With the concerted efforts of everyone, the epidemic situation in Yixian County has finally improved a lot, and those patients who were originally dying have been relieved physically and mentally after a few days of treatment, and can move freely, and the epidemic in several nearby villages has also been controlled.

In the past few days, Heng Xinyuan and Wan Bingyu not only have to decoct the medicine to make porridge, but even help the villagers tidy up the environment and burn mugwort leaves.

In the face of such a woman who saved their lives, did not take a penny, and took care of them as relatives, the men, women and children of Yixian County were grateful.

When the carriage that came to pick them up and take them home arrived outside the gate of Yixian County, the villagers who came to see them off almost blocked the road, and some even took out the only eggs and corn in the family, you know, for a village that has just finished the epidemic, these things are already the most expensive thank-you gifts they can take out.

Wan Bingyu looked at everyone's enthusiastic and expectant eyes, and suddenly had some tears in his eyes, and sat in the carriage and waved at everyone, "Let's go back, remember to take medicine according to the prescription, and clean it several times a day, I will come back to see it when I have time, and I will come back to see it when I have time......."

"Miss Wan, you are a warm-hearted girl, and you will definitely be blessed in the future! The old man who was rescued by her from the ghost gate held his cane and grinned. ”

"Uncle, you too!"

The coachman whipped the horse's buttocks, and the two left Yixian in a farewell to everyone.

After walking for a long time, at lunchtime, he finally returned home, counting, Wan Bingyu has not been back here for half a month, and he is extremely happy to see the familiar environment.

In the living room, Heng Xin had already ordered someone to make her favorite meal, and asked someone to go to the butcher shop at the corner of the street to buy two fragrant sauce elbows.

"Wow! It's so rich! Wan Bingyu couldn't help but salivate when she saw this table of delicacies, "In the past few days, I've been eating lettuce or tofu soup in Yixian, and my stomach is about to be hungry and thin!" ”

Heng Xinyuan just wanted to remind her not to overeat, but when she turned around, she saw that she had already had a sauce pig's trotter in her hand, and she gnawed it happily, so she swallowed back the advice that came to her mouth.

The two were eating lunch, Luo Zhishu suddenly came, holding a yellow holy decree in his hand, and a few guards wearing official mansions behind him, Heng Xinyuan quickly wiped his mouth, and came out to kneel to greet him.

Luo Zhishu stood in the courtyard, cleared his throat, unfolded the holy decree in his hand, and recited loudly, "Fengtian carrier, the emperor Zhao said, the Hanlin Academy's Ji Shi Heng is far away, in the epidemic incident, tirelessly worked hard, diligent in political affairs, and made great contributions, and was specially promoted to the five-grade Hanlin Academy!" Chin this! ”

"Minister, thank you, Lord Longen!" Heng Xinyuan raised his hands, took the will in Luo Zhishu's hand, and kowtowed three times before standing up.

Luo Zhishu patted him on the shoulder with satisfaction, "Your Majesty values you, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, I hope you will pay more attention to state affairs in the future." ”

"Yes, the minister knows." His eyes lit up, and he gave Luo Zhishu a knowing smile, and then said, "Lord Luo hasn't had lunch yet, so why don't you come in and eat a little together." ”

Luo Zhishu waved his hand, "No, I have to go back to the palace to restore the life of the Seventh Prince." ”

"The Seventh Prince?" Heng Xinyuan was slightly puzzled.

Luo Zhishu leaned over and whispered in his ear, "You can be promoted this time, thanks to the Seventh Prince's detailed account of your efforts in treating the epidemic in front of the emperor today......

It turned out to be the Seventh Prince, although Heng Xinyuan still had doubts in his heart, he finally nodded and sent Luo Zhishu out of the door.

Back in the living room, Wan Bingyu asked excitedly, "Husband, have you been promoted?" ”

"It's just a Hanlin Academy, an official position of the fifth grade." He sat down calmly and continued to eat.

"Read? What does a reading do? She continued to ask in hot pursuit.

"The most important thing for me is that I can go to court with Uncle Luo."

The rule of Jiang Guo since ancient times is that only the official positions on the five grades can enter the palace every day, and the remaining officials can only enter the palace when His Majesty has something to summon.

After listening to Heng Xinyuan's explanation, Wan Bingyu seemed to understand whether he understood or not, this is probably the internship period has passed, and he has become a regular.

Either way, it's a happy event, so she's happy.

However, the most unhappy person at this time is the one who is in the womb.

Li Gaotang was confined in the palace for several days, the gate could not be opened, the second gate could not be entered, and the news from the outside world was almost cut off.

Even Li Lingjiao, who is usually favored, had to look at his face and act.

"Prince, you dissipate your anger first, and when the epidemic is cured in a few days, Your Majesty will naturally let you out, and now the epidemic is menacing, it is a good thing that you don't go out, the concubine heard yesterday that another eunuch died......" Li Lingjiao walked up to him with a glass of wine, wanting to comfort him.

But he knocked over the wine glass on the ground with his backhand, and shouted scoldingly, "When the epidemic is cured, then what will happen to me!" Today, I always hear some rumors in my ears, saying that the Seven Princes have won the emperor's sacred heart because of the epidemic...... What a thing is he! ”

Li Lingjiao picked up the wine glass, didn't dare to step forward easily, just stood in place and smiled slightly, "The crown prince is too calm, this is just a trivial matter, it is worth making such a big move, the seventh prince, even if he gets the sacred heart again, the throne of Jiang Guo cannot be his, why bother about him." ”

"Father's recent thoughts, I am more and more incomprehensible, the last time because the sixteenth brother went to Xianzhou to supervise the training of soldiers and horses, he actually rewarded a thousand taels of gold as a reward, recently I heard that he is also very kind to the Qing concubine, what is the father's mind in the end!" Li Gaotang sat on the collapse indignantly, his eyes spewing scorching flames, and his heart was restless.

Li Lingjiao twisted her waist, slowly sat down beside him, stretched out her hand to rub her temples for him, and said slowly, "Your Majesty is practicing the art of checks and balances, can't Your Highness see it?" ”

"Checks and balances? I've been made a prince, what else is there to check and balance! Li Gaotang slapped the table hard and shouted.

Li Lingjiao smiled enchantingly, and her tone was as tender as water, "It seems that His Royal Highness's understanding of His Majesty is not as good as that of his concubines, since ancient times, the king has always used the method of checks and balances to curb the trend of party strife, using one side to overwhelm the other, and the snipe and clam compete for the benefit of the fisherman, His Royal Highness will not understand this truth, right......"

Hearing her say this, Li Gaotang's anxious mood gradually eased a little, and he sighed and closed his eyes, "But at the moment, we are indeed very passive, and we must find a way...... Let Li Yuan and Li Chengqian be completely defeated under my hands......"

"My father just sent someone to deliver a letter to me yesterday, saying that His Highness doesn't need to be too anxious, he is in the court, and he will plan for you." After speaking, the gentle body owed a little, and then threw himself into Li Gaotang's arms.

Hugging the stunning beauty, the prince laughed lewdly.