When Yue Nu woke up, she saw Shen Shijiu lying beside her bed.
"nineteen… "
Shen Shijiu hurriedly said, "Ayue, you finally woke up. How are you? Are you okay?"
Yue Nu shook her head, "Why am I here, General? Where is the General?"
Shen Huan said leisurely, "Let's go. We have already left the Imperial City at this hour."
Yue Nu was anxious to get down from the bed, "I, I want to go find the general"
Shen Shijiu was afraid that he would fall, so he quickly supported him.
Shen Huan glanced at Yue Nu and said, "How are you going to get there? Are you going to walk there on your own two legs? I'm afraid the war will be over by the time you get to that border."
Yue Nu sat down beside the bed and looked at Shen Huan, his eyes sparkling with sincerity.
"Master Shen, I must stay with the general. My life was saved by the general, and I have already belonged to him."
Shen Huan sighed, thinking that this child was truly loyal to Zhao Litang.
"It's not a big deal to send you to find General Zhao, but the problem is that you have to follow him quietly without being discovered by him."
Yue Nu couldn't believe it, "Master Shen, what do you mean?"
Shen Huan thought for a moment and said, "My little disciple, go talk to Li Yu and see if he can make some arrangements for Yue Nu."
Shen Shijiu said, "But Master, will Butler Li agree? Would it be too much trouble for us to ask him for help?"
Shen Huan said, "Others will, but you won't. Don't worry, if you just mention it to him casually, he will get it done for you."
Shen Shijiu still didn't understand why, and Shen Huan didn't explain it to him in detail.
Of course Li Yu would not refuse Shen Shijiu. He hoped that Shen Shijiu would come to him for everything. In this way, he could have some of the feeling he had before. In the past, the little prince trusted and relied on him so much.
Unexpectedly, Li Yu actually arranged a carriage for Yue Nu and asked the two of them to go with her, and they must wait until Yue Nu safely reunited with Zhao Litang and the others before returning.
Yue Nu was also much more careful, following Zhao Litang's army not too far away. Because of the carriage blocking the way, Zhao Litang didn't know whose carriage was following him all the way.
By the time Zhao Litang discovered it, it was already very far away from the imperial capital.
After sending Yue Nu away, Shen Shijiu became depressed again.
Shen Huan saw it all, but always stood firm in her position. She guessed that her former disciple was too soft-hearted, which was why he was always being manipulated by others.
So this time, Shen Huan would never give Pei Zheng the chance to hurt his little disciple again.
She took Shen Shijiu with her and rushed into the pharmacy. Since they had not found a chance to escape from the Prime Minister's Mansion yet, they would use the abundant medicines here to develop a medicine that could restore memory.
On this day, until it was dark, Shen Huan and Shen Shijiu were still in the pharmacy. Shen Shijiu's sleepy little head was nodding, and his eyes were almost closed.
"Master" Shen Shijiu yawned, "I'm so sleepy"
Shen Huan was doing the key steps, without even raising his head, "Disciple, hold on a little longer. I will make it soon. You still have to give it a try."
Shen Shijiu frowned. In the past few days, Shen Huan had given him a lot of strange-tasting medicines. Although they were all good for the body, all medicines are poisonous. After drinking too much, Shen Shijiu's mouth was full of bitterness.
"Master, can I drink again tomorrow?"
"No!" Shen Huan said, "We have to drink tomorrow. This Shensha grass is so precious. I have already used up one plant even though I used it so sparingly. So don't waste a single drop of the medicine, my dear disciple."
Shen Shijiu no longer had the strength to resist and lowered his head.
"Okay Master, I understand."
Shen Huan finally boiled the medicine, served it out and brought it to Shen Shijiu.
"My disciple, let me tell you, this bowl of medicine is worth several thousand taels, so you must be very careful and make sure not to spill it."
Shen Shijiu nodded and was about to reach out to take it.
At this moment, the door of the pharmacy was suddenly kicked open, and the wind and snow outside swept in instantly.
Shen Huan was so scared that his hands shook and the medicine bowl fell directly to the ground, while Shen Shijiu still stretched out his hand and stared blankly outside the door.
There was a person standing outside. It was Pei Zheng, who hadn't been seen for several days.
Pei Zheng half-closed his eyes and looked at the two people inside the door, and his eyes seemed a little dazed.
A strong smell of alcohol blew into the room, and Shen Huan frowned when he smelled it.
This is how much you drank. Even if you fell into a wine jar, there wouldn’t be such a strong smell of alcohol.
"Master Pei!" Shen Huan pointed at the medicine soup spilled on the ground and said, "Can't you just knock on the door? Do you know how much money was spent on this? Thousands of taels!"
Pei Zheng walked in, suddenly reached into his sleeve and took out a handful of silver bills, and threw them towards Shen Huanying.
"You want money, right? I'll give it to you. How much do you want? Is this enough?"
Shen Huan was stunned by the silver bills scattered all over the sky. How much money was this? Maybe 10,000 taels, and it just hit him in the face
"What do you mean?" Shen Huan asked angrily.
Pei Zheng walked up to Shen Jiujiu and held his arm. He seemed to be a little unconscious, but he still held Shen Jiujiu tightly.
"I'll give you the money, just give him back to me."
Shen Huan was certain that Pei Zheng was drunk. Although he looked normal, he must have been quite drunk to say such things.
"Master Pei, you are drunk. I don't want to quarrel today. My disciple and I are going to go back and rest first."
After Shen Huan finished speaking, he went over and tried to pull Shen Shijiu away.
But just as she was about to pull her little disciple, Pei Zheng suddenly grabbed her wrist and turned her around and put her behind his back.
Shen Huan's arm was hurt by the injury, but although Pei Zheng only had one hand, he was very strong. Shen Huan tried to struggle twice but failed.
"Master Pei, please let me go! I will not bother with you because you are drunk."
"I'm not drunk." Pei Zheng replied.
Okay, he was quite drunk, because if he wasn’t drunk, Pei Zheng wouldn’t answer the questions obediently.
"Little disciple," Shen Huan called out pitifully. She really couldn't persuade the drunk Pei Zheng.
Shen Shijiu pulled Pei Zheng's hand and whispered, "Sir, please let Master go, okay? Master has no ill intentions."
Pei Zheng really loosened the strength of his men and glanced at Shen Shijiu. Shen Shijiu's eyes were bright with a hint of pleading in them, and his whole body looked soft.
With a cold snort, Pei Zheng let go of Shen Huan.
Shen Huan quickly jumped away and stayed far away from Pei Zheng, fearing that something might go his way and he didn't know what force to use.
"Forget it, little disciple. Just make me a bowl of hangover-relief soup."
Shen Shijiu nodded and went to make a hangover-relieving soup for Pei Zheng. The soup was very simple and could be prepared quickly.
But Pei Zheng held Shen Shijiu's hand and refused to let go, nor did he let him go.
"My Lord, my Lord"
Pei Zheng still didn't move.
"Brother Pei," Shen Shijiu called in a low voice, standing on tiptoe and leaning close to Pei Zheng's ear.
"Brother Pei, why don't you come with me and go wherever I go, okay?"
Pei Zheng said "hmm", apparently agreeing.
Shen Shijiu came to the shelf, and Pei Zheng took his hand and followed him.
Then until the medicinal soup was ready, Shen Shijiu used only one hand, and Pei Zheng would actively use his other hand to help him. The two of them cooperated very well.
Shen Huan, who had been standing nearby, wanted to step forward and pull their tightly clasped hands apart, but he did not dare to approach Pei Zheng, so he could only stand aside and get angry.
"Brother Pei, drink this."
Pei Zheng smelled the unpleasant smelling black medicine, opened his thin lips slightly, and said concisely, "It's not hot."
"But if you don't drink the water, you'll have a headache tomorrow and feel very uncomfortable." Shen Shijiu coaxed Pei Zheng softly, "Just be good and drink it yourself, okay?"
The tone of his voice was like that of a child, even though he was a child himself.
Pei Zheng frowned and looked at the bowl of medicine for a long time before finally raising his hand, picking up the bowl and drinking it all in one gulp like drinking wine.
At last, he turned the medicine bowl over, looked at Shen Shijiu and raised his eyebrows, indicating that he had finished drinking it.
Shen Shijiu smiled, his eyebrows curved like crescent moons, and he was very supportive, "How amazing! You ate it all, it's great!"
Pei Zheng also smiled with the corners of his lips curled up, then touched his lips with his finger.
Shen Shijiu thought there was something on his lips, so he leaned over to take a look, but there was nothing.
Pei Zheng nodded again, staring at Shen Shijiu's red lips without blinking, which looked soft and sweet.
However, Shen Shijiu still didn't understand what he meant.
"I want a reward." Pei Zheng said.
Shen Shijiu asked, "Do you want me to kiss you?"
Pei Zheng nodded slightly.
Shen Shijiu's ears turned red, "But, Master is still over there"
Shen Huan couldn't hear what the two were mumbling about. Seeing that Pei Zheng had finished drinking the hangover medicine soup, he began to urge him again, "Alright, it's getting late. If Master Pei doesn't have anything else to tell you, go back and rest."
Pei Zheng really started walking towards the door, and Shen Huan breathed a sigh of relief. However, Pei Zheng took Shen Shijiu with him, and Shen Huan became worried again.
"Hey! Where are you two going? My little disciple, you can't go. Come back! Master Pei, Master Pei, let my little disciple go! Master Pei! Pei Zheng!"
Shen Huan shouted out in a hurry, and then he realized what he had just shouted and began to feel scared.