Chapter 49
People are very pragmatic. The news that Marquis Zhijian returned to the capital made the capital lively invisibly.
Qu Dubian gave up thinking about it. No matter how turbulent the situation outside was, he couldn't do anything about it. Since his grandfather was already on his way back to Beijing, he just let things take their course.
In the past two days, he has included horse stance in his daily plan. After practicing Tai Chi, he will do horse stance. He can only do it for ten minutes at most, and his legs are trembling after finishing the practice.
He borrowed his own human meridian map from the Imperial Hospital.
He also kidnapped an imperial physician.
The imperial physician was an acquaintance, Imperial Physician Yang, who had taken care of him both times he fell ill.
He even stripped down to his shorts and asked the imperial physician to use a pen tip to mark the acupuncture points on his body so that he could identify them more easily.
A little kid, holding a book on medical skills, listening to the imperial physician's lecture, and doing performance art on his body, looks like a student who has not even passed the Tongshi exam is rushing to take the Chunwei exam. It's hilarious no matter how you look at it.
Emperor Chongzhao was amused and even laughed at him: "I see you often go to the Astronomy Department, and you take the math questions assigned by the deputy director, but why are you interested in medicine now? Do you want to be a doctor who uses an abacus in the future?"
Qu Duanbian spoke the truth, saying: "I want to practice martial arts and learn medical skills. I can fly with light skills, which is very useful."
If you practice more, your physique may be healthier. Emperor Chong Zhao did not want to dampen the child's self-confidence, so he said, "Practice Tai Chi and horse stance every day. I want to see if you can become a general of the Great Zhou and protect the people when you grow up."
Qu Duanbian shook his head: "I didn't become powerful to protect the people."
"Hmm?" Emperor Chongzhao sat behind the desk and glanced at the little guy curled up on the kang.
As Doctor Yang introduced his academic achievements, Qu Duan turned the page of the book and said, "I became stronger because I want to protect all the people who are kind to me in the future."
Emperor Chongzhao: "Oh... who are they?"
Qu Watanabe: "Father, you just want to ask if you are there, of course you are."
"No respect for elders or younger ones."
Emperor Chongzhao rebuked lightly, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.
Qu Dubian picked out the key points of the skills in his mind and used his own small brush, dipped in his father's cinnabar, to draw circles on them.
After finishing the lesson, he personally escorted Doctor Yang out, gave him a box of pine nuts as a thank you gift, and then came back and said, "Father, I will go to sleep with my fifth brother tonight."
Emperor Chongzhao: "Why are you sleeping with him? Don't disturb your fifth brother from studying."
Qu Watanabe: "Don't worry, I just want to play with Brother Five for a while."
The main reason was that the time he and Yi Twelve had agreed upon had come. If they were in the Zichen Palace, Yi Twelve would not be able to come in and circulate the true Qi in his body.
Emperor Chongzhao thought for a moment and nodded in agreement. After all, he had slept with Xiaowu before, and if he forced her to stay, it would seem that he, as a father, was reluctant to let her go.
So after finishing dinner, Qu Dubian asked Dahei to take him to Changxin Palace.
Changxin Palace became much quieter, but Concubine Rong felt more comfortable living there. Although she did not like the Seventh Prince very much, she appeared to be more enthusiastic towards him.
Hearing that he was coming, I specially prepared a lot of snacks.
What’s quite interesting is that after the food was delivered, she ate several pieces herself and asked the Fifth Prince to taste some. “Eunuch Xiaoyuan, I’m not as mean as Concubine Chu. You can eat these without worry.”
Ye Xiaoyuan smiled helplessly, dealing with Rong Guiren's exaggerated self-justification behavior.
When everything was finally settled, the Fifth Prince did not go to bed to rest, but sat at his small desk, reviewing his lessons silently.
Qu Du listened to what he was reciting for a while and said, "Fifth brother, you can't finish reciting it in a short time, go to sleep. Would Master Fang assign such a long memorization lesson?"
The fifth prince shook his head and said, "It's just that Sixth Brother was punished by Master Fang to recite it the other day. He couldn't recite it by himself, so he asked me to recite it all and remind him when the time comes."
"I don't think Master Fang will hit him with the stick, not Brother Five."
"But Sixth Brother will be unhappy. If he is unhappy, Mother will also be unhappy if she knows."
The fifth prince recited it many times, but he still stumbled. At the end, his eyes were a little red. I wonder if it was because he thought about the punishment and scolding he would get tomorrow if he couldn't recite it.
Qu Dubian sighed, not knowing what to say. It was obvious that the sixth brother was used to bullying the fifth brother, and the fifth brother was used to being bullied, with Concubine Rong also putting pressure on him.
The fifth brother didn’t even know where to escape to.
He is so young but is under so much pressure. What if he gets depressed in the future?
Qu Duanbian jumped off the bed and held the Fifth Prince's hand, "Fifth brother, go to sleep."
"But--"
"I'll go to the academy with you tomorrow, and we'll switch places. Sixth Brother won't make things difficult for you."
The Fifth Prince: "No, brother."
The younger brother who was holding his hand immediately let go. His little figure was full of loss. He turned around and looked at him, looking pitiful.
"Fifth brother, don't you believe me?"
The fifth prince: “……!”
"No!" He waved his hands quickly.
Oh my god, was he going to make his brother cry?
Qu Dubian immediately smiled and said, "Then go to sleep, or take a walk."
The fifth prince was worried and fell asleep as soon as he got on the bed. After Qu Dubian waited for him to fall asleep, he put on his shoes with great effort, avoided the fifth prince's personal eunuch, walked out of the bedroom, and went to a corner where no one was.
Ye Xiaoyuan and Wen Xiaochun didn't know the identity of Yi Twelve's former secret guard, but they knew Qu Watanabe's plan to sneak out tonight. Although it was strange, they didn't ask much.
They were guarding two places respectively.
Qu Dubian lowered his voice: "Six six, Yi six six."
Yi Twelve appeared quietly and was about to salute when the child grabbed his hand and said, "Thank you for your hard work. Come and eat something first."
Qu Dubian pulled him to sit on the steps in the backyard of the bedroom.
The moonlight poured down, and the sparse shadow of a red plum tree was cast on the stone steps.
The child in the thick cloak took out two butt pads from his arms, one for himself and one for B12.
"Your hands are cold, Liuliu, eat something first."
The snacks were still hot. Yi Twelve was stunned for a moment, then sat down following the force of his hands pulling him down. He had long legs, and he sat on the steps with his buttocks cushioned, feeling a little cramped.
Is it really edible?
Now is working time.
With the child's encouraging eyes, Yi Twelve opened the oil paper, pinched a snack and took a bite.
Qu Watanabe clapped his hands, "Yes, there is also this."
He reached into his sleeve and rummaged around, then pulled out a large purse and stuffed it into B Twelve's hand.
"Monthly silver, is it enough for a year?"
There was a jingling sound inside the purse, and it sounded as if it contained more than just silver and copper coins... Yi Twelve opened it and saw that there was indeed no silver inside. In addition to two gold pieces, there was mostly gold powder and broken gems, jadeite, jade, etc.
Looks very familiar.
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The other side.
Purple Palace.
After reviewing the memorials, Emperor Chongzhao lay on the bed. He turned over and his eyes suddenly fixed.
The innermost bedpost of his low-key and luxurious bed... Emperor Chongzhao took a closer look and saw that the dragon on the bedpost had a layer of gold powder scraped off by someone with something, and the gems and red jade used to decorate it had also been pried off.
Not only that, there was a smiley face with its tongue sticking out painted on the bedpost.
Emperor Chongzhao: “…”
This is an operation that makes people's blood pressure so high. You don't have to think about who did it.
"Qu Xiaoqi!"
This kid is crazy because of poverty!
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"Your Highness, how about this monthly salary?" Yi Twelve was hesitant to speak.
Qu Dubian looked righteous: "These are all earned through my hard work, feel free to use them." Lao Deng didn't tell him where he hid the money, so he had to work hard to make ends meet.
"I still have 20% of my monthly milk tea money left. I can afford to support you. Please teach me well."
B12: "This money is enough for my monthly salary for several years."
Even overtime pay is included.
Finally, he no longer had to scrimp and save money to buy the scripts.
He ate a few snacks quickly and looked at Qu Watanabe with a questioning look.
Qu Duanbian's face became serious, and he sat cross-legged on the buttocks cushion, "Come on."
Yi Twelve nodded slightly.
In fact, the true qi circulating in the body has little effect, but since the young prince said that he wanted to experience it out of curiosity, he would do it.
Yi Twelve pinched his wrist, and a slightly warm current passed through his meridians, slowly passing through each acupoint. Qu Watanabe could match some of them with the medical diagrams, but not others.
This heat flow eventually flows into the Dantian.
His Dantian was not opened, so his true energy naturally dissipated.
Qu Dubian didn't say to stop after just one rotation, so Yi Twelve circulated it twice more before stopping. He withdrew his hand, turned his palm downward, and adjusted his internal energy.
Qu Watanabe felt warm all over.
No wonder Yi Twelve was wearing very thin clothes in such a cold weather. As the true energy circulated in his body, he began to sweat.
"How magical. I must open my Dantian in the future!" Qu Watanabe opened his eyes and looked at Yi Twelve with brighter eyes.
B12: "Opening the Dantian is very dangerous."
Qu Watanabe: "How dangerous it is."
"Everyone's meridians are different. No one can accurately predict how much true qi they need to impact their Dantian. Too much will cause the Dantian to rupture, and too little will fail to impact it, both of which will cause damage to the meridians or even rupture." Yi Twelve: "There are very few royal families in history who dare to open up the Dantian."
Qu Watanabe: “Oh…”
Then he should be fine. If he fails, the simulator can be converted into a disease type. At worst, he can just try again.
"I will definitely become a master at flying in the future."
At his age, no one would take his words seriously when he said he wanted to practice martial arts to open up his Dantian. Yi Twelve just nodded as if he was coaxing a child.
Qu Watanabe said like an elder brother: "Go back and have a rest. When you go to the palace gate or the dining room to buy milk tea, tell me my name and I'll give it to you for free."
Yi nodded twelve times, but it was unclear whether he had heard it or not.
After he left, Qu Duan sat on the cushion for a while. Yi Twelve's favorability increased by several points when he fed him snacks and silver.
I opened the simulator and summarized the recent results.
[Wen Xiaochun favorability: 51]
[Xie Mingxuan (Empress Xuan) Favorability: 30]
[Zhang Chansi’s Favorability: 21]
[Yi Twelve Favorability: 14]
[Martial arts check-in: Tai Chi, horse stance (ten minutes or more)]
[Simulated disease types: fever (level 1, 2, 3), drug overdose. Newly added [cough] and [rhinitis], each with three subdivisions.]
[Backpack: Strawberry Seeds (0 remaining to purchase), Novel Book (3 remaining), Tricky Dream (0 remaining to purchase), Qi Flow Diagram of "Mian Shou Jue·Part 1".]
Qu Dubian let out a breath and encouraged himself, he could do it.
Yi Twelve took away his butt pad, and Qu Watanabe only had to take his own. He called on Ye Xiaoyuan and Wen Xiaochun, who were guarding at both ends, to go and rest.
Wen Xiaochun: "Your Highness, are you familiar with that person just now?"
Qu Watanabe: "Well... Fortunately, if nothing unexpected happens, he will be by my side."
Wen Xiaochun seemed to be thinking about something.
If the person is trustworthy, then he should be able to go to the inspection office without worry.
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The next day.
The fifth prince woke up his sleeping brother.
Qu Dubian rubbed his eyes, got up and changed his clothes, yawning continuously, and went to the school with the fifth prince.
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