Chapter 051 I'm sick and miss you so much
The more Lu'e thought about it, the angrier she became.
But she also felt sorry for Rong Yin because she was too tired recently. After all, only His Majesty could persuade the master.
Lu'e asked first: "Is it really impossible to start from His Majesty?"
Si Xi frowned: "What do you think?"
Lu'e was angry and said, "Your Majesty only knows how to bully the master. Last time, His Majesty hid from the master and it was the master who went to find him. And now he is doing the same thing again."
"Aiya, auntie, please keep your voice down." Si Xi looked around and confirmed that there was no one nearby before saying, "If His Majesty returns to Silver Shark Garden, you should stay away from him for the time being and be careful not to get into trouble."
Zong Zhengxiao must be annoyed with Lu'e these days. Even though he won't really do anything to her for the sake of Rong Yin's face, it's better to be prepared. Anyway, it's safest not to get close to His Majesty.
"I understand..." Lu'e didn't understand why His Majesty suddenly disliked her, but she was still very obedient, knowing that Si Xi would not harm her.
"Then remember to tell the young master what I told you later." Si Xi reminded him again before leaving.
Lu'e agreed reluctantly, but when she saw Rong Yin, she was unable to speak again.
Her master is so good, why should she take the initiative to begin that tyrant to come back?
Lu'e was thinking about something, and her emotions showed on her face without her noticing. Rong Yin looked at her and asked, "What's wrong with you, Lu'e? Who made you unhappy?"
"Ah?" Lu'e came back to her senses, smiled and said, "No, I'm just worried about what to eat tonight. Master, do you want to eat anything? I'll ask the chef to make it."
"As for me..." Rong Yin thought for a while and was about to answer when he suddenly felt his throat itchy and instinctively covered his mouth and started coughing.
It was as if a switch was touched. Rong Yin started coughing and couldn't stop for a long time. Her originally fair face turned abnormally red and tears welled up in her eyes.
In fact, Rong Yin had been coughing occasionally since the night before. Lu'e had asked her about it, but Rong Yin just said that his throat was dry and asked her to make him a cup of fruit tea to moisten his throat.
But now it seems that this cannot be explained by an ordinary dry throat. It is probably caused by a cold.
There has been a cold snap recently and several palace ladies in the garden have fallen ill.
After waiting for Rong Yin to stop, Lu'e quickly handed over warm water and said, "Master, I'll call the imperial physician to take a look."
"It should be fine." Rong Yin checked his forehead, "I don't seem to have a fever."
Lu'e said in a reproachful tone, "You are coughing so much, how can you be alright? Master, your temperature is already low, so even if you have a fever, it would be hard to test it. No, we still have to call the imperial physician to take a look."
Rong Yin didn't want to see the imperial physician, but he couldn't persuade Lu'e, so he could only wait obediently.
By the way, before leaving, Lu'e forcibly took away all his books and writing materials, and asked a palace maid to watch him and not allow him to take them secretly.
Rong Yin had no choice but to lie down on the couch bored.
After Lu'e left the room, she ordered someone to call the imperial physician, and at the same time asked the eunuch to go to Yu's study to find Eunuch Sixi and tell him that the master was seriously ill and the imperial physician was on the way. After saying that, he was to return immediately and was not allowed to stay for a moment longer.
The two men who received the order left. Lu'e looked outside the garden and thought to herself that if His Majesty was still angry with his master even though he was sick, then His Majesty was a real bastard.
After thinking about it, she immediately turned around and went into the house to look after Rong Yin.
When the eunuch arrived, Zong Zhengxiao was meeting with his ministers to discuss papermaking matters.
From finding raw materials to building workshops to participate in production and later sales, everything was secretly handled by the Ministry of Industry, and those involved were naturally Zong Zhengxiao's people.
Papermaking takes a long time, and during this period, what they do must not be discovered by the noble families, otherwise it might be obstructed and destroyed.
Just by looking at the drawings and steps given by Rong Yin, you can tell that the paper they produce must be of better quality than that of the aristocratic family.
When the paper is put on the market, the price can be lowered, which can not only suppress the business of the aristocratic families, but also benefit the scholars, making money and gaining reputation at the same time.
"If papermaking succeeds, it will certainly cause heavy damage to the family, so this move must succeed and not fail. I have given this matter to you after careful consideration. I hope you will not let me down."
Zong Zhengxiao looked at the ministers below and said seriously.
"We will definitely live up to your Majesty's expectations!"
Several ministers were grateful for Zong Zhengxiao's trust, and were also happy that they could also make money.
Seeing that the Ji family and the colleagues who took over the He family's business had become much wealthier, they would be lying if they said they were not jealous.
Although they are all helping Your Majesty make money, Your Majesty is not a stingy person, and they must get a share of the profits.
A group of people were talking happily when Si Xi rushed in with a hurried look on his face. After hurriedly paying his respects to Zong Zheng Xiao and several other adults, he came up to Zong Zheng Xiao and whispered something to him.
Before he finished speaking, Zong Zhengxiao's expression changed and he asked in a cold voice, "Where is the eunuch who came to report the news?"
Si Xi said "I'm going back" in a daze, and his mind gradually became clear.
He said that the eunuch acted as if a ghost was chasing him. He turned around and left after reporting everything to him. At that time, he was overwhelmed by the news of Rong Yin's illness and did not notice his abnormality for a while.
To think that he had been in the palace for so long and yet he was still able to follow the ways of that little girl Lu'e!
Si Xi sighed in his heart: Miss Lu'e, I know you want to vent your master's anger, but please don't make things difficult for me.
When Zong Zhengxiao heard Si Xi's answer, his expression froze for a moment. He probably figured it out.
But he did not hesitate at all. He told the ministers to leave the palace first and discuss the matter another day. Then he hurried towards the Ginya Garden impatiently.
The ministers who stayed behind looked at each other, all confused as to what had happened.
However, someone quickly responded: "The only person in the palace who can make His Majesty so panicked is probably Ginyazono."
The rest of the people understood.
Although they had only heard of the mermaid but had never seen her, they heard from Prince Ji, who had once been fortunate enough to visit the Silver Shark Garden, that the mermaid had skin as white as snow and looked like a god. Although she looked a little fierce, she had a gentle and friendly temperament and even gave him a few lotus flowers.
There were also rumors in the palace that His Majesty doted on the mermaid to the extreme, and it was said that he often fed him with his own hands.
If Your Majesty had not ever done anything homosexual, they would have misunderstood.
Knowing that it was not appropriate to discuss His Majesty's private affairs in the palace, the adults stopped talking and formed a team to leave the palace and go home.
The imperial physician and Zong Zhengxiao arrived almost at the same time.
The person who came was the imperial physician who often checked Zong Zhengxiao's pulse, and was also a veteran in the Imperial Hospital. The palace maid who went there had never thought that she could invite him, but when she reported that she was a palace maid from Yinjiao Garden, the old imperial physician who happened to pass by asked to go back with her.
The old doctor has not forgotten that some time ago, Yin Jiaoyuan hurt His Majesty badly, and the wound was painful just looking at it, but His Majesty did not blame him at all, which shows that he cares about this person very much.
When he heard that the young master was ill, he volunteered to come. Otherwise, if the other doctors with less than excellent medical skills could not cure this patient, he felt that their entire imperial hospital would be in trouble.
He had just entered the house and had not had time to admire the mermaid's stunning appearance when Zong Zheng Xiao arrived.
A group of people knelt down and saluted, but the person on the bed remained motionless, as if he had no idea that this rule existed.
The old doctor was shocked. What a great honor it was to be able to meet the emperor without kneeling!
Today, no matter whether the young master has a cold or an incurable disease, he will try his best to get treatment, because his life is now in the hands of this mermaid.
Saving him is saving yourself!
Zong Zhengxiao ignored them and ran straight towards Rong Yin.
When Zong Zhengxiao was about to reach the bed, his hurried steps suddenly slowed down. He and Rong Yin on the bed looked at each other, and there was only each other in their eyes.
At this moment, the thoughts hidden deep in her heart suddenly burst out. Rong Yin stretched out her hands to Zong Zheng Xiao, her eyes red and her tone very aggrieved: "I'm sick, why did you come back just now..."
Zong Zhengxiao quickly stepped forward and held the person in his arms, his eyes full of distress, "Sorry, I'm back late."
Rong Yin buried her face in Zong Zhengxiao's chest, her voice a little hoarse due to the violent coughing before.
"I hate you." Rong Yin said this, and then added: "But when you are not here, I miss you so much."
Zong Zhengxiao hugged him tighter, his tone full of apology: "I know, I know, it's all my fault."
Now, Zong Zhengxiao no longer thought about whether Rong Yin liked someone else or whether Rong Yin didn't care about him.
All he knew was that his little mermaid was sick and needed him very much.
Rong Yin didn't say anything, just sobbed a few times, sounding particularly pitiful.
Imperial Physician: I think I understand a little bit why this person is so favored.
Si Xi and Lu E looked at each other and thought at the same time: Well, there is no need for us to interfere, they will make peace on their own.
Rong Yin leaned against Zong Zhengxiao and sobbed for a while, then couldn't control her coughing. Seeing this, Zong Zhengxiao quickly called the imperial physician over.
The old doctor agreed and walked to the bedside. Even though it was not necessary, she still performed a thorough examination. Finally, she said, "Fortunately, it is just a common cold, and it has not yet fully developed. Wait for me to prescribe a few medicines. After you drink them, you will sweat and you will be well in a few days."
Zong Zhengxiao hugged Rong Yin and said calmly, "I understand. Let's go down and prepare the medicine."
"Yes, yes, I'll go right away."
Not hearing Zong Zhengxiao utter the classic line "If you can't cure him, your whole family will be buried with him", the old doctor breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the emperor was reasonable and that there was a high probability that she would live to a glorious retirement.
After the doctor left, Zong Zhengxiao looked at Rong Yin again and frowned, "I've only been away for a few days, how come you've made yourself sick? You don't know how to take care of your body at all."
Rong Yin's face flushed, and the corners of her eyes also turned red. Upon hearing this, she glared at Zong Zheng Xiao and said, "It's all your fault."
Although he was blaming him, his voice was so soft that Zong Zheng Xiao suddenly didn't have the heart to blame him anymore.
"Okay, it's all my fault. It's my fault that I didn't come back in time and didn't realize that you were sick in advance." Zong Zhengxiao wiped the tears from the corners of Rong Yin's eyes.
Rong Yin looked at him and said, "Since you know you were wrong, in order to apologize, you have to agree to one of my requests."
Zong Zhengxiao did not respond immediately, but said, "You say."
As expected, Rong Yin showed the dejection of a failed plan on his face, and snorted, "I thought you would agree directly. You are the emperor, can't you be a little more domineering?"
Zong Zhengxiao raised his eyebrows: "What does this have to do with tyranny?"
Rong Yin performed, one hand on his waist, the other patting Zong Zhengxiao's shoulder, and said proudly: "As my best friend, as long as you ask me for anything, I will agree to everything you ask!"
After saying that, he immediately returned to normal and looked at Zong Zheng Xiao: "This is the domineering emperor, I understand... cough cough cough..."
In the middle of his words, Rong Yin started coughing again. Zong Zheng Xiao gently stroked his back and laughed, "You tyrannical emperor, you should first cure your illness before you can rule the world."
Si Xi who was standing by thought that only Rong Yin could call himself "Zhen" in front of His Majesty and have His Majesty call him that.
After Rong Yin stopped coughing, she said sadly, "Actually, I just want to ask, can you not take the medicine? Coughing is not a serious illness, it will heal on its own after a few days of endurance."
Rong Yin is afraid of taking medicine, especially Chinese medicine.
Hearing this, Zong Zheng Xiao lifted Rong Yin's chin and looked into his guilty eyes: "You really want to be punished, right? If you are sick, you should seek medical treatment in time. Why do you have to endure it? It's not like there is no condition to treat the disease."
"Zong Zhengxiao..."
"It's no use being coquettish."
Rong Yin turned around and said, "I'm not going to talk to you anymore."
Zong Zhengxiao ruffled his hair and said with a smile, "When you need me, you say you miss me, and when you don't need me, you say you don't care about me anymore. Rong Yin, you are really fickle."
Rong Yin didn't say anything. Zong Zhengxiao sat alone for a while, and then thought about the cold war between them a few days ago. Rong Yin really didn't show any sign of missing him. Could it be that she showed weakness in front of him just to avoid taking the medicine?
Zong Zhengxiao felt indescribably complicated. Could it be that Rong Yin just wanted to use him and that’s why she said she missed him?
“Rong Yin…” Zong Zheng Xiao hugged Rong Yin from behind, put his face close to his profile, and asked solemnly: “Have you really missed me these days or just imagined me?”
Rong Yin suddenly turned around and looked at Zong Zheng Xiao with red eyes, saying with a wronged and sad tone: "Zong Zheng Xiao, why are you such a jerk?"
Zong Zhengxiao: "..."
How am I a jerk?
Rong Yin looked like she was about to explode with anger: "I didn't answer your question that day, so you are right to be unhappy. I can understand that you want to stay away from me. I gave you time and space to calm down. Am I wrong? And you also have problems with Lu'e. Do you want me to cry and beg you to come back? Just now you said it was all your fault. I see that you don't even realize where you are wrong. You can only tell lies to coax me!"
Rong Yin spoke a series of words, Zong Zheng Xiao was stunned for a while, then asked: "So, do you miss me?"
He really cares about this issue.
"You... cough cough cough cough..." Rong Yin was almost driven crazy by Zong Zheng Xiao's anger. His cheeks turned red from coughing and his eyes were sparkling with tears. He looked extremely pitiful.
Zong Zhengxiao wanted to help him with his back, but he was slapped away. He couldn’t even wait for the coughing to stop and said incoherently: “No… cough cough cough… I don’t want to, I don’t want to at all… cough cough cough… I don’t want you…”
In fact, he shouldn't laugh in this situation, but Zong Zhengxiao couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips.
He frowned: "You said you didn't miss me, but you did. I can see that you miss me a lot, Rong Yin."
I said I missed him before and he didn't believe it, but now that I deny it, he believes it again.
Rong Yin pushed him away fiercely: "...Zong Zhengxiao, you are a lunatic."
"Well, I'm crazy." Zong Zhengxiao admitted with a smile.
Rong Yin was speechless now.
Zong Zhengxiao hugged Rong Yin, who wanted to bite his shoulder again, into his arms and said seriously, "I said I knew I was wrong. I wasn't lying to you. Blame me for being petty and getting angry with you at every turn. In fact, I missed you a lot these days."
Rong Yin looked up at him and asked in a hoarse voice, "If I wasn't sick today, when would you be coming back?"
Zong Zhengxiao: "..."
He hasn't thought about this yet.
Rong Yin: "You know you are wrong, but you refuse to repent, right?"
Zong Zhengxiao: "..."
"Let's not talk about this anymore, okay?"
"You are the emperor, you have the final say."
Zong Zhengxiao said: "You are the emperor, the domineering emperor."
Rong Yin was both angry and amused: "I think you are the one who is sick."
Seeing the smile on Rong Yin's face, Zong Zhengxiao also became happy, "Do you forgive me now?"
"Hmph..." Rong Yin buried her face in Zong Zheng Xiao's arms and tacitly agreed with what he said.
Watching the twists and turns in the reconciliation of their two masters, Si Xi and Lu E'e's hearts were lifted up and then dropped down, and they felt that they were more tired than the people involved.
Rong Yin finally couldn't escape drinking the medicine, but Zong Zhengxiao had prepared candied fruit for him in advance, and immediately stuffed one into his mouth as soon as he finished drinking. Although Rong Yin still had a bitter face, he didn't resist at least.
The medicine didn't work that quickly. Rong Yin still had a little cough when he went to bed at night. He would wake himself up from coughing from time to time and couldn't fall asleep at all.
Zong Zhengxiao stayed beside him and stayed up late with him.
"You can sleep in the next room. I have nothing to do anyway and can take a nap during the day. You have to get up early to deal with government affairs." Rong Yin pushed Zong Zhengxiao and advised him.
"It's okay." Zong Zhengxiao stroked Rong Yin's sick face. "I didn't sleep well at night when you were away for a few days. I was still energetic the next day, so don't worry about me."
Rong Yin could tell that this was Zong Zhengxiao's disguised way of expressing his longing for you these days. He smiled weakly and said, "I can't sleep well without you."
Zong Zheng Xiao embraced Rong Yin and said with a low laugh, "Now is the perfect time. We can both be with each other."
"Yeah." Rong Yin leaned on Zong Zhengxiao's chest dependently.
It was not until dawn that the two fell asleep in each other's arms.
With medication, Rong Yin's illness was almost completely cured in two or three days.
Zong Zhengxiao firmly believed that Rong Yin fell ill because he was too tired from studying. Otherwise, his physique was so good that he could play in the snow outside in the winter and be healthy. How could he be knocked down by a late spring cold snap?
Therefore, Zong Zhengxiao strictly controlled Rong Yin's reading and writing time every day. When he was not around, he asked the palace servants to strictly supervise him and let him spend more time playing outside and relaxing.
For the sake of doing good for Rong Yin, Zong Zheng Xiao gave up on targeting Lu'e, his "rival in love", just so that she could focus on taking care of Rong Yin.
Zong Zhengxiao felt that he was really generous and well-intentioned.
Anyway, Rong Yin and Lu'e are not really together, so why not just pretend that you don't know that Rong Yin likes Lu'e?
At the end of April, the fields in the imperial manor that had been fertilized began to show results. The crops planted there grew much better than those without the use of fertilizer. The manager of the imperial manor sent a letter of congratulations, and Zong Zhengxiao even went to inspect the field in person to confirm that the manager was not lying.
"The wheat seedlings and rice are growing lushly and are very pleasing to the eye. When they are harvested, they should give us a pleasant surprise."
"The papermaking has been assigned and everything is going smoothly. It won't be long before we can use the paper we make ourselves."
"I have sent people to look for coal mines, but I don't know when we can expect any results."
"Although sweet potatoes and potatoes have not been found yet, the people who went to look for seeds unexpectedly discovered many seeds that were lacking in Dasheng but were very useful, so it was not a complete loss."
On the terrace, Rong Yin leaned against Zong Zheng's arms, listening to him enthusiastically reporting to her his recent achievements.
When talking about this, Zong Zhengxiao's face was filled with excited smiles, as if he had already seen the bright future of Dasheng's prosperity and development under his management.
Rong Yin felt that as long as Zong Zheng Xiao was happy, his efforts would not be in vain.
After a lot of chatter, Zong Zhengxiao found that Rong Yin had been silent. He looked down and Rong Yin happened to look up at him. The two looked at each other and the corners of their lips rose at the same time.
"You haven't looked very energetic these past few days. Are you feeling unwell?" Zong Zhengxiao was a little worried because his little mermaid wasn't as lively as before.
Rong Yin said, "Your Majesty, this is called spring sleepiness. I am just a little lazy, not sick."
"I'm glad you're not sick." Zong Zhengxiao said, "You can be as lazy as you want when I'm here, but you have to eat on time. Otherwise, if you're so lazy that you starve yourself to death, it would be a waste of time."
Rong Yin chuckled twice: "It's not as exaggerated as you say."
Zong Zheng Xiao also laughed: "I don't want you to die. What will I do if you die?"
Zong Zhengxiao said this unintentionally, but it hit the nail on the head for Rong Yin.
He was about to die, but he still didn't dare to tell Zong Zhengxiao the truth.
Rong Yin lowered his eyes and said, "Your Majesty, no matter whether it is human or merman, there will always be a time for destruction. This is the will of heaven, and mortals are powerless to resist."
Zong Zhengxiao said: "I will not resist the will of heaven, nor am I afraid of death. I just want to stay with you in this world for a little longer."
Rong Yin was silent, and his heart couldn't help but ache.
In the following time, Rong Yin thought every day about how to confess to Zong Zhengxiao, but every time he mustered up the courage to tell the truth, he would always delay for various reasons.
The most important factor was that he was too timid. He could not imagine how he would face Zong Zheng Xiao, nor did he know how to persuade himself and Zong Zheng Xiao to accept the arrangement of fate.
In the blink of an eye, it was already mid-May. Since Rong Yin had tried many times but failed to say it in person, she decided to write a letter to tell Zong Zhengxiao about her impending end.
Rong Yin started from the beginning, writing that she was an abandoned orphan in her original world. Because no one adopted her, she had to grow up in an orphanage and was sponsored by caring people in the society to complete her studies.
After he grew up, before he had the chance to embrace a new life, he was diagnosed with a terminal illness. This may be the reason why his biological parents abandoned him.
He originally had only one year left to live, but because he saved people and attracted God's mercy, he was given the opportunity to travel to another world and live a full year in good health. Now, the time is almost up.
Rong Yin was just about to write down how happy he had been in this world for a year and how grateful he was to Zong Zheng Xiao, Lu E and the others, when he suddenly felt a sense of crisis.
Four words suddenly popped up in Rong Yin's mind: The end is near!
But isn't there still half a month before his death?
Rong Yin didn't know what was going on, but he had a feeling that he was about to die.
He quickly raised his head and looked at Lu'e who was not far away, and said in a trembling voice: "Lu'e, go and call Zong Zhengxiao back, quickly!"
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