Marrying Salted Fish

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Shen Huaishi was stunned: "How did you..."

"How did you know?" Lin Qingyu glanced at the ambiguous marks on Shen Huaishi's collarbone, "You have more than just injuries."

Shen Huaishi stood up suddenly, his eyes alert: "I don't know Dr. Lin, why was Dr. Lin able to call out my name last time at the Nan'an Marquis' Mansion?"

Lin Qingyu answered irrelevantly: "The medicine has not been finished yet."

Shen Huaishi knew that Lin Qingyu didn't want to answer him, so he said indifferently: "I'll do it myself."

Lin Qingyu stopped forcing him and stood up to move aside. Shen Huaishi had some injuries on his back, and it was very inconvenient for him to apply medicine on his own. Seeing that he was struggling, Lin Qingyu sneered and said, "You are suffering here, but where is the prince? Maybe he is enjoying himself with someone else."

Shen Huaishi froze when he heard this. After a while, he said in a deep voice, "He is the crown prince. He can favor anyone he wants - including you, Doctor Lin. You can avoid the first day, but you can't avoid the fifteenth day."

Lin Qingyu smiled: "That's right."

Shen Huaishi only felt that Lin Taiyi's smile was very charming, with a sense of compassion for the world and an indescribable charm. It was probably this kind of beauty that could make the prince truly care about her.

Shen Huaishi hurriedly applied the medicine and thanked Lin Qingyu again: "It's dark, Doctor Lin, please be careful on your way back home. I'll take my leave."

Lin Qingyu said: "After the effect of the medicine wears off, come to the Imperial Hospital to find me and I will change the medicine for you."

"No." Shen Huaishi said, "The secret guard was injured, the fewer people who know about it, the better."

"Then I'll go to the East Palace to find you." Lin Qingyu said, leaning over to blow out the candle, and Qiancao Hall fell into darkness again.

For several days, Lin Qingyu did not see Chu Zhengde in the Imperial Hospital. The emperor's headache worsened and he was unable to attend court. Chu Zhengde accompanied the emperor and waited in the Qinzheng Palace.

When Hu Ji talked about this, Lin Qingyu was pounding medicine. He was currently only a seventh-rank medical officer, and he would spend more time in the Imperial Hospital making prescriptions than going out to see patients.

Lin Qingyu asked: "Does Your Majesty suffer from headaches frequently?"

Hu Ji said: "When the emperor is overworked with state affairs, he will suffer from headaches. This time it is very serious. He can't take care of the government affairs. He can only let the crown prince govern the country."

The emperor is old and has an incurable disease called migraine. I'm afraid Xiao Cheng will have to spend more and more time as regent in the future.

Lin Qingyu put the pounded medicine into the medical box: "I'm going to go out for a while."

Xiao Cheng was suspicious by nature, and the Eastern Palace was also on high alert. Even though Lin Qingyu was wearing an official uniform and carrying a medical box, and was obviously an imperial physician, he was still stopped by the Eastern Palace guards: "We have not received any news from His Highness that he has summoned an imperial physician. Imperial Physician Lin, please go back."

Lin Qingyu said: "I am not here to treat your Highness."

"No matter who you are treating, you are not allowed to enter the East Palace without His Highness's order."