Reborn as the Savior of a Short-lived Father and Son

Since the King of Wu has already planned to leave the capital, it would be best for him not to take any action in this matter.

Yao Shiliang simply said: "Don't worry about it, leave this matter to me."

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Tomorrow is the day to give the scar-removing ointment to Pingyang as promised. As soon as Gu Qinghe returned from the General's Mansion, he began to grind the medicine powder.

As they are all women, Gu Qinghe knows what those scars mean to someone like Pingyang who is always proud.

She didn't do anything with the powder, nor did she lie to Pingyang. It's just that the scar removal process is inevitably painful.

The progress is almost there, only two herbs are missing. Once they are added together and mixed into an ointment, it will be done.

But these two medicinal herbs happened to be what Gu Qinghe didn't have.

Uncle Fu's leg disease had recurred in the past two days, and he couldn't sleep all night due to the pain. He tried to hide it from Gu Qinghe at first, but she found out anyway.

So he was ordered to rest at home and not go anywhere.

Seeing that she was going out to get medicine, Uncle Fu stood up. After being glared at by Gu Qinghe, he sat down again in dismay. "I have taken the medicine prescribed by the young lady in the past two days. My leg is almost healed. It is not a problem for me to go out and find someone to fight now."

Gu Qinghe didn't even raise his head. "Even if your leg was broken and I asked you to go out and find someone to fight, you probably wouldn't think it was a big deal. Okay, Uncle Fu, just stay here and help me watch over the pot of decoction. I'll go out and buy some medicine and be back soon."

Knowing that there were people arranged by Shao Wei around her, Uncle Fu didn't say anything more.

The small clinic next door didn't have the herbs Gu Qinghe wanted, so she had to go to the pharmacy on Wenhua Street to get them.

Fortunately, Wenhua Street is not too far away.

The owner of the pharmacy knew Gu Qinghe. Some time ago, he went to Gu Qinghe's yard and wanted to invite her to manage the pharmacy. The remuneration could be negotiated.

Although Gu Qinghe refused, the shopkeeper obviously had not completely given up the idea. As soon as he saw her, he came up to her with a smile on his face and said, "Doctor Gu, do you need any herbs? I'll ask someone to get them."

Gu Qinghe told the shopkeeper what two kinds of herbs she needed, and the shopkeeper quickly asked someone to get them. When he saw her take out her purse to pay, he quickly waved his hand and said, "These are not worth much. You can pay for them together next time when Doctor Gu comes to get the medicine."

Gu Qinghe shook his head, "Let's put it this way."

She knew the prices of the two herbs, so she simply gave the silver to the shopkeeper and placed it on the counter.

While waiting for the medicine boy to go get the herbs, the shopkeeper did not forget to persuade Gu Qinghe to come and take charge of the pharmacy.

"Our Imperial Medical Hall is the best clinic in the entire capital. The doctors here are not better than the imperial doctors in the palace, but at least they are not worse. When these nobles have minor illnesses or pains, the first thing they think of is our Imperial Medical Hall."

The shopkeeper rubbed his fingers together and gestured to Gu Qinghe, "I won't flatter you, Doctor Gu. For the doctors who come to our Beijing Medical Hall, the remuneration we give them is actually not important. What is really important is the reward from the dignitaries."

He talked for a long time, and seeing that Gu Qinghe was still unmoved, he smacked his lips and was about to continue when a servant came in quickly and went straight to the counter. "Boss, is the thing our lady wants ready?"

The shopkeeper walked over quickly and said, "Okay, okay, I packed it this morning and I'm waiting for you to pick it up."

He went around to the back and brought out a wooden box, carefully handing it to the servant.

The servant opened it and took a look. "Our Madam said that if there are any left next time, she will keep them for our Prime Minister's Mansion."

"Okay, walk slowly."

The words "Prime Minister's Mansion" aroused Gu Qinghe's interest. When the shopkeeper came back, she asked, "Was that someone from the Prime Minister's Mansion just now?"

"Yes, look at our clinic. Even the Prime Minister's wife gets medicine from us. In fact, in recent years, when the Prime Minister's wife was unwell, the doctors in our clinic went to help her treat it."

Gu Qinghe raised an eyebrow, "Why not ask the imperial physician?"

"Hey," the shopkeeper glared, "the medical skills of the doctors in our clinic are not necessarily inferior to those of the imperial physicians in the palace."

He lowered his voice and said, "Besides, we can't always invite the imperial physician. The Prime Minister's wife has not been in good health since last year, so they asked someone to invite our doctor over. Since then, she has been seeing patients here. If you come to see patients here, maybe you can also help the Prime Minister's wife."

"I'm helping the Prime Minister's wife with her illness," Gu Qinghe repeated in a low voice, her eyes lowered, all the emotions in them were hidden. After a moment, she raised her head with a curved lip, "But I usually have my own things to do. If I come here to see patients, I'm afraid I can only be here ten days at most in a month."

"It's not a big deal. Scarcity makes things valuable. I'll talk to our big boss and help you promote it. I guarantee that when you have a consultation, you'll be crowded with people."

Gu Qinghe laughed. The matter was settled for the time being. The shopkeeper would discuss the specific consultation time with her later.

The medicinal materials were brought back home. The medicinal soup that Uncle Fu was in charge of was still a little short of being cooked, so Gu Qinghe urged Uncle Fu to go and have a rest while she stayed in the yard to watch over it.

This quiet atmosphere was very suitable for thinking about things. However, before she could think for long, someone knocked gently on the courtyard door. Gu Qinghe turned around and did not see any movement from Gao Cun in the dark, so she knew that the person at the door must be someone she knew.

She stood up and opened the gate, but saw no one. She looked down and saw wild fruits wrapped in a handkerchief that had been washed so much that it had turned white, on the ground at the door.

The red wild fruits look particularly tempting.

Gu Qinghe picked up the fruit and the handkerchief together. Uncle Fu came out of the house and asked after seeing the wild fruit, "Who put this down?"

There were still some water marks on the wild fruits, which meant they had just been washed. Gu Qinghe picked one up and took a bite. It was very sweet, just as she had imagined.

"So sweet," she curved her lips and said, "It should be sent by Xiaocheng. He is the only one who has such a heart."

The last time she treated Erya for her illness, she mentioned to Xiaocheng about going up the mountain to collect herbs. Unexpectedly, the next morning, before dawn, Xiaocheng was waiting at her door, intending to go up the mountain with her.

When they reached the mountain, Gu Qinghe discovered that Xiaocheng was running as fast as a monkey. Everything in the mountains seemed to be no obstacle to him, and he even recognized many medicinal herbs.

Gu Qinghe was very surprised to find out that Xiaocheng often came to the mountains to collect herbs to sell, but those people always bullied him because he was young. Some were even shameless enough to snatch his herbs without paying, while others lowered the price to a very low level, so low that the money he earned from selling herbs all day could barely buy two big steamed buns, and he couldn't even afford the meat buns that Erya wanted to eat.

Gu Qinghe was very angry when he heard this. He had no shame at all and even bullied a child.

So she told Xiaocheng that next time he picked herbs, he should not sell them on the street, but just sell them directly to her, because she needed them anyway.

From then on, Xiaocheng would send her medicinal herbs and occasionally put some wild fruits at her door.

At first he was unwilling to take Gu Qinghe's money, so after being pulled aside and lectured by Gu Qinghe, he finally accepted it obediently. He bought several meat buns for Erya, and the brother and sister had a full meal.