Chapter 576 A Dream of Youth 108
Yan Xi took Xie Ning's hand and whispered as she saw Xie Ning off, "Ning, are you angry?"
She was always precocious and naturally understood her mother's intentions. In the past, she would play with Xie Ning in her own palace, but today her mother specially summoned her and Xie Ning over.
Everything that followed was such a coincidence.
Seeing that Xie Ning didn't speak, Yan Xi sighed, "A Ning, the palace isn't as peaceful as it seems on the surface. The Empress Dowager is just trying to protect her own children."
Before leaving, Xie Ning accepted a task: to enter the palace every three days to examine the Empress's pulse.
Xie Ning could tell that the Empress didn't really trust her medical skills, but she still asked her to come to the palace to examine her pulse, most likely because of the auspicious white wolf.
However, she didn't care about this, because after she got along well with Princess Yanxi, in other people's eyes, she was already halfway on the Empress's side.
Now, it's just one step closer.
She also had her own desires.
Xie Ning grasped Yan Xi's hand in return, a faint smile playing on her lips. "This is an auspicious sign brought by the young prince."
Yan Xi breathed a sigh of relief. "I know you're a magnanimous person."
However, on her way back, she still lost her temper with the Empress, saying, "Mother, Aning and I are very good friends. Actually, there are some things you could..."
The Empress gently touched Yanxi's lips with her finger, smiling sweetly, but her eyes held a warning, "Yanxi, you are just children."
Children don't need to know that much.
"You need to understand that some things cannot be said outright."
But does that mean we can just pull people onto the boat at will? Yan Xi felt a tightness in her chest. She should understand, because her mother also had a difficult time in the harem.
Raindrops tapped on banana leaves, making a crisp sound, but the cool breeze that followed the rain could not dispel the restlessness in people's hearts.
Xie Ning looked at the head palace maid who had seen her off and said softly, "Sister Xiuling, would you like to rest for a while?"
Xiuling's face was pale, and she felt a dull pain in her lower abdomen, along with chest tightness, nausea, and a desire to vomit.
Xie Ning placed her fingers on Xiu Ling's wrist, then helped her to a more secluded spot to sit down. She took out a needle pouch from her purse and said, "I'll give you a few acupuncture needles to relieve the pain."
"Thank you so much, young lady." Xiuling's eyes were slightly red from the pain. She didn't want this to happen. She could usually endure the pain during her period, but this time it was just too painful.
Xie Ning alternated between the main and secondary acupoints for acupuncture, and Xiu Ling felt that the pain in her abdomen had eased considerably.
He then looked at Xie Ning with gratitude.
"Sister Xiuling, you can also relieve abdominal pain by massaging yourself, such as massaging your lower abdomen for half an hour, mainly on the Zhongji, Qihai, and Guanyuan points."
If possible, you can boil three slices of ginger and two ounces of brown sugar in water and drink the resulting decoction to replenish your qi and blood.
Xie Ning taught Xiu Ling how to identify acupoints one by one. Knowing that Xiu Ling couldn't get much medicine in the palace, he only told her the simplest thing: ginger and brown sugar water.
By the time Xiuling escorted Xie Ning to the palace gate, it was already late.
"You should go back quickly, or you won't have a hot meal. Someone from my family is here to pick me up." Xie Ning held up an umbrella and walked towards the palace gate. Waiting outside was none other than Xie Qi.
Today was their day off, so they finished class earlier than usual. Seeing that it was raining outside, they rushed to pick up Xie Ning in person.
“These past few days have been the Dragon Boat Festival. Mother said she would take us to stay at the village for two days. It’s just a pity that Father has changed to a new position and has been busy working overtime lately. He can’t even take a break during the Dragon Boat Festival.”
Although he said it was a pity, Xie Qi's tone was full of schadenfreude.
"Don't say that in front of Father."
Xie Wangzhi has been working overtime a lot lately, and he drinks cooling tea every day. If Xie Qi wants to cause trouble, he can just go and be the punching bag.
Xie Qi handed over the sour plum drink he had bought on the way. It had a few pieces of dried tangerine peel in it, and the taste was mellow, sweet and delicious. There were also thin ice flakes floating on top, so it was refreshingly cool. After taking a sip, he felt much cooler in body and mind.
“Bao’er, the estate where Father works is very close to my classmate’s estate. I’ll take you to see the Su Mountain then! My classmate’s family is quite wealthy; they’ve hired several Su-making maids!”
"Didn't Mother make crispy mountain last year? Brother, haven't you learned your lesson yet?"
Sushan is actually shaved ice. Skilled shaved ice makers can turn sushan into a beautiful display. Xie Ning saw it once in the palace last year, and it was indeed beautiful, but you can't eat too much of it.
Xie Qi ate too much at home and almost crawled out of the outhouse. If Xie Ning hadn't given him a few injections, he would have had to take the day off the next day.
"...I'll just look! I won't eat any more!"
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