Chapter 140 Tomorrow I'll be as thin as lightning.
"You've just recovered from your cold, and you want to do it again?"
Sheng Sheng pouted and said, "I'm completely healed. I wouldn't get sick again so soon after just recovering from an illness."
Pei Ji chuckled: "What kind of twisted logic is that?"
"That's right, Sheng Sheng used to be sick all the time, and every time she recovered from an illness, she would be invincible for a period of time!"
Pei Ji frowned, pondering what she had said about the past.
Sheng Sheng was also stunned after she finished speaking. She didn't even have any memory of being sick before, but the words came out so naturally, just like she knew that she had to brush her teeth in the morning, which was a very common knowledge for her.
Sheng Sheng blinked in confusion, her eyes clearly saying, "I don't know anything."
Fortunately, Pei Ji didn't seem to intend to ask any more questions, and just chuckled lightly.
Seeing this, Sheng Sheng shook his head and put the matter behind him.
"Brother, did you come looking for Shengsheng that night?"
The little dumpling rested her chin on her hand, looking at him expectantly.
Seeing the certainty in her eyes, Pei Ji knew he couldn't hide it from her, so he simply admitted, "Yes."
"Hehe, I knew it was my older brother!"
The little dumpling laughed, seemingly carefree, but Pei Ji knew that her heart was full of tenderness.
Pei Ji curled his lips into a smile.
But Sheng Sheng wasn't going to let the topic go, pressing on, "How did Brother Pei Ji know Sheng Sheng was sick? He even secretly came to see me late at night. Does that mean he cares about Sheng Sheng a lot?"
Pei Ji's gaze sharpened slightly. That day, he heard the news that the little dumpling had a persistent high fever, with the fever fluctuating throughout the night, and even the imperial physician's visit had not brought any improvement.
Thinking of that tiny person suffering, Pei Ji suddenly couldn't bear it.
Pei Ji thought that since this little dumpling had helped him a lot, he should repay her by secretly feeding her the Rejuvenation Pill late at night.
Sure enough, she was completely better the next day.
Pei Ji's silence seemed like tacit agreement. Sheng Sheng smiled and asked, "What did you give Sheng Sheng, brother? My head stopped hurting immediately, and I was fine the next day! It's amazing! And it tasted sweet, not bitter at all like other medicines!"
Pei Ji frowned and took out the porcelain bottle from his sleeve.
Pei Ji ran his fingertips along the glaze of the porcelain bottle, his eyelashes casting faint shadows beneath his eyes as he lowered his gaze: "It's just a common formula for replenishing qi and calming the mind, with a few candied fruits added for balance. You've already taken the medicine prescribed by the imperial physician, but your body is weak and hasn't fully absorbed it yet. This medicine can help you absorb and regulate your qi."
Sheng Sheng had no doubts and suddenly realized, "So that's how it is? But Sheng Sheng's body isn't weak. Sheng Sheng eats so much meat every day, and of course, she eats a lot of vegetables too! Sheng Sheng has gained two big rolls of fat on her belly, how could she be weak?"
Pei Ji was amused by her and teased, "You've grown up for nothing."
"What!" the voice exclaimed angrily. "My brother always said that if I gained weight, I wouldn't get sick. I ate and drank well and grew all this weight, but it was all for nothing! It's completely useless!"
Sheng Sheng was shocked and very angry. She immediately said that she would go back to control her diet and personally walk Yan Hu every day.
Yan Hu has a high daily activity level. After eating, he will obediently go out for a stroll, and sometimes he will be taken out by the palace servants.
After eating is the time of day when Sheng Sheng is at her laziest (except when she gets up in the morning). The fact that this little gluttonous Sheng Sheng would say she needs to control her diet and personally take Yan Hu for a walk every day shows that this matter has really affected her a lot.
"How can I not be big..." she said, pinching her waist with a pitiful expression. "I eat so much, I've gotten fat, and I'm not cute anymore..."
Pei Ji chuckled, ruffling her hair for what felt like the umpteenth time: "Not fat at all, very cute."
"All you do is try to coax children; Sheng Sheng is no longer a three-year-old!"
"Is it a five-year-old child?"
Before Sheng Sheng could finish reciting her classic quote, Pei Ji interrupted her.
Sheng Sheng: "..."
What did you say and what did I say?
Sheng Sheng puffed out her cheeks and glared at him with some resentment.
Anyone who didn't know better would think that Pei Ji was bullying a child.
Pei Ji coaxed her, "You need to eat to grow taller, the Second Prince is right. You're still young, a little chubby is cuter."
Sheng Sheng's eyes widened in surprise. It was one thing for her to feel fat, but it was another thing for others to say that she was fat.
How can you say a girl is fat? That's so rude!
The little dumpling stomped its foot: "Sheng Sheng isn't fat!"
Pei Ji: ………
So nothing he said worked.
Pei Ji tried to coax her again, but the hypocritical little dumpling wouldn't listen and decided to go back right now to grab Yan Hu and take him for a walk.
"Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river, you just wait, Brother Pei Ji, tomorrow Sheng Sheng will be as thin as a lightning bolt!"
The little dumpling left a message and ran back to Yuqing Palace to find Yan Hu.
"Why!"
Zijuan was enjoying the gossip when she saw her princess suddenly run away, her back view carrying a hint of indignation. Puzzled, she quickly chased after her.
"Princess, princess, wait for me!"
Afu, who was talking enthusiastically, looked completely bewildered. He glanced at Pei Ji, who was standing at the door with a half-smile, and scratched his head.
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Xie Yunchuan and Xie Yunyang acted quickly. The Crown Prince and the Second Prince both stepped forward, and the people from the Imperial Medical Academy were extremely efficient, digging up all of Xie Yunwen's fragmented medical records from the past twelve years.
Regarding the medicinal herbs Xie Yunwen mentioned earlier, it was something a physician surnamed Zhou from the Imperial Medical Academy said to him six years ago when he took Xie Yunwen's pulse.
Even though the masters in the palace never fall ill throughout the year, the Imperial Medical Academy staff will still take their pulse once a year; this is the rule.
When Xie Yunwen was still young, she innocently asked the imperial physicians if she could still stand up. The physicians were at a loss, but they couldn't bear to say no, so they could only say that there would always be a way.
It wasn't until six years ago, when Xie Yunwen was old enough to understand, that he asked the imperial physician Zhou, who had taken his pulse at the time, for confirmation.
"Doctor Zhou, please tell me, do I really still have a chance to stand up?"
"Your Highness... to be honest, even Physician Li wouldn't dare claim a complete recovery in the entire Imperial Medical Academy. However, after searching through medical books, we found an ancient method that uses acupuncture combined with strong medicine to successfully stimulate an elderly person who had been paralyzed in bed for decades to stand up. Physician Li and I have studied this method for a long time, and it is indeed the only way. But... considering the prescription in that medical book and Your Highness's physical condition, it requires a great many medicines. It's not that the medicines are particularly expensive, but one of them is a Rejuvenating Herb, which is not just rare; since I started studying medicine twenty years ago, I have never heard of any Rejuvenating Herb still existing. It's probably extinct..."
Physician Zhou recalled Xie Yunwen's expression at that time.
A six-year-old child already understands a lot—for example, his own leg may never be able to heal.
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