kvmb Chapter 255 She didn't want to pay anyone to do it!
Chapter 255 She didn't want to pay anyone to do it!
Seeing Mingruo looking at the invitation, Lu Yangyang asked, "What's wrong?"
Mingru shook her head. "I'm sorry, I saw the invitation by accident. It was a bit of a surprise. The Ministry of Rites has been arranging the program for the welcome banquet recently. They've searched for a lot of songs in the capital and also approached Xianyin Pavilion and a variety show troupes. But whether we'll be selected in the end is still unknown."
After hearing what he said, Lu Yangyang roughly understood what was going on.
I'd heard Li Duan mention before that the banquets for foreign envoys visiting the capital were always more interesting than regular palace banquets. Palace banquets mostly featured dance and music performances, but when foreign envoys came to the capital, to showcase the grandeur of the Great Zhao Dynasty, they would select programs from the common people, such as shadow puppetry and acrobatics. If they were lucky enough to be selected, they could perform in the palace. This was good news for those folk workshops. Recently, Xianyin Pavilion had become very famous in the capital, so it wasn't surprising that the Ministry of Rites would approach them. However, I heard that the Ministry of Rites was very strict in selecting programs, and it wasn't easy to be selected.
She didn't pay much attention, but congratulated him instead: "Then congratulations to Young Master Ming. If you can perform in the palace, then the Immortal Music Pavilion will surely reach new heights."
Mingruo smiled and said, "Thank you for your kind words, young lady."
Lu Yangyang had her maid prepare the things and led Mingruo to the room.
She recently concocted a medicinal bath, and combining it with acupuncture would be even more effective in targeting cold toxins. "Take off your shirt and sit in it."
Then she turned around and spread out the needles she needed. Because she had been seeing patients in this house a lot lately, she simply asked someone to arrange a courtyard for her to use for consultations, which was indeed much more convenient.
Seeing that she hadn't left yet, Mingruo's ears turned red, and she hesitated whether to ask her to leave for a moment.
Although he had received acupuncture before, he had been facing away from her. Now that he was going to stay in the bathtub, he felt a little embarrassed.
Before he could speak, he heard Lu Yangyang mutter, "These medicinal herbs are prepared separately, and the cost of the medicine will be paid separately. Your Xianyin Pavilion has been doing well lately, so you should have the money, right? If it's really inconvenient, I can also pay on credit here."
Lu Yangyang is rich now, but being rich doesn't mean she can afford expensive medicine, and she doesn't want to lose money on it!
The lingering heat in Mingruo's ear instantly brought him back to his senses. He replied in a low voice, "Please rest assured, young lady, I will pay all the consultation fee and medicine costs."
Lu Yangyang nodded: "That's good, that's good."
Then, seeing that he hadn't gone in yet, she urged, "Then what are you dawdling for? Hurry up and finish the acupuncture for me. I have other things to do."
Mingruo coughed lightly, and somewhat awkwardly took off her outer robe, sat in the bathtub, and then slowly took off her upper garment.
Lu Yangyang had already given him acupuncture several times. She was always steady, but this time was a little different: "Bear with the pain. This medicinal bath can stimulate the poison and trigger your cold poison to flare up. But after this treatment, your cold poison will definitely not flare up for at least a month."
Lu Yangyang suddenly thought of this method, so she asked someone to call Mingruo over temporarily. After the acupuncture today, Mingruo's cold poison will be mostly removed. Afterwards, he can slowly drink medicine to assist with the acupuncture. In three or four months at most, we can definitely ensure that his cold poison is completely removed.
"Thank you so much, Miss Lu, for saving my life. I have no way to repay you." Mingruo had begun to feel the cold and pain seeping from his bones, but the days that had passed felt like a dream. The cold poison that used to flare up every few days had only flared up once recently, something he had never dared to imagine before.
As Lu Yangyang steadily inserted the acupuncture needles, she said, "This is hardly a life-saving grace. It's just a matter of treating an illness. I charge for my treatments, so I didn't treat you for free. When I first started learning medicine as a child, I was too afraid to treat people, so I practiced on small animals. To be honest, I treated all the chickens in our village when they got sick. After I cured them, that old lady brought me eggs for a whole month. It was the first time I could eat eggs every day. I wished more chickens would get sick so I wouldn't have to worry about eggs."
Mingruo recalled the rumors about Lu Yangyang's background, knowing that she was originally the daughter of the Duke of Sheng, but was framed by villains and forced to live in exile. She couldn't help but ask, "Miss, you must have had a very hard time back then, right?"
Lu Yangyang inserted another needle, and the water in the bathtub began to steam due to the cold poison in Mingruo's body, but she was completely unaffected. "It's not that it's hard work. Everyone in the village has a hard life. Although I'm strong, I don't like farming. There are few oxen in the village, so whenever it's time to plow, people have to pull the plow, and their shoulders are all raw from pulling. Every household is like that. What about you? I heard that you opera singers practice in the coldest and hottest winters and summers. It must be very difficult, right?"
It was indeed difficult. When Mingruo recalled the days of the past, the bitterness seemed to have been chewed up and swallowed piece by piece, but these things no longer seemed so important.
"Alright." Lu Yangyang put in the last needle and breathed a sigh of relief: "Rest for a while, I'll remove the needle in half an hour."
The most unbearable moment has passed, and the pain will be much less intense now. Lu Yangyang no longer needs to talk to Mingruo to distract her.
She wiped the sweat from her forehead and went to wash her hands.
Amidst the misty haze, Mingruo gazed at Lu Yangyang's retreating figure, a slight sense of daze washing over her. "Miss Lu, in a few days..."
"Miss, His Highness the Crown Prince has arrived." Shen Mama's voice came from the doorway.
Lu Yangyang's eyes lit up immediately, and she turned to Mingruo and said hurriedly, "I'll be back in a bit. Call me if you need anything. There are people guarding the door."
After saying that, she turned and walked out. When she reached the door, she slapped her forehead and said, "Go change your clothes first."
Then he left in a hurry.
Mingruo looked at the closed door and pursed her lips slightly.
……
Lu Yangyang first changed her clothes, washed her face, and tidied herself up before running to see the Crown Prince.
"Your Highness, what brings you here?" Lu Yangyang ran to the Crown Prince's side and habitually squatted down in front of his wheelchair.
The setting sun shone through the window, casting a soft glow on her. The prince looked down at her, his fingertips, hidden in his sleeves, curling slightly.
He reached out and handed her a box: "This is your coming-of-age gift. I wasn't able to come on your coming-of-age day, so I'm a little late."
Lu Yangyang took the box with delight, paused slightly as she was about to open it, her eyes bright and her eyebrows raised: "Let me guess, it's definitely a mask, right? What kind of mask is it this time?"
The crown prince smiled faintly and remained silent.
Lu Yangyang opened the box, inside which was a silver nine-tailed fox mask, paired with a pair of matching earrings.