When Ji Yujin came back, there was no change on either of their faces.
Ji Yujin poured him a glass of water. Chu Fengqing took a few sips, looked at the teapot on the table, and asked, “Why did you change the pot?”
Ji Yujin: “You use it every day. I’m afraid you’ll get tired of it, so I changed it.”
Chu Fengqing nodded without further investigation.
After breakfast, Chu Fengqing wanted to check out the compatibility of the two medicines he had just discovered with the previous pills, but for some reason Ji Yujin was not in the right mood today. After breakfast, he did not go to boil the medicine like he did yesterday, but just stayed in the room.
Chu Fengqing pretended to look at him several times, but was caught by him the last time.
Ji Yujin was quite helpless and smiled at him, “Forget it, I won’t bother you anymore.”
He obviously knew what Chu Fengqing was thinking, but he was a little worried and didn’t want him to get out of bed.
“But it’s cold outside today, and it looks like it’s going to rain soon. It will be windy and raining soon, and I’m afraid you can’t stand it.” Ji Yujin took down the fox fur coat and put it on him. “So you are not allowed to sneak out of bed.”
Chu Fengqing’s face turned red. It turned out that he had discovered it a long time ago.
Ji Yujin took Chu Fengqing’s original prescription and said half-jokingly, “I will only serve you today. Whatever the master says, the humble will do it.”
Chu Fengqing was amused by his words and said, “But I don’t have the salary to give you. Even if I sell everything I have, I won’t be able to pay the monthly salary of the Governor of Xichang.”
“It’s fine. The humble despise money and only have one hobby in this life.”
While Chu Fengqing wasn’t paying attention, Ji Yujin pecked him on the lips, “The humble servant is lustful. With such beauty in my arms, it would be romantic even if I became a ghost.”
“Big beauty, just give me this kind of reward, alright?”
Chu Fengqing was extremely disgusted with his behavior at first because he was afraid that he would be infected with the disease, but the more he hid from Ji Yujin, the crazier he became, and gradually he just let him be.
At this moment, meeting Ji Yujin’s slightly upturned fox eyes, Chu Fengqing followed his strength and kissed him on the lips, like a dragonfly touching the water, leaving in an instant.
Then he chuckled and said, “Alright.”
Ji Yujin smiled, curled his red lips, and asked for his salary again in a brazen manner, saying in a hoarse voice, “This governor has made a fortune.”
……
The two of them had been busy all day. At noon, Ji Yujin held Chu Fengqing down and took a short rest. In the evening, as soon as it got a little dark, Ji Yujin collected all the prescriptions and books in the room.
After the two of them had dinner, Ji Yujin looked at Chu Fengqing’s uncomfortable expression and guessed the reason.
Chu Fengqing loved cleanliness and had to bathe every day, but ever since the epidemic broke out in the mansion, there was no one to serve him, let alone boil hot water, so he had only washed roughly these past few days.
Ji Yujin: “Let me help you bathe.”
Chu Fengqing was stunned, his eyes slightly widened. “……”
“No need.”
Ji Yujin: “Are you shy? Then I’ll boil some water for you, and you can wash yourself?”
Although Chu Fengqing didn’t want to agree, but it was too tempting.
He hesitated for a moment, and Ji Yujin understood, “Wait a moment.”
After the water was ready, Ji Yujin said, “You can take a bath by yourself, I will help you wash your hair.”
Chu Fengqing lowered his eyes to look at his somewhat weak hands and feet, then agreed.
Ji Yujin had never washed anyone’s hair before, so he combed Chu Fengqing’s hair carefully. Chu Fengqing’s hair was very black and smooth, and when it was spread out, it could cover his entire shoulders.
The hair slid through his hands, feeling like silk. Ji Yujin looked at the calluses on his palms left by sword practice and had the illusion that he would scratch him.
Chu Fengqing was like the colored glass he had found outside the Great Wall, crystal clear but fragile. He was afraid that he would be cracked if he was bumped at all.
Chu Fengqing was lying on the small couch. It was the first time for him to see Ji Yujin from this angle.
It was Ji Yujin’s first time washing someone’s hair, so he was inevitably a little clumsy. When he lowered his head, he saw Chu Fengqing’s clear eyes. He paused, raised his eyebrows, and smiled, “Close your eyes.”
Chu Fengqing pursed his lips and slowly closed his eyes. After closing his eyes, his other senses became very clear. The warm water sprinkled on his skin felt warm and very comfortable.
Ji Yujin moved very gently, pressing his fingertips lightly on his scalp. Only occasionally a few drops of water would splash onto his face, followed by a rustling sound of clothes rubbing against each other. Ji Yujin used his sleeves to wipe away the water droplets that “accidentally hurt” him.
Chu Fengqing couldn’t help but open his eyes and couldn’t help but laugh when he saw how flustered he was.
This smile caused Ji Yujin to “glare” and say, “You have no conscience.”
After washing his hair, Ji Yujin found some dry cloth and helped him twist his hair. After it was ninety percent dry, he pinned his hair up with a hairpin.
Combined with Chu Fengqing’s ethereal temperament, one would really think he was a handsome young Daoist priest from some Daoist temple.
When bathing, before Chu Fengqing could take off his clothes, Ji Yujin said, “Let me help you wipe your back. You can’t reach your back.”
Chu Fengqing raised his eyes and glanced at him: “You are pushing it too far.”
Ji Yujin did not hide it any more. “I have received the payment, so I have to do the work.”
The payment is the kiss in the morning.
Chu Fengqing knew that he was worried about him, but in fact his health was not that bad and he still had the ability to take care of himself. However, he had experienced this feeling before, and he also understood that he was pursuing that sense of security more than himself.
So Chu Fengqing followed his wishes and did not drive Ji Yujin out.
He took off his clothes and wrapped his whole body in hot water. The long-lost warmth climbed up from his tailbone little by little. He buried himself in the water. Although they had been honest with each other, but he was still a little embarrassed in the brightly lit room.
The exposed skin was also steamed red by the hot air. Ji Yujin, who was behind him, did not move for a long time. Chu Fengqing looked back in confusion.
Ji Yujin finally reacted and pulled the corner of his lips awkwardly.
After Chu Fengqing turned his head, Ji Yujin’s face instantly turned ugly.
Chu Fengqing’s back is not as soft as that of a girl. Under his jade shoulders is a straight back, his butterfly bones are slightly open, and he looks a little thin. There is a small black mole on his waist.
But what made Ji Yujin’s face turn black was that there were many small rashes on his snow-white back. Because he was very white, the red color looked particularly glaring.
However, since he started to come into contact with the plague, he had never heard of any patient suffering from this symptom.
He reached out and touched it and asked, “Does your back feel itchy these days?”
Chu Fengqing shook his head, a little confused by his sudden question, “Why do you ask this?”
Ji Yujin pursed his lips and took a bronze mirror from the next room. In the light of the candle, Chu Fengqing vaguely saw the situation behind him.
This… why is this happening?
Looking at Chu Fengqing’s expression, Ji Yujin knew that he had not noticed.
Ji Yujin: “Do you want me to ask a physician to come and take a look? It’s fine to look through the door.”
Chu Fengqing: “It’s alright, it doesn’t hurt or itch, maybe I was bitten by some small insect.”
He managed to curl his lower lip. “Don’t worry, I’m a physician myself. If there’s really a problem, I’ll definitely be able to find it right away.”
Ji Yujin sighed lightly, and at this moment he suddenly hated himself for not learning some medical skills.
Both of them had frozen expressions, but there was no point in getting anxious. Ji Yujin was afraid that he would catch a cold if he soaked for too long, so he tucked him into bed after soaking for a while.
Chu Fengqing was wearing a nightgown, lying in the newly changed bedding, with a hot water bottle stuffed in his hand. He felt that most of the fatigue from the past few days had dissipated, and his whole body became soft and his bones felt much looser.
When Ji Yujin returned to the room, he found that Chu Fengqing had fallen asleep.
He reached out and touched Chu Fengqing’s hair, but quickly retracted his hand. The moonlight today was particularly beautiful, and he had originally wanted to take him out to see the moonlight.
But it’s better that he fell asleep. Although he hasn’t been infected with the disease for the time being, but in just a few days it can make people look haggard, which must be extremely uncomfortable.
Ji Yujin lay beside him, reached out and gently embraced him, and kissed him on the forehead: “Sweet dreams.”
On the third day, Ji Yujin walked to the door with the medicine when he heard a violent coughing sound in the room. He quickened his pace and arrived in the room just in time to see Chu Fengqing hiding something in his sleeve.
He didn’t want to expose him, so he waited at the door for a few moments and only went in after seeing that he had been hiding it.
As soon as he entered the room, Chu Fengqing said to him with a frown, “Ji Yujin, I know what went wrong! I wrote a new prescription, and this prescription is combined with acupuncture…”
He took a breath as he spoke. Chu Fengqing looked much less energetic, his chin pointed, “It must be correct.”
Ji Yujin took the prescription. Although he didn’t quite understand it, but since Chu Fengqing said so, it must be correct. “Qing’er, you are amazing. If you succeed, you will have saved tens of thousands of lives. You deserve the title of ‘helping the world with medicine’.”
Ji Yujin was never stingy with praise. If something was done well, it was good. If it was not done well, it was not good. He clearly distinguished between rewards and punishments. Chu Fengqing, on the other hand, had been brought up to be more restrained since childhood, so he was not used to direct praise, nor was he very good at accepting praise from others.
Ji Yujin’s words made his face slightly hot, but those four words made his heart warm.
However, to be on the safe side, Chu Fengqing passed the prescription on and showed it to Imperial Physician Li and others. They all agreed that it was good.
So Chu Fengqing became the first person to try the medicine, and his symptoms improved significantly after two days.
This prescription was a modification of the original prescription. The previous prescription had been implemented without any side effects, and the situation was urgent, so it was implemented quickly.
The day the medicine was pushed out was New Year’s Eve, but because of the epidemic, there was no festive atmosphere here on New Year’s Eve. There were no reunions, no firecrackers, no decorations, and no children walking around the streets.
