Before taking part in the imperial examination, Qin Zhao recuperated in the mountains for a year.
This year hadn't been as comfortable as he'd imagined. He'd taken such good care of his health before, and after consulting with several renowned doctors, he'd written a three-page document detailing everything from diet and daily living to dietary precautions and dietary restrictions.
It makes people dizzy just looking at it.
But for Qin Zhao's health, Jing Li carefully copied down the items and posted them on the door so that he could supervise him at any time.
"...You're not allowed to drink alcohol or eat spicy food, you're not allowed to touch cold water, you're not allowed to study for more than two hours a day, and you have to wear an outer robe when you go out... Are you in prison?" Xiao Yue stood in the main hall, reading aloud the rules posted on the door, marveling. "Even the military regulations in my army aren't this strict."
"Just shut up." Qin Zhao sat on the couch and glanced at Jing Li in the courtyard. Seeing that he wasn't looking in his direction, he lowered his voice and said, "If you want to blame someone, blame Qi Xuan. I don't know what kind of orders he made, but the doctors who come to my clinic are all more cautious than the other, rushing to write taboos on the prescriptions."
"It's almost like I have to lie down all day and not get out of bed." Qin Zhao drank a sip of warm water.
Thanks to those famous doctors, he can't even drink too much tea now.
"That won't do." Xiao Yue pointed at one of the signs on the door and said gloatingly, "It says here that you must go out for a walk every day to keep fit."
Qin Zhao put down the cup with a snap.
Xiao Yue quickly shut up.
After the turmoil in the capital, Xiao Yue and Qin Zhao had completely put aside their past grudges. However, they had been at odds with each other for so many years that this small incident wasn't enough to bring them together immediately, nor was it enough to prevent him from being thrown out if he angered Qin Zhao.
When he met Qin Zhao again earlier, Xiao Yue thought that this person's personality had changed after experiencing so many twists and turns.
I only recently discovered that there has been a change, but only towards his beloved husband and son.
"...Just be content. If the little emperor hadn't been worrying about you every other day, I wouldn't bother to come here so far." Xiao Yue muttered softly.
The young emperor was worried about the health of his former teacher, but it was inconvenient for him to leave Beijing often, so he could only ask Xiao Yue to visit him from time to time to see if there was anything he could help with.
Xiao Yue walked back to the couch and rummaged through the bag he had brought with him. He pulled out a small, exquisite wine bottle and shook it at Qin Zhao: "It looks like you can't drink this anymore."
Qin Zhao: "..."
He knew that Xiao Yue couldn't bring anything good when he came to visit him.
It’s worthy of him.
"You..." Qin Zhao was about to tease him when he heard footsteps outside the door. Qin Zhao's expression changed, but Xiao Yue, a seasoned general, was even quicker than him, quickly stuffing the bottle under the small table next to the couch.
Just as he put it away, Jing Li pushed the door open and ran in: "I have packed all the seeds, we can go to the fields now."
“…”
The two people in the room looked at each other, with a lingering fear in each other's eyes.
Jing Li didn't notice their strangeness: "Hurry up, if you delay any longer you won't have time to plant the seeds before dark."
A few days ago, they cultivated several plots of land behind the house. The weather was suitable recently, so Jing Li went to the farmers' homes at the foot of the mountain and bought a lot of vegetable, fruit and melon seeds, intending to plant them in the next few days.
Jing Li had been processing these vegetable seeds early this morning, waiting for the weather to get better in the afternoon so he could go to the fields.
Qin Zhao glanced at Xiao Yue and said calmly, "Don't worry, General Xiao will help us."
Xiao Yue: “?”
Jing Li was surprised: "Have you ever farmed?"
Qin Zhao smiled gently, "You don't know this. Food and vegetables are scarce in the border areas, so military camps usually cultivate their own fields. General Xiao has been stationed at the border for so many years, so he must have been farming a lot."
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