The Road to Fame as an Imperial Physician

By the time the two of them finally returned to Wen's residence, it was already dark and dinner had already been prepared. Xie Lingbai hadn't eaten a few bites at Xixia Building just now, so he was still hungry.

"Master, why did you go to Xixia Building?"

While eating, Xie Lingbai remembered what happened just now, and asked with some doubts.

"Just passing by." In fact, He Lianzhi sent someone to look for him, saying that he was going to leave Xixia City to have a meal together, but Wen Changheng didn't want to mention this.

Xie Lingbai didn't suspect anything, but felt that He Lianzhi was quite weird, and he was easy to get along with when they met for the first time, why did he suddenly seem like a different person today.

After dinner, Xie Lingbai went to find Xie Jinqing, while Wen Changheng went back to the study to do some work. He was busy taking care of Xie Lingbai a few days ago, and left a lot of accounts unread.

"Master, here are the account books for the past few days."

Uncle Chen walked in holding the account book, Wen Changheng nodded and said, "Leave it alone..."

Uncle Chen put a few account books on the table, then handed over something, and said, "Just now when the old slave came over, he met Xiao Xie, and he asked me to pass this to the master, saying it was a gift for the master."

Wen Changheng turned his head to look over, and saw something wrapped in red paper. He reached out to take it, and when he opened the red paper, he saw a book lying inside, with no title on the cover.

Wen Changheng was a little curious, but he didn't expect that Xie Lingbai's gift was quite standard, and he knew to buy a book instead of something messy.

He opened the cover of the book, and the first page was blank. On it was written [Wish the master and son get rid of illness and live a prosperous life] in big characters, and the word "Ling" was written in the first pen.

Wen Changheng was speechless, Chen Bo obviously saw it too, and asked worriedly: "Master is sick?"

"No."

Wen Changheng didn't bother to guess what these words meant, so he just flipped through the next page, but what caught his eye was really unexpected to him.

Seeing Wen Changheng's complexion was unkind, Uncle Chen glanced at the book, and was stunned, "Oh my little Xie, what are you giving away!"

It's a erotic picture album, but it's not ordinary. The two people entangled on it are clearly men, and the picture is simply unsightly.

Chen Bo remembered that there were a few maids in the mansion talking about the master's hidden illness today, and thought of the book written by Xie Lingbai on the first page just now, and guessed that the master's hidden illness refers to...

Wen Changheng closed the album, then put it aside casually, and shook his head helplessly. Although he guessed that what Xie Lingbai gave would definitely not be something normal, he still underestimated him.

"master……"

Wei Ze's voice sounded at the door, and Wen Changheng raised his eyes to look over, only to see that the person behind Wei Ze was Zhao Lingrui.

"Boss Wen, I'm here uninvited again."

Zhao Lingrui smiled brightly, Chen Bo went down first when he saw this, Wei Ze retreated to the door and guarded, and Wen Changheng and Zhao Lingrui were left in the study in an instant.

"As long as you know."

"Wen Xun, why do you always have this indifferent face that rejects people thousands of miles away? The reason why you brothers and sisters can reunite this time is entirely due to me."

Wen Changheng was a little puzzled: "What is your credit?"

"It was my men who met He Lianzhi nearby and invited him over to treat the epidemic, and then I told He Lianzhi that you were in Wenfu, Xixia City. How are you, are you grateful to me?"

Zhao Lingrui's face was full of credit, and Wen Changheng sneered, "Thank you so much."

"You don't have to be too polite, but then again, why didn't you tell your junior brother that you were here? You don't know, he knew you were here, and he was so happy that he cried, and he just sat on the street, talking to a lunatic It seems that this is the first time I have seen him lose his composure."

Wen Changheng listened quietly without expressing any opinion. After Zhao Lingrui finished speaking, he couldn't help asking: "Wen Xun, you picked up your junior brother back to the prime minister's mansion, so do you know that he has many scars on his body?"

"How do you know he has scars?"

"Did you focus on the wrong thing? I was asking why you have so many scars. Of course, I can answer your question. I saw it by accident."

"It's all scars from childhood."

"What did he experience as a child?"

Wen Changheng looked at Zhao Lingrui, and suddenly asked, "Prince, you seem to be very interested in Lianzhi?"

"I'm just curious, can't I just ask?"

"You can ask him these questions directly. No one knows better than him what he has experienced before."

"I asked, but he wouldn't tell."

"Since he refuses to say it, it means that he doesn't want to mention it. What we see are just some healed scars, but what he remembers is the bloody past. You ask today, and I will ask tomorrow. To him Said, it's like tearing those scars open again, the pain is all on him."

Zhao Lingrui was stunned, he hadn't thought about it, and said with self-pity: "I was negligent, you are right, some pasts will hurt every time you mention them."

"Okay, what do you need from me?"

"I have come to bid you farewell."

"It's rare that you are willing to go back to the palace by yourself."

Zhao Lingrui was speechless: "Do you think I'm free? Others envy my status, but I don't like it at all. My whole life is bound and there is no freedom at all."

Wen Changheng agreed with this, and didn't say anything to refute.

"It just so happens that your junior brother is also preparing to leave for the imperial city tomorrow, so I will go back with him, Wen Xun, I heard from Xiaobai that he will go to the imperial city to participate in the imperial physician selection meeting next year, will you go with him then?"

"So what?"

"Yes, that's fine. Then I'll be waiting for you in the imperial city. After calculating, there are less than five months left. Don't forget to look for me when you enter the imperial city."

Wen Changheng nodded, Zhao Lingrui saw that he had nothing to say, so he left the study, thought about it and found a servant to take him to Xie Lingbai's yard.

Xie Lingbai and Xie Jinqing were sitting on the steps at the door of the guest room looking at the night in the yard. The moon is very round tonight, so the yard is also very bright.

"Brother, you said that parents will watch us in the sky, but there are only sun, moon and stars in the sky, and there are no parents at all."

Xie Jinqing looked at the moon with his hands on his chin, looking a little lonely, Xie Lingbai put his arms around him, then pointed to the night sky and said, "Xiao Jin, have you seen the brightest star?"

"Ah."

"Father and mother must be there. See if it is blinking. It is saying hello to us."

Xie Jinqing stared carefully for a while, nodded and said: "It's true, then I call them here, can they hear me?"

"It's so far away, even if you shout, you can't hear it, but you can make a wish in your heart, and they will naturally perceive your wish, and then help you realize it."

Hearing this, Xie Jinqing clasped his hands together and made a wish in his heart. Seeing this, Xie Lingbai asked, "What wish did you make?"

"Don't tell you."

"Hey, I'm your own brother, you won't even tell me?"

"So what about my own brother, the wish will not work after a while."

"Xie Xiaojin, to be honest, did you make a wish in your heart to deceive me, so you dare not say it out for fear of being beaten?"

"childish."

Xie Jinqing stood up while talking, Xie Lingbai clapped his hands and shouted: "Dare to say that I am naive, see if I pull your skin, and see who is naive."

"Ah, come quickly, my brother is going to bully me again..."

Xie Jinqing started running in the yard, while Xie Lingbai was chasing after him, the two chased each other to hide, and after a while, the lonely aura on Xie Jinqing's body just now disappeared.

"I'll see where you're going." Xie Lingbai grabbed Xie Jinqing, hugged him up, and said threateningly: "Catch him, I'll throw you into the latrine right now, you will stink to death."

"Put me down, let me down, I'm going to sue Boss Wen..."

"You still dare to sue..." Xie Ling didn't finish speaking, because he saw the people standing in the corridor, he squinted his eyes and looked carefully, and asked in doubt: "Lin Rui, why are you here?"

Seeing that he found out, Zhao Lingrui walked towards them and said with a smile, "I came to say goodbye to you. I didn't expect you to be playing hide-and-seek with your brother."

"What hide and seek, I'm teaching him a lesson."

Xie Lingbai put Xie Jinqing down, and Xie Jinqing ran away as soon as he hit the ground, still yelling to complain to Boss Wen, Xie Lingbai made a face at him.

After Xie Jinqing went out, the yard became quiet, Zhao Lingrui smiled: "You brothers have such a good relationship, it's really enviable."

Xie Lingbai was a little tired from running, so he went directly to the stone table and sat down. Zhao Lingrui also walked over and sat opposite him.

"What are you envious of? You have no brothers?"

"Yes, there are many, but the relationship between my brother and I is not very close, at least not as good as your two brothers."

Xie Lingbai was a little surprised when he heard the words, and sighed: "I didn't expect that your popularity is so poor that even your own brothers don't like you. It seems that you are a very bad person."

Zhao Lingrui: "..."

"By the way, you said goodbye just now, are you going home?"

"Yeah, I've been out for a while, and if I don't go back home, I should be worried."

"That's right, you see, you envy me for having brothers, but I also envy you for having a home, and my home is gone now."

In fact, thinking about his parents made Xie Lingbai feel uncomfortable, but if he didn't fight with Xie Jinqing, Xie Jinqing would think a lot, and the more he thought about it, the happier he would be.

"Xiaobai, why do you want to be an imperial physician?"

Zhao Lingrui suddenly asked such a question, Xie Ling smiled and said: "Being an imperial physician naturally wants to cure diseases and save people."

"But you don't have to be an imperial doctor to save people, you can be an ordinary doctor, and you will lose your freedom once you enter the palace. How can you be so chic outside?"

"Well..." Xie Lingbai didn't want to say that he went to the Imperial Hospital to investigate the truth, because if word got out, it would scare the snake and hurt others.

"In the past, my father always asked me to study medicine, but I didn't like it. Now that he's gone, I want to learn medicine well and then go to the imperial hospital to become an imperial physician, so that he can feel relieved even in the world."

"Xiaobai, I heard that the Xie Family Medical Center was destroyed because of an accidental fire?"

"Ah."

"Then if one day you find out that the cause of your parents' death is actually not simple, what will you do?"

Xie Lingbai was stunned, and looked at Zhao Lingrui with some surprise. He didn't know why Zhao Lingrui would suddenly ask such a question, and how did Zhao Lingrui know that his parents' deaths were strange?