the first time he called her this, but it felt unexpectedly good, and he seemed to have the same feeling in his heart.

Shen Jinan also realized that the atmosphere was a little ambiguous at this time, and shyly turned away his eyes: "Ahem... I'll go ask the kitchen to make medicine for you."

She closed the box with one hand, stood up and walked out with the box in her hand, as if she was deliberately ignoring him, but she did not let go of his hand.

Her expression remained calm, but she was screaming in her heart: Ahhhh! This is the handsome Gu Yanqing! It would be worth it to take advantage of him, even if he kills me later!

What's more, Shen Jinan believed that he was still very successful, and when Gu Yanqing was detoxified, he would definitely not attack him again.

After all...Gu Yanqing was too obedient to let her hold his hand. Shen Jinan pretended to be nonchalant and glanced at Gu Yanqing from time to time.

Gu Yanqing saw all these little movements and couldn't help but chuckle. It would be nice if it could stay like this for the rest of his life.

The picture of the two people walking side by side is like a painting.

Although this medicine is for nourishing the body, Gu Yanqing's body cannot withstand its effects, so he was asked to drink it once a day to slowly recuperate. After drinking the medicine, Shen Jinan also brought meat buns for the two little ones.

While Gu Yanqing was drinking the medicine, Shen Jinan found the cook who was decocting the medicine, took out a few pieces of silver, and handed them to her: "Help me do something."

The cook's eyes lit up when she saw the silver. She felt the weight of the silver in her hand, looked around carefully, and whispered, "Sir, please don't embarrass me."

"Don't worry, I just want you to boil all these medicines and send them to my room." Shen Jinan stared at her with a serious expression: "Just don't let anyone know."

It was just a boil of medicine, and it wouldn't harm anyone's interests. The cook felt relieved. Thinking of her children at home, she gritted her teeth and nodded: "Okay, I will definitely help you with this."

Shen Jinan smiled with satisfaction. She liked people who knew the current situation. "Remember, the medicine must be delivered to me while it's still hot."

A few days ago, when I took the steamed buns from the space, I found that the buns were actually hot. I didn’t expect that this storage space also had the effect of keeping warm. Shen Jinan immediately took advantage of it.

Since she had started to regulate her body, she certainly couldn't give up halfway. It was also inconvenient to boil medicine during exile, so she came up with this idea, which could not only ensure the best effect of the medicine, but also allow Gu Yanqing to take the medicine on time, killing two birds with one stone.

Gu Yanqing could not hide the commotion here. He tilted his head back and drank the black medicine in one gulp without frowning at all, with a smile on his lips, as if he was drinking some kind of nectar.

It seems that she cares about her body very much. Could it be that she likes herself?

Back in the cell, Shen Jinan went to accompany Sui Sui Anan as soon as possible. Gu Yanqing, who was left behind, looked at her and the two children in her arms helplessly. She pursed her pretty thin lips and squeezed the hands hidden in her sleeves, as if she was reminiscing about something.

I don’t know if Shen Jinan’s words frightened Shen Xitang, but for several days, she didn’t dare to come here, and Shen Jinan was happy and at ease.

But what was to come would eventually come. There was a clang of chains, the wooden door of the cell opened, and the escorting officers walked in. They kicked the sleeping prisoners awake and said angrily, "Get up, it's time to get going! Do you really think you are here to enjoy yourself?"

It was because of these people that they suffered as well, so naturally their attitude was bad. If there wasn't some money to be made after being on the road, he would have quit long ago.

Shen Jinan quickly stood up, helped the two children tidy up, and then kissed their little faces: "Let's go, go out and play!"

The two children didn't know what exile was. Shen Jinan didn't want them to know about this, so he lied to them along the way and said they were going out to play, and they both believed it.

Shen Jinan thought they were cute, but also felt a little sad.

All this is thanks to the Third Prince. If I have the chance in the future, I will repay him a hundredfold!