Suddenly, heavy snow began to fall from the sky.
Lin Zihan and Lin Ziqiu stopped playing chess and went to the window with Lin Wanyue and Qi Yuan to watch the snow.
Three children from the south stared wide-eyed at the snowflakes that looked like torn pieces of paper falling down, exclaiming in amazement.
Wow, what a heavy snowfall!
"Yes, yes, it's nothing like the book describes it as being like salt, floating around like a flower."
Lin Wanyue nodded beside her, looking up at the sky, her eyes reflecting a field of white snowflakes.
Qi Yuan, who was standing beside her, said, "The snow isn't very heavy yet. By the twelfth lunar month, the entire capital will be covered in white, and it will be beautiful."
Lin Wanyue suddenly remembered some things she had seen in TV dramas before, and asked Qi Yuan curiously, "I heard that your palace has an imperial garden, right? Is the imperial garden particularly large and beautiful?"
Seeing her curiosity, Qi Yuan told them about some things that happened in the palace.
Lin Zihan and Lin Ziqiu had never heard of such things before, and they were gradually drawn to them. When he talked about the flowers in the palace, they were told that they could be grown in greenhouses, and even when it was snowing heavily outside, the palace could still be filled with beautiful flowers.
Neither of them could quite imagine the scene, and they both said to Qi Yuan, "Then could you give us one? We've never seen such a big peony as you described!"
Actually, these two guys had never even seen a peony before; they were just curious.
Qi Yuan readily agreed, and soon became friends with Lin Zihan and Lin Ziqiu.
Lin Wanyue wasn't really a five-year-old child, so she couldn't help but start calculating how much it would cost to build a greenhouse specifically for growing flowers.
If this money were spent on impoverished people who couldn't afford clothes, it could probably save many more lives over the winter.
But these words were too discouraging. Even if she had said them, the children might not have understood. So she just listened quietly from the side, her expression serene.
Seeing her like this, Qi Yuan thought she was unhappy about something, so he racked his brains to think of some jokes about the palace to tell her, and finally made Lin Wanyue laugh.
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As evening approached, the group that had gone out to buy things returned on horseback, covered in wind and snow.
Their carriages were large enough to travel even in rain or snow.
However, the roads are slippery when it snows, so Qi Sichen said he would wait and see when the snow would stop before setting off again. That night, he stayed at the inn again.
Unexpectedly, Qi Yuan developed a fever again that night.
Fortunately, Qi Sichen discovered it in time and quickly pulled Lin Wanyue, who was sleeping in the next room, out of the room and asked her to help him see what was going on.
Lin Wanyue was still a little sleepy when she saw Qi Yuan lying in the quilt, which reminded her of the first time they met.
Qi Yuan also had a high fever, his face was flushed, and beads of sweat rolled down his forehead.
She was startled and looked around, but she didn't see a single ghost.
Even Lai Fu and Master Cui and the others stayed outside, afraid that the hungry ghosts and wandering spirits outside would break in and cause trouble.
Since it wasn't caused by ghosts, then it's probably because they caught a chill this afternoon, which is why Qi Yuan got sick.
The curse was more potent than poison, and it had been damaging Qi Yuan's body for years. Even with Lin Wanyue's help, the damage was still relatively recent, and he was still not as healthy as the other children.
The three Lin siblings, who had been enjoying the breeze with Qi Yuan in the afternoon, were perfectly fine, eating and sleeping well as usual.
Lin Wanyue then had Qi Sichen pull her fourth brother out of bed. While Qi Sichen was out, she called Hu Jiuyuan in.
"Tsk..." Hu Jiuyuan looked at Qi Yuan lying on the bed with a high fever and said disdainfully, "I think my little apprentice can handle such a small matter. There is no need for me to do it."
"I've already asked him to call Fourth Brother over, but just in case, I'd still feel at ease having you come and keep an eye on things," Lin Wanyue explained.
Hu Jiuyuan nodded in satisfaction: "If I can treat the emperor once, my apprentice will no longer have to worry about not having enough to eat. At the very least, he can get a job at the Imperial Hospital."
“Yes, that’s right.” Lin Wanyue also thought it was good.
Regardless of what her brothers think, Lin Wanyue still hopes that they can live well.
Lin Ziqiu was even more groggy than Lin Wanyue. He was led to the room by Qi Sichen, and still somewhat groggy, he rubbed his eyes and tried to crawl into Qi Yuan's bed.
Lin Wanyue finally stopped him: "Fourth Brother, don't sleep! Don't sleep! He has a fever, you need to treat him quickly."
"But...but I didn't bring any medicine..." Lin Ziqiu rubbed his eyes hard again, and when he saw Qi Yuan who was running a high fever, he panicked a little.
Qi Sichen said from the side, "Don't worry about the medicinal herbs. Just write down the prescription, and I'll have someone go out and buy them."
"It's already dark outside..." Lin Ziqiu could hear the howling wind outside without worrying. It snowed so heavily in the afternoon, and now it's so dark that he has to run out to buy medicine. How hard must that be?
"You don't need to worry about that. Just focus on writing the prescription," Qi Sichen said nonchalantly.
Those who came out with them this time were all Qi Sichen's trusted elites.
He cherished every elite guard, but he was even more worried about the little boy lying in bed.
If anything were to happen to him, it would be enough to cause chaos throughout the world, and countless people would die.
When the emperor is angry, he can cause millions of corpses to lie in wait and blood to flow for thousands of miles.
What about the emperor's life?
Naturally, it could trigger an even greater disaster.
Hu Jiuyuan rolled his eyes where the two of them couldn't see and said, "This useless disciple is actually someone I personally taught. It's infuriating! Even without medicine, couldn't he at least give her a few acupuncture needles to bring down her fever?"
"Fourth Brother," Lin Wanyue said to Lin Ziqiu immediately after hearing Hu Jiuyuan's words, "Didn't you practice acupuncture before? Did you bring your needles?"
"Oh, of course I have that, it was left to me by my master!" Lin Ziqiu instantly came to his senses when he thought of his master.
The Lin family didn't want so many people to know about their ghost-raising business, so they didn't use any talismans or incense along the way, only letting Lin Wanyue communicate with the ghosts.
Without Hu Jiuyuan constantly reminding him, Lin Ziqiu lazily returned to the days when he used to play with his third brother Lin Zihan every day. Now, upon hearing Lin Wanyue's reminder, he felt as if someone had poured a basin of cold water on him from outside, and he woke up quickly.
Lin Ziqiu quickly said, "I'll go get it right now, and I can give him the acupuncture right away."
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