When Shen Tianshu arrived at Prince Rui's Mansion, Li Zian was discussing matters with the ministers of the Prince's Mansion.
"According to the news from the west, a group of Wuman invaded Juzhou and expelled the Xie family, the lord of Juzhou. The ghost master led his people to station and control the city and surrounding areas.
I don’t know where this group of people came from, but Juzhou is not far from Huguang and less than a thousand miles from the nearest city of Huaihua, so I think we need to pay more attention."
"Jiuzhou?" Li Zian turned around and looked at the sheepskin map hanging on the wall behind him.
Daqi's territory was centered on Huguang in the west.
The reason why Prince Rui was given Huguang as a fief was because he was asked to guard the west gate of Da Qi.
When Prince Rui first came to Huguang, many places in Huguang were also barren lands.
After more than ten years of diligent and pragmatic construction, it transformed into the granary of Daqi.
Juzhou, to the west of Huguang, has always been ruled by the Xie family. Although Li Zian has never been there, he knows that Juzhou also has a city and a special residence for the lords, but the people are a mixed race and lack education.
"Xie's family was defeated?"
"Yes, according to the news, the Wuman ghost leader led people to destroy the Juzhou city wall, occupied it, and renamed it Heiyangqing.
“Most of the Wuman people are from the Yi ethnic group, and the ghost owners mostly use ‘ghost witches’ to rule the people. Most of them are wild and uncivilized. They live in villages in the mountains and lead a life of fishing and hunting.
"So it is very abnormal for them to suddenly occupy the city. Something must have happened that we don't know about."
"First send someone to verify the news. If the news is true, report it to the court immediately.
"Huaihua Prefecture also sent someone to send a message to the border area to be more vigilant and strengthen inspections to prevent anyone with bad intentions."
When Li Zian took over the government affairs of Huguang, the fiefdom had already been well managed by Prince Rui, so although he encountered many difficulties, he had never faced such a serious threat.
After discussing with the ministers, Li Zian left Fan Yuru behind again, and the two of them talked behind closed doors for a long time.
By the time he finally finished his business and returned to his house, it was already getting late.
While changing clothes, he said: "Send someone to see if mother is asleep. If not, I will go over and say hello. If she is asleep, don't disturb mother. I will go there tomorrow morning."
The person sent away quickly came back: "Yeah, the princess has not been going to bed yet, and she is still talking to the prince with the prince!"
"That's right, I also look at my father." Li Zi'an changed his clothes and went straight to Prince Rui's dormitory.
"Mother, why are you so interesting today, and you are still talking to your father so late?"
"Zi An, have you come back so late, have you used dinner?" Princess Rui asked with concern, "Is there a lot of things recently?"
Li Zian didn't want to worry his mother, so he didn't mention the matter in Juzhou. He just said, "It's nothing. Yu Ru and I had dinner together and chatted for a while, so I came back late."
After hearing this, Princess Rui felt relieved and said with a smile: "You don't know, right? Miss Shen arrived today, checked the prince's pulse, and said that his recovery was good. Let her know more about the situation in detail. Then you can perform the acupuncture for the second time.”
Li Zi'an was stunned when he heard this. Has he arrived so quickly?
He has been too busy recently, and he also deliberately avoided news about Shen Tianshu, so he didn't even know that Shen Tianshu had arrived at the palace.
"Before, we went everywhere to seek medical advice and troubled the prince, but there was no improvement.
"If you hadn't invited Miss Shen back and risked her to perform acupuncture against all opinions, we would have just watched the prince become weaker and weaker, and in the end..."
When Princess Rui said this, she suddenly couldn't speak anymore. She quickly said: "Oh, don't say these uncomfortable words.
"I had a chat with Miss Shen today. It's no wonder that the Dowager Empress likes her. Looking at her behavior, she looks like a little girl of her age. She is really steady and reliable..."
"But where did Miss Shen learn her skills at such a young age?
"Chen Tianshu's biological mother's family is considered a Xinglin family. Her biological mother is also proficient in medical skills. I heard that there were several boxes of medical books in the dowry back then. I must have been exposed to it since she was a child and have a strong family background."
"You have to have talent to be able to catch it."
Mother and son were chatting quietly beside Prince Rui's bed, and the night fell late without paying attention.
"It's getting late. Mother should go to bed early, and my son should leave first."
Li Zian stood up to leave and walked out of the dormitory. He was blown by the gentle night breeze and smelled the faint fragrance of flowers.
He suddenly became interested, and instead of going directly back to his yard, he took a detour to the back garden, intending to take a walk.
After leaving, we arrived at Huanyun Garden, the residence that the princess had specially arranged for Shen Tianshu this time.
Through the flower window on the courtyard wall, Li Zian saw at a glance that the lights were still on in the main room.
Didn't you say that you just arrived in the morning? After riding in the car for several days, you have to check your pulse and discuss your condition. Why don't you go to bed early?
"Come here!" He called people forward and explained a few words.
"Yes, I will do it now!"
At this time, Shen Tianshu was indeed still asleep, and she was holding the last medical record in her hand.
She rubbed her sore neck and looked at the medical record with only half of the book left in her hand. After hesitating for a moment, she decided that it would be better not to interrupt midway and read it all in one go.
However, just when she was about to continue burning the midnight oil to fight, Mingyu suddenly walked in with a strange expression and said: "Girl, someone from the palace just knocked on the door of the courtyard, saying that it was getting late, and asked the girl to turn off the lights and rest.
"Ah?" Shen Tianshu blinked, put down the medical record in his hand, looked at Mingyu helplessly and said, "You don't need to make up such nonsense if you want me to go to bed early!"
"That's not true! It's really what someone from the palace just knocked on the door." Mingyu said aggrievedly, "You said this palace is really strange. It doesn't even care whether the lights are turned off or not."
Shen Tianshu knew for the first time that there were such rules in the palace.
Mingyu pouted and said, "Are you so stingy that you don't want to let guests use lamps?"
"Don't talk nonsense, be careful if someone listens to it." Shen Tianshu guessed, "People may be afraid of being exposed in the middle of the night. Since I said it, I won't watch it. Turn off the lights and go to bed early."
Shen Tianshu got up early today and rushed on the road. When he arrived at the palace, he immediately went to check the prince's pulse. In the afternoon, he communicated with Lu Ting and Song Changlin about his condition. In the evening, he kept holding the file without letting go. He was indeed very tired.
Shen Tianshu, who had been holding on hard before, didn't realize it now. After turning off the lights and lying down, Shen Tianshu almost didn't waste a moment and immediately fell asleep.
Li Zian stood outside the courtyard wall until he saw the windows of the main room turning from bright to dark, and then left with satisfaction.