Although the martial arts competition was over, there were still some things waiting for Chen Jingzong to do.
He first accompanied Gao Dazhuang to the Imperial Hospital.
Several imperial physicians had received the oral decree of Emperor Jingshun. These famous doctors, who usually only treated the emperor, concubines and other dignitaries, all gathered in front of Gao Dazhuang.
After a thorough examination, the imperial doctors unanimously agreed that Gao Dazhuang was suffering from "goiter", commonly known as "big neck disease".
Chen Jingzong looked at Gao Dazhuang's neck.
Gao Dazhuang also touched his neck and wondered, "My neck isn't that big either."
Imperial Physician: "A common symptom of goiter is a big neck, but that doesn't mean that people with this disease will have a big neck. It's because your neck didn't get bigger that the military doctor and the doctors outside didn't think it was goiter, which delayed the treatment."
Gao Dazhuang's eyes sparkled with hope: "Can I still be cured?"
The doctor nodded and said, "Your problem is not too serious. You have a good physical condition. Follow the prescription we prescribed. I will give you a list of precautions for recuperation later. You should be able to recover in half a year."
When Gao Dazhuang heard this, he was so excited that he wanted to kneel down and kowtow to the imperial doctors.
The imperial physician who had just spoken quickly helped him up and said with a smile, "If you want to thank someone, thank the emperor. If it weren't for the great grace of heaven, we wouldn't even be able to see you, how could we help you?"
Gao Dazhuang immediately ran out of the Imperial Hospital and kowtowed nine times in the direction of the Qianqing Palace.
Hearing the footsteps behind him, Gao Dazhuang turned around and saw his own commander. He turned around and wanted to kowtow a few more times! If the commander had not despised him and given him the opportunity to compete, and had not devised a clever plan to let Daxing Zuowei take the first place, the emperor would not have had mercy on a little soldier like him!
Chen Jingzong stepped forward, pulled up the man whose forehead was already bleeding, and said unhappily, "Why are you knocking your head? If you knock your head and make it sick, what's the point of healing your neck?"
Gao Dazhuang grinned and laughed while crying.
Chen Jingzong: "Okay, go in and ask the imperial physician to bandage you, and then go outside the palace to find Qin Wei and the others after you get the medicine."
Gao Dazhuang: "Aren't you going back to the guardhouse with us?"
Chen Jingzong: "I'll go to the Ministry of Revenue first."
Gao Dazhuang smiled even more happily when he thought of the reward silver that the emperor had bestowed on their garrison.
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Chen Jingzong received two boxes of copper coins from the Ministry of Revenue, and after leaving the palace with Qin Wei and others, he went to the street to buy a cart of good wine, and drove them together to Daxing Zuowei.
Because of a tall and strong man, the soldiers in the garrison had no hope for today's competition.
When approaching the garrison, Chen Jingzong was still able to hold his ground, but Qin Wei and the others could no longer hold back their excitement. They whipped their whips, left the consort and Gao Dazhuang, who was driving the cart and carrying wine, and rushed towards the garrison. When Chen Jingzong and Gao Dazhuang arrived outside the garrison, Ma Hong and Lu Chengliang had already led more than 5,000 soldiers to greet them, shouting "Your Excellency is mighty!" straight into the sky!
Chen Jingzong, Ma Hong and Lu Chengliang stood together and watched Qin Wei and his ten men distribute copper coins to the soldiers.
One hundred coins per person, not much, but it is free, a reward from the emperor. The soldiers in this garrison are all very happy, and the soldiers in other garrisons must be envious at this moment!
After distributing the copper coins, the soldiers shared the wine in large bowls.
Chen Jingzong also made an appointment for dinner in the evening with Jinyiwei commander Liu Shou, Yanshan guard commander and several other commanders. After drinking two bowls of wine with the soldiers, he was about to return.
Someone started to make a noise: "Will the master come back tonight?"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Amid the bursts of laughter, Chen Jingzong, who had already climbed onto his horse, also laughed and urged his horse to leave.
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As the red sun set and before night fell, Chen Tingjian, Chen Bozong, and his son Chen Xiaozong returned home together and then came to Chunhe Hall together.
Sun came out of the main room and saw her old man. She asked curiously, "What happened? Why did you come back so early today?"
Ever since Chen Tingjian returned to Beijing to become the Prime Minister, he has never returned home at normal meal times.
Chen Tingjian remained silent.
Chen Xiaozong smiled and said, "Mother, didn't you hear that my fourth brother won the first place in the martial arts competition this morning? Father is very happy. Come back early to praise my fourth brother."
Of course Sun knew that Wanyi, like a lark, had already described the situation on the martial arts field to her family in vivid detail, and she was just teasing her husband on purpose.
Chen Tingjian glanced at the talkative third son and asked his wife, "Why hasn't the fourth son returned home yet?"
When he entered the house just now, he asked the manager of the front yard and found out that the fourth brother was not at home.
Sun: "He sent Fugui back to tell him that he would go to the restaurant to treat Master Liu and others to a drink that evening and would be back later."
Chen Tingjian snorted.
Sun: "What are you humming about? He's in the spotlight today, isn't it normal for him to entertain you?"
Chen Tingjian glanced in the direction of Siyi Hall. Sometimes social engagements were indeed unavoidable, but the fourth prince was not marrying someone else, so how could the princess be happy
Sun asked her two sons to go back first. After they entered the house, she said to her husband, "Don't worry, the princess is very reasonable. The fourth son doesn't have social events often. The princess won't mind if it happens once or twice."
Chen Tingjian: "I'm afraid he might get drunk outside and mess up things."
Sun: "With Lord Liu here, who dares to drag the fourth child to make trouble?"
The Embroidered Uniform Guards are the eyes of the Emperor. Sun believed that tonight those military officers would not even dare to say a single dirty word in front of her son.
Chen Tingjian did not comment.
Sun pushed him and said, "How about it? You always think that the fourth child is useless. Today, the fourth child makes you proud, right?"
Chen Tingjian: "They are just taking advantage of the situation. If they were to compete in a different match in the third round, they would be seventh at best."
Sun: "There are 26 guards. He is so young, and he can get the seventh place in just half a year. It's not bad. Besides, there is also a tall and strong one."
Chen Tingjian: "You can be happy if you are happy, but don't brag too much in front of him, so that he won't become complacent and forget himself."
Sun: "Okay, you are amazing. You have been praised since childhood and you have remained calm. Others get cocky when praised."
Chen Tingjian: …
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Siyi Hall.
Huayang had dinner by himself as usual.
Chen Jingzong usually did not have any social engagements, but he would always come back very late from the garrison, and Huayang had long been accustomed to this.
"Princess, would you like to take a rest first or read for a while?" Chao Yun asked uneasily after dinner.
Daxing Wei won the first place, and today is a happy day. However, the prince consort did not rush back to accompany the princess immediately. They were all afraid that the princess would be angry with the prince consort.
Huayang: "Please help me with the post first."
Chaoyue brought hot water and helped the princess wash her face together with Chaoyun. Chaolu and Chaolan went to make the bed and put the hot water bottle first.
After wiping his face, Huayang sat down in front of the dressing table.
Chaoyun carefully removed the jewellery on the princess's head, let her hair down, and then picked up a rhino horn comb to gently comb her hair: "The princess's hair is so fine, so soft and smooth, like satin."
At this moment, Zhen'er ran over and said happily, "Princess, the prince consort is back and is bathing in front. He asked the kitchen if there is any noodles."
Huayang: "Ask Eunuch Feng to cook him a bowl."
Jane went to the kitchen immediately.
The four maids around Huayang all breathed a sigh of relief. Fugui said that the prince consort had an appointment in the evening. They thought that he would come back drunk at the first watch, but they didn't expect him to leave so early.
"Princess, do you want to comb your hair again?"
"Need not."
When Chen Jingzong changed into his regular clothes and came over, he saw Huayang sitting on the warm couch in the side room as usual.
The light was bright and soft. She was wearing a red satin double-breasted jacket with gold trim, a tube top of the same color underneath, and a gold and jade necklace around her snow-white neck.
The jade is half the size of white mutton-fat jade. If it were placed outside, it would be a rare treasure, but on her body, it was just an ordinary piece of jewelry, not even as beautiful as her neck.
Her long, raven-black hair cascaded over her shoulders, making her skin look even whiter.
Chen Jingzong took off his shoes and sat next to her.
Huayang glanced at him and asked, "How much did you drink? It still smells so strong."
Chen Jingzong sniffed at his shoulder and said helplessly: "I drank a little too much tonight, but I really brushed my teeth several times before coming here."
There were footsteps outside, probably because the noodles were cooked in the kitchen. Huayang pointed to the low table and asked Chen Jingzong to sit over there first.
Chen Jingzong looked at the princess who was so close to him and within his reach, and he couldn't help himself. He hugged her tightly first, and then let go before the maid entered the room.
Chao Yun put down the tray and stepped back.
Chen Jingzong stared at Huayang while eating noodles: "I won the first prize, and you have nothing to say?"
Huayang thought for a moment and asked, "When the emperor wanted to give you a reward, did you really not want anything?"
Chen Jingzong: "He has already given me the greatest treasure in the palace. With such a precious gem in front of me, I don't care about other things."
Huayang glared at him and continued reading.
Chen Jingzong ate very quickly. After finishing his meal, he ran to the yard to brush his teeth. After coming in, he picked up Huayang and went to the inner room.
"You promised me that if I could make it into the top three, you would give me anything tonight."
After kissing her, Chen Jingzong looked at her and said.
Huayang turned his face away.
Chen Jingzong knew that this was a tacit agreement, so he went outside to get something from the lotus bowl.
Huayang looked at his figure.
In his previous life, when Chen Jingzong returned to the capital, he also asked his father for the job of commander of the Left Guard of Daxing, and he also won the first place in this martial arts competition.
However, their relationship was cold at that time, and Chen Jingzong lived in the garrison almost all the time. Before the competition, he did not make any bets with her.
However, after winning first place, he probably thought that she would be happy, so after socializing with Liu Shou and others early, he returned to Siyi Hall.
Huayang looked quite pleasing to his eyes that day.
How could she not like him? Concubine Lin and Princess Nankang were waiting to laugh at her, but Chen Jingzong was very competitive!
After Chen Jingzong entered the room, he first observed her expression.
When Huayang was really annoyed with him, she didn't even want to look at him. If she glared at him, it meant that she was in a good mood.
Chen Jingzong had already seen through this, and after being glared at, he quickly followed her into the inner room.
When the veil was dropped and Huayang was alone with him, he looked cold and arrogant but was nervous inside.
She had always been a little afraid of him in that respect.
Chen Jingzong hugged her from behind, kissed her ear and whispered, "In fact, when the emperor wanted to reward me, I really wanted to ask the emperor for the same."
In their previous life, they were not on good terms with each other. When they first got married, they would quarrel. Later, they just kept their cold faces to each other and didn't talk much. Huayang naturally didn't have the opportunity to understand his frivolousness. He thought he really had some serious request, so he subconsciously asked, "What do you want?"
What she was thinking about was gold, silver, jewelry, or high positions and generous salaries.
Chen Jingzong turned her over, looked at her and said, "I want to ask the emperor to make you give it to me willingly once."
Huayang: …
She was embarrassed and annoyed at the time, and Chen Jingzong knew that she didn't like to hear this, so he quickly cherished the opportunity in front of him.
It was the same thing, but Huayang could never let go at that time. She was afraid and resistant. Almost every time Chen Jingzong started, she would urge him to finish quickly.
Chen Jingzong was definitely unwilling, but he would never really force her. He would call her "ancestor" in the most spineless voice, and if calling her "ancestor" didn't work, he would just get it over with.
That night, Chen Jingzong delayed for a while, and Huayang couldn't stand it, so he hit his shoulder and kept shouting to drive him away.
Chen Jingzong had a fierce look on his face and held her wrists viciously.
Just when Huayang thought he was going to rebel, Chen Jingzong stared into her eyes and said angrily: "Sooner or later, my life will be lost to you!"
I was so unwilling, but I still did it.
Now that I think about it, Chen Jingzong in his previous life was never truly happy with her.
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After getting the things, Chen Jingzong returned to the bed and found Huayang with his eyes closed and a strange look on his face.
He paused, hugged her and said, "Forget it, let's do what you like."
He thought she was just thin-skinned, so he deliberately used the jackpot to coax her into letting go. If she really didn't like it, he wouldn't force it.
Huayang shook his head and told him to sit down.
Chen Jingzong's throat rolled as he watched her drooping eyelashes and slowly come into his arms.
(End of this chapter)