"He and I are not..."
Before Shen Qing could finish speaking, Cheng Zhiwen pressed her shoulder down and said to the divine doctor, "Doctor, please hurry up and prescribe the medicine for us. It's getting late, and we still have to keep going."
Shen Qing brushed his hand away.
The miracle doctor wrote out the prescription and handed it to him.
"Madam's pulse is weak and feeble; the pulse points are feeble when lifted and hollow when pressed, indicating deficiency of Qi and blood. She should remember to rest, control sexual activity, and eat more warm and nourishing foods."
Upon hearing the words "sexual relations," Shen Qing's nerves skipped a beat, and he glanced at Cheng Zhiwen out of the corner of his eye.
He stood beside her like a tree, straight and tall.
"Soak Angelica sinensis and Sophora flavescens in water before bathing for half an hour before getting up; boil three bowls of water with Cnidium monnieri, Schizonepeta tenuifolia, Kochia scoparia, Perilla frutescens, bamboo leaves, and Paeonia lactiflora down to one bowl, and take it after meals, three times a day; there is also a bottle of herbal ointment to apply when the itching is unbearable."
Cheng Zhiwen folded the prescription and thanked the doctor.
Shen Qing quickly stood up, bowed to the divine doctor, and turned to leave with Cheng Zhiwen.
"Madam, please wait."
Shen Qing paused, turned to look at the divine physician, and asked, "Doctor, is there anything else?"
"Your pulse is weak and feeble, and your body has entered a state of depletion. You must take good care of yourself, otherwise you will definitely suffer from a serious illness in the future."
Shen Qing explained, "I've just been sleeping and eating less for the past six months, but otherwise I seem to be doing okay."
The miracle doctor said no more and called in another patient.
Shen Qing looked at Cheng Zhiwen with a puzzled expression and whispered, "They said I'll have a serious illness in the future!"
Cheng Zhiwen didn't say anything, but after glancing back at the divine doctor, she put her arm around her and walked out.
The carriage sped along the road back to Jiangzhou, and it was already completely dark.
Shen Qing's shoulders were itchy, and now that she knew there was ointment, she couldn't resist using it.
Take out the ointment from the oil paper bag, rub a little on your fingertip, unbutton two buttons to expose one shoulder, and apply the ointment there.
It feels cool and refreshing, and stops the itching immediately.
"She really is a miracle doctor!" She then applied the ointment to the other shoulder. "The itching stopped as soon as I applied it."
Cheng Zhiwen opened her eyes and looked over, only to see that one of her delicate shoulders was completely exposed. She then closed her eyes again and said, "The divine doctor told you to rest more, did you remember that?"
Thinking of her situation, Shen Qing couldn't help but sigh. She reached behind her back to apply medicine, but after several attempts, she couldn't reach it and gave up.
After plugging the bottle of ointment, straightening his collar, and leaning back, he was already panting heavily from exhaustion.
“I also want to take a good rest, but the mess from the rayon is still not cleaned up. Next, I have to make down jackets, so I have to start all over again.”
As she spoke, she raised her hands, looked at them, and said self-deprecatingly, "These hands used to be quite slender and beautiful, but now they look like a ghost."
Cheng Zhiwen opened her eyes, her gaze falling on her hands—
Rough, cracked, and slightly swollen.
He recalled that half a year ago, the two of them met by chance in Jiangzhou. She grabbed his wrist and ran into the alley... At that time, her hands were soft and smooth, like white scallions.
A subtle emotion flickered in his eyes as he said softly, "You don't have to work so hard."
Shen Qing smiled wryly: "What else can I do if I don't work this hard?"
Over the past six months, Cheng Zhiwen has had more contact with her and is very clear about the Gao family's situation. She no longer needs to pretend in front of him.
To be honest.
"Everyone knows I don't have a man, and anyone who has the chance wants to take advantage of me. How could they possibly offer me any help? They'd all be hoping I'd go bankrupt so they could take over! In this situation, if I don't work hard and rely on myself, who can I rely on?"
Cheng Zhiwen stared at her intently for a moment, then smiled and said, "Since you don't have a man, you've actually lived like one."
Shen Qing laughed loudly: "Who says otherwise? Relying on yourself, you'll never fall."
After saying that, he pulled back the curtain to look at the sky outside and said with a sigh, "Is it time to have a baby in Jiangzhou now? I was thinking of going back early to take a bath with those medicines."
"Did the girl prepare the bathwater for you?"
"Yes, Chunju prepares bath water for me every night. I can't sleep without taking a bath."
"How is life at the Gao family's house?"
Shen Qing smiled: "To be honest, it's pretty good. Although Madam Gao Liu is talkative and has a sharp tongue, she's not a malicious person, and the maids and servants in the mansion are obedient. Overall, the Gao family's environment is relatively simple."
The malicious Gao Yuanxiang has been imprisoned.
Cheng Zhiwen nodded: "That's good."
A look of relief flashed in his eyes.
He then looked at the rash on her face.
Her once fair and delicate skin was now covered with red rashes. Because she scratched them, many of them bled, and there were hardly any healthy patches.
If you didn't know her original beautiful appearance, you would think she was an ugly woman.
An ugly, stubborn, and bad-tempered woman.
Thinking of this, he smiled slightly.
Shen Qing caught her smile: "What are you laughing at? Laughing at me?"
He coughed lightly, changing the subject: "If you're so sensitive to down feathers, how are you going to make down jackets in the future?"
Shen Qing nonchalantly held up the ointment in her hand: "Isn't this medicine?"
"Every medicine has some degree of toxicity, and medicine cannot be a long-term solution."
Sensing that he was about to scold someone again, Shen Qing quickly turned to the side, closed his eyes and pretended to rest, thus avoiding being scolded.
Perhaps she was too tired from traveling all day, because she fell asleep instantly. When she woke up again, she was already in Jiangzhou.
Old Xu placed a footstool outside and called out, "Boss Shen, we've arrived at the Gao family's place!"
Shen Qing, still groggy, grabbed the medicine packet and got up to get off the carriage.
As I bent down to pass by Cheng Zhiwen, he suddenly grabbed my wrist.
She turned her head to look at him.
In the cramped carriage, the two looked at each other, their breaths mingling.
Cheng Zhiwen's gaze traveled from her bright eyes all the way to her lips, where he stared intently.
Seeing that look in his eyes, Shen Qing snapped back to reality and hurriedly turned her face away.
She didn't know what he was going to do.
She was afraid of what he might do, yet she also hoped he would do something...
"Soak the large medicine packet in water for half an hour in the bath, and boil the small medicine packet in three bowls of water down to one bowl. Take it after meals, three times a day."
"……Know."
Shen Qing returned to the Gao family home and comfortably immersed her body in the warm medicinal water.
As she gently rubbed her skin, her hand reached her thigh, and suddenly a jolt went through her as she remembered what had happened in the carriage that afternoon…
Meanwhile, Cheng Zhiwen returned to the prefectural government office.
Walking into the courtyard, I saw that the light in Qi Zhenheng's study was still on, so I knocked on the door and went in.
Qi Zhenheng invited him to sit down for a drink and asked, "You just got back from Shanghai?"
"I came back in the afternoon, then took Shen Qing to Huai County for medical treatment, and then rushed back from Huai County, which is why it was so late."
Qi Zhenheng paused as he was about to clink glasses with him, his smile froze for a moment, before he clinked glasses with him again.
"Is Shen's health in trouble?"
"It was an allergic reaction. I got some medicine to apply to the affected area, and it's fine."
Qi Zhenheng nodded, downed the liquor in his glass in one gulp, and looked at Cheng Zhiwen with displeasure: "You are in love with the Shen family?"
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