Lu Song glanced at Feng Yuheng, and asked uncertainly, "How much silver does the princess need for this view?"
Feng Yuheng blinked: "It's not much, but I will definitely ask for a hundred taels." She really didn't ask for too much, but she saw that the Lu family had restrained themselves later and were relatively honest, and that the two ministers had made contributions by setting the test questions to re-examine the people who were originally members of the Eighth Prince's party, so she offered a price of a hundred taels. If it were in the past, when the incident with Yao Yao had just happened, she would not have been named Feng if she didn't ask for a million taels.
Lu Song was obviously relieved, and then he said: "Then please ask Princess to write the bill! I don't have that much silver with me today, I will ask the servants in the mansion to send it to me later, please rest assured."
Feng Yuheng smiled and said nothing more. He casually opened a medical form and handed it to the assistant beside him, and then let Lu Song go behind a screen inside. Ren Xitao could not enter and could only wait outside. During this time, he really heard Lu Song's vomiting sounds many times. He was very curious, but he also knew that the rules of seeing others should not be broken, so he endured it and did not move.
It took about two incense sticks of time for Feng Yuheng to help Lu Song out. Lu Song's face was very ugly. He had finally experienced the pain of gastroscopy. The feeling just now was so unpleasant that he didn't even have the courage to recall it.
"The results will be out tomorrow. Lord Lu doesn't have to come to Baicaotang in person. Just send someone who can understand what I say." She told Lu Song: "Try to eat liquid food as much as possible in the next few days, and eat less hard food. The stomach needs to be nourished. I will prescribe some medicine for you. The medicine fee will be included in the consultation fee. It will not exceed 100 taels." She emphasized the consultation fee again, and Lu Song felt more relieved. Although 100 taels is not a small amount, at least the Lu family can afford it. It is better than Feng Yuheng asking a sky-high price, so that you know that the disease can be cured, but you also know that you can't afford it. That's called despair.
After walking out of Baicaotang, Ren Xitao was still with Lu Song. He didn't talk much, but he was a real person. He insisted on sending Lu Song back to the mansion before he could go back at ease, which made Lu Song sigh several times. Thinking about it again, Ge was not in the mansion today, and only Lu Ping was there among the female family members. Maybe he could take this opportunity to let Lu Ping and Ren Xitao meet? Just because Feng Yuheng spoke today, he called Ren Xitao "Brother Ren". If this marriage was successful, he could also indirectly establish a relationship with Feng Yuheng. In the future, he could let Lu Ping get along well with his sister-in-law, and then the Lu family would become Feng Yuheng's side again.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this matter was reliable. In addition, Feng Yuheng also said that he was not seriously ill for the time being, and prescribed a good medicine unique to Baicaotang. Lu Song felt much more relaxed, and even his steps became lighter, which surprised Ren Xitao again and again.
When Lu Song arrived at the mansion, the "requirement slip" from Baicaotang had already arrived. The servants asked him when they saw him coming back, "Master, did you spend a hundred taels at Baicaotang? Someone from Baicaotang came to deliver the slip. You and your wife were not here, so we can't make the decision."
Lu Song nodded, "That's true. Send the banknotes over immediately. Also, let everyone know that there are guests at home." As he spoke, he led Ren Xitao into the mansion. In order to avoid being rejected, he said, "Young General, you have saved my life today. Unfortunately, I am ill and cannot invite you to have a simple meal at my mansion. But you must have a cup of tea anyway. I hope you won't refuse."
Ren Xitao had originally planned to send the person to the mansion and leave, but after hearing what Lu Song said, if he didn't even drink a sip of tea, it would seem like he disliked Lu Song's illness, which was not good. So he had no choice but to nod and follow Lu Song into the flower hall of Lu's mansion.
The servant quickly checked the tea, and Lu Song said politely: "This is the tea that the emperor gave to us before the Ming Dynasty. Little General, please try it."
Ren Xitao took a sip and found it was indeed good tea. After praising it repeatedly, he wanted to leave. He said to Lu Song, "Lord Lu is not in good health. He should rest more. I am sorry to bother you. I have finished this cup of tea. I'd better take my leave now!"
Just as he said this, he suddenly smelled a pungent aroma coming from outside the hall. He was a grown man and a military commander, so he didn't like this kind of aroma. He couldn't help but frowned. He turned his head and saw a stunning beauty coming slowly. She was wearing a water blue long dress that fell to the ground, and a simple orchid jade hairpin on her head. She was plain and elegant. But when he looked at the woman again, she was as beautiful as a lotus, and her beauty was amazing. No matter how plain her dress was, it couldn't hide her beauty. For a moment, Ren Xitao suddenly remembered that the Feng family had a daughter named Chenyu, who was so beautiful that it was also earth-shattering. But Feng Chenyu was already dead, so who was this woman in front of him?
For a moment, surprise had overshadowed the pungent fragrance. After Lu Ping's undisguised appearance was revealed, even Ren Xitao had to be deeply impressed by her beauty. How could there be such a beautiful woman in the world?
All of this was seen by Lu Song, who couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He was angry with Lu Ping at first, blaming her for making the fragrance so strong, and he didn't know where the low-quality perfume powder came from. Even a father like him felt nauseous when he smelled it, let alone the eldest son of the Ren family? But looking at it now, it seems that apart from frowning at the fragrance at first, Ren Xitao didn't show any discomfort afterwards. His eyes were always on Lu Ping, and never left.
Lu Song felt that this was a possibility. When he saw Lu Ping coming in, she bowed in front of him, called him father, and then said, "My wife left Beijing today to go to the Medicine King Bodhisattva Temple to burn incense. It was also because of my illness. There is no one at home to entertain guests. The young general is my lifesaver. This is my eldest daughter. Let her take care of me and thank the young general again!" After that, he hurriedly said to Lu Ping, "Today, I coughed up blood on the street and almost fainted. Fortunately, I met General Ren, who saved my life. Ping'er, why don't you thank the young general!"
Lu Ping turned around obediently, took two steps forward, then bowed to Ren Xitao and said, "Young General, you saved my father's life. Lu Ping is very grateful." Then she stood up straight, without a smile on her face, and didn't even look at Ren Xitao. She stood in the middle of the flower hall, quietly letting the smell of inferior pollen on her body quickly dissipate.
The fragrance was so bad that even the servants serving in the flower hall could hardly bear it anymore. Ren Xitao then stood up, returned the greeting, and said, "It's just a small favor. No problem. Miss Lu is so polite." He spoke politely and his expression returned to normal from his initial surprise. He had no further reaction to the unpleasant fragrance. He just sat back in his chair, calmly, as if the surprise just now had never happened. He drank his tea calmly, then stood up and said goodbye to Lu Song.
Lu Song was not in a position to stay any longer, but he used the excuse that he was not feeling well and could not see the guest off in person, so he asked Lu Ping to see him off. Ren Xitao did not refuse, but he did not talk much to Lu Ping all the way from the flower hall to the gate of the mansion, and he did not even look at Lu Ping again. Only after he walked out of the gate did he turn around and bow again, and said to Lu Ping: "Sister Lu Bu, please go back soon! I hope you can take good care of Lord Zuo Xiang's health. Baicaotang has prescribed medicine, and Miss must remember to remind Zuo Xiang to take it on time. Xitao is leaving." After saying that, he left without looking back.
Lu Ping stood at the gate of the mansion, watching Ren Xitao's back gradually going away, frowning, and thinking about it in her heart. Before she entered the flower hall, she really saw the surprise that Ren Xitao showed after seeing her face. His eyes were no different from those of all men who saw her for the first time. She immediately thought that he was just an ordinary young man, and it was hard to resist his beauty. Her family had thought of marrying her to Ren Xitao, but she was determined not to be controlled by the Lu family, so she put all the inferior perfume powder on her body, just to scare Ren Xitao away. But now it seems that although this man behaved much better later, now thinking about it, it is possible that he was really scared away, and left in a hurry without saying a word!
Lu Ping smiled slightly with the corners of her lips raised. Her illness had been cured by Feng Yuheng a long time ago. The Lu family didn't know, so it would be better to keep this secret forever. She would rather not marry for the rest of her life than become a tool for the Lu family to fight for power.
When Lu Ping turned back to the house, Lu Song had already come out of the flower hall. He looked at Lu Ping and said angrily, "Do you know that he is the legitimate son of the Ren family? The powerful general of the fourth Lu in the dynasty? Why don't you try to fight for yourself? Don't you know what the family situation is like? Your two sisters are willing to sacrifice their lives for the family, why don't you think about the family at all?" Lu Song covered his nose while speaking, "You have good spices but you have to use these inferior perfume powders. The smell is so bad that even I, your biological father, can't stand it, let alone the general of the Ren family!"
Lu Ping looked at Lu Song with disdain, but she was not Feng Yuheng after all, and she did not have the confidence to confront her family directly like Feng Yuheng did back then. She still had to be polite when facing Lu Song, not to mention that Lu Song was seriously ill now, and she knew that. However, some things had to be said, so Lu Ping said, "Father, you don't know that the kind of hundred-spice perfume that my daughter used to use as tribute from ancient Shu has long been sold out in the mansion, and coupled with the shortage of silver in the mansion, mother has not arranged spices for my daughter for a long time. Even this kind of inferior spices was bought by my daughter with the private money she saved every month."
After she said that, what else could Lu Song say? It was indeed because the family was short of money that they didn't care about her. Helplessly, he had to wave his hand and let Lu Ping go back to her yard. He was thinking about Ren Xitao's performance just now. He felt that the man's change from initial astonishment to indifference was just a blink of an eye. He said that he didn't like Lu Ping, and his initial reaction was not fake. But he did, so why did he get up and leave as soon as Lu Ping appeared? Lu Song thought about it and felt that it was still the pungent spices that Lu Ping used that should be blamed. He felt that Ren Xitao was probably smoked away.
He sighed and coughed for a while, and when he finally calmed down, although he did not vomit blood, his body was too weak to support him, so he could only go back to rest with the help of his servants. Lu Ping's hidden illness was always a concern for him. If the hidden illness was not cured, even if she was a fairy, she would still be a useless child!
Baicaotang soon received the banknotes sent by the Lu Mansion. When Yao An entered the money into the account, he said to Feng Yuheng, "Why did the young master of the Ren family go with Lu Song? I am really upset when I see people from the Lu family. Sister Heng should not have treated him. Let him die of illness."
Feng Yuheng said helplessly: "This is Baicaotang after all, curing illnesses and saving lives is our duty, fourth cousin, calm down, at most you can ask them for more money in the future." After she finished speaking, she did not stay for long, and took Huangquan Wangchuan on the imperial carriage back to the mansion. On the way, she was also thinking that she had to ask Ren Xifeng some other day, her eldest brother looked very honest, but he could be easily bullied...
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