Chapter 81 Donating Medicine
"Mom, what you said is wrong. What is waste?"
Qin Zhenning looked up, his tone light and airy, as if he was just chatting casually with his mother.
"I was me in my early twenties, and I am also me in my forties. I was me when I indulged myself in the mountains and rivers, and how could I not be me when I pursue a successful career in the future?"
"Son..."
Old Madam Qin sighed.
"You're almost forty."
"So what? I can do it if I want to."
The last three words were spoken with a firm tone, as if the young Qin Jiayushu who played horse racing on the Imperial Street in high school was back.
"Mother, you don't want me to enter the officialdom. Are you worried that your son has lived a foolish life and is no longer capable of fighting in the officialdom? Or are you worried that I'm blocking the path of your eldest grandson?"
"Third brother!"
"My son is here."
Old Madam Qin's eyelashes trembled violently.
"I am your biological mother."
"I know."
Qin Zhenning suddenly smiled. The handsome man was still very good-looking even in his middle age.
"But you know, I'm a parent too."
He smiled happily, the light in his eyes like a soul that had traveled through the dawn and dusk of the years for many years, finally being injected into his numb body, allowing him to no longer feel so much pain, no longer having to find a reason to convince himself to live.
"I went to see her secretly. She's very pretty. Prettier than me. She looks like her mother."
Old Lady Qin remained silent, quietly listening to her third son whispering about his happiness, but the rosary in her hand never stopped turning for a moment.
"The child was born on the Flower Festival. She's beautiful, smart, and talented in both literature and martial arts. Her parents treat her like the apple of their eye. Her grandparents are also very kind to her. Her younger siblings are well-behaved and obedient. Life is good!"
The only downside is being married to the Fourth Prince. I heard Li Chengxiu isn't a very reliable person. Intelligence is secondary; the key is his position is so unfavorable. The Emperor's harem is so disorganized right now, and there's bound to be a fight between the Empress and the Imperial Noble Consort.
I have to enter the officialdom and help her. Otherwise, I won’t be able to speak to her mother when I meet her in the future.”
"She can't recognize it back."
Looking at her third son's weathered temples, Old Lady Qin heard that her voice sounded somewhat ruthless.
"You never really married the daughter of the Xu family. No matter how much you were in love at the time, you couldn't hide it."
The old lady didn't want to tarnish her son's love that he had held on to for half his life by using the words "unmediated adultery".
After all, it was she who had approved the marriage of the clever and intelligent eldest daughter of the Xu family. If it weren't for the tyranny of the emperor, the Qin and Xu families would have been a match made in heaven, ordered by their parents.
But unfortunately, alas.
"I didn't say I would admit it. I don't have the nerve to do that."
Qin Zhenning was still smiling, and his smile made Old Madam Qin feel distressed.
"She is the eldest daughter of the Jiang family, born to the original wife of the Duke of Ling. How could she be associated with a dishonorable person like me? If the news gets out, wouldn't it be a disgrace to the child? I won't acknowledge her."
"Just keep it in mind."
"Of course I know it, but mother,"
The smile on his lips turned cold.
"If anyone else has any thoughts that shouldn't be taken, I might not be able to keep track of it."
The rosary in the old lady's hand stopped.
There was only a low male voice in the room.
"My father took action to protect the Qin family. Since Sister Jin accepted it, I accepted it too. Who told us to enjoy the family's care and protection for so many years? When it's time to sacrifice ourselves, we have to sacrifice ourselves.
But the child has never been exposed to the Qin family's wealth, so naturally he doesn't need to pay anything back. Mother, do you think my thinking is correct?
Her presence won't hinder the Qin family in any way, and I won't compete with my eldest brother's son. You can all rest assured about this. But if anyone dares to send someone to hurt her again, I will not show mercy. I hope mother will forgive me."
Old Lady Qin looked at her third son's cold face, and after a dozen breaths, she closed her eyes in compromise.
"Come with me to get the snow lotus, and we'll wipe the slate clean. Mother promises it won't happen again."
Qin Zhenning leaned over and kowtowed.
"Yes, thank you, mother."
The Qin family mother and son reached a consensus.
After receiving the item, Qin Zhenning quickly found Jiang Huailiang. Amidst the other party's grumbling, he was successfully introduced to the emperor.
"Your Majesty, the thing Qin Sanlang presented is the miraculous medicine, the Snow Lotus, that can cure the Crown Prince."
Doctor Sun was a man with a big beard. He had been hanging around in front of the emperor for two days, risking his life. Now he finally dared to breathe a sigh of relief.
"Are you sure this thing will work on the prince?"
The emperor was a country bumpkin. Looking at the thing in the jade box, he felt that it didn't look like a proper medicinal herb at all.
"This old minister is certain! When my grandfather was refining the Seven Star Detoxification Pill, my father took me to watch. This is the main ingredient!
The biggest difference between this snow lotus and the Tianshan Snow Lotus is that it doesn't look like a lotus at all. It is a rare and exquisite snow lotus on the top of Tianshan Mountain, taking the essence of the sun and the moon..."
"Then why are you still showing off your bookishness and talking about ancient things? Go and save someone for me!"
If the old man wasn't so old, the emperor would have really wanted to kick him.
"Qiao Yunyue, hurry up and follow me to make the medicine!"
"As you wish!"
Although it was impossible for a doctor not to be curious about such a rare medicinal herb, Qiao Yunyue was always tactful. He took the jade box and dragged the old doctor away.
The emperor strolled back and forth in the palace several times, but he was the emperor after all, so no matter how anxious he was, he knew what to do.
"Qin..."
I wanted to say a few pleasantries to him, but I didn't hear his name clearly. I turned around and nudged Jiang Huailiang beside me twice, then asked quietly.
"Second brother, what's this guy's name?"
"My surname is Qin, and my name is Qin Zhenning."
Even though Jiang Huailiang looked down on this pretty boy who came to steal his daughter, for the sake of his child, he still had to bite his nose and introduce him to the girl.
"Your Majesty, don't think this kid has no skills just because he looks frail and greasy. I heard he's actually quite talented!"
"oh?"
The emperor was a little skeptical of his sworn brother's judgment of people. After all, he had never had much judgment of people.
"How do you know?"
"Didn't I just say that? I heard it!"
Jiang Huailiang deleted and reduced some of his family's affairs, and told some true and false stories.
"Your Majesty, you know that I am lucky enough to have a good wife. My eldest sister's mother is also a good girl from a wealthy family. I heard that her two families had some friendship with this guy in the past."
He pronounced the words "my younger sister" very loudly and clearly, making sure that Qin Zhenning, the pretty boy, could hear them.
The emperor looked across at Qin Zhenning, who looked respectful and at first glance a gentleman of elegant demeanor. He then glanced at his own brother, the dog, with a strange look.
There was a reminder that he didn't know whether he should say.
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