Congratulations on opening the coffin

Chapter 82 Placebo

In order not to humiliate himself, Xiao Chen changed the subject: "By the way, after two days, I will take you to southern Xinjiang to find medicine."

Shen Ruo was puzzled: "Why are you in such a hurry? Didn't you say that the snow on the official road won't melt until spring next year?"

But you can't wait for that day!

Xiao Chen silently concealed the truth, and said indifferently: "The queen mother has been displeased with you all the time, and she will find excuses to make trouble again at some point, it's better to leave Beijing to avoid the limelight."

"Maybe after a while, the queen mother will be able to forget you, a little person."

"It's obviously because of you that the queen mother dislikes me."

Shen Ruo turned back unconvinced, and suddenly she rolled her eyes, and said with a half-smile: "Actually, there is no solution. As long as you agree to the Queen Mother and marry the side concubine, the Queen Mother won't have time to bother me any more."

She was talking, but Xiao Chen stared at her deeply: "You want me to marry the side concubine?"

Shen Ruo's expression paused, and the little smile dissipated: "Whether you marry or not, is not what I hope to influence."

Xiao Chen suddenly grabbed her hand, his expression was unprecedentedly serious: "I only get married once in this life, even if there is a second time, that person will only be you."

"..."

Shen Ruo was silent for a while, subconsciously pulled out her hand, but she didn't pull it out. She immediately looked away, not looking at the eyes of the person opposite, and said softly: "It's getting late, I'll write the prescription to you now, you go and write it down first." Do what I just said."

Seeing her avoidance, Xiao Chen lowered his eyes and seemed a little depressed, but he still responded, took the prescription she had written, and strode away.

At this moment, the servant girls who were waiting outside the house dared to enter the house: "Your Majesty, please change your clothes for you."

"By the way, the medicine that Dr. Li ordered is ready, are you drinking it now?"

Shen Ruo cheered up and waved his hands: "No, it's useless to drink, and you don't have to suffer for me in the future."

She can probably also guess that the so-called medicine will only have the effect of a placebo when she is sick to the extent she is now.

Instead of wasting it on her who is dying, it is better to use it for those who need it more.

However, she remembered something else, raised her head and asked, "Where's Lin'er?"

Hongyu tied her belt, and replied: "The epidemic has eased these few days, and the academy has reopened. Xiao Shizi has already gone to school, and he won't be back until evening."

Shen Ruo nodded and said nothing.

At noon, Xiao Chen came over to have lunch with her, she asked: "Can you let Lin'er go with us?"

Xiao Chen scooped up a bowl of black-bone chicken and eight-treasure soup for her, and said calmly: "The terrain in southern Xinjiang is complicated, and the folk customs are tough. It may be dangerous for Lin'er to go with him. If you don't want Lin'er, we will go back as soon as possible."

Shen Ruo tilted her head: "What if you don't come back?"

The movements of Xiao Chen's hands paused, and his tone became a little stiff: "When did you become such a negative person?"

"You should let the doctor see my condition, I won't live long..."

He only heard the bowl being placed on the table again, and with a "bang", the hot soup in the bowl splashed out: "This king said that he will definitely save you, so you won't die."

Shen Ruo nodded: "I remember, I have a very good memory, I remember everything you said."

"However, this does not conflict with bringing Lin'er. He always changes his appearance from time to time. I want to take him by my side and observe carefully."

She looked at him and asked softly, "Can I?"

On the contrary, Xiao Chen was a little unaccustomed to her good-natured appearance, his dark eyes flickered twice, he tilted his head, and coughed softly: "Yes."

When the goal was achieved, Shen Ruo looked away as if nothing had happened, brought over the porcelain bowl with some chicken soup spilled on it, and drank the soup quietly.

When she eats, she is always very quiet. Compared with the elegant gestures of those rich and noble girls, her movements are more concise and crisp, but there is a kind of quiet beauty that appreciates the flowers falling in the courtyard.

Xiao Chen looked at her, and after she had finished drinking the soup, he said: "Hongyu said you didn't take medicine today, and you told her not to boil medicine in the future?"

Shen Ruo put down the spoon in his hand, silently glanced at the red jade beside him, then nodded and said: "Yes, those medicines are not very effective, and it's useless to drink them. It's better not to drink them."

Xiao Chen stared at her, and suddenly felt powerless not knowing what to do with her: "What do you want to be willing to drink medicine? No matter what the conditions are, this king can obey you."

Shen Ruo was also a little helpless: "I didn't lie to you. It's really not because I don't want to live anymore that I stopped taking the medicine. Those medicines are really useless. If you don't believe me, you can ask the doctor."

But Xiao Chen still didn't believe her: "You are in a coma this time, isn't it because you drank medicine that you can wake up so quickly?"

"..."

Shen Ruo didn't know how to explain to him for a while, it was because her body could no longer be repaired through sleep that she woke up so easily.

Just speaking out seems to only make the scene more negative.

In the end, she sighed and agreed: "Okay, I'll take the medicine."

But he didn't expect her to make such a simple concession, which excited the calm and stern man in front of him. As if afraid of her repentance, he hurriedly ordered: "Hongyu, where is the morning medicine? Do you have any more? Get it here!"

Seeing him like this, Shen Ruo was also a little surprised, suddenly there was a faint and weird feeling in her heart, she didn't understand, did the poison enter her heart?
After that, under the earnest gaze of the people next to her, she reluctantly drank the medicine, and after repeatedly saying that she was fine, she finally left.

Compared to her feeling relieved, Hongyu began to tease her again: "I found out that our prince still has a tendency to be strict with his wife."

Shen Ruo couldn't complain about this.

After Xiao Chen left, he first returned to the study and assigned his current duties. Thanks to his current foot injury, many government affairs had already been handed over to other officials, and the task handover was much easier.

Since he was going to leave Beijing and he didn't know how long it would be until he came back, he had a lot of things to sort out.

Afterwards, he called Li Shichang over again and asked about the preparation of the prescription given by Shen Ruo this morning.

"Yo! When did the Shura God of War, who frightened the Khitan people and murdered without batting an eye, become so kind-hearted and compassionate to the common people?"

While dealing with the memorial, Xiao Chen took the time to glare at him: "If you are asked to report, then report it well, so you don't have to be eccentric."

Li Shichang curled his lips, and poured himself a glass of water unceremoniously. After moistening his throat, he said unhurriedly: "I'm going to do something, don't you worry? It's already done."

"Our concubine is really a talent. Why do you think she knows so many strange things? I want to worship her as my teacher."

Li Shichang suddenly felt distressed when he thought that people were going to die soon and no one would pass on this knowledge.

Xiao Chen didn't want to talk to him, and when he was about to drive him out, he suddenly thought of a question: "Are the medicines you prescribed for Shen Ruo useful?"

Li Shichang paused for a moment, the body is damaged like that, the medicine is just superficial, drinking medicine is not as good as drinking water to quench your thirst.

He also heard that the princess told people not to give her medicine this morning. Obviously she knew it well, but she boiled a new medicine before noon, so it could only be because someone persuaded her.

As for who this person is?
He raised his head, looked at Xiao Chen, and said with a smile: "My lord, it seems that the empress still values ​​you very much."

Placebos can't comfort yourself, but they can also comfort the hearts of important people around you.

(End of this chapter)