A Farm Girl: Three Acres of Fertile Land Can Be Exchanged for a Country

I thought that touching her would make her go down the mountain, or at least that the eunuch would bring a doctor.

To everyone's surprise, Duan Yanxi withdrew his hand and said casually, "It's not burning, it's just your imagination."

Ruolan said speechlessly, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

It's so hot, how can he say he doesn't have a fever? He must be hallucinating.

Duan Yanxi gave her a cold glance. "I said it wasn't burned, so it wasn't burned. You don't believe me? Are you rebelling?"

It seems he knew he was sick but insisted he wasn't... What is he trying to do? Is he happy that his own son died?

Knowing she had no chance to take the prince to see a doctor, Ruolan said with a mocking expression, "With your broken kingdom and broken throne, do you think anyone still cares?"

Normally, Duan Yanxi would definitely lose his temper, and Ruolan would have a good chance to have a big argument with him.

But today he was acting very strangely. He didn't get angry when she said that, and just coldly ordered, "Take the child inside."

Ruolan stared intently at him, trying to glean some clue from his cold face. Duan Yanxi, noticing her gaze, reached behind his back and slowly drew a dagger.

Ruolan swallowed hard, then reluctantly took the child back into the house.

Sitting in the damp and stuffy dilapidated temple, Ruolan felt the prince's body temperature rising little by little in her arms.

In this godforsaken place, if you develop a high fever, it's practically a death sentence...

She was extremely anxious but helpless. All she could do was glare resentfully at Duan Yanxi's back, wishing that an Eastern Qi army would fall from the sky and kill him.

The eunuchs who had gone to buy wine and meat returned quickly, along with a large basket of food.

Everyone busied themselves preparing food. Duan Yanxi beckoned a eunuch to his side, whispered some instructions to him, and the eunuch glanced at the dilapidated temple, nodded, mounted his horse, and rode away.

After working for more than an hour, the aroma of meat wafted around the dilapidated temple, making people's mouths water.

Ruolan hadn't had a proper meal in a long time, and with breastfeeding to take care of her, she had become incredibly thin.

Smelling the odor, she wanted to go outside, but a eunuch walked in first, carrying a bowl in his hands.

Ruolan assumed they were bringing her food and politely asked, "Thank you for your trouble, Father-in-law. Have you eaten yet?"

The eunuch said, "This is not food, but medicine for the prince."

"medicine?"

The eunuch walked up to her, and Ruolan could see that it was indeed a bowl of dark medicine, steaming hot and emitting a bitter smell.

Recalling the way Duan Yanxi had been talking to the eunuch earlier, she understood what he was doing. She took the medicine bowl and asked, "Where is the Emperor?"

"His Majesty is outside. I will call you for dinner later."

"Okay, thank you."

The eunuch left the dilapidated temple, and Ruolan sat back in her own corner, intending to feed the prince his medicine.

The prince was still fast asleep. She gently patted his face to wake him up. He had a rosy face and two bright black eyes. He was much thinner than he was in Chuanzhou. It was heartbreaking to see him like that.

Ruolan picked up a spoon, scooped up some medicine, and poured it into his mouth. The prince opened his mouth to take it, but the medicine was so bitter that his face contorted in pain as soon as he tasted it, and his tongue resisted by pushing the spoon away.

"Don't throw up, drink it, you'll get better if you drink it..."

While trying to persuade him, Ruolan tilted the spoon and suddenly shoved the medicine in before he could react.

The prince swallowed hard, choked, coughed painfully a few times, and then opened his mouth and cried out.

Ruolan felt incredibly sorry for him, so she quickly put down her spoon, hugged him, and gently patted his tender back.

Meanwhile, outside the dilapidated temple, Duan Yanxi stood with his hands behind his back by the stove.

The eunuchs were busily cooking. They didn't do this kind of thing when they were in the palace, but now that they were out, they had no choice but to do everything themselves.

Moreover, with Duan Yanxi watching over them, they worked even harder.

The eunuch who was starting the fire looked up at the window of the dilapidated temple and reminded him, "Your Majesty, the prince seems to be crying. Why don't you go and see him? We can handle things here."

Duan Yanxi had already heard the crying, but he was too lazy to pay attention. He looked at the eunuch who was cooking and suddenly said, "Taohua is throwing a tantrum. It's inconvenient for me to go in. Can you go in and see what's going on?"

The eunuch hesitated and said, "But the food in the pot..."

"Leave it to me."

Without saying a word, Duan Yanxi pushed him away, snatched the spatula, and started stir-frying in the pan in a very professional manner.

The eunuch had served Duan Yanxi for over twenty years and had never seen him touch a spatula before. His jaw nearly dropped when he saw it, and he hurriedly nodded and said, "Alright, this servant will go and return quickly."

After he finished speaking, he hurriedly ran towards the dilapidated temple. Duan Yanxi said to the others, "Just do your own thing, there's nothing to see here."

Those people immediately lowered their heads, hiding their surprise, and dared not look again.

Duan Yanxi glanced at them a few times, and seeing that no one had noticed, he took the opportunity of cooking to secretly sprinkle a packet of white powder from his sleeve into the pot of food.

It was very difficult to feed Ruolan this bowl of medicine. It took a lot of effort to get her to swallow half a bowl, and the rest was knocked over by the prince while he was crying and making a fuss.

After feeding him the last spoonful, she tossed the spoon into the bowl with a sense of liberation, then hugged the sobbing prince tightly, saying, "Alright, alright, we won't drink any more medicine... let's go to sleep..."

She hummed a song softly, trying to lull the prince to sleep.

The eunuch rushed in, but upon seeing this scene, he quickly slowed down and said, "Your Majesty, it's time to go out for dinner."

Ruolan didn't want to go, but remembering that there was a rare good meal today, and that she didn't know when she would be able to eat it again if she missed it, she carried the still crying prince out of the house.

The eunuchs set up a simple wooden table outside the dilapidated temple, and the table was filled with big fish and meat. Although the presentation was not very appealing, the ingredients were of the highest quality, without any skimping on the ingredients.

There were only two chairs at the table. The eunuchs were all standing. Duan Yanxi sat in one of the chairs, and the other one was obviously reserved for her and the prince.

Ruolan walked over, and the eunuch immediately brought her a bowl and chopsticks. She picked up the chopsticks to pick up some food, but saw that Duan Yanxi hadn't touched his chopsticks, and the others were also motionless. Curious, she asked, "What are you all waiting for?"

The eunuch said, "We are servants, so naturally we must wait for our masters to finish eating before we eat. That's the rule."

Ruolan pursed her lips noncommittally and asked Duan Yanxi, "And what about you?"

Duan Yanxi said casually, "I'm not hungry, you all eat."

That's what he said, but if he doesn't touch his chopsticks, who dares to?

After a long while, everyone was still standing motionless. He frowned and asked, "Do I have to feed you all by hand?"

The eunuch was startled and hurriedly picked up the bowl and chopsticks, trembling as he picked up the meat.

Duan Yanxi added, "Pick more food. If anyone eats less, it means they are disrespecting me."

As soon as he said that, more than half of the meat on the plate disappeared.

Ruolan picked up her chopsticks to eat, but Duan Yanxi stopped her chopsticks and asked, turning his head to the side, "Why was the child crying just now?"

Ruolan got angry just thinking about it, rolled her eyes and said, "He's sick, should he be laughing instead of crying?"

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