Early the next morning, Nobuko packed up her things and waited in the pharmacy. The medication list was neater than when she was in class before, and she placed it next to the medicine cabinet.
There are two guard children in the pharmacy. One is Nobuko, who is twelve years old; the other is Xizi, who is called Xizi and is fifteen years old.
Xizi was born in the palace. It was said that he was the child of a guard and a maid. However, both the guard and the maid died, so the emperor arranged for Xizi to work in the pharmacy as a guard, cleaning and other tasks.
At first, Xizi would ask the old gentleman for advice on how to use medicine, dosage, and ways to treat illnesses and save lives, but he soon stopped asking because it was boring.
Xizi usually came to the pharmacy first to clean up. Today, when he saw Nobuko arriving at the pharmacy earlier than him and happily wiping the desk, which Nobuko usually disliked the most, he realized something.
"Xinzi, are you going to attend class today?" Xizi asked, and then Xinzi saw Xizi coming to the pharmacy.
"Ah, it's Xizi...yes, what's wrong?"
"Don't you hate classes the most? Why are you so happy when you think of attending classes today? Who gave you classes?" Xizi put her things next to the locker, approached Nobuko and asked, deliberately prolonging the ending.
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Xinzi stepped back as Xizi approached, leaned back, and finally leaned against the medicine cabinet: "It's...His Royal Highness the Crown Prince..."
"Oh~ you can't listen to the lectures given by the sir. The prince is telling you... about... ah!? The prince is giving a lecture?! I want to listen too!" Xizi suddenly woke up.
"But the prince told me..."
"Liar, the prince must be giving you the lecture because he saw that no one in the pharmacy could treat the sick or save the patient after my husband was taken away, and he wanted to train more doctors, right?"
"No...it's not..."
"Don't you just want to be alone with the prince? If you keep saying it, I'll take the class later, that's it."
Of course Nobuko is looking forward to taking classes with Hua Ling, and looking forward to taking classes with Hua Ling only for herself.
Ever since Nobuko came to the Imperial Pharmacy as an apprentice, he has been taking classes with Hua Ling. Hua Ling would often teach him step by step what he didn't understand.
But at that time, he only paid attention to Hua Ling's every move and did not remember the knowledge in his head at all.
From the first day he saw Hua Ling, he was puzzled, why did the pharmacy gentleman teach a girl medical skills? But Nobuko discovered that this girl was so beautiful, was she from a certain family?
She was not as gentle as an ordinary woman, but she had the leadership style of an emperor in her every move. After listening to her husband's class with Hua Ling, Nobuko asked her husband about Hua Ling's identity after Hua Ling left the pharmacy.
After learning that the other party was the prince, his face was full of disbelief. Although Nobuko was only nine years old at the time, he knew what kind of identity the "prince" was.
Nobuko originally thought that Hua Ling was just a studious princess at most. In Nobuko's view, girls are boys' foils. If Hua Ling's behavior hadn't made Nobuko instinctively feel that she was not easy to mess with, she might have really said no.
Good words.
It was also after learning that there was a female crown prince in the palace that Nobuko looked at the women in the palace with admiration.
Nobuko knew that she was not capable of being a consort, but the desire to be alone with Hua Ling seemed to sprout in Nobuko's heart.
Xizi told Xinzi that this was love, but Xizi also told Xinzi that it was impossible for Xinzi to be side by side with Hua Ling.
This is a luxury wish.
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After Hua Ling woke up, she felt her head hurt. She turned around and looked to the side, only to find that Lu Ya and Lu Yu were there. Lu Ya was about to peck Hua Ling's forehead, or he might have already finished one round.
"Lu Ya, did you hit me on the forehead?" Hua Ling grabbed Lu Ya who was about to flap his wings and fly away. Looking at Lu Ya's struggling posture, he knew that he must have pecked him.
Hua Ling helplessly grabbed Lu Ya and sat up from the bed: "You can wake up without pecking me. Are you courting me and pecking my forehead?"
"It's not the courtship period for crows, but the mythical beast should be... different from ordinary animals?" Lu Yu stretched his body and yawned.
Hua Ling stroked Lu Yu along the fur and scratched Lu Yu's chin as if petting a cat.
"It's very comfortable. No wonder the cat likes it like this." Lu Yu showed an expression of approval.
After Hua Ling let go of Lu Ya's hand, Lu Ya flew to Hua Ling's shoulder and used his beak to comb through Hua Ling's hair, which was messed up by sleep.
Hua Ling stood up, stretched, put on her clothes and prepared to go out.
"When did you two come in last night?"
Lu Yu jumped out of bed and followed Hua Ling: "When you were asleep, I jumped on the bed and you didn't even notice."
"How did you sleep?"
“Very comfortable.”
After having breakfast with everyone, Hua Ling got up and went to the pharmacy. Duanmu Wuxiang and Hua Mu looked at the backs of Hua Ling and the two little animals and discussed.
"I went to the border fortress and made two animal friends."
"That little fox is so cute. She was lying on my lap just now. She is not afraid of people." Duanmu recalled the feeling of Lu Yu's fluffy fur, and he was still filled with emotion.
"Then how many should we raise?" Hua Mu stroked his beard and came up with an idea.
"Forget it, even plants need servants to raise them. How can we raise little animals that stick to her like Ling'er's two little guys?"
Hua Ning thought for a moment and said: "Then... wouldn't it be nice to touch Hua Ling's animals? Except for the crow that never left her shoulder, the fox seems to like to look around."
Qiao Renlian sighed: "Is it because I have been a hunter? Why don't foxes come to my place?"
"Maybe..." Hua Ning looked around Qiao Renlian, "Is it because you don't have anything delicious?"
During the meal, Lu Yu left Hua Ling and wandered around with people, Duanmu Wuxiang, Hua Shuo, Hua Ning, Qing Ling... basically all of them except Qiao Renlian were tempted with food.
Only Qiao Renlian didn't, maybe because she ate the meat that the fox liked.
"Ugh——" Qiao Renlian felt very sorry.
"It's okay, mother. The fox won't run away. I'll have a chance to touch it next time." Hua Ning gently patted Qiao Renlian's back to comfort her.
Hua Ling arrived at the pharmacy, and Lu Yu jumped over the threshold and walked to the desk.
Hua Ling felt something was wrong when she saw Nobuko and Xizi sitting there, ready to listen to the lecture.
Hua Ling smiled angrily: "You don't listen to Mr.'s class, but you are interested in my lecture?"
Xizi waved his hand: "After all, you are His Highness the Crown Prince, so you have to listen well, and isn't it said that those who are not serious will be taken to court?"
"Xizi, you are in good spirits. Normal people know that the price of not being serious is to listen to the court, shouldn't they just not come?" Hua Ling walked over and knocked Xizi who was sitting on the forehead.
Xizi glanced at Xinzi, who was looking at Hua Ling in rapt attention. Xizi raised his eyebrows and smiled: "I won't let Xinzi take advantage of him. If you don't listen to the prince's lectures, it will be in vain."
"'Taking advantage'? How dare you say that? If one of you two is not serious, you will both have to go to court. I'll leave it here."
Lu Ya flew from Hua Ling's shoulder to the edge of the lecture table and landed. Hua Ling took out the list of medicines from the medicine cabinet and walked to the lecture table.