The little fox does not want to hide the cub

After a while, Li Ruan helped Jiang Shen back into the room.

His Highness the Crown Prince acted like that. After such a short period of time, his expression quickly became sluggish, and he stumbled when he was being supported to walk, as if he had been ill for a long time.

——If Eunuch Chang hadn't seen him walking like flying just now.

Jiang Shen was helped to sit down by the bed, and Eunuch Chang followed in: "Your Highness, you..."

"Cough cough cough—!" He didn't finish his sentence, Jiang Shen coughed forcefully again, "Cough cough... Eunuch Chang, I am really powerless, I have to trouble you to go back and tell the emperor...cough cough cough... ...after my son recovers from his illness, he must personally go to the imperial father's bedroom to plead guilty."

"..." Eunuch Chang sighed, "This old slave knows, stop coughing."

If you cough any more, your throat will really break.

Jiang Shen stopped coughing immediately, and Li Ruan hurriedly poured him a glass of water to moisten his throat.

Eunuch Chang watched all this quietly, remained silent for a moment, and said in a helpless tone, "Your Highness, when are you willing to return to the palace?"

Hearing his words, Jiang Shen pretended to continue coughing again, Eunuch Chang quickly changed his words: "No, it's your illness... When will your illness be cured?"

Jiang Shen cleared his throat, then sipped his saliva: "Doctor Feng said that His Highness is sick from overwork and needs to rest..." Jiang Shen thought for a while, "Let's rest for another three months."

Eunuch Chang: "..."

Eunuch Chang sighed heavily, and said: "I'm afraid it won't work in three months. Before the old slave left the palace, His Majesty said that if His Highness the Crown Prince has not yet recovered, His Highness can be allowed to rest in the palace for two more months."

Jiang Shen turned his head to look at the little fox beside him, nodded and said, "Two months is fine."

"However, His Majesty has been feeling very unwell recently, and it takes a lot of energy to investigate that foreign spy." Mr. Chang said fairly, "I hope His Majesty will take more care of this strange disease in Rongxia Village."

Seeing Jiang Shen frowned, Eunuch Chang hurriedly said again: "The investigation of the real culprit is handed over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and the development of the antidote and the treatment of the people are handed over to the Tai Hospital. When His Highness is recuperating in the palace, it will be good to supervise the progress."

Jiang Shen smiled: "Father has arranged me very clearly."

This is more than understanding.

He almost completely guessed how Jiang Shen would react, what response he should make, and what conditions he would accept.

I don't know whether it should be said that he knows how to calculate people's hearts too much, or he knows Jiang Shen's son too well.

Li Ruan thought bitterly in her heart.

To Jiang Shen, this condition was indeed nothing to be picky about.

The reason why he didn't want to go back to the palace was because there were too many things to do and he didn't have time to accompany his little fox.Emperor Chongxuan was willing to let him handle affairs in the palace, so he could bring the little fox with him, so naturally he had no objections.

What's more, there are indeed many doubts about the matter in Rongxia Village, Jiang Shen is worried.

Jiang Shen thought for a moment, and replied: "My son obeys the order."

Eunuch Chang finally showed a little smile again, and said: "His Majesty's birthday will be in three months, and His Majesty will entertain the officials and the royal family at that time. Also, His Majesty issued an edict at the birthday banquet to let His Royal Highness take the throne as soon as possible. I hope His Highness will make preparations early."

It is not surprising that Emperor Chongxuan had revealed a few months ago that he would abdicate early to recuperate his illness and let Jiang Shen succeed him. It is not surprising that he chose the birthday banquet as an opportunity.

Jiang Shen nodded: "Okay."

After explaining everything that needs to be explained, Eunuch Chang didn't stay any longer, he told Jiang Shen to take a good rest, and then he was about to leave.

Jiang Shen simply stopped pretending to be sick and got up to send him out.

Walking outside the courtyard, Eunuch Chang suddenly thought of something, turned his head and said to Jiang Shen: "By the way, I heard that Prince Su has presented His Majesty, intending to return to Beijing to celebrate His Majesty's birthday, His Majesty has already approved it."

He laughed: "According to the time, the prince should arrive in the capital one month before His Majesty's birthday. His Highness loved Prince Su the most when he was young. Now that he has not seen each other for several years, the uncle and nephew can finally catch up with each other."

"Little Uncle Huang is coming back..." Jiang Shen pondered for a moment, then smiled softly, "No wonder Father only asked me to cultivate for two more months, and when I return to Beijing after two months, I will be able to see Uncle Huang just in time Is it up?"

Eunuch Chang answered "Yes" with a smile, left the carriage to Jiang Shen, and rode away with the two accompanying eunuchs.

It wasn't until the other party walked away that the smile on Jiang Shen's face faded slightly.

"What's wrong?" Li Ruan asked him, "Your uncle...don't you like him? Are you unhappy that he is coming back?"

"That's not true." Jiang Shen shook his head and sighed again, "Uncle Huang...he hasn't been back to the capital for more than ten years. In the early years, he went to the fief to recuperate from his illness. After he recovered from his illness, I often wrote to him. , I hope he can come back and take a look, but he never agreed."

I haven't been back to Beijing for so many years, but I chose to come back at this time...

Jiang Shen didn't finish the rest of the sentence, he raised his eyes and looked into the distance, now the sun has set, the distant mountains are shrouded in layers of clouds and mist, and the continuous villages are full of smoke, creating a sense of tranquility.

But there is a sense of rain coming.

Jiang Shen said leisurely: "I hope I think too much."

The two returned to the palace that day.

After Jiang Shen took over the strange diseases in Rongxia Village and nearby villages, the patients were finally cured.Jiang Shen deliberately set aside a separate hospital under his own name for the placement of patients, and purchased a large amount of medicinal materials, and recruited many doctors who participated in the treatment of the epidemic last year to live in the other hospital together, and worked with the Supreme Hospital to develop and improve prescriptions .

In just seven days, the disease was brought under control.

But just controlling the disease was not enough. Jiang Shen's order to them was to find out what the banned drug provided by the prefect of the capital was.

Since the magistrate committed suicide in fear of crime, neither from his mansion nor from people around him have found any clues about banned drugs.Obviously so many people have seen the medicine and taken it, but they can't find any trace of it.

For a while, the entire capital city, including the nearby villages outside the city, was turned upside down by Jiang Shen.

Nothing was found.

But in the end, the only clues they had were the village head of Rongxia Village who had surrendered to the Ministry of Justice, and the patients who were gradually waking up.

We can only pin our hopes on the investigation of the Tai Hospital.

When Li Ruan walked into the study, he happened to see Jiang Shen reading a letter again, his eyebrows frowned.

"Is there still no progress?" Li Ruan asked.

"Are you awake?" Jiang Shen put down the letter and got up to greet him, "Why did you wake up so early, I plan to call you later."

"It's time for dinner when I sleep again."

Li Ruan always felt that she didn't get enough sleep since she got her baby.He now has to take a nap every afternoon, and Jiang Shen doesn't care about him, letting him sleep until dark several times.After eating and sleeping every day, Li Ruan sometimes felt that Jiang Shen didn't seem to be raising foxes, but rather pigs.

After more than a month, Li Ruan's abdomen became more prominent than before, and she could see a little roundness in her clothes.Jiang Shen put his arms around the other person's waist, and helped him walk slowly towards the table.

"Did you just read the letter from the Imperial Hospital?" Li Ruan asked him when he saw the letter on the table.

"Yeah." Jiang Shen sat down with his arms around the person, and said, "The Supreme Hospital still hasn't found out what the forbidden drug is, but Dr. Cao made a suggestion today, I think I can give it a try."

The illness of the villagers is under control, so naturally Cao Xianqing's illness has already been cured.Jiang Shen originally intended to recommend him to the imperial hospital, but this person only wanted to stay in the common people and treat ordinary poor people, and he didn't want to enter the imperial court, so Jiang Shen didn't force him.

But recently, in order to investigate the cause of the disease, Cao Xianqing still stayed in Jiang Shen's other hospital.

Jiang Shen dug out the letter, Li Ruanfei read it quickly, then raised his head: "He told you to go to the witch doctor?"

"Yes." Jiang Shen nodded, "Lingnan is good at witches and voodoo techniques. Witches, medicines and poisons are not separated from each other. They can cure diseases and save people, but they can also poison people. From the very beginning, I felt that the symptoms of this strange disease did not seem to be at all. Sickness is like poisoning, but there is no evidence, so we can only let it go."

"The Tai Hospital has made no progress in the investigation for so long. If we continue to investigate, we may not find any results. Therefore, Doctor Cao wrote to me, hoping that I would think of other ways."

But the witch doctor is not so easy to find, I am afraid it will take a little time.

Li Ruan put down the letter and muttered softly, "If only I knew medical skills."

Just like how Li Ruan helped Jiang Shen retrieve the burned secret letter back then, in fact, he could also go back to the memories of those villagers and see the appearance of the banned drug.

But he can't take things away from other people's memory directly, and he doesn't know medical skills. Even if he enters his memory, he can only see bags of medicinal powder, and he can't see the ingredients inside.

If he knows medical skills, things will be much simpler.

"Even if you know medical skills, I can't let you go now." Jiang Shen put his hand on Li Ruan's lower abdomen and touched it lightly. "This kind of expensive magic is not allowed to be used in the future."

The last time Li Ruan used the psychedelic technique, he didn't think there was anything wrong at that time. After returning to the palace, he had to sleep for seven or eight hours in a row. If he didn't sleep enough, he didn't have energy all day long. It took half a month to fully recover .

After that, Jiang Shen never dared to let him use spells casually.

Li Ruan let out a "huh" and puffed up her cheeks: "I know."

"……so troublesome."

Jiang Shen laughed: "So you think it's troublesome again?"

"Isn't it bothersome?" Li Ruan had a long-standing grudge against the cub in her womb, and immediately said dissatisfied, "Our foxes usually give birth in two or three months, and it... it's all in my stomach It's been more than five months!"

Jiang Shendao: "Strictly speaking, it should be more than four months."

Although this little boy was conceived five months ago, at that time it was just a mass of spiritual power and hadn't formed yet, so it couldn't be regarded as an "existence".

According to the law of ten months of pregnancy in the mortal world, counting from the time of birth, this kid has only been pregnant for more than four months.

"Then I have to wait another five months..." Li Ruan lay on the table and sighed heavily, "It's really troublesome..."

In fact, it's not a problem that you can't use spells, and your spiritual power is consumed too quickly.

The problem is that as this little boy grows up, his stomach becomes heavier and heavier, it is not convenient for him to get close to Jiang Shen, and when he is close, he is not happy enough, he is always worried.

It's really unbearable.

How could Jiang Shen not know his thoughts, hugged him back into his arms, and said with a smile, "Didn't I promise to compensate you after the child was born? What about your booklet, how many times have you written it down?"

His little fox really minded that the fox cub in his belly would affect their closeness, so Jiang Shen made an agreement with him that every time Li Ruan was affected, Li Ruan would write it down in the booklet, and Jiang Shen would make it up for him after the child was born. .

"I carry it with me!" Li Ruan really took out a booklet from his arms, opened it and read it, "No. 16 times, I was too sleepy at night, I fell asleep just halfway through doing it, No. 20 times, my stomach was so heavy I can't kneel down, I have no strength, and there are nine times with No.20, it's by the lake..."

Jiang Shen was startled: "It's been more than 20 times?"

"There are more in the future." Li Ruan flipped back, "I have memorized almost forty times, and there are many more that I didn't remember before, but forget it." Li Ruan thoughtfully said, "Too many times in a row. I'm afraid you don't have enough energy."

Jiang Shen: "..."

Is forty essences enough?

Li Ruan was still flipping through the booklet, Jiang Shen felt helpless, reached out and threw it aside, and discussed with him: "Can I start mending it now?"

"Eh?" Li Ruan looked up at him, "Now?"

Jiang Shen: "Well, now."

Li Ruan blinked: "But, the current words, shouldn't they be there in the first place?"

Jiang Shen: "..."

Get smarter every time this happens.

hateful.

"But I agree." Li Ruan laughed.

Jiang Shen is too busy these days, they don't have much time to get close at all.

It's a bit thoughtful.

Jiang Shen also smiled, bowed his head and kissed him.

The kiss went from shallow to deep, Jiang Shen gradually became interested, but before he could go any further, his body in his arms suddenly froze.

Push him away.

Li Ruan lowered his head, his expression was a little dazed: "Huh?"

Jiang Shen asked: "What?"

He still didn't come back to his senses, stayed for a while, and tentatively said: "Can you kiss me again?"

Jiang Shen kissed him according to his words.

It was quickly pushed away again.

Li Ruan: "Ehhh?!"

Jiang Shen frowned: "What happened?"

Li Ruan finally raised his head, his eyes sparkling, "It was moving just now, I felt it, touch it!"

Jiang Shen was taken aback.

The palms fell to his stomach along with the boy.

The thin skin was slightly swollen, but it was quiet, and no movement could be felt.

"Why is it not moving again..." Li Ruan muttered, raised his head tentatively, and kissed Jiang Shen on the lips.

Sure enough, there was a slight tremor under the palm.

Very light, like a little paw scratching.

Jiang Shen's eyes moved slightly, and his heart was filled with an extremely strange feeling.

This was the first time that he felt the existence of this child so clearly.

Such a fresh, healthy life.

The life conceived by him and the little fox.

Li Ruan also looked very happy.

But more about novelty than happiness.

A few months ago, this little brat was still a mass of aura that could only suck his mana.

It's not much better now, though.This little brat probably doesn't like to move very much, only when Li Ruan absorbs the essence from Jiang Shen, he will move slightly to show his sense of existence.

Li Ruan's palms covered her swollen lower abdomen, and after several times in a row, she finally figured out the pattern.

He raised his head and quickly kissed Jiang Shen's lips, then lowered his head, carefully feeling the tremor coming from his abdomen.

After the little boy didn't move, he raised his head again and kissed him again.

Another kiss.

As soon as the brief kiss touched the point, he didn't distract himself in the slightest.

At the beginning, Jiang Shen could still feel the fetal movement with him, but later on, his mind was no longer here.

He was aroused a little interest at first, and was diluted by the joy of feeling the fetal movement just now, but now, he was aroused again.

When Li Ruan wanted to kiss him again, Jiang Shen finally couldn't bear it anymore and held him down.

"you……"

Jiang Shen ground his teeth, but he couldn't say anything serious.

He bit Li Ruan's lips, and complained in a low voice: "Why are you partial?"