bookrebus Chapter 384: Double Flower Courtyard
Chapter 384: Double Flower Courtyard
Ningchuan City loves to snow in the winter, with one coming every few days. If coupled with the biting cold north wind, there won't be a single soul to be seen on the streets of the entire city.
Last night, there was a howling north wind and Ye Jintang did not sleep well. When she woke up early the next morning and looked at the gray sky outside, she felt a little sleepy.
While combing Ye Jintang's hair, Lu Zhu said, "The bookstore sent over 30 medical books printed by the Majesty this morning. Would the Majesty like to take a look at them now?"
"So fast? Didn't they say it would take at least half a month to print it out? How come it was delivered to me on the 5th?"
Books were extremely precious items in the Qin State. Ordinary people could only read them but could not afford to buy them.
There are very few people like Ye Jintang who print their own books. The bookstore has never taken on such a job before. They are afraid of mistakes, so they said it would take half a month to print them.
"I asked, and it was the prince who sent someone to specifically instruct the bookstore to put down their work and help the queen print the medical book first."
As Lu Zhu spoke, she couldn't help laughing. It turned out that the prince loved the queen the most and he even took small matters like printing books to heart.
"I was wondering why the bookstore suddenly sent medical books over here."
Ye Jintang sat in front of the dressing table, looking at the golden hairpin on her bun, thinking quickly in her mind that she would send someone to deliver the printed medical books and some medicinal materials to Shuanghuayuan and give them to Liuli.
It would be better to let Shi Bin do this job. This way, Shi Bin and Liuli can communicate more. Maybe Shi Bin will be able to discover Liuli's secret.
The window paper between the two of them still needs to be broken by themselves, and she can only try to create opportunities for them. If Shi Bin is really a piece of wood and can't find anything, then there is no fate between them, and she can't do anything about it.
While having breakfast, Ye Jintang and Xiao Mo talked about asking Shi Bin to help deliver some medical books.
Xiao Mo looked at Ye Jintang with suspicion.
"You have so many people under you, why did you let Shi Bin go?"
As perceptive as Xiao Mo was, he immediately discovered the key.
Shi Bin held a high official position and although he often moved around the palace, he was not Ye Jintang's subordinate. Asking him to do small tasks like delivering books was really a waste of his talent.
"It's not easy for me to write a medical book. What if something goes wrong along the way? Besides, the herbs I'm sending to Shuanghuayuan this time are all extremely precious and high-grade herbs. I don't feel comfortable letting others deliver them."
What Ye Jintang said seemed to make sense, so Xiao Mo could only call Shi Bin over and ask him to deliver the medical book.
When Shi Bin came to find Ye Jintang, she was reading these printed medical books in the study.
To Shi Bin, it was indeed a bit strange that Ye Jintang gave him this task.
No matter how precious the medical books and medicinal materials are, Ye Jintang has many people under her command who can be used, such as Zhou Cong and Zuo Chen, so why did she call him over?
Although Shi Bin had some doubts in his heart, he did not refuse this matter.
The weather is cold, and the new recruits in the barracks cannot train every day in the ice and snow. We take this opportunity to give them a day off so that they can have a good rest.
In the study, Ye Jintang quickly flipped through the medical book. The printing of the book was much clearer than she had imagined, and the handwriting was not blurred or wrong.
When Shi Bin came over, Ye Jintang had just finished reading the book.
"General Shi, wait a moment. I'll have someone wrap the medical book in a cover."
"Oh? Madam, you can ask the bookstore to add a cover directly. As far as I know, they have cowhide covers, which are very durable."
"In the past, several important military books in my family were covered with cowhide. They were passed down through generations of children. I don't know how many times they were read, but the military books are still intact."
"It's not that exaggerated. Although these medical books are precious, they will only last for three to five years. I added a cover in the hope that it will keep the books clean while you read them."
Ye Jintang was too embarrassed to say it, she was just a little bit of a germaphobe and couldn't stand seeing books getting dirty or folded.
Several maids worked together and in a short while they had covered the medical book bag and put it into a box.
"General Shi, this is the list of medicinal materials. Take it and give it to Liuli when we get to Shuanghuayuan. She will check the list again to see if there is anything missing."
"it is good."
Shi Bin took the list of medicinal materials, took his men to the warehouse, loaded more than a dozen boxes of medicinal materials onto the carriage, and headed towards Shuanghuayuan in a mighty procession.
The sky was still gloomy, but there was no wind and no snow, so Shi Bin and his group walked smoothly and soon arrived at the entrance of Shuanghuayuan.
Shuanghuayuan was inhabited by women only, and Shi Bin's people were all men, so everyone was blocked outside. A servant drove the carriage into the yard, and Shi Bin went alone to look for Liuli.
Shuanghuayuan is very large, and the front yard is empty, looking a little depressed.
Not long after he walked away, he heard the clear sound of glass from afar.
"The name of our Shuanghuayuan is not simple. Shuanghua is also known as honeysuckle."
"Honeysuckle has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying, and is found in many prescriptions."
"Honeysuckle is very easy to grow and has no requirements for the growing environment. Just plant one in front of or behind the house and it will grow into a large patch in no time. Even in saline-alkali land, honeysuckle can still grow very lushly."
"I hope that every female medical apprentice here can have the same strong vitality as honeysuckle."
"I am being strict with you now, so that when you go out and stand on your own, you will suffer less."
"If I am too lenient with you now, even if you pass the assessment in three years, it will be very difficult for you to run the clinic on your own. If you kill someone, it will not only destroy your own reputation, but also the reputation of our Shuanghuayuan."
Shi Bin, who was standing outside the house, was a little stunned when he heard Liuli say this.
A long time ago, Lin Ruoyu always liked to make honeysuckle tea for him. She always said that he had too much heat in his body, and drinking more honeysuckle tea could clear away heat and make him less hot-tempered.
Now he still remembered that there were two honeysuckle trees planted in the small courtyard where Lin Ruoyu lived. At first it was just a small clump, but within two years the honeysuckle had covered the entire wall.
Whenever it was time to pick honeysuckle, he would sneak into Lin Ruoyu's yard and help her pick them.
Looking back now, it seems like a lifetime ago.
"Okay, everyone continue to recite the 26th chapter of Shennong's Herbal Classic. If anyone can't recite it by noon today, then don't have lunch."
"Chapter 26 only has a few hundred words in total. If you still can't memorize it last night and this whole morning, then I can only say that you are being lazy."
If you can't memorize hundreds of words after such a long time, it has nothing to do with talent. It's just that you are lazy, or you are thinking about other things, which affects your memorization speed.