Although he had seen a doctor, the doctor couldn't pinpoint the problem. The doctor simply said he had some blood and qi deficiency, prescribed some tonics, and that was it.
However, despite consuming bowl after bowl of tonics, he still felt listless and lacked energy.
It wasn't until Sun Simiao came uninvited and prescribed him a medicine that his condition began to improve.
However, one of the ingredients in the prescription was a rare and expensive herb called Changbai ginseng, which he simply couldn't afford, so he stopped taking the medicine after only a few meals.
Although Liu Rengui didn't care, his wife cared a great deal. If they hadn't had nothing of value left in the house, she would have pawned their possessions to pay for her husband's medical treatment.
However, just when Liu Rengui's wife, Deng, was at her wits' end, a dashing young man found him.
"Madam Deng, this is a basket of Changbai ginseng. Please use it to treat Lord Liu's illness!"
"ah?"
The Deng family had never seen so many ginseng roots before. They knew that in pharmacies, each ginseng root cost at least three strings of cash. This huge basket must have cost at least several hundred strings of cash!
“Young man, your gift is too precious for this old woman to accept. Please take it back…”
Li Jue smiled slightly upon hearing this.
“Aunt, I won’t stand on ceremony with you. I am the Crown Prince of the current dynasty. I once intended to recruit your husband, but he didn’t think much of me and was unwilling to assist me…”
"I've come here not to seek favors or repay kindness, but simply because I can't bear to see your husband, a virtuous and upright official, confined to his sickbed. Consider it a way to save a wise minister for our Great Tang!"
"Oh, by the way, don't tell him this medicine was brought by me. If he knew, he definitely wouldn't take it!"
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