The Rebirth of Han Yuxi

Chapter 402 : Pain

Yuxi looked at Yun Qing and said, “He Rui, cooperation with the Yu family is crucial. Even if you don’t like it, you must bear it for a while. We can’t afford to offend the Yu family for now. Otherwise, there would be no place for us in Yu City.” Since they refused to turn to the Crown Prince, it was more reason to cooperate with the Yu family, or else they would have enemies at the front and rear. But Yuxi’s choice to work with the Yu family was only a matter of rights and interests; fighting alongside those who had it all was better than doing it themselves. Once they were strong enough to stand independently, they would no longer be afraid of anyone. It was just that there was no need to speak to Yun Qing about the latter for the time being.

Yun Qing, who was straightforward but not stupid, nodded. “Yes, we will cooperate with the Yu family.”

Hearing this agreement, Yuxi let out a sigh of relief. “But with the Crown Prince’s involvement this time, we can fight for more benefits.”

Huo Changqing nodded gently.

Yun Qing also recovered at this time and suggested, “Let’s take this opportunity to ask them for this year’s military pay in addition to replenishing the weapons, horses and food. I believe they will give it.”

The corners of Yuxi’s mouth twitched, and she couldn’t help but roll her eyes. “What kind of terms are those? Shouldn’t these things be compulsorily provided to us by the Imperial Court?” It was frustrating enough that they had to obtain the benefits they initially deserved by bargaining.

Huo Changqing stopped himself from voicing his opinion and asked Yuxi, “What do you think is the best deal we should raise for the Yu family?”

Yuxi said, “The Prefectural Magistrate of Xinping City must be elected from our own people.” The importance of Xinping City to Yu City was self-evident. Therefore, it was essential to get it under their control!

Yun Qing was not a fool. How could he not understand the significance behind Yuxi’s proposal? How much benefit would it bring them if the Yu family agreed to this? “Will the Yu family agree?”

Yuxi smiled. “This will depend on my Dage’s ability.” After saying that, she turned towards Yun Qing and said, “I believe the Crown Prince will send a lobbyist. At that time, all you have to do is tell him that it’s your duty to protect and defend the country and that there is no need to say anything else.” It took a lot of work to ask Yun Qing to put on a show. Yuxi felt that it was better not to challenge Yun Qing to such an errand that he had no way of accomplishing and that it was better to let him act in his own right.

Yun Qing nodded without questioning it. “That will do.” It would be hard for him to pretend to be a snake like the people from the capital. Yuxi’s suggestion was just to his liking.

They settled the matter right then.

As they finished discussing, Mama Bai called out from outside, “Madam, the physician is here.” Just now, when Yun Qing called for a physician, it managed to scare both Mama Bai and Zijin, but only because Yuxi spoke with a strong voice just now did they not come in.

Yuxi smiled and said, “Then let the physician come in!” It was the middle of the night, and it was already hard enough for the physician to come.

When the physician came in, he noticed Yuxi’s rosy complexion; she didn’t look like someone in trouble. But since he was here, he had to check her pulse. After checking, the physician’s face didn’t look so good as he reported, “Madam is in good health.” Was she making a fool of him by calling him out of his bed in the middle of the night when nothing was wrong with her? [T/C]

In response to the situation, Yuxi smilingly said, “I have troubled the physician. Mama Qu, tell the steward to pay double the physician’s consultation fee.” It must have been difficult for the physician to rush over here in the middle of the night.

Only then did the physician’s face look better.

After the physician left, Yuxi said to Yun Qing and Huo Changqing, “You two won’t be returning to the barracks tonight, will you?” Seeing the two of them nod, Yuxi asked Mama Bai to bring up some late-night refreshments.

After Huo Changqing ate, he went to the side courtyard and saw that the lights had gone out. Hence, he didn’t go in but went to sleep in the front yard.

Chinese Medicinal Liquor/Wine

Chinese medical wine is an alcoholic drink produced by soaking herbs, reptiles and mammals in rice wine or grain alcohol. It is very popular among Chinese people because of its nourishing and tonic functions. – Chinahighlights

Image Credit | (left) An image of ginseng medicinal liquor (How to drink medicinal wine? Which Chinese medicine can’t be soaked in wine? Let you understand clearly once, Jul 28th, 2019), (right) An image of ingredients used in making medicinal liquor ( 药酒并非人人都适合，不能喝药酒的人群有哪些？, Mar 11th, 2016)

While Yun Qing went to take a bath, Yuxi asked Zijin to bring in medicinal liquor.

Looking at Yuxi’s red and swollen shoulders, anger flashed in Zijin’s eyes as she asked, “What’s going on? Who did this to you?” At this moment, Zijin hadn’t thought this was done by Yun Qing! The main reason was that he was usually very fond of Yuxi, so she didn’t suspect the culprit to be him.

Yuxi didn’t hide it from her. “We were talking about something just now, and it stirred up Yun Qing’s emotions. He grabbed my shoulders with both hands, turning them red since he didn’t pay attention to his strength.”

Zijin was furious. “Does he think your shoulders are made of iron? He would have torn off your arms if he had put more strength.”

Yuxi winced in pain. “Be gentle; it hurts.”

Zijin restrained her anger before gently massaging Yuxi’s shoulders. After the massage, Yuxi felt more comfortable. That was why marrying a military man was said to be dangerous. One could suffer physical pain at any time. Even though she didn’t mean for it to happen, she still suffered from it!

After Yun Qing finished his bath, Zijin had also done massaging Yuxi. When Zijin saw Yun Qing, she wished she could beat him up. “General, Madam is not one of those rough men in the barracks, so don’t do this to her again.” Yuxi’s shoulder was already swollen.

Seeing this situation, Yuxi said, “All right, Zijin, you should withdraw and rest too!”

Zijin argued angrily, “Don’t you see how swollen your shoulder is? You still want to protect him?” She felt Yun Qing should be taught a hard lesson. Otherwise, who knew if he would fail to control his strength again next time?

Yun Qing said coldly, “Withdraw.” He was indeed wrong this time, but it was not up to Zijin to lecture him on it.

When Zijin looked at Yun Qing’s opposing look, she was so scared that her heart was about to jump out of her chest. She didn’t say anything else and hurriedly went out with the medicinal liquor. Once she was outside, she realised that she had been scared by Yun Qing. Just one word and she was already this scared? Zijin muttered to herself, “I’m so useless.” That being said, she still felt timid when thinking of Yun Qing’s appearance just now.

Yun Qing got on the bed, looked at Yuxi’s red and swollen shoulder, and said with a shameful expression, “I’m sorry.” Even if it was not intentional, he did hurt Yuxi.

Yuxi didn’t say anything pretentious like it didn’t hurt but expressed, “If you had told me earlier that you were sick, you would have recovered by now. But you don’t say anything and keep everything inside. He Rui, if you keep things inside for a long time, you will easily get sick. Is this disease holding you back?” Yun Qing’s emotional outburst happened because of his emotional repression. He would have been fine if he had let it out in the first place. [T/C]

With a shameful face, Yun Qing said in a low voice, “I won’t do it again.”

Hearing this, Yuxi smiled. “Then it was worth it to hurt my shoulder. Alright, don’t think about it so much. It will go away in a couple of days!”

Yun Qing hummed as acknowledgement without saying anything.

Seeing Yun Qing’s reaction, Yuxi knew that he wouldn’t be able to sleep well. Subsequently, she brought up the topic of their child. The subject of children was the most relaxing and enjoyable to talk about. “The child is already five months old and will be born in a few months. We should start thinking of a name for the child, right? What do you think would be a good name?”

Without thinking, Yun Qing uttered, “If it is a son, it will be called Qihao; if it is a daughter, it will be called Yun Lan.”

When Yuxi heard Yun Qing’s answer, she knew he hadn’t chosen those names and asked, “Was it your grandfather or your parents who had chosen them?”

Yun Qing replied, “It was my grandfather who gave them to me.”

Yuxi praised, “These are good names.” The names were indeed well chosen with good meanings and sounded pleasant.

After talking for a while, Yuxi saw that Yun Qing was in a better mood and urged, “Let’s go to sleep! You have to get up early tomorrow.” She was undoubtedly getting up late tomorrow.

Sure enough, the next day, Yuxi slept until sunrise. When she got up, her shoulder was still sore. The strength of Yun Qing’s hand was not something ordinary people could have! It would have hurt even more if she hadn’t rubbed the medicinal liquor yesterday.

Looking at Yuxi’s appearance, Mama Qu was startled and asked, “Madam, what happened to your arm? Are they wounded?”

Yuxi shook her head. “Well, I did hurt my arm, but it will heal in a couple of days.” After saying that, remembering that the messenger was still waiting for her news, she went to the study.

Luckily, she could still write without any problems. Otherwise, her Dage would feel uneasy when he saw her letter. After writing it, Yuxi called the messenger over. First, she handed the messenger a thick stack of letters and asked, “What if the letters got lost?”

The messenger answered, “This person will be wherever the letters are.” There would be no reason for him to exist if the letters were gone in his care.

Hearing this, Yuxi became even more satisfied. “There is nothing important written in the letters. Even if they are lost, it does not matter. However, I want you to bring a message to Dage.”

The messenger said with a straight face, “Please go ahead, Fourth Miss.”

Yuxi lowered her voice and said, “Xinping City, prefectural magistrate.” These four words were enough to let Dage know what she meant.

The messenger swore, “Don’t worry, Madam, I will pass this message on to the Lord Duke of the State.” For Han Jianming to choose him for such an important task, he must have trusted him.

After the messenger had gone out, Zijin brought in the medicinal liquor and said, “Let me massage you again, Madam!” Alas, it was fortunate that Madam had tremendous courage. If it were anyone else, that person would have been scared to death when faced with Yun Qing’s cold face. Even she, herself, didn’t have the guts.

Yuxi was surprised. “Why are you being so nice today?” She thought Zijin was going to give her a long lecture!

Zijin put the medicinal liquor on the table and said, “Or else what? Curse him? You won’t let me curse him; beat him? Since I can’t beat him, I have to put up with it.” Of course, if Yuxi ordered her to, she would try to punch him a few times, even if she couldn’t beat him.

Hearing this reply, Yuxi asked with great interest, “How do you know you can’t beat him when you haven’t tried it?”

Zijin’s expression turned a little darker. “You don’t need to try to know that you can’t beat him.” Yun Qing had intimidated her with just one look and had completely overwhelmed her in terms of aura. It would not be very smart to think she could still beat him up when she already had this appearance.

Yuxi had probably guessed the reason for this. Yun Qing usually restrained his aura, making him look no different from an average person. However, once he let go, not many men, not to mention women, could stand it. “Alright, let’s not talk about that. Hurry up and give me a message. It hurts like hell.”

With yesterday’s experience, Zijin was much more gentle this time. However, it still hurt a little, but this time Yuxi didn’t scream in pain anymore.