Chapter 405 A Dilapidated Taoist Temple in the Tang Dynasty: A Female Taoist Priest (13)
Half a month later, the Empress's health underwent a dramatic transformation. In Empress Zhangsun's words, she had never felt so relaxed in her life. After feeling better, she cooperated even more with Jiang Yue's treatment. Who would want to die if they could live?
Ordinary treatment methods cannot achieve this. The main reason is that Jiang Yue gathered all the sparse spiritual energy in the surrounding area for Empress Zhangsun to use alone. Not only that, Jiang Yue also customized a special exercise method for her so that she could better absorb spiritual energy. Jiang Yue would not bother to go to such lengths for anyone else. The main reason is that this person is indeed quite charming, and Jiang Yue does not mind helping her out. Anyway, history has been changed beyond recognition.
After a month of recuperation, she didn't need to rest along the way when she went up the mountain. With her energy and spirits restored, her complexion improved significantly, and she looked much younger. Now, everyone is lamenting that being too young is beneath the dignity of an empress. Jiang Yue can only roll her eyes at this, wondering who is looking in the mirror every day and laughing so hard that their back teeth are showing.
Before leaving, Jiang Yue didn't say much. The protagonist had already told her about the things that asthma patients need to pay attention to. Jiang Yue couldn't cure this disease without pills or a medical chamber. Absorbing spiritual energy would strengthen her resistance. It couldn't cure it, but it would prevent her from having an attack. If she persisted in exercising the methods that Jiang Yue had taught her, she should have no problem living to her death before the spiritual energy dissipated.
Not long after the Empress returned safely, the rewards came down. Jiang Yue was granted the title of Princess of Ping'an County. Then, the Taoist temple was rebuilt and many medical skills were added. According to Master Sun, there was great resistance in granting Jiang Yue the title of Princess of Ping'an County. Jiang Yue could only laugh at this. Wasn't this just lowering her seniority for no reason and making her the Empress's goddaughter?
As for encountering resistance, that's for sure. There are those who want Changsun to live and those who want her dead. There are many things involved. Haven't you seen that recently the Taoist temple is surrounded by the emperor's secret guards? Jiang Yue is quite uncomfortable with people watching her every day. It just so happens that the emperor is going to repair the Taoist temple, so she went to the academy with Master Sun to escape to a peaceful place.
After arriving at the academy, there were far fewer hidden eyes, but this also caused some trouble for the protagonist's retainers and veterans. There were already a lot of people who wanted to come in and cause trouble, and now there are even more people who want to assassinate Jiang Yue, which only increases their workload. There are too many eyes here, making it difficult for Jiang Yue to create a puppet. It's troublesome.
In return, Jiang Yue treated the protagonist's family members' health. Feeling a little embarrassed if she didn't do anything, and a few days later, more people came seeking medical help with other motives, Jiang Yue simply went to the deep mountains with Sun Zhenren to collect herbs. This trip lasted for a month, and the two of them went to stay with Sun Zhenren's friend to find some peace and quiet.
After the news of the Tang Dynasty's defeat of Jieli arrived, the two quietly returned to the academy. After picking up the cat, Jiang Yue returned to the Taoist temple. This time, there were many workers rebuilding the temple, and the reconstruction speed was also very fast. The Taoist temple was re-planned and was about half the size of the previous Taoist temple. The additional buildings were built with top-quality building materials.
Because Jiang Yue was the only person in the Taoist temple, when the craftsmen came to her for confirmation, she did not ask them to make any major changes to the original temple. She said that if it was too big, she would not be able to clean it herself, and it would be inconvenient to do anything if there were too many people. She had too many secrets, so why rebuild the temple? Wouldn't it be better to keep it as it was? That's because the Empress needed to recuperate there after her death. Could an ordinary place be worthy of her?
The extra space was where the Empress stayed when she came. Speaking of which, the pavilion built on the edge of the cliff was also demolished because people felt it was not safe there. What if a noble person fell off? The chances of that happening couldn't be allowed to exist. The road to that side was blocked by railings. However, before the demolition, people had inquired about the purpose of the pavilion.
Jiang Yue told them they were there to enjoy the scenery, and then these people built several new pavilions near the Taoist temple. Not only were these pavilions in a safe location, but they also offered excellent views. No wonder they were able to become officials; they were so thoughtful.
When Jiang Yue returned to the Taoist temple, she saw a completely renovated temple. The people on duty there saw Jiang Yue return, showed her the new temple, and then took their leave. Jiang Yue looked at the temple, which had been cleaned up and nodded in satisfaction. Although it was a little unfamiliar, she got used to it after staying there for two days.
In the past few days, Jiang Yue has also discovered many small surprises. For example, there are several more boxes of gold, silver, jewelry, clothes and ornaments, as well as all kinds of incense, and grain in the grain storage room. She went to check on her own land and found that they had helped her harvest the crops and dried the vegetables. The medicine cabinet was also full of medicinal herbs. Jiang Yue couldn't help but nod in approval. They really did things to her liking.
The next day, when the village chief brought Jiang Yue's son to pay his respects to her, Jiang Yue learned what had happened. It turned out that the emperor had built a manor for her at the foot of the mountain and granted her several acres of land, and the mountain itself had become her territory. The village chief's son was the temporary manager of the manor, and whether or not to use him was up to Jiang Yue to decide.
Jiang Yue had no objections. Besides, they had already given it to her, so how could she return it? The village chief's family had taken good care of her, and she wasn't an ungrateful person. After the three of them went down the mountain, the village chief took Jiang Yue to see the newly built estate. Jiang Yue hadn't known about this before today. They had given her so many things that she felt embarrassed to accept them.
After understanding the situation in the village, Jiang Yue set the general direction and handed it over to the village chief's son to manage, as she didn't have the energy to handle so many things.
Not long after Jiang Yue returned, people came to her door. This time, most of them were women seeking medical treatment. When they came up the mountain, someone had already brought up the patients' details. As long as they hadn't committed too many evil deeds, Jiang Yue treated them all.
To be honest, she hasn't encountered anyone who has committed too many evil deeds yet. Most patients need to recover slowly. Jiang Yue left after prescribing the medicine for them. A small number of people are in more serious condition and can only stay in the Taoist temple to recuperate slowly.
If they stayed there, safety would be a problem. If something happened to a group of women, they wouldn't be able to survive. At this time, our Empress extended a helping hand and sent some palace maids to help, relieving Jiang Yue's urgent crisis.
After seeing off this group of patients, the first snow of the year arrived. With the heavy snow blocking the mountains, Jiang Yue finally had some free time to read and digest her knowledge. It was so nice to be undisturbed. Jiang Yue regretted being too high-profile when she saved Empress Zhangsun. She should have saved her quietly.
This continued until the New Year. Before the New Year, the academy auctioned off a house, and more people came. A few people also came to Jiang Yue's place. However, most of them came because of the Empress, but some came specifically for Jiang Yue, since she had been in seclusion and not receiving guests before, and it was impossible to find her to see a doctor.
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