After returning to the capital, Gu Lingchen gave Emperor Yong'an the bottle of water and preserved plum candy that Liu Sisi had given him, and told him how to take the "pill".
After Eunuch Luo tested each poison, Emperor Yong'an first took a "pill" and then drank a sip of "medicinal water".
After taking the medicine on the first day, Emperor Yong'an wondered if it was really effective. It tasted like candy, sweet and sour, and quite delicious.
But by the third day, he felt it was working. Gradually, his headache and back pain disappeared.
By the sixth day of taking it, he felt that all his minor ailments had disappeared.
On the 10th day, he felt that not only were his minor ailments cured, but he also felt much more "virile" when choosing a concubine at night.
After confirming that the "pills" Gu Lingchen gave him were indeed effective, Long Xin was overjoyed.
The next day, news of Gu Lingchen arrived immediately.
"The elixir my son found for me is indeed effective. My health has improved considerably recently. Bring up the gifts I have bestowed upon you," Emperor Yong'an said.
Immediately, someone brought various antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and fine silk fabrics to show Gu Lingchen, and then delivered them to his Xinghe Palace.
Even Emperor Yong'an's favorite landscape painting was given to Gu Lingchen.
"Your Majesty, I thank you for your generous gift. Your Majesty's good health is a great blessing for our Heavenly Dragon Kingdom," Gu Lingchen replied immediately.
From that day on, Emperor Yong'an began to pay attention to Gu Lingchen, personally overseeing his studies and even arranging for someone to teach him martial arts.
He also gave Gu Lingchen a task: to investigate the Snake Fairy.
Emperor Yong'an's men found out nothing. Knowing that Gu Lingchen might have met the Snake Immortal, he simply handed the task over to him.
This made Gu Lingchen, who was usually quite idle, start to get busy.
He knew that since his father had entrusted the matter to him, it must be because he hadn't been able to find any clues himself.
Since nothing was found, it must be because the people of Tianshan Village are unwilling to disclose it.
If it were handed over to him, it would be difficult for him to handle, so he kept himself busy, studying literature and martial arts diligently, so busy that he had no time to investigate the matter.
The Empress also noticed that Emperor Yong'an treated Gu Lingchen differently.
This made her feel a sense of crisis. Originally, the eldest prince, Gu Lingyun, was the crown prince. After all, he was the legitimate son. Even if he wasn't smart, Emperor Yong'an had no choice.
At that time, the second prince was seriously ill and the third prince was too young, so Gu Lingyun was the only choice.
But she never expected that the sickly man, who had been ill for so long, would actually recover.
This made the usually "virtuous" Empress feel threatened.
Therefore, the usually peaceful imperial harem has recently entered a period of intense palace intrigue.
The Empress's side has come up with all sorts of tricks.
Gu Lingchen narrowly escaped death several times.
If he hadn't known from a young age that living in the palace required constant vigilance, he would have been killed long ago.
That's why he said in the letter that he had important business to attend to.
Liu Sisi, of course, was unaware of his predicament; she was currently hiding among the villagers, worshipping the Snake Immortal!
In Tianlong Kingdom, the third day of the Lunar New Year is the day to worship the Snake God and offer sacrifices. In the past, each family would just put some vegetables on the door as a token gesture.
Because the entire Tianshan Village was saved by the Snake Spirit last year, the whole village held a ceremony to worship the Snake Spirit this year, led by the clan chief.
On the offering table were a pig's head, a sheep's head, and a whole chicken, along with various kinds of snacks and fruits.
These items were all purchased with donations from the villagers. Of course, Liu Sisi's family donated the most, donating 5 taels of silver, while the others donated only a few coins.
Only the old house and Li Ergou's family did not participate in this event ceremony.
Everyone else participated.
Everyone stood under the offering table. At noon, the old clan chief took the lead and burned three incense sticks.
He muttered incantations asking the snake spirit to bless Tianshan Village, without needing to kneel or bow.
The others followed the example of the clan leader. At this moment, Liu Sisi also stood in the row of children with three incense sticks, praying and chanting the words of the snake spirit for protection, just like them.
Xi Yu was thrilled to see this scene in his space; everyone was worshipping it!
It sensed Liu Sisi with its consciousness.
"Sisi, if I were to appear before them now, do you think a whole bunch of them would kneel down?"
"You better behave yourself! You can't show up unless the village is in trouble. You know, gods need to maintain their mystery, right? If you show up too often, you'll lose your mystery." Liu Sisi responded to Xi Yu in her mind.
"Alright!" Seeing that he had no chance to show off, Xi Yu stopped talking.
After returning home from the prayer ceremony, Wu asked Liu Siqiang, "Siqiang, your mother is asking you, do you want to get married or is there a girl you like?"
"No, Mother, all I want to do right now is study hard, I don't want anything else," Liu Siqiang replied.
Knowing what her son was thinking, Mrs. Wu didn't ask any more questions.
After the New Year, everyone is busy again.
Liu Sixi was taken away by the people from Medicine King Valley.
Liu Sifu and his wife, along with Wu, reopened the shop, and Liu Sheng, Wang Ermao, and a few others came to work there.
After spending their leave at home, Liu Siqiang and his brothers all went back to the college.
After discussing it with her older brother, sister-in-law, and parents, Liu Sisi decided to go to the county town to buy a larger shop.
They now have a lot of spare silver, and the capital city also occasionally buys a batch of rice noodles and kimchi at high prices.
Liu Sisi now has more than 8,000 taels of silver left. After deducting Gu Lingchen's 3,200 taels, they themselves have 4,800 taels.
He didn't take back Gu Lingchen's money; he just continued to invest it!
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