Chapter 1409: A small inn on the border
The red ginger that Xuanyuan Lin had taken great pains to bring back from southern Xinjiang could not be directly boiled and given to Shi Li.
In addition to exposing the red ginger to the sun until dry, it also needs to be decocted and taken with a variety of precious medicinal herbs to truly eliminate the cold poison.
Today, Xuanyuan Lin entered the palace to meet Emperor Shan. Apart from the confrontation at the beginning, he later asked Emperor Shan for some precious medicinal herbs.
Shan Huang was already angry that Xuanyuan Lin refused to follow his orders, and when he heard him asking for medicinal herbs, he frowned.
"Min'an asked me for thousand-year-old ginseng for an actor; you also asked me for medicinal herbs for a woman. Do you all think you are my creditors?"
Xuanyuan Lin naturally couldn't respond to such complaints.
As for the first half of what Shan Huang said, he didn't take it to heart.
Shan Huang said so much, but in the end he still gave him the best medicinal herbs.
"Go away! If I am unwilling to give you even a few herbs, it will make the whole world feel disappointed if the news gets out!"
Xuanyuan Lin got the precious medicinal materials he wanted. After returning, he checked the red ginger and made sure that the heat was right. He then went to the kitchen himself, put all the precious medicinal materials into the pot and boiled them, and personally made a bowl of thick ginger medicine soup.
Shi Li was visiting Xuanyuan Lin's former study.
There are countless ancient books and classics on the bookshelf, covering a wide variety of categories. You can pick up a book and open it to read the annotations next to it.
The most interesting thing is that Shi Li also found a few storybooks placed in the corner of the bookshelf.
There are one or two books with rich content... which can be called erotic.
When seeing the content, Shi Li couldn't help but be amazed. The scale of ancient people's writing was not inferior to that of modern people.
She had never seen a banned book in modern times with civilized Internet access, but she actually saw it here.
Shi Li sat down with the book, eager to find out what was going on, when she smelled a strong scent of ginger, which went straight to her head.
She usually doesn't allow ginger to be added to her meals, and now when she smelled such a strong smell, her eyebrows immediately frowned, and she looked at Xuanyuan Lin with a bitter face as he walked in with the bowl.
I never expected that the medicinal soup made from red ginger would have such a strong taste.
"elder brother……"
Shi Li held her breath, not wanting to smell the smell any more. She looked at Xuanyuan Lin pitifully, "Can I not take the medicine?"
If the medicine was bitter, she could drink it by pinching her nose, but she really couldn't stand the taste of ginger.
Xuanyuan Lin naturally knew that she hated the smell of ginger, but he was not soft-hearted at this time. He held the medicine bowl in one hand and persuaded her firmly and gently: "Just drink it this time, and I will never let you smell this smell again."
"The cold poison will cause pain for a few days a day, but it's not that I can't bear it." Shi Li still didn't want to compromise. She lowered her head and pursed her lips to try to get away with it.
But Xuanyuan Lin could not be vague about this matter.
He first put the bowl on the table, then leaned over and looked Shi Li in the eye.
"Lili, I don't want to hurt you anymore."
In the past, every year when Shi Li's cold poison attacked, Xuanyuan Lin would stay by her side for twelve hours, and except when she was sleeping, he would always be supplying her with internal energy.
However, internal strength can resist the cold poison, but it cannot offset the pain.
Shi Li's face turned pale every time because of the torture, and he could see it clearly from the side.
"I know."
Shi Li's eyelashes flickered slightly and she sighed silently.
Acting like a spoiled brat is one thing, she is not so ignorant as to refuse to take medicine, but when facing Xuanyuan Lin, she always becomes spoiled unconsciously and just wants to act up and make a fuss.
After playing around for a while, Shi Li took the medicine bowl on his own initiative, continued to hold his breath, raised his head and drank the medicine at the perfect temperature.
The medicine containing red ginger and various precious medicinal materials was so precious that Shi Li did not dare to waste a single drop and drank it all up.
After drinking it, she immediately threw herself into Xuanyuan Lin's arms with grievance, "Brother, it's so bitter..."
Xuanyuan Lin looked at the empty bowl, then looked at her, feeling extremely distressed.
Just as I was thinking about comforting her, I heard the voice of a servant outside.
"Sir, the eunuch beside His Majesty is here to deliver the decree!"
The one who was entrusted with the important task by Emperor Shan and came to Xuanyuan's ancestral residence to convey the emperor's orders was naturally the most capable eunuch around him.
Seeing Xuanyuan Lin and Shi Li walking out of the study side by side, the eunuch did not waste any words and directly read out the Emperor Shan's order.
Stripping away the flowery embellishments in the imperial edict, there are only two real expressions:
One was to adopt Shi Li as his adopted daughter and make her a princess; the other was to arrange a marriage between Xuanyuan Lin and Shi Li.
After reading the imperial edict, the eunuch also specifically instructed: "His Majesty said that there are too many things that bother him recently, so the princess and her husband don't need to make a special trip to the palace to express their gratitude."
After the eunuch left, Shi Li, who was hit by the title of princess, looked at Xuanyuan Lin in confusion.
"Now that the world is at peace and the Fusang tribe has been eradicated, what is your majesty still worried about?"
Xuanyuan Lin silently put away the imperial edict, held Shi Li's hand and replied nonchalantly: "Your Majesty is probably worried about Princess Min'an."