Dominate the ancient academy

Chapter 207 Drinking water

Royal Palace

The emperor was reviewing memorials in a happy mood, wondering what Shu Jingtian's expression would be if he came back and saw that his delicate and soft daughter was now dressed as a boy and not only went to school but also could farm.

Thinking of this, he asked, "Has Master Ye done anything these past two days?"

Because of Shu Xiaoxiao's special situation, the emperor sent people to protect her early in the morning. Since it was just a simple protection and not an investigation, the people sent were to guard near Shu Xiaoxiao and would not get too close. They could only know what she had done roughly, which was considered to protect her privacy.

Eunuch Fu bowed and replied respectfully, "The secret guards just sent a message today that Master Ye... Master Ye brought the young master of the Marquis of Changping's mansion, the young master of the Junior Secretary of the Honglu Temple, the young master of the Doctor of the Ministry of Revenue, and the young master of the Prefect of Shuntian Prefecture yesterday, put a sack on the young master of the Marquis of Dingkang's mansion, and beat him up."

The emperor was silent for a moment, somewhat unconvinced: "Was it Master Ye who took the lead?"

"Yes, the other young masters all obey Master Ye's command."

The emperor laughed out loud: "Very good, Master Ye has the style of his father. Jingtian will definitely be surprised to see such a daughter when he comes back."

Eunuch Fu raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and the Emperor was also teasing. It was more like a surprise than a shock. He could already guess the expression on General Shu's face when he came back and knew about this.

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On the way back to Beijing

Shu Jingtian and Shu Tingyun were leading a small group of people to eat dry food on the roadside. This year, they had a much better time on the battlefield because of the iron hooves, fine salt and other things. They, Daning, were also in the upper hand in the war, so maybe they could stay for a few more days this time.

As for his daughter, he heard from his wife that she had returned to Kyoto. He was happy but also worried. The eldest prince's faction had long been eyeing the general's mansion, and the most reliable connection between the two mansions was marriage. Concubine De and the eldest prince were probably eyeing his daughter covetously, but he didn't expect his daughter to marry into the royal family, let alone the eleventh prince who had not yet fully grown.

Since ancient times, the struggle for succession has often been accompanied by the loss of countless lives. No matter how high the official position is, no matter whether you support the right prince or the wrong one, you may become cannon fodder and your family may be destroyed if you are not careful. He is already very satisfied to have come this far and does not want to compete for the merit of following the dragon. If he gets involved, who knows if he will have the chance to enjoy it.

After the new emperor ascended the throne, if he didn't like him, he would resign from his post and take his wife and daughter back to the countryside to grow medicinal herbs, where he would live a free and easy life.

"Dad, my sister has returned to Kyoto. I hope the eldest prince and his faction won't plot against my sister while we're not here." Shu Tingyun asked worriedly.

Although he is not often in Kyoto, the people in Kyoto, especially the princes, although they all look glamorous, their methods are not very glorious.

"It's okay. Your brother is here. He can protect his sister."

Although she is protected by the eldest brother, women are different from men after all. As the saying goes, men are afraid of choosing the wrong career and women are afraid of marrying the wrong man. He only has this one daughter, and he must find a husband of his dreams for her. Those princes can never get involved with her.

He would go back and have a good chat with the emperor. No matter what, his daughter must be allowed to marry freely and not be married to any prince casually.

"That's right. With big brother's sharp mind, he should be able to protect his sister." Shu Tingyun nodded in agreement.

"A heart as sharp as a sieve is better than a heartless one like you." He still had the nerve to say that the boss was thoughtful. It was he, a heartless man, who almost exposed the ginseng pills that Xiaoxiao gave them.

"Dad, I didn't mention Xiaoxiao! I was paying attention to him. I just saw that he was seriously injured, so I wanted to help him. Who knew that person wanted to cheat the ginseng pills?"

Shu Tingyun said aggrievedly.

They originally thought that the ginseng pills given by their sister were just ordinary health-preserving pills. They still remembered that there was a large-scale battle once, and they fought for a day and a night before it ended. But he was not only hit by an arrow, but was also stabbed by someone in the end. He had to rest for at least half a year.

As a result, his father remembered the ginseng pills his sister had given him and gave him two of them. At least they helped to replenish his energy. He slept well that night and woke up the next day feeling much more energetic. The wounds on his body were also much better.

Before he could react, his father came over with an excited look on his face: "How do you feel about the wound now?"

"Okay, much better."

Shu Tingyun felt his body. On the battlefield, he had suffered serious injuries and minor injuries all the time. He had no idea what kind of injuries he had and what condition he was in. But now... it was really much better.

"Yes, my sister's ginseng pills?" Shu Tingyun asked in surprise.

Shu Jingtian also took one pill because she had consumed a lot of physical energy in the battle. When she woke up the next day, she felt refreshed and immediately realized that this was not an ordinary ginseng pill. No wonder her father-in-law said that his daughter had a talent in making medicine.

"Yes, I also took one pill yesterday, and I feel much more energetic today. You can take another one and I'll see the effect." After saying that, Shu Jingtian directly fed his son another pill.

Because she didn’t know the specific effects, my daughter said it was a pill that replenished vitality and was good for the body, but she didn’t say it was such a good pill! Maybe my daughter didn’t know the specific effects either.

Fortunately, his son was injured now, so he could try out the effect of the medicine. So, Shu Tingyun took one pill a day, and Shu Jingtian was very happy to see that his son had basically recovered in two months.

With such a good effect, the medicinal materials must be very precious. The silly girl didn't say anything and just let him waste it. It's not good to publicize such precious medicine. After all, although there are many pills, there are more people in the army! How many pills are enough to share!

Especially since his daughter said that medicinal herbs were very precious, Shu Jingtian put away the remaining pills like treasures. When there were soldiers in the army who were seriously injured and could still be rescued, he dissolved the pills in water and secretly gave them to drink. Sometimes a pill was a life. Later, he felt distressed when he thought of the pills his son had taken. It was just a minor injury, but Ye wasted his ginseng pills too much. As a result, he was in a bad mood when he saw his second son for a while.

Shu Tingyun was extremely innocent, the pills were fed to him by his father himself. He said he took a lot, but in fact there were only seven or eight. Seeing that he had almost recovered, the pills were gone. Later, he never saw the shadow of the pills again, and he had to endure his father's contempt. He died unjustly!

But because the medicine was really effective and scarce on the battlefield, Shu Jingtian hid the pills carefully to protect his daughter and refused to take them out easily. Then someone came to him and asked for the pills.

"Okay, finish eating quickly and let's go back."

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While Shu Xiaoxiao was playing, Dabai was not happy to stay behind. He felt that Shu Tingfei was too slow, so he ran in front and let Shu Tingfei chase him.

When Shu Tingfei was slow, it slowed down too; when Shu Tingfei was fast, it sped up too. The distance was just right, and Shu Tingfei tried his best but couldn't catch up. Every time he got closer, Dabai would suddenly fly far away, making him so angry that he shouted, "Xiaoxiao, your white tiger has become a spirit. I think it's just playing with me!"

"Third brother, you just realized it! Come on, run faster."

This made everyone on the white tiger's back laugh out loud.

After Yang Xu and Chen Ming's skates were delivered, they both got the hang of it pretty quickly. At least they were much better than Shu Xiaoxiao at that time.

Soon they were able to run, with the three of them at the bottom, some running fast, some slow, and one fell down due to being too excited. Dabai was sometimes in front and sometimes behind, it was a mess, but also more fun.

"Wait, I'm in the front."

"No, you ran one lap less, so you are ahead of Dabai."

"Then I don't care, ahhh, Baymax has surpassed me again, hurry up!"

"Ah, I'm almost catching up with Dabai."

"No, let's turn back, just turn back, haha, look, Dabai doesn't even know who to chase!"

She and Xiao Chenxi sat on Dabai's back, playing with the three of them as if they were playing. Xiao Chenxi also kept shouting excitedly, sometimes "brother", sometimes "uncle", and sometimes "big old axe". If she wasn't so young, she would definitely go out in person. So, their White Tiger team won in disguise.

When it was over, Shu Xiaoxiao felt that she was sweating a little. She touched Xiao Chenxi and found that the scarf in front of her mouth was almost half wet because of the breath from the shouting just now. It felt cool to the touch, and the clothes underneath her body were also a little sticky.

He quickly ordered someone to change little Chenxi's clothes. He could not be careless with this little child. The maids and old women around saw the young master playing with the white tiger for such a long time, and were sure that the white tiger would not hurt anyone. Although they were still a little afraid to get close, they quickly changed the young master's clothes after hearing the order.

"Uncle, we started practicing martial arts when we were three years old. This amount of activity is nothing. We don't need to drink the ginger soup, right?" Yang Xu and Chen Ming looked at the black ginger soup and had no appetite.

Even Xiao Chenxi, who had just changed her clothes, sniffed and shouted, "This is bitter, it doesn't taste good!"

Shu Xiaoxiao calmly picked up her ginger soup, held her breath and took a sip. Fortunately, a lot of sugar was added, so although there was still a spicy taste of ginger, it was acceptable.

"You don't have to drink it, but you can't play with Dabai anymore. Whoever drinks the ginger soup can come over to play tomorrow."

"Oh, uncle, your family's cooking skills are really good. Look at the beautiful color of the ginger soup! It makes my mouth water. If I didn't have dinner later, I would have had another bowl."

After Shu Yangxu finished speaking, he picked up the ginger soup on the table and drank it all in one gulp. After finishing it, he tried hard to control the expression on his face and said stubbornly, "It tastes good!"

Shu Chenming twitched his lips when he saw his brother who usually hated ginger soup: "Ahem, it's so cold, drinking some ginger soup is quite warm."

Shu Tingfei, who originally didn't plan to drink it, also silently picked up the ginger soup.

"If you like ginger soup, I will ask the kitchen to prepare it at any time. You can drink whatever you want!" Butler Lin said happily. He asked the chef to put a lot of sugar in the ginger soup!

Several people were speechless and looked at the cheerful housekeeper Lin: Are you serious?

Then the four of them all lowered their heads to look at Xiao Chenxi, who was confused.

Chenxi blinked and smiled: "Uncle, brother!"

"Well, Chenxi, if you don't drink the ginger soup, you can't play with Da Lao Axe tomorrow!" Shu Xiaoxiao pointed at Dabai and said.

Little Chenxi looked at Dabai, then at Jiangtang, and finally at his brother and uncle. He thought for a while with his eyes wide open, and said in a cute little voice: "Chenxi likes Jiangtang, too."

The four of them nodded in unison and patted Xiao Chenxi's head: "Good boy!"

This is fair! Looking at Xiao Chenxi's wrinkled face, I suddenly felt that the bitterness in my mouth was not so bad. It turned out that other people's pain is my happiness.

Seeing her young master take a sip, the nurse next to him finally reacted and hurriedly stopped him: "Masters, the young master is too young to drink ginger soup!"

"Ah! Really?"

Several people hurriedly snatched the ginger soup from Xiao Chenxi's hands. Xiao Chenxi was completely confused and still kept holding the bowl with both hands, not knowing what was going on?

"It should be okay if I just drink one sip, right?" Shu Tingfei asked hesitantly while holding the bowl.

The old woman was also startled by their actions and replied, "It's okay if it's just one bite. The young master is still young and can't drink ginger soup. He can drink more hot water."

"Yes, let Chenxi drink more hot water. Once the water mixes with the ginger soup in the stomach, the ginger soup will naturally become lighter." Shu Yangxu said excitedly.

The others nodded: That makes sense!

Only Shu Xiaoxiao thought silently that since she added ginseng water to the ginger soup, there shouldn't be any problem, but it is also not wrong for children to drink more hot water.

So, under the coaxing of several uncles and brothers, little Chenxi returned to the general's mansion with a belly full of hot water.

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"Mom, Chenxi can't eat anymore!" Little Chenxi pulled his mother's clothes and pointed at a small bowl of egg custard.

Because Shu Jingtian and Ye Xue Ning both lived ordinary lives, the general's mansion did not spoil the children like other mansions. There was no such thing as a five or six-year-old child being held and fed by a wet nurse.

Generally, when one can walk steadily, one has begun his martial arts training. I heard that now Xiao Chenxi practices running for half an hour every day. It's a gradual process. Anyway, one has to move. Therefore, the children in the general's mansion have good living habits and none of them are spoiled.

In addition to drinking milk to satisfy his cravings sometimes, Xiao Chenxi usually eats with everyone. Although he is small, he uses a spoon very smoothly. He can usually eat a bowl of egg custard by himself, and sometimes he can eat some food that is easy to digest. He is not picky about food, so he can be said to be a baby who is very easy to feed.

Zhao Yiyi looked at the egg custard that had not been eaten yet and felt a little strange. She touched his stomach and said, "What delicious food did you eat today? You can't even eat egg custard?"

"Sister-in-law, when we were playing today, Chenxi was sweating, so we............so......."

"How much water did he drink?" Shu Tingyu asked as he saw his nephew couldn't eat anything.

"One bowl, or about one and a half bowls. He didn't finish the second bowl." Shu Tingfei replied.

Shu Tingyu twitched his lips. One and a half bowls, he couldn't even eat that much, so how could he drink one and a half bowls of water?

"How did you persuade him to drink it?" Shu Tingfei was really curious. Seeing that little Chenxi's eyes didn't seem red at all, it couldn't be that the little guy drank it willingly.

Sensing something was wrong, Shu Tingfei whispered, "Just say that if you don't drink, you can't play with Baihu tomorrow."