Liu Yulian was stunned. They had an engagement, but they hadn't gotten married yet...
He Xichen finally stopped joking with Liu Yulian. Since the wheat was real, and the two dishes Liu Yulian cooked were delicious, he had brought a lot of banknotes with him when he came from home. He said he was looking for a miracle doctor, but in fact, it was just a side job.
He Xichen knew that it was not easy to find a miracle doctor. If he was short of money, he could borrow from others first.
"Do you want your legs broken again?" Liu Yulian accepted the money and didn't say anything polite to He Xichen. As soon as she finished speaking, everyone looked at her.
Liu Yulian immediately realized that these people had misunderstood, and quickly said, "I meant that there are important things that are more useful for broken legs..."
For someone like He Xichen who has already grown up, it doesn't have such a good effect.
The drugs in the game are quite effective. Liu Yulian originally learned this recipe because it was profitable. In the game, players can perform Qinggong (light work) and fly up mountains. There are always some people who break their legs when they do it, with level one, two, and three Qinggong skills and chain jumps.
Qinggong is useful, but even people who have played the game for a long time may break their legs.
In addition to ointments, acupuncture is also used. The two work together quickly.
Liu Yulian is experimenting with some things in reality, such as ointments, acupuncture... Please spare her, she is afraid of making a mistake.
Or, should it get better slowly?
"I know the recipe for the ointment, but I can't do acupuncture," Liu Yulian said. "One needle... you might be completely ruined."
Liu Yulian had seen He Xichen before when she visited the Chengguo Mansion. Back then, she hadn't recovered her memories of her past life, nor did she have game cheats. She knew He Xichen still had some feeling in his legs, and that they weren't completely disabled. Because of this, the Chengguo Mansion was always looking for a miracle doctor, hoping He Xichen's legs would heal.
"You know what? You..." He Xichen paused deliberately, "You are not the first person who made me break my legs again."
The Duke of Cheng's mansion had consulted so many doctors, and of course some suggested that He Xichen break his legs again. Legs, how could they be broken so easily? But He Xichen went ahead and tried it anyway, but it was useless. Such an action would only make his leg injuries worse.
"How about you try it on the dog's leg first?" Liu Yulian said.
"That's fine." He Xichen didn't say no, "Then let's see if the ointment you prepared is rare."
Some doctors claimed that the prescriptions they prescribed were rare, containing various precious herbs. The Duke of Cheng's mansion had spent a long time searching for the medicines, and some were in very small quantities, so it was impossible to conduct experiments on a dog's legs.
He Xichen didn't think there was anything wrong with Liu Yulian's suggestion to try it on the dog's legs first, nor did he think Liu Yulian was insulting him. After all, those were his legs, and if he broke them a few times, he would lose all feeling.
"It can be cured without acupuncture, but it will be slower," Liu Yulian said. "People who don't know how to use acupuncture shouldn't try it."
Liu Yulian didn't try it casually, nor did she recommend that unfamiliar people try it on patients. Especially for someone like He Xichen, who had had leg problems for many years, it would be disastrous if they accidentally broke it.
"It's okay." He Xichen didn't mind that he was getting better slowly. "How can you have so many ideas in your little head?"
"Reading." Liu Yulian said, "I only remember some books, not all of them."
Don't expect her to remember everything she reads now, that's impossible. Liu Yulian said bluntly, lest these people take out a book and ask her to memorize everything on the spot, otherwise she would flip the table.
"It's just like learning medical skills. You can't let people watch embroidery. Don't think that acupuncture also requires needles, so it's the same." Liu Yulian said.
"Yes, you can embroider." He Xichen nodded.
“…” Liu Yulian thought she should just shut up.
"When will the ointment be effective?" He Xichen asked.
"We're still short of a few kinds of medicine." Liu Yulian said, "I think the capital should have them."
He Xichen originally thought that he would have to wait a few years for medicine, such as the dew of the beginning of autumn or the snow of the beginning of winter. The herbs that could be bought in the capital were nothing.
"Are there any other rare herbs?" He Xichen asked again.
"No!" If there were other rare herbs, how expensive would they be? How many players could afford them? Liu Yulian wanted to play games to have fun, and she also thought some things were not expensive, so she spent more money without realizing it.
Those skins and other things, high-quality weapons... those are indeed expensive, and some herbs are expensive too.
But in the game, those players broke their legs too many times, which led to the game updating the recipe again and again, calling it a benefit for players.
Then, players all said that the stingy game was being generous for once, showing some conscience. Then, players noticed that they were breaking their legs more often, mainly because they thought medicine was less expensive, so they could do whatever they wanted.
During festivals, there are raffles to give away skins. If you recharge a certain amount of money, you can receive the skin or pet after 24 hours.
How could Zhou Paopi's game be so generous? It's just because the game has a lot of skins, and some of them cost thousands of yuan.
"They're just some common medicinal herbs," Liu Yulian said. "It might cost less than ten taels of silver to make them."
"..." He Xichen was silent. Is he sure that such a cheap ointment is really effective?
"We need to study it and see if it's right." Liu Yulian added, "After all, no one has ever been this miserable before, and the efficacy of the medicine has never been tested."
"Where is your brother?" He Xichen asked.
"My brother's leg isn't broken that badly." Liu Yulian replied.
"Then let's go to the city to buy medicine first." Prince Su said.
He Xichen did not live in the Liu family, but bought a house in the town. He thought that if his younger brother came, he could also live there.
If He Xiyuan knew what his brother was thinking, he would be speechless: Thank you so much, I just want to live in my fiancée's house.
After Prince Su and his companions left, the Liu family's main branch did not deliberately publicize the news that Liu Yulian had been named a county lord. However, when the county magistrate learned that Prince Su and his companions had arrived, he came to visit Prince Su. Upon learning that Liu Yulian had become a county lord and that the Liu family's wheat was doing well, he personally came to congratulate them.
This county magistrate was not a particularly greedy person and was quite capable of getting things done. He thought the Liu family might be about to rise again. Liu's father had been a marquis and had served in the imperial court and held other official positions. So if Liu's father returned to the capital, he would surely be in good stead.
Now that the Liu family has fallen on hard times, they have the opportunity to interact with them. Even if Liu's father didn't return to the capital, the Liu family had a county lady, and this county lady was engaged to the Chengguo Mansion, that wouldn't be bad either.
He Xichen didn't want his future sister-in-law to be embarrassed, nor did he want his brother to be sad, so he hinted at the county magistrate. He Xichen didn't hold an official position, but he was from the Duke of Cheng's mansion and was the cousin of Prince Su. This identity was enough for the county magistrate to pay attention to.
Therefore, the news that Liu Yulian became the county lord spread as fast as wings.
The second and fourth wives are fine, as they don't have daughters, but the third wife has a daughter.
Aunt Chai was still thinking about finding a good marriage for her daughter, but who would have thought that Liu Yulian would become a county lady.
"What's going on?" Aunt Chai went to the town specially to meet Aunt Qing.
"It seems to be those prescriptions." Aunt Qing heard rumors that Liu Yulian's brother had bad legs and feet, and Liu Yulian had painstakingly researched and developed a good ointment. When Liu Yanjing went to join the army, Liu Yulian even asked her brother to deliver the prescriptions to the barracks.
What a deep love between brother and sister!
What a bullshit brother-sister relationship! Liu Yulian got all the benefits.
"You too, go back and let your daughter study it too. They have the same father, so she shouldn't be bad." Aunt Qing didn't have a daughter, so how could she run to the main room to criticize Liu Yulian and say that Liu Yulian shouldn't be named a county lady.
Even if the Marquis' Mansion still existed, Liu Yulian was still the legitimate daughter. Liu Yulian was conferred the title of County Lady, and a concubine's daughter could not say anything.
"What if the master becomes a marquis again one day?" asked Aunt Chai.
"What are you thinking?" Aunt Qing sneered, "If the master really becomes a marquis again, we'd better stay away. Don't get close to them. We've split up. We offended them before, so we just have to behave decently now. Don't really think they will let us go back. It's impossible."
It would be a lie to say that Concubine Qing hadn't thought about the things of the first wife. But they had already separated, and they were illegitimate children, so they had no right to say anything.
They were born out of wedlock, so they couldn't say the division of the family property was unfair or that the eldest wife took more.
In short, the eldest wife's possessions were entirely her due. "Do you think the master is a kind-hearted person?" asked Qing Yi Niang.
"..." Concubine Chai didn't answer. When she was in the Marquis's mansion, Father Liu had the final say and never over-indulged the concubines. He always paid close attention to the legitimate and illegitimate children. If the illegitimate children behaved badly, the Marquis would reprimand them, or perhaps have them beaten, but eventually he would simply ignore them.
In fact, the Marquis is a very cold person and not that kind-hearted.
They were talking about splitting up the family when the eldest house was in trouble, and the alimony they gave to Liu's father was also a bargain. If Liu's father really became a marquis again, he would definitely not let them go back.
"Are we just going to watch them take all the benefits?" Aunt Chai was unwilling to accept it.
"Then it's up to your daughter," Aunt Qing said. "Go and research it and see if you can come up with something."
"What can she possibly come up with?" Aunt Chai knew her daughter well. She knew she didn't have that much talent. But she could have her daughter visit Liu Yulian more often. After all, her daughter was Liu Yulian's sister. If her daughter married well, wouldn't that also be good for Liu Yulian?
Aunt Chai was thinking of letting her daughter go to the first house to accompany Liu Yulian. It just so happened that she brought her daughter here. After coming out of the second house, she took her daughter directly to the first house.
Mother Liu had already thought that these people might come, so she was not surprised at all to see Aunt Chai.
"There's no one with the county lady, so why not let Fangfang come over?" Aunt Chai said.
Concubine Chai's daughter was named Liu Fang. Unlike Liu Yulian and her legitimate sister, a daughter born out of wedlock didn't have a "Yu" in the middle. Because of this, Concubine Chai was initially dissatisfied, thinking that since a concubine's daughter wouldn't fight for the family fortune, why was it necessary to divide it so clearly?
"No need." Mother Liu refused directly. "If you need it, just buy a maid. There's no need for her to come and accompany you. Sister Lian likes to make trouble, so it's better to have a maid accompany her."
“…” Aunt Chai couldn’t possibly ask Liu Yulian to use Liu Fang as a maid. She still had to save face.
In the end, Aunt Chai left in a rage. She thought that the people in the first house clearly didn't want the other houses to be better. They were all family, but no one was willing to help.
Aunt Chai looked at her daughter and felt that she was useless.
"Why didn't you say a few words at that time?" asked Aunt Chai.
Why doesn’t my daughter know to kneel down and just stay there?
Aunt Chai wanted to save face for herself, but her daughter was younger, so she could give up face and ask them for help.
"Mom." Liu Fang didn't want to run to Liu Yulian or kowtow to her. Just because she wanted to marry into a good family didn't mean she was willing to kowtow.
After the family split, Liu Fang no longer had to appear in front of Liu Yulian all the time. She just didn't like hearing her mother say that Liu Yulian, the legitimate daughter, still had to make money, that Liu Yulian made too much money, and that she was not a good daughter.
Liu Fang thought that she was originally the daughter of a marquis, how could she do such things. Who would have thought that Liu Yulian would become the county lord? Liu Fang was in a bad mood, why wasn't she the county lord?
"They wouldn't agree to let me stay," Liu Fang said. "They'd probably give us a hard time. They must be holding a grudge against us for wanting to split up the family business and taking the money. My eldest brother's legs weren't healed yet, and my youngest sister wasn't feeling well either, she was in a coma."
In that situation, if the others said they wanted to divide the family, they would send the young and strong ones away, leaving the old, weak and sick ones behind.
Liu Fang wanted to take advantage, but she was even more afraid of being tormented. If she wanted to take advantage, she could just come every few days; there was no need to stay there. If she went every few days, the people from the Liu family's eldest branch wouldn't be able to torment her any more. They could even say they'd already been so attentive to the eldest branch, and now that she was gone, they didn't intend to bother them anymore.
"Just go there once every few days." Liu Fang said.
"You, how come you are useless?" Aunt Chai reached out and poked Liu Fang's head.
After Aunt Chai and Liu Fang left, Liu's father came back from outside. When he heard his wife talk about Aunt Chai's behavior, he frowned.
"We've already separated, there's no need to reunite." Father Liu understood what these people were thinking. They just wanted to take advantage of the benefits.
Father Liu thought about it. If the Liu family could truly rise again, and if they could return to the capital, Father Liu would definitely not take the other illegitimate sons with him. If they had to stay in the northwest for a few more years, it would be impossible for them to separate and then reunite. That would be unfair to the eldest branch.
It's impossible for Father Liu to be soft-hearted just because the other illegitimate sons are his sons. If he really was soft-hearted, I'm afraid the Liu family would not be able to move forward.
Back then, Father Liu had failed to properly manage his brother and those people. He had no idea that his brother's bribery had implicated the Marquis's residence, leading to the confiscation of the mansion. He was also at fault, but since his brother hadn't separated from the family and remained in the mansion, using Father Liu's name to do those things, Father Liu must also bear the responsibility.
"Yes, there is no need to merge them again." If Father Liu had this idea, Mother Liu would not agree, and her children would not agree either.
Liu Yanjing and Liu Yulian are not fools, so there is no way they would be grouped together with other illegitimate children.
Father Liu also knew that Prince Su's visit this time was mainly for the high-yield wheat and the culture medium. If the Liu family could rise, it would mainly be because of these. The emperor had conferred the title of county lady on Liu Yulian, and it was possible that he would confer more titles on the Liu family later.
Therefore, it is impossible for Liu's father to allow the other families to come back without the consent of his wife and daughter.
Father Liu could see his daughter's hard work, buying so many herbs to prepare the culture medium and researching invulnerable silk thread. She did all that for the family.
"You don't have to play with me," Father Liu said. "That's not playing with me at all."
Father Liu knew that his sons and daughters all wanted to enjoy themselves more and would want to put any benefit they saw into their own bowls.
Prince Su and He Xichen were temporarily living in the same house. He Xichen had someone go get the medicine according to the prescription given by Liu Yulian. He Xichen planned to get more, so he asked someone to make the ointment according to the steps in the prescription. He also sent the medicinal materials to Liu Yulian so that she could make the ointment.
"If your leg is healed, your brother really won't be able to become the crown prince." Prince Su poured a glass of wine for He Xichen.
Two people were sitting in the yard. They had a good relationship and could still say these words.
"Then they have more freedom." He Xichen said, "Not everyone wants to be the crown prince."
He Xichen knew that his brother wasn't someone who cared only about the position of Crown Prince. If his brother wanted to be the Crown Prince, he could have asked his father to submit a petition long ago. Especially when He Xiyuan refused to break off his engagement with Liu Yulian and fled to the northwest, his family could have said that He Xiyuan should be the Crown Prince, but the prerequisite was that He Xiyuan and Liu Yulian break off their engagement.
But neither Duke Chengguo nor his wife said so, it was the old lady who said it.
"If they can get better and have the ability, the prince is not a stingy person." He Xichen said.
"Of course I'm not stingy." Prince Su didn't mind giving those people titles as long as they were capable. "Your legs and feet will be faster, then the old lady will keep a closer eye on you."
"Well, they helped me, so I'm doing them a favor." He Xichen is not someone who doesn't know how to be grateful. If his legs can really heal, then Liu Yulian will really be giving him a second life, allowing him to return to the court, become an official, become a prince, and inherit the title.
He Xichen didn't really want to be a duke, but he didn't want to be so useless forever.
In the military camp, He Xiyuan was shocked when he learned from General Xu that his brother had arrived. He was afraid that his brother was here to make things worse and ask him to cancel his engagement with Liu Yulian.
No, he has to go and see!
He Xiyuan couldn't let his brother cancel his engagement with Liu Yulian, and couldn't let his brother make things difficult for Liu Yulian.
"Why are you in such a hurry?" General Xu said, seeing He Xiyuan hurriedly leaving, "If you go now, your brother would have said those words long ago if he really wanted to."
When He Xiyuan heard this, his eyes turned red, "Then why are you stopping me?"
"Let's go tomorrow morning. If you go now, do you know where your brother and his family live? Or should you go directly to the Liu family?" General Xu said, "It's the middle of the night, and you won't disturb them."
"Uncle, do you know something?" He Xiyuan asked.
"You'll know when you get there." General Xu was too lazy to say more. "If I tell you, will you believe me?"
"..." He Xiyuan thought that he might not believe it, and might think that his uncle was just trying to reassure him.
"Why are you staring at me like that? Go back and get some sleep, you can still go tomorrow." General Xu patted He Xiyuan's arm, then suddenly remembered that He Xiyuan's arm was injured a while ago. "Be careful, don't hurt yourself."
"Uncle, will Auntie feel bad when you're hurt?" He Xiyuan was wondering whether he should let his fiancée know he was injured. Should he gain some sympathy so Sister Lian wouldn't abandon him?
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