The next day, Yao Yuan and two imperial doctors came to check Dai Wang's pulse and make sure that his health was stable. He took Ying Bao back to the imperial pharmacy and took out the medicinal materials for her to prepare.
That time when the medicine was being dispensed, Yao Yuan strongly begged to watch.
Ying Bao also followed him and directed several medicine boys to crush the medicine and boil it.
When it's almost cooked, quietly pour a little Wudingzhi into it, stir it into a thick paste, put it in a bowl and let it cool, then roll it into balls and wrap them in wax paper.
On the other side, there is a medicine boy making wax shells, so it's time to put on the wax skin.
First use a pot to heat and melt the wax. When the wax oil drops to a warm temperature, put a wooden ball fixed on the iron support into the pot and dip it into the wax, then take out the wooden ball and put it in cold water to solidify.
Dip in wax several times and cool until the wax skin reaches a certain thickness.
Then use a knife to cut most of the wax skin outside the wooden ball, take out the wooden ball, put the pills wrapped in wax paper into the wax shell, seal it with wax, and iron the wax stem.
First, the horn seal is heated, dipped in red mud, and the name of the medicine is stamped on the sealed area.
Ying Baocao was very interested in the tools for making wax shells, so she asked Yao Yuanzheng for a set to take away.
If I want to make pills for sale in the future, I must wrap each pill in a shell and stamp it with my own stamp. That would be grand.
Yao Yuanzheng was not stingy, he readily agreed to give her a set of tools for making wax leather, and also gave her several copies of royal medicinal diets.
Ying Bao reciprocated and gave him a small bottle of pills made by himself.
The content of Wudingzhi in those pills was much higher than that in the pills made on the spot.
Coming from Yuyaojiatuo, Yingbao discovered that Xiao Chengjun could not live in the same place as before, but moved to the house next door to her, across the room from her.
Chang Xiu brought the hedgehog back from the orchard and gave it to Yingbao very much. "I obey your orders. I usually tie the hedgehog in the grass over there so that no one can see it."
"Thank you, Sister Chang Xiu." Yingbao took the hedgehog, put it on the ground, and took out a few melon seeds for it to eat.
These melon seeds were given by the medicine boy at the Royal Pharmacy. They were told that they had been brine with salt and then fried. They were very salty and fragrant.
Yingbao thought the melon seeds were too salty and didn't dare to eat more, so she just used them to feed the hedgehog.
The hedgehog didn't mind it either and ate it one by one.
In the evening, Chang Xiu went to the imperial dining room to get food, while Ying Bao sneaked out of the compartment and came to Xiao Chengjun's room.
At that time, Xiao Chengjun should have gone to the Qilin Hall to accompany the king, and there was no one in the room.
Yingbao threw a handful of melon seeds to the east of the bed, threw in a piece of stone honey, and then pushed the little hedgehog in.
Then he ran back to his room, sat on the Arhat couch, and waited quietly for Chang Xiu to come back with his food box.
After having dinner and washing up, Yingbao asked Chang Xiu to sleep on the inside side of the bed, and she slept on the outside side of the bed, closing her eyes and listening to what was going on outside.
Xiao Chengjun came back after having dinner at Dai Wang's place, and asked the servants to check inside and outside before resting.
He was so frightened that day that he heard someone coughing late at night. He sent people to look for him but couldn't find anything.
After that, he asked the waiter to stand outside and keep vigil every night, otherwise he would not dare to sleep a wink.
This continued for several days, and the chamberlains began to complain. They all avoided him when they saw him, for fear of being sent to watch him again.
Fortunately, he didn't hear any strange noises in those days, and Xiao Chengjun gradually felt more at ease. There was no need for anyone to guard the door all night, but the lights had to be burning in the room.
Xiao Chengjun lay down and read for a while, then fell asleep.
When the palace servants saw that he was sleeping soundly, they blew out a few lamps and left two lamps, then went to rest outside.
While sleeping until midnight, Xiao Chengjun was suddenly awakened by several coughs.
He frowned and listened attentively. What he heard was surprising. The coughing sound was not outside, but came to the bottom of his bed.
Xiao Chengjun screamed in fright, jumped up from the bed, and ran out of the house barefoot. He shouted loudly: "Someone is coming! Someone is coming!"
Two chamberlains ran over carrying lanterns and asked, "Mr. Xiao, what happened again?"
"There's a ghost inside... Go and have a look..." Xiao Chengjun was so frightened that his teeth chattered and his whole body shook like chaff.
The two chamberlains took a wrong look and did not dare to go in.
"Please no, Mr. Xiao, I'll go to the Qilin Hall first, and let's find a few people to come and have a look." One of the chamberlains said.
Xiao Chengjun nodded without hesitation, and ran towards Qilin Hall with the support of a chamberlain.
The other chamberlain didn't dare to stay any longer. He was begging to go back with a lantern in hand, when he saw a small head peeking out from the next cubicle, which startled him.
"Oh, young man, I'm so worried about our family." The chamberlain saw Fu Yingbao and patted his chest: "I'll go back to the house quickly. Mr. Xiao said that his house is haunted again."
Yingbao blinked and asked, "Why is it always haunted? No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, he has been in contact with someone recently, and that's why he's like that?"
The chamberlain even booed: "Young man, please don't talk nonsense. Is Mr. Xiao always with the king recently?"
"On behalf of the king, Ruming is a phoenix son and grandson. Ruming is in good health. When his yang energy is at its peak, it would be a good thing if Xiao Chengjun doesn't bring him down."
Ying Bao said seductively: "Let me think about it again, who has Xiao Chengjun been interacting with recently?"
The chamberlain thought for a while, patted his forehead, and said mysteriously: "Our family knows that Xiao Langjun is always with the new palace maid recently. Our family often sees him taking the little palace maid to pick fruit in the orchard. Where are the lychees?"
Ying Bao nodded: "That's wrong. Alas, I'll call someone to take a look."
The chamberlain nodded to Ying Bao and quickly ran to the front to call someone.
Ying Bao turned her head and looked at Chang Xiu who had already gotten up and said, "Sister Chang, I'll be watching over there while he goes to Xiao Chengjun's room to have a look."
Chang Xiu said with a worried look on his face: "What are you doing there, young man? It's so scary. Please, please, slave... slave, come with me."
"No, no, no, he doesn't believe there are ghosts in the world. There is definitely something wrong with Xiao Chengjun's head. Hey, he has been paranoid all month, and he might have become mad."
Yingbao ran to Xiao Chengjun's house as he said: "Sister Chang, I'm waiting here. He asked to go see if there is any ghost inside."
Chang Xiu wanted to follow, but she was more afraid of ghosts and was so anxious that she ran around in circles.
Yingbao ran outside the house and saw that the lights in the house were very bright.
It seemed that Xiao Chengjun had been frightened out of his wits before, and Ruming even held the light while sleeping.
Yingbao quickly got into the bed, grabbed the rope around the hedgehog's legs, and dragged it out.
He ran out with the hedgehog and said to Chang Xiu, "There's nothing in his house. Come on, let's go back."
Chang Xiu followed Ying Bao back to the cubicle, walking on the couch and staring at the little baby giving water to the hedgehog.
Ying Bao muttered: "Why am I running around so early in the morning? What if I get caught by someone thinking I'm a ghost?"
The hedgehog drank the water and huddled up quietly.
Chang Xiu couldn't help but ask: "Yingbao, did that hedgehog scare Xiao Langjun?"
"Shhh..." Yingbao said silently: "Sister Chang, please don't say that. If Xiao Chengjun blames you, we will all be in trouble."
Chang Xiu nodded repeatedly: "I won't talk nonsense."
Satisfied, Yingbao covered the hedgehog basket with a piece of cloth and climbed into bed again to sleep.
