Hearing Wan 'er's words, Fan Xian's face immediately darkened. He immediately remembered that his wife's body was not well. He quickly put on a warm smile and said, "What are you thinking about? Sir Fei is my teacher. He has seen me grow up. When we were married, that medicine was a good medicine that my teacher had painstakingly fished out of Dongyi. How could he not understand the principle of being a tyrant? During this year, you've been taking that medicine. Your body is clearly getting better. You can't stop … you silly girl. "
Lin Wan 'er smiled slightly. There was a glimmer of tiredness in her smile. In a quiet voice, she said, "Naturally, Sir Fei's medicine is good, but … what Master Ku He said …"
Without waiting for his wife to finish, Fan Xian had already said firmly, "Of course, Master Ku He is at the top of the world when it comes to fighting and discussing. But, when it comes to treating illnesses and taking medicine, he can't even compare to a finger of my teacher and I. Listen to him? It's better to listen to a sow. "
Although he was restraining himself, Wan 'er still heard the anger in the depths of his words. Gently pulling on his hand, she comfortingly said, "Don't be angry. Although I've stopped taking the medicine, the imperial doctor has come to see me. He said that my old illness has healed. It is just that the qi in my body has been rushing recently, so my body is a bit weak."
Fan Xian shook his head and half sat on the bed. Pulling Wan 'er into his embrace, he gently patted her shoulder and said, "Your body is the most important. Don't listen to what other people say."
Wan 'er leaned into his embrace and was silent for a moment. Slowly, she said, "But … I really want to have a child."
Fan Xian was silent. No one knew what he was thinking. A moment later, he said, "I don't want to be angry at you … but I want you to know that there is nothing to discuss in this matter. As long as your body is good, what does it matter if you have a child or not?"
In the present world, not having an heir was considered a great sin. Wan 'er and Fan Xian had been married for a year and a half, yet there was still no movement in her stomach. This girl always remembered this matter and felt very sad. Hearing Fan Xian's powerful and resonant words at this moment, she couldn't help but be startled for a moment.
Wan 'er's emotions were very complicated. She seemed to be happy, but there was also a faint sadness mixed with a bit of embarrassment.
Fan Xian looked at his wife's sad expression in his arms and couldn't help but sigh. He stretched out his finger and gently rubbed between her brows. In a quiet voice, he said, "In this world, there are many idiots who think that not being able to have children is a woman's problem. Actually, let me tell you, whether or not you can have children is a matter between husband and wife. I think it is very likely that I have some kind of disease. What does that have to do with you?"
This was a joke meant to comfort Wan'er, but Wan'er was dumbfounded. She thought that her husband was really thick-skinned, to be able to say that word. She had no idea what he was talking about, but she vaguely understood that he was trying to put the blame on her. She couldn't help but roll her eyes. "What nonsense are you talking about? What does it have to do with a man whether or not I can have children? "
Fan Xian laughed and said, "Who said it doesn't matter? Why don't you try asking Old Yao and Old Dai in the palace to give birth to two children? "
Lin Wan'er was startled again.
Fan Xian continued to smile and said, "Even the incomparably profound Eunuch Hong wouldn't be able to have a child if you asked him to. So, having children is a matter between a man and a woman."
Lin Wan'er immediately came back to her senses. A blush appeared on her cheeks. She spat and said, "The more you talk, the more ridiculous it is."
Fan Xian stopped laughing and said seriously, "Then let's talk about serious things. You have to insist on taking the medicine."
Lin Wan'er listened and made a sound of acknowledgement, but her eyes flashed. Fan Xian lowered his head to look and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He knew he would not be able to convince her. Wan'er, this girl, was usually a simple and cheerful person. Inside, she was exceptionally intelligent. However, when it came to important matters that involved her and Fan Xian, she was particularly stubborn.
The scientific reasoning that Fan Xian spoke of was probably something that even someone as unconventional as Haitang would not believe. Naturally, Wan'er was the same.
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"Why must we have children?" Fan Xian tenderly held his wife and quietly said, "Look at your childhood life in the Palace. Think of how I was exiled to Danzhou as a child. You will know that after we have children, we still have to raise them. If we can't raise them well, we might as well not have had them in the beginning."
Lin Wan'er lowered her head and pressed her lips together. Very calmly and confidently, she objected, "We are not them. We can raise children well."
Fan Xian felt a glimmer of helplessness. "But … if it really can't be born because of me, then it's better not to have children. It's not as important as your body."
Although Lin Wan'er felt warm, she still stubbornly shook her head. "I just want a child."
Fan Xian felt a headache coming on and said, "Always so stubborn."
Lin Wan'er raised her head to look at him. Her long eyelashes gently blinked. "I want to have a child with you … this year, you've been either in Northern Qi or Jiangnan. I've been very lonely …"
Although it was only a part of the reason, it still made Fan Xian feel a deep sense of guilt. He didn't know what to say.
The two of them hugged each other quietly. Perhaps it was because she was aroused by the body heat, Wan'er began to cough gently again. She didn't want Fan Xian to worry, so she forcefully suppressed it. Her little face was bright red and appeared very pitiful. Fan Xian's heart ached. He gently rubbed her chest and comfortingly said, "Don't think so much. After we get to Hangzhou, I'll help you take good care of yourself … as for Sir Fei's medicine, I'll analyze it in detail. No matter what, you can't stop."
Lin Wan'er raised her head and gazed at him pitifully like a kitten.
Fan Xian's face darkened and pretended to be fierce. "This matter is not up for discussion."
Lin Wan'er pouted her full lips and rubbed her head against his chest unwillingly.
Fan Xian sighed and began to massage her to relax her mind. His fingers moved around and sent in threads of pure Tianyi Dao zhenqi. Wan'er felt her body warm up and her mind gradually become clear. After a long and arduous journey, the exhaustion in her body grew stronger. Just like that, she peacefully leaned against his body and fell asleep.
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Fan Xian walked out of the bedroom and stretched, relaxing his stiff limbs.
The wife of the Teng family came up to greet him and told him what had happened along the way. As Fan Xian listened, he nodded his head. It looked like after leaving Jingdou and not under his father's watch, Wan'er had stopped taking the medicine. This action could be said to be brave, but it could also be said to be reckless.
However, Fan Xian could not feel any anger. Although, in the depths of his heart, he still thought that Wan'er should love herself the most, in the end, it was for the matter of the child. How could he bear to make Wan'er sad?
He ordered the wife of the Teng family to prepare the commonly used medicine. The wife of the Teng family said awkwardly, "If the mistress doesn't want to take it, what should we do?"
Fan Xian lowered his head and thought for a moment. "When it's ready, tell me. I'll go feed her."
Joy surged onto the wife of the Teng family's face. She praised the heavens a few times and happily left.
Arriving at the front hall, Deng Zi Yue, who he had sent to the west of Shazhou to pick up Wan'er, bowed and greeted him. He also told him what had happened along the way. Presently, the Jiangnan water bandits were well-behaved. There was also the Jiangnan Navy stationed in Shazhou, so Wan'er and her group went down the river without encountering any problems.
Fan Xian nodded and sat in the chair. Suddenly, he sighed. A faint worry rose to his face.
Deng Zi Yue paused slightly. He thought to himself, even when his superior was facing the Second Prince in Jingdou or killing people in the night in Jiangnan, he had never revealed such a serious expression. What was going on? He guessed in his heart that the battle for the first wife in the Fan manor had already begun. He couldn't help but lower his head in fear and keep quiet, not saying a word.
Fan Xian had no idea what he was thinking in his heart. He was only thinking back to what Wan'er had said earlier. Sir Fei's medicine … really had such serious side effects?
From Danzhou to Jingdou, before they were married, before he met Wan'er in the Qing Temple, Fan Xian knew that his wife had been infected with tuberculosis. In today's world, this illness was basically an incurable disease. However, when a young man and woman met, they always had incomparable courage to welcome the future disaster. At the time, he had only forcefully suppressed the faint fear.
Fortunately, there was Sir Fei. On the night of the wedding, Sir Fei had hurried back from Dongyi with great difficulty and brought back the strange medicine that specialized in treating tuberculosis. The medicine was called Ice Smoke. This medicine took a full four years of Sir Fei's time.
Four years before the wedding, there were already rumors of a marriage between the Fan and Lin families in the Palace.
After using so much energy and time, the strange medicine was indeed effective. After the wedding, Wan'er persisted in taking it. Each time, she only scraped a small amount from the pill and swallowed it with a medicinal soup. Her body gradually improved and she no longer coughed. The imperial physicians in the Palace all thought that the princess' tuberculosis had already been miraculously cured.
But … side effects?
"Vinegar made turtle shell." Fan Xian thought back to the ingredients in the pill. "Rehmannia, donkey's gelatin, beeswax … what does this have to do with making a child?"
He immediately thought of Fei Jie's expression when he spoke on the night of the wedding.
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"After taking the medicine, you are forbidden from sexual intercourse for a month."
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Naturally, this was a naughty joke. Now that Fan Xian thought back, he realized that his teacher seemed to have hidden some important information. Later … Fan Xian had always felt it was strange why Sir Fei rarely saw him. It was as if he was hiding from something.
Could it be … the true side effect of this iced smoke was to harm the patient's reproductive function?
Fan Xian sat in the chair and couldn't help but shake his head … as long as Wan'er's illness could be cured, as long as her tuberculosis did not come back, as long as she was healthy, was it important whether or not she could make a child?
Speaking of his previous life, Fan Xian felt that the most inexplicable scene in that world was the one he would occasionally see on television or in novels. The doctor in the delivery room, full of caution, came out of the delivery room and told the family of the pregnant woman that she had a difficult labor and could only save one. Should they save the adult or the child?
Save the adult or the child? Was there a need to ask? Fan Xian had always thought this was the stupidest question. It was absolutely stupidest, stupidest to the extreme.
Fan Xian was not an idiot.
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But …
"Old bald donkey!" Fan Xian stared coldly at the stone floor in front of him. The evil fire in his eyes burned brightly. Sinisterly, he said, "You big idiot!"
Deng Zi Yue paused. He didn't understand the word idiot, but it was clear that the commissioner was already angry to the point of exploding. He quickly comforted, "Sir, don't be angry, don't be angry."
Fan Xian opened his mouth and cursed loudly, "Calm my * ss!" He slammed his palm down and directly smashed the table beside him into pieces. He cursed sinisterly, "That goddamn old bald donkey, what exactly are his intentions?"
Regardless of whether or not Sir Fei's medicine had side effects, it was truly and greatly beneficial to Wan'er's body. After Wan'er stopped taking the medicine, her body clearly weakened. Who knew what would happen in the future? Wan'er stopped taking the medicine because Ku He had pointed out this matter … but why would Ku He do this?
Fan Xian did not think that Ku He was a person who purely bemoaned the state of the universe and pitied the fate of mankind. Whether or not his wife could have a child, he believed that he would not be so attentive …
Thinking of how Wan'er almost had a relapse of her old illness because of Ku He's words, Fan Xian's fingers began to tremble. He became angry and found it difficult to suppress the urge to kill.
He stood up. His eyes burned with a sinister fire. Staring at Deng Zi Yue, he said, "Send an order to Su Wenmao and Xia Qifei. This year, all goods going North, lower their grade by one!"
Deng Zi Yue made a sound … thinking, What exactly had happened? Both sides of the trade with Northern Qi had been very happy. Suddenly making a scene like this seemed to hurt the overall situation. He couldn't resist trying to persuade, "Sir, although I don't know what happened, lowering a grade is the same as Northern Qi losing hundreds of thousands of liang of silver … this is too big of a matter."
Fan Xian knew that Deng Zi Yue was urging him not to harm the public discussion because of a personal grudge. He smiled coldly and said, "I am a person who returns grievances with grievances. Others want to make my family unhappy, so I will make their country unhappy. Hundreds of thousands of liang of silver in exchange for my wife's coughing for a dozen days is already letting them off easy."
Deng Zi Yue heard the coldness in Fan Xian's tone and didn't dare to say anything more. Carefully, he asked, "What exactly happened?"
Fan Xian did not reply.
"Sir, the bald donkey you speak of … what donkey is it?"
Fan Xian smiled coldly and said, "It's Northern Qi's Ku He, that hairless donkey."
Deng Zi Yue was silent. He was shocked but didn't dare say anything. He thought to himself that the commissioner dared to curse Sigu Jian out in the street (perhaps it wasn't Sigu Jian?). At this time, calling Ku He an old donkey in his own home didn't seem to be a big deal.
Fan Xian continued coldly and said, "Send a letter to Wang Qinian. Tell him to prepare to release the news."
"Yes." Deng Zi Yue accepted the order and asked, "What specifications? When?"
"Specifications?" Fan Xian narrowed his eyes. "Within three days, let everyone in Northern Qi know a story. Also, let them believe this story … as for when, listen to my instructions."
"Yes."
If it wasn't for the fact that Ruoruo was currently studying under Ku He, Fan Xian wished he could spread the news of Ku He eating human flesh today. Although he knew that this kind of rumor would not harm Ku He's majestic reputation and would not bring him any real benefits. In other words, now was not the best time to spread the news.
However, Fan Xian couldn't help it. Now that he couldn't kill Ku He, he had to do something to get revenge. Many times, Fan Xian appeared to be a calm and sinister person, but when it came to the people he cared about the most, he would become angry like a lion. Even though he knew he wouldn't get much and would suffer a loss, he still had to roar and protect his territory.
Regardless of what Ku He thought, Wan 'er had indeed stopped taking medicine because of his words, so Fan Xian had to make Northern Qi and Ku He suffer a loss.
Perhaps it was a bit childish.
But Fan Xian could still be called a person, probably because of this childishness.
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(Tomorrow morning, I'll take a boat back to my hometown. I'm officially taking a leave of ten days. I'll be back around the ninth day of the Lunar New Year. If I can write in my hometown, I'll write some. If I can't, I'll seriously entertain myself and celebrate the New Year … Here, I wish my dear brothers and sisters a Happy New Year. I have to go and pack my luggage now … Well, there's still one more chapter left in the fifth volume. After I finish the next chapter, I'll write a summary at the end of the volume. I'll also write a summary of 2007. I'll recall my life last year and the days I read and wrote with everyone. I'll also wish everyone a happy new year, good health, and a happy family.
Oh, right, if everyone is afraid of not having a book to read, I'll introduce everyone to Jing Guan's new book, Unparalleled Food and Lust. This is something I really, really like. Of course, Jing Guan's book doesn't need me to advertise it, but I know some friends might have been scared away by the first three chapters and the introduction. This book is written very comfortably. Personally, I think it's much better than the beast's blood. At least, the opening chapter is much better. I can't give a detailed evaluation. I can only say that Jing Guan … is very talented. Of course, I don't know him, so this is not an advertisement. I just want to share something good with everyone.)
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