Chapter 337: Day of Rebirth 1
The first day of May was Ning Wanshuang's birthday. It happened to be the 37th day after the empress dowager's death, and the palace was in mourning, so her birthday had to be skipped.
At this moment, she was sitting on the warm seat in her own palace, and Liu Yue was fanning her from the side.
With a smile on her face, she looked at the calligraphy on the small table with a lucky pattern in front of her and praised it generously.
"It's really nice. Do you want to take a look?"
Liu Yue also smiled, "During this afternoon, Your Majesty has asked me to watch it seven or eight times. Although I don't understand it, I also think it is very beautiful."
"What are you looking at? You look so happy."
Xiao Jingheng's voice came from outside the door.
Ning Wanshuang raised her eyebrows and met the tenderness in his eyes, and hurriedly stood up to greet him.
Xiao Jingheng pressed his hand towards her to signal her not to be so polite, and after sitting down next to her, he smiled and said:
"Today is your birthday. Although I can't arrange it because it's the Queen Mother's 37th day, I'm still thinking about it."
As she spoke, Yu Ning Wanshuang placed a kiss on her forehead and said softly, "Happy birthday."
Ning Wanshuang smiled sweetly and said, "As long as the emperor thinks of me, I will be happy every day."
Xiao Jingheng held her hand and his eyes fell on the calligraphy placed on the small table.
It was a word "Shou" written in golden ink, with a square font and neat strokes.
"The handwriting is good. But the strength of holding the pen is a little weak, and the stroke is obviously weak."
Ning Wanshuang raised her face, somewhat proudly, "It's already great to be in the emperor's eyes. Your Majesty, this is a birthday gift from Cheng Huan to me."
Liu Yue said from the side: "The queen likes it very much. She has been keeping it here since early morning and watching it all the time."
Jamel Xiao also laughed in surprise, "Oh? This child has also grown."
Ning Wanshuang took out a silver fork, took out a peeled grape from the red food box, and brought it to Xiao Jingheng's mouth.
"Next month, Cheng Huan will be four years old, and it is time for him to enter the Shangshufang to study."
Xiao Jingheng took the grapes and chewed them slowly. "Then let the university master arrange it and teach it well."
Just as he finished speaking, he heard the childish voice of a boy reciting his lessons outside the house.
"A man who has both talent and virtue is called a sage, a man who lacks both talent and virtue is called a fool, a man who has more virtue than talent is called a gentleman, and a man who has more talent than virtue is called a villain..."
Xiao Jingheng looked out the window and saw Cheng Huan holding a book and reading in the courtyard, nodding his head, looking quite serious.
"You can already recognize so many words?"
Ning Wanshuang said self-deprecatingly: "I can't read many words, and I often make a fool of myself. I thought that Chenghuan would be raised by me, and I hope he won't suffer the same shortcomings as me, so I hired a few literate maids to teach him in their spare time.
This child is very intelligent. I heard him reciting the Book of Poetry that day, and he said he wanted to give it to me and the emperor. He seemed to be reciting... "Life and death are inseparable, I will make a promise with you, hold your hand, and grow old with you." I think the meaning is very good."
"Hahaha~" Xiao Jingheng laughed out loud, patted the back of Ning Wanshuang's hand, and looked at her with a smile, "It's Qi Kuo."
Ning Wanshuang blushed and smiled awkwardly, "Look at me, I've made a fool of myself again."
In fact, how could she not tell the difference between 'qie kuo' and 'qie kuo'?
It's just that if the poem is read wrongly, the meaning will be wrong as well. There is no need to "grow old together with you" with the person who listens to the poem.
Xiao Jingheng asked someone to bring Cheng Huan in.
Looking closer, although the shingles on Cheng Huan's body had improved, it still looked somewhat scary.
Because of dry skin, he has no hair on his forehead and his eyebrows are very sparse.
Ning Wanshuang had seen this every day and was already used to it, but Xiao Jingheng shifted his sitting position uncomfortably.
"My son pays his respects to his father and mother."
Cheng Huan was very polite. He bent over and bowed, and the little guy also did it in a very orderly manner.
Xiao Jingheng gently stroked his forehead, but as soon as he touched it, he saw dandruff falling down.
He quickly withdrew his hand, straightened his expression, and said with a smile:
"Good boy, the gift you gave to your mother is very nice, and the handwriting is very neat."
Cheng Huan said sensibly: "Mother treats me well, so I will treat you well too. When Father's birthday comes, I will prepare a gift for him."
Xiao Jingheng's eyes were warm, "Okay, then father will wait. I heard from your mother that you like reading. When you turn three next month, father will send you to the Shangshufang, okay?"
Cheng Huan nodded repeatedly, "Yes! Thank you, father!"
"Young Master~Young Master?"
While the father and son were talking, a palace maid bowed and came in.
She first bowed to Xiao Jingheng and Ning Wanshuang, and said respectfully: "I pay my respects to the Emperor and the Imperial Concubine. I have no intention of disturbing the Emperor and the Imperial Concubine, but now it is time."
Then he took Cheng Huan's hand and whispered, "Young Master, it's time for us to go take a medicinal bath."
The moment she looked up, Xiao Jingheng realized it was Cai Jie.
Cheng Huan responded to Cai Jie's words. Ning Wan Shuang stroked Cheng Huan's cheek with a smile and said, "After you finish your medicinal bath, come and have dinner with father and mother."
"Okay, son, I got it!"
Cheng Huan agreed obediently, holding Cai Jie's hand tightly, and walked away happily.
Xiao Jingheng looked at their departing backs and said casually:
"The people in your palace are very well trained. When I met her last month, she still didn't know anything. But today she is already so polite."
Hearing this, Ning Wanshuang was stunned for a moment, as if she suddenly thought of something, raised her eyebrows and smiled slightly.
"If Your Majesty hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten about it. Cai Jie is lucky, for now she has remembered everything that happened in the past."
"Oh?" Xiao Jingheng paused, tapping his fingers unconsciously on the small table, "Didn't they say that even the imperial physician is helpless against this disease?"
Ning Wanshuang said, "That's why I said she was lucky. Judge Guo saw her and said that Cai Jie's condition could not be cured. But when Doctor Zhang came to check my pulse that day, after hearing about Cai Jie's condition, he said he had a way to try. At first I didn't believe him and let him go ahead and treat her. Who knew that he only gave the girl a few needles on the head and she really remembered everything."
"Oh?" Xiao Jingheng looked slightly surprised, "Is this true?"
Ning Wanshuang smiled, "Isn't that right? He is indeed a talented person. I will feel more at ease with him taking care of the emperor in the future."
She didn't know whether Xiao Jingheng listened to her words or not.
I just saw that his eyes were slightly gloomy and he didn't say anything, as if he was thinking about something.
Ning Wanshuang was not in a hurry. She let him be silent for a while before she said:
"What is the emperor thinking?"
"Oh? Nothing." Xiao Jingheng came back to his senses in an instant and said with a smile: "I thought you like to eat braised shark fins, and the newly supplied shark fins from the East China Sea are also very fresh. I will ask the imperial kitchen to cook it for you tonight."
Ning Wanshuang knew that the fish had taken the bait, so she saw through it but didn't say anything. She smiled and said:
"Then I am in for a treat~"
*
That night, after Xiao Jingheng accompanied Ning Wanshuang for dinner, he returned to Chaoyang Palace early.
He ordered Jiang Deshun to call in Dr. Zhang to check his pulse.
After Doctor Zhang took the patient's pulse and reported that everything was fine, Xiao Jingheng said:
"I heard that you cured Cai Jie in the Imperial Concubine's palace. Cai Jie served the Imperial Concubine very attentively, and was also someone the Imperial Concubine was used to. You did a good job on this matter."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Yinzi presented a box of silver ingots to Doctor Zhang.
Doctor Zhang held it in his hand, feeling it was heavy, with an expression of joy that he could not suppress, and he hurriedly thanked him:
"I have done my duty, but the emperor has given me such a generous reward. I am grateful for your grace and feel overwhelmed."
Xiao Jingheng stroked his finger ring and chuckled:
"You have done a good job, and you deserve the reward. Don't be afraid. But I am also very curious. Since you can use acupuncture to restore people's memories, can you also use acupuncture to make people completely forget their past?"
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