single husband's heart

In the spring of [-] BC, Qin State, Xianyang Palace.

To the south of the Dahe River, to the northwest of Lishan Mountain.This is the heart of the Qin State, which dominates the Central Plains.

The sky is as clear as a high-quality blue glass cup, containing a few wisps of clouds flying freely.The bright sky enveloped the whole city, but not every corner was equally warm.

The words of the city people cannot pass through the high walls, but a series of decrees issued from here can spread throughout the middle-earth overnight.Such a mighty place, yet so silent.

In the medical department, several little drug boys in Tsing Yi were pounding medicine on the long table outside, and several medical officers sat on their knees and wrote prescriptions, everything was in order.

Suddenly, the bamboo curtain leading from the outside to the inside was lifted, and another medical officer hurried out with a medicine bag on his back. He only nodded slightly to his colleagues, and walked towards the door.

"Doctor Xia, who is feeling unwell again?" A medical officer stopped writing and asked.

Xia Wuju sighed helplessly: "It's the king."

"Didn't you just be called into the king's bedroom last night? Why is it only a few hours, and..."

"The king accidentally burned his forearm by the candle last night, and ordered me to change the medicine every afternoon." Xia Wu's face was calm and composed, but his fingers involuntarily clenched the tie of the medicine bag.

The medical officer frowned suspiciously, and wanted to ask another question, but swallowed the question silently after seeing the wink of his colleague beside him.

Xia Wuqie walked out the door quickly, the corner of the blue clothes flashed by and disappeared from everyone's sight.

"What, it's just changing the medicine. Any maid beside the king can do it." The medical officer sneered coldly in the direction where Xia Wuqiu disappeared, envious and jealous. "Medical officer Dong, tell me that this Xia Wu has excellent medical skills, but he is very low-key and humble on weekdays. He repeatedly gave up the opportunity to go before the king several times. I thought he was really indifferent to fame and wealth. I didn't expect to learn to be in front of the king now. Show off."

"It's better not to speculate on your own." Doctor Dong shook his head and said. "Officer Xia's medical skills are superb, I can't wait, it's normal to be appreciated."

"...huh" the other party heard the words, he could only snort coldly, bowed his head and continued to work.

The breeze blows gently, and the iron horses at the corners of the eaves tinkle.Xia Wuqie was walking through the corridor, occasionally caught a glimpse of pear blossoms in full bloom in the courtyard out of the corner of his eyes, and couldn't help but pause.

Kazuki's pure white pear blossoms bloomed so loudly that the clear sky above his head lost its color.

However, it is incompatible with this Qin Palace.

When he hurried to King Qin's bedroom, the palace people standing at the palace gate had already waited eagerly for a long time.

"Your Majesty summoned Medical Officer Xia to the side hall, please come with your maidservant." The palace servant turned around with a smile, and led the way with small steps, holding back his skirt.

Yingzheng's bedroom is more dignified than other parts of the palace.A dozen or so guards were guarding the court, and the palace people stood quietly under the eaves waiting for the summons. All of them held their breath and stood at their posts like figurines.The warm sun shone brightly in the palace garden, but Xia Wuqiu felt the warmth gradually fading from his limbs and bones, and the cold chill made his thinking a little stagnant.

The palace servants led Xia Wuqie to the door of the study in the side hall, bowed silently and retreated.

"My lord, Wuju is here." Xia Wuqi took a deep breath and whispered into the door.

There was a crisp sound from inside the door, it was the sound of bamboo slips being placed on the table.Then a deep and majestic voice sounded: "Well, come in."

Xia Wuju pushed the door open as quietly as possible and went in, lowered his eyebrows and bowed respectfully to the ground.There are only two people in the room, Ying Zheng and the concubine Meng Jia.At this time, Xia Wuju clearly caught a glimpse of the person behind the case waving his hands, and immediately there were slight footsteps in the room, and they gradually went away.

The copper wooden door opened and closed with a creak, light and shadow flashed across the side of the face, and only the majestic king and him were left in the room.This kind of solitude is rare, Xia Wuqie only feels flustered.

He took a deep breath to suppress the uneasiness in his heart, got up and knelt down beside Ying Zheng, carefully rolled up the king's black sleeves, opened the medicine bag and began to change the medicine.The injury was not serious at all, and scabs had already begun to form under the treatment of the good plaster from the medical office.Xia Wuhe gently and slowly removed the gauze, and cleaned the wound with a cloth towel soaked in water.

Incense is burning inside the copper tripod in the corner of the room, and the curling green smoke disappears in the air, leaving only a long and dark fragrance floating.Ying Zheng didn't speak, but looked down at Xia Wuqie's face thoughtfully, and tapped the table with his right index finger

It's too quiet.Xia Wuju held his breath, but the sound of his fingertips clasping the table and the rustling of his sleeves seemed to be amplified countless times, weaving into a big net, grabbing his mind.

"You don't look the same as when you were a child."

The deep male voice above his head was like a thunderbolt, making Xia Wuqie's movements stiff for a moment.But then he forced himself to pretend that nothing had happened, put down the cloth towel, picked up the medicine jar, and tried to evade the situation with a calm voice: "How could you recognize my face when I was young, my lord?"

"It wasn't confirmed yesterday. But..." Ying Zheng's eyes fell on the inside of Xia Wuqie's wrist. "How can you explain this crescent-shaped scar?"

Xia Wu and lowered his eyes to apply medicine.Where Ying Zheng couldn't see, his eyes were a bit complicated, like hesitating and sighing.

"Why, you still want to deny it?" Ying Zheng stared at Xia Wu's slow movements and raised his eyebrows slightly. "Meng Jia said that you entered the palace in the summer of the Wuzi year, and it has been seven years since now. A medical officer who has been in the palace for seven years, the widow has never seen you, and you are better off hiding. If it weren't for Doctor Dong to tell me a few days ago I praise your medical skills, I don't know that there is an old man in this palace."

...I can't escape it.

"It turned out to be you, I'm sorry, I didn't recognize you." Xia Wuqiu had already wrapped the gauze, put down his sleeves for King Qin, and put his hands on his lap neatly. "I heard that the king was in Zhao country when he was young, but at that time I was still young, so I can't remember many things clearly, and I don't know that the king is..."

He pursed his lips, as if he didn't know what to say, so he changed the topic again: "I didn't avoid the king. It's just that there are many Chinese doctors in the palace. Even if I have good medical skills, I don't have the qualifications to come before the king."

His fingers were pinched tightly under the cover of the wide sleeves, and his eyes were fixed on the cirrus cloud patterned with red silk on King Qin's black sleeves. The smooth and flexible lines were complex and delicate, reminding him that the man in front of him was the most precious and supreme. identity.

The king of a country is supreme.

The Southern Expedition and the Northern Expedition, Vega added to the sea, and the killing was decisive.

He is a different person from the withdrawn boy in Handan of Zhao State 20 years ago.

Ying Zhengfang picked up the jade cup to drink water, and seemed to have something to say, but there was a notification from Meng Jia outside the door: "My lord, Ting Wei Li Si has something important to report."

Ying Zheng glanced at Xia Wuqi who was sitting with his neck hanging down, waved his hands and said, "Forget it, you step back first. Come back at [-]:[-] tomorrow."

"promise."

Xia Wuqi put away the medicine bottle and gauze, bowed and retreated a few steps before turning around and walking towards the door.He tried his best to relax himself, but his pace involuntarily became faster and faster.As soon as he opened the door, the bright and dazzling sunlight poured down, enclosing a small bright and warm area inside the door.

Xia Wuqi closed his eyes under the sun to get used to the sudden light.Just as he was about to step out the door, he glanced back in a strange way: at the end of the tapestry on the bluestone floor, under the shade of the curtain, that figure was sitting alone by the desk, his brows were distant and blurred.

There are only tens of feet away, but there are two worlds, light and darkness, warmth and coldness.

The image of the mighty king suddenly faded in Xia Wuqie's mind, and the image of the young Zhao Zheng became vivid again.

Just now Xia Wuqiu always felt that Ying Zheng would ask about that person in the next moment, but he never asked, as if he was afraid of something or scrupulous about something.

Qin Wang Yingzheng, will also be afraid and scruples?

Xia Wuqiu wanted to laugh a little.But fortunately Ying Zheng didn't ask, if he heard that person's name so unexpectedly, he wouldn't be able to continue acting.

"Doctor Xia..." Meng Jia's voice was rather awkward.Xia Wuqiu turned his head abruptly, and found two people standing behind him, Meng Jia, and Li Si, the well-respected Ting Wei.It turned out that he had stood at the door for too long, blocking the way of the two of them.

Xia Wuju hurriedly stepped aside, and in a hurry, the medicine bag hit her leg hard with a "touch".Li Si glanced at him indifferently, and strode across the threshold, his eyes seemed to casually glance at the Chilong at the corner of the eaves.

Meng Jia smiled at him, retreated into the house, and closed the door.

There was still a tingling pain in his leg, and Xia Wuju's face became more and more serious.He hurried back to the medical office through the corridor, and hurried out as soon as he put down the medicine bag.

"Doctor Xia, where are you going?"

"I'm in a hurry, so I'll take a leave of absence first..."

Xia Wuqiu's footsteps and voice stopped together.It suddenly occurred to him that since Ying Zheng had discovered his existence, it was almost inevitable to order someone to stare at him.If you immediately go out to pass on the news as soon as you are found out, you are simply trying to cover up, and I am afraid that the person who connected you will be exposed.

Thinking of this, Xia Wuqie turned around and smiled: "No, it's okay, it's nothing..."

Several drug boys and medical officers looked at him strangely, then lowered their heads and went back to their work.

Xia Wuqi took a bamboo slip, filled the pen with ink, and prepared to transcribe the prescription.He was about to write, but turned his head to look at the luxuriant pear blossoms in the courtyard, and fell silent for a while.

His thoughts gradually drifted away, and the thick ink dripped tremblingly on the bamboo slips, creating a circle of ripples.

The author has something to say: The debut is so shy~