Inside the alchemy room in the back wing of the Grand Princess Zhenguo’s residence.
Qin Xuming looked at the pills Ding Yun handed him with a hint of trepidation, swallowed and then asked:
“Wife, are all these pills for me?”
“That’s right, they are all for you. The specific order of taking them is in the other book I just gave you, including what to do after taking the pills.
You’ll eat them honestly for this Princess.
And practice the body-forging techniques in the book. Not a single repetition can be missed. I’ve seen enough of your current portly figure, looking like you’re eight months pregnant. These pills not only help you lose weight but also contain oils to firm your skin. Later, find a servant to give you a massage every night, lest you lose weight too quickly and your skin becomes saggy, which would be even more unsightly.”
“This Princess will give you only three months. If you haven’t lost weight by then, don’t bother entering this Princess’s residence again. I’ll find a few young and handsome men myself.
After all, with my current appearance and state,
your current physique no longer matches!”
To be honest, if Ding Yun didn’t have the complete memories of the original host, it would be truly hard to imagine that this extremely fat man of around 280 catties was the Qin Xuming Langjun who had captured the original host’s heart at first sight back then, so handsome and refined.
Who would have thought that after he turned twenty-five, he would start gaining weight and gradually become unrecognizable?
The original host had indeed tried to get him to lose weight before, but it was futile. It almost led to rumors of the princess starving her consort to death. In the end, they had no choice but to give up, and the matter was dropped.
To make him look more presentable, and to avoid appearing mismatched with herself, who had regained her youthful beauty after this period of recuperation, Ding Yun specially formulated a series of medicines and exercise methods tailored to his physical condition, and also issued an ultimatum.
While her pills were indeed very effective.
But no matter how good the pills were, one had to follow the doctor’s orders. No matter how effective weight-loss pills were, they had to be combined with exercise, which was why Ding Yun specifically added a deadline and requirements.
“Wife, you weren’t like this before.”
Looking at the pile of pills that could fill a basin, and the exercise methods that he knew would be arduous without even thinking, Qin Xuming’s face couldn’t help but wrinkle.
He looked like a steamed bun with forty-nine pleats, full of grievances.
It wasn’t that he felt the Grand Princess had changed too much from before. He just felt that losing weight was too difficult and he was unwilling.
They had children and grandchildren, and were nearing the age of holding grandchildren.
Why bother losing weight?
“That’s right, this Princess wasn’t like this before.
Haven’t I become much younger? Don’t try to bargain with me. If you hadn’t been relatively well-behaved over the years, never dallying with other women, this Princess would have kicked you out long ago. Now, I’m just asking you to lose weight. What more do you want?
Rest assured, with these pills.
Losing weight will be much easier for you than before.
But if you are still unwilling, then don’t blame this Princess for resorting to coercive measures. I remember there’s a special weight-loss method, which is a complete cleansing of the marrow, approximately equivalent to the pain of being skinned and having your tendons pulled, your bones scraped and marrow sucked. If you don’t want to take these pills to lose weight slowly, this Princess will help you lose weight quickly.
So, do you want these pills?”
The original host had a dominant position over her husband. When he was young and handsome, the original host had been gentle and considerate for a while. But as he became fatter and stubbornly refused to lose weight, she became increasingly impatient with him.
Ding Yun’s current tone and level of threat,
were considered mild compared to the original host.
Upon hearing that if he didn’t accept these pills for weight loss, he would be subjected to a weight-loss method as painful as having his bones scraped and tendons pulled and his skin peeled, Qin Xuming dared not say anything more. He could only nod aggrievedly.
Then, with a pained expression, he hugged the pile of pills that others would beg for but couldn’t get, and turned to go back to his own room.
And Ding Yun, at the opportune moment, added:
“When you finally lose weight and return to how you looked in your twenties, I will give you two sets of pills that can nourish your body, prolong your life, and reverse your age by thirty years.
At the same time, they will increase your lifespan by half a cycle.
To take back and show filial piety to your parents.”
Only after hearing this did the gloom on Qin Xuming’s face finally disappear. He quickly turned back, hugged Ding Yun, and said with a cheerful and excited tone:
“Wife, thank you!
Wife! I will definitely work hard to lose weight…”
He had to admit, while his self-control regarding food was slightly lacking, he was indeed very filial to his parents.
Wanting to ask for two sets of pills that could reverse aging and prolong life for his parents had been his idea for a long time. However, before, Ding Yun had only given one set to Emperor Pingzhao and never to anyone else. He didn’t dare to expect his parents to be on par with Emperor Pingzhao.
Moreover, the imperial concubines in the harem,
also never received such treatment.
So he had never dared to mention this matter to Ding Yun.
When outsiders invited him to dinner and sought his favor, he would use the excuse that he hadn’t even eaten them himself, so how could he possibly get them for them, to brush them off.
Now that Ding Yun had personally agreed, he was naturally deeply moved. It seemed his wife still had him in her heart, just not good at expressing it. It was indeed the right choice to marry this princess.
However, Ding Yun still pushed him away with her usual disdain: “Alright, alright, hurry up and go lose weight.”
“You must succeed in losing weight within three months for this Princess. In another four or five months, it will be the New Year. This Princess doesn’t want to enter the palace with you looking like this to attend the New Year’s banquet.
Additionally, three months later, this Princess will hold a grand banquet.
To introduce several common pills to the public.
Many of them are the same medicines you are taking. You will attend with this Princess, which will also serve to show everyone the efficacy of the medicine and let them know how miraculous the pills are.
That’s about it. You may leave.”
“I see. Wife, then I shall take my leave. Please rest when you are refining pills, don’t work too hard!”
Qin Xuming had long been accustomed to the Grand Princess’s attitude in their interactions. If she were to be polite to him one day, he would actually feel alarmed, suspecting she had taken the wrong medicine.
This was the experience Ding Yun gained after she had initially been polite to him twice.
After saying this, Qin Xuming quickly left.
Meanwhile, Ding Yun continued to refine pills, and also researched some universal medicinal formulas. She intended to refine more pills to stockpile and sell them for profit at an opportune moment, in order to develop the postal and logistics systems.
Researching medicinal formulas was for increasing her influence.
In this era, seeking medical treatment was extremely difficult. Even the emperor of a nation could die from a common cold, let alone ordinary people. Fortunately, she already had the reputation of a peerless divine physician. As long as she worked hard and contributed, becoming a medical god or saint should be achievable.
Moreover, given her current status, she would neither have to worry about anyone stealing her credit, nor about being deliberately targeted, nor about medical disputes.
Coupled with the soon-to-be-established postal and logistics system,
and a propaganda department.
Becoming a medical god or saint was a certainty.
Why wouldn’t she do it?